Chapter Thirteen But See the Human World Desolate

  Xue Zong was harmed because when he inquired about Long Bao's plans for the meeting, he found that Duan Pingchun, Li Xiubai, Zhao Siwen and others' phones were unreachable, even his daughter Xue Bingying and Kang Dingzhuang said that Long Bao did not reveal any details of the meeting to them.

  Xue Zong had only one explanation for the situation in front of him, that is, Long Bao had already stopped trusting him and had decided to remove Xue Guo Wei from his ruling team. In other words, Long Bao would not allow anyone to obstruct him from obtaining absolute power over the Li Heng Group, and he wanted to put himself on the throne of absolute dominance over the Li Heng Group!

  How can this be good? It seems that this child does not allow any opposing voices to exist within the group, does not allow any factors that interfere with his power. Is this managing a listed company? This is clearly building his own independent kingdom out of ignorance! How can this be good?

  Xue Zong fell into anxious contemplation.

  Mr. Xue's concerns were not unfounded, but Long Bao had his own reasons for thinking that Mr. Xue's worries were justified. To be honest, he did indeed want to transform the group into a kingdom that absolutely carried out his personal will.

  Since he personally experienced the various changes in Liheng over the past year, he believes that he has seen through the baseness of human nature and the despicable means used by human beings in the struggle for power. He believes that only by thoroughly eliminating all factors that may lead to instability in the group can the group develop rapidly. Only by truly selecting and appointing loyal enterprise presidents and department heads who are loyal to themselves and the group, and establishing a sound management structure, can the group truly stabilize and successfully operate the modern group management system in production and operation. His theory is that under chaotic circumstances, centralization of power must be achieved, and the warlords' self-government is not conducive to coordinated development, nor is it conducive to his overall planning for the group.

  At 10:00 on October 9, 2003, Long Biao walked towards the venue.

  It's already autumn, and the autumn wind is gently blowing. Although Chang'an is not in the northern country, the weather is still very hot, and the wind is not strong. The trees and grass on the mountain in front of me do not have any withered or damaged appearance, but after all, the floating clouds at the horizon are still being blown by the autumn wind.

  "The desolate autumn wind is here again, and the world has changed."

  Long Bao's confidence soared, his footsteps steady and firm, his waist straight as he walked up to the podium, where hundreds of people were seated below.

  ……

  The applause echoed sparsely throughout the venue, gradually growing into a thunderous ovation.

  Long Bao walked along with everyone, applauding as he went, a peaceful smile on his face. He looked out at the crowd below, their movements and expressions not entirely uniform or coordinated. The applause was a mix of different psychological elements. The hundreds of faces in front of him represented different people. His footsteps were steady, his eyes sharp and piercing like those of an eagle or wolf, silently scanning the room. Yet his steps felt heavy, as if each one was treading on the fate of the group. With every step, he felt a hollow, burning sensation in his chest, as if it was shaking with the movement of his body...

  The more he walked towards the podium, the more his eyes began to blur. When he reached the front of the stage, he couldn't even make out the faces of the hundreds of people sitting below... Everyone was reduced to just a head, a body, two hands and two feet. Even the high-ranking managers on the main stage had transformed into nothing more than a wave in the ocean, a grain of sand on the beach!

  Man is nothing but a grain of sand and a stone.

  These people have learned knowledge, skills and abilities, and fortunately entered the Lihe Group. To put it accurately, they should be the parts of the car under Lihe's control, being the driver themselves, deciding the direction of Lihe, all parts must serve their own driving, must carry out their own driving will, if there are problems or hidden dangers with the parts, they need to be replaced, if the parts do not match, they also need to be replaced!

  Outside the window, the sun is shining brightly, but Long Bao feels that the wind has already started: all obstacles, all interference, and all concerns are just floating clouds that obscure one's decision-making. Only when the most violent autumn gusts sweep through the world can these floating clouds be blown away, and only then can this mortal world be transformed!

  Perhaps intimidated by Long Bao's aura, the entire venue was silent, with Long Bao standing high above, surveying the hundreds of subordinate employees below, thinking of the nearly 20,000 employees in the entire group, clearly aware that every word he spoke would determine everyone's future fate. Imagining himself becoming the true focus and core of the group, leading them to expand and develop in an internal atmosphere where his words were law, he felt an unprecedented sense of comfort: It's great, a vast expanse stretching out before him, endless possibilities.

  At this moment, Long Bao was completely unaware of his surroundings. He seemed to have just seen a newly modified concept car being started by him!

  He slammed the documents in his hand onto the podium, and with a sonorous, magnetic voice that was full of penetration, he began to speak facing the cars, the components on the cars, the pebbles on the beach, and the waves:

  "...The era of economic globalization has arrived, the knowledge economy tide has risen, with the intensification of industrial knowledge density, the upgrading of industrial structure, enterprises urgently need high-tech talents in this new economic ocean, and urgently need to widely apply high-tech in production and operation, which has determined the fate of an enterprise..."

  ...all along, Li Heng has been relying on traditional products to gain survival and development space, relying on production assembly lines, relying on your labor, over-relying on raw materials, energy, capital, and labor, relatively speaking, the construction of knowledge-intensive flexible manufacturing systems is far from enough, and the operation of capital finance is extremely lacking.

