November 6th, Saturday.
Pei Qian lay sprawled in his office chair, listlessly scrolling through resumes sent by job seekers to the company mailbox.
Currently, the Human Resources Department is still busy preparing materials for the entry examination. Since the work was quite complex and involved many steps, it would be difficult to sort everything out in a short time.
With nothing better to do, Pei Qian opened the company’s recruitment mailbox, hoping to casually find some gold, to see if he could discover some suitable right-hand men worth reusing.
But after looking through many resumes, he wasn’t particularly satisfied.
These resumes were all made too beautifully!
Who knew if they made them themselves or paid someone online to do it?
It seemed everyone took applying to Tenda quite seriously, but this created great difficulty for Mr. Pei in screening candidates.
Resumes made so beautifully—how could Mr. Pei dare hire such people?
“Forget it, the idea of recruiting people myself is ridiculous.”
“I’ll just wait for the standard ‘slacker screening test’ process.”
Pei Qian was currently in dire need of personnel, such as the Vice President position for the mobile phone business, which remained unfilled.
Although Lin Wan was also responsible for the mobile phone business, she was only a manager, or could only handle part of the mobile phone business content. Someone needed to help share her burden.
Of course, to put it more bluntly, someone needed to balance against Lin Wan, to drag things down a bit.
The fear was that Lin Wan was too capable, and if both games and mobile phone businesses took off together, Pei Qian would find it unbearable.
But he hadn’t found a suitable candidate for this position.
Pei Qian had initially wanted to look in the mailbox, but then realized that Tenda had no mobile phone business before, so few talents in the mobile phone field would have submitted resumes.
Finding a complete outsider who knew nothing would make his intentions too obvious and might be discovered by Lin Wan, greatly reducing the possibility of persuading her to return to inherit her family business.
So, the person he found needed to have at least passable qualifications.
Pei Qian thought, why not try searching Baidu?
He searched online for keywords: “mobile phone” and “bankruptcy.”
After scrolling through a bit, a news article caught Pei Qian’s attention.
“Hongcheng Technology Insolvent: Nearly 130 Million in Execution Targets in Less Than a Month”
“Latest information shows that Hongcheng Technology’s operating entity XXXXX Co., Ltd. has been listed as an executed party, with execution targets of approximately…”
“It is reported that Hongcheng Technology’s total debt exceeds 8 billion yuan. Why did Hongcheng Technology, with a net profit of 174 million yuan a year ago, suddenly collapse? The founder stated in an interview that the direct cause was a broken capital chain, and the root cause was that the company had been losing money for a long time.”
“However, Chang You, the former Vice President of Hongcheng Technology, seemingly expressed different views online, believing that the fundamental reason for Hongcheng Technology’s failure was shortsightedness. But these comments drew a barrage of criticism from netizens, who believed that it was Chang You’s wrong decisions and overambition that dragged down Hongcheng Technology.”
“Notably, from August 13th until now, Hongcheng Technology has become an executed party for the fourth time, with cumulative execution targets of about 130 million…”
Pei Qian read this with immense envy.
Lost at least 100 million!
If only I had lost that…
Anyway, there must be great talent in this Hongcheng Technology!
If not the founder, then this Vice President.
After all, they were blaming each other, so one of them must have major issues.
Pei Qian looked further into information about Hongcheng Technology and found that it was a fairly decent domestic mobile phone manufacturer, which also engaged in some mobile phone-related businesses. Early last year, they reportedly had a net profit of over 100 million for the previous year.
But after just over a year, they suddenly went bankrupt.
Pei Qian then searched for information about Chang You, the former Vice President of Hongcheng Technology, and his eyes immediately lit up.
Since joining Hongcheng Technology last year as Vice President in charge of the mobile phone business, Mr. Chang had worked there for over a year, and the previously fine Hongcheng Technology had gone under!
The more Pei Qian read, the more he felt that this high-profile person was exactly the kind of employee he ideally wanted!
Although he was somewhat short and thin, Pei Qian could sense that his frame seemed to contain boundless energy!
Pei Qian immediately decided: it would be him!
The newly established mobile phone brand needed to be under his charge—this was the talent Pei Qian had been desperately seeking.
He quickly called Assistant Xin over.
After Assistant Xin came in, she first reported on the tasks Pei Qian had previously assigned.
“Mr. Pei, I’ve found the investment assistant you asked me to look for. If you have time, you can meet with him to see if he’s suitable.”
