At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

Perhaps for Shengda, allowing Chen Qiao to fully grasp the real power might also be a good thing.

At his level as the general manager, other than occupying resources, there was essentially no use of them anymore.

And with him not stepping down, the newcomers behind him would never have a chance to step up.

Only the capable should occupy high positions to better sustain Shengda's development.

"That deputy of mine, haha, he's been eyeing my position for three or four years now. Today, he should finally have his wish granted."

Dong Huaimin said with a chuckle.

Without pulling these old-timers out of the carrot patch, there would never be room for new carrots to grow.

"What's it called?" Dong Huaimin, looking around at the young faces, asked Fu Jiangxin with a smile.

"The post-wave?" Fu Jiangxin thought for a moment and replied.

"Right! Right! The post-wave! Hahaha." Dong Huaimin nodded hastily, exchanged a smile with Fu Jiangxin, and then burst into laughter.

If their departure could make the company better, then Dong Huaimin didn't care who would take their positions.

Having been with the company for twenty years, he now only hoped the company could rejuvenate and restore its former glory.

"Mr. Dong, Supervisor Fu, what has made you two elders so happy?" A young man caught up, asking the two with a smiling face.

Seeing the young man, Dong Huaimin immediately withdrew his smile, and his tone turned somewhat cold, "Nothing, just some private matters."

The young man before them, who appeared to be around thirty, was Zou Qi, the sales department head.

Logically, being a department head of a group at thirty, Zou Qi's capabilities should have been extraordinarily remarkable. In reality, Zou Qi's skills in flattery and bribery were indeed remarkable.

The man has risen quickly by sycophancy and greasing palms.

Although such things were not uncommon in a large company like Shengda and were even a tacit practice in the workplace, Dong Huaimin still preferred not to deal with him.

He disliked those who only spoke empty words and performed deceitful acts.

These were neither helpful to the group nor could they potentially bring trouble to the group.

Unfortunately, this man was part of Chen Qiao's faction, and even Dong Huaimin had no grounds to touch him.

"Haha, since it's personal, then I won't ask." Zou Qi kept a beaming smile, giving off a vibe of an old sly fox with a smiling tiger's demeanor.

"The two of you are also here for the meeting, right?" Zou Qi grinned.

"Yes." Dong Huaimin remained silent, and Fu Jiangxin wasn't too warm towards him, merely grunting a response.

If it had been earlier, due to work obligations, they might have exchanged pleasantries with Zou Qi on the surface out of courtesy.

But now, knowing they wouldn't be in the company much longer, they naturally couldn't be bothered to pretend anymore.

Seeing their coldness towards him, Zou Qi forced a smile and quickly left without further embarrassing himself.

No sooner had he left than Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin began discussing.

"I really don't understand why Chen Qiao would want to promote someone like that."

"Indeed, such people are a menace to the team!"

He has camouflaged himself well; perhaps Chen Qiao hasn't noticed it.

Dong Huaimin patted Fu Jiangxin on the shoulder as a reminder.

Fu Jiangxin nodded, agreeing it was very likely Chen Qiao hadn't noticed, since he was usually coordinating at the higher level and seldom communicated with the lower-tier personnel.

Although Zou Qi was promoted by him, Chen Qiao rarely actually requested his service.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go in, the meeting is starting."

Reaching the conference room door, seeing people gradually arriving, Dong Huaimin instantly clammed up.

The two walked into the conference room one after the other; the room was brightly lit and already occupied by four or five people, mostly department heads, supervisors, and managers.

The group's top tier was essentially all gathered there.

There weren't many old faces; Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin comprised half of them.

As they entered, all the executives including Chen Qiao stood up at their arrival.

In terms of position, seniority, and contribution, Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin could quite literally support half of Shengda Group's sky.

Their combined presence was no less authoritative than Chen Qiao's in the main seat.

"What's everyone standing up for? Sit, sit, we're all here for the meeting."

Looking at everyone standing up and gazing at himself, Dong Huaimin smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down again.

