Apart from these two, there don't seem to be any other idle people.

Chen Cheng got He Zhinan into Zhencheng Hong Kong to work in administration.

Zhu Suosuo started a business with Jiang Tianhao, preparing to make a living in the internet industry.

Everyone else has their own jobs too.

Not long after, the pullman arrived near the headquarters of Company name.

Chen Cheng sat in the car, looking up at the hundred-meter-tall headquarters building of Company name.

He was thinking about when to implement the plan for a group headquarters.

The number of R&D personnel at ZEN is increasing every quarter.

According to Chen Cheng's estimates, the ZEN headquarters campus will only be enough for two years.

After ZEN's products are released, the data center campus will likely not be enough.

With the increase in management scale, the four subsidiaries of Company Name in the primary and secondary markets are also expanding their personnel.

It would be best for ZEN's R&D department to be in the same building as the Zhencheng System.

It would facilitate communication and reduce time wasted on the road.

The car stopped at the entrance of the Company name headquarters building; Chen Cheng saw Tan Zongming standing alone at the entrance and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Before getting out of the car, he turned to look at Zou Yu, "Put the headquarters plan that was prepared last year on the agenda."

Zou Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Understood, Chairman Chen."

Tan Zongming was wearing a polo shirt and casual trousers, standing at the building entrance with a person.

Chen Cheng got out of the car and walked over with a smile, "Big brother, you came to greet me personally? I'm a bit flattered."

Tan Zongming chuckled, "Stop with the nonsense. I just arrived, too, and have only been waiting for you for a while."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries and went into the Company name headquarters building together.

"Hello, Mr. Tan~"

"Hello, Mr. Tan~"

"..." Everyone they met on the way, from security guards and lobby property staff to company employees, would nod slightly and greet them softly.

Tan Zongming's secretary led them into the boss's private elevator.

"Is the meeting already going on upstairs?" Chen Cheng asked with a raised eyebrow.

Tan Zongming nodded, "They argued for a whole day yesterday, and started again first thing this morning."

"It's giving both Andy and me a headache."

Chen Cheng curled his lips; it was quite bizarre that a brand positioning could be argued about for two or three days.

The two chatted casually about Company Name Automobile's issues and soon arrived at the 32nd floor.

Tan Zongming led the people into a conference room that was as noisy as a wet market.

When everyone saw Tan Zongming enter, they immediately fell silent.

Chen Cheng scanned the room. Besides Andy, he also saw the first-generation oil tycoon sitting next to her, the tacky second-generation rich kid from the show, Bao Yifan.

Bao Yifan was also looking at him. Ever since he participated in the Red Star acquisition, he had often heard this name, but he had only heard of him without ever meeting him.

In Andy's eyes, a hint of allure was hidden within the coldness. Normally, no one could see that spark, but Chen Cheng, who knew her inside and out, could see her inner desires at a glance.

Tan Zongming looked at Chen Cheng with a smile and pointed to the front-most chair next to Andy, "Sit~"

Chen Cheng and Andy exchanged a glance, smiled, and walked over to sit next to Andy in a few steps.

Zou Yu sat in the assistant's seat behind.

After Tan Zongming sat down, he raised his hand, "Introduce the current progress to Chairman Chen from start to finish."

Tan Zongming's secretary immediately handed the meeting materials to Chen Cheng.

"Thanks~"

Chen Cheng said thanks casually.

While reading the meeting documents, he communicated casually with Andy in a low voice about the progress of Company Name Automobile.

The focus of the debate within the group right now is the choice of intelligent driving routes and brand positioning.

Whether it is multi-sensor fusion or a hybrid approach, the debate is endless.

Over the past few months, Company Name Automobile has conducted some multi-directional technical verifications internally. Except for the pure vision solution which was directly abandoned, the other two factions are arguing incessantly.

Regarding brand positioning, the marketing department proposed value propositions like "Environmental Pioneer," "Tech Leader," and "User Partner."

These all have a high degree of overlap with other car companies, and the homogenization is very serious.

The internal debate is endless, and it cannot meet Tan Zongming's psychological expectations, so it has just stalled.

Fortunately, the business model planning, product planning, technical route, profit model, and financing strategy have been determined.

In terms of core technology, Company Name has some accumulation in construction machinery. A lot of work has already been done on body structure, chassis, suspension, and electronic/electrical architecture design.

The intelligent cockpit has also been confirmed for self-development, and an R&D team has been assembled to carry out development work.

For the "three-electric" system, they have temporarily chosen to purchase mature products.

The current focus of the debate, technologically speaking, is only intelligent driving.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and Chen Cheng did not express any opinions throughout.

He asked a few irrelevant questions.

For example, "Introduce yourself";

"Are you willing to sell your car and switch to a new energy vehicle now?" and other such circular questions.

... Listening to the whole thing.

To be honest, Chen Cheng was quite disappointed.

Company Name's team is a bit... um... moribund and lacks vitality.

Chen Cheng asked the person reporting to introduce themselves, talk about their resume, and the work they are responsible for.

As a result, Chen Cheng heard, "Hello, Chairman Chen, my name is Liu Siming, and I have worked at Company Name for sixteen years."

"..." Starting by showing off seniority—if that's not moribund, what is?

Of course, this is actually a common problem in many large group companies.

Especially in traditional manufacturing companies like Company Name where there is relatively little personnel turnover, this phenomenon is even more serious.

Chen Cheng listened to his introduction carefully and did not express any opinions.

After that, he didn't ask any more questions.

During the lunch break, Tan Zongming arranged lunch in the company cafeteria.

Although it was called a cafeteria, it was actually the boss's private kitchen.

Chen Cheng, Andy, Tan Zongming, and Bao Yifan sat at one table.

Tan Zongming looked at Chen Cheng and said, "Chen Cheng, it seems you didn't express any opinions throughout the whole process."

Chen Cheng frowned slightly; he was asking for his opinion.

Without looking at Andy's eyes, he thought for a moment and said straightforwardly:

"The team is very immature, or rather, a ragtag troupe."

"They don't understand the technological development trends at all. They went out to do some research and learning, and then just parroted what others said, following the crowd."

As soon as these words were spoken, except for Andy, the expressions on Tan Zongming and Bao Yifan's faces were not very good.

"What are you talking about? Environmental Pioneer? Tech Leader? User Partner?"

"What is the core issue of building a car?"

"Have you figured it out?"

Chen Cheng paused while speaking and glanced at Tan Zongming's reaction.

"Safety!"

"Safety!"

"Safety!"

"A car company that does not put safety first will face its doom tomorrow."

"I hope to reach a consensus with you all on this point."

"Safety must become the primary value of Company Name Automobile."

"I think the progress of the intelligent driving team is too slow."

"My suggestion is to have Company Name Automobile operate completely independently, and separate the office from the group."

"Don't mix them together."

"They influence each other, and there are too many constraints."

He glanced at Andy, "Find someone who has deeply cultivated the industry to be the general manager of Company Name Automobile."

Currently, Andy is actually responsible for this work, but it is obviously inappropriate.

"Clarify the product planning, supply chain system, and sales system."

"The current Company Name gives me the feeling that it wants everything, yet everything is very vague."

"You want performance cars, family sedans, SUVs, MPVs, and I even saw hard-core off-roaders in the PPT?"

"..."

In total, Chen Cheng criticized all of Company Name's work over the past six months.

"If I don't see a prototype by this time next year, I will withdraw my investment."

As soon as these words were spoken, Tan Zongming and Andy didn't react much, but Bao Yifan was unhappy.

"Chairman Chen, what do you mean by this?"