To Qiandu, Ahli said that Suiya's capital chain was tight, which was not a bluff, but the truth.

In the past two months, due to the group's lack of funds, Zhang Shuo always felt constrained in doing things and made up his mind to make some changes. The release of Qingcheng Group's Series A financing was only the first step in the change.

Selling 71 Assistant may be the key to breaking the situation.

………

afternoon.

Zhang Shuo held a temporary meeting, attended by Jiang Yue, rotating president of Sprout Group, Wu Sheyuan, group human resources director, Pei Weiping, president of Qingcheng Group, and Du Qingqing, vice president.

Dai Yutong attended the meeting and was responsible for the minutes.

Just this morning, Qingcheng Group’s A-round financing was officially launched, introducing six investment institutions including Binhai City Entrepreneurship Fund, Binhai City Investment, Houhai Industrial Development Fund, Yangcheng City Investment, Jingshi City Investment, and Pingnan Bank, with a capital of 16 billion.

valuation, subscribed for a total of 20% of the equity of Qingcheng Group, and completed a financing of up to 3.2 billion.

It is also the first time for a budding enterprise to raise funds.

After the financing is completed, according to regulations, Qingcheng Group needs to raise the board of directors, as well as the strategy committee, audit committee, investment committee and nomination and compensation committee under the board of directors.

According to the results of previous discussions with investors, the first board of directors of Qingcheng Group will in principle consist of five directors, including two internal directors, one non-executive director nominated by Beiya, and one external non-executive director nominated by investors.

, and an independent director who is a professional scholar.

Needless to say, the two internal directors are Pei Weiping and Du Qingqing.

Coupled with the nomination of a non-executive director by Sprout Group, the main decision-making position of Sprout Group as the controlling shareholder of Qingcheng Group is basically ensured, and the interests of Sprout Group in Qingcheng Group are guaranteed.

discussed now.

It is to nominate who will serve as the non-executive director of Qingcheng Group.

Zhang Shuo's idea is to nominate Jiang Yue to the board of directors of Qingcheng Group, then recommend Pei Weiping as chairman of Qingcheng Group, and Du Qingqing to replace Pei Weiping as president of Qingcheng Group.

Jiang Yue raised objections.

"I think this personnel adjustment is inappropriate, at least the current conditions are not mature enough."

She objected because she was worried that Qingcheng Group would be separated from the control of the Sprout Group and become a de facto independent kingdom; and secondly, she was worried that Du Qingqing was not qualified enough to be the president of Qingcheng Group.

"Tell me your opinion."

After all, Jiang Yue is the rotating president, and she clearly objects to it, so Zhang Shuo needs to think about it.

"My opinion is that Mr. Zhang should personally serve as the non-executive director of Qingcheng Group, and then be elected as the chairman of Qingcheng Group. The positions of Mr. Pei and Mr. Du will remain unchanged for the time being."

Because Sprout Group has previously made an agreement with investors, investors are not allowed to interfere with the daily operations of Qingcheng Group. All decision-making discussions about Qingcheng Group are limited to the platform of the board of directors.

This further highlights the importance of the board of directors.

With Zhang Shuo concurrently serving as the chairman of Qingcheng Group, he can not only restrain Pei Weiping and Du Qingqing, but also the non-executive directors and independent directors nominated by investors.

Ensure that Qingcheng Group is still under the control of Sprout Group.

"I agree!"

Pei Weiping was the first to stand up, "Qingcheng Group is still in the early stages of development. It is undoubtedly the most suitable for the senior executives of the group headquarters, especially Mr. Zhang, to serve as the chairman."

"I agree!"

Du Qingqing is actually not that eager for the position of president of Qingcheng Group.

After forming Qingcheng Group, she cooperated with Pei Weiping again. She obviously felt a lot more relaxed at work and felt that she still needed a period of growth.

I don’t want to be pushed off the shelves just like that.

Especially now, unlike before, after introducing investors and forming a board of directors, Du Qingqing, as one of the main executives of Qingcheng Group, has attracted much attention for his every move.

There is no room for mistakes.

Being promoted to the president of Qingcheng Group right away may not be a good thing.

"Then why can't you be the chairman of the board?"

Zhang Shuo admitted that what Jiang Yue said made sense, but he had finally set up a rotating president, and he really didn't want to be involved in the whirlpool of Qingcheng Group again.

I just thought about giving up my pick.

"If you want me to be tired until the early shift, then I have no objection." Jiang Yue directly used his trump card.

"..."

Zhang Shuo was completely speechless, what else could he say?

I can only accept my fate.

