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132. Nancheng Lie Is A Smiling Tiger

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

At Nancheng Group.

Compared with other companies, the atmosphere of Nancheng Group’s high-level meetings was a little different. Maybe it was because Nancheng Yunyu and Nancheng Lie were different in character. Before Nancheng Lie became the general manager of Nancheng Group, the atmosphere of Nancheng Group’s meetings was very oppressive, because Nancheng Yunsen always kept a grave face.

But things changed after Nancheng Lie took the position of the general manager. Nancheng Group’s top managers were accustomed to Nancheng Lie’s style before they realized it.

Nancheng Lie usually asked his secretary to put some fruits and cakes on the meeting table so that they could have a discussion while eating. At first, they were afraid and dared not eat, but gradually, they got used to it.

However, today’s meeting was different. There was no fruit or cake on the table.

Nancheng Group’s top managers looked at one another, thinking that this was an unusual sign.

Sitting in the meeting room, they were ready for the meeting, but their general manager hadn’t yet appeared. They were not surprised that Nancheng Lie was late for the meeting, because it was a frequent occurrence. After a while, a secretary walked in with a tray of fresh fruit. Everyone’s eyes lit up. ‘Perhaps we are oversensitive. There is nothing unusual,’ they thought.

The secretary put the fruit tray on the general manager’s table, and then sat down in her usual chair.

Ten minutes later, the people in the meeting room began to feel uneasy. They all looked at the secretary inquiringly, but she gave no response to their curiosity. She sat upright in her chair with a smile and remained silent.

They were about to throw out questions when the door of the meeting room was pushed open by someone from the outside. “Sorry, I’m late.” Nancheng Lie came into the meeting room, followed by his assistant Yang Kai.

He walked over and stood by his usual chair. “The fruit is very fresh today.” He forked a piece of cantaloupe into his mouth and said to his secretary, “Thank you.”

“Don’t mention it.” The secretary’s smile deepened.

Nancheng Lie looked around. A faint cry of surprise escaped from his lips. He turned to his secretary and asked, “Why didn’t you serve them with fruit?”

The secretary answered, “Mr. Nancheng, the petty cash you gave me is limited. The rest of the money is barely enough for me to buy you a little fruit.”

“Oh, I see.” Nancheng Lie sat down and said to other senior managers, “Sorry, I’m so sorry. Our company is short of money recently. I forgot to give my beautiful secretary some more money, so she didn’t buy you fruit. Please don’t take it to heart.”

Nancheng Lie was completely different from his eldest brother Nancheng Yunyu. People could see from Nancheng Yunsen’s poker face that he was not a man to be trifled with. As for Nancheng Lie, he was a smiling tiger. He always smiled brightly when he was scheming against his opponents. So, hearing what he said, everyone in the meeting room couldn’t help trembling with fear. Obviously, there was a double meaning in his words: first, he was telling them that all the fruit they ate before was paid for by him; second, he was hinting that although he was the general manager, the financial condition of Nancheng Group was not good so that he had no money to buy them fruit. Therefore, everyone in the meeting room was instantly nervous.

Although they had no idea of what had happened to their general manager, they knew that they should be more careful with what they were going to say.

“What’s the latest electronic doodah developed by Design Department? Its name escapes me for the moment. Alas, I have a bad memory.”

His words briefly panicked the head of Design Department. ‘Oh my God! It seems that I’m his first target.’ he thought to himself.

“It’s a kind of temperature sensor. At present all air-conditioners require us to adjust the temperature manually. This kind of sensor can adjust the temperature automatically according to the user’s body temperature.” This product was a great invention of Design Department. Last month every designer who participated in the development of this product was awarded tens of thousands of yuan. He couldn’t understand why Nancheng Lie suddenly mentioned this product.

“Yes, that’s it.” Nancheng Lie clapped his hands and continued, “A person who leads a life of leisure becomes forgetful. Could someone tell me what the head of Technical Department said at that time?”

What?!

The senior managers looked at one another. What the hell happened to Nancheng Lie?

The head of Purchasing Department replied, “He said, ‘Our own factory is fully booked up for the next few months. So, the sensor can’t be put into production before August. If we can’t find a solution, the product won’t go on sale as scheduled.'”

The purchasing department staff could benefit from purchase. If Nancheng Group had entrusted a factory with the production of the body temperature sensor, they would have made a profit from the purchase of the needed components.

“So what’s the result of our discussion?” Nancheng Lie picked up a grape and put it into his mouth. The grape was sweet, and he liked it.

“It was suggested to entrust the production of the sensor to other companies, but the products should be imprinted with our company’s logo,” said the Director of Finance. “At that time, Yangming Electronics was our first choice. After investigation and analysis, we came to the conclusion that Yangming Electronics was financially sound.”

“What about Executive Search Department? Have you guys tried to seek alternative companies? Is there a better cooperator than Yangming Electronics?” Nancheng Lie’s smile disappeared. He looked sharply at the head of Executive Search Department.

With a swift movement, the head of Executive Search Department sat upright and answered firmly, “Of course we’ve tried to seek a better cooperator. Although Yangming Electronics is not the biggest manufacturer in our city, its owner Mr. Yang is known as a man of good character. What’s more, those large electronics companies in our city are being kept busy recently. I don’t think they can be more responsible than SMEs. So, members of my department concur that Yangming Electronics is our first choice.”

Seeing that all the department managers were frightened, Nancheng Lie burst out laughing. “Why do you all keep a straight face? Is because my secretary didn’t buy you fruit?”

The department managers were speechless. How could their general manager be so shameless? The truth was that he was mean mugging them from beginning to end.

“Now let’s talk business. It’s not a big deal. I just heard that Yangming Electronics was acquired.”

What?！！！