The Female CEO Falls in Love with Me

The same meeting room, with a different group of people; the first to arrive were a bunch of employee representatives. Almost every major department and workshop had a representative, and there were more than a dozen sitting inside. Everyone was ready in advance, determined to maintain high spirits; negotiations couldn't lose to the capitalists.

No scheduled time, the start time was determined by Li Yan.

Receiving feedback from Li Minghui, Li Yan still made them wait for a while, until they were slightly anxious, before he and Zhang Yurong arrived with grace.

Unlike the management, when the three of them came in, the employee representatives immediately quieted down, and all their eyes were focused on them. Seeing that two of them were unfamiliar faces, and there was only the factory leader along with them, they were somewhat apprehensive.

Although they came with the intention of confronting the capitalists, the highest level leadership they had encountered was Li Minghui, who was just a factory manager of a factory worth billions. Now before them was the president of a hundred-billion-dollar group company! His status alone carried a strong presence, along with Zhang Yurong's own powerful aura, making them silent like cicadas in winter for a moment.

Zhang Yurong took the chair position at the head of the meeting table, while Li Yan and Li Minghui sat on each side. After sitting down, Li Minghui first spoke to introduce: "Dear colleagues, your demands have been directly communicated to the headquarters of the group company. Today, besides Mr. Li from the headquarters, Miss Zhang, our group president, has specially rushed over despite her busy schedule, which shows the headquarters' emphasis on everyone. You can directly express any demands you have."

People always have more taboo against the direct superior they see often, and the superior of that superior, while pressure is much lighter towards leaders who are far removed. Group leaders and supervisors have more influence on grassroots employees than the factory manager, let alone the group president who may not visit even once a year.

After the initial intimidation, everyone realized the president was just a young and beautiful woman, why be afraid? After listening to Li Minghui's introduction, the scene started to become chaotic, with everyone whispering, growing louder gradually. In their view, speaking about law, speaking about regulations were certainly not the capitalist's realm, to make the capitalists yield, they had to escalate things, and shout out the worker's voice more loudly.

"We demand a salary increase!"

"We demand a higher overtime pay ratio!"

"We demand strengthened various welfare benefits!"

...

Zhang Yurong merely watched coldly, leaving today's authority to Li Yan. Although the employee representatives were shouting slogans loudly, no one dared to look at her directly.

After they all expressed their opinions, Li Yan then raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down. Once the environment was slightly better, he started to speak: "Who will formally summarize your demands?"

A man closest to Li Yan, holding a piece of paper, began to speak: "Respectful President Zhang, Mr. Li, Factory Manager Li, I am the employee representative Ma Haoran, please allow me to voice our demands on behalf of everyone…"

Everyone quieted down, listening as he continued reading his prepared draft after the opening: "Prices and living costs are rising, only wages don't increase; work difficulty and intensity are increasing, only overtime pay doesn't increase! We are not in a small private processing factory, we are a sub-factory or subsidiary of a large enterprise…"

Ma Haoran's draft was verbose, praising and criticizing Paradise Group, and capped with some big names, making their demands for an overall salary increase, higher overtime pay, improved welfare benefits seem so reasonable and justified.

After he finished, he found that Li Yan, with his hand supporting his chin, was leaning against the meeting table, seemingly dozing off, leaving Ma Haoran and other employee representatives looking displeased, what was this? No hurry even this moment, this was clearly an intentional humiliation!

Looking at his posture, Zhang Yurong couldn't help but be both amused and irritated, she kicked him discreetly, also humming to remind him not to overact too much, lest things get unbearable.

"Finished?" Li Yan opened his eyes, then twisted his neck and cleared his throat: "Hmm, now it's my turn to speak. Actually, everyone knows clearly, talking about law, the company is absolutely fine, talking about regulations is absolutely your problem. Now it's only talking about human sentiment and morality, so I think no need for so much nonsense, just go direct. Let me ask you representatives, do you want to raise your salaries yourself, or are you genuinely petitioning for all employees?"

Ma Haoran, representing the other representatives, protested: "Mr. Li, you can refuse our demands, but you must not insult our motives! We are absolutely for everyone's interests!"

"OK, now I represent the company's interests. The company naturally wants to resolve things at the lowest cost. Now we are negotiating behind closed doors. I am a straightforward person, skipping the fancy nonsense, I ask everyone a question: If the company decides to raise the salaries of all the representatives here by thirty percent, are you willing to go back and persuade everyone to abandon the strike and return to work immediately?" Li Yan said with a serious face.