Pei Qian thought for a moment: “Have him go directly to the Slackin’ Internet Café at Handong University in two hours. I’ll meet him there.”
“Also, help me find the contact information for Chang You, the former Vice President of Hongcheng Technology. I want to meet with him.”
Assistant Xin nodded: “Alright, I’ll get on it right away.”
Just as Assistant Xin was about to turn and leave, Pei Qian thought of something extremely important and asked: “Wait, what’s the name of the investment advisor you found?”
It seemed somewhat inappropriate to interview someone without even knowing their name.
Assistant Xin said, “His name is He Desheng. I’ve already sent his resume and related information to your email.”
Pei Qian: “…”
“Is there a problem?” Assistant Xin noticed Mr. Pei’s hesitant expression and was confused.
Pei Qian waved his hand: “No, nothing. You can go now.”
Assistant Xin left.
When Pei Qian heard this person’s name, he almost wanted to replace him on the spot.
He Desheng? [Note: The name sounds like “Congratulations on Victory” in Chinese]
That name was too inauspicious!
But then Mr. Pei thought again, as a good young man influenced by materialism, he shouldn’t have such superstitious thoughts.
Previously, there was someone named “Hao Qiong” [Note: Sounds like “Very Poor”] at Shangyang Games, and now, under the nourishment of a high salary, wasn’t she gradually becoming wealthy? The name no longer suited her!
Of course, ultimately, there was no reason to replace someone.
It would be too strange to say he wanted to replace someone without even meeting them.
Pei Qian thought that since the person was already coming, he should meet with him along with Ma Yang.
If he felt this person wasn’t suitable, he could find some excuse to replace him later.
…
Two hours later, at the Slackin’ Internet Café, Handong University branch.
Pei Qian and Ma Yang were already prepared.
Mr. Pei’s first impression of this, He Desheng, wasn’t great, so he wasn’t very excited at the moment.
Ma Yang, on the other hand, seemed unable to sit still, more nervous than if he were on a blind date, constantly looking outside.
Pei Qian very considerately reminded him again: “Old Ma, it’s a man, and not even a handsome one. You don’t need to be so expectant.”
Ma Yang looked righteously serious: “What are you saying, bro? I’m just eager to meet talent!”
“In high school, I had set my mind on studying finance, but my science scores were too poor, so I had no choice but to study humanities.”
“So for these investment experts, I have utmost respect and admiration!”
Pei Qian vaguely sensed something amiss and hurriedly reminded him: “Old Ma, respect is fine, but remember, you’re the angel investor who makes the decisions. You need to have some opinions of your own!”
Ma Yang patted his chest: “Relax, bro. I’m such a strong-minded person. What are you worried about?”
Pei Qian: “…”
Was Old Ma’s lack of self-awareness a good thing or a bad thing?
Pei Qian couldn’t quite tell.
As they were chatting, He Desheng arrived.
Pei Qian had already seen his photo and information earlier. Twenty-seven years old, male, looking just like an ordinary company employee, utterly unremarkable.
It was even difficult to find a prominent feature about him.
In summary, he lacked presence.
Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this point. Lacking presence meant weak influence, which would allow Ma Yang to fully display his talents.
He Desheng didn’t seem particularly nervous, perhaps because the environment at Slackin’ Internet Café was relatively relaxed, without the oppressive atmosphere of a company interview.
He Desheng talked a lot about his resume. Pei Qian, not understanding the ways of the investment circle, couldn’t discern which parts were flattery and which were genuine achievements.
But since Assistant Xin had found him, his basic professional abilities should be acceptable.
The only notable thing was that He Desheng currently worked as an investment assistant at Fuihui Capital and was reportedly about to be promoted to investment manager.
Hearing “Fuihui Capital,” Pei Qian’s thoughts drifted away, remembering Mr. Li.
He wondered how Mr. Li was doing lately and when he might come to help him out again.
While Pei Qian was briefly distracted, He Desheng had already finished his self-introduction.
During his self-introduction, He Desheng had been looking at Pei Qian the whole time, as if he were quite interested in Mr. Pei.
Pei Qian couldn’t think of what to ask for a moment, making the situation somewhat awkward.
He looked at Old Ma, but Old Ma yawned and then nodded apologetically: “Well said!”
Pei Qian: “…”
He knew this guy had also zoned out and hadn’t been listening carefully.
Just as Pei Qian was about to find a topic of conversation, He Desheng spoke first.
“Mr. Pei, I’m your fan!”