Volume 8 Final Chapter Chapter 1175 Setting Sail
After Nan Yi finished chatting with Liu Jiajia, he saw that Che Xi and Li Haixin were still talking, so he didn't wait any longer and just asked Liu Jiajia to tell them that he was leaving first.
The alley is not narrow but there are many cars. The cars are parked at the entrance of the alley. There is wind tonight and the wind is blowing into the alley through the entrance.
Perhaps because of the wind, Zhao Qing'er was drunk. Soon after getting in the car, she began to moan. Her head, which was resting on the back of the chair, was restlessly looking for a more comfortable position. After a while, she found Nan Yi's arm, arched it twice, and let out a comfortable hum through her nose.
Nan Yi lowered his head to take a look, then turned to Miao Xiaolan and said, "Send her home later, and leave a note after she is settled, explaining that you sent her home, including the details of taking off her clothes."
Miao Xiaolan nodded.
[I am sick. I could have written a story about misunderstandings, but I just couldn’t convince myself to lower Nan Yi’s intelligence.]
A new day begins.
Nan Yi sent an email to Smith Company, entrusting it to find a candidate for the CEO of Master Pictures.
Smith & Company has been rooted in the mainland for more than ten years. It started to engage in headhunting business when most people did not know what it was. Now, it has become a well-known headhunting company in the mainland, and its competitors are international giants such as McKinsey and Korn Ferry International.
It has to be said that Nan Yi was a little proud of his original arrangement. Most of the groups under the Intelligence and Strategy Committee, while serving the Intelligence and Strategy Committee, also established independent commercial companies to undertake external business.
Today, each group has its own unicorn (asset valued at more than US$1 billion) in the corresponding fields of law, human resources, consulting, medical care, real estate, food, finance, mining, security, flight services, business intelligence, and accounting-related businesses.
The Information and Policy Committee, a top-level management agency that originally relied on Nan's controlled investment and funding, not only achieved self-financing, but was also able to pay back huge profits.
After sending the email, Nan Yi put all his energy into writing the paper, selecting materials, making data tables, and preparing drafts. From mid-March to early April, it took more than two weeks for Nan Yi to prepare drafts for three papers.
Immediately afterwards, he flew to London and stayed with Nan Ruojin for two days. He then detoured to Birmingham to visit economist Richard Connolly at the University of Birmingham to discuss the ideas of the three papers.
The two sides had a very pleasant conversation. In addition to giving Nan Yi some good advice, Connolly also gave him a paper title. There is reason to believe that the passing rate of Nan Yi's three plus one paper will be close to 100%.
In addition to teaching at the University of Birmingham, Connolly also has a part-time job similar to that of a magazine editor-in-chief. Coincidentally, the magazine he works for is "Post-Communist Economy", to which Nan Yi is submitting his article. The possibility of not publishing a paper that the editor-in-chief is optimistic about is probably not very high.
After the matter was settled, Nan Yi returned to the capital and concentrated on writing his thesis behind closed doors.
Another week passed, and I completed three papers with great enthusiasm. In two of them, I filled in "Yi Nan" in the first author and corresponding author columns, and filled in Du Wenhua and Xue Xiaomin's names as the second authors. For the remaining paper, I only filled in my own name in the corresponding author column, and left the others blank for the time being.
I called the courier from Peregrine Express and sent out the first two papers. I put the remaining one on hold and aimed to publish it in the fourth issue of this year (eight issues a year). As it can be published in SSCI, I naturally won't consider SCI.
Nan Yi has changed his goal from the original two SSCI papers and two SCI papers to four SSCI papers and one SCI paper. Since he has received a title gift equivalent to an invitation to publish, he naturally does not mind publishing one more paper.
It took two days to work out the direction of information collection for the remaining two papers. I called Du Wenhua and Xue Xiaomin out and told them how to find information. I also let them decide on their own who would be the first author on which paper.
There was nothing to do with the thesis for the time being, so Nan Yi went to take a look at the construction site of Sicard Chemical Laboratory to inquire about the progress of the construction. Then, he met with Xie Yongchuan, the final CEO candidate confirmed by Smith Company, and Xie Weiwei, an additional agent he brought with him.
After reading the information, Nan Yi knew that the two people not only had the same surname, but were also from Hengdian. One was born in 1975 and the other in 1977. The man was older than the woman. They were not relatives and were not from the same village. They were just alumni who graduated from the same junior high school.
It is said that the two had no contact before they entered Pika King Film and Television to work together. After becoming colleagues, the two complemented each other and made Pika King Film and Television flourish. It's just that the boss was a little stingy and had been unwilling to give shares to the two talents, and the salary was not too high. That's why he poached them after three visits.
