Chapter 49: Trust
On the plane, Su Can opened that day's Rongcheng Metropolitan Business Daily. One page carried a headline and related news about Big Banyan Construction.
A son reading newspaper reports about his father was something Su Can had never experienced before, and the feeling was still rather novel. Not that it was particularly rare: his father's name often appeared in Big Banyan Construction's internal newspaper. Since Su Licheng had taken charge of the company, he had been a media focus more than once or twice. Even the airline group he was flying with had run a feature in its internal publication with a photograph of Su Licheng and Southern Sichuan Airlines president Lan Xinming.
The news covered Big Banyan Construction's recent personnel changes.
"Current deputy general manager Yu Minghui will retire at the end of the year, while fellow deputy general manager Zhao Xinhua will leave his post for further training in preparation for future adjustments. Tong Jianjun will become general manager of the Construction Industrial Holdings Group. In addition, this reporter has learned that several subordinate branches and second-tier companies are also making senior personnel changes. The successive adjustments this year have already amounted to Darong Construction Group's largest personnel reshuffle in years. Big Banyan Construction's gradual restructuring aims to end the previous situation of 'rival fiefdoms,' accelerate the group's 'centralization,' and integrate its subsidiaries. On this foundation, three major groups will be established: Construction Financial Holdings Group, Construction Industrial Holdings Group, and Construction Investment Holdings Group. Key positions in all three entities will be held by members of the original nine-person roundtable of top management. Actual core authority, however, will rest with group general manager Su Licheng and chairman Sun Jiayong, while the others will divide responsibilities at subordinate levels. This clearly gives the arrangement a