Chen Yuxiu: "Eight days, no, nine days ago, Zhang Dongwei settled a payment of 2.2 million from a distributor in Bincheng. He was supposed to return to work and settle the account two days later, but he never showed up. I went to Zhang Dongwei's house, and his wife said he hadn't been home since he went on a business trip."
"Did he abscond with the money?"
Chen Yuxiu: "It's unlikely. Zhang Dongwei's father and elder brother went to the United States in the 1970s. They own a . In addition, his commission last year was nearly 1.5 million. 2.2 million is not enough for him to take risks."
Nan Yi walked into the room and made a drinking gesture towards Xiang He, "He's going on a business trip. Is he going by plane?"
Chen Yuxiu: "Yes, I went to the airport to inquire, and he has already taken a plane back to Shencun from Bincheng."
"Shencun, more than a week..." Nan Yi guessed that Zhang Dongwei was already in danger, "Did you call the police?"
Chen Yuxiu: "Not yet. Zhang Dongwei's wife has a bad heart. I'm afraid."
"Call the police and explain the situation to them. Don't inform Zhang Dongwei's wife yet. Also, remember to inquire about the unidentified male corpse that was found recently. It's too late and the situation is very bad."
Chen Yuxiu: "I understand."
"I want to see the person alive or dead. People cannot disappear without a clear reason. Also, I will settle accounts with you after this matter is dealt with. 2.2 million in cash. Have you eaten the financial system?"
Chen Yuxiu: "I..."
"You don't need to explain now. You have your chance to explain. Hurry and call the police now."
After saying that, Nan Yi hung up the phone.
"It's so sad. He could earn 1.7 million in commission a year. He was a business elite, and such a talent is gone just like that." Nan Yi rubbed his temples and took a sip of the water that Xiang He poured for him.
The next day, Nan Yi received an email from Huangfu Ming copied by the Intelligence Committee. After reading it, he asked someone to find him the public information of Red Sun.
Red Sun Chinese Medicine Chain, formally known as Red Sun Pharmaceutical, was founded in 1971 with the motto of "seeking truth from facts and offering a symbol of genuine goods". In its early days, it was a retail store for medicinal materials, ginseng, antlers and seafood. It has now developed into a Chinese medicine industry group with well-known brands, operating natural and precious bird's nests, ginseng, antlers and seafood products, and actively expanding its modern health food business.
Hong Taiyang is doing good business and is trusted and loved by the citizens of Xiangkeng. It is a well-known Chinese medicine chain brand in Xiangkeng.
This is positive information. The negative information is that the founder and group chairman Feng Jianxiang is in poor health, and his eldest son Feng Zhengkai is a surgeon and does not work for Red Sun. The youngest son does work for the group, but his reputation is not good, and there are rumors that Red Sun’s financial crisis is related to him.
He opened the stock software and checked the real-time share price of Red Sun, which was 3.7 Hong Kong dollars. The total share capital was only 47 million shares, and the market value was less than 200 million. Nan Yi pulled up the financial data of Buer Pharmaceutical, and after reading it, he tapped the table and thought for a while, then copied the email to the financial team, the intelligence team, and Southland Bank, and wrote in the body of the email: "Leveraged buyout."
Buer Pharmaceutical cannot allocate too much funds for acquisitions, and Nan Yi has no plans to inject capital into Buer Pharmaceutical again for the time being. A leveraged buyout like a small ant moving an elephant is just right for it.
Leveraged buyout, also known as financing mergers and acquisitions, is a corporate financial method that refers to a strategy in which a company or individual uses the target's assets as collateral for debt to acquire the company. As long as it is done properly, Buer Pharmaceutical only needs to spend HK$1 million to complete the acquisition of Red Sun.
Leveraged buyouts sound simple, but the actual operation is very complicated. It involves bridge loans, mortgages, junk bonds and other aspects, and requires extensive connections.
However, it is not difficult for Buer Pharmaceutical to carry out a leveraged buyout. With the backing of Bank of South China, it is very easy for it to obtain funds.
After Nan Yi sent out the email, the Eagle Eye team of the intelligence team and the financial team immediately took action.
A small accountant who can only do simple bookkeeping can be called a finance officer, and the chief financial officer is also a finance officer. The finance team of the Information and Strategy Committee is not only responsible for managing the accounts and financial transactions of the entire Nan Group, but also for capital design, project advice, and execution of mergers and acquisitions.
