Meanwhile, at the President’s Office of Tenda Group.
Pei Qian was carefully studying the recent strategies of the Anti-Tenda Alliance.
“It’s really strange, why hasn’t the Anti-Tenda Alliance made any moves lately?”
“I’m not expecting you to continue the money-burning war with me, but why have you even stopped the public opinion battles!”
“Zhujia Group is barely hanging on by a thread, and they’ve been thoroughly thrashed by the new housing model launched by Sloth Apartments. If you keep going like this, there won’t be any buzz left online!”
Pei Qian was actually more worried about the Anti-Tenda Alliance than Nie Yunsheng himself.
In his view, the Anti-Tenda Alliance still had many cards to play.
Like casually burning some money, for instance!
With so many companies together, such high market value—what were they saving all that money for? Wouldn’t it be better to burn it and benefit me!
Pei Qian couldn’t understand, so he carefully searched for related discussions online.
In fact, since the competition between the Anti-Tenda Alliance and Tenda Group had intensified, many people online had been following this matter.
Not only were various forums discussing it, but financial content creators on AiLiDao website were also regularly analyzing the strategies of both sides.
Of course, such analyses were definitely unreliable!
After all, these content creators couldn’t possibly obtain first-hand insider information. They could only make inferences based on clues gathered online, and these inferences could easily go off track.
But regardless, some content creators did have genuine knowledge and skills, and their discussions could be seen as a reference.
Many reference opinions were particularly valuable to Pei Qian.
Among them, one viewpoint caught Pei Qian’s attention.
“The Anti-Tenda Alliance hasn’t made much noise recently, but everyone must not think they’ve backed down!”
“In fact, the relationships within the Anti-Tenda Alliance are much stronger than we imagine. Although alliances based on interests can often fall apart due to those same interests, such interest-based alliances are often the most secure!”
“Companies under the Anti-Tenda Alliance clearly understand that once they lose to Tenda, they’ll face being picked off one by one. So even if they suffer some setbacks, they won’t easily withdraw from this alliance!”
“From what we can see now, the Anti-Tenda Alliance seems to be on the defensive, but they’re actually likely trying to lure their enemy in deeper.”
“Both Tenda Group and the Anti-Tenda Alliance have established solid footholds in their respective fields. When it comes to public opinion battles, Tenda Group has a natural advantage.”
“For the Anti-Tenda Alliance, they should have realized that their previous offensive was a bad move! Because in public opinion battles, you can only gain an advantage by exploiting and attacking the opponent’s weaknesses.”
“The same applies to other fields. The Anti-Tenda Alliance believed in strength in numbers, thinking they could defeat Tenda simply through numerical superiority and grand momentum, which is obviously a very foolish idea!”
“Now that they’ve actively retreated into a strategic defensive period, it’s actually a much cleverer approach. This way, if Tenda can’t restrain itself and wants to attack, it might expose some weaknesses for them to exploit!”
“Once the Anti-Tenda Alliance catches these weaknesses and brings Tenda to the same starting line, then all the advantages that Tenda Group has painstakingly built will vanish, and the battle between both sides will once again be full of suspense!”
“Fortunately, Mr. Pei is very wise and hasn’t fallen for this trap. Instead, he’s earnestly reorganizing Tenda internally. Additionally, Mr. Pei has established the Tenda Cooperation Department to assist other companies.”
“On the surface, it’s a form of assistance, but in reality, it’s enriching its own wings, establishing a Tenda Alliance. Once this alliance is formed, the numerical gap between both sides will no longer exist.”
“At that point, Mr. Pei can naturally launch an offensive with full force!”
Reading this, Pei Qian couldn’t help but slam the table and stand up!
“So Nie Yunsheng hasn’t made any moves for so long because he’s waiting for me to initiate an attack, looking for my weaknesses?”
“Oh my, you should have said so earlier!”
“If you had said it earlier, wouldn’t I have been cooperating with you already?”
Pei Qian couldn’t help but lament that this was a problem caused by poor communication!
Nie Yunsheng viewed Pei Qian as his number one enemy, so how could he reveal his intentions? This led to Pei Qian’s belated realization, unaware of the deeper meaning behind Nie Yunsheng’s move.
“But it’s probably not too late to realize this problem now, right?”
“Let me think!”
“Since Nie Yunsheng wants me to take the initiative to attack, I’ll cooperate.”
“However, there aren’t any particularly good methods at the moment. Public opinion battles definitely can’t be fought anymore. Why don’t I stick to what I do best—burning money?”
The “Head’s Speaks” column had fought several rounds of public opinion battles, resulting in a miserable defeat for the Anti-Tenda Alliance.
Pei Qian was well aware that Tenda had a naturally huge advantage in public opinion battles, and continuing to fight there would be like bullying them.
So Pei Qian decided to go with the most reliable option: a money-burning war!
The Anti-Tenda Alliance included many financially strong companies, each responsible for a specific field, while Tenda had to burn money in all fields. In terms of funding, the Anti-Tenda Alliance definitely had more resources.
The advantage was clearly on their side!
Given this, Pei Qian could burn money boldly and confidently!
The online discussion also reminded Pei Qian of an issue.
That is, the relationships within the Anti-Tenda Alliance were actually more secure than Pei Qian had imagined!
