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On the evening of April 27, 2020, Zhang Yong, founder of Haidilao, sent an internal email to announce the adoption of the leadership talent selection plan for the next 10 to 15 years, aiming to strengthen the effective internal promotion mechanism and reserve talents in advance for the sustainable development of the company and the long-term retirement plan of the senior management team.
After the release of the open letter, according to incomplete statistics of “CEO search engine”, hundreds of first-line founders and entrepreneurs forwarded the full-text letter in the circle of friends, or referred to the succession plan when they were interviewed by the media. Chen Shengda, chairman of Shenzhen Wanda wine industry and founder of wisdom monkey, said in a conversation with “CEO search engine” that as the founder, I highly appreciate and empathize with Mr. Zhang Yong’s practices and feelings, and despise those who condemn the fragrance of freehand drawing pancakes.
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Aosange said that in the development of Haidilao over the past 20 years, the internal decision-making, orders and prohibitions, and the external meticulous and sincere feelings are admirable. According to the successor plan of today’s founder Guan Xuan, Zhang Yong will stay at the top management for three 5-year plans, but the task and function focus may have been completely shifted.
Haidilao has become a behemoth. However, the founders know the profound friendship of micro times, know little about the enterprise information, be cautious about the promotion of talents, and be cautious about the management of mentality. I think Zhang Yong is a great founder with good intentions.
“In fact, with the growth of the new generation, I have thought about it myself, including mentioning my retirement plan to some familiar media friends. For the new product series to be launched on the whole line, Eagle Song is Wanda’s new attack on online business,
The mobile Internet has hundreds of millions of consumer users, massive behavioral data, diverse use scenarios, and a strong cloud service foundation, all of which provide high-quality atmosphere for the development of imported wine in new retail,
In view of the good performance of smart monkey in China, Chile’s wine giants also expressed their willingness to invest heavily in building a cloud system in China, which provided a strong backing and solid foundation for Wanda’s brand series to turn red again; as newbaby, eagle’s song is born at the right time, it’s gratifying. “,
Aosange said that at the same time, for Wanda system and corporate governance, Eagle Song is also an internal test of successors. Wanda is still developing. The announcement of Haidilao reminds me to put the talent reserve and selection plan on the agenda, and to include all the big friends and small partners of Wanda in the form of merit selection, enrollment and redistribution.
BACKGROUND
Founded in 1994, Haidilao is the No. 1 hot pot restaurant brand in China. There are more than 100 direct chain restaurants in large and medium-sized cities in China, as well as in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, the United States and other countries. In 2017, Zhang Yong moved to Singapore with his family; in September 2018, Haidilao was listed in Hong Kong, China, with a market value of more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars on the first day. Zhang Yong was listed on the list of billionaires, and with a value of US $13.8 billion, he pushed down Huang Zhixiang and Huang Zhida brothers, who had dominated Singapore for 10 years, and became the new richest man in Singapore. As of October 2019, Haidilao has a market value of HK $200 billion.
