He glanced at his watch. It was almost the appointed ti, so he said to Qi Fei, "Senior, you can bring Yan Ming in now."
The headhunter had sent over many resus for the general manager and technical lead positions. After screening them, Wu Yun had chosen Zhou Shen and Yan Ming.
Yan Ming, 35, was a graduate of Peng City University’s computer science departnt with a master’s degree. He had previously been the head of several large-scale projects, including experience in developing e-comrce platforms.
Wu Yun and Zhou Shen sat down on the sofa in the office’s reception area. They conferred for a mont, preparing the questions they were about to ask.
Soon, Qi Fei led in a man who looked completely different from what the two of them had imagined.
In most people’s minds, the image of a programr was soone with a receding hairline, thick glasses, and a plaid shirt with jeans. They would be slightly hunched over with their neck craned forward, carrying a backpack from which they could pull out a laptop at any mont.
But Yan Ming completely subverted their perception of programrs. He was around six feet tall, wore no glasses, and had a clean-shaven face with sharp, defined features. His thick hair was slicked back with wax.
He wore a short-sleeved white dress shirt with professional slacks and leather shoes. He carried a slightly oversized briefcase, looking every bit the part of a handso, successful Wall Street elite.
Wu Yun routinely used his glasses to scan Yan Ming’s information.
Na: Yan Ming
...
Skills:
Algorithms: Master Level
Programming: Expert
Team Managent: Expert
Master of English
"Hello, gentlen. I’m Yan Ming!" Yan Ming saw Wu Yun sitting in the main seat, but he looked very young, while the man next to him, Zhou Shen, was slightly older. He was a bit unsure of the hierarchy, so he used a catch-all greeting.
Zhou Shen gestured for Yan Ming to sit down, then got straight to business. "Hello, Yan Ming. I’m Zhou Shen, the General Manager of Pinduoduo. And this is our chairman, Wu Yun—Chairman Wu."
Afterward, Zhou Shen began asking questions about software and website developnt in the e-comrce industry. Yan Ming answered thodically, leaving both Wu Yun and Zhou Shen very satisfied.
After chatting for over ten minutes, Yan Ming was very satisfied with the above-average compensation package Wu Yun offered. He was especially excited about the stock option bonus.
Wu Yun stood up, and seeing this, Zhou Shen and Yan Ming stood up as well.
Wu Yun said, "President Zhou, President Yan, let show you to your respective offices."
Wu Yun then led Zhou Shen to the nearby general manager’s office. The GM’s office was a little over half the size of Wu Yun’s chairman’s office, but it was also by a window, offering a direct view of the Huangpu River and the scenery of the Bund across the water. Zhou Shen was very pleased with this view, and his loyalty score, which had been 85, increased by one point.
As for Yan Ming’s office, it was smaller—one of the many manager-level offices.
Since Yan Ming was one of the first to be hired, he got to choose the office with the best view and set down his personal belongings.
After showing the two around, Wu Yun said, "President Yan, for now, please work with President Zhou to post job listings online and build up the company’s organizational structure. Of course, if you have mbers from your previous teams who are willing to jump ship, they are welco to co in for an interview!"
Wu Yun wasn’t worried about the two of them causing chaos. First, he had his glasses to check their loyalty. Second, the system had a company interface that could monitor information from all of his companies. It was just that Wu Yun didn’t particularly enjoy looking at the data. He preferred having his managers report to him, as that was what made him feel like a real boss.
Yan Ming happened to have his laptop with him. Wu Yun said, "You two can get started. This entire floor will be our company’s office space from now on. I hope we can fill it up soon. By then, we can have our own office building!"
"I have to interview soone for the entertainnt company in a bit, so you two go ahead and don’t worry about ." After speaking, Wu Yun walked toward the front desk.
When he reached the lounge area, he saw Qi Fei playing on her phone, looking utterly bored.
Wu Yun sat down next to Qi Fei and gently stroked her long hair. "Senior, thank you for your hard work. There’s one more person to interview, but this one is related to you!"
"Related to ? Is it the interview for the entertainnt company? Why is it being held here?" Qi Fei was sharp as a tack and understood imdiately. She was just puzzled as to why Wu Yun would hold the interview here instead of at the entertainnt company’s rented address.
"It’s an interview either way, so it’s more convenient to do it here. Mostly, I can’t be bothered with the hassle of running back and forth!" Wu Yun was the boss; he could hold interviews wherever he pleased.
’Actually, there’s another reason. It’s to show off my financial strength. See? Two companies at once! A real tycoon!’
"Good thing the office conditions over there are no worse than here. Otherwise, if it were , I’d feel a little resentful!" Qi Fei shared her thoughts.
Wu Yun had nad the entertainnt company Modu Phoenix Entertainnt Co., Ltd. However, its office wasn’t located with Pinduoduo, as there were no suitable offices for rent in Citigroup Mansion.
So, he had rented a 1,000-square-ter office in the neighboring Zhen Dan Mansion for a similar unit price, rent, and property managent fee.
Wu Yun chatted with Qi Fei for a while. Seeing that the ti was approaching, he returned to his office to prepare for the interview.
Since his rebirth, Wu Yun had co to deeply understand the importance of connections, especially in a circle like the entertainnt industry, which was heavily based on seniority and experience.
Right now, his foundation was still shallow, and he knew very few people—that is, people with connections that could help him.
Therefore, his only option was to use headhunters, poaching talent with attractive offers of high salaries and company shares. Of course, if he was going to poach, he might as well poach from the number one company, Huayi Brothers. After all, under the control of the Wang brothers, Huayi Brothers had a large number of talented people who were ambitious but had no room for advancent.
The person coming for the interview shortly was a vice president from Huayi Brothers, poached by Wu Yun in this exact manner, who specialized in film and television production and investnt.
’Wei Feng, 45 years old. His resu is simple. He’s been with the Wang brothers since the founding of Huayi Brothers in ’94, working his way up from a junior employee to Vice President of the film and television investnt company. With no further path for promotion, along with other reasons, he finally decided to look for a new job.’
This was part of the introduction on Wei Feng that the headhunter had sent to Wu Yun. It was followed by a list of the TV shows and movies Wei Feng had invested in over the years, many of which were household nas to Wu Yun. This was precisely why Wu Yun felt Wei Feng was the perfect person to help him achieve his goals and plans.
Just then, the sound of a man’s incessant chatter ca from the doorway. As he got closer, Wu Yun could make out that it was Wei Feng, who was apparently trying to recomnd an agent to Qi Fei. Wei Feng was quite taken with Qi Fei, finding her aura and appearance to be outstanding.
Qi Fei just quietly refused, "I’ll have to ask my boyfriend about that."
A voice with a heavy Beijing accent replied in Mandarin, "Miss Qi, where is your boyfriend? I’ll give him a call right after my interview!"
Qi Fei pushed open the door, pointed at Wu Yun, and said, "President Wei, my boyfriend is right there!"
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