Because these companies clearly understood that once they withdrew from the Anti-Tenda Alliance, they might never be able to form a united front again. By then, Tenda could pick them off one by one!
Losing to other companies still had the possibility of being acquired, but losing to Tenda meant being completely consumed—with nothing left!
So the more money was burned, the more it would stimulate their united fighting spirit against a common enemy!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian became energized and immediately formulated a plan.
First, burn money in the food delivery, express delivery, and housing rental industries!
These three industries directly faced Stay Home Delivery, Shengyun Express, and Zhujia Group—the three giants with the strongest finances in the Anti-Tenda Alliance.
Moreover, these three industries were the fastest at burning money.
Once the burning started, these three companies would definitely mobilize other companies in the Anti-Tenda Alliance to seize Tenda Group’s market in other fields.
By then, Pei Qian would have other departments follow suit, and back and forth, wouldn’t the stalemate be broken?
As the helmsman of Tenda Group, what Pei Qian hated most was a cold war!
Because during a cold war, both sides speculate about each other, often doing inexplicable things, sometimes even handing victory over.
But once they entered the hot war phase, Pei Qian could happily burn money!
Thinking of this, Pei Qian gleefully began to look forward to the wonderful situation in the coming month.
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June 10th, Monday.
Wu Bin called all the heads of Boqun Media together for a meeting.
“This is the reform plan I’ve finalized, using my weekend overtime quota. HR and Admin departments, please record this and calculate the overtime pay.”
The heads of the Human Resources and Administrative Departments exchanged glances, feeling as if they had heard something utterly fantastical.
Weekend overtime quota? And overtime pay?
What were those things?
As a self-media company, overtime was a daily occurrence at Boqun Media.
Because self-media mainly rides on trending topics, and when trends emerge is unpredictable.
Even after work hours, employees of these self-media companies were on standby 24 hours a day. As soon as a hot topic appeared, they had to immediately get busy!
Some celebrities often liked to drop major news in the middle of the night, disturbing self-media companies from rest as they worked overtime to chase these trending topics.
For the people in the company, overtime pay was fundamentally a concept that shouldn’t exist.
Let alone an overtime quota!
How could overtime need a quota? Was overtime such a scarce resource?
Furthermore, Wu Bin was using weekend overtime as an excuse to claim overtime pay—wasn’t he just here to make money?
They had never seen an employee with such a poor work attitude! And this was a mid-level manager sent by Tenda Group?
The two department heads silently looked at Wei Jinghui, who signaled with his eyes for them to remain calm.
In his view, the more outrageous Wu Bin’s plan, the better!
Wei Jinghui broke the silence in the meeting room, smiling at Wu Bin, “Mr. Wu Bin, this is your decision, and we will carefully follow it! But could you please explain what an overtime quota is?”
Only then did Wu Bin realize that in places not illuminated by Tenda’s glorious practices, the concept of an overtime quota remained unfamiliar.
He had to bring out the pre-prepared plan and said, “In that case, let me first explain the plan.”
“I have prepared two reform plans in total. The first one is for business operations, and the second one is for company management.”
“Let’s first discuss the reform plan for company management.”
“Starting this week, the company will strictly implement an 8-hour workday system, with punctual start and end times. Early arrivals and late departures are not allowed without special reasons. If there is a need for overtime, you must apply for an overtime quota from the relevant supervisor. Using too much overtime quota or exceeding it will affect the performance bonus of the entire department!”
“And in specific operations and implementation, we will use Tenda’s proprietary office chat software, ARS!”
Wu Bin carefully introduced Tenda’s management regulations and explained to everyone the specific usage of ARS.
Essentially, he directly copied Tenda’s management rules. As someone from the Human Resources Department, Wu Bin was naturally very familiar with this system.
After listening, the people in the meeting room again exchanged glances.
They had thought that overtime pay and overtime quotas were already absurd enough, but they hadn’t expected there would be even more absurd things!
Instead, Wei Jinghui’s face showed a smile.
Because he found that Nie Yunsheng’s prediction was completely correct!
Indeed, those sent by the Tenda Cooperation Department hadn’t actually grasped Mr. Pei’s management art but were merely imitating without understanding.
Without analyzing the specific situation of the company, they were simply forcing Tenda’s management model onto them.
How could this possibly work?
Min Jingchao succeeded in forcibly implementing this system at Dragon Yu Group because Min Jingchao himself was a master in game design and game operations. His professional skills supported him, so even if there were minor management issues, they wouldn’t be significant!
But Wu Bin was not a professional in self-media!
As long as Boqun Media was ruined, it would be excellent material for attacking Tenda.
With this in mind, Wei Jinghui smiled slightly, “Mr. Wu Bin’s management plan seems to be directly inherited from Tenda, and it is indeed very clever!”
“The Administrative and Human Resources departments must cooperate well and follow Mr. Wu Bin’s requirements without any omissions!”
Wei Jinghui said this because he was afraid that if there were deviations in implementation by the staff, Tenda might shift the blame later, saying that Boqun Media didn’t cooperate, greatly reducing the effect of the public opinion attack.
Seeing the heads of Administration and Human Resources nod, Wei Jinghui felt relieved and continued, “Mr. Wu Bin, then let’s discuss the business transformation next?”