Chapter 275 Don't let Li Chaoren run away
After the meeting from Xiangjiang headquarters, Luo Jun returned to the mainland branch located in Pengcheng.
He came with him, and there was a person sent by the headquarters. This was to hand over his job and take over his position.
Walking in the company's office area, the employees stood up and watched Luo Jun walk into his office.
Everyone was silent, no one said anything because everyone didn't know what to say.
The announcement from Watsons Group has been issued, and everyone in Pengcheng Company obviously knows that Luo Jun was resigning.
Although everyone knows that he is innocent, who can do anything? Everyone is just a worker. So they can only express sympathy and nothing else can help.
"Boss, why should the headquarters treat you like this? You and your brothers opened it one by one? Now, it's not our turn to have a good thing. If something happens, you will take the blame!" Luo Jun's assistant Xiao Lu said angrily, regardless of the person who came to hand over the headquarters to hand over it.
Luo Jun quickly stopped him: "Xiao Lu, don't talk nonsense. The matter is in our area, so it's no wonder that others can do this."
"Boss, you are just too kind. You can swallow your anger when you are bullied like this."
Luo Jun shook his head with a wry smile. Xiao Lu was still young, and when he reached his age, he would understand these principles.
What else can you do if you can't bear to swallow your anger? In this way, everyone breaks up with each other and takes the blame, the group will make up for it in terms of compensation. And everyone in the industry understands what's going on this time and will not affect their future job searches.
If you really want to break up, let alone whether you can get the compensation, and if you want to find a job in the future, which company dares to ask for it?
As an executive, not only must he be able to be able to stand up and take responsibility for the company at critical moments.
So Xiao Lu didn't understand that he had no other choice this time, so he could only do this.
He comforted Xiao Lu for a few words and started to hand over the work with the people sent from the group headquarters. Thank you for your hard work for the past few years, and I just took this opportunity to take a good rest. Luo Jun's ability is obvious to all in the circle. Are you worried that you can't find your next home?
Maybe this time he could find a better job in disguise and find a better job. He could no longer stand Watsons' practice of squeezing suppliers and employees.
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Liu Wenjuan played a trick this time, which made the people in Watsons headquarters very anxious, and even the general manager of the mainland region resigned.
She was also a little disgusted. She obviously wanted to deal with senior executives from headquarters such as Huo, but it ended up affecting Chi Yu.
However, Liu Wenjuan didn't care about this, she was worried about what to do later.
No matter how happy the online quarrel has had some impact on Watsons' stores, but it has little impact after all. It is obviously impossible to change their practices that have been going on for many years.
Then I still have to face choices, surrender or resist!
Resistance is very simple, and he just ignores Huo's request and pretends that this has never happened. But it is obvious that there will be a lot of trouble in the future. I guess Huo will block itself in the store sales.
If he surrenders, the headquarters will probably have to doubt his abilities. Liu Wenjuan knows how strong Mr. Wang’s personality is.
She guessed that if she dared to ask the company headquarters to help Watsons to produce, Wang Ye would fire herself on the spot.
Therefore, Liu Wenjuan had no choice but to resist and did not respond to Huo Hao. He said that he would be fooled by one week. In the end, if there was no choice, then he would tear his face and think of other ways.
Liu Wenjuan gritted her teeth and thought that if it really doesn't work, she would be able to go to one country at a time. In Asia, Watsons is not the only cosmetics chain store.
There are many regional chain stores that are not that large but are actually OK.
In that case, it will be more troublesome to manage. Many things such as supply and reconciliation are required to do the work through various channels.
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Just after Liu Wenjuan was waiting nervously for a week, she was surprised to find that there was no movement at the headquarters of Watsons Group and Huo Hao did not contact her anymore.
What's wrong with this? Did Huo forget this? Liu Wenjuan thought in surprise.
What she didn't know was that at this time, Meigo.com had already joined forces with Temasek to propose acquisitions of several core businesses of Watsons Group.
Huo Hao didn't care about causing trouble for Liu Wenjuan. He couldn't take care of himself now.
"Uncle San... Oh, Mr. Huo, what will be left of Watsons Group after these three businesses are acquired? And, where will I go then?" Huo Hao sat in Huo Jianning's office with a worried look on his face.
"Wait, see if the new boss keeps you. If not, Watsons Group has a lot of business left and you won't have time." Huo Jianning said indifferently.
As he said, Watsons Group's business is actually very complicated, not only making cosmetics and distilled water, but also red wine, food courts, infant products, pharmacies, etc.
Even though he said so, Huo Hao was still unhappy. The market value of Watsons Group was as high as more than 20 billion US dollars, but now it is equivalent to cutting half of it. Of course, he, the top figure in the group, would feel lost.