Generally speaking, tasks initiated by the Information and Strategy Committee are part of the job duties and are what should be done within the scope of salary. However, tasks initiated by subsidiaries are not the same. They cannot be said to be beyond the scope of the job duties, but they need to be rewarded with additional bonuses.
For Hawkeye and the financial team, the leveraged buyout of Buer Pharma is their "bonus" task, and they will be more enthusiastic about their work.
After sending the email, Nan Yi went to the Information and Strategy Committee again to sit in on the "sense of accomplishment" building seminar of the mind control team.
For most workers, working hard is to not have to work one day. If they have the opportunity to choose again, many people will not choose their current jobs. The reason is simple: they have developed an aversion to work. Work cannot bring them passion, and they cannot get a sense of accomplishment.
The purpose of work is to earn money for survival, and the happiest thing is to receive a salary. If you can skip the work process and enjoy the result of receiving a salary every day, I believe most people will be very happy.
Nan Yi's position determines that he cannot agree with such arguments. He needs every Nan employee to work hard and create benefits for the Nan Group. He hopes that every Nan employee will be full of passion and energy every day.
In order to achieve this goal, Nan's company established a higher salary structure and salary level, using salary increases to bring a sense of accomplishment to grassroots employees. With higher incomes, the living standards of employees and their families will improve. The good changes brought to the family will make them feel a sense of accomplishment, which in turn will inspire greater motivation and passion for work.
Money can basically solve the sense of accomplishment problem of grassroots employees, but for middle and senior management, simply increasing their salaries is not enough, especially when their income level is in a "hopeless" state.
"Someone once conducted an experiment on a female turkey and a weasel specimen. The female turkey is a very competent mother, loving, vigilant, and often takes good care of her chicks.
The female turkey's care for the chicks comes from only one stimulus, that is, the chicks' squeaking sound. If the newly hatched chicks make this sound, the female turkey will respond and rush over to take care of the chicks; on the contrary, if this sound is not made, the female turkey will ignore the chicks or even kill them.
Weasels are the natural enemies of turkeys, and whenever they approach, the female turkeys will roar angrily and peck and scratch the weasels.
When researchers used a rope to pull a stuffed weasel close to a female turkey, it was also violently attacked.
However, when the researchers placed a small squeaking recorder into the weasel specimen and slowly approached the female turkey, something surprising happened: not only did the female turkey not attack, it also took the initiative to gather the weasel under itself, caring for it like a little turkey.
However, once the recording is turned off, the stuffed weasel will immediately be attacked fiercely again.
This behavior in animals seems ridiculous: how can they make judgments based on just one sound?
But in fact, this fixed behavior pattern has been proven to exist in many animals, including humans.
A fundamental characteristic of this pattern is that the behaviors that make up the pattern occur in the same way and in the same order every time, as if the behavioral pattern were recorded on a tape and placed inside the animal.
Every time the recorder button is pressed and the squeak sound is heard, the female turkey's maternal instinct will be stimulated, and her parenting behavior towards the baby turkeys will follow. Just a simple action of pressing the recorder will cause a series of standard behaviors to appear..."
Sitting on the rooftop, enjoying the gentle breeze, Nan Yi listened to the talk given by Cialdini, a psychologist from the mind control team, while thinking in his mind.
"If we hire a turkey hen like an employee, her job is to take care of the newly hatched turkey chicks. Then, will the turkey hen be a competent employee?
Absolutely!
Because, as long as the little turkeys squeak, the female turkey will come over, spread her wings, and protect them, without the need for any other external stimulation.
We don't need to formulate complicated rules and regulations, nor do we need to set performance appraisal standards. As long as we create a squeak, the subsequent behavior will be completely instinctive.
At this point, the chirping sound is the switch that triggers the female turkey's great maternal behavior.
Since this kind of switch exists in animals, then is there also a corresponding switch in us humans? As long as we press a switch, the corresponding behavior will automatically appear?
If we are engaged in a job whose job requirements require us to perform automatic and spontaneous behavior after pressing a certain switch in ourselves, then wouldn’t such a job be the most perfect state?
There is no doubt that such a switch exists.
I combined data from multiple survey and consulting companies to conduct research and discovered this switch, which I named "talent." The precise definition of talent is a pattern of thinking, feeling, and behavior that runs through the entire process and can produce benefits.
