The three-month pilot period for "Smart Retail" finally reached its climax—the grand "inspection" moment—amidst a rhythm that was as tense as it was fulfilling.
Inside the group's strategy committee meeting room, the atmosphere was far more fervent and nuanced than it had been three months prior, when Li Banjia first proposed the project. Chairman Zhao Dezhu and the core executives were all in attendance. Wang Laohu’s expression remained stoic, though his eyes held a touch of complexity. As for the heads of the retail business units who had once been skeptical of Li Banjia, their faces were now filled with anticipation and an unmistakable, subtle sycophancy.
Li Banjia stood at the podium, more composed and confident than ever. Behind him, his core team—Lin Wei, Sun Qian, Zhang Chen, Zhou Min, and Wang Mengmeng—each wore faces radiant with the fatigue of a hard-fought battle and the joy of imminent victory.
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