Chapter 260 - 217: Test, Warning, and Flipping the Table

Chapter 260: Chapter 217: Test, Warning, and Flipping the Table

In the past, the "Governors" of Zhen Cui Group were the general managers of individual stores, like Xu Liang and Guo Jia Hui. But ever since Gu Heng proposed the capital injection and expansion plan for Zhen Cui Group, all the senior executives present knew that from now on, only the expatriate regional general managers would be worthy of the title "Governor."

To take sole command!

To wield absolute authority!

Team building, market expansion, operational management, resource allocation, and many other matters for an entire city would all be centralized in the hands of one person.

The authority of this position would rival that of a group vice president.

For a regional GM of a top-tier megacity, the level of authority would probably make even the group vice presidents green with envy.

Furthermore, the expatriate regional GMs would be far from the group headquarters. As the saying goes, "The mountains are high, and the Emperor is far away." As long as there were no problems with their work and their performance satisfied the group, their degree of freedom would be immense.

At this very moment, the vast majority of the senior executives stared intently at Gu Heng, their hearts in their throats.

"Fengtian. The chosen candidate for Regional General Manager is Chen Zhifeng."

As Gu Heng announced the first regional GM selection, all the senior executives in the room turned in unison to look at the middle-aged man sitting in the center. Many could not hide the envy in their eyes.

Chen Zhifeng was the current General Manager of Zhen Cui Group’s Zhenshui Banquet. He was a veteran of the company, having worked in many departments and rotated through management positions at the Yuan Zhi, Chao Yu, and Banquet Fusion restaurant brands.

He possessed extensive management experience and had a calm, rigorous personality.

Gu Heng’s selection of Chen Zhifeng was within expectations.

After all, looking across the entire senior management of the group, the only people who surpassed Chen Zhifeng in terms of seniority and experience were the few executives who were already group vice presidents.

"Thank you for the group’s trust!"

"Thank you, Chairman Gu, President Qi, and President Zhuang, for your trust!"

"I guarantee I will complete the mission!"

Chen Zhifeng stood up from his seat, his face filled with determination.

"Good!"

Gu Heng nodded with a smile.

Chen Zhifeng sat down, and Gu Heng lowered his head to announce the next appointment. "Ice City. The chosen candidate for Regional General Manager is Guo Jia Hui."

The moment he finished speaking, the senior executives once again turned their heads in unison.

At that moment, Guo Jia Hui, who was sitting in the back row, felt dizzy as all eyes fell on him. His face instantly flushed red with excitement.

If Chen Zhifeng’s appointment was expected, then Guo Jia Hui being chosen as a regional GM was somewhat surprising.

Although Guo Jia Hui had sufficient seniority and ability, there were at least eight, if not ten, other senior executives in the group who were on par with him.

Everyone was completely convinced by Chen Zhifeng’s selection. But Guo Jia Hui? ’On what grounds was he chosen?’

Some of the senior executives who felt they were no worse than Guo Jia Hui were rather indignant.

"President Guo!"

"Congratulations!"

"From now on, you’re a true Governor of our group!"

"Once you’ve made it big, don’t forget about me!"

Xu Liang was the first to offer his congratulations to Guo Jia Hui beside him, the envy in his eyes impossible to conceal.

But envy was one thing; he was also very self-aware.

’Guo Jia Hui is a veteran. Some people in the group might not be happy about his appointment as a regional GM, but they can’t really say anything. After all, many of them are on a similar level, so at most they can only grumble about it in private.’

’In comparison, I’m lucky just to be sitting next to Guo Jia Hui today. If the original General Manager of Sushi Yun, Wu Tao, hadn’t abandoned his post and made a mistake, and if my good brother Fan Hong hadn’t vouched for me, I never would have received this unconventional promotion.’

’Under these circumstances, I can’t even dream of getting a seat at the main table for a share of the meat from this capital injection and expansion. I’d be secretly overjoyed just to be lucky enough to get some scraps.’

In response to Xu Liang’s congratulations, Guo Jia Hui gave a brief nod before quickly standing up. Imitating Chen Zhifeng, he expressed his gratitude and determination to the group and its leaders, including Gu Heng.

Soon, after the chosen candidate for regional GM of Stone Gate, the last second-tier city in the first batch of pilot cities, was announced, many of the unselected senior executives looked somewhat disappointed.

However, these were people who had climbed to high-level positions in the corporate world, and their resilience was extraordinary. They quickly adjusted their mindsets. After all, this was only the first batch of pilot cities; there were still eight more cities to be developed later.

In the conference room, only the regional GM for Jin City, out of the four pilot cities, remained unannounced. The senior executives couldn’t help but turn their gazes toward the front row.

’Even a pillar of the group like Chen Zhifeng was only made the regional GM of a second-tier city. That means the regional GM for a first-tier city will most likely be chosen from among the group’s vice presidents.’

For the other senior executives, becoming a regional GM was a promotion.

But for the group’s vice presidents, even the post of a regional GM for a first-tier city was likely something they would look down upon.

The reason was simple. As the group’s scale increased, the power they held would naturally grow as long as they remained in their current positions as vice presidents.

After all, in a normal corporate structure, the position of a group vice president was essentially the ceiling. The only step up from there was the position of CEO.

Given this situation, if they were to leave the group headquarters and be dispatched to another city as a regional GM, whether they could ever return to headquarters in the future would be a huge question mark.