The allocation of the two hundred million funds was straightforward: one hundred million for the core members, and one hundred million for the regular employees across the group's subsidiaries.
Calculated, each core member received around one hundred thousand, while the average regular employee got about ten thousand.
Don't ask why there's favoritism; perhaps it's because the core members are more loyal and handle more of the grueling, difficult work.
Take the last disaster relief effort, for instance. Many were injured, and some even nearly got buried while rescuing people during aftershocks. Now that there's money, it's only right to compensate them.
After this impromptu meeting concluded,
Yu Xin couldn't help but remind, "Sister Yutong, I think you should find an assistant."
What major group chairman doesn't have a secretarial team? Yet, she still hadn't sought an assistant. In the early days, Yu Xin acted as Liu Yutong's right hand, and later, most related matters were handled by Yun Cheng.
However, continuing like this was certainly not feasible. Yun Cheng, wearing multiple hats alone, simply couldn't manage it all.
Now, Liu Yutong wasn't just heading the Wanlong Hui Group; she also served as chairman of several other important organizations. The daily decisions and approvals she needed to make were far greater than before.
Ideally, someone could help her schedule in advance, filter information, lead an assistant team, and streamline her workflow, so she only needed to make the final call.
Of course, this task seemed simple but was actually far from it. Managing affairs across various companies and arranging various tasks required a high level of personal competence.
Besides strong personal ability, execution skills also needed to be equally robust.
After listening, Liu Yutong also felt the current arrangement was indeed inappropriate. She really did need an assistant to help her coordinate affairs across the companies.
"So, do you have any candidates?"
Yu Xin glanced at Yun Cheng: "Brother Yun's idea is to select from our core members. I think we should recruit externally."
The loyalty and execution of Wanlong Hui's core members were beyond doubt, but that didn't mean they were suited for this role.
Not everyone had Yu Xin's strong learning ability, nor could everyone handle multiple roles like Yun Cheng.
Yu Xin was gradually showing signs of becoming the helm of the Wanlong Hui Group. In the future, she might very well take over Liu Yutong's role and become the group's CEO.
This was something even Ma Da and Yun Cheng couldn't achieve.
Although Ma Da and Yun Cheng were veterans of Wanlong Hui, they still fell somewhat short when it came to managing the entire group. Besides educational background, they both had their specialized strengths and weaknesses.
Yu Xin was the one who most closely resembled Liu Yutong; in both work style and methods she was very well-rounded, with almost no weaknesses.
Liu Yutong did indeed intend to cultivate Yu Xin to become the group CEO in the future. Previously, having Yu Xin represent the Wanlong Hui Group in meetings with leaders in BS Province and appear on radio already indicated training her in that direction.
After hearing Yu Xin's words, Yun Cheng continued, "I think the Young Lady's assistant must be sufficiently loyal. Our core members' loyalty is not in question, but outsiders are harder to gauge. After all, they would be working closely by the Young Lady's side. What if..."
Although he didn't finish, Liu Yutong understood.
Given Yu Xin's personality, she had likely already evaluated the current core members of Wanlong Hui and found no one suitable for the role of principal assistant. She was more inclined, for example, to use a headhunter to poach a top-tier talent with outstanding ability and personal qualities.
The person serving as Liu Yutong's assistant would undoubtedly hold a high-level executive position within the group. This role was destined to handle a large amount of core information and resources, and to manage them well.
Precisely because of this position's importance, Yu Xin believed they needed to find someone highly capable.
Clearly, in Yu Xin's view, there was no suitable candidate among the current core members.
Yun Cheng, on the other hand, believed that Miss Liu Yutong's assistant would be exposed to top-level work secrets. Loyalty was more important than ability, and they could reasonably relax the requirements for competence.
Actually, both their perspectives had merit.
"In that case, bring me the profiles of your respective recommended candidates."
Yu Xin seemed to have been well prepared. As soon as Liu Yutong spoke, she produced a personnel file.
Yes, only one.
It showed she was very confident in her chosen candidate.
Liu Yutong took the file and looked at it. When she saw the occupation field, she was slightly taken aback.
"Teacher?"
This came as something of a surprise to her. She had