Guo Aihua has never been a weak woman; deep down, she's very strong-willed, with a character that never admits defeat, daring to love and hate.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have had a beyond-friendly relationship with Yi Anguo back then, nor would she have fought against her parents' opposition and ultimately decided to have the child.

If she were a pushover, a woman of weak character, she wouldn't have been able to take over Fuhua Group from her father at such a young age and lead the company to prosper as it does now.

"Book an extra ticket for the young man, I'm taking him back to China," Guo Aihua hesitated for a moment before adding.

"Yes! Chairwoman!" Assistant He nodded in agreement.

...

Yi Anguo was unaware that a woman was on her way from far away to Shenzhen, China with an eighteen-year-old son to find him!

Despite Yi Anguo trying to delegate management of the company to professional managers and delegating his power step by step, Anguo Group was indeed somewhat too large, and it continued to grow.

He tried his best not to handle any company matters, yet there were many things he couldn't avoid dealing with, so he remained busy, always feeling like there's endless work to do.

Today, a major cooperation project at one company required his presence, and tomorrow, another important collaboration at another company would need him to be there as well.

Even though he didn't have to take care of anything personally, people were there for negotiations and operations, his presence could make a big difference in the outcome.

With him involved, the cooperation would proceed smoothly; without him, it would be challenging to finalize the project.

After all, he is the true boss of Anguo Group, and he can strike a deal and make decisions with just a word.

Professional managers are not the same; they need to report and get approval after negotiating major cooperation projects. Although Zhou Mengdie can sign and decide most documents, the more important ones still need to be reported to Yi Anguo for final decision.

Even convening a board meeting is useless; although some subsidiaries under Anguo Group have minority shareholders, Anguo Group itself is a fully-owned company of Yi Anguo with no other shareholders.

Anguo Property Management Company is actually the parent company of Anguo Group, and it's the strongest asset management company with absolutely astonishing property value.

Hualong Investment Company, on the other hand, is a privately-owned wholly-owned company belonging to Yi Anguo's personal sole proprietorship, so whatever enterprise it invests in, or how much it invests, it only needs Yi Anguo's approval without consulting anyone.

Hualong Investment Company is actually independent, not belonging to Anguo Group, and is even equal to, or higher than, Anguo Group in status.

Now, it may not be visible, but wait ten years, when the companies that Hualong Investment Company has invested in have all grown and listed, the market value will be terrifyingly large, and the revenue Hualong Investment Company will achieve will not be inferior to Anguo Group's total market value.

Think of the peak market values of Tesla, Tencent, Alibaba, JD.com, BYD, Meituan, Xiaomi, Didi, Kuaishou, TikTok, and Pinduoduo, and you'll know.

Even though some companies haven't been established yet or have just been founded, Yi Anguo will surely not give up investing in these ventures.

Plus, companies listed on US stocks like Apple, Google, Amazon, and their market values.

Although Anguo Group is strong, it can't compete with Hualong Investment Company's myriad investments.

Anjing Online Supermarket, known as Anguo Network Service Technology Company, introduced Tencent as a twenty-percent shareholder; the remaining stockholders were granted shares by Yi Anguo as equity incentives.

These shares only grant shareholders profit rights, i.e., dividends. If they leave the company, they cannot take these shares with them.

Only when the company goes public, and the lock-up period expires, will they have the right to cash out these shares.

Yet even so, they collectively hold only a low percentage, totaling only ten percent.

Hua Xin International is similar, with a twenty-percent stake by Shenzhen State-owned Capital. Liang Song and the team of executives and technical talents brought over from Taiwan hold ten percent, and they can only cash out after the company goes public and the lock-up period expires.

In any company under Anguo Group, whether direct or indirect, Yi Anguo's shareholding ratio is never less than sixty percent, most are as high as seventy percent, basically all within his absolute control.

However, if these companies are going public, his shareholding ratio will be diluted, but even then, he can ensure his absolute control over these companies.

Like Tencent, Alibaba, and JD.com, their founders' shareholding ratios are not high, yet they can absolutely control their companies.

The Anguo Group headquarters building, the main building of Anjing Times Square, Anjing Building's top floor, in the chairman's office.

This is actually Zhou Mengdie's office as the CEO and executive president.

Back then, the intern Zhou Mengdie working at Chen's Enterprises would have never dreamed that she would become the executive president CEO of such a large company as Anguo Group.

At this moment, she is reporting to Yi Anguo about some important matters that have occurred in the group during this period, especially the progress of some significant investment projects.

