"Yo, isn't this President Li De?" As Hastings packed his things and left the company dejectedly with his secretary, he saw two figures waiting for him at the entrance with beaming smiles.
"What are you two doing here!" Hastings' pupils constricted, and he couldn't help but ask.
"Do I need to tell you? The way you kicked us out back then, that's how we've returned!" Jimmy couldn't suppress the hatred in his heart and laughed heartily.
"That's right, do you know how the Chairman discovered your actions beforehand? It was my people who reported you, hahahaha!" Jimmy said with even more delight, while Randolph couldn't help but roll his eyes.
Given Jimmy's personality, he couldn't have placed many hidden pieces within the company. These pieces were all left by Randolph. However, at this moment, he wouldn't embarrass his good friend, so he let this scoundrel have his moment of smugness with Hastings.
"It's you two!" Hastings' heart tightened with anger, as if something was about to burst from his throat. Nothing was more unbearable than watching two people he detested show off in front of him.
"Hastings, you probably never dreamed that we two would have a day to return. Starting today, Jimmy and I will both be back, and everything will be returned to its rightful owner. Netflix will be on the correct development path, and you will be infamous forever!" Randolph was truly disgusted by Hastings. Even someone as peaceful as him couldn't help but utter such words.
"Hahahaha, just two clowns. Netflix was built by me, I led Netflix to its peak. What are you two worth!" Hastings retorted angrily. Jimmy, upon hearing this, was instantly furious and was about to argue with Hastings about who contributed more, but Randolph held him back.
"Don't do something so meaningless. He's already leaving, at least give him some dignity! If he says it's his credit, then so be it. It's all he has left, just his sharp tongue!" Randolph's words were even more vicious than Jimmy's.
"You two... do you really think you've beaten me?" Hastings laughed in extreme anger, "Huang He is not a good thing; he is the most detestable bastard in the world. The way he drove me out, you will be driven out by him in the future. There will come a day when it all comes full circle!"
"No, that won't happen!" Randolph shook his head very seriously. "You think of yourself as the boss, the captain of a ship. But I know very well that I am just an employee, just the helmsman of this ship."
"I will be very obedient and well-behaved. Wherever the Chairman tells me to steer the ship, that's where I'll steer it. Even if there's a giant whirlpool ahead, I'll steer right into it. At worst, the ship will capsize, but it's not my ship anyway!"
"I think the Captain will really like a helmsman like me!"
"...You... you... you are incorrigible!" Hastings was finally left speechless, can only leave in extreme anger with his people, which earned him the hearty laughter of Jimmy and Randolph.
However, after laughing, Jimmy said to Randolph somewhat displeased, "Brother, you don't mean those last words seriously, do you? That sounds really subservient!"
"Those words are not subservient; they are the truth!" Randolph said earnestly. "My good brother, the most important thing for a person is not to forget their identity. We have no shares in Netflix now, so we are employees. We just need to execute the boss's orders."
"Also, never think of your boss as a fool. Huang He is much smarter than us. Following his orders will be fine!"
"What if we two aren't happy working at Netflix?"
"Then we'll just resign. We came back to Netflix not to be their birth mother. From now on, we are both stepmothers!"
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Seeing Jimmy and Randolph reappear in the company, while Huang He officially announced to all employees at the staff meeting that Hastings had completely left the company, no longer holding any positions at Netflix, and had sold all his Netflix shares, exiting completely.
And Jimmy and Randolph, the two founders of Netflix, would return to their positions as President and Vice President of Netflix, leading Netflix forward again.
This series of news shook the entire Netflix internally. Logically, the next step should have been a move to appease everyone. But there was none. Instead, a ruthless purge followed.
The reason was perfectly justified: because the company had entered bankruptcy proceedings, it was necessary to streamline employees, reduce operating costs, and then strive to obtain extensions from creditors to prevent the company from going bankrupt.
