Chapter 267: A Talented Female Boss

Dianchuang Culture had been operating at a loss for the past two years, so much so that the original largest shareholder had transferred all his shares to Liu Meijun, making her the biggest boss of the company.

Liu Meijun now owned 78% of the company’s shares, an absolute controlling stake. The other shareholders’ shares combined were not as much as hers, and they were all thinking of transferring their shares. According to the priority, of course, they would give priority to transferring them to Liu Meijun, the largest shareholder.

The main reason why they had such an idea was that after Liu Meijun took over Dianchuang, the operating conditions had not improved much. In terms of performance, it was even slightly worse than last year, and the company continued to operate in debt.

Those shareholders were not optimistic about the future of Dianchuang Culture, so they naturally wanted to sell their shares and leave.

However, Liu Meijun did not want to take over these shares either. Before, she was full of confidence in herself and Dianchuang Culture, but now it was obviously not the case. She herself had the intention of selling.

Other shareholders wanted to transfer their shares to others, but it was not easy to find a buyer for a while. After all, the performance of Dianchuang Culture in the past two years was there for all to see, and it could not be faked. It was not so easy to successfully fool people into taking over.

What’s more, even if they could transfer the shares, they couldn’t sell them at a high price.

What Liu Meijun could do during this period was to try her best to find a capable professional manager, the kind of person who could immediately boost the company’s performance.

Unfortunately, after more than half a year, she had not found a suitable one. The people she had found before were either full of empty talk and full of straw, or they were arrogant and demanding, and even took bribes and embezzled. In the end, they could only be fired.

For the sake of Dianchuang, Liu Meijun could be said to have been exhausted during this period. In addition, her daughter had gone abroad to study, and she had no relatives around her, so her mood was even more depressed.

Every night when she returned to her empty home, no matter how strong and glamorous she pretended to be outside, she couldn’t help but cry secretly.

What was comforting to her was that her personal assets were still quite substantial. Even if Dianchuang Culture was going to lose money, she was basically making a steady profit in other business projects.

In particular, the three chain beauty salons she had invested in were her biggest cash flow, and she could easily earn millions every month.

It was just that her emotional life was blank now, and her daughter was not by her side, which made her feel a little empty, lonely, and cold.

She usually had nothing to do, so she could only find some friends with whom she had a good relationship to have a meal and go shopping.

As for keeping a pretty boy or finding a male model, she never did that.

It was not that she did not have such a living atmosphere and channel opportunities, but that she had her own principles of life.

In her daily life, she was not short of suitors. There were peers who seemed to be successful in their careers, and there were also young people with good looks and outstanding temperament, but none of them caught her eye or really moved her.

She had always been very conservative in her feelings. This could be seen from the fact that she had chosen Qin Xiaorou’s father, a poor research dog, back then.

Qin Xiaorou’s father was just a graduate student who relied on work-study to study. He came from the countryside, his economic conditions were very ordinary, his personality was taciturn, his appearance was not outstanding, and his only advantage was that his academic qualifications were okay, his height was okay, and he was honest.

At that time, she was only a junior in college. Then, through slow understanding, she took a fancy to this graduate student senior and took the initiative to attack, hitting the target with one blow.

After she graduated from college, she married this phoenix man and even sponsored him to study for a doctorate abroad. She herself began to stay in the country to build her own career and make solid material preparations for their future. Later, he returned after completing his studies, and the two of them had their own daughter. They began to live a real small family life.

After that, the two of them who lived together slowly discovered that it was difficult for them to adapt to each other. They were incompatible in all aspects, and their life rhythm and three views were completely different. In the end, they divorced.

Her ex-husband therefore directly immigrated to a foreign country to live and even married a foreign woman who was several years older than him.

Her life was not perfect in general.

So, what she cared about most now was her career. She wanted to make her career bigger and stronger, but unfortunately, the Dianchuang Culture she cared about most was not doing well now and was still losing money.

It just so happened that she had an appointment with her best friend for dinner here today, and then she met Chen Feng. She couldn’t help but think of the scene when she met Chen Feng.

At that time, Chen Feng had not only beaten his own department manager, but had also directly confronted Cao Kun, which made her take advantage of the situation and directly remove Cao Kun from his post.

It could be said that Chen Feng was her lucky star at that time, helping her clear the obstacles when she had just entered Dianchuang.

