From abandoned baby to CEO

The day after taking office as chairman, Sun Xue convened a meeting of leaders from various departments.

Her idea was simple: to get familiar with the entire company's operations as quickly as possible through meetings.

What she never expected was that the company's general manager Niu Youcai and several others did not arrive until 8:20 for the 8 o'clock meeting.

As a company executive, Niu Youcai did not show the slightest apology for being late.

He is tall and strong, with his hair combed neatly back, a typical nouveau riche.

A big gold chain, a big gold ring, a big gold watch, black pants, a black windbreaker, and leather shoes polished to a shine.

He is so stylish that people who don't know him would think he is the chairman of the company.

After taking his seat, he crossed his legs, lit a cigarette, and said jokingly:

"Chairman Sun, a new official has three things to do when he takes office. Is this the first one that's already started?"

Sun Xue smiled and did not answer his question. Instead, she reminded him, "Manager Niu, don't be late for the meeting next time. You are a senior executive of the company and you must set an example for everyone."

Hearing this, Niu Youcai was obviously a little unhappy. He smiled a little awkwardly and puffed on his cigarette.

Seeing this, Sun Xue immediately put away her smile and said seriously:

"From now on, no one is allowed to smoke during any meeting. Don't you see there are many ladies here? This is the minimum respect."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes were focused on Niu Youcai.

Niu Youcai's face was burning. Not only did he not put out his cigarette, but he smoked even harder, with a tone full of provocation:

"Chairman, what is your rule? Your father has been here for so many years and has never said this in front of me. Why can't you smoke?"

Sun Xue said decisively, "I don't care what my father's rules were in the past, but since I'm the one managing the company today, I have my own management ideas."

Niu Youcai put out his cigarette and smacked his lips in disdain.

Before the meeting even started, the atmosphere in the office suddenly became tense.

Everyone else could see that General Manager Niu Youcai was very dissatisfied with Sun Xue.

Of course, many of them share the same idea as Niu Youcai. Most of them stand on Niu Youcai's side, but they just don't express it so obviously.

However, to everyone's surprise, the usually arrogant Manager Niu did not seem to have the upper hand.

They, the spectators, were waiting to see the show between Niu Youcai and Sun Xue.

Sun Xue could feel Niu Youcai's aggressive aura, but she didn't want to make the relationship between superiors and subordinates so tense on the first day of the meeting.

She smiled and said to Niu Youcai, "Manager Niu, please give us a brief introduction to the company's recent development."

Niu Youcai had only been speaking for a few minutes when his cell phone rang.

"You guys chat first, I'm going to go outside to answer a call."

The meeting was interrupted because of this. After everyone waited for more than ten minutes, Niu Youcai walked in slowly with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Manager Niu, put out your cigarette!"

"What kind of crappy rule is this? Even smoking is not allowed?"

Niu Youcai angrily put out the half-smoked cigarette and threw it into the ashtray, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

"A meeting should be held in the right manner." Sun Xue retorted unhappily.

The rest of the meeting went smoothly, and the heads of each department began to introduce their current work situation one by one.

However, what gave Sun Xue a headache was that during the meeting, everyone's phones kept ringing.

What made her even more unacceptable was that other people would hang up immediately when the phone rang, but Niu Youcai would get up and go outside to answer the phone as soon as it rang without even saying hello.

Sun Xue was furious. What kind of a mess was this? He had messed up the meeting.

She couldn't understand it, because her father used to manage the company in this way!

When Niu Youcai's phone rang again, when he answered the phone and stood up to leave, Sun Xue said seriously:

"Manager Niu, we're in a meeting. How can we have the meeting if you keep answering the phone?"

Niu Youcai said jokingly, "It's impossible not to answer the call from an important guest!"

"That's not OK!"

"During the meeting, everyone's phone must be put on silent mode. No matter how big the matter is, it must be discussed after the meeting!"

Sun Xue swept around the venue with a loud voice.

Niu Youcai froze in his place, raised his eyebrows and said, "I really have something urgent to do."

"No matter how big the matter is, we can't talk about it until after the meeting." Sun Xue's attitude remained decisive.

There was a smell of gunpowder in the air. Niu Youcai hung up the phone with a dark face, and sat down reluctantly, muttering to himself.

"In order for our meeting to proceed normally, everyone please take a minute to turn your cell phones to silent mode." Sun Xue glanced around the meeting room with sharp eyes.

Under pressure from Sun Xue, everyone had to take out their mobile phones.

Sun Xue glanced at Niu Youcai beside her and said, "Manager Niu, don't you need to put your phone on silent mode?"

Niu Youcai was stunned and took out his mobile phone reluctantly.

Sun Xue could tell from Niu Youcai's expression that the general manager was quite resistant and disgusted with her and didn't take her seriously.

She knew very well that in the first meeting, she had to intimidate the other party with her momentum.

Otherwise, how can we carry out future work?

Sun Xue's purpose of this meeting was to familiarize herself with the situation of each department. Most of the time, she just listened carefully and took notes seriously.

The meeting, which could have been ended in two hours, was delayed for an hour because of Niu Youcai.

Sun Xue has gained a preliminary understanding of the company's current basic development situation.

Boss Liu was supposed to attend this meeting, but he did not attend because he had to temporarily receive several government officials.

After the meeting, Sun Xue began to feel uneasy.

She could sense that although everyone seemed warm and sincere towards her on the surface, there were actually undercurrents and they were very wary of her.

Especially the general manager Niu Youcai, who didn't take her seriously at all.

He was half lying on the chair, with the corners of his mouth raised when he spoke, looking arrogant, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at Sun Xue was full of disdain.

Sun Xue also noticed that everyone seemed to be in awe of Niu Youcai and looked like they wanted to please him.

She knew that in order to quickly carry out the next step, she had to get to know the company's management as soon as possible.

At the dinner table in the evening, Sun Xue and Liu Bin talked about this topic.

"Liu Bin, do you know Niu Youcai?"

"He was my dad's junior high school classmate and one of the first people to follow my dad into real estate. He is capable and courageous, and has a great influence in the company.

I heard from my dad that Niu Youcai has a relative who holds an important position in a government department. He is the person who has the closest relationship with my dad, and my dad usually gives him some leeway. "

"Is that so? No wonder."

Liu Bin asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"I felt like he didn't take me seriously at all. He was the first to be late for the first meeting. He also smoked and answered the phone during the meeting. When I said something to him, he looked unhappy and arrogant."

"Dad used to allow smoking during meetings. Besides, he smokes too. But he rarely answers the phone during meetings. Niu Youcai is usually quite arrogant."

Sun Xue was angry. "You don't know, he went out to answer several phone calls, which made the meeting chaotic."

"Before, Dad allowed him to answer the phone, but he rarely answered the phone during a meeting."

Sun Xue frowned, "Does that mean he is deliberately making trouble for me?"

Liu Bin was also confused. "No way? Why would he do this? He has no grudge against you."

"Why? Aren't you just not convinced and want to make things difficult for me?" Sun Xue said unhappily.

Sun Xue didn't expect that before she went to find Boss Liu, Niu Youcai would be the first to report her to Boss Liu.

Boss Liu called and said, "Sun Xue, come to my place after dinner. I have something to ask you."

"Dad, what's the matter?"

"Come here and talk." Sun Xue could tell that her father's tone was very bad.