nashuaworldcup Chapter 581 The sense of oppression from Mrs. Gu
Chapter 581 The sense of oppression from Mrs. Gu
On Monday, when summer was approaching, Zhou Group made internal adjustments and Cai Ming officially became the custodian of Hurricane Investments.
The two people were relatively harmonious when handing over their work, but from Cai Ming's perspective, he felt that there was a dark cloud over Zhou Shirong.
"Mr. Cai, Hurricane Capital will be left to you from now on."
"Mr. Zhou, you can't say that. I'm just a temporary replacement. To put it bluntly, I'm a housekeeper temporarily arranged by the shareholders. I don't seek credit, but I just hope to avoid mistakes."
When Zhou Shirong heard the last eight words, he sighed: "The matter of Takeaway Superman was indeed a mistake in my decision-making."
Cai Ming shook his head: "The team fight is too strong. Alibaba and Tencent have nothing to do. You don't need to blame yourself too much."
"I never make excuses for my failures. That's the behavior of a weak person."
"Yes……"
Cai Ming nodded and thought that he had failed three times in his first trip, two investment failures and one wrong decision. It seemed that excuses were not enough.
At this time, Shirong was sitting in the boss chair, looking out the window calmly, feeling like a hero who was frustrated.
The city in front of him was familiar yet strange.
He grew up in this city, it's familiarity.
But later, for overseas investment, he stayed abroad for many years, and these years were the years when the domestic economy was developing the fastest. This was a strange feeling.
The takeaway Superman is a foreign monk who can't recite sutras, but why doesn't he feel this way?
At this moment, the door was pushed open, Duan Ying walked in and put a thermos bucket on the table.
"Honey, I made soup for you."
"Well, let's leave it for now."
Duan Ying nodded, stepped aside, and looked out the window with Zhou Shirong.
Her expression was calm and not too troubled, but in fact she felt extremely lost inside.
Hungry, who had high hopes for her, was defeated by the group in a blink of an eye, and she didn't even have the strength to fight back. Her and Duan Wenzhao's shares shrank extremely, they gained nothing, and even lost their own private money.
But what she couldn't accept even more was that Hurricane Investment was no longer managed by her husband.
Think about it, at the beginning of the year, she made a strong comeback, moved into Sheshan Manor, announced Zhou Shirong's return, and forced Qin Jingqiu to cut off her own arm to make Qin's real estate independent. How glorious it was.
But in less than half a year, a series of investment failures caused Zhou Shirong to lose control of Hurricane Capital, which was equivalent to losing half of the Zhou Group.
Then what is she doing at a wife's party to win over those people?
She wanted to get involved in Zhou's business, and even thought that she would not do worse than Qin Jingqiu, but she did not expect things to develop to this point.
At this time, Cai Ming stood up from his seat and walked to leave: "Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou is here, so I will leave first."
"Wait a minute."
"What's wrong, Mr. Zhou? Is there anything else?"
Zhou Shirong pointed to a construction site not far away and asked: "What construction project is that place?"
Cai Ming walked to the French window and took a look: "It's the Pintuan Industrial Park."
"..."
Zhou Shirong looked out from the floor-to-ceiling windows of the headquarters building and could see a construction site in the distance. The main building and the park had already been built, and the scale looked very large, so he couldn't help but feel curious.
However, the answer given by Cai Ming made him stunned for a moment.
Duan Ying also came over, looking at the construction site, she couldn't help but clenched her hands.
Cai Ming pointed: "That's the middle building, which is the headquarters building of the group. It will be almost completed by the end of the year."
"Such a big scale?"
"Pintuan currently has more than 5 employees. The news business group, social business group, group buying business group, food delivery business group, supply management department, investment management department, and big data research and development department are all large departments that require a lot of office space. It's not surprising that they are larger in scale."
Zhou Shirong did not react much after hearing Cai Ming's words, but Duan Ying opened her mouth and involuntarily took a step back.
The assets of Internet companies are different from real estate. Sometimes they are invisible to the naked eye, but once they are read out, their hugeness can be seen.
Duan Ying had never been involved in business, and had always felt that running a website and running real estate were not on the same level. However, it was not until she saw the scale of the construction site across the street that she realized how wrong she was.
But Zhou Shirong's focus is not here.
"Why is the contractor Baihua Valley Group?"
He pointed and above the completed main building, the six characters "Baihua Valley Group" were extremely eye-catching.
Cai Ming glanced at him and said, "Don't you know? Mr. Gu from the group buying group is the second largest shareholder of Baihua Valley Group."
"?"
Zhou Shirong was stunned for a moment: "No, I have read the information before. 1% of the shares of Baihua Valley Group are controlled by a foundation called Jinsinan."
Cai Ming smiled slightly: "That's just a superficial trick. In fact, the Jinsinan Foundation is also owned by Mr. Gu. He just controls it in this way. He has invested in some well-known brands such as Helilao, Burger King, Green Pepper Grilled Fish, etc. in this way."
"Jinsnan..."
"You guessed correctly. The character 'Nan' should be Miss Zhou's nickname. The largest financial institution under Mr. Gu's control is named after her."
Cai Ming looked at the building and said, "During the previous group-buying war, many people thought that small-scale group-buying was not financially viable. But when the Jinsinan product came out, it really shocked everyone."
