ABT Chapter 143: Second Personnel Upgrade
The reason Li Fanyu thought this way was because of a ranking system in the X program.
In fact, this ranking system had existed since Zhengxin was founded. But at that time, the company’s ranking wasn’t even in the top 500 in the country, so Li Fanyu didn’t pay much attention to it.
However, due to the explosive sales of the X-power, the ranking system reappeared and notified Li Fanyu that Zhengxin Auto had entered the top 50 domestically. It unlocked an achievement and rewarded him with 10,000 research points.
Who doesn’t love a sudden reward? Li Fanyu quickly pulled up the ranking.
Seeing it, he was amused; there are only about two hundred car companies in the country, and the last hundred have zero profitability and zero market share, essentially zombie companies.
It wasn’t until the top twenty that he found some well-known companies; for example, Yiqi, Guangqi, Dongnan, Beiqi, and so on.
But internationally, it was a different story. Although Li Fanyu knew that Zhengxin currently had only two products; one engine and one car. Both had just rolled off the line and had made a small name for themselves, but they were still very new.
With this in mind, he had already anticipated that their world ranking wouldn’t be high. But upon closer inspection, he was still depressed.
Do they have to hit him so hard? Using a 999+ to show his ranking! Not even in the top thousand?
It was a huge blow.
But after thoroughly checking the ranking system's calculation rules, Li Fanyu was convinced—they calculated based on brand recognition, production capacity, and market share.
For example, RaceFast, with a brand recognition of over 500 million, a production capacity score of 45, and a market share of 0.012%, ranked 115th in the world.
How could you not be convinced? They are a century-old brand!
Looking further up, even Mercedes, the inventor of the car and a powerful automaker, was ranked outside the top ten. However, Toyota made it into the top five, indicating the ranking was quite reliable.
Thinking about his small team of a dozen people and a few resources, struggling to sell just over a hundred cars, he felt it was indeed embarrassing to compare with others.
However, this setback made his dream of selling cars worldwide, step by step, to the pinnacle, more concrete.
The overseas market seemed distant for now, so after setting a goal for himself, he refocused on the company.
As business grew, he felt increasingly overwhelmed; it seemed like he was handling everything himself, with no one else to rely on. And his only help, theoretically his partner An Ning, was not a direct subordinate.
This was quite awkward… So three months after the opening, Li Fanyu had to reconsider the current personnel structure.
The used car business had gradually stabilized, and Zhengxin’s online trading platform had been launched. Thanks to the efforts of the newly formed e-commerce team, it had achieved good results. The next step was to promote it comprehensively online, and with Zhengxin’s unstoppable momentum, success seemed assured. Once this step was taken, Zhengxin would move from being a regional market leader to attacking the national used car market.
Li Fanyu wasn’t worried about this. With the accumulated reputation, the used car business was very stable. Even without relying on the repair shop or the modification business, the company's profitability was among the best in the industry.
Zhengxin Power had received a few moderate orders, and the ZGX888 had just started to make a name for itself. Everything still needed to prove its value in the market to decide whether to expand and increase production.
The super production line had made a small debut, launching its first shot with the X-power. The results were outstanding, with remarkable sales that were evident to all.
The laboratory, after the broken axle incident, had just started receiving testing or experimental business from a few car companies, barely beginning to turn a profit. But Lao Zhang was in contact with student teams from major industrial universities nationwide, nurturing and incubating them. From this perspective, even if the lab lost money, its existence was of immense value. It was preparing talent for the future of the automotive industry, something money couldn’t measure.
The company’s structure was quite simple, but the personnel couldn't keep up with the development. After much thought, Li Fanyu made a decision in his mind.
In Zhengxin, Pan Qiang was now handling coordination, a job Wang Meimei could fully handle. With her seniority as one of the first batch of employees, she could command respect throughout the company. Moreover, she had proposed and followed through on the e-commerce business, so considering everything, Pan Qiang could be freed up for more important roles.
Moreover, Pan Qiang and Wang Meimei were only one step away from becoming a couple. Li Fanyu had privately discussed this with Pan Qiang, who admitted he hadn’t taken the final step due to work concerns; he was the general manager, holding power, and Wang Meimei was the chief accountant, managing finances. If they got together, even if Li Fanyu didn’t mind, it could create a bad impression among the staff.
So, for the sake of their future happiness, the roles needed to be adjusted.
As for Zhengxin Power, Sun Guoyi was an excellent management talent. But his development capability was somewhat lacking. While Li Fanyu could help for now, he couldn’t always be there. Given the current development trend, expanding production capacity was just a matter of time. This task was clearly beyond Lao Sun’s capability. From this perspective, transferring Pan Qiang over to prepare for the future was the best solution.
More crucially, the company was now clearly divided into three parts, urgently needing someone to coordinate them. Because of the Xapp, it was hard to predict Li Fanyu’s availability and whereabouts. So, the primary need for the company was to fill this gap.
Looking at it now, An Ning was undoubtedly the best candidate.
With this in mind, Li Fanyu set the production line, gave some instructions to Sun Guoyi, and took a taxi to the lab.
Recently, the lab had collaborated with several top industrial universities in the country to implement a talent development program, using the lab to nurture school teams and selectively incubate them. Li Fanyu had participated in this plan and promised that Zhengxin could provide jobs for outstanding teams and acquire their mature designs.
At this moment, An Ning was with Lao Zhang in the durability lab, guiding the teams.
Seeing Li Fanyu sneak in, An Ning knew he must have something up his sleeve.
She raised her wrist, looked at her watch, and smiled at him from the door, “It’s almost time to get off work. Wait here, let’s have dinner together tonight.”
The students also noticed him and immediately looked at him with admiration: “Ah! Hello, Senior Brother!”
Li Fanyu shyly waved at them, “Hello to you too!”
Ahem... Speaking of which, is the ratio of girls to boys in design majors this high now? Such a group of junior sisters!
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