Apparently, President Pei didn't want everyone openly discussing this award, at least not in the current setting.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have left so decisively and asked everyone to disperse quickly.

Plus, the various suspicious points surrounding the award itself…

Something's fishy!

Everyone was furrowing their brows, contemplating the deeper meaning behind President Pei's actions. The conference room was silent.

Suddenly, Huang Sibao looked up.

Followed by Lin Wan, Lu Mingliang, Zhang Yuan, Chang You…

They exchanged glances, as if they all had something to say.

But discussing it here didn't seem appropriate; this was right under President Pei's nose.

Clearly, President Pei wanted them to figure it out themselves, not to discuss it publicly.

So, Lu Mingliang took the lead and stood up, leaving with the trophy. But before he left, he flashed his phone at the others.

Huang Sibao and Lin Wan also stood up and pointed to their phones before leaving as well.

…

The heads of each department returned to their respective workplaces.

On the way, Lu Mingliang pulled all the heads of Tengda's departments into a group chat called "Tengda High-Level Internal Group."

Of course, he didn't add President Pei.

Strictly speaking, President Pei was Tengda's boss, so it wasn't wrong to say he wasn't high-level.

Of course, the main reason was that while President Pei always presented riddles for everyone to solve, he didn't seem to want them to spread the standard answers everywhere. Instead, he preferred that everyone independently solve the problems and secretly figure things out on their own.

Whenever President Pei discovered tendencies to spread "standard answers," it seemed to cause his displeasure.

But not discussing it wasn't an option either.

President Pei's riddles were too difficult. Relying solely on figuring it out on their own would take forever!

Pulling together a group to discuss it was just a little bit of open-book learning; it couldn't be considered cheating.

Everyone was familiar with each other, so they could skip the pleasantries and get straight to the point.

Lu Mingliang: "What do you guys think President Pei is mainly trying to express through this award?"

"Especially the two lines at the top."

"[Image]."

Although everyone had different understandings of the Tengda spirit, after all, the situations in each department were different, and they all possessed information that others didn't know.

And the only person who could coordinate the overall situation and know everything like the back of his hand was President Pei himself.

At this time, the true meaning of President Pei's actions naturally required everyone to work together, combining the unique information possessed by each department, to successfully and comprehensively solve the puzzle.

Huang Sibao: "You won the award, so you should speak first, of course."

Zhang Yuan: "Yeah, you go first."

Lu Mingliang: "Alright, everyone also knows that Reverse Wind Logistics has been in a state of loss since its inception, but after I came to this department, I discovered that Reverse Wind Logistics actually contributes a lot to Tengda Group."

"Whether it's ROF assembly, OTTO phones, or express delivery services, it all means that Reverse Wind Logistics is changing the logistics landscape and lifestyles of the people in Jingzhou."

"Door-to-door delivery is not just a service, it also represents our close relationship with users. Now our old users only recognize us and not other couriers when receiving express deliveries. Although there are financial losses, we have mastered the user terminal, which is the most important resource."

"Not only that, through user profile descriptions, we can also do some market analysis, which is helpful for research in other industries, and can be said to have far-reaching impact."

"Perhaps President Pei also feels that Reverse Wind Logistics plays a very crucial fundamental role in these aspects, so he specially awarded us the 'Keystone Award'." (Keystone is 基石 in Chinese)

Zhang Yuan: "Hmm, that makes sense. Without Reverse Wind Logistics, ROF assembly's business couldn't have gone so smoothly at the beginning, and after-sales service would have been very troublesome."

Chang You: "I also agree. In President Pei's mind, logistics is clearly a vital department of Tengda Group. This award is also called the Keystone Award, which can be said to be well-deserved."

Lu Mingliang: "Do you guys have anything else to add?"

Lin Wan: "President Pei specifically emphasized that you can only get this award if you have a lot of losses, and other departments may also receive it in the future. This shows that the 'vital department' point is not a necessary and sufficient condition for winning the award."

"Losses and the meaning behind them are also important."

"Shang Yang Games made a profit after losing money first, and the reason it was able to turn losses into profits was because it learned lessons and accumulated experience in the process of losing money."

"Since 'failure is the mother of success,' then we can also think that 'loss is the mother of profit.' President Pei should be telling us: If you want to run, learn to fall first; if you want to earn, learn to lose first."

Zhang Yuan: "Completely agree! Mofish Internet Cafe is also like this."

"If it weren't for President Pei's persistence in losing money before, there definitely wouldn't be the success that followed."

Ma Du Du: "Qidian Chinese Website expresses its support."

"In addition to that, I think we can also analyze these two lines."

"Gold Mountain has flaws, but its height is not diminished; the Sea of Money has no end, eroding makes it deeper."

"How philosophical!"

"Especially the latter sentence, which means that the ocean of wealth is boundless, and you may not be able to touch the boundary in your lifetime, but on the premise that the total amount is already so large, wealth can still increase."

