Since Su Tianyu, Kong Zhenghui, and Bai Hongbo moved into Yu's Villa, the straight man Su Tianbei also moved to this fencing dormitory because of his father's constant harassment.
"You are a guest now." Yu Mingyuan immediately expressed his welcome: "Send the luggage to the living room, and we will choose a room when we come back in the evening. Let's do business first."
"What are you going to do?" Su Tianbei asked.
"Hold an internal meeting and talk to everyone." Yu Mingyuan replied with a smile.
Seeing that Yu Mingyuan was in a stable mood and spoke gently, he was a completely different person from a few days ago. Su Tianbei's anxious heart calmed down: "The future of us brothers depends on you. Work hard, Xiao Yu!"
"Okay, big brother." Yu Mingyuan replied obediently.
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At 8:30 in the evening, inside the Su family garbage dump, many core members of the Tongji Club gathered in the lobby and lounge on the first and second floors. There were more than a hundred people inside and outside.
In fact, many people here did not receive the meeting notice, but after hearing the news, they all showed up. Because everyone wanted to see whether the new helmsman of the Yu family was capable of doing it now that Yu Jinrong was gone, what kind of explanation he could give everyone, and whether the many benefits promised before could be realized.
Because Su Tianyu, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo and others were busy recruiting members and designing the association's charter system, and the Yu family originally wanted to build a new compound as the association's headquarters, they temporarily decided to use the Su family garbage dump as a temporary office. With so many people coming to the scene today, it seemed much more crowded. The corridor was full of sputum stains and white smoke, which looked extremely informal, a bit like a makeshift team.
Almost everyone had arrived, and Yu Mingyuan saw that the conference room could not accommodate so many people, so he suggested that everyone go to the courtyard to hold an open-air meeting so that the leadership and union members could communicate face to face.
In this way, Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo and others moved all the tables, chairs and benches in the conference room outdoors, connected the microphone with Bluetooth, and made a large speaker as a conference broadcasting system.
Outside, the crowd was surging. Most of the more than one hundred members did not have their own chairs, so they could only squat or find some bricks or iron plates on the ground to sit on.
The sky is clear tonight, and the stars are bright. Yu Mingyuan sits behind his worn-out desk, adjusts his dirty microphone, looks up at the densely packed crowd, and says with a grin, "Haha, our association may have the most difficult conditions to establish. There is no tea, no snacks, and even no chairs. If outsiders see this, they will probably think we are engaging in pyramid schemes!"
Everyone smiled knowingly and listened quietly.
"Many people here don't know me. Let me introduce myself." Yu Mingyuan rested his elbows on the table, looked at everyone with a gentle expression and said, "My name is Yu Mingyuan, and I'm Yu Jinrong's eldest son. After graduating from District 1 University, I followed my father to Longcheng and founded a trading company. My resume is very ordinary and my social experience is very shallow. If nothing unexpected happened to my family, I would have followed my father to learn for a few years before slowly taking over the management. But... unfortunately, my father passed away. Whether I like it or not, I have to take over this business and work hard to do it well."
The scene was quiet. Yu Mingyuan looked at everyone and continued in a deep voice, "The reason why I continue to do this is very simple, because many people have paid a lot for this association. Including the three families of Su, Bai, and Kong, as well as those members who received the notice and rolled up their bedding and fled to District 1 with us. If I withdraw now, I will be sorry to the capital and to everyone. Although my ability is limited, I will do my best to fulfill my previous promise to everyone! I will let Kong Zhenghui make public the current accounts of the association. I will tell everyone how much money we have left and how much funds can be used for the operation of the association. If the capital's money is spent, I will borrow money from the bank. If the bank can't lend money, I will sell my property and inject capital into the association myself. In short, I will try my best to keep the association alive, fulfill the association's promise to every member, give everyone something to do, and realize the association's program."
In the compound, everyone felt relieved after listening to Yu Mingyuan's words, because after Yu Jinrong's death, many people speculated that Yu Mingyuan was going to flee back to District 1, and the meeting would definitely be aborted. But they didn't expect that he would come to hold a meeting with everyone just two days after the funeral.
Yu Mingyuan sat in the first seat and first conveyed to everyone the association's determination to continue operating so that those below could have peace of mind. Then he asked Kong Zhenghui to announce the association's current funds and tell everyone that Tongji Association currently has sufficient financial resources and that maintaining operations will not be a problem.
After the encouragement, Yu Mingyuan told everyone in an organized manner: "Our maritime trade procurement channels are stable, and we have formed a certain cooperation model with the Zhannan Code Workers Association. In the future, the main industry of Tongji Club will have its own blood-making function and will not lack profit models. Please give the management some patience, and please unite together and work together to do something big! Here, I promise one thing, as long as the people of Tongji Club do not run away, I, Yu Mingyuan, will never leave Longcheng!"
The shouting voices drifted around, and after more than a hundred members were silent for a long time, suddenly a strong man put his hands in front of him, raised his head and shouted: "After saying so much, I just want to ask President Yu, when can we resume work? When can we let the brothers make money and support their families?!"
"The work of the Environmental Sanitation Management Association will be fully resumed within a week at the latest; maritime trade will start to operate again within three months at the latest." Yu Mingyuan stood up and shouted loudly: "During the suspension period, the association's subsidies will be paid as usual. Even if I can't eat, I will make sure everyone else has food!"
"That's true," the strong man shouted with great satisfaction, "I believe you!"
"If we can support our families and make a living, we will do it with you." An old man sitting in the front row shouted, "If Changqing can fight from District 1 to Longcheng and set up an association of tens of thousands of people, then we can do it too! We are all poor people at the bottom of society, there is nothing to be afraid of."
"I'll do it to you!"
Yu Mingyuan's frank and straightforward speech at the meeting brought the Tongji Association, which was about to disband, together again. The demands of these compatriots at the bottom of society are very simple. They need to make money and support their families. The association can bring them these stable things, so everyone definitely does not want to disband.
The meeting lasted until after 11 o'clock in the evening, and everyone dispersed with satisfaction.
After the main group left, Yu Mingyuan held an internal meeting. At the meeting, it was decided that Su Tianyu would serve as the vice president of Tongji Society, Kong Zhenghui would serve as the director of the Tongji Society's office, and Bai Hongbo, Su Tiannan, and Su Tianbei would serve as the minister and deputy minister of the Tongji Society's alliance and certification department, in other words, the top three in the personnel department.
The Tongji Association has a board of directors, which is composed of the core members of the association and the heads of each district, a total of 28 people, who are mainly responsible for deliberation. When the board of directors votes more than 60% and rejects the decision of the top leadership, the association must readjust its direction. Similarly, the top management also has a veto over the suggestions made by the board of directors.
The framework is not perfect yet, but a relatively simple charter system has been established. Now we just need to let the association pay in, and other loopholes can be filled in during operation.
That night, after the meeting, the association’s main leaders all sat in front of the door of the small building and took a group photo.
In the group photo, Yu Mingyuan, Kong Zhenghui, Bai Hongbo, Su Tianyu, Su Tiannan, Su Tianbei and others all showed bright smiles.
That night, Zhou Tonghui saw a group photo of everyone in the social software group and immediately booked a plane ticket excitedly. He didn't care whether the Zhou family would send management to the association again, but at this moment, he wanted to be with those evil people in Longcheng and do something together.