The key point is Jia Chuan from beginning to end.
Everyone has a neural filter that makes us excited by certain stimuli and indifferent to other stimuli in our work and life.
Talent is needed to do any job well, because doing any job well requires certain consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting.
To help you better understand the behavioral patterns that run throughout your life, I can illustrate this with a few examples.
For example, someone working in sales needs to make cold calls.
Some people will blush and get nervous when they meet strangers. They don’t know what to say to break the ice, nor do they know what to say to arouse the other person’s interest. So they rack their brains to find a topic , but it turns out that the other person is not interested, and ultimately the cold call fails.
However, there is a type of person who is born with the ability to communicate with strangers and who enjoys meeting all different types of strangers, the more the better.
Every time he meets a stranger, it's like discovering a new world. He will continue to meet strangers one after another and never get tired of it.
People who like to deal with strangers have the advantage of "pleasing people". Sales positions that require making unfamiliar visits provide a very good platform for them to exert their advantage of "pleasing people".
When they meet strangers, their "pleaser" switch will automatically turn on, and they will naturally start thinking about how to gain the other person's favor and trust in the shortest time.
For example, some people are born with a fondness for fantasy, and all kinds of strange ideas often appear in their minds.
I once talked to a staff member of Lafon Winery, and he described it this way: I like to fantasize. Whenever I fantasize, my mind will be like a movie, with one picture after another appearing in it, very clear. I like to immerse myself in this state, which makes me very excited.
This fantasy behavior pattern is completely instinctive and does not require deliberate practice.
In addition, there are many other examples. For example, some people are born to like performing and being the center of public attention. They get excited when they stand on the stage; while some people feel like they have thorns in their backs when they stand on the stage and wish they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Some people are born to observe others. They know the personalities, interests, and abilities of different people, and know how to deal with people with different personalities in a targeted manner. Some people just like to use the same rules and the same approach to deal with everyone.
Some people are born organizers and coordinators. They are like all-rounders who know how to achieve their goals through efficient resource integration. Some people want to be more focused and complete only one goal at a time.
Some people are born to think about problems, and they think deeply and logically, knowing where the best solution is hidden; while some people are imaginative, and just now they were discussing this matter, but suddenly their thoughts turned to something else...
All of these instinctive, consistent behavioral patterns are influenced by your talent strengths and will last a lifetime.”
Nan Yi waited until Cialdini finished speaking, then said, “Screening the right people and assigning them to the right positions is what the talent team has been doing, and so far, they have done a good job.
Cialdini, your discussion just now was from an individual perspective. I hope you can elaborate on your theory of talent from our Nan's perspective. It would be great if you could go a step further and come up with a theory that allows employees to work hard without getting paid."
"Aha, Adam, there is no such theory as the one you need in this world. If I don't get my salary at the end of this month, I will change jobs immediately," Cialdini laughed.
"Well, Cialdini, let me use you as an example. Your current annual salary is $300,000, which is a very considerable income. It can ensure that you and your family live a good life, with a high standard of food, frequent concerts and football games, several trips abroad every year, and so on.
Assuming your annual salary becomes $500,000, the standard of living you can enjoy will remain similar to the current one. The additional $200,000 will not bring much change to you and your family, nor will it move you up a social ladder.
There are many people in the Nan family who are in a similar situation as you. They have room for salary increases, but it is not enough to achieve class crossing or bring about earth-shaking changes in their lives.
From Nan's perspective, it is impossible to raise their salaries to a level that transcends class. The salary offered by Nan is slightly higher than the employees' efforts, and the employees themselves are aware of this.
Cialdini, we need to give the Nanshi people who are in this confusion a sense of achievement, a sense of achievement beyond money. Especially for the middle and senior management of Asian origin, the talents they show are often not turned on by the switch you mentioned.
Their switch is the right thing to do, or the best choice. Choosing this position is the best for them, and they have the talent to do it well. However, deep down, they may not like their current job, just because it is the best choice for them.
We should give them a sense of achievement and let them enjoy their work.”
Nan Yi spread his hands and continued, "I'm sorry, my explanation may not be easy to understand. I don't have a good grasp of professional terms in psychology."
"No, Adam, I understand what you mean. First of all, it is inappropriate for you to analyze me as a case. I like my current job very much. I can focus on psychological research. There are many research specimens here, plus a good salary. Perfect!
