1In the afternoon, Xiao Ming arrived at the company and brushed past a woman with a desolate and downcast expression at the entrance.
After taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around, "Is that you, Huang Xiushan, Ms. Huang?"
The woman turned around, looked at Xiao Ming, and showed a look of surprise, "Yes, that's me. May I ask who you are...?"
"Hello, hello!"
Xiao Ming stepped forward to shake hands with her and said vaguely, "My surname is Xiao. We met once at a dinner party."
"Oh, hello Mr. Xiao."
Huang Xiushan clearly wasn't in the mood for socializing at the moment, her expression indifferent.
As if oblivious to this, Xiao Ming asked familiarly, "Does Ms. Huang have friends at this company?"
"No, I came for a job interview."
"Really! How did it go?"
Huang Xiushan shook her head with a bitter smile, "Although this company has just started, it is very powerful, and the requirements for the management are very high. I still have a long way to go."
Xiao Ming frowned and said displeased, "It seems the HR decision-makers of this company don't have good judgment!"
"Please don't say that, Mr. Xiao."
Huang Xiushan said earnestly, "I was personally interviewed by the Chief Human Resources Officer from Ruiye Holdings."
"Even though Miss Yun looked very young, she was very sharp and clear-headed in her speech and behavior. She covered every aspect with just a few simple questions, definitely the talent of an elite education.
I didn't pass the interview, which only means my own abilities are insufficient. I still need to work harder."
Well, not blaming the loss or being discouraged by defeat, but it's quite different from that famously aggressive businesswoman portrayed by the media in the past, too gentle indeed.
After thinking it over, Xiao Ming scoffed, "They've all rejected you, and you're still being so polite?
In my opinion, this company has already caused a group incident right after its debut and has offended a local leader like Dabang Group; it's clearly not far from death."
"Be careful of what you say, Mr. Xiao!"
Huang Xiushan's expression turned very serious, "Anyone with even a little inside knowledge should know that the so-called group incident was instigated by someone with an agenda, and besides, Ruiye Holdings dealt with it very well.
Not to mention other things, just by looking at how quiet the market has been until now, Dabang Group has already lost."
At this point, she suddenly realized she was speaking too candidly to a stranger and instantly regretted it deeply.
"Excuse me, Mr. Xiao, I have other matters to attend to, goodbye!"
"Is the matter urgent? There should still be time to sign a contract!"
"What?" Huang Xiushan was bewildered, thinking she had misheard.
Xiao Ming revealed a smile and extended his hand again, "Sorry! I haven't introduced myself properly: Xiao Ming, Chairman of Ruiye Holdings."
Huang Xiushan was stunned. She looked at his completely shapeless suit, feeling incredulous, and promptly turned her head to glance at the company's reception desk.
The front desk was very perceptive and immediately said with a smile, "Ms. Huang, this gentleman is indeed our chairman."
"Ah! I'm sorry, I... I..."
Huang Xiushan quickly took Xiao Ming's hand, finding herself at a loss for words and not knowing what to say.
"Let's talk more in my office," he said.𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
Xiao Ming turned, and Huang Xiushan naturally followed suit.
Before coming, she had also inquired about Ruiye Holdings. Due to the scarce information, besides buying land and the group incident in the shantytown area, she only learned the name of the boss and nothing else.
So she never expected that a company leader, who had boldly challenged the local leader in her debut and was adept at her craft, would be so young.
Thinking of herself already in her thirties and only a client manager at a securities company, she felt completely defeated after being rejected for the position of investment department team leader.
She hadn't walked far into the company when she ran into Yun Shi Yu coming out of the meeting room.
"Ah, my grand boss, you've finally decided to come to work? I've never seen anyone like you, running off as soon as the company starts up, you..."
Halfway through her complaints, Yun Shi Yu caught sight of Huang Xiushan behind Xiao Ming, frowned, and stopped talking.
"I was just chatting with Ms. Huang at the entrance," Xiao Ming took the initiative to say, "I think she has a keen eye and good foresight and judgment.
As it stands, she should be quite capable of handling the job of investment analysis specialist.
Oh, by the way..."
He turned back and apologized, "I'm sorry, I made the decision without asking Ms. Huang if she wanted the job.
Would you like to be the first investment analysis specialist at Ruiye?"
"Yes! I would! Thank you, Mr. Xiao! I will work hard and live up to your trust!"
Huang Xiushan was overjoyed.
She had come to apply for the position of team leader in the investment department's project evaluation group, and this project evaluation group was under the investment analysis specialist.
Which meant that even before she started, Xiao Ming had effectively "promoted" her. How could she not want it?
"Alright then. Yu, have someone from your team take Ms. Huang to complete the onboarding procedures."
Yun Shi Yu looked very displeased, but she did not object on the spot and ordered her assistant to lead Huang Xiushan away.
"Come with me!"
The girl turned around with an unfriendly tone, and Xiao Ming touched his nose, following her into her office.
"Close the door!"
"Hey! I am your boss, not your secretary. If you talk to me like that again, I'll dock your pay."
Yun Shi Yu suddenly leaned in close, startling Xiao Ming into quickly closing the door.
"Watch it, this is the office. You wouldn't want the staff to think you got to be a leader by slipping through the cracks, would you?"
Yun Shi Yu grabbed his tie and pulled him close, gritting her teeth, "I am very angry right now, you better take this seriously!"
Xiao Ming flicked her forehead, took the opportunity to break free, and sat down on the sofa.
"What's there to be angry about? Angry that I hired someone you had just rejected, embarrassing you?"
"I couldn't care less what others think." Yun Shi Yu sat beside him, puffing with anger, "But you made a decision about the investment analysis specialist position without even discussing it; that is highly irresponsible.
Moreover, in my opinion, Huang Xiushan is already over thirty-five and her experience thus far has only been as a fund client manager at a securities firm, not even qualified to be our investment project evaluation director."
"So why do you think I not only hired her but also made her an investment specialist?" Xiao Ming asked in return, "Do you think I fell for her and wanted to 'dive in' with her?"
Unable to hold back, Yun Shi Yu giggled and punched him, "Stop it! I'm talking about something serious right now, don't make me laugh!"
"Just look at you, the well-fed who never understands the hungry." Xiao Ming grimaced, "Just because you're pretty, you look down on the charm of an ordinary woman?"
Huang Xiushan certainly looked quite average, but to say that she had charm wasn't a lie.
The future "Queen of Private Equity" in the investment world, after all, with a miraculous track record of over three hundred percent returns over five consecutive years.
To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the sake of friendship, and Xiao Ming could only choose one of them to be his senior executive, Yun Shi Yu would be the one crying very loudly.
"Can you stop beating around the bush? If you don't explain this to me clearly, do you believe I'll find an excuse to fire her in a few days?"