Nie Yunsheng was silent for a moment. Instead of hurrying to answer his deputy, he asked, “How’s the situation with Tenda’s Cooperation Department? It seems Min Jingchao has succeeded again?”

The deputy nodded: “Yes, Mr. Nie. Although I’m very reluctant to admit it, he has indeed succeeded again, and this time the situation is even more outrageous than before!”

“Last time, Min Jingchao used Mr. Pei’s design plan, received Zhou Muyan’s full support, and spent several months developing a new game, which ultimately succeeded!”

“But this time, Min Jingchao didn’t use Mr. Pei’s design plan at all, nor did he completely gain Director Ding’s trust, yet he still managed to change the entire work model of Longyu Group’s operations team in just two short weeks, and revitalized several old games operated by Longyu Group!”

“For many companies paying attention to this matter, the effect is too obvious; they’re all eager to cooperate with Tenda’s Cooperation Department, hoping Min Jingchao can guide their work.”

“As far as I know, many companies in the anti-Tenda alliance are also tempted. After all, from the current situation, companies that have grabbed onto Tenda’s thigh have all gained significant benefits, while on our side…”

The deputy gauged Nie Yunsheng’s expression and didn’t continue.

Nie Yunsheng naturally knew what his deputy wanted to say.

The stark difference in outcomes between following the anti-Tenda alliance versus the Tenda alliance was evident to Nie Yunsheng without his deputy needing to explain.

Companies following the anti-Tenda alliance had basically all suffered devastating losses; for example, Haoxiang Fitness, the most miserable, was on the verge of collapse.

Meanwhile, companies following Tenda Group were doing better and better. Pei Qian didn’t even need to personally intervene or spend too much money; he just sent a capable subordinate to provide guidance, and in just a few weeks, earth-shaking changes occurred!

Was this reasonable?

It wasn’t reasonable at all!

But it was precisely this unreasonableness that made Nie Yunsheng feel he had keenly grasped something.

“What exactly did Min Jingchao do at Longyu Group? Is there detailed information?”

The deputy nodded: “Yes, please wait a moment, I’ll send you the organized content.”

Min Jingchao’s activities at Longyu Group weren’t deliberately kept secret, and even if they wanted to keep them secret, it would have been difficult.

So Shengrun Group had easily collected relevant information.

Nie Yunsheng read through the material from beginning to end and frowned: “Are you sure this is all the content? There must be deeper aspects that weren’t collected, right?”

“According to this material, Min Jingchao actually did just two things: first, he changed the operation plans, and second, he forced everyone in the company not to work overtime, even driving people out at closing time.”

“The first point is understandable, but how could the second point be possible?”

“There must be some other things we couldn’t uncover, right?”

The deputy stated confidently: “There shouldn’t be anything we couldn’t uncover. Min Jingchao really did just these two things at Longyu Group.”

“Moreover, from what I know, Min Jingchao did the same when he went to Fiery Studio. Wherever he goes, he follows Tenda’s work model, absolutely no overtime!”

Hearing this, Nie Yunsheng was even more puzzled!

Clearly, Tenda Group’s approach completely contradicted the common sense he had acquired since starting his business!

Entrepreneurs like Nie Yunsheng all had a self-proclaimed scientific management plan.

Of course, they also had an entire set of theories to support their ideas. Sometimes these theories could even be considered extreme!

For example, year-end bonuses are a form of lazy governance and shouldn’t be given; employees slacking off at work is actually exploiting the company; employees working frantically at the company is a form of growth and blessing, and they should cherish such opportunities…

And so on and so forth!

Although Nie Yunsheng had never expressed such extreme views, in his opinion, enterprise management was obviously a profound discipline, and the relationship between managers and employees was, of course, antagonistic.

Employees being lazy was human nature, and for a boss wanting the company to develop better, it was necessary to prevent employees from being lazy through management techniques.

In fierce market competition, making employees work overtime was inevitable. A good manager would maximize employee potential and extract employee value!

Good personnel management and capital operation would enable the entire company to continuously develop and grow, defeat other competitors, and ultimately develop into a veritable giant enterprise.

This was the so-called art of governing people!

The two characters for “governing” (驭人) already indicated that in this kind of power struggle, employees weren’t people but rather production tools, similar to mules and horses, hence the use of the character “govern” (驭)!

In the eyes of many managers, ordinary employees were lazy and ignorant; only through a carrot-and-stick approach, using both rewards and punishments, could they ensure that employees’ output matched the wages and benefits paid to them!

In Nie Yunsheng’s view, Min Jingchao’s behavior clearly contradicted the basic principles of business management!

So how to explain Tenda Group’s success?

Nie Yunsheng believed that Mr. Pei must have his own set of management models, which included the point of arriving and leaving work on time, but this was definitely not the whole picture!

Punctual work hours were just an appearance; Pei Qian must have more sophisticated management techniques inside.

And Min Jingchao’s success this time was merely because his ability in game operations was too strong! So although he made a dogmatic mistake in the management model, copying Tenda’s management model unilaterally, the outstanding performance of the game operation plan was the main factor in achieving success!

But as Min Jingchao collaborated with more and more enterprises, this management model would eventually encounter problems!

Mr. Pei surely understood this point but didn’t stop Min Jingchao.

Did this indicate that Mr. Pei actually had other intentions?

