In mid-November, the company's third-quarter Key Project Achievement Report and Outstanding Innovation Case Selection Meeting arrived right on schedule.
The heating in the conference room was turned up a bit too high, yet the air was thick with an invisible tension and sense of anticipation. Around the massive oval walnut conference table sat directors from every department, Zhao Dezhu prominently among them. The head of the table was occupied by several vice presidents—men rarely seen on ordinary days—signaling the high importance placed on this selection meeting.
As a newly established department, the New Media Innovation Department was scheduled to present later in the session. Li Banjia sat in the corner of the room with Lin Wei and Zhou Min, appearing calm, though in his mind, he had already rehearsed this "Zichen Hall" debut a thousand times. (Wang Mengmeng and Sun Qian were left behind to hold down the fort and handle the sudden issues with the Marketing Events Department's annual meeting SOP pilot and the daily operations of the "Fusion Strategy" project, while Zhang Chen stood by as technical backup.)
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