The consequences of Chen Lang's resignation were far greater than what Li Dong and the rest had imagined.
As the current head of Huarun Vanguard, Chen Lang's position in the domestic retail industry was extraordinary.
At the beginning of the year, Huarun Vanguard acquired Home World and became the number one supermarket chain in the country.
The resignation of the head of the supermarket chain was not due to age or illness. Naturally, it attracted many people's speculation.
Although Chen Lang was still in the process of handing over work and had not left Huarun Vanguard, many people were already guessing who his next target would be.
Bailian?
Carrefour?
Wal-Mart?
RT-Mart?
These domestic and foreign retail giants were all speculated. Other than supermarket chains, others such as Gome and Suning were also suspects.
Of course, there were also people who thought about Shinichi and Far away, but they felt that the possibility was low.
After all, compared to Huarun Vanguard, these companies were still smaller. Moreover, they were too young and not stable enough.
Just as the outside world was guessing, Huarun Vanguard released an announcement on the morning of the 8th.
The announcement officially confirmed Chen Lang's resignation. However, along with the confirmation, Huarun Vanguard also announced that Chen Lang had signed a non-competition agreement with Huarun Vanguard!
As soon as this news came out, those who had speculated that Chen Lang would join a few retail companies fell silent.
This was because if Chen Lang joined another retail company, he would face huge compensation.
Industry insiders could roughly guess how much the compensation would be. It was hard for them to imagine who would pay for Chen Lang.
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As soon as the non-competition agreement was announced, Far away received the news as well.
Provincial Party Committee Compound.
Li Dong had just finished talking to Chen Lang on the phone. Chen Lang sounded a little tired.
He actually knew about the non-competition agreement since he was the one who signed it.
However, Huarun Vanguard also had executives leave to join a competitor company. Huarun Vanguard did not pursue the matter, so Chen Lang subconsciously ignored this issue.
However, when the news that he might join another retail company spread, Huarun Vanguard suddenly used this trump card.
According to the agreement, these executives were not allowed to engage in related business for two years and Huarun Vanguard would compensate them.
If they breached the agreement, they would naturally have to pay a huge amount of compensation.
According to the agreement, the compensation would be 50 times the basic salary of the year before the resignation.
Chen Lang was already considered a senior executive in Huarun Vanguard. Other than bonuses, his annual salary was not low.
According to the compensation limit of 50 times, if he wanted to work Far Away, he would have to face a huge claim of 30 million yuan!
What did 30 million mean in 2007?
When Li Dong offered an annual salary of ten million yuan, even the CEOs of large central enterprises would throw themselves at him, let alone thirty million yuan.
At this time, 30 million could buy a big villa in Beijing and a residential building in Pingchuan.
Who would be willing to pay such a huge sum of money for an employee?
After hanging up the phone, Li Dong's expression changed again.
Thirty million yuan. Huarun was really ruthless.
Although non-compete clauses were commonly used in the business world, claims for compensation were rarely seen.
Especially in this day and age, everyone was poaching each other. If you claimed compensation, others would also claim compensation. In the end, both sides would suffer.
Moreover, this also caused many higher-ups to be bitterly disappointed.
Chen Lang had worked at Huarun Resources for more than 20 years. It was not right for him to change his job now, but he had contributed a lot to Huarun Resources.
From a legal point of view, there was nothing wrong with China Resources seeking compensation.
But from a reasonable point of view, Huarun Group's huge compensation was a bit unreasonable.
Li Dong sighed and muttered, "30 million … 30 million …"
Chen Lang definitely could not afford this amount of money. Even if he could, he could not let Chen Lang take the money.
Then should he pay for Chen Lang?
30 million yuan was not a small amount. Far Away might have invested hundreds of millions or even billions, but that was the entire group.
Li Dong was actually willing to pay 30 million yuan for Chen Lang.
But what would the board of directors think?
What would the current executives of Far Away think?
Not only did they offer an annual salary of ten million yuan for Chen Lang, but they also had to bear the 30 million yuan compensation. Could Chen Lang bring such a huge return to Far Away?
Chen Lang had done well in Huarun Resources previously, but it did not mean that he would do well in Far Away.
Both parties had different backgrounds and different models. Was this money worth it?
After pondering for a moment, Li Dong made up his mind.
It was only 30 million yuan. If Chen Lang could really lead Faraway Supermarket to the next level, even if the profit margin increased by 1%, the money would still be recovered.
Moreover, he had made extravagant claims in the beginning, but now that it was time to pay up, who would dare to join Far Away in the future?
Wasn't this the best time to buy a horse's bones?
After thinking about this, Li Dong made a call back to the company and went out.
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Far Away Building.
Hearing that Li Dong was going to pay for Chen Lang, many people had a strange look on their faces.
This degree of importance was really not ordinary. He was even willing to pay 30 million yuan compensation. Everyone inevitably felt a little jealous.
Even Yuan Chengdao, who had always wanted to poach Chen Lang, could not help but feel a little jealous. Jealousy was one thing, but Yuan Chengdao still maintained his rationality and said, "General Manager Li, 30 million is too much."
