"Leek Growth Diary" (2)

Chapter 1 Entering the Workplace (Continued)

The downside of being idle at home is that it is easy to indulge yourself and play games upside down day and night. Tai Zhou played the online game yesterday until two or three in the morning. If it wasn't for the renovation of the upstairs unit, there would be a deafening noise at nine o'clock, I'm afraid he would have to sleep. Wake up at noon.

Taizhou looks like a skeleton, and people who know him for the first time always think that his family background is at least middle-class or above, and he looks like a spoiled boy, but in fact, he grew up in a single-parent family, and he has no problem taking care of his daily life and diet. Although his cooking skills are not top-notch, he must be more than capable of serving those kinds of pasta gratin and fish and chips in general cafes.

On this boring morning, Taizhou prepared himself sun eggs and toast for breakfast, while making a cup of coffee. He thought to himself that after a month of waiting, it might not be too bad to be a chef, at least better than sending The takeaway is stable, and maybe in the future, with one skill, a food brand like Tan Zai may be developed!

Just as he was thinking about it, the phone rang, and Tai Zhou saw that it was an unfamiliar number. According to the recent trend, there are three possibilities: 1. Low-interest loan, express approval; 2. Great investment opportunity in the Greater Bay Area; 3. SF Express informs you that you have an abnormal package, please contact this office as soon as possible. If it is the second or third item, it is definitely a scam, and if it is the first item, it may not be completely useless.

"Hello, morning. Is this Mr. Wang Taizhou?"

"Oh, yes, who is it?"

"Mr. Wang Taizhou, I am Miss Lu from the HR department of Hengyi Group. We are pleased to inform you that you have been appointed as the Special Administrative Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of the company. Are you still interested in this position?"

Wow, this unexpected phone call is really good news. Taizhou remembers that it was two months ago that he went to Hengyi for an interview, and he only went to one round. This company takes it to heart.

He suppressed the joy in his heart and said calmly, "Of course, I have always been most interested in this position."

"That's good. When can you sign a contract with our company at the earliest? I'll explain the contract details and labor benefits to you at that time."

Although Taizhou can sign the contract at any time, in order not to appear too casual, he casually said that the day after tomorrow, Miss Lu readily agreed, repeated the company address, and then hung up.

Tai Zhou, who is very happy, only remembered after hanging up the phone. He forgot to ask how much is the monthly salary for this job? No one seems to have mentioned the working hours.

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People are thinking about old debts, and people are thinking about old people. Taizhou misses Sara, who has been separated for more than a year.

Not counting the puppy love that Wu Tang Wu Shui had been promoted to ex in the first semester of Form 5, Tai Zhou always felt that Sara was his real first love and the only girlfriend so far.

"The so-called love at first sight is just that I have never rejected your date."

"No, I really liked you the first time I saw you."

"Maybe, but if I keep rejecting you, and you go to pursue another girl, and then succeed, I'm just some kind of beautiful senior sister who you think is okay, and it's no longer love at first sight."

To say that this love has taught Tai Zhou something, that is, don't argue with your girlfriend, especially when you meet such a good-natured woman.

Tae Joo always remembers that Sara subverted his imagination of his ideal girlfriend.

Before entering university, Taizhou always fantasized that he would have a long-haired, petite and exquisite girlfriend who was the same year as himself or a year or two younger than him.

Sara is Taizhou's senior sister. When the hair is the shortest, it only covers the ears, and when it is longer, it only dangles near the chin, never over the shoulders. The heights are very close, the two are only one centimeter apart, and Sara is one centimeter taller than Taizhou.

The two met at the O camp, and Sara was Taiju's group mother. Tai Zhou only remembered that when Sara appeared, whether it was being played or being harassed, or meeting new friends to understand the culture of the dormitory, everything was unimportant. He only had one task in his mind, to get Sara's phone number and social media account, and attack with all his strength.

Afterwards, many classmates asked Taizhou, "Senior sister, are you brave enough to pursue?"

"It's true love!"

A two-year age gap is not the same thing on campus. Tai Zhou's pursuit process went surprisingly smoothly. Tai Zhou made a successful confession on the first Christmas Eve they met, and the two spent a sweet Christmas.