Secondly, you may not be able to find a very simple, formulaic solution to the sense of accomplishment you mentioned. We need to analyze each object independently, understand what can stimulate his sense of accomplishment, and then inject the sense of accomplishment in a targeted manner. "
"OK, give me a report. In the report, you need to explain in detail how you will carry out this work, what resources you need to mobilize, and how much budget you will prepare."
"No problem, give me a few days." Cialdini said, "It's already lunch time. I plan to go to Taiping Pavilion. I really like the dessert soufflé there. Adam, do you want to join us?"
"I have a date at noon."
Cialdini spread his hands and said, "What a pity. I can only enjoy it alone."
"uh-huh."
Nan Yi did have a date, but it was not with a person, but with a chicken.
Arriving at Fan Shengzhi's First Research Institute, Nan Yi immediately found Yisaq, "Yisaq, what's going on?"
Yitzhak pointed to a duck in the isolation box and said, "Adam, there is bad news. I found that the bird flu virus has mutated. Now, ducks and geese can also be infected with bird flu."
Nan Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He thought it was something else. It turned out to be bird flu. It was not surprising that ducks and geese could be infected. He also knew that humans could be infected as well.
"so?"
"We need to speed up the research on anti-avian flu drugs. If an avian flu outbreak occurs, our losses will be several times greater than previously estimated." Yitzhak waved his hand, "Adam, come with me. I'll show you something."
Yitzhak led Nan Yi to a fence and pointed at a chicken in the fence and said, "Cr003, an accidental discovery. It has the genetic gene for hatching triple-yolked eggs. Most of the eggs hatched by its offspring will also be triple-yolked eggs."
“Are they genetically stable?”
"There is no guarantee at this point, and we need to observe for a few generations before we can draw a conclusion."
"That's good news." Nan Yi said excitedly, "Yizak, I look forward to you breeding a breed of chicken that lays four-yolked eggs."
"It's difficult. This is not a simple math problem of 1+1. This is complex genetics."
"Haha, I know. After we make sure the genes are stable, we'll work harder on the nutritional content. The triple-yolk egg will be marketed as a high-end product. In addition to being novel, we also need a selling point of high nutrition so that we can increase its price."
"OK."
Nan Yi stared at the "Golden Rooster" for a while, then said to Yizhak: "Yzhak, how long have you not had a vacation?"
Yitzhak thought for a moment and said, "One year, maybe one and a half years, I can't remember clearly."
"You should give yourself a long vacation, to a sunny beach, a river, a jungle, a historical site or a bustling city, as long as it is a place without chickens, ducks and geese, and enjoy a leisurely life for a while."
"Adam, I can't live without chickens." Yitzhak pointed at the "Golden Chicken" and said, "When it grows up, I want to visit farms all over the country to see my little babies."
Nan Yi shrugged, "As long as you are happy."
"One more thing, Adam, this place is too small, the institute needs to move to a new address."
"Sure, you can choose any place."
Looking around, Nan Yi was full of emotion. Fan Shengzhi started his business from here, and this place could also be said to be the starting point of Shennong Nanliang. He did not intend to find ways to change the nature of the land here, and continued to keep the agricultural land unchanged.
Yizhak's emotion was even stronger than Nan Yi's. "Adam, I'm really sad to leave here. I've been here for more than ten years."
"Yes, it has been more than ten years, Isaac. Shennong Nanliang is very grateful for your efforts."
"No, I should thank you for bringing me into Fan Shengzhi. I have been very happy every day for the past ten years." Yizhak said, and then he hugged Nan Yi and said, "Adam, thank you."
Nan Yi patted Yisaak on the back, and everything was said without words.
…
In the evening, Nan Yi was at Zhao Shixian's villa. The two of them ate while watching the first episode of "Justice Bao", The Case of the Chopping of the Beauty.
This TV series has not yet been introduced to Xiangkeng, but the video tapes can be bought/rented outside. What the two are watching now is the one that Nan Yi rented outside.
"There is a piece of agricultural land in the New Territories. I plan to buy it and plant lavender to create a lavender paradise for my daughter."
"You're thinking too far ahead. Where is my daughter?" Zhao Shixian said resentfully.
"It will be soon. We can prepare for pregnancy next year and have her born the year after."
