521: Chapter 521 I can't not praise Jiu Xiang! Not praising her would be a slap in my own face!

Monday, July 3rd.

Executives from Jufan Holdings and management from various subsidiaries gathered once again.

This time, everyone seemed relatively relaxed, and the management teams from Spark Entertainment, Jiuxiang Catering, Yanhu Education, Jiuxiang Food, and Fengyuan Ingredients all wore smiles on their faces!

Before Su Yang entered the conference room, the management of other subsidiaries were busy congratulating the teams from these companies.

Anyone could see just how much potential Jiuxiang Catering and Jiuxiang Food had!

Consequently, as long as Fengyuan Ingredients did a good job with raw material supply, it would naturally develop alongside them.

When Su Yang arrived at the office, these managers quickly returned to their respective seats.

Su Yang simply summarized the excellent results achieved by Jufan Holdings' subsidiaries like Jiuxiang Catering over the past month, then thought for a moment, and the smile on his face gradually faded:

"There are some things I feel are necessary to discuss with everyone!"

The management of the subsidiaries became solemn. Seeing the serious look on their boss's face, they knew what he wanted to emphasize was not trivial.

"I truly want to build a brand and run a company properly!"

"Everyone should be very clear that the average lifespan of small and medium-sized enterprises in China is only 2.5 years, and for group companies, it is only 7 to 8 years, which is a far cry from companies in Europe and the United States!"

"There are numerous companies in China, but their life cycles are short. They repeat the path of 'making a fortune in the first year, getting rich in the second, and go bankrupt in the third.' Companies that can grow strong and large are few and far between!"

The subsidiary managers listened silently, their faces expressionless.

Because what Su Yang said was the truth!

Su Yang looked at them and said with a smile: "But I hope to turn each of our subsidiaries into a century-old brand!"

Everyone looked up at Su Yang, their eyes filled with surprise, admiration, and doubt!

Su Yang said candidly: "I don't particularly care how much profit the company makes each year. I only care about whether the company can grow and develop, whether it can have its own excellent brand image, and whether it can gain a good reputation among the public..."

The managers fell silent. They believed this part!

Their boss indeed didn't care much about company profits; he had an unusual obsession with scale!

"Therefore, I hope that when you manage your companies, you can also develop in this direction!"

"For the sake of our reputation, our brand, and our company, we can make concessions on so-called company profits at appropriate times... When necessary, we must also be able to withstand losses!"

"I hope that after you retire, even a century later, the company will still be continuing!"

Seeing that everyone was still thinking, Su Yang smiled and said:

"Of course, I will not mistreat you financially!"

Upon hearing this, all the subsidiary managers broke into smiles.

The most lovable thing about their boss was perhaps his sufficient candor regarding money.

The boss knew very well what they wanted most, and he was willing to give it!

After laughing, Su Yang emphasized: "Anyway, you need to be synchronized with me in your thinking. Do you understand what I want to do?"

Yu Siying responded very actively: "Understood, boss!"

Spark Entertainment Group, which could last for a century... She felt this was a very interesting thing!

Chen Qingzhou shouted with some excitement: "Understood!"

If Yanhu Vocational School could continue to operate for a century, would he have a chance to become an educator?

Just thinking about it made him a little excited!

Ji Guoxiong: "Understood!"

Ji Guoxiong felt that if Jiuxiang Catering could become a century-old enterprise, he might be able to leave his own mark on commercial history!

It was rare to walk this earth once; who would want to be unknown for a lifetime?

Tan Yanghong: "We understand!"

Soon, the management of other subsidiaries also responded one after another.

At least through this conversation, these subsidiary managers knew what the boss wanted to do.

They roughly had a clear goal in mind!

A century-old enterprise?

Just thinking about it, they were still a bit excited.

In management, who wouldn't want the company they raised to develop well?

That was also a manifestation of their value and achievement!

They began to think in their hearts, thinking about adjustments to the company's development planning direction.

Even if they didn't consider realizing their own value, and didn't consider achieving anything themselves, they would just consider their own interests!

In order to keep their positions and protect their interests, they would move in the direction pointed out by the boss and comply with the boss's will—prioritizing making the boss satisfied!

Seeing that everyone understood his thoughts, the meeting continued.

It involved the acquisitions of Spark Fitness, Fengyuan Ingredients, Shenmiao Pets, and the expansion of Jiuxiang Catering, Hongyu Law Firm, and Meijia Housekeeping... as well as the parent company's acquisitions in the financial sector!

After the meeting ended, Su Yang had Jufan Holdings inject 30 million in funds into Jiuxiang Food.

In addition to paying for the promotional expenses of Spark Entertainment, Jiuxiang Food also needed a sum of working capital to expand production capacity recently.

At the beginning of June, Su Yang still had over 110 million in his hands.

After giving 30 million each to Yanhu Vocational School and Jiuxiang Food, he still had 70 million in funds.

Finally, Su Yang also learned about the acquisition progress of the private equity fund company from Cheng Wenhuo.

Cheng Wenhuo indicated that it should be done before the 6th.

Because in the latter part of last month, the last private equity fund of Yuanshi Private Equity was liquidated due to excessive losses.

In other words, Yuanshi was basically just a shell left... but it was clean!

The boss of Yuanshi Private Equity, Ying Guangjian, was now disheartened and just wanted to sell the company.

Su Yang was not surprised by this!

In recent years, too many private equity fund companies had gone bankrupt.