The second year is a warm and romantic Christmas.

Tae-joo was full of thoughts that the third time would be a passionate Christmas, but the two broke up before Christmas.

The most difficult gap to bridge is not age, but identity, and the gap between the intellectual age in the eyes of a lover.

Tai Zhou remembered that after graduating from Sara and becoming a financial reporter for a large online media, the words "you won't understand", "you're too naive" and "don't talk, it's very tired" appeared in her mouth alternately, and then suddenly. One day, I changed from "naive boyfriend" to "annoying ex/old classmate".

There is no room for negotiation, Sara has always been a woman who is determined and straightforward, such as dating and breaking up.

Therefore, no matter how sad and worried, Tai Zhou did not stalk him. After the two broke up, they have never dated alone. Only during the big festival or Sara's birthday did Taizhou dare to send a short WhatsApp message.

Only, if Taizhou happens to be online when Sara is playing the online game, Taizhou finds out that under such circumstances, Sara will be willing to chat with him more in the chat room.

After dinner that day, Tai Zhou ignored that Sister Lian was watching TV, took out his laptop from the room, plugged in his earphones and started playing Mario Go Kart. (No way, although it is hot today, the observatory has not issued a heat warning, which does not meet the conditions for turning on the air conditioner in the room alone.)

After playing for an hour, I finally saw Sara online.

Tae-joo waited for Sara to win a game, and only started chatting up when she knew she was in a good mood.

"Hey, I rarely see you these days."

"Busy at work."

"really envy you."

"What is there to be envious of when you are busy? There is no OT."

"Sara, I have good news for you, a company invited me!"

"Congratulations! How did things develop so fast? Last time you said you didn't find a job. What company?"

"It's Hengyi Real Estate. I went to see the job two months ago, and they asked me to be the CEO executive assistant."

"Hengyi Real Estate? I wrote this name a while back."

"Have you written it?"

"Yes, this company has been very active in developing overseas real estate projects in recent years, but there was a complaint from a Hong Kong buyer that the goods were wrong. I was responsible for the investigation report, so I remember it."

"Is the project unfinished? That is, the company is unstable."

"It's no big deal, these things are common. Would you like me to forward that news to you?"

"No need, I'll google it myself." Taiju didn't want Sara to feel childish.

"it is good."

"Sara, I haven't heard any news about my job search, and you haven't been online for a long time. I received good news today, and I met you online at night. I think you brought me good luck."

"It's a coincidence."

"It's better to let me treat you to dinner after the food is delivered."

"Let's talk after you get your food."

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Hengyi CEO Zhuang Zhengliang, when Tai Zhou saw him for the first time, he really felt like his name, not that he was particularly upright, but that his whole figure was like a beam, with a square face, a straight waist, and a visual measurement of about 180 cm. He can't be called handsome, but he has an aura that is not angry and powerful, and he feels smarter and more sensitive than most of the middle-aged men who appear in the newspapers on the financial page.

"Hello, Mr. Zhuang, my name is Wang Taizhou, Adrian. This is my first job after graduation. Thank you for giving me the opportunity." Taizhou put on the most sincere smile, stretched out his right hand, and motioned to shake hands with Zhuang Zhengliang.

Zhuang Zhengliang admired his fledgling courtesy, shook hands with him, and then said, "Work under me, don't be too cautious, you can call me Otis like other colleagues. Hengyi is a company with a long history, and all businesses are There is an established model, and some old officials take care of it. Your position is newly installed. The actual work is to review several start-up projects and report directly to me on a regular basis. You don’t need to go to other departments for internships, and you don’t need to spend time understanding the original business. You don't have to deal with those old staff, they are living fossils anyway and can't teach you anything new."

Taizhou is a little confused, how can he be qualified to review investment projects because he is a fledgling boy? But now, of course, you can't refuse, you can only bite the bullet and learn while doing it.

Otis saw that he was terrified, "Based on your academic qualifications, expressive ability and interpersonal network, I think you have great potential, but it's really hard to say how you will perform in the end. I'll give you a month to see how it goes!"

"Didn't the personnel department say a three-month trial period?" Tai Zhou was shocked.