"When the seabed is constantly eroded, the sea can hold more water."

"'Erosion' is loss, which means that on the surface, we are burning money and losing money, but the wealth that can be accommodated has increased."

"This shows that President Pei is encouraging us to burn money and expand the boundaries, just like Reverse Wind Logistics. Burning money is not just burning money, but constantly expanding the scale!"

Zhang Yuan: "1024 Digital Festival expresses its support."

He Desheng: "Uh, everyone, I also thought of something else, I don't know if I should say it."

Lin Wan: "Don't talk nonsense in the group of our own people, just say it."

He Desheng: "Uh, okay. I associated more content from the word 'keystone.' I think Reverse Wind Logistics is not only a keystone within Tengda, but also a keystone in society."

"It can even be said that one of Tengda's missions is to become the keystone of the entire society!"

"Because I am in the investment department, I feel this even more deeply. When President Pei personally took charge of Round Dream Ventures, he only invested in two projects, namely Shared Phone Booths and Xue Ba Kuai Lai (Study God is Coming), and he didn't even look at those other seemingly profitable projects."

"And these two projects have very strong public welfare properties."

"Shared phone booths provide an independent space for ordinary consumers to rest while shopping in shopping malls, and have also become landmarks for promoting urban culture; and the Xue Ba Kuai Lai project focuses on the field of national education and is committed to achieving the grand goal of 'breaking barriers and sharing knowledge.'"

"And compared to the current achievements of Round Dream Ventures, Reverse Wind Logistics is obviously more solid and excellent."

"So, becoming a keystone of society should also be one of President Pei's goals. Whether or not it makes sufficient contributions to society is naturally an important direction for the evaluation of the 'Keystone Award'."

Lin Wan: "That makes sense!"

Hu Xianbin: "You guys are chatting too fast. I just clicked in and saw 99+ new messages and was confused. Is there a class representative to summarize it for me so I can copy the homework?"

Lin Wan: "I'll do it."

"The evaluation of the 'Keystone Award' is mainly for four purposes."

"First, to commend business departments that play a keystone role; second, to encourage us to learn to earn after losing money first, try boldly, and learn from failures; third, to burn money to expand market share and have a long-term vision; fourth, to assume social responsibility as much as possible."

Huang Sibao: "666666!" (Internet slang for awesome)

Lu Mingliang: "Okay, this should be all of President Pei's intentions."

Zhang Yuan: "In this way, Reverse Wind Logistics deserves the award. It meets all these points. I seem to have already thought of a way to win the next Keystone Award!"

He Desheng: "Then our two departments can compare to see who gets it first."

Zhang Yuan: "...Crap, I forgot that I'm no longer the head of Mofish Internet Cafe and ROF Assembly. I'm still adding roles for myself here. @Xiao Peng, private chat."

Xiao Peng was originally the head of Lincheng Mofish Internet Cafe.

After Zhang Yuan "retired," he repeatedly considered Xiao Peng's outstanding performance in Lincheng and made an exception to promote him among a group of veteran employees to become the current head of Mofish Internet Cafe and ROF Assembly.

Lin Wan: "Successful interpretation, meeting adjourned!"

Li Yada: "Wait a minute!!"

Ma Du Du: "?"

Hu Xianbin: "Sister Li, aren't you abroad?"

Lin Wan: "Eh, Yada, what time is it on your side?"

Li Yada: "What time it is doesn't matter. I woke up thirsty in the middle of the night to drink water and happened to see your discussion. I have something else to add!"

"I think the word 'keystone' has another meaning."

"Before, Ma Yiqun only analyzed the second half of the sentence, but he didn't analyze the first half, 'Gold Mountain has flaws, but its height is not diminished.'"

"In my understanding, why doesn't the Gold Mountain's height diminish even if it has flaws? Precisely because the Gold Mountain has a deep foundation, so a little bit of flaws will not cause it to collapse."

"And this award is also called the 'Keystone Award,' which is also hinting that we must strengthen our foundation."

"'Gold Mountain has flaws' is before 'The Sea of Money has no end,' which shows that strengthening the foundation is a prerequisite. Only by strengthening the foundation and then burning money to expand the market can the foundation be solid."

Ma Du Du: "That makes sense! Why didn't I think of that? I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed."

Li Yada: "No, no, no, I only thought of this after seeing your analysis of the second half of the sentence. You liberal arts students are still more powerful."

Hao Yun: "Hmm, what you said is all very reasonable!"

"I think these five points can be used as the 'Keystone Spirit' and added to the Tengda Spirit as one of its aspects."

"This also provides clear guidance for our human resources department's future work!"

Soon, the chat group was flooded with various 666s.

The heads of each department flipped through the chat history, and the more they looked, the more reasonable it seemed.

President Pei is truly a philosopher. How can such a simple sixteen characters hide so many philosophical principles?

This must be the level of ancient great sages, right?