Cai Ming used to be Qin Jingqiu's right-hand man, and he also learned this information from Qin Jingqiu.
However, the impact of this news on Zhou Shirong was so severe that it took him a long time to process it.
Duan Ying heard the conversation between the two people and looked a little puzzled: "Boss Cai, which Baihua Valley Group is it?"
"Qin's Real Estate is a project partner. The Baihua Valley Mall that you and my wife have been visiting is theirs. The CEO of their group is surnamed Gao and is from Jinan."
"Gu Ming is also in real estate?!"
Cai Ming shook his head when he heard this: "Boss Qin said before that Boss Gu only holds shares and decides on the development direction, and does not participate in daily management."
Zhou Shirong turned to look at him: "Is the idea of comprehensive commercial real estate his?"
"Yes, all the current Baihua Valley malls are based on the direction decided by Mr. Gu, and the planning, layout and investment promotion are also done according to his mall manual."
"Could it be that the group fight was supported by Qin's real estate?"
"I don't know the specific details, but it shouldn't be. When Mr. Qin contacted Mr. Gu, group buying had already taken shape. Mr. Qin probably thought that this comprehensive commercial real estate project was good when he contacted Mr. Gu, so he cooperated with Baihua Valley Group."
Duan Ying stood frozen in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for a long time, only to feel something clanging towards her face.
Real estate, Internet business, capital institutions, and the construction site in front of him, all of them originally belonged to Gu Ming.
And the stepdaughter who had been oppressed by him for so many years is now Mrs. Gu, who is repeatedly mentioned by him in the news.
What about me? I am Mrs. Zhou...
But what panicked her was that the value of herself, Mrs. Zhou, and Zhou Xiaoyao's Mrs. Gu seemed to be on completely different levels.
Especially after the Zhou family's power was divided, Zhou Shirong's power was cut in half, and her value as Mrs. Zhou became even lower.
This is not her imagination, it is because during this period of playing mahjong, the wives of senior executives and shareholders' wives showed significantly less respect for her.
She had worked hard for many years to reach her current position, and she couldn't accept this result at all.
"Mr. Zhou, please drink your soup. After all, it is a token of Mrs. Zhou's love. I won't bother you anymore."
"Thank you, Mr. Cai, for answering the question."
"You're welcome."
Cai Ming smiled, then said goodbye, got up and left the president's office.
Before leaving, he couldn't help but look back at Zhou Shirong and let out a sigh in his heart.
The Zhihou Group was built by Mr. Zhou alone.
At that time, the spring breeze of the country had just blown, and all kinds of businesses were blooming but not at all. It was easier to do than it is now.
Old Madam Zhou had some official background in the past, and the Zhou family had some savings, so it was not surprising that they were able to build up the business.
Because in that era, as long as you had some initial capital, you could throw it into any industry and create a millionaire. Otherwise, why would there be such a craze to go into business?
Therefore, the Zhou Group grew stronger and stronger, and it was involved in more and more industries.
At that time, Mr. Feng had the final say in Zhou's business, and the company was developing steadily.
Unfortunately, neither of his two sons seems to have any business talent.
Zhou Shihua was more fascinated by art and had no interest in business, but fortunately his wife was the great Ms. Qin, so when Old Master Zhou took Zhou Shirong to invest overseas, the Feng Group remained strong.
Zhou Shirong is very keen on business and his style is very radical, but although he has the will, he is... somewhat powerless.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Zhou's current mess is so chaotic.
Cai Ming felt that Zhou Shirong still did not understand, or did not comprehend, the domestic development situation.
In the past, when information was not developed, you could just build a pig factory anywhere in the area. If you made money, you would build another pig factory. The accumulation of wealth would naturally increase.
But now that information has developed, a lot of industry news has become open and transparent, business is no longer divided by region, and the trend of nationalization is becoming more and more serious.
Rich businessmen and elites from all over the country have joined the competition. Once a trend emerges, there will be thousands of competitors. In this situation, how can you do business without the strength to fight hard?
In other words, times have changed and competition has also changed.
It’s hard to start a business, but even harder to stay in business.
This is no longer a world where as long as you are big, you will continue to develop naturally.
Cai Ming closed the door gently and planned to go to Shanti Villa to meet Zhou Shihua and ask what Hurricane Investment should do.
At this time, Zhou Shirong opened the thermos and began to drink the soup silently, while slowly digesting the news in his heart.
"No wonder Joy City has such a hard time attracting investors, no wonder Fandian was singled out for attention, no wonder Takeaway Superman went bankrupt and closed down. What he meant by supporting Xiaoyao is just a nice way of saying it, but I think he was supporting Qin Jingqiu."
Duan Ying pursed her lips: "Poor daughter, maybe she is just a marriage tool."
When she spoke, her hands were clenched tightly.
There was no way, she could only say this, this was all she could say...
The group buying was too big, so big that it was like a thunderclap exploding in her ears after she heard it just now. So she couldn't let Zhou Xiaoyao become Mrs. Gu, otherwise she didn't know what would become of her.
That Gu Ming was too cruel. Just look at how he attacked her at mealtime. She couldn't get lucky.
Zhou Shirong looked at him without saying anything, then lowered his head and drank the soup slowly.
Duan Ying turned her head to look at the huge construction site outside the window, and could still feel a sense of oppression that made it difficult for her to calm down.