Chapter 27

Before the elevator doors opened again, the air in the cramped space seemed to have frozen solid.

Only after they walked out of the elevator did Qin Moyan leisurely say, “As group chairwoman, you should lead by example. Encouraging office romances can easily accelerate the loss of talent.”

“When did I encourage office romance?” Ye Xinuo caught up and walked side by side with Qin Moyan. “Just now, I lost my footing. I wasn’t taking the opportunity to have improper intentions toward my subordinate!”

Qin Moyan did not even give Ye Xinuo a glance from the corner of her eye. “Chairwoman Ye doesn’t need to explain so much to me. I only care about the company’s operating situation.”

“Who’s explaining to you? What does it have to do with me what you think?” Ye Xinuo’s attitude changed swiftly. She gave a cold snort and quickly walked ahead of Qin Moyan.

Xu Xiao let out a sigh of relief. As long as she had not taken a fancy to him, it was fine. After all, he sold his skills, not his body.

At the board meeting, Wang Ze, the person in charge of Xmate’s product development, gave the board a comprehensive report. He proposed that this iteration would add a red packet function, allowing people who had added each other as friends in the software to send red packets back and forth.

This function would be nothing unusual five years later, but placed in the present, as soon as Wang Ze finished his report, he was met with questions from many directors.

Ye Xinuo remained silent the entire time. With her hands clasped and pressed under her chin, she listened to them go back and forth in a war of words.

“According to what I understand, the target users of this social app are people aged eighteen to thirty-five. In our Chinese traditional concepts, red packets are only given by elders to juniors during New Year or festivals. What is the point of adding this function?” Wei Gang, as usual, was the first to attack.

Wang Ze answered unhurriedly, “It is precisely because we are mainly targeting young people that we need to give them a sense of novelty and bring forth the new by getting rid of the old. What’s more, according to market research, this function is also very practical in young people’s social interactions. For example, if I borrow ten yuan from Xiao Li today, since the amount isn’t large, if Xiao Li is a generous person, perhaps he won’t ask for it back. But I’m the type who doesn’t like owing others. At this time, I can send the other person a red packet and also avoid embarrassing them.”

“All right, then here comes the problem. You spent time in the West, which is why you think this way. If Xiao Li is a traditional Chinese person instead Read on BaiLianTalesand believes your action is insulting him, wouldn’t that cause the relationship between the two of you to deteriorate rapidly?”

Ye Xinuo raised the end of her brow slightly. The weeds in Director Wei’s brain had finally been pulled out a little. Even his questions could now strike directly at the key point.

Wang Ze smiled slightly. “In that case, you believe the people who use our Xmate app must all be people deeply rooted in traditional thinking, correct? If so, then the launch of this function will become even more epoch-making in significance.”

Most of the directors below revealed puzzled expressions.

“Since the two words ‘red packet’ are easily connected to Chinese tradition, why don’t we use this function to expand our target users? Must our product development be based only on existing users?”

Another director questioned him. “From what you’re saying, you want to expand the user base and target older users? You should know that this mobile social app is derived from Yesheng’s PC chat software. Our chat software has collected rich user data, and there are very few older users. Elderly people are extremely slow to accept technological things.”

A smile hung on Ye Xinuo’s face. This director probably did not know that five years later, nearly every elderly person would know how to send voice messages, battle with reaction images, and use chat apps to arrange square dancing. Their social activities would not be any fewer than those of young people.

Wang Ze remained fully confident. “Our PC chat software has powerful functions and a complicated interface. It is indeed mostly used by young people. But the mobile version, Xmate, has removed many flashy functions. The interface is very simple, almost no different from making calls and sending texts, and it can save phone fees. For people who live carefully and calculate expenses, it has no lack of appeal.”

“Then according to what you’re saying, developing a red packet function alone can make elderly people use this app? Isn’t that idea a little too naive?” one director scoffed.

“As for this point…” Wang Ze looked toward Ye Xinuo. “May President Ye help me out?”

Ye Xinuo stood up from the leather chair, walked beside Wang Ze, faced the directors, and said, “Big data shows that more and more people are gradually replacing cash and checks with electronic transactions. Yesheng has long planned to be the first to seize the mobile payment market, and Xmate is precisely our breakthrough point.”

Someone below wanted to speak again, but Ye Xinuo took the lead. “All of you directors are now Xmate users. Imagine this: when you go out to buy something, is it more convenient to pay with a chat app that is already open, to reach into your pocket for cash, or to open another payment app developed by another company? The answer is self-evident.”

Taking advantage of the directors’ moment of thought, she continued, “As long as the initial subsidies are strong enough and we set up special red packet subsidies, the amount users send in red packets can receive random reductions. This [unauthorized copy]can attract a large number of middle-aged and elderly trial users. Once there is spendable spare change inside the Xmate wallet, users will naturally produce consumption. What we need to do is help them gradually develop spending habits. Other departments will coordinate and connect, providing merchants with QR codes and corresponding preferential policies, forming a net. The returns in the future will be greater than imagined.”