After Cheng Wenhuo left, Su Yang sat in the office, looking out the window, lost in thought.

It should be tomorrow, right!

The next afternoon, a Southern newspaper suddenly posted an article online, questioning the rationality of Longjiu Group spending 120 million in June to acquire shares in Chizhu Wine Industry under Jiuxiang Food, while only obtaining 40% of the shares.

This was because in February of this year, Jiuxiang Food had only spent 65 million to buy 100% equity of Chizhu Wine Industry from Chenyu Group and Fildo Group!

What this media questioned was why Chizhu Wine Industry, after being acquired by Jiuxiang Food, had not made any acquisition moves, and yet after only four months, its valuation had soared from 65 million to 300 million.

It had directly increased nearly five times!

This media also specifically pointed out that Longjiu Group had local official shareholding!

Although the media did not explicitly state it, it was secretly implying something.

It highlighted a non-stick approach; even if sued, there would still be room for maneuver!

These media outlets were still very experienced!

When others saw this news, their thoughts were different?

Internal corruption in Longjiu Group, involving power-money transactions?

Did any executives sell out the company's interests?

Or did it involve the loss of state-owned assets?

This was very sensitive!

Longjiu Group was already a well-known group company; if such a scandal were exposed, it would certainly attract a lot of attention.

If one connected it to the newly viral, highly reputable Jiuxiang Food, and the Jiuxiang Food that still had heat... then the attention would be completely different!

Looking at Donglai Supermarket, one would know that the current media was very happy to report on the scandals of these conscientious companies.

They would take a magnifying glass to examine these companies!

Although Jiuxiang Food was not as good as Donglai Supermarket, who made it so popular recently?

Moreover, the media was very happy to report scandals, and the public loved to watch them!

When this scandal was exposed, many media outlets and self-media accounts looking for traffic directly forwarded it and raised questions!

Media outlets with a little bit of bottom line checked it slightly online.

Whether it was Jiuxiang Food's acquisition of Chizhu Wine Industry or Longjiu Group's investment in Chizhu Wine Industry, neither was a secret; both had news disclosed and even appeared in local newspapers.

The information was correct; there was indeed nothing wrong with it, but it seemed like there was something fishy!

So, without Spark Entertainment exerting any effort, the news spread everywhere on the internet!

Many self-media bloggers who wanted to ride the wave of Jiuxiang Food also spontaneously took action...

By the 5th, the internet was full of questioning voices against Jiuxiang Food and Longjiu Group, and Longjiu Group's general manager Zhang Zhiyuan and Jiuxiang Food's Tan Yanghong bore the brunt!

Especially Zhang Zhiyuan!

On the internet, many netizens started scolding directly!

They said they misjudged Jiuxiang Food and said they wanted to hang Zhang Zhiyuan on a lamppost.

They also hoped that relevant departments could intervene in the investigation!

Zhang Zhiyuan complained to Su Yang on the phone: "Little brother, let's not do this next time... I don't really like this kind of hype. The higher-ups want us to clarify!"

"It's fine!" Su Yang leaned on the office sofa, his tone relaxed, "Brother Zhang is a person who has seen big storms and waves; he surely won't mind!"

Anyway, the netizens were scolding him, Zhang Zhiyuan... what did it have to do with him, Su Yang?

Zhang Zhiyuan complained: "You really are... You really are standing and talking without back pain!"

"Wait!" Su Yang said in a low voice, "Wait for the news from Brussels; it shouldn't take long!"

"Can chizhu really win an award?"

Su Yang said in a relaxed tone: "Regardless of whether it's reliable or not, hasn't the fame of our Chizhu Wine Industry grown? Hasn't the popularity increased? Will those who love to drink wine want to buy a bottle to taste?"

"Sigh~ That's true!"

Su Yang casually sent a manuscript to Zhang Zhiyuan's wechat: "I sent you a manuscript; you help read it when the time comes!"

"What manuscript?"

Zhang Zhiyuan opened the manuscript while talking to Su Yang.

After reading a paragraph or two, he was speechless.

This manuscript was full of praise for Jiuxiang Food and Chizhu Wine Industry.

It bragged about Jiuxiang Food's strict management, Jiuxiang Food's corporate culture, Jiuxiang Food's benefits and treatment, and the excellent management ability of executives like Tan Yanghong...

It also said that they believed Jiuxiang Food would surely lead Chizhu Wine Industry to success!

It also said that their Longjiu Group chose the wine industry for strategic transformation and expanding new businesses.

Even in the manuscript, there were sentences congratulating Chizhu Wine Industry for winning the grand gold medal, gold medal, and silver medal in the wine category at the Brussels International Wine Competition...

Putting aside this last point, this manuscript could indeed be used as his speech.

It was just that it praised Jiuxiang Food a bit too cheesily!

Zhang Zhiyuan said speechlessly: "You praise your company like this?"

"Isn't it because my company is excellent enough that you thought of investing, right?" Su Yang asked with a smile, "If Jiuxiang Food was worthless, why would you invest money, right?"

"Seems like it!"

Zhang Zhiyuan also felt that he couldn't slap his own face!

He did have to praise it, he had to praise it, he had to praise it fiercely!

Of course... if chizhu could really win an award, that would be even better!

Zhang Zhiyuan also looked towards the West!

Soon, he called his secretary and asked the secretary to write a clarification draft.

However, he did not use the one provided by Su Yang; he still felt it was a bit cheesy!