363 The Throne
The headquarters responded quickly. Qi Nian immediately went to the headquarters and said that the vice president in charge of operations would summon him. The vice president in charge of operations was Mr. Han.
Qi Nian was already communicating with President Han about his withdrawal from Xundi Express. He had talked about it many times, both on phone and video. This time, the headquarters officially notified Qi Nian to meet President Han, which means that this was a formal meeting, and there must be more than Mr. Han who had talked with him.
It was almost evening when Qi Nian booked the earliest high-speed train to the headquarters.
Mr. Han sent his driver to the high-speed rail station to pick up Qi Nian. He did not go to the company, but to a restaurant.
Qi Nian thought there would be many people in the private room in the restaurant, but the result was that it was not. There were so many people in the small private room. When Mr. Han arrived, Qi Nian realized that he was invited to dinner alone.
After the time of the remarks between Mr. Han and Qi Nian, they began to tell stories to Qi Nian. How difficult it was for the chairman to start a business, how many crises he encountered, how many thoughts he didn’t want to do, and how many people he left the entrepreneurial team. Many people who persisted now gain both fame and fortune.
After telling the story of the original team's entrepreneurship, Mr. Han kept advising Qi Nian not to act irritably. The headquarters did not allow franchisees to form alliances with their own difficulties. Because in the early stage of express delivery development, in order to grab territory, the headquarters turned a blind eye to various local methods. Many franchisees spontaneously formed organizations similar to alliances to fight against competitors. This was understandable. However, the development of the matter was very different from the expectations of the headquarters. When the competitive landscape of the express delivery industry was formed, the alliances of these franchisees became local princes who fought against the headquarters. They often challenged the headquarters with their own local resources.
So the headquarters began to focus on "reducing the vassals". The bloody and cruelty of the process of reducing the vassals was no less than grabbing territory. At that time, the chairman often followed six or seven bodyguards. Whenever he went anywhere, a car in front drove the lane and a car in the back was in the formation. This was not for the sake of prestige, nor for the sake of showing off, but for the sake of surprise.
Mr. Han said: "Do you know the stories of the vassals cuts in Chinese history?"
Qi Nian nodded. There are many famous cases of vassal reduction in Chinese history. Qi Nian was familiar with the period of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, and another was from the early Ming Dynasty.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao of Han, Liu Bang, conquered the world. According to the standard set by him, "No king shall be granted without the surname Liu, and no marquis shall be granted without merit." Therefore, these Liu vassal kings had great power.
During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, the minister Chao Cuo was worried that the Han Dynasty would fall into a situation where the princes were stronger than the emperor during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so he wrote a memorial to Emperor Jing of Han, "Now if it is cut, it will be reversed, and if it is cut, it will be more difficult. If it is cut, it will be less disaster; if it is cut, it will be less disaster." He suggested that the emperor reduce the vassals as soon as possible. This time, the reduction of the vassals caused a strong reaction from the vassal kings. Among them, the seven vassal kings headed by King Liu Bi of Wu united and rebelled on the grounds of "please kill Chao Cuo and clear the monarch." In order to quell the rebellion, Emperor Jing first killed Chao Cuo, the minister who proposed to reduce the vassals, and then sent Zhou Yafu as the Grand Marshal. Finally, the rebellion was put down and the regime was stable.
This is an example of successful reduction of the vassals. Another example of unsuccessful reduction of the vassals is more famous. This is the well-known story of Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty's Chengzu.
After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, Emperor Wen of Han ascended the throne. He was worried that the power of the princes would greatly affect the imperial power, so he began to reduce the vassal states. Unfortunately, what he encountered was the King of Yan, who was second only to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who was the King of Yan, who was second only to the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. In the end, the King of Yan conquered the capital Nanjing, proclaimed himself emperor, and moved the capital to Beijing. The previous emperor was missing, and finally left a legendary story about the "Little Ming King". This story has been circulated to Southeast Asia. Even now in Southeast Asia, there are many people claiming to be descendants of the Little Ming King.
"Once you are bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the ropes for ten years. I believe that the original intention of your express delivery alliance is good. The other people at the headquarters actually agree with the effects of your approach, but if you allow you to do this, it will form a demonstration effect. If those big franchisees are ready to go, the problem will be big."
"Mr. Han, I understand what you mean."
"So, the measures against Renshi this time are not aimed at you, but only at this matter and the possible consequences of this matter."
Qi Nian understood that Han always misunderstood his meaning. He did not leave because of the matter of reducing the vassal states, nor did he think of becoming a vassal king in Renshi. He wanted to do something, but his work was restricted by Xundeng Express.
Qi Nian still told President Han very frankly what he wanted to do. President Han was not surprised and started telling stories to Qi Nian again. There are many protagonists in this story, but the endings of the story are the same. The protagonists of those stories are all sent out from Xundian Express, and they have to do something with enthusiasm and ambitions, but in the end their careers are still at the scale of tens of millions.
Mr. Han said: "Xiao Qi, you are very capable. This is obvious to all companies. But express delivery is not as easy as you imagined. When our company has developed to this extent, it was because of the bodies of many martyrs who climbed up? After working in Xundian for a period of time, many colleagues learned about the management methods of express delivery companies, and used this platform to gain some connections and resources to go out and do their own things. But now there is no one successful. Why is this? This is because the platform bears a lot of the cost of entrepreneurship for them and shares many risks.
They are also at ease on this platform. Without the platform, many things that seem easy will be difficult. Instead of starting a business yourself, it is better to develop on this platform. Our headquarters is also promoting talents in an unconventional manner. The chairman is optimistic about you. If you are willing, you can use your abilities in any position in the headquarters."
Qi Nian said: "Thank you for your honest advice and thank you for your trust from the Chairman. I have thought a lot about it. I hope to find something I want to do. To be honest, the express delivery business I want to do may overlap with Xundian, but it will never form a head-on competition."
Mr. Han smiled: "It doesn't matter if head-on competition is not a problem. We are the target of public criticism. Every express company treats us as a target, and every new express company claims to be "Xundian No. 2". This is normal. As for the competition among the industry, it is not what I care about. Let the legal department solve it. But I want to persuade you again, not to make this decision so quickly."
Chapter completed!