Chapter 1509 We Unite!

Mid-level core employees like these generally don't sign non-compete agreements.

The reason is simple: there are too many of them.

Non-compete agreements aren't something you can just sign willy-nilly. Employees aren't stupid; they weigh the pros and cons when they join a company.

Signing a non-compete agreement means that it will be much harder to change jobs in the future, even cutting off the possibility altogether. So unless it's a top company in the industry with excellent benefits that offers truly irresistible compensation, these people won't choose to sign a non-compete agreement.

Sheng Yun Group might sign one with its upper management, at most. How could it possibly take care of mid-level and lower-level employees as well?

Besides, mid-level employees might seem important, but they're not actually *that* important.

Because if only one or two mid-level employees leave, you can completely pull people from the bottom to fill in temporarily, while also recruiting in a targeted manner. There won't be any major problems.

But the problem now is that mid-level employees are being poached *en masse*!

Generally speaking, this kind of situation is unlikely to occur, because there's no reason for such a large demand gap to suddenly appear in the market, nor should there be a company that completely crushes other companies in the field in terms of compensation and benefits.

Everyone has roughly the same business model. Why can you push your labor costs so high?

But now, this situation has actually appeared.

The reasoning behind this isn't actually that complicated.

Nifeng Logistics is one of Tengda's industries. It can lose money as it pleases, because Tengda Group is constantly giving it blood transfusions. But Sheng Yun Group only has the express delivery business; it has no other businesses. If the express delivery business doesn't make money, then the entire group has no reason to exist at all!

And the consequences of mid-level employees being poached en masse are, of course, very serious.

If one or two mid-level employees are missing, you can transfer lower-level employees to fill in, or you can urgently recruit.

But with so many people missing, how can you fill them all in a short period of time?

Of course, in theory, Sheng Yun Group can require these employees to hand over their work, but the problem is that the law stipulates that official employees can leave directly 30 days after submitting their resignation, without the employer's approval.

Filling all these vacancies by recruiting people within 30 days? This is clearly a very difficult thing to do.

Force them to stay? Require employees to hand over their work smoothly before they can leave? Withhold wages?

If it were in the past, it might still be a little useful, but now, these employees are probably eager to take the opportunity to apply for labor arbitration.

Nie Yun-sheng even suspected that many employees who haven't resigned are also trying to accumulate evidence and find ways to seek labor arbitration. Because after a successful arbitration, they can enter Tengda through a special recruitment exam!

Nie Yun-sheng slammed the table in anger, "Tengda Group is going too far!"

"I think that Lu Mingliang definitely has President Pei's authorization behind him! Otherwise, it's impossible to cooperate so well, launching the special recruitment exam, targeted poaching, and the express delivery war at the same time!"

"If the tiger doesn't show its might, they'll really treat us like a sick cat!"

Li Meng couldn't help but shudder. In his memory, he had rarely seen Nie Yun-sheng get so angry.

It can't be blamed on Nie Yun-sheng not having good self-restraint. This time, too many factors have come together, it's too infuriating!

First of all, Sheng Yun Express started this express delivery war. They were the ones who decided to completely cut off from Nifeng Logistics in second- and third-tier cities, so Nifeng Logistics resolutely fought back.

Starting a fight yourself but getting beaten black and blue is indeed something that makes it easy to lose your composure.

Secondly, the turning point in the public opinion of this express delivery war should be that live broadcast debate. Nie Yun-sheng was rendered speechless by Lu Mingliang on the spot, which, of course, was an unacceptable and completely embarrassing thing for Nie Yun-sheng.

To the point where every time he thinks about this, he feels uncomfortable all over and full of regret.

Both of these things were caused by his own misjudgments; he can't even pass the buck. This is very uncomfortable!

Finally, there's Nifeng Logistics' aggressive posture, which seems intent on driving Sheng Yun Group to its doom.

In the past, battles between express delivery companies were always just for show. After all, everyone's business model is similar. They may each have comparative advantages in some areas, but if they really tear their faces off, everyone will look bad.

What's more, Sheng Yun Express has always occupied a dominant position in the market. Others don't have the qualifications to tear their faces off with it.

Everyone exploits the deliverymen and the service levels are similar, thereby maintaining a profit margin that everyone is comfortable with. This is a very pleasant way to make money.

But now, Nifeng Logistics is directly disregarding martial ethics, completely adopting a posture of reshuffling the entire express delivery industry and smashing everyone's rice bowl. How could Nie Yun-sheng not be angry?

Li Meng asked tentatively, "Then... President Nie, what should we do?"

This question deflated Nie Yun-sheng again.

Because there really isn't a good solution...

In the current situation, whether it's the timing, the location, or the people, they're all on Nifeng Logistics' side. On all battlefields, Sheng Yun Express has been beaten to the ground and is retreating step by step. Even if he's impotently furious, what can he do?

