Chapter 2163 Personnel Matters

For Zhao Fusheng, his personal wealth was certainly higher than that of Baidu's founder.

After all, no matter how you looked at it, Zhao Fusheng was now among the top tier of invisible billionaires.

Once websites like Facebook completed their IPOs, his wealth would see a leap, not to mention that both Samsung and Alibaba were top-tier groups with market values exceeding a hundred billion dollars in the future.

And most importantly, the actual controlling shareholder of the future group was Zhao Fusheng himself.

As for Baidu?

Heh.

"Let's leave it at that. Arrange a meeting with their person in charge; I want to hear what they have to say."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to Zheng Yao.

Zheng Yao naturally had no objections and nodded in agreement.

The two then talked about other matters, mainly Zheng Yao reporting to Zhao Fusheng while he listened.

"I plan to promote a batch of mid-level cadres."

Zheng Yao said to Zhao Fusheng.

"Mid-level?"

Frowning slightly, Zhao Fusheng found it strange.

The reason for his surprise was simple: normally, promoting a few mid-level cadres for a large company like Future Group was nothing significant. As long as it didn't involve appointments at the deputy general manager level, Zhao Fusheng basically wouldn't get involved.

The reason was simple: there was no need.

If the promotion of a few mid-level leaders required his attention as chairman, then Future Group would have no sense of hierarchy.

Leaders are leaders, subordinates are subordinates.

As the boss, there were many things he didn't need to manage.

Because others would think for him and make decisions on his behalf.

"Yes, mainly some department managers." Zheng Yao said to Zhao Fusheng, "I plan to have them replace the old-timers from our school."

"I see."

Zhao Fusheng nodded, finally understanding Zheng Yao's intention.

In short, she was planning to adjust the human resources of Future Group.

Originally, the corporate structure of Future Group was fairly reasonable, but the problem was that the founding members who joined the company at the start were all alumni of Ninghai Normal College.

That group followed the company from Ninghai to Binzhou and then to the capital.

Logically, even if they had no great achievements, they had worked hard.

But the issue was that they were not professional managers. If they worked at Future Advertising, it might be fine, but with Future Group being so large, their abilities were no longer sufficient to keep them in their current positions.

In other words, they were incompetent yet occupying positions without contributing.

Under these circumstances, many people below were actually talking about it.

In fact, this wasn't unique to Future Group; it was common in modern enterprises.

Zhao Fusheng had looked into this before, even discussing it during his trips to South Korea and in conversations with Zhu Yushi.

The old brothers who fought to establish the company were different from the civil officials who governed it.

The former were meritorious officials who had served him through thick and thin. In their eyes, they had contributed to the company's current development. This mindset wasn't necessarily wrong, but the problem was that in a company's development, you couldn't let people rest on their laurels.

To put it bluntly, if someone capable of doing things and making the company more money was managed by someone incompetent who only relied on seniority to hold a high position, anyone would feel resentful.

Zhao Fusheng asked himself: if it were him, he probably couldn't accept it either.

So, in his heart, he actually agreed with Zheng Yao's decision.

But there was one issue!

Regardless, these people had contributed to Future Group's current achievements. If they were simply cut off and kicked out of the company, the corporate culture would be seen as too cold and ruthless.

So the balance had to be carefully considered.

"Have you figured out how to place them?"

Zhao Fusheng asked Zheng Yao.

This question was crucial. Getting these people to willingly give up their positions was no easy task; any misstep could trigger backlash and criticism.

"It's already arranged."

Zheng Yao explained to Zhao Fusheng, "Mainly, we've been using performance appraisal methods. Under these department heads, there are indeed many talented people who need opportunities to stand out. We have to give them a chance."

"That makes sense."

Zhao Fusheng nodded, thought for a moment, and finally said, "In that case, you can make the decision."

After all, Zheng Yao was the head of Future Group.

Since she had already made a decision, the most he could do as the boss was to support her.

That was what a professional manager needed most.

If even the boss didn't support them, then the so-called professional manager running the company would be a complete joke.

Many family businesses claimed to hire professional managers to run the company, talking about modernization and keeping up with the times.

But in reality?

The people in charge were still family members, and even if the professional manager wanted to do something, they would be heavily constrained.

Under such circumstances, forget about keeping up with modernization; even developing the company wouldn't be easy.

Although Future Group wasn't Zhao Fusheng's family business, it still had its share of problems.

Most of the mid-level staff came from Future Advertising, and several top executives were old subordinates who had fought alongside Zhao Fusheng to build the company.

It was only because Future Group's development had slowed down in recent years at Zhao Fusheng's request that he couldn't guarantee his company wouldn't face issues otherwise.

"By the way, when do you plan to meet with Baidu's representative?"

Seeing that Zhao Fusheng supported her suggestion, Zheng Yao dropped the topic and changed the subject.

She also understood that Zhao Fusheng trusted her greatly.

This was the tacit understanding they had built over the years.

It had to be admitted that in this matter, Zhao Fusheng had absolute confidence in Zheng Yao.

And Zheng Yao had indeed lived up to Zhao Fusheng's trust.

From start to finish, she had flawlessly executed the tasks Zhao Fusheng had given her.

"As for Baidu, the sooner the better."

Zhao Fusheng thought for a moment and said to Zheng Yao, "No matter what, let them show their true cards. I need to know what they really want to do."

"Okay."

Zheng Yao finally nodded.

She understood Zhao Fusheng's intention: on one hand, to secretly investigate Baidu's intentions, and on the other, Zhao Fusheng was curious why Baidu wanted to acquire Future Advertising.

After the acquisition, what were they really up to, and what did they want to achieve?

That was the key to the whole matter.