  So now I solemnly declare to everyone that from now on, the group's construction and development focus will shift towards biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, financial services, and high-tech materials.

  Knowledge has become the capital for creating wealth, and the core driving force for promoting development to a higher level is talent. This will always be the first consideration for the group. We will stimulate employees' positivity, initiative and creativity from aspects such as organization, system, authorization and reward and punishment, and put the development of employees' intelligence and talent cultivation in the first place in management. We will spare no effort to introduce talents, and take the principle of motivation and the principle of ability as the standard for personnel management.

  In the future, Liheng will no longer be a simple product production group in concept, but a three-dimensional strategic alliance company group that is mobile, flexible, responsive and widely involved. It will break through Liheng's existing management hierarchy and business boundaries, and this new conceptual organizational structure will bring greater scale benefits to the group!

  We are confident that we will expand the survival space of Liheng from traditional production to a new economic field with high knowledge and technology density. We have reason to believe that in the future, what Liheng sells is brainpower rather than labor! The future Liheng is not a two-dimensional giant, but a three-dimensional giant with a global vision and flying energy!

  Long Bowen's speech was highly infectious, he didn't use a script and didn't have one, all these things were stored in his brain. He first analyzed the international economic situation in depth, then elaborated on the characteristics of international corporate competition, and pointed out the various drawbacks that are not adapted to the current situation. Then, he emphasized the need for loyal talent in the group, and announced the future development priorities and direction of the group, outlining a blueprint for the group's future as envisioned in his mind.

  In Long Bao's mind, the future of Li Heng Group should not be a production enterprise, but a holding group that perfectly integrates capital advantages and talent advantages. He only needs to grasp the billions of capital and talents that meet the requirements, and he will transform Li Heng into a new concept group, thoroughly extracting the group from the tedious daily management affairs. The most critical thing is that he can only avoid the risks of the group in the future by transforming Li Heng into a three-dimensional strategic alliance company group, avoiding placing the fate of the group after him on one or two successors, and more quickly expanding Li Heng into several tens or even hundreds of listed companies, truly fulfilling Qian Lao's dream of a multinational conglomerate!

  Some people in the audience were enchanted, some nodded their heads repeatedly, some were indifferent, others were calm and cold, and there were also those who looked as if they thought Long Po was talking nonsense.

  Long Wan's speech ended, and applause sparsely broke out, followed by thunder.

  Right after that, Jiao Siwei stepped forward to read out the personnel appointment and removal decision. At this time, Long Bao discovered that Qian Suxue Zhuben Tong had also arrived. He couldn't help but glance at Jiao Siwei beside him. Jiao Siwei gave him a slight smile, as if saying she was mentally prepared and it was nothing.

  Zao Siwei walked calmly to the podium, took out the document and read aloud the personnel decision in a very elegant tone.

  Congratulations that nearly a third of senior executives in the entire group have been removed from their positions, along with several dozen high-level managers!

  A massive earthquake of personnel has erupted, with its epicenter right in this venue, and will spread to all employees of Liheng at the fastest speed! As long as you have a little power, don't think about being spared from this earthquake!

  Qian Susu, who had been holding back for a long time, slammed the table and shouted at Long Bao and Jiao Siwei: "What's going on here? Have you studied and discussed this without me? I declare that such a decision is invalid until one of you gives me a reasonable explanation!"

  The whole scene was in an uproar! It's blown up!

  The headquarters high-level meeting was held immediately, and Qian Suxue and Qian Yuhui were furious, while Zeng Haichang and Xue Bingying were shocked. They had a million questions to ask Long Bao and Jiao Siwei! Zhu Bentong wanted to attend, but Long Bao wouldn't give him the opportunity, instead ordering the security guards to "protect" him, and arranging for two lawyers from the legal department to tell him stories about the punishment he would face for corruption and bribery.

  Qian Suxue slammed her hand on the table and interrogated: "How dare you! Without convening a board meeting or going through high-level discussions, you actually dared to do such a thing!"

  "I am the chairman of the board and CEO of the group, with the right to make independent decisions when opinions cannot be unified. Mr. Qian has entrusted me with the disposal of his assets under his name. Whether you have prejudices against me or oppose me, I only need to consider the future prospects and destiny of Liheng Group, and think about how Liheng should move forward in a most suitable way. If Liheng only relies on patching up management systems, optimizing resource allocation, and arduously expanding markets, without undergoing painful reforms in industrial operations, organizational structure, and management models, it will become more and more mired in a dead end!"

  Qian Suxue gritted her teeth and said, "Do you know that someone is forming cliques to oppose you, so you just removed all of them? You are despicable, speaking in such a grandiose manner, but actually replacing all your trusted followers with your own people, so you can grasp the real power of the group!"

  "No, Vice Chairman Qian, you are completely wrong. I, Long Bao, don't know many people and don't need to cultivate my own loyal followers. What I want is for true experts who keep up with the times to manage Li Heng. I want Li Heng to become a truly expert-managed group. I want to bring Li Heng into a new era of development!"