The meeting place was arranged at a commercial and residential building on Nan Xinhua Street. Although it was called a building, it only had three floors. Commercial and residential areas were not mixed together. The house was divided into north and south sides. The south side was for living and the north side was for commercial use. The exterior of the building looked a bit shabby and dilapidated, and the geographical location was also average, but it had one very prominent advantage: it was cheap.
Nan Yi rented the house through an inheritance agency. This was his first time here. He only knew that he rented the entire third floor, which has an area of about 320 square meters, and the rent was only 160,000 yuan a year.
Nan Yi and his second boss, Zhao Qing'er, arrived half an hour early. They went straight up to the third floor and opened the office door. They saw a rather large open space. There were no partitions in the entire third floor and they could see everything at a glance. There were electrical wires, water supply and drainage, and doors and windows. Apart from that, there was nothing else, not even a light bulb.
Zhao Qing'er took a quick look and showed a look of disgust on her face, "Master, this place is worse than my pigsty."
"Just make do with it. Starting a business is hard. You have to spend every penny wisely and save as much as you can." Nan Yi said as he walked to a wall and kicked it. The paint on the ceiling that had already peeled off fell to the ground, raising a lot of dust.
After the smoke cleared, Nan Yi pointed everywhere and explained to Zhao Qing'er how to decorate the house.
"The wires are not good, they are too thin, change them to thicker ones and rearrange the wires. The socket layout needs attention, the area here needs four 5-horsepower air conditioners, and each corner needs a 16A socket..." Nan Yi said, and suddenly stopped, "Well, why am I telling you this, you girls just don't listen to anything about plumbing and electricity.
I tell you, starting a business is difficult, and you have to be careful with your money. I will find you an all-round master, and you should listen to other people's opinions. The budget is only 250,000, and you have to get everything done."
"Ah? Let me do it?" Zhao Qing'er exclaimed.
"I'm not asking you to do it. The specific work will be handed over to the new general manager. You just need to follow the whole process." Nan Yi looked at his watch and said, "The person should be here soon. I don't have time to talk to you too much. Anyway, Master's film company will be handed over to you for management in the future. You must learn how to be a boss as soon as possible.
Take renting an office as an example. You may rent it directly from the property management company, or you may sublease it from another company. Direct renting is fine, as there won't be too many tricks. However, there are more tricks in subleasing, such as the transfer fee. If you don't negotiate in person, whether you rent it inside or outside, there is a possibility that part of the transfer fee will be concealed or kickbacks will be taken.
There is no perfect person in this world. Everyone has greed to some extent. As long as it is not excessive, you can turn a blind eye to such things and pretend not to know. But you cannot really not know. You must keep it in mind.
Just like He Shen, he was a corrupt official, extremely corrupt, but he was also a capable official who could get things done and accomplish great things. Such a person should be used when there is no one to replace him. You should use him with caution and keep him in check. When there is a replaceable person, you should rely on the account in your heart to calm him down. When the transition is smooth, you should let him go lightly or make an example of him. It depends on your choice. "
"Master, it's killing a chicken to scare the monkeys."
Nan Yi said angrily, "You are a little girl who can't read. You only went to a technical school. You have no academic qualifications and no culture. I am a professor and you are using you to correct me. I have already said that you are a capable minister. If you don't use monkeys to describe him, should you use chickens?"
"Uh..." Zhao Qianer stuck out her tongue.
Nan Yi put his arm around Zhao Qing'er's shoulder and said, "Girl, you've been in a film crew before, so you should know that they are all smart people. The company needs to make a profit, so we can't give you a chance to practice. Wait until you have mastered the basic skills in the training class, and then you can go back to play a supporting role. Practice hard in the crew and make yourself a smart person."
"Master, shouldn't people be more sincere?"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense to me. You are really insincere. Don't you know what's going on? If you are a sincere person, why do you have to jump into the cesspool? Go home and study hard, and in a few years, take the civil service exam, wear a black hat, and sincerely do good things for the people."
Nan Yi pinched the pimples on Zhao Qing'er's face and twisted them into wrinkles, saying, "Don't tell me you're sincere, little girl. How much skill do you have? I can pluck a leg hair and it's better than you. Even if you use all your intelligence, it's not enough. And you're still pretending to be stupid. I'll let you pretend."
Nan Yi twisted his hands clockwise and counterclockwise repeatedly. Zhao Qing'er's face kept deforming with his movements and she screamed in pain.
“Master, it hurts so much… please let go… please…”
Nan Yi loosened his hand and touched Zhao Qing'er's cheek, "Alright, stop looking so pitiful. Don't I know how much strength I used?"