However, he also considered that he would definitely not be able to change jobs to Meigou.com or Temasek. Not to mention whether the other party is willing to ask for him, he said that after jumping over, no one will take care of him, so how can he do it?
It’s great to stay in Watsons Group. There is no pressure to work and I have my third uncle taking care of it. I shouldn’t live a comfortable life.
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On July 12, Hutchison Industrial suddenly issued an announcement announcing that its three businesses, "personal care chain", "Watsons Distilled Water" and "Bajia Supermarket", have been sold to Meigo.com and Temasek for US$8 billion.
As soon as the news came out, the whole of Xiangjiang caused a sensation.
In the past two years, it was the rumor of Li Chaoren's "breaking away from Asia and entering Europe" that he sold off the mainland and Hong Kong industries, but bought large amounts of assets in Europe, especially Britain.
It can even be said that more than half of Europe's basic businesses, such as water, electricity, natural gas, and communications, have been acquired by Li Chaoren.
Now even the core branch of Hehuang Industry, Watsons' main business has been sold out, and the price is not high, which shows that Lao Li really wants to run away.
For a time, public opinion was everywhere, and some media openly published in the newspaper and declared "Don't let Li Chaoren run away"!
This article has a great influence, and even many national media have published it. In it, it introduces in detail how much wealth Li Chaoren has made in the mainland with the preferential policies given by the state over the years to do real estate business.
As we all know, if you do real estate business, especially in first-tier cities, you don’t have policy support, so you basically don’t have to think about it.
As a result, Li Chaoren enjoyed these preferential policies in the mainland and earned astronomical wealth, but now he left and transferred all his assets to Europe.
According to incomplete statistics, Li Chaoren's investment in Europe has reached more than 300 billion!
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Because this acquisition was the first acquisition after Meigou.com went public and was related to Li Chaoren, it certainly attracted much attention from the media.
Some media reporters interviewed Wang Ye and what they thought about Li Chaoren’s selling of assets.
This question is a bit sensitive, but Wang Ye doesn't want to add insults or please anyone. He just expressed his opinion.
"Li Chaoren is just a businessman. Don't add too many ideal things like family and country feelings to him. Although these seem noble, glorious, and correct, the world's expectations for him are probably too high and he can't do it."
"Similarly, this acquisition is just a business, and there is no need to over-interpret it. It can only be said that Meigou.com needs the sales channel of Watsons chain stores, and Hutchison felt that the price was more appropriate, so it was sold."
Wang Ye’s attitude is very fair. The media used to “myth” Li Chaoren, but now now "demonizes” him, but in fact there is no need.
Throughout Li Chaoren's life, he was just a standard businessman who was "profit-oriented". As for charity, except for the people of Chaoshan, his hometown, who has seen the school and hospital donated by him?
But this is beyond reproach. Others make money by their ability and spend whatever they want. You cannot rely on moral kidnapping to make others do whatever they have to do.
Just like Wang Ye, he also does charity, but his current donation target is only his hometown. When he becomes richer in the future, he may consider other places, but he must be willing to do charity by himself, rather than being forced by others to do charity.
However, the development of the situation was a bit out of control, and Li Chaoren had no choice but to send an open letter to defend himself.
"Don't use those empty morals to measure me, I'm just like your neighbor's old man"
I am a businessman and I hope everyone will not put any hat on me. No matter whether it is tall or short, I don’t want to have one.
Because I am not a moralist, an educator, nor a conspirator or a politician, I am just a businessman.
By understanding this, you can easily understand my self-defense. Many times, my choice is because I don’t have any other better choices, not because I want to make such a difficult choice.
I finally emphasized that I am a businessman and a philanthropist, but I am by no means a politician, an educator, etc.
I participated in the construction of Shantou University, Shantou University Affiliated Hospital, Chaozhou Housing Project, etc., which reached HK$15 billion, and most of them were spent in Greater China. This is pure donation and no profit can be made. This is what I am most proud of.
I hope everyone will not deify me or demonize me. In fact, I am just like your current colleagues and the old man in your neighborhood.
I have made mistakes like them, and are as kind and friendly as them. I have taken on my mistakes and received my glory. My life is my own responsibility, and so are each of you.
Don’t give me too much praise, and there is no need to pour a lot of dirty water on me. Although I don’t care about my own feelings, I care about your burns on your own soul and the public opinion environment that poisons the fragile Chinese people.
My business may not be partly in China, but my heart has always been here and my roots are still here.
I am from Chaoshan, from Xiangjiang, from Chinese, and from Canadian. In the end, we are all residents of the global village.
Chapter completed!