Could Mr. Pei be using this model as a propaganda tool, without fully considering the actual situations of other enterprises, thus conducting a form of ideological output?

Nie Yunsheng suddenly had an idea!

“Go do two things immediately!”

“First, find Zheng Hao, the founder of Zhuju Delivery, I want to communicate this company management model promoted by Min Jingchao with him, to jointly discuss the direction of the next round of public opinion battle!”

“Second, find a suitable company; we’ll find a way to infiltrate it into the Tenda alliance, obtain the opportunity to cooperate with Tenda, that is, to plant a mole!”

Recently, Zhuju Delivery had been in fierce competition with Moyu Delivery, and although they suffered heavy losses, they remained the most steadfast ally in the anti-Tenda alliance!

Zheng Hao, the founder of Zhuju Delivery, was a strong-handed entrepreneur with a very mature management philosophy!

He had cumulatively started three businesses, all of which were successful, though he wasn’t satisfied with the results of the first two. After selling out to large companies, he finally accumulated strength and saw the possibility of becoming a super giant internet enterprise with Zhuju Delivery!

But at this critical moment, he encountered Moyu Delivery, which blocked this possibility.

Needless to say, Zheng Hao should hate Tenda Group to the bone!

Tenda’s no-overtime work model seemed beautiful on the surface, but in the eyes of these entrepreneurs, it was a management model full of loopholes, with major flaws.

Nie Yunsheng believed that Mr. Pei must know this point, and the reason he still emphasized these formalities without formulating management plans according to the specific situations of each company was to output a kind of consciousness. At the same time, it was to gain chips in public opinion for Tenda!

But this model might not be a good thing for general companies.

So Nie Yunsheng considered starting from this issue, letting Zheng Hao engage in a new public opinion battle with Tenda!

Regardless of the outcome, they couldn’t let all the lower-tier companies in the anti-Tenda alliance be attracted by Tenda’s move; they needed to make them see through Tenda’s tricks!

And planting a mole was to better understand some inside information, grasp first-hand materials, and prepare for the upcoming situation!

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……

Monday, June 3rd.

The deputy brought a young man under 30 to Nie Yunsheng’s office.

The young man seemed somewhat nervous and introduced himself with a smile: “Hello, Mr. Nie, I’m Wei Jinghui, founder and CEO of Boqun Media.”

Nie Yunsheng nodded: “Hello, welcome.”

Of course, Nie Yunsheng had already mastered the information about Wei Jinghui and Boqun Media.

Boqun Media was an MCN company, whose main work was to incubate self-media accounts with relatively high heat and fame on various online platforms.

So far, Boqun Media already had several hit accounts and was developing quite rapidly.

Currently, it was an era of rapid development for the self-media industry, and many people believed that self-media would be the hot spot in the next few years.

The uniqueness of self-media also made many ordinary people flock to this industry.

Nie Yunsheng carefully selected from many companies and finally decided to use Wei Jinghui of Boqun Media as an undercover agent and pawn for the anti-Tenda alliance to infiltrate Tenda!

Of course, considering that there were too many companies applying to cooperate with Tenda now, Nie Yunsheng wasn’t too sure whether Boqun Media could stand out among so many companies and establish a cooperative relationship with Tenda.

Nie Yunsheng felt that Boqun Media was of moderate size and hadn’t shown an obvious alliance relationship with the anti-Tenda alliance, so the probability of being selected was relatively high!

In addition, the anti-Tenda alliance could help Boqun Media stand out from the candidate companies through a large number of resources.

In short, for Nie Yunsheng, this was a good attempt!

Moreover, Boqun Media could influence public opinion to some extent. Having them infiltrate Tenda to collect some detailed content and then come up with an exclusive leak, a scene of turning the tables would definitely be very exciting!

For the sake of confidentiality, Nie Yunsheng hadn’t shared this news with other companies in the anti-Tenda alliance for the time being.

“The general situation has already been communicated, but I still want to emphasize two points.” Nie Yunsheng, pinning his hopes for victory on Boqun Media, naturally wanted to give strategic advice.

“First point, be sure to disguise well, strive to integrate into Tenda’s atmosphere, don’t expose yourself!”

“Second point, grasp as much material as possible that is beneficial to us, organize and send it to me as soon as possible, I have a great use for it!”

The great use Nie Yunsheng mentioned was to work with Zheng Hao, the founder of Zhuju Delivery, to deeply dismantle the details of Tenda’s management model and find points to attack Tenda!

Nie Yunsheng had already briefly met with Zheng Hao, and both parties agreed that Tenda’s management model must have problems!

It wasn’t that Mr. Pei’s management model wasn’t sophisticated; Tenda Group’s rapid development and the emergence of talented employees were enough to prove that Mr. Pei was the most sophisticated management master!

But what Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao wanted to prove was that Mr. Pei clearly had very sophisticated management techniques, but when promoting, he one-sidedly attributed management success to letting employees arrive and leave work on time.

Not only that, Mr. Pei also used this superficial form to transform other companies, using it as a means of value output, without regard for the specific situations of other companies, thereby making a special posture to seek a better reputation for himself!

If they could expose Mr. Pei’s inconsistency and reveal this reputation-seeking behavior, it would cause a very serious blow to Tenda’s image and the business of Tenda’s Cooperation Department!