freenovelworld Chapter 326 Shareholders Meeting
Chapter 326 Shareholders Meeting
Chuncheng City, Huagang Building.
On the sixteenth floor, at the corporate headquarters of Huatong Express, in the conference room, more than a dozen shareholders were all sitting upright. Only the seat next to Mo Siyuan was vacant; that was Si Ruyun's seat.
Si Zhen died suddenly, and she was so busy taking care of the funeral arrangements that she couldn't leave.
Moreover, Si Zhen's death was a huge blow to her. For more than 20 years, Si Ruyun had been unable to find love and had no children. Although she had an older brother as her relatives, they were both men and had their own lives. How could they possibly take care of her all the time?
She had watched Si Zhen grow up for more than twenty years. To her, her feelings for Si Zhen might even be higher than those for Si Xuezhong and Si Dongheng.
Now that Si Zhen is dead, how can she cheer up in a short time?
Even though Mo Siyuan invited her repeatedly, she still missed the shareholders' meeting.
On the contrary, Guan Xiong sat aside calmly, looking indifferent, but in fact, he knew very well why Mo Siyuan convened this shareholders' meeting.
It's nothing more than criticizing Guan Shanshan.
He was too lazy to pay attention to Mo Siyuan. There was nothing else on this man's mind except business.
Seeing that everyone was present, Mo Siyuan patted the table and said, "Dear shareholders, let's hold the first shareholders' meeting of Huatong Express in 2009. I think you all have heard about the situation of Huatong Express."
"Since our establishment last year, we have already had 200 sites across the province, including 50 sites in Chuncheng City, and 80 sites in several other cities such as Tongjiang City, Sanyuan City and Songshan City. It can be said that we have achieved remarkable results."
"Except for the 70 stations in Jiangcheng, all other stations have started to send and receive express parcels normally, and the initial investment is gradually being recovered."
Many shareholders nodded. These were all within their expectations. However, how come Jiangcheng City, which had expanded to 70 sites at such a fast speed, was not making money?
Mo Siyuan leaned back in his chair.
"Many people have noticed that in all the quarterly profit and loss statements, only Jiangcheng's business was negative, and it was negative growth."
"To be honest, Huatong Express has already invested more than 50 million yuan in Jiangcheng Huatong Express Branch in several installments. In addition, Mr. Guan also personally paid 30 to 40 million yuan to subsidize Jiangcheng Huatong Express Branch."
"But you can already see how the business is going."
A group of shareholders looked at the report in their hands with frowned brows. The situation in Jiangcheng City could be said to be terrible. They spent 80 to 90 million yuan in total, and ended up with something like this?
Seventy stations may sound like a lot, but the operating income is similar to that of some remote cities. Compared with Chuncheng City, there is a world of difference.
"What is going on in Jiangcheng? Why is the business situation worse than in Songshan City?"
"Yeah, with so much money invested, even if a pig were to do the job, it wouldn't turn out like this!"
"Shh, keep your voices down. I heard that the person in charge of the Jiangcheng branch is Mr. Guan's daughter."
"It turns out she's a second-generation employee. No wonder the performance is so poor. We need to replace her immediately. We can't keep messing around like this!"
Guan Xiong's eyes swept over the man who was speaking, and that man immediately shut his mouth and dared not speak anymore. He was just a small shareholder, and the gap between him and Guan Xiong was too big, so he kept his mouth shut for fear of causing trouble by speaking.
Mo Siyuan next to him patted the table.
"Okay, stop arguing. Let's ask the person involved what exactly happened!"
"I have been in Jiangcheng for less than three months and I have already submitted such an answer sheet. It is really unexpected!"
As he spoke, Mo Siyuan looked at Guan Xiong beside him and said, "Is Shanshan here?"
Guan Xiong nodded.
Originally, the board of directors intended to let Guan Shanshan handle the business in Jiangcheng City and then return to Chuncheng City to report on her work, but who knew why Mo Siyuan convened a shareholders' meeting in advance, and so suddenly.
Mo Siyuan looked outside the door: "Let her in."
The secretary standing at the door nodded, walked out and let Guan Shanshan in.
Guan Shanshan, who was standing outside the door, was wearing a black windbreaker and a pair of high heels. Under the windbreaker, one could see her bare legs in stockings. She walked in, stood next to the conference table, and confronted Mo Siyuan, who was standing opposite her.
More than a dozen shareholders on both sides all looked at Guan Shanshan. She was really a young and inexperienced person who was not afraid of a tiger. She actually just stood there and confronted Mo Siyuan?
Mo Siyuan ignored Guan Shanshan's hostility. He leaned back in his chair and looked at Guan Shanshan.
"Boss Guan is here?"
"Please explain the situation of the Jiangcheng branch."
"The group invested so much money, and this is the result?"
Guan Shanshan sneered: "Boss Mo, what do you mean, now that things have come to this point, it's all my fault?"
"You should know how difficult Su Yang's Jitu Express is. I can keep Huatong Express from going bankrupt and still have a little revenue, which is already quite good!"
"As for this heavy snow, it is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. Let alone me, even everyone here, who could have imagined it?"
"If we make money, it's all thanks to the good leadership of the shareholders. If we lose money, it's all my fault, Guan Shanshan. There's nothing so unreasonable in this world!"
Mo Siyuan frowned. Guan Shanshan's mouth really made him want to curse. Although some of the things Guan Shanshan said did make sense, but being beaten like this by Jitu Express in the Jiangcheng market was purely because she was too weak.
She kept saying that it was not her fault. If someone was not aware of the situation, they might be fooled by her. But was he, Mo Siyuan, so easily fooled?
"Okay, since you don't want to admit it, let me ask you, with the same pricing strategy as Jitu Express, why is Huatong Express's performance not as good as Jitu Express's?"
Guan Shanshan frowned, "Mr. Mo, why do you need to ask me this question? For the same price, they pick up the package at your door and also deliver eggs, but we have to wait for the courier to arrive at our door. How can the efficiency be the same?"
“Shouldn’t we ask the marketing department at the headquarters why they couldn’t come up with some activities like Jitu Express? If they did, why did we lose so badly?”
Mo Siyuan was almost laughing out of anger.
"Okay, okay, Guan Shanshan, you said it's because Jitu Express did a good job in marketing, it has nothing to do with you!"
"Then let me ask you again, our prices have been lowered in the later period, and we have also carried out the same marketing activities as Jitu Express. Why is the profit of your single store still not as good as Jitu Express?"
Guan Shanshan became even more confident.
"They say Jitu Express has no money in its account. I am just waiting. When Jitu Express can no longer provide subsidies and has no money in its account, I will take the opportunity to grab the market back!"
"But you didn't even give me this chance!"
"Until now, I still don't know where Jitu Express gets the money. Within a month, it opened 70 stations!"