At that time, if it weren’t for Chen Feng’s unintentional help, Cao Kun, the old boss of Dianchuang, would not have been so easy to get rid of. Because Cao Kun was a veteran of the company, he also had some company-rewarded shares in his hands. Although not many, he was also a shareholder.

What’s more, Cao Kun had been working at Dianchuang for more than ten years. He started as a department manager, then became a deputy general manager, and finally sat in the position of general manager for more than three years. With his promotion all the way, his power in the company could be said to be deeply rooted. It was not something that could be solved by directly getting rid of him.

So, at that time, she had only temporarily removed him from his post and given him a long vacation because of Chen Feng’s exposure. It was not until she had spent more than a month to sort out the personnel relations in the company, and fired and demoted Cao Kun’s former confidants, that she truly grasped the power of the company.

Unfortunately, the company’s performance had not improved much due to such a large personnel change and the increase in competitors.

Meeting Chen Feng again today, she naturally thought of some of the understanding she had of him before. She knew that he was a very capable talent, a newcomer with great potential in the company back then. The previous boss even planned to cultivate him as his successor.

Unfortunately, he was later deliberately suppressed by Cao Kun, and instead, his apprentice stepped on him to get promoted.

However, Chen Feng was also a remarkable person. He had endured for two or three years, secretly accumulated strength, launched an investigation, and grasped the evidence. In one fell swoop, he sent his apprentice to prison, and with her help, he also kicked Cao Kun, the old boss, out of the company and took revenge.

In Liu Meijun’s eyes, his performance was courageous and resourceful, and he could bend and stretch. How could such a quality not be a talent?

So, she couldn’t help but take the initiative to greet Chen Feng and invite him back to the company. If he could come back, Liu Meijun would start by giving him a manager position. If he passed her test, she would not hesitate to give him the position of general manager.

Unfortunately, Chen Feng seemed to have made a fortune now and refused her recruitment with one mouthful.

And although it was impossible for Chen Feng to go back to work at Dianchuang, he was still somewhat concerned about Dianchuang. After all, he had been in this company for several years, so he asked casually, “Has the company’s situation not improved yet?”

Liu Meijun nodded and said, “Yes, it’s still about the same as before. I fired Cao Kun and the others he used to have, and demoted them. I made some major adjustments in personnel, but it seems that my actions were a bit too big. The company has not shown any improvement.”

Chen Feng nodded in understanding, “Such a big change in personnel will definitely affect the company’s operations. However, in my opinion, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the increase in competitors in the same industry, and the work ability of the planning department and the sales department, these two main departments, is not outstanding.”

Liu Meijun said with a bitter smile, “You’re right. After you left, that Yan Jun was also sent in. The planning department was also cleaned up by me. After I recruited a few new people, they were a little unaccustomed to the new environment, and the planning proposals they came up with were often rejected by customers. As for the sales department, after I dismissed Cao Kun, several people ran away directly, and these people were all very good in performance. What’s more, they all went to the competitor’s company. I hired a few more people at a high salary to fill the vacancies, but the performance did not improve much.”

Hearing this, Chen Feng felt a little sympathy for Liu Meijun. The most important departments of Dianchuang Company were the planning department and the sales department, because these two departments directly generated economic benefits. As a result, these two departments were now half-crippled, so it was naturally impossible to bring much income to the company.

After thinking for a while, Chen Feng said, “It seems that to run the company well, the focus is still on these two departments. I think you can poach people from companies in the same industry. As long as you give enough money, there is no one you can’t poach.”

Hearing this, Liu Meijun’s eyes lit up. She couldn’t care about being polite and directly moved closer to ask, “Can you tell me more about it?”

Seeing her concerned look, Chen Feng thought of Qin Xiaorou and her courtesy to him all along, so he nodded and said, “Okay. But it’s not something that can be explained in one or two sentences. Let’s go over there and sit down and talk.”

Just now, Liu Meijun had just finished her meal with her best friend and was about to leave after paying the bill, while Chen Feng was still eating.

Seeing this, Liu Meijun was a little embarrassed, but she needed Chen Feng’s guidance too much, so she nodded with a thick face and said with gratitude, “I’m really troubling you.”

“No trouble, it’s just a matter of a few words.”

So, Liu Meijun went over and told her best friend to leave first, and then sat opposite Chen Feng at an empty table not far away. The waiter came over and was waved away by them. The service attitude here was still very good. Seeing that the two of them were not ordering and occupying a seat, they did not rush them.