Nie Yun-sheng was silent for a long time. "Relying on the strength of our company alone, it definitely won't work."

"Tengda Group is making enemies everywhere, affecting the interests of various industries. We're the ones who have been hit the hardest, but companies in other fields are also suffering!"

"Relying on our company alone will definitely not work, but if we can unite with other companies, then there's still hope."

"The more companies that unite, the greater the hope!"

"For example, the Zhujia Group, whose stock price plummeted some time ago due to Sloth Apartments and Chi Xing Studio, definitely has the same demands as us."

"And it's not just in the express delivery and rental housing fields. In which fields hasn't Tengda made enemies, such as food delivery, live streaming, games, and movies? If Tengda's enemies are calculated by valuation, it may be a huge volume of hundreds of billions or trillions!"

"Now Tengda can concentrate all the strength of all departments to support Nifeng Logistics, so it's naturally difficult for us to resist. But if all companies unite to attack Tengda's various departments, making them unable to take care of themselves, then the situation will naturally reverse!"

Li Meng suddenly realized, "President Nie is wise!"

"However... it may be a little difficult to get these companies to lend a helping hand. After all, although their respective interests have also been affected by Tengda, they're not as urgent as ours. Is it realistic to count on them for help? The chances of success don't seem high."

Nie Yun-sheng said firmly, "No, the chances are high!"

"What Lu Mingliang said in the live broadcast can actually be regarded as a declaration of war against most of the domestic giants. The business model adopted by our Sheng Yun Group is also the model adopted by many large domestic companies, including emerging companies that have obtained a lot of financing in the early stages."

"Tengda's goal is to completely disintegrate this model, which is naturally a declaration of war against all companies of this type!"

"If it were for other purposes, these companies might find it difficult to unite; but now it's to protect their own interests, so there's no reason for these companies to remain indifferent!"

"As long as we can persuade Zhujia Group and unite a few giant companies to take the lead, then under the impetus of some large investment companies, some small companies will naturally join one after another. Once the general trend appears, it will be even more difficult to reverse this situation!"

"No matter how strong President Pei is, he's still just a person, and people, after all, can't fight against capital."

Thinking of this, Nie Yun-sheng immediately stood up. "The resignation matters will be handled officially; there's no need to deliberately try to keep them, so as not to create more negativity for ourselves in the future. Our main battlefield is not here, but in other places."

"I'm going to Zhujia Group right now!"

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March 7th, Thursday.

Pei Qian was in his office, looking at the outline of the paper he had just written for a while, and thinking about the new game project for a while.

He had absolutely no clue!

At this time, Pei Qian was like someone looking left and right at a crossroads. Looking to the left, it seemed impassable; looking to the right, it also seemed impassable!

This was quite uncomfortable.

The key was that both of these things were quite urgent.

The first draft of the paper had to be submitted by April 10th, and there was only a month left. Pei Qian's paper was basically still in the preliminary stage of an idea.

As for the game project, the general design concept had to be completed this month, otherwise, considering the time for design refinement and production, it would be a bit tight.

Although there was still more than half a year until the end of the year, the key was that Pei Qian wanted to do a big production this time, preferably one that would solve the problems of both Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games in one go.

It would be even better if he could solve Fei Huang Studio as well.

If these two game departments were to each make a smaller game, it would guarantee completion, but the probability of losing money would be greatly reduced, and even if they did lose, they wouldn't lose much, which would be a bit of a waste of ideas.

But what kind of theme should such a large-investment AAA game be?

This matter was really agonizing.

"Should I think about the paper first, or the game first?"

"Hmm... at the latest, I must arrange the game matters before next Tuesday, and then concentrate on tackling the paper in a down-to-earth manner."

"But the game is still clueless..."

Pei Qian felt quite hopeless.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Looking up, it was Wu Bin who had arrived.

Wu Bin was beaming with a smile as he handed over a report. "President Pei, I'm here to report to you on the special recruitment exam. Overall, the response has been very enthusiastic, completely exceeding my expectations!"

"Many mid-level employees from various companies have enthusiastically signed up, including some with beautiful resumes and strong abilities. Some people are even willing to take a pay cut to join, because they appreciate our company's work environment, atmosphere, development prospects, and other comprehensive benefits more!"

"Although the application conditions were limited, the talents that were actually screened out in the end were even stronger than the talents we screened out in the regular exams!"

"Of course, this strength mainly refers to real ability. After all, the written test accounts for a heavy proportion in regular exams, and some core employees of companies can't compete with students in written test scores. In the special recruitment exam, the overall level of written test scores has been lowered, but practical ability has been improved!"

"Regular exams mainly recruit young people with potential, while special recruitment exams recruit mature mid-level core employees. With these two recruitments running in parallel, plus the targeted poaching quotas for each department, Tengda's personnel structure is rapidly adjusting in a very healthy state!"

"This special recruitment exam went smoothly, and the transformation plan you envisioned, President Pei, was a great success!"