Chapter Seventy-Five: Wool
Lee so-man is in a dilemma, Cho Won-hee is free-spirited, Kim Young-min gloats, and the three major shareholders of S.M Company are in a hurry.
The next agenda item was the preparation of S.M. USA, and Zhao Yuanxi was unable to figure out the situation when he attended the council for the first time, and he spent most of his time listening.
"At present, the company does not have sufficient funds, and I propose to postpone the preparation of the US branch." After a brief introduction to the company, Kim Young-min stated his views.
Li Xiuman's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word, compared with the American branch, his primary consideration was how to ensure his status as the largest shareholder, Zhao Yuanxi was menacing, and he couldn't help but guard against it.
An emergency council meeting was held entirely by Kim Young-min. The meeting ended at 11.10 a.m. In addition to establishing Cho Won-hee's status as executive director and acting chief financial officer, Kim Young-min's biggest gain was to delay Lee so-man's plan to set up a U.S. branch and establish his authority in the council.
Cho Won-hee joins the council, Kim Young-min has one more ally to unite against Lee so-man, and it would be best if Cho Won-hee could replace Lee so-man as the company's largest shareholder.
At the end of the meeting, Jin Yingmin smiled, "Executive Zhao, if there is anything you need about the affairs of the Finance Department, just say it." ”
"Thank you for your concern." Cho Won-hee responded to Kim Young-min's kindness in a timely manner.
Cho Won-hee did not leave with Kim Young-min, and the purpose of his stake in S.M's board of directors was to quell the infighting between Lee so-man and Kim Young-min, rather than to unite one side to bring down the other, and either side could win the company's vitality. What he needs is to ensure that he has enough say to become an arbiter.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't care about S.M Company before, because he was not in his position and did not seek politics, but now he has been promoted to the position of executive director and chief financial officer by Li Mingxian, and it is impossible for him to travel leisurely.
Zhao Yuanxi's first fire was to completely clean the finance department, remove the management of the finance department, and promote talents from the bottom to reorganize the management. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Li Zongren has been running the finance department for many years, and he must have henchmen, rather than spending effort to fight wits and courage with these people, it is better to use one size fits all, replace them all, and scatter them.
The second fire is a thorough inventory of the company's accounts. S.M Company has been transfusing blood for the Democratic Party in the new millennium, and it is inevitable to do tricks in terms of accounts, and Zhao Yuanxi, as the chief financial officer, must thoroughly investigate it, not to pursue it, but to do what he knows.
Li Mingxian played a delicate game of chess, and so far Zhao Yuanxi has dealt with it properly, and the fact that he became the director of the S.M company and took control of the finance department means that the S.M company has changed its course from the camp of the democratic-main party in the new millennium to the arms of the big state-party, which means that Zhao Yuanxi must provide funds when Li Mingxian needs it.
This is the unquestionable rule.
The sheep is still the same sheep, and the wool is still the same wool, but the shearer has changed.
The CFO's office is not far from the president's office, just one room away, and the office is lush and surrounded by huge bonsai, which is very eye-catching. From the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, the Han River can be seen faintly, like a white ribbon.
A gentle knock on the door interrupted Zhao Yuanxi's thoughts. The person knocking on the door was none other than An Chengjun, who was recently promoted to deputy financial director by Zhao Yuanxi.
Ahn Sung-jun is young and promising, having worked in S.M for many years, and it is important that he has nothing to do with the former financial director Li Zongren, which is exactly the talent that Zhao Yuanxi needs.
"Director, this is the company's financial statements for the first quarter, this is the financial statements for the whole year of 2007, and this is the financial statements for the past three years." An Chengjun held a large stack of financial statements in his hand and reported to Zhao Yuanxi.
"Has the data been verified?"
"I have repeatedly confirmed that I have checked all three accounts, and I believe that the error will not be too big."
Li Zongren was forcibly taken away so that he didn't have time to explain to his henchmen to deal with the accounts, Zhao Yuanxi was able to get the original accounts very easily, and resorting the accounts was his top priority when he took over the finance department.
"What was the Q1 earnings profile?" Zhao Yuanxi asked casually.
"The profit in the first quarter of this year was about 26.3 billion, and the actual statement profit was 11.7 billion."
It is inevitable to make false accounts, and Zhao Yuanxi is not surprised, otherwise how could the S.M company have excess funds to transfuse blood to the Democratic Party in the new millennium, but this account has also been done a little more ruthlessly.
"You go down first." Zhao Yuanxi took all the reports and walked back to the workbench to examine them carefully.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yuanxi, who had been reading the financial statements for an afternoon, received a phone call, rubbed his eyes, and saw that the caller ID was Li Shanya.