"Then I will add one more thing and recommend Pei Weiping as vice chairman to be responsible for the daily affairs of the board of directors." At the critical moment, Zhang Shuo wanted to struggle again.

"no problem."

Jiang Yue actually didn't expect Zhang Shuo to take care of specific matters, he just wanted to use Zhang Shuo's name to calm the Qingcheng Group's board of directors.

Only Pei Weiping smiled bitterly.

He didn't dare to imitate Jiang Yue and threaten Zhang Shuo, the big boss.

"In addition, Du Qingqing was promoted to senior vice president of Qingcheng Group. If necessary in the future, Qingcheng Group can add another vice president." Zhang Shuo did not forget Du Qingqing.

After all, he is his first partner.

He had previously forced Du Qingqing to sell his shares in Qingcheng Retail in disguise. If he had kept it until now, Du Qingqing would have achieved financial freedom long ago.

No matter what, some compensation should be given.

Du Qingqing was promoted to senior vice president, firstly, his salary and benefits could be improved, and secondly, he clarified his position as the first candidate for president to avoid being overtaken by latecomers.

"Can."

Of course, Jiang Yue is also very smart and knows when enough is enough. Moreover, when she raised objections before, it was not because she had any opinion about Du Qingqing himself, but simply to fulfill her duties as rotating president.

It doesn't involve personal grudges.

………

After the meeting, Zhang Shuo called Pei Weiping and Du Qingqing to the office alone.

"After Qingcheng Group completes its A-round financing, how will it develop next? Do you two have a plan?" Zhang Shuo didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

Of course, it is impossible for all the huge funds of 3.2 billion to be used to expand Qingcheng Xiaozhu stores.

That's too luxurious.

Except for Binhai City, all Qingcheng Xiaozhu stores in other cities are leased stores. Even if they are opened in the CBD area, because they have been decorated in a standardized manner, the average cost of opening a new store is only around 500,000 yuan.

Calculated in this way, 3.2 billion funds are enough to open more than 6,000 new Qingcheng small buildings.

Only a madman would do this.

Even taking into account the central kitchen, warehousing, distribution and other supporting facilities, it is enough to open four to five thousand new Qingcheng Xiaozhu stores.

Still very crazy.

You know, until 2022, the total number of Starbucks stores in China will only be more than 5,000.

Crazy enough?

In fact, it is enough if half of the 3.2 billion funds can be used for the expansion of Qingcheng Xiaozhu, and it will take at least one or two years to complete the digestion.

The remaining funds still have to be invested in the development of new businesses.

"I plan to officially separate the two sub-brands of Qingcheng Coffee and Qingcheng Milk Tea from Qingcheng Retail. I will test the university market first and then enter supermarkets."

"Will the university market be acclimatized?"

Although Zhang Shuo is also at Binhai University, he doesn't visit it very often, and he doesn't have first-hand information.

"According to the statistical survey data of Binhai University, green orange coffee is indeed a bit unaccustomed to Binhai University, but green orange milk tea is extremely popular among college students. Therefore, the next business strategy of Qingcheng Group is to promote green orange milk tea in universities and

Supermarkets promote green orange coffee and implement differentiated operations." Pei Weiping explained.

"this is not bad."

Zhang Shuo was very pleased. When he promised counselor Qiu Jiahui to "attract investment," it was just perfunctory at first, just to complete the task, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a stroke of genius.

"In addition to Qingcheng coffee, Qingcheng milk tea, Qingcheng bicycles, and Qingcheng power bank business, of course, they are also expanding with the expansion of Qingcheng Xiaozhu. They are neither radical nor backward." Pei Weiping continued to introduce.

"good!"

Zhang Shuo liked Pei Weiping's calmness.

Du Qingqing, who is in charge of Qingcheng Technology, followed up by introducing: "Qingcheng APP will accelerate the layout of travel, online movie ticketing, hotel reservations and other tracks, and strive to catch up with its peers in one year."

The companions she was talking about were, of course, camel travel and dolphin travel.

"I don't object to this."

Camel Travel and Dolphin Travel are both well-established travel websites. If Qingcheng wants to catch up, it will naturally have to speed up. “But one thing is that we must pay attention to the development of Qingcheng APP, especially the user experience and software optimization. We cannot do it just because

There are too many functions, too complicated, and it becomes a hodgepodge that gives people a headache just looking at it, and they have no desire to click on it. In a sense, this is related to the success or failure of Qingcheng Group."

"knew."

When Zhang Shuo said this, Du Qingqing became very vigilant, as if there was such a hidden danger.
To be continued...