"The Fairy Maiden Peak tourist resort, resort, and film city projects are currently progressing very smoothly. They are expected to open for business around July this year."

"At that time, you should attend the opening ceremony, right? That is your hometown, and it wouldn't be right if you didn't go."

"Additionally, the production line at the Anguo automobile manufacturing plant will also be upgraded by then, and the new Tesla models incorporated will be launched."

"However, with the short range of new energy vehicles and the difficulty in popularizing charging stations, it is expected that the sales of the new models will not be very good."

Yi Anguo nodded while listening and said, "The completion of the Fairy Maiden Peak tourist resort, resort, and film city is a major event for the entire Anguo Group. Of course, I will attend the opening ceremony."

"As for the charging station issue for the new models being launched, we certainly need to solve this problem in the future. It's not just our issue alone; the development trend of pure electric vehicles in the future is unstoppable, and the issue of charging station facilities is not only a problem for our enterprise but also a problem for the country and government to solve."

"Currently, our newly launched models will only produce a small number of pure electric vehicles. Additionally, there are some plug-in hybrid vehicles. If plug-in hybrid vehicles can't charge, they can still be refueled. This is not a big problem, and the main mass-produced vehicles are still fuel cars with engines."

"As for the issue of electric vehicle sales, we can take a cue from BYD's experience!"

"Just leave the specific implementations to the professionals. Let the professionals handle professional matters, so we don't have to worry too much."

"You are the CEO and Executive President of the entire Anguo Group, so you just need to grasp the big picture and make some strategic decisions."

"If you have to worry about everything, no matter how hard you work, you won't be able to get everything done! So, you must learn to delegate power as much as possible; only then can you relax."

"You have delegated power to me, what if I also ignore everything and delegate all the power downwards? What if something major goes wrong?" Zhou Mengdie said helplessly.

"You can trust me completely because you know I won't betray you. Now, I'm entirely yours, how would I betray you?"

"But it's hard for me to completely trust the people below, at least not to the extent that you trust me, trusting the people below."

"I have been working very hard to manage the entire Anguo Group, but the financial inspection at the end of last year and the inspection at the beginning of this year still exposed too many problems. From the problems that have been exposed, the entire Anguo Group has suffered significant and shocking losses."

"Just one factory operations manager at Hua Xing Technology alone embezzled over 20 million from the company, which is simply appalling."

"How can I afford to relax, if I relax further, who knows what enormous problems might be exposed."

Yi Anguo shook his head and said, "This is not your problem either, if we are talking about responsibility, my responsibility is greater than yours."

"Moreover, the inspection department has now been established, and as long as it conducts regular inspections and supervision regularly, such serious issues should not occur in the future."

"However, the personnel in the inspection department also need to enhance their rotation, and the inspection department personnel of branch offices need to be frequently exchanged to avoid forming relationships over time, which turns inspections into mere formalities, where everyone is good, except for the group company."

"Additionally, this time it also exposed a problem where the frontline factory production department and the quality department have a lot of severely overlapping work, causing significant waste in human resources, and production costs remain high."

"Therefore, it is necessary to make some rectifications, streamline some of the employees on the production line, and let some production line employee work be handled by the quality department."

"After the production line employees conduct full inspections, and then the quality department employees sample check, this is completely unreasonable!"

"Once a quality problem is found on the customer's side, the quality department pushes the responsibility onto the production department, saying they only performed sample checks and can't guarantee 100% quality issue-free products."

"In that case, assign the full inspection work of the production department directly to the quality department employees, and if any unqualified products are released, reaching the customer, I'd like to see what reason the quality department has to shirk responsibility?"

Zhou Mengdie thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "If the production department focuses solely on manufacturing without concerning themselves with quality under such circumstances, the quality problems with the products will likely become more serious, and the proportion of scrapped products will rapidly increase."

"Leave this issue to the people below to resolve. If they can't even solve this problem, then they no longer need to work," Yi Anguo said unceremoniously.

"Furthermore, let the automation equipment research department hasten their pace to automate some of the production line processes as much as possible, reducing the number of workers on the assembly line, and further reduce human resource wastage."

...

After discussing some company issues and solutions, Zhou Mengdie suddenly brought up the matter of the An Country Hotel.

The first An Country Hotel is located at the Anjing Era Plaza headquarters, and the second is at the Anjing Century Center.

So far, An Country Hotel has opened its fifth location, and the development speed is definitely not slow.

"Singapore's Fuhua Group contacted us. Their chairman requests to meet with you."

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