"Oppa, we're almost at Apguting Road, you come out to pick us up." Li Shanya's cheerful voice came from the earpiece.
"Okay, meet at the back door of S.M, do you know the location of Lu Road?"
"Of course, I know it."
As the largest entertainment agency in Korea, S.M has always had no shortage of fans waiting at the company's entrance, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, artists sometimes choose to enter and exit the company's back door.
Coming out of the back door of the company is about 30 meters of back alley, connecting a bustling street, Zhao Yuanxi met Li Shanya and her companion Qiu Suyan at the corner of the street, the two women were wearing dark long trench coats, tight blue jeans, orange boots, fashionable and warm.
Zhao Yuanxi joked: "The styles are all the same, are your clothes bought in a group?" ”
Li Shanya held Qiu Suyan's hand affectionately and said with a smile: "Of course, we often go shopping together." ”
Qiu Suyan saw Zhao Yuanxi saluting with a smile and shouted "Yuanxi Oppa".
"Call me brother," Zhao Yuanxi said with a smile, "Are Su Yan and Sun Ah the same year?" ”
Li Shanya preemptively said: "We are not only the same year, but even our birthdays are the same day. ”
"That's really fate," Zhao Yuanxi raised his eyebrows, "Is the information in your hands the college entrance examination materials you have prepared?" ”
Li Shanya nodded and said, "It's the test questions of the college entrance examination over the years you said, and it took us a lot of time to get them together." ”
Zhao Yuanxi stretched out his hand to take the exam questions in the hands of the two of them, and said with a smile: "Brother invited you to dinner to express my gratitude." ”
"That's pretty much it." Li Shanya smiled skillfully.
The three of them walked through the back alley and entered the S.M company, and the two women came to the famous S.M company for the first time, and they couldn't help but look around curiously.
Zhao Yuanxi directly led the two of them upstairs, "I still have some work to deal with, do you want to visit my practice room?" ”
"Okay," Li Shanya agreed, "we haven't seen Oppa's practice room yet." ”
Choo So-yeon was also in high spirits.
Up to the fourth floor, Zhao Yuanxi opened the door of the practice room, and Li Shanya saw the piano at the foot of the wall at first glance and walked over happily. Choo So-yeon noticed the zither in the other corner.
"Oppa, can I play?"
"Absolutely."
Li Shanya beckoned to Choo So-yeon, "So-yeon, let's play together." ”
The two sat side by side and played a song "To Alice" together, which was beautiful and harmonious.
Zhao Yuanxi applauded vigorously to express his appreciation, looked at his watch and said, "Wait for me for half an hour, and then we will go to dinner." ”
Zhao Yuanxi returned to the office on the fifth floor to read all the reports submitted by An Chengjun, sealed the bag, and went down to his practice room on the fourth floor with the file bag.
Pushing open the door of the room, the two women lay in front of the computer, staring intently at the screen with a smile on their faces.
"See what?" Zhao Yuanxi walked over and asked with a smile.
"Looking at Oppa's official fan sites and forums," Lee Sun-ah said, "Many fans are strongly calling for the establishment of a unified cheering color and exclusive fan name." ”
"Cheering colors and exclusive fan names?" Zhao Yuanxi rubbed his chin and didn't quite understand, he has only been in South Korea for a little more than a month, and he doesn't know much about Korean fans, and most of the time every day is either training or creating, and he doesn't pay attention to it.
"Oppa doesn't even know this?" Lee Sun-ah asked, "Almost every artist in South Korea will have their own unique cheering color and cheering slogan, and fans also have exclusive names, just like TVXQ's fans are called fairy queens, and SJ's fans are called goblins." Their support colors are red and blue. ”
"It's kind of interesting," Zhao Yuanxi chuckled, "Then what color do you think my support should be used?" ”
"TVXQ is red, SJ is blue, Girls' Generation is pink, and the remaining more striking colors are green, yellow, and purple." Li Shanya summed up with a lot of experience, "It's better to use green, healthy, environmentally friendly and eye-catching." ”
Zhao Yuanxi's face is a little green, green is not a good color, the environmental protection color is not touched at all, the decline in the securities market is green, and the green hat or something really can't afford to be sad. With a dry cough, he said, "Green is not a festive color in China. ”
Choo So-yeon chuckled, "What does Oppa think of yellow?" ”
Zhao Yuanxi thought for a while, stroked his palm and praised: "Yellow is good, the atmosphere is rich and bright and eye-catching." ”
Li Shanya pouted and thought for a while and agreed that yellow is better than green, raised her head and asked with a smile, "What is the name of Oppa's fan group?" ”