"I will know in a month if you are suitable for the project I am working on. If it is not suitable, you can transfer to selling frozen meat or other departments."

Tai Zhou thought to himself, the chance that he finally got, it turned out to be an undercooked duck, but he couldn't guess this beam, how high is the requirement? Before going to work, he has read the annual reports of Hengyi Group for the past three years. As his old friend Isaac said, it is not difficult to grasp the basic financial figures of listed companies. It is not difficult to read two or three books such as "Learn to Learn from Financial Reports". If you know the fur, you can't be a stock god, at least you know what a good company is and what a demon stock is.

According to the superficial analysis of the universe, Hengyi is a company with stable cash flow and traditional business. It has three main businesses, namely property development and investment. The company holds several Grade B commercial buildings in Hong Kong for lease and second-tier commercial buildings in mainland China. Develop residential projects in cities, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and other emerging markets; the second business is hotel management, operating eight 3-4 star hotels in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia; Supply to hotels, restaurants, frozen meat stores, online shopping stores, etc. Zhuang Zhengliang said just now that if he does not perform well after a month, he will be transferred to sell frozen meat, referring to the "food trade department".

As a part-time worker, Hengyi should be an old-fashioned company that pays wages on time, raises salary by 3-5% every year, and can enjoy a 30% discount when dining at its hotels. ; From the perspective of investors, it is definitely a "corner stock", that is, a mosquito-type stock that has been abandoned in the vast sea of stocks, only hundreds of thousands of shares are traded every day, and major shareholders are lazy to care about the vicissitudes of life.

"Learn to speculate on financial reports" mentioned that in addition to looking at the profit and loss statement, the more important value of the old company may lie in the balance sheet. There are many companies with mediocre performance, whose business has not grown much, but the accumulated assets are rich. , the most typical is that the real estate projects bought in the early years have appreciated in value, or have stored sufficient cash. Taizhou infers that Hengyi is a type of "pearl of straw and stalk". The company has billions of dollars in cash, and the cash flow of the property rental department and the frozen meat department is also very stable, but the property development and hotel business are mosquito-type scales. , no wonder fund managers look down on it.

Originally, after Taizhou read the company's annual report, he thought he would join the hotel department or the real estate department to study art. How could he know that Otis had other plans.

"This year, the company has entered the 20th anniversary of its listing. The board of directors believes that the development prospects of the original three major businesses are average. People need to improve, and enterprises need to develop, so Hengyi has planned a five-year plan for upgrading and transformation. The first step is to use existing funds. The management of the company will identify start-ups with potential for development, and first invest as a strategic investor. In addition to investing in shares, they will also participate in management and give professional advice. If there are individual companies with outstanding performance, the company will fully acquire them and transfer their businesses Inject Hengyi, and transform Hengyi into a new economy enterprise in disguise.”

Taizhou's intuitive investment in start-ups is not as smooth as Otis said. Even the most ivory-tower professors and lecturers will tell you that 100 start-ups and 99 die in the middle. However, on the surface, of course, he pretends to be open-minded to study and listens. It's a pity that I don't have a notebook in my hand, otherwise I can lower my head and write, and I don't have to make too much eye contact with Otis, so as not to accidentally show a suspicious look.

"The board of directors has decided that among the start-ups, the track that is more mature and has a broad and far-reaching prospect is electric vehicles. After my screening, the company invested in a local electric vehicle research and development company, which is listed on the main board. , the original business was the production of molds and parts, and the new shareholder injected the electric vehicle business. This year, it was officially renamed Ello Inc. Electric vehicles are a new trend in transportation in the future. They will not only replace gasoline vehicles, but also become a new industry in Hong Kong, opening up Hong Kong The gap in the development of heavy industry..." Otis continued.

"What does Hong Kong really do with electric cars?" Tai Zhou couldn't help but ask.

"Study the prospects of Ello Inc. Five models have entered the final R&D stage. We will hold a press conference, take reporters to see the models, and contact the investment community, funds, media, environmental groups, and innovation and technology development. Bureau..."

Otis dropped a folder, ordered Taizhou to study it himself, and then left.

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