This statement made Zhang Yurong frown secretly. Solving the biggest problem at the smallest cost was originally correct, but succumbing to a small part through bribery wasn't her preferred way of handling things. But as this was handed over to Li Yan, she could only endure and not undermine him in front.

A thirty percent raise was an undeniable temptation for everyone. However, only after a moment of hesitation did Ma Haoran already represent others in refusal: "Impossible! A raise for everyone or nothing!"

"Yes! A raise for everyone!"

Li Yan sighed and continued: "Giving everyone a raise costs too much. How about this, I'll decide on behalf of the president and the factory manager to give you a fifty percent raise, please consider it."

This made everyone quiet, a fifty percent offer was far more enticing than thirty, equaling a future income increase by half!

"Seventy percent!" No response from everyone, Li Yan continued to increase the offer.

Once again hit their heart chords, but with their greed ignited and increased several times, if waited a bit longer, would the offer improve further?

"The president is here, she's a capitalist, definitely not happy about me pricing high for you all, I give a final guarantee number: if you agree, the salary will double starting this month! Those with positions would be promoted, ordinary employees would become group leaders, making the raise unsuspected." Li Yan said grimly, "I'm straightforward, my words stop here, five seconds to consider."

Then he looked up at the electronic clock on the wall.

Doubling the salary had already broken down everyone's emotional defensive lines, hearing about promotions made them even excited, they could accept it mentally, but hard to behave it face-wise. During this they were just observing each other, hearing Li Yan saying five seconds to decide, everyone already made up their minds.

"I am willing!"

"I am willing too!"

...

Everyone scrambled to agree, fearing missing the opportunity.

You and I are all mortals, born in the world, rushing all day, never a quiet moment. Since not immortal, inevitably have mixed thoughts, righteousness placed aside, profit placed in center...

"Good!" Li Yan led the applause, "That's right! In the future, if want promotion or raise, talk to Director Li, no need to make it this big. The two-day halt lost the company's benefits."

Li Minghui also clapped, including Zhang Yurong who symbolically applauded. She did not agree with Li Yan's way, but it must be said, his way worked now.

Seeing Li Yan with a big smile, everyone also displayed relaxed smiles, seeming like not just fooling around.

"Rest assured, I can't remember who you all are, but Director Li surely remembers. None of you will be missed! The company won't forget any of you. But currently, requires everyone's effort to resolve the strike issue. The president is very busy, a second worth hundreds of thousands, has stayed here a long time, delaying many official duties. Therefore, everyone only has one hour. At the employee conference an hour later, I hope to see your achievements! Hurry up, please!"

After listening to Li Yan's words, everyone hesitated for a moment, then streamed out to seize the time.

...

With an hour's time, Zhang Yurong wouldn't waste it by just waiting. She started demanding reforms and solutions for various factory problems from Li Minghui. Regarding issues affecting long-term development, she was ruthless, cutting projects, adjusting plans, setting goals, firing pests...the intensity of orders within this hour, compared higher than Li Minghui's work accomplishments in two years.

An hour later, the employees already assembled outside were finally awaiting the employee conference with the president personally present. Seeing Zhang Yurong's unparalleled beauty from afar, many people sighed deeply, even if no raise was achieved, seeing the beautiful president was already meaningful in this strike.

This time Li Yan stood at the center of the temporary stage, with Zhang Yurong and Li Minghui on either side, and behind them was a group of management.

Holding the microphone, gazing at nearly a thousand people below, Li Yan slowly began: "First, allow me to express my gratitude for everyone's hard work, on behalf of the president, the group company, and myself!"

Finishing, he seriously bowed.

This opening manner won favors from some, while others felt it was an act.

"Now let me ask all colleagues, truthfully speaking, are our factory's conditions really bad? Is your salary really much lower than the industry and similar jobs? Do you know the annual output value of our factory? Over a hundred million! Note, it's total output, not profit! Is it a lot or not? It might seem a lot to you all, this is all a result of everyone's hard work. But to the group company, it's very little, less than one percent, and amongst this, what's spent on your wages, overtime pay, monthly bonuses, year-end bonuses, various welfare treatments, that's costed several tens of millions!" (To be continued, for more to come, please log on to www.qidian.com, more chapters support authors, support genuine reading!)