With the cooperation of the few veteran employees Randolph had left in the company, and some hidden agents, a large number of Netflix employees were directly purged.
All employees associated with Hastings, regardless of whether they intended to leave or not, were directly removed, not a single one left. Even many who were considered core personnel were ruthlessly eliminated.
There were inevitably some employees who were wrongly purged, genuine core members who had no connection to Hastings. But this was unimportant. Individuals were meaningless to the growing Jiangnan Group.
Ultimately, over 60% of Netflix's employees were purged, leaving only about 40% trembling in their positions. What was interesting was that these remaining employees were either new hires or long-time employees who had joined within the first three years of Netflix's founding—extremes of new and old.
Of course, such intense purging was not something Jimmy and Randolph had the authority to carry out. All of this had been approved by Boss Huang, and had even been expanded upon by Boss Huang.
To correct a deviation, you must overcorrect. If these rotten parts were not cleaned out, how could the residual influence of Hastings within the company be removed? After all, Boss Huang knew that Hastings had already started a new company to compete with Netflix.
If Hastings' people were not cleared out, then Netflix would be completely transparent to Hastings in the future, making competition extremely passive. Therefore, these people had to be cleared out, regardless of their innocence.
And after these 60% of positions were cleared, new people had to be brought in.
For technical positions, Huang He did not intervene; it was entirely handled by Randolph and Jimmy. They either re-hired previously fired Netflix employees or directly recruited new talents with technical skills and ideas. Huang He said nothing about this.
However, for important positions such as administrative, financial, and human resources, personnel were directly transferred from other Jiangnan Group companies in the United States, along with over twenty people from China, completely taking control of Netflix's administrative power.
Following this, Netflix resumed operations and began its merger with Los Gatos Television and Red Box, forming the massive Los Gatos Media Group. A colossal super-monster, destined to dominate the entire United States, was thus born.
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"I must demonstrate my value!" As Los Gatos Television underwent restructuring and integration, young John looked at the military force in front of him with some distress, because John felt he had lost his purpose.
Originally, John had come to Los Gatos Television as a spy, but this spy was immediately swayed and used to set up the Goldman Sachs Group.
In doing so, John had completely lost the possibility of returning to CNN, as CNN had already sold off all of John's assets in their hands as retaliation against him.
Simultaneously, having offended Goldman Sachs, John didn't even dare to work for any other company in the United States. He feared that Goldman Sachs would eliminate him at any moment. The only viable strategy was to cling to the Jiangnan Group and continue working at Los Gatos Television.
But the problem was, John discovered that he wouldn't have a place in the soon-to-be immensely powerful Los Gatos Media.
Of course, this wasn't to say that Los Gatos Media intended to fire John, to do such a thing as discard a tool after its use. Rather, John found that he was being gradually marginalized within Los Gatos Media.
After all, John's identity as a spy made him highly unwelcome within the group. Many executives would unconsciously look down on him.
Secondly, John's utility within the company was limited. John's previous work was all within traditional television stations, handling various tasks.
Naturally, Los Gatos Media had completely severed ties with the traditional television model. It aimed to become the king of media in the internet age. This rendered John's role greatly diminished, as traditional television stations were generally resistant to the internet, and John had no value in this era of online media.
So, although John still served as the Vice President of Los Gatos Television, he would not have his own position within the Los Gatos Media Group.
Furthermore, any position with the prefix "Vice" implied dispensability and an uncertain future. If one gained the favor of leadership, a Vice President could handle most of the President's work, effectively wielding great power.
But if they were not favored, they might end up managing water coolers or supply warehouses, their careers effectively ruined.
John was naturally unwilling to accept such a fate. Therefore, he pondered that he must seize the opportunity while Boss Huang was still present to achieve a great accomplishment for the company and gain Boss Huang's favor. This way, he could secure a place for himself within the company in the future, rather than being a Vice President who sounded powerful but held little real influence.
But what accomplishment could he achieve?
After much deliberation, John finally set his sights on HBO Television!