October 1, 1994 AD.
This was a memorable day because it was not only National Day, but also the day when the Daqian Group held a famous meeting known as the Thousand-Person Conference.
The reason why this meeting was called the Thousand-Person Conference was that there were as many as 1,632 people attending the meeting. These people were all middle and high-level executives of the Daqian Group.
Originally, according to the original plan, except for the units that needed to work overtime, most employees and executives of the Daqian Group could go home and enjoy the rare National Day holiday.
Of course, this holiday only lasted for one day. If they wanted a seven-day National Day holiday, they would have to wait until 2000.
Therefore, when these middle and high-level executives who were preparing to go home and enjoy the holiday suddenly received the news from above that everyone had to go to the auditorium for the meeting, these middle and high-level executives' mentality could be said to have collapsed.
However, there was no other way. Although Boss Jia did not want to hold the meeting on a holiday, the problem was that if the meeting was held on a workday, these middle and high-level executives would collectively leave their posts, which would inevitably seriously affect the normal work of the Daqian Group. Therefore, the meeting could only be held on a holiday.
In the TV series of Tao's Village, when these middle-level and high-level managers came to the conference room with a foul mood and saw Boss Jia sitting alone on the rostrum and looking at everyone under the stage with a solemn expression, many of them felt that something was wrong.
It was not that Boss Jia's serious expression was scary, but that such a meeting had never been held before.
First of all, Daqian meetings were either important business meetings attended only by high-level executives, annual meetings attended by tens of thousands of employees, or Boss Jia's wedding.
However, today's meeting, which gathered more than 1,600 middle and high-level executives, was the first time in history.
The most important point was that Boss Jia was the only one sitting on the rostrum today.
According to past practice, in addition to the chairman Jia Yapeng, the company's president, Dong Mingzhu, He Guagua, and others would also sit on the rostrum. However, they would sit next to Boss Jia, like stars surrounding the moon, guarding the Boss Jia.
However, today was different. Boss Jia was the only one sitting on the rostrum. Although the other high-level executives were also present, they all sat in the first row.
This meant that today, these high-level executives were not here for the meeting. They were here for the meeting and to be lectured by Boss Jia.
Moreover, the location of the meeting was not in the Daqian Group's auditorium, but in an unrenovated factory in the Electronic Technology Industrial Park.
The whole venue was empty, and there were only chairs and a rostrum. This was obviously a temporary arrangement.
"Is the company going to have another purge like what happened in March?" Many middle and high-level executives thought. They could not help but recall the purge that affected the entire Daqian Group in March. In the end, more than 25% of the middle and high-level executives were fired, and more than 30% of them were sent to prison.
Was there going to be another purge today?
But it had only been half a year, and everyone's courage had not recovered. They did not dare to do anything overboard!
Just when everyone was guessing, Boss Jia coughed into the microphone and started to speak.
"Today is the most dangerous day since the establishment of the Da Qian Corporation!" Boss Jia's first sentence was straight to the point. Everyone was taken aback.
Isn't the company thriving now? Isn't the boss already the richest man in China?
Why was it suddenly the most dangerous day?
"The company is facing an unprecedented crisis in Fusang!" Boss Jia paused for a while and continued. "To put it simply, Sony does not like us and wants to fight with us to snatch our VCD player market!"
"This is not an easy battle. This is our Stalingrad battle! If we lose this battle, Sony will be able to enter the market and Fusang Daqian will be defeated. The Daqian Group's most profitable overseas company, Fusang Group, will collapse. One of the company's arms will be cut off! "
"But if we win this battle, Sony will be like Germany in the past. They might still be powerful, but in a few years' time, we will be able to kick Sony out of the market and take over their position!"
Boss Jia's words made everyone confused. Most of the middle and high-level executives did not know why Daqian and Sony were going to war. Only Dong Mingzhu and the rest had a serious expression on their faces.
Although they did not know what was going on, but when they heard that the opponent was Sony, many of the middle and high-level executives shuddered.
Sony was one of the top 500 companies in the world. The Daqian Group had reached the stage where they wanted to fight with Sony? How could the Daqian Group win this battle?
"This battle will be difficult to win!" Boss Jia narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone. "But this battle must be won. That's why I need everyone's help!"
"Chairman, don't worry. We will listen to you!"
"That's right. Even if we have to sacrifice our lives, we will do it for you!"
"Chairman, I will be staying in the factory for the rest of the year. I will work with the company to win this battle!" Some of the smarter middle and higher management leaders started to shout. Everyone then reacted and started to shout about how they wanted to defeat Sony. In an instant, the whole factory was in an uproar. Everyone was hot-blooded!
"Hahaha. We don't need all of you to work overtime in the factory for this battle. You don't even need to work in the factory. Because you will no longer be Daqian's direct employees!" Boss Jia laughed.
"It's over. After talking for so long, the Chairman wants to lay off all of us!" Many of the executives were disappointed when they heard what Boss Jia said.
They will no longer be Daqian's employees. That means they will be laid off.
Then who will be laid off? Could it be that everyone present was going to be fired? Or will half of them be selected?
Just when everyone was feeling sad, Boss Jia continued. "All of you are Daqian's best employees. You are all Jia Yapeng's most trusted people. That's why I am sharing this precious opportunity with all of you."
"Now, I will explain the policy. Those who will be given this opportunity must have worked for Daqian for more than two years. At the same time, they must have passed the annual performance evaluation of more than 90% of the Daqian's employees. At the end of the evaluation, they must go through the company's internal audit to ensure that they did not violate any rules or regulations. At the same time, they must have good working experience and good performance to get this opportunity."
"Now, all of you can try and see if you can meet the above criteria."
What? Are you going to lay off the best few people in the company?
Everyone looked at each other in confusion. They did not know what Boss Jia was planning.
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