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He was about to skyrocket to success!

"Mr. Gu, you truly are my lucky star!" Zheng Shou shouted in his heart. After all, everything stemmed from his collaboration with Gu Yu.

Without Gu Yu, there would be no Zheng Shou today!

"Chairman, although I'm just a small manager at a branch company, I too wish to do more for the company. I believe the company will certainly not fail to reward every employee who gives their wholehearted effort materially."

In the choice between promotion and bonus, Zheng Shou, of course, did not hesitate to choose the promotion.

But he spoke very tactfully and politely.

"Hahaha, good, I understand what you mean." Chen Qiao burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Then I will announce your position change to everyone. I declare that, due to the exceptional performance of Zheng Shou, manager of the mobile operations department at the game branch company, Zheng Shou is hereby promoted in his duties to Product Director at the game branch company, and will be awarded a one-time end-of-year salary bonus of one hundred thousand yuan, as well as a priority consideration opportunity for promotion during the next quarterly assessment."

This time, Chen Qiao did not consult anyone and simply announced the decision.

"This... this... I've really been promoted to Product Director?" Zheng Shou felt like he was dreaming and wanted to cry; he had finally made it.

Previously, he could never have imagined becoming a director in his lifetime, but now he really was one!

Beyond the monetary reward, there was also an opportunity for priority consideration for promotion, meaning that as long as he didn't make any major mistakes in the upcoming quarter and achieved a little success, he could very likely be promoted to deputy general manager of the branch company!

He was on the same level as the ordinary executives present!

Happiness came so suddenly that Zheng Shou felt faint; if Gu Yu were here, he wished he could embrace him and give him a big kiss.

He truly was a great lucky star!

"Haha, congratulations, Director Zheng," Chen Qiao said with a smile.

The others also echoed: "Congratulations, Director Zheng!"

"Director Zheng, congratulations on your promotion!"

"Congratulations, congratulations! The future is promising for Director Zheng. You will definitely become a strong core of the group!"

"..."

"Thank you, thank you. To make more contributions to the company... oh no, to the group, is something I, Zheng Shou, have always dreamed of doing." Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire

Zheng Shou hurriedly responded, still not having recovered from the joy of his promotion.

Just then, Dong Huaimin suddenly spoke, breaking the joyful atmosphere.

"I don't think Zheng Shou is suited for the position of Director."

Dong Huaimin's face was stern.

As he spoke his congratulations, everyone else promptly shut their mouths, and the conference room went silent instantly.

Chen Qiao stared at Dong Huaimin, his brow slightly furrowing, not understanding why Dong Huaimin was suddenly giving Zheng Shou a hard time.

Zheng Shou had indeed brought substantial profits to the group, and Dong Huaimin hadn't said anything when other people were mentioned before.

"Mr. Dong, what do you mean by this?" Chen Qiao asked, puzzled.

Seeing Dong Huaimin's stern face, Zheng Shou instantly felt a chill in his heart. Had he somehow offended this lofty group general manager?

His own promotion, and merely an internal one at the branch company, couldn't possibly affect him, could it?

Could it be that the deputy general manager of the branch company was a relative of this boss, and he was worried about being displaced?

But that didn't make sense either. The position of deputy general manager at Shengda Game had been vacant for several years, so it's not likely he was stepping on someone else's toes, was it?

"No particular meaning, I just think your allocation is not reasonable," Dong Huaimin said, maintaining a calm demeanor.

"For an employee who has made such outstanding contributions, the reward you've given is far too little." Dong Huaimin continued as he casually flipped through the financial report.

"A single department bringing in more than forty million in a quarter—may I ask which of the corporate directors present has achieved this?"

"Or perhaps the contribution made by the newly promoted creative product manager is higher than that of Zheng Shou?"

"I find this quite unreasonable. According to his contribution, Zheng Shou being directly transferred back to headquarters to take charge of the marketing department wouldn't be excessive! And the result is just being a director at a branch company? Moreover, a Product Director?"

While saying this, Dong Huaimin continued to peruse the financial report with a calm tone.

The more he spoke, the graver his tone became.