It was then that everyone slowly took their seats.

Only Chen Qiao remained standing, smiling and welcoming.

"Mr. Dong, Minister Fu, I've been waiting for you for quite a while. You two used to arrive twenty minutes early and block the door. Surely the company's affairs must have kept you busy this time? Ah, it really is my fault, both of you are advanced in years, and I still arranged so much work for you."

Chen Qiao said with a smile.

Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin, though hearing these polite words, felt very uncomfortable inside, and even their expressions darkened slightly.

The two hadn't expected that, just upon arriving in the meeting room, Chen Qiao would already give them a subtle put-down.

"It's fine, as long as it's for the company, everything is worth it."

Of course, Dong Huaimin couldn't openly confront Chen Qiao, especially since the meeting was about to start,

and both quickly took their seats.

"Listen, if everyone had the awareness of these two respected elders, our Shengda Group might have already dominated Modu."

Seeing the two seated, Chen Qiao began to speak again.

"I had long heard of Mr. Dong's great reputation! Originally starting the business with Old Mr. Chen, you created today's glory of Shengda!"

"Yes! I also read about Mr. Dong's deeds in the company's culture manual, to persist during those times and expand and strengthen Shengda, truly admirable!"

"..."

Listening to the consistent praise for Dong Huaimin, Chen Qiao said, smiling: "You all only know to praise Mr. Dong, don't we have any praise for Minister Fu? Minister Fu has also devoted himself to Shengda over the years, toiling with great merit!"

"And furthermore, he has even been on a business trip to Yunan for the last two months, truly touching."

"You both have really worked too hard, the company owes you both so much, people of your age in other places would have retired comfortably long ago." Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

Chen Qiao said with a touched expression on his face, but his tone was entirely devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

Although it was a commendation, in the ears of Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin, it clearly implied that they had lingered in the company for too long.

"Thank you, Chairman Xie, for the praise. All these duties are what Minister Fu and I ought to do; we were nurtured by the company, to shine and emit heat for the company is only right."

Fu Jiangxin answered with a polite remark.

"Indeed, if the company needs it, we're willing to be the last halves of the candles, burning till the very end," Dong Huaimin also declared his stance.

Even though he knew that he almost certainly could not stay.

Chen Qiao looked at these two immensely loyal old men in front of him, a complex expression flickering across his eyes.

"Chairman Xie, shall we start the meeting? What is the theme of today's meeting?"

Dong Huaimin, not wanting to prolong the pointless discussion, casually inquired.

Chen Qiao collected his hesitation, then smilingly said to everyone: "Today's meeting isn't really about much, just to discuss some strategic plans for the group before the end of the year, and to announce some personnel changes."

Upon hearing about the personnel changes, Dong Huaimin inwardly remarked that it was indeed so.

Chen Qiao was indeed planning to target those with seniority like them.

Although he had mentally prepared himself before coming, Dong Huaimin still felt a slight chill in his heart at this moment; he suddenly felt a sense of being discarded.

He glanced at Fu Jiangxin, whose expression was also very complicated.

Chen Qiao noticed the changes in their expressions and those of the other elders, but chose to ignore them and directly started the meeting.

In the first half of the meeting, he pointed at the PowerPoint slides behind him, elaborating at length, while Dong Huaimin and the others were not listening at all.

As for the younger executives, they were incessantly lauding Chen Qiao's strategic directions as very good, hardly anyone pointed out any problems.

Seeing this conference scene, Dong Huaimin's heart grew colder; these newly promoted faces failed to point out any issues.

Or rather, dared not.

Could such an executive layer really lead Shengda back to its peak?

Both Dong Huaimin and Fu Jiangxin had a big question mark in their minds.

At that moment, having finished speaking with a smiling face amid the laudatory crowd, Chen Qiao went back to his seat.

Then, looking at Dong Huaimin and a few other elders, he slowly began to speak: "Alright, let's have a free discussion for five minutes. If there are no issues after that, we will move on to the next part of the meeting."

"Personnel adjustments."