Zhao Qing'er's eyes became watery and her mouth pursed, "But it really hurts."
"Oh, my dear disciple, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. Master will take you to drink pearl milk tea later, and put extra pearls in it."
"I don't want pearls, I want coconut."
"Okay, as long as you like."
After a while of coaxing, Xie Yongchuan and Xie Weiwei arrived.
Generally speaking, when a headhunter successfully recruits talent for a client, he or she will charge between 20% and 35% of the final candidate's annual salary. The proportion depends on the role played by the headhunter. The greater the role, the higher the success fee.
In terms of fees, Smith Company did not give any preferential treatment to Nan Yi, because Master Pictures was still a small company without an office space. This not only discriminated against him, but also increased the difficulty of Smith Company in finding people to a certain extent. Therefore, the success fee was directly calculated according to the highest proportion.
Nan Yi offered an annual salary of one million, which meant that he had to pay Smith Company 350,000, plus Xie Weiwei as a bonus, a total of 500,000. Xie Yongchuan and Xie Weiwei were aware of this situation.
Moreover, the choice between Master Pictures and them is a two-way one. In order to recruit them, Master Pictures naturally has to show its muscles - Huang Saner.
Huang Saner's name is on the list of shareholders of Shifu Pictures, holding 30% of the shares. In the pie that Smith Company painted for Xie Yongchuan and others, Huang Saner is the boss of Shifu Pictures. This guy is not short of money and even plans to be a hands-off boss, not asking anything about the affairs of Shifu Pictures.
With a financial backer, no one to worry about things, and ample room to display his talents, Xie Yongchuan was naturally tempted. This was a good platform for him to display his talents. So when he came to the third floor and saw the office in the post-Iraq war style, he did not show any disappointment. He was just surprised that Huang Saner, the shopkeeper, had let go so thoroughly that he didn't even see him.
Nan Yi didn't let Xie Yongchuan's doubts last too long. As soon as they started chatting , he introduced himself: "I'm Nan Yi, the real boss of Master's film company. She's Zhao Qing'er, my apprentice, who owns 50% of the shares... Don't think too much. An apprentice is an apprentice. If it's hard to understand, you can treat her as my daughter."
As he spoke, Nan Yi's gaze swept across the faces of Xie Yongchuan and Xie Weiwei, staying on the former longer and just glancing at the latter. Xie Weiwei's appearance was hard to describe, and not looking at her was probably the greatest respect.
Nan Yi thought it was great. A woman who was rated negative for her appearance could make a name for herself in the workplace, which was enough to show that her talent should not be underestimated.
Beauty is the stepping stone for many working women to move into management positions and is a big plus. After all, the business world is still dominated by men, and men are more tolerant of beautiful women.
When Nan Yi shook hands with Xie Yongchuan, he said, "Boss Xie, don't think that Huang Xia doesn't value you because she didn't welcome you. In fact, Master Film has nothing to do with her. I just let her be listed to facilitate the recruitment of a great talent like you, Boss Xie, and to facilitate the listing in the future."
"Let? Not please?"
The word "let" made Xie Yongchuan tremble all over.
"The superior wants his subordinate to put his name on the list? What is the identity of Nan Yi in front of us?"
Nan Yi took in the changes in Xie Yongchuan's eyes. He smiled faintly and said, "Boss Xie, there are some things you will know later. Let's talk about business first."
Xie Yongchuan's face straightened, "Mr. Nan, please speak."
"It's not talking, it's discussing." Nan Yi pointed to the spot on the ceiling where the paint had just fallen off. "The conditions here aren't very good, but it's cheap. I just talked to Qing'er about the budget for renovation, including office supplies, which is only 250,000 yuan, so we have to keep it simple.
Mr. Xie, I'll leave the decoration to you. At the same time, you have to take charge of a project. I have an idea..."
Nan Yi repeated his idea for the sitcom, "This project is going to be a hit for Master's film company, and I don't plan to invest a penny. Ah, but I can't say I won't spend a penny, there still has to be some entertainment expenses in the early stages."
Xie Yongchuan understood the meaning of the song and asked, "Mr. Nan wants to find a coal boss to invest?"
Nan Yi nodded and pointed at Zhao Qing'er, "Master opened the film company for her, President Xie, and Manager Xie, Qing'er is the treasure of Master's film company, not only must she not be harmed, but she must be made famous, not just a lousy celebrity, but must be worthy of the reputation.
This is my only additional requirement. The rest is the normal operating mode of a company. You two are responsible for the management and profitability of the company, and I am just a hands-off boss. I usually don't come here. My main job is to evaluate you two twice a year.
I can guarantee that your efforts will be more than rewarded, salary, shares, everything is negotiable."