  Then, the market would never care about Long Bao's thoughts.

  In the following days, the group's stock price plummeted like a broken dam. The investment company followed Longbiao's instructions and took steps to support the market. This support was not about using limited funds to artificially prop up the market, as the extremely limited tens of billions of funds were the capital for the group's future development. Longbiao's psychological bottom line for the stock price was lower than 8 yuan, half of the pre-meeting price of 16 yuan, by 5 cents - 7 cents. He would only allow a maximum of 2 billion yuan to be used for supporting the market. If the price broke through this level, he would let it go and allow the stock price to plummet.

  Very soon on the second trading day, the stock price opened at 14.2 yuan and fell all the way to 13.4 yuan. The investment company put in 300 million Hong Kong dollars into the market, then the short-selling rats' positions increased, and the stock price broke through 12.4 yuan that day.

  Long Bao sat in the conference room staring at the stock market close, let out a light sigh and walked up to the rooftop, Kang Tie and Zhou Qing followed behind him, and Baozi also tagged along. Long Bao sat on the rooftop quietly watching the clouds drift by in the sky, it was only a little past four in the afternoon, but Long Bao was like an animal without feelings, exposing himself completely unguarded to the scorching heat of the glaring sunlight.

  This is the tenth month in the southern country, although it is already autumn, but the autumn wind blowing on the platform does not have any autumn atmosphere at all. It was only after a long time had passed that the moon began to reveal its face vaguely. Long Biao gazed for a long time before suddenly opening his mouth and saying: "Kang Tie, your hometown is in Henan, you used to be a soldier in the north, right?"

  Kang Tie hastily replied: "Yes, I was a soldier in Jilin."

  Long Bao smiled slightly and said: "I've never been to the North before, tell me what this season is like in the North?"

  Kang Tie hesitated, as if recalling the scene and choosing his words carefully, before saying: "This season should be called Golden Autumn October, I remember that at this time many leaves have turned yellow, many trees have started to fall, and the north wind is getting stronger. The grass on the mountain has withered, and the swallows are gone, many birds have begun to fly back south."

  Long Bao asked in a low voice: "Was there dew this morning? Was there frost?"

  Kang Tie rubbed his head, he really couldn't remember much. Long Bao didn't continue to ask him, instead taking out a cigarette and starting to smoke, muttering to himself: "The autumn thoughts that wander aimlessly follow the clear night sky's silver river water, lightly floating up to the clouds, nine heavens high. The faint lotus flower autumn moon takes Chang'e's tears on the osmanthus tree as dew drops sent off by the autumn clouds. The autumn wind shakes them down to the ground, turning them into the frost of the gradually cold mountains. Everything withers, everything falls, and the world of life becomes gradually transparent, gradually aging..."

  At this moment, Jiao Siyu walked up to them. She happened to hear Long Bupo's poetic recitation and lightly clapped her hands twice, saying: "Great, the great poet is indeed extraordinary with his words. Is there something on your mind?"

  Long Bao didn't answer her question, but instead asked: "What's the situation outside now?"

  "What else can be done? It's just that there are several batches of financial journalists coming to interview you and me, and the popular saying on the market is that you have a nervous breakdown, took the wrong medicine, don't understand how to manage a company at all, and are treating the fate of the group as your own fantasy bet, playing with other people's lives. Old Man Qian's money wasn't earned by you through hard work, so you won't feel heartache. Hmm, also, if anyone still wants to hold onto Liheng's stock now, they're an incurable fool, even a stupid person who doesn't understand stocks at all will get rid of this problematic and troubled garbage stock early on... Hehe, and several group companies have proposed to terminate our cooperation relationship and cancel our contract. Those stock commentators say that the Liheng Group will collapse under the hands of you and me, two young people in our teens or twenties..."

  Long Bao furrowed his brow: "Isn't there even a little good news to comment on?"

  "Yes, a financial expert said in an interview with a reporter that he thinks your statement is very correct and powerful. He even suggested that stockholders buy a large number of the company's stocks after the stock price stops falling and starts to stabilize."

  Long Bao's eyebrows relaxed: "What is the mood of the employees now?"

  "Is that it? Clap your hands and cheer, wait with bated breath, numbness, disdain, deep-seated hatred for you and me, is that about it? I can't tell what kind of mentality is mainstream anymore!"

  Long Bao rubbed his eyes, saying in a low voice: "I used to think making this decision would be difficult, but it's actually simple. The stock didn't fall and I was afraid, but after it fell, I feel more at ease. People are really strange, today it fell so much, and in a few days it will fall even more, but I just feel that these losses are just current money, I'll make ten times as much back in the future. The current stock price is twelve yuan, who knows, in a few years the stock price might be thirty or forty yuan, or even seventy to eighty yuan like Yangtze River Industry and Hang Seng Bank! Do you believe me?"

  Jiao Siyu stared at Long Bao for a long time, before speaking in a way that was completely unrelated to the topic: "Your bleak autumn wind has already changed the world of humans. New concepts and new characters make anything possible in this new world. Not even a vast ocean is visible, who knows where it's headed?"

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