“I still think this is inappropriate.”

Ye Xinuo’s voice carried a force that allowed no refusal. “As the group chairwoman, I have the authority to make this decision, and I will also take responsibility for it. However, in order to make the board appear fair, just, and democratic, if more than half of the directors have objections, we can discuss it another day.”

Although quite a few directors had raised questions just now, the only ones truly opposing it were Wei Gang and one director who usually had little presence. Anyone who used their brain a little knew that this was indeed a very good opportunity.

The reason Ye Xinuo said this was to give the directors trying to muddy the waters a warning and make them clearly recognize that her decision was beneficial to the company.

Tang Jie was especially quiet today, as if he did not exist in the board meeting at all.

This made Ye Xinuo faintly uneasy. She always felt that the other party was brewing some conspiracy.

After ending this topic, Ye Xinuo had the secretary change the tea for the directors. Only then did she slowly speak. “There is one more urgent matter to resolve at today’s board meeting.”

“I believe all of you directors have also heard that the wife of Luo Kang, the administrative vice president, came to the company some time ago and caused a very negative impact. Yesheng is a large enterprise. If the improper personal conduct of senior management spreads, it will directly affect the stock price. I wonder what opinions the directors have on this?”

Wei Gang was very active. “It isn’t easy for the company to cultivate a senior executive. In my opinion, we should dismiss that third party, give Luo Kang a disciplinary warning, and make the major matter small and the small matter disappear.”

“Director Wei’s words are mistaken. If we handle it like this, what will the other employees think of our management?” Director Lu said. “It would be better to treat everyone equally.”

Ye Xinuo looked toward Tang Jie with a faint smile. “What does Uncle Tang think?”

“Luo Kang is certainly at fault, but he has also done quite a bit for the company over bailiantales.com the years. If we handle it too harshly, it will inevitably chill people’s hearts. Why not transfer him to a subsidiary instead? As for that female employee, I hear she doesn’t have any outstanding professional ability either. Just fire her.”

It was no different from how it had been handled in her previous life.

After thinking briefly, Ye Xinuo looked toward Qin Moyan again. “Then, Director Qin, which method do you support?”

Qin Moyan said in an indifferent tone, “For such a small matter, the chairwoman can decide privately. There is no need to specially bring it up at a board meeting.”

Hearing this answer, Ye Xinuo was eighty percent suspicious that Luo Kang’s wife suddenly making a scene over divorce had been pushed along from behind by Qin Moyan. After all, this person loved pretending to be a wolf with a big tail.

“In my opinion, President Luo should be transferred down to the subsidiary under Uncle Tang’s management. That way, he can continue making some contributions to Yesheng. As for that female employee, it won’t be a pity to fire her.” Ye Xinuo outlined a smile. “In addition, Xmate’s finance director used the convenience of his position to curry favor and seriously affected the speed of product development. I plan to have him leave as well.”

Tang Jie’s face stiffened for a brief moment.

“As for his position, Director Chen, whom we poached from outside at a high price, will replace him.”

“Small matters like personnel appointments can be decided by Director Ye herself. Can we end the meeting now?” Once the topic moved away from money, some directors began to grow impatient.

“Since no one has any objections, then today’s board meeting ends here. Meeting adjourned.” As soon as Ye Xinuo finished speaking, several directors impatiently left the conference room.

“Hahahaha, Nuonuo truly surpasses her predecessor. This bearing is not the slightest bit inferior to Brother Sheng’s.” Tang Jie’s laugh contained many unclear emotions.

“Uncle Tang flatters me. Compared with you, I’m still far behind.” The smile on Ye Xinuo’s face did not lessen. “If Uncle Tang can’t bear for Director Hao to leave, I can send him to you as well.”

“Nuonuo is too polite. One gift is enough. Uncle accepts this ​read the original at bailiantales.com​favor from you. In the future, I will definitely take good care of you.” After leaving this sentence, Tang Jie turned and left.

Ye Xinuo gazed at his receding back and silently thought to herself. Such an important person had been removed, yet Tang Jie was much calmer than she had imagined. Perhaps it was not that he was good at pretending, but because he had a more important chess piece.

In her previous life, as soon as she discovered Tang Jie’s dirty dealings in private, he had silenced her, so she had no way of knowing how deep his control over Yesheng had gone. In this life, no matter what, she had to force him out of Yesheng first. Otherwise, keeping such a madman by her side meant she would never know when she would be stabbed in the back.

“Miss Ye?” Qin Moyan called Ye Xinuo several times, but the other party gave no reaction at all.

“Boss! Director Qin is calling you!”

Xu Xiao’s full and powerful voice suddenly rang out, startling Ye Xinuo so badly that she jolted.

Frightened, Ye Xinuo somehow blurted out the thoughts she had kept in her heart back in the elevator. “I’d rather like Qin Moyan than make a move on you, so relax!”

Qin Moyan: “…”

Xu Xiao: Boss isn’t protesting too much, is she? Could she really have feelings for me…