"Of course, I'm not saying that I'm against it. It's just that according to the non-competition clause, Chen Lang has not received the compensation yet, so the compensation of 50 times is definitely a lot higher. Most people in the industry would choose to file a lawsuit when they encounter such a situation. In the end, even if they lose the lawsuit, the compensation won't be that much. 10 million is probably the limit. Therefore, I think it's better to wait until Chen Lang is employed. Far Away will file a claim against Huarun, and both parties will settle this issue in court. "
Once Yuan Chengdao said this, many people nodded in agreement.
If it was 10 million yuan compensation, everyone could still reluctantly accept it.
Although 10 million yuan was also a lot, the compensation Li Dong offered Chen Lang was already as high as 10 million yuan. At this time, it was not too much to spend an extra year's salary to recruit Chen Lang.
Li Dong was not in a hurry to speak. He thought for a moment before saying, "This will make us seem too petty. Moreover, even if we spend 10 million yuan, we still won't get the results we want.
Since we're prepared to bleed, then we'll do it in a grand manner. It's easy to get a thousand troops, but it's hard to find a good general. This is the time to make Chen Lang submit.
We'll also let the elites in the country see how much we want Far Away's talent!
There's no need to wait for Chen Lang to be employed. Announce that Far Away is willing to fork out this sum of money for Chen Lang. I want the whole country to know that I, Li Dong, will not mistreat anyone!
You don't have to think too much. This 30 million yuan is not only for Chen Lang, but also for Far Away's future.
I believe that the effect of this 30 million yuan is better than the original 200 million yuan. "
At this time, everyone also reacted. Indeed, this time, Far Away was willing to stand up for Chen Lang. This was not something an ordinary person could do.
Once this matter was over, Far Away's reputation would definitely rise.
Spending 30 million yuan to achieve this effect was not too much of a loss.
Of course, this was relatively speaking. Only companies like Far Away, which had just risen and had strong capital, would do this.
If it were other mature companies, they would already have enough talents. Why would they fork out 30 million yuan to pay for Chen Lang?
…
On the morning of September 8th, Huarun announced the non-competition restriction.
Once the news was out, the industry quieted down. Even the few retail companies that were prepared to make a move against Chen Lang stopped.
Initially, these companies wanted to try and pull Chen Lang over when Chen Lang resigned.
However, in the face of tens of millions of yuan in compensation, many people had to consider if it was worth it.
Just when everyone felt pity for Chen Lang, less than three hours later, Faraway Group made an announcement!
Once the announcement was out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Far Away was willing to pay for Chen Lang. Far Away announced that Chen Lang had made great contributions to the domestic retail industry and was outstanding. It would be a huge loss for the domestic retail industry if he did not continue to work in the same industry.
For this reason, Faraway Group was willing to invest 30 million yuan to compensate for the series of losses caused by Chen Lang's resignation.
In addition, Faraway Group sincerely invited Chen Lang to join Far Away as the group's COO.
It was earth-shattering!
It was really earth-shattering!
Since the reform and opening up, it was almost unheard of such a high non-competition compensation.
Also, Far Away was too fast this time, and their actions were extremely generous.
At this time, this matter could actually be discussed slowly. After all, Chen Lang had just resigned and probably did not even receive the non-competition compensation.
At this moment, if they were willing to fight a lawsuit, the final restriction clause would be a problem.
However, Far Away did not hesitate and gave a strong counterattack the moment Huarun Group revealed a threatening posture.
Didn't you use the non-competition to threaten me?
Fine, I don't care. I won't argue with you. I will directly pay for it in one go and compensate according to the compensation stipulated in your contract.
In this case, Chen Lang no longer owed Huarun Group.
If the two sides fought in the future and Huarun Group still made an issue of this, others would only scold Huarun Group for being shameless.
Originally, Chen Lang had joined Far Away. As Huarun Group was his old boss, if Chen Lang made a move against Huarun Group, he would probably be criticized as a seller.
However, once the compensation was paid, the friendship between the two sides was completely severed.
At that time, no one could say anything even if Chen Lang targeted Huarun Group.
As soon as Li Dong made his move, the benefits of it were immediately revealed.
Making Huarun Group lose face was one thing, and the other was completely winning over Chen Lang.
With the 30 million yuan compensation, if Chen Lang did not die for his bosom friend, he would probably be scolded badly.
Moreover, if Chen Lang resigned from Far Away in the future, probably no big company would dare to hire him.
If he could betray Far Away, what else couldn't he betray?
Although the modern world was not comparable to the ancient world, everyone still had this kind of blood flowing in their veins.
Everyone naturally understood this point. However, even if they understood it, no one would dare to take the initiative to spend 30 million to pay for Chen Lang's bill.
It was too much money. 3 million yuan was still acceptable, but 30 million yuan was really difficult for any company to bear.
Only a private company like Far Away could make such a response at the fastest speed with Li Dong's words. If it were other companies, they wouldn't even be able to get past the board of directors.
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