“It’s normal to poach people in the same industry. After all, we are all workers. Whoever gives more money will work for them. Our company used to be a leader in the same industry, and we were often poached by our peers. I was poached several times back then, but I was stubborn and didn’t jump ship. Later, I wanted to jump ship but had no chance.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know about poaching. There are many people who do this kind of work. Those headhunting companies specialize in this business, and some so-called information consulting companies also have related business services. You can just let the people in the human resources department do it. They can’t just sit in the office and play games every day, right?”

“Poaching top talents in the same industry is one aspect. Another aspect, I think you can appropriately lay off some staff. For example, the human resources department. Don’t think I was joking just now. They really spend most of their working hours playing games. And our company is not big. It’s really unnecessary to have more than ten people in the human resources department. It’s very necessary to lay off half of them. And the public relations department. It’s unnecessary to have so many idle people. Many of them are related households. It’s unnecessary to let them hang on to their names and eat empty salaries for years. They should be cleaned up.”

Chen Feng had been at Dianchuang for so many years, so of course he had a deep understanding of Dianchuang. He gave his suggestions one by one. Liu Meijun nodded from time to time and asked a question from time to time, which happened to be to the point, which made Chen Feng’s interest in talking even stronger.

After chatting for nearly half an hour, Chen Feng finally concluded, “In fact, it’s a matter of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and enhancing competitiveness in the same industry. The principle is very simple, but the difficulty is to do it well. Anyway, you are the boss of the company now. If you have the courage to make a decision, and with a heavy reward, there will definitely be brave men who will come out to work for you and boost the company’s performance.”

“Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years,” Liu Meijun said with emotion. “Your suggestions are very important to me. After I go back, I will improve them one by one according to what you said. If I had known earlier, I would have discussed it with you earlier. But it has been delayed until now.”

Chen Feng said with a smile, “It’s not too late to delay until now. Didn’t you just say that the other shareholders want to transfer their shares to you? If you are confident in running the company well, you can completely take over at a low price.”

After a moment of contemplation, Liu Meijun asked with a smile, “How about you take over these shares?”

After a slight stun, Chen Feng looked at her and couldn’t help but smile, “If the price is right, I don’t mind taking over. I just don’t know how many shares they have now and how much they are worth?”

Liu Meijun was slightly surprised. Her words just now were mostly a joke, and of course, it was also a kind of probing. She didn’t expect Chen Feng to accept it so easily and casually. It seemed that he had really made a fortune.

Liu Meijun quickly replied, “They have a total of 22% of the shares. According to the current market value of our Dianchuang, it’s probably worth thirty or forty million.”

Chen Feng asked with some surprise, “Is Dianchuang’s current market value still worth more than one hundred million?”

At its peak, Dianchuang Culture was indeed worth one or two hundred million, but now with the rise of the Internet and the increase of competitors in the same industry, the market value has obviously shrunk a lot.

However, Chen Feng’s words were a bit hurtful. Liu Meijun said angrily, “Of course it’s worth it. First of all, the lease of that office building still has more than two years left, which is worth more than twenty million. In addition, our Dianchuang’s brand and reputation in the industry have always been quite good. What’s more, the annual turnover can basically be maintained at a scale of two or three hundred million, and the profit is in the tens of millions.”

Chen Feng did not refute and nodded, “Alright then. I’ll find a professional appraisal company to appraise Dianchuang, and then decide whether to acquire their shares.”

Liu Meijun said with a smile, “Then you have to be quick. Because starting from tomorrow, I plan to do what you just said, and I might be able to turn the company’s losses into profits soon. At that time, they might not be willing to sell, or they might raise the price.”

Chen Feng said indifferently, “If that’s the case, then I just won’t buy it.”

Liu Meijun quickly said, “Then I’ll give you a week. After a week, if there’s no movement on your side, I’ll have to rectify the company according to my own plan.”

“Okay. Then I won’t be polite.”

Liu Meijun said with a smile, “I’m also doing this for myself. I hope the company has a talent like you.”

Chen Feng also replied with a smile, “It’s mutually beneficial. It feels pretty good to be the second boss of the company I used to work for.”

The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Then they didn’t talk much more. They added each other as WeChat friends, and Liu Meijun left.

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(End of chapter)