Kennard was leaving.
This wasn't something that had happened recently. Kennard had mentioned this possibility to Xu Yi several years ago, but it was getting closer and closer to the truth in the past two years.
As the CEO of New Flyer, Kennard had been in this position for more than ten years.
In these ten years, Xu Yi was in charge of New Flyer's development and strategies, but Kennard was in charge of the specific operations and the overall operations of the company.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that if Xu Yi could be considered the soul of New Flyer, then Kennard was the brain of New Flyer. The importance of this was self-evident.
If Kennard were to leave New Flyer, the impact on New Flyer was self-evident.
Xu Yi hoped that Kennard could stay in New Flyer until he grew old. Kennard also hoped that Kennard would grow old, but as the heir of the Emma Family, he had to shoulder the family's responsibilities.
Several years ago, the Emma Family had been urging Kennard to return to help the family develop, but Kennard had refused.
However, two and a half years ago, Kennard's father, Emma Count, suddenly fell seriously ill, and his health deteriorated.
Therefore, Emma Count and the Emma Family hoped that Kennard could return to take over the family and fulfill his responsibilities.
Kennard couldn't refuse such a righteous request.
Since then, Xu Yi had been preparing for Kennard's successor after his departure, and Kennard had also gradually handed over his work.
The reason New Flyer completed its reorganization two years ago and separated many departments under its name to establish their own companies was to give these departments more room for development. However, Kennard's departure was also one of the important reasons.
Of course, this wasn't the main reason why Xu Yi fully supported Freya's development in the management of the company. In the end, it was still Freya's own choice that made him decide to do so.
However, the fact that Kennard was leaving still troubled Xu Yi.
Several years ago, Xu Yi had been looking for candidates to replace Kennard and tried to nurture a few of them.
However, not only was Kennard's ability outstanding, but most of the work that he was doing was first seen in Sines. Other than him, there was no one else who was qualified for these jobs. Therefore, it was very difficult to find a successor.
Xu Yi's current plan was to nurture a group of senior managers from the various companies under New Flyer. Then, he would choose from them.
As for Freya … Her dream was good and she was willing to work hard. However, if she wanted to truly take over this huge company, she was far from enough.
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In the blink of an eye, another month had passed. Time had once again moved forward to the annual summer heat.
This time of year was the busiest time for almost all the household magic machine companies.
Due to the arrival of summer, the demand for household magic machines soared. In particular, the various household magic machines that could help alleviate the heat were very popular.
Every year, during this time of year, all the household magic machine companies would do their best to promote their products to the public.
Before, the so called promotion was just giving out flyers and relying on people to spread the news. It was very inefficient and had a very high investment cost.
Then after newspapers appeared in the various countries, the various companies learned how to advertise in the newspapers.
In the past two years, because the New Moon Chamber of Commerce's large scale Magic Illusion Projectors were popularized in many cities, the various companies began to accept the New Moon Chamber of Commerce's Magic Illusion Advertising method.
Compared to several years ago, as long as the various companies were willing to invest, their advertising methods and effects were naturally several times better than before.
Therefore, during the peak sales season of each year, it was the time for the various companies to advertise.
At the same time, during this time of year, the other magic machine companies would be filled with envy and jealousy towards New Flyer.
The reason was very simple. They needed to spend a lot of money to advertise themselves in the newspapers and on the Magic Illusion Projectors that the New Moon Chamber of Commerce had set up in the various cities. As for New Flyer, they didn't need to do anything, they didn't even need to spend money and they were able to advertise themselves much better than them.
The various newspapers would report on New Flyer when they had nothing to do and the advertisements on the Magic Illusion Projectors?
Don't forget, the New Moon Chamber of Commerce was from the same company as the Frestech Chamber of Commerce. Even the Magic Illusion Projector was a product of the Frestech Chamber of Commerce, so naturally it was advertising for the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.
How could the other companies compare to this kind of advertising effect?
However, there was no use in being envious or jealous. In the magic machine companies, New Flyer could only be looked up to by the other companies and no company dared to hope that they could catch up in a short period of time.
So for this year's advertising battle that was no different from the previous years, the various companies only targeted the other companies other than New Flyer. No one wanted to challenge New Flyer's position.
However, at the end of June, a piece of news suddenly appeared that made all the companies want to make a move.
The current CEO of New Flyer, Kennard who had been with New Flyer for fourteen years, had actually left!
If this news didn't appear in the New Flyer's closest newspaper, the one that many people thought was New Flyer's official newspaper, no one would have believed it.
Who was Kennard?
He was the New Flyer's CEO!
Other than New Flyer, Kennard could be considered the highest position in New Flyer and the most important person.
Him suddenly leaving New Flyer, it was hard to imagine just how serious of an impact it would have on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce!
The day after the « Banta Times » reported this news, the New Flyer's latest « Xinfei Magic Machine Industry Weekly » also published this news, which was considered an official public confirmation.
Everyone was certain that this news wasn't a joke, so the Sines was immediately shaken.
Everyone's first reaction was, since Kennard had left New Flyer, where would he go?
This question was quickly answered.
Three days after Kennard announced his departure in the « Xinfei Magic Machine Industry Weekly », he appeared in the Lampari Kingdom's Anvilmar City. Then he announced a press conference to announce his future plans.
After five days of preparation, Kennard's private press conference was held in Anvilmar City as usual.
At the press conference, Kennard answered a lot of questions from the reporters from the major newspapers who swarmed in.
As for why he left New Flyer, Kennard seriously denied the guesses of many people that there was a conflict between him and New Flyer. He said that it was a normal resignation after he explained it to Xu Yi.
As for what he was going to do after leaving, Kennard also gave an answer. That was, he was going to set up his own company that also dealt in magic machine related products.
This answer was out of many people's expectations, but when they thought about it carefully, they felt that it was expected.
Kennard had been the CEO of New Flyer for fourteen years, so it could be said that he was very familiar with all aspects of magic machines. Moreover, he had extraordinary connections and resources in this industry.
Now that he had left New Flyer to set up his own magic machine company, he would definitely have a greater advantage over other companies in the magic machine industry.
When a reporter asked Kennard if he was planning to compete with New Flyer by setting up a new magic machine company, Kennard replied that this company didn't have any plans to compete with New Flyer. On the contrary, he would do his best to cooperate with New Flyer and develop together.
Kennard's attitude was very sincere, so the reporters didn't ask too much.
Later on, when a reporter interviewed New Flyer, he directly asked Xu Yi the same question.
Xu Yi's answer wasn't much different from Kennard's.
Xu Yi said that Kennard had left New Flyer as per normal and that there was no conflict between the two sides.
As Kennard's partner for many years, he sincerely wished Kennard a smooth career in the future.
At the same time, he also said that New Flyer had reached a private agreement with Kennard and would cooperate with Kennard's new company.
Because Kennard and New Flyer both gave a watertight answer to this matter, the reporters couldn't dig up any more information.
However, after this, news spread that Kennard's new company was actually Kennard's Emma Family behind Kennard's new company.
In other words, the new company was actually opened by the Emma Family and Kennard was just a candidate to be the president on the surface.
This news made people's imaginations run wild.
When Kennard was the CEO of New Flyer, people had doubts about it. As the heir of the Emma Family, Kennard's identity was far from being the CEO of a small company like New Flyer. It was simply beneath him to hold this position.
But later on, as New Flyer developed rapidly, people gradually changed this idea and another guess popped up.
Could it be that the Emma Family had already seen New Flyer's potential and purposely sent Kennard to New Flyer and then thought of a way to make him a high-ranking executive of New Flyer, even becoming the CEO only below Xu Yi, all for the sake of snatching control of New Flyer from Xu Yi's hands in the future?
Now that Kennard had suddenly resigned, perhaps the Emma Family realized that this goal couldn't be achieved and could only settle for the next best thing, which was to let Kennard leave New Flyer and use the experience, connections, and various other resources he had gained in New Flyer to throw himself into the magic machine industry.
Although it couldn't be compared to New Flyer for the time being, with Kennard's various resources and the powerful support of the Emma Family, the company's future prospects were quite impressive.
On the contrary, New Flyer's sudden loss of a very important high-ranking executive like Kennard could be said to be a great loss.
What would New Flyer do in response to this?