How can I justify myself as a Magnate if I don't indulge myself?

"Is this even a meeting? This is clearly a pork-sharing congress..."

The heads of the group headquarters dared not even dream of it, including Tu Yong, but a subsidiary head should still have a chance, right?

Although Tu Yong's prior resume was impressive, he had only ever been a branch office executive at most. Becoming the general manager of IDE Capital was due to his "following the dragon" achievement. The group's overall in-charge would only have a chance to compete, but the likelihood was not high.

After all, given Gu Heng's attitude of not treating money as money, it wouldn't be surprising even if he poached a professional manager from a Fortune 500 company...

Gu Heng, listening to the group becoming increasingly noisy, couldn't help but frown.

The executives, who were busy dividing the pork, didn't notice the change in Gu Heng's expression, but Jiang Ruxue, standing next to Gu Heng, saw it clearly and immediately shouted, "Everyone quiet down! Wait for Mr. Gu to call on you to speak, and then speak in order!"

Jiang Ruxue's voice wasn't sharp, but as the director of the chairman's office and also Gu Heng's secretary, no one dared to ignore her, especially after seeing Gu Heng's impatient expression, which made them shut their mouths promptly.

Gu Heng rarely came to the office and did not put on airs in front of them, making them somewhat misguided.

Gu Heng knew that they needed to be disciplined. He first looked at Jiang Ruxue satisfactorily, then his expression darkened and he slowly said, "Since you all love to quarrel so much, right?

Well, I won't say I didn't give you a chance.

Within a week, everyone attending this meeting must come up with a plan for corporate restructuring. If the plan is adopted, he will lead this corporate restructuring. If the plan is not adopted, you all better be aware of personnel changes.

Ms. Jiang, record what I just said."

Jiang Ruxue nodded, meticulously recording the contents of the meeting.

She didn't have these people's ulterior motives; now everyone knew that in the company, she was overtly the chairman's side. She didn't need to fight or scramble; as long as she kept up with Gu Heng's pace, she wouldn't be short of benefits.

Seeing the apprehensive looks of the crowd, Gu Heng did not continue to discuss this matter and spoke again indifferently, "The matter of new business isn't something that can be resolved in a day or two. You can put your ideas into proposals, and we'll have a meeting specifically to decide on those later. Let's skip this topic for now.

Let's continue discussing the allocation of the 30 billion investment funds."

With Gu Heng's previous warning, the executives were obviously much more behaved, quietly waiting for Gu Heng's next words.

Gu Heng also nodded satisfactorily.

"You all are aware of my personality; I never like to think about retreats. Hence, I also didn't plan to let these 30 billion funds just sit in the company's account earning interest.

First item, that's the office space.

Since the company is becoming a group, it's impossible to continue being crammed in this small office building. We need to own our own headquarters building.

This task will be handled by Director Shu Yan. You'll be busy for a while. Inspect these three cities—Jingcheng, Shanghai, and Yangcheng City—come up with a specific plan. Whether we buy a building directly or ask the government for land to build our own, just ensure it's beneficial. The initial budget is 10 billion.

Don't skimp; the company building is the face of a corporation. Since we've decided to do it, we can't be stingy.

The initial budget is 10 billion. If the plan is appropriate, the budget can be increased by up to 200%."

Shu Yan immediately stood up and accepted the responsibility upon hearing this.

An initial budget of 10 billion, with the highest increase up to 200%, nearly 30 billion in base budget—she had no reason to refuse...

She had never fought such a wealthy battle in her life...

Just as Shu Yan was confidently preparing to sit down, Tu Lei couldn't help but speak up, "Mr. Gu, I'm not questioning your decision, but if we allocate 30 billion just for the headquarters building, we might not be able to continue with the business expansion just discussed..."

Tu Lei hadn't finished speaking when Gu Heng raised his hand to interrupt him.

"You don't need to worry about this. When I said investing 30 billion, I didn't mean only 30 billion.

Didn't I just say it? 10 billion budget, 200% budget increase. If the headquarters building's budget really reaches 30 billion, I will continue to invest; you don't need to worry about that.

Now, we need to discuss where the other 20 billion will be spent."

Everyone straightened up upon hearing this.

A 30 billion budget for a headquarters building is impressive, but it was merely a facade project, they knew. What came next was the crux of the matter.

"First, take out 2 billion from 20 billion as the budget for the corporatization of the company."

This 2 billion was spent very judiciously.

Since the company needed to expand, there were many areas where money needed to be spent.

Hiring new employees, temporary office spaces, and so forth.

"As for the remaining 18 billion, invest it all in IDE Energy Company!"

Hearing Gu Heng gesture grandly, intending to throw the remaining 18 billion into a yet-to-be-established subsidiary, everyone understood that Gu Heng definitely had big moves planned.

"I believe everyone should be clear about what I intend to do now."

"Next, our company will vigorously enter the new energy industry! This industry will also be the main business of our group in the future!"

"Tu Yong!"

Upon Gu Heng's instruction, Tu Yong immediately stood up.

"After the meeting, immediately set up a negotiation team to go to Hua Country Academy of Sciences and strive for collaboration with Chen Zhizhong!"

"Chen Zhizhong, I believe everyone should be familiar with him; he was my senior at Peking University and is currently the top scientist in new energy battery technology in Hua Country. Just a few months ago, he received an international award.

Our sudden entry into the new energy industry means we completely lack a solid foundation.

Thus, we must adjust our approach. Since we can't compete with those companies that have been involved in the new energy industry for a long time, we need to forge a new path and start over.

You will lead the negotiation team to collaborate with Chen Zhizhong, promising to help him establish a private research institute and fully support his scientific research!

Our company will bear all expenses of the institute; he just needs to focus on leading his research team.

I know that 18 billion is far from enough for the research of a new project, and it might be hard to impress Professor Chen Zhizhong, given that, besides us, many capitals globally are negotiating with him.

However, this 18 billion is just a preliminary budget, with an unlimited upward adjustment for subsequent budgets!

You can tell Professor Chen Zhizhong that if the research needs any funds, they can always be requested—we, IDE Capital, will provide a research budget of at least 100 billion over the next five years, and sign a contract, if our IDE Capital, due to our reasons, interrupts the research funding provision or doesn't meet the 100 billion budget within five years...

We, IDE Capital, will voluntarily give up all the research findings!"

Tu Yong: "???"

"Mr. Gu… isn't this condition a bit too…"

The condition wasn't too harsh, but rather too lenient…

With such generous support conditions, which researcher would refuse?

Gu Heng prevented him from further speaking and spoke again, "What I've provided is just the minimum requirement. You're responsible for negotiating. As long as you can close the deal and secure benefits for the company, you will receive all the deserved rewards and recognition.

But, if you fail to negotiate successfully,

then don't blame me for being ruthless. You should resign by that time."

Seeing Gu Heng put it that way, Tu Yong no longer bargained. The baseline conditions provided by Gu Heng were incredibly lenient; under such circumstances, if he still couldn't negotiate successfully, not to mention resigning in disgrace, he wouldn't even have the face to stay in the investment industry.

"Guaranteed to accomplish the task!"

Gu Heng nodded slightly and then stood up.

"Meeting adjourned."

As the boss, he had said and done everything needed; the rest was up to the abilities of his subordinates.

Was this what it felt like to be driven by reality to get back on track?