On December 28, The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) learned from people familiar with the matter that Zhu Zhanbei, vice president of Wanda Commercial Management Group, who had followed Wang Jianlin for many years, was taken away by the Shanghai police on suspicion of corruption. Currently, Under investigation.
According to The Paper, Zhu Zhanbei has been removed from the company by Dalian Wanda Group, and his name has been removed from the internal system. The reason Zhu Zhanbei was taken away was because he interfered in the bidding and bidding for the company's IT equipment procurement and sought improper benefits from it.
It is worth mentioning that the only department of Wanda directly managed by Wang Jianlin is the audit department.
Within Wanda, employees all know that Wang Jianlin has zero tolerance for taking advantage of others, corruption, and fraud. Wang Jianlin’s 6 words to Wanda’s top executives: Diligence, Unity, and Integrity.
Wanda’s audit center was established in 2001. Its members are composed of professionals in finance, engineering, budgeting, civil engineering, water and electricity. Importantly, this is the only department directly managed by Wang Jianlin.
Wang Jianlin once pointed out in a speech: Wanda has established a strong audit team. I personally am not in charge of specific businesses in the group. The only department I am in charge of is the audit department, which is equivalent to Wanda Group. Discipline Inspection Commission. This team is loyal, rigorous and capable. It has established authority within the group and has a strong deterrent effect.
According to information disclosed internally by Wanda, Wanda conducts one to two hundred audits every year, involving thousands of companies and covering all business areas.
Before the audit, the auditor will take Wang Jianlin's audit instructions and put this piece of paper on the general manager's desk. On it are written the four characters "Audit Instructions", which company appoints which person. I will come to your company for a routine audit. Please cooperate with me. Signed: Wang Jianlin.
Zhu Zhanbei has followed Wang Jianlin for many years. He joined Wanda in 2010 and served as general manager of Wanda’s Information Engineering Department, responsible for the information work of the entire group. Zhu Zhanbei has nearly 20 years of experience in the field of information technology. He holds a master's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, a doctorate from Peking University, and a postdoctoral degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has taught at China Europe International Business School.
Before joining Dalian Wanda Group, Zhu Zhanbei served as vice president and CIO of Alcatel Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd., and concurrently served as general manager of Alcatel-Lucent Global Information Technology Service Center. In 2017, Zhu Zhanbei, who was still serving as the general manager of Wanda Group's Information Management Center, became the vice president of Wanda Business Management Group, and was later appointed president of Shanghai Bingsheng Technology. Shanghai Bingsheng Technology Co., Ltd. is a company jointly established by Wanda and Tencent.
In 2018, Wanda Commercial Management Group, Tencent and Gaopeng jointly established Shanghai Bingsheng Technology. The company was registered and established on June 8, 2018. The legal representative is Qi Jie and the registered capital is 4.6 billion yuan. In terms of shareholdings, Wanda Commercial Management Group subscribed for 2.346 billion yuan, holding 51% of the shares, Linzhi Tencent Technology Co., Ltd. subscribed for 1.954 billion yuan, holding 42.48% of the shares, and Hainan Gaodeng Technology Co., Ltd. subscribed for 300 million yuan, holding 42.48% of the shares. The ratio is 6.52%.
Bingsheng, a company jointly established by three parties, will inject part of the business of Feifan, Wanda’s original e-commerce company. Tencent will invest resources such as online traffic; Gaopeng will integrate electronic invoices and other businesses. According to the vision of the three parties at that time, Wanda Plaza could obtain huge online traffic through WeChat, etc., upgrade Wanda Plaza intelligently, establish a strong membership system, and enhance the overall value of the enterprise. For Tencent, it can obtain massive offline traffic and rich scenarios, realize the implementation of traffic and technology, and accelerate the advancement of "smart retail" strategy. For Gaopeng, you can gain huge business traffic and enhance your industry leadership.