Seeing that everyone else was silent, he slapped the document onto the middle of the long table, "If you don't agree, you can see for yourself."

Chen Qiao's face darkened. Although Dong Huaimin made a lot of sense, this was a defiance to his decision! It was a slap in the face to him, the Chairman, deeming his allocation unfair.

Chen Qiao had considered transferring Zheng Shou to the group headquarters to work, but he discovered a record of cooperation in Zheng Shou's files that made him very wary.

That was the close cooperation between Shengda Game's mobile game operation department and Ideal Paradise.

The two parties had cooperated twice, with each collaboration being very successful. It was precisely these collaborations that revived Shengda Game's mobile game platform.

If it had been earlier, he might not have cared much, but now he had come to regard Ideal Paradise as a potential enemy.

And since Zheng Shou had cooperated with Ideal Paradise for so long, he surely had contacts on that side. To prevent Zheng Shou from achieving a third cooperation with Ideal Paradise while still rewarding him,

he chose the method of promotion and transfer, moving Zheng Shou away from the original mobile game operation department and sending him to a product position.

In doing so, he not only rewarded Zheng Shou and bought his loyalty but also severed his cooperation with Ideal Paradise, killing two birds with one stone.

But he didn't expect Dong Huaimin to stand up and oppose it.

"I believe my allocation is quite reasonable, and Director Zheng is also very pleased,"

Chen Qiao said coldly.

In fact, transferring Zheng Shou from Shengda Game to take a position at the headquarters wasn't impossible, but the problem was that he didn't know Zheng Shou well. Zheng Shou had joined the company several years ago, with quite a long tenure.

However, exactly because of this, after several years, Zheng Shou had become thoroughly shrewd and was beyond his control.

Right now, he only controlled 50% of the company's power, with the other half in the hands of the old faction led by his father, Chen Tian.

What he was doing now was to weaken or eliminate the high-level rights of the old faction left by his father, and then replace their positions with his own proteges.

As long as eighty percent of the positions were held by the people he had newly groomed, the entire company would be completely under his, Chen Tian's, control.

Only then would he be able to move freely and truly do something great for Shengda's revival.

But he didn't expect Dong Huaimin to be such a tough nut to crack, raising objections at this time.

"Reasonable? You tell me your arrangement is reasonable? As a group director, I hope you understand the meaning of embracing talent and placing the right people in the right positions, not stuffing anyone and everyone into the core layer,"

Dong Huaimin began to grow angry as well.

He had actually prepared himself to relinquish power, as long as Chen Qiao didn't mess things up with his simplistic thinking he was willing to turn a blind eye.

But unexpectedly, those truly capable were being excluded from the core management team and diverted from their original positions.

Even though it was a promotion, it was nothing less than functional sidelining!

"Mr. Dong... you!" Chen Qiao clenched his fists, looking at the furiously-faced Dong Huaimin, ultimately realizing he was powerless to act.

This was a meeting, and the two of them were the highest-tiered executives in the company. If they started infighting, it would have too great an impact on the confidence of the executives.

Furthermore, Chen Qiao did not dare to truly fall out with Dong Huaimin because, in addition to being the general manager, Dong Huaimin was also an original shareholder of the group.

If Dong Huaimin, thoroughly provoked, were to call a shareholders' meeting to impeach him, that would be a real headache.

Dong Huaimin also knew that it wouldn't do to go too far during the meeting.

After glaring at each other for a few seconds, both sat down as if nothing had happened.

"Heh, I think Mr. Dong also makes a good point. Then, regarding Manager Zheng Shou's position, I'll give it further consideration after the meeting," Chen Qiao said with a hollow laugh, retracting his previous arrangement.

Then, he said to Zheng Shou, "Manager Zheng, if you are interested in working at the headquarters, you can discuss it with me."

Zheng Shou nodded bewilderedly.

Becoming a director for three minutes? And then gone!? The shortest-serving director in Shengda history?

That's outrageous!

"Let's put this matter aside for now; next up are the demotion and job reassignment arrangements,"

Chen Qiao's eyes flashed coldly as he picked up another list.

"Hmph, Dong Huaimin, you're getting on in years, can you still hold your own?"