"Well, it's better to do it earlier. I need to adjust my work next year so that I won't be too busy. Hey, where do you plan to let your daughter live after she is born?" Zhao Shixian asked tentatively.
"Go pick out a piece of land and build a new manor for her." Nan Yi pretended not to understand Zhao Shixian's test.
"Humph, if I can't live in Fang's Manor, then why can't my daughter live there?"
"Will you miss your daughter every day after she moves in? Will you spend Sundays with her to bask in the sun?"
"No way?" Zhao Shixian said with his neck stiff.
"The wind can come in, the rain can come in, but you, Queen Zhao, cannot come in." Nan Yi said with a smile.
"Humph, I want to build my daughter's manor magnificently. You need to prepare... $300 million. I want to save a little more for my daughter."
Nan Yi shook his head, "300 million dollars is fine, but the manor can't be too luxurious in appearance, but it can be casual inside. You can use diamonds to pave the bathroom and gold to pave the sewers. It's also best not to choose a high-end area, but a more remote location."
"You are really generous to your daughter." Zhao Shixian said jealously: "To this day, the gifts you have given me are less than 3 million."
"Of course, my daughter's last name is Nan."
"Zhao Jiatong, last name Zhao."
"In my heart, her last name will always be Nan. Well, what's so good about my daughter's vinegar? Don't scare her away from coming."
Zhao Shixian pouted, "If my daughter doesn't come, I will give birth to a son to fight for the family property and make you worry to death."
"Counting the 300 million you asked for, I'm now in debt of 200 million. Go ahead and fight for it."
"Don't play dumb, I'm talking about the Nan family." Zhao Shixian said, then took it back immediately, "Forget it, I can't win the argument, where do you think we should build the house?"
" Look in the northwest direction. It's far away from the city and the air is better there."
“It’s too far and transportation is inconvenient.”
"We can choose a place near the sea, build a private pier, and find a piece of land on Hong Kong Island to build a helipad. We can travel in the sky, on the ground, and in the sea without worrying about transportation problems."
The problem here in Hong Kong Island is that land is expensive. If you choose a remote location, you can buy anything with the money you save from buying the land.
"When I was a kid, I wanted to live in a mushroom house. The roof should be pink with white dots, there should be a mushroom-shaped pavilion in the yard, the stone table and benches should also be mushroom-shaped, and there should be a mushroom field outside the yard. When it rains, I will go outside to pick mushrooms..."
"Hey, hey, hey, wake up, stop daydreaming." Nan Yi stretched out his hand and waved it up and down in front of Zhao Shixian's eyes, and said, "It's okay to live in the mushroom house you mentioned occasionally, but you'll get bored of it after a few days. Build a traditional manor, and find a piece of land to build a fantasy park, open it to the public, and try to recover the cost."
"Disneyland?"
"Forget about Disney, it's too difficult to deal with. It will take several years of negotiations to reach an agreement. Wait until I have some free time to think about it carefully and see if I can build a big theme park and recover the cost." Nan Yi said thoughtfully.
Zhao Shixian was very rational at this moment. "Forget it. Disney is expanding globally. It is impossible for the theme park to compete with them. The influence that Disney has built up over the past 70 years cannot be easily shaken."
"Maybe there is a way. Never mind. Let's not talk about this for now."
Nan Yi was thinking about the copyrights of the comic characters he bought a few years ago. It might be possible to create a theme park with these characters. After all, he was not considering making a profit. He just wanted to add some color to his daughter's childhood without spending any money.
"You take your time to plan. I'm going to Bangkok in a few days to take a closer look at the Thai stock market. International hot money has been flowing into Thailand in recent years. The stock market has been rising since 1987 and has almost increased fivefold so far."
Nan Yi nodded, "Well, by the way, keep an eye on the real estate market. With a lot of international hot money and a hot economy, real estate will surely rise sharply. Invest the money there to reap the dividends of real estate, and then your daughter will have money to build a house."
"Whether or not we can reap the benefits depends on how long Thailand's trade surplus can last. The U.S. dollar cannot fall forever. Once the dollar starts to rise, Thailand's economy will decline."
The reason why Zhao Shixian said this is because the Thai baht is closely pegged to the US dollar and adopts a fixed exchange rate. If the US dollar depreciates, the Thai baht will also depreciate, which is beneficial to exports, and vice versa.
"I know."
Just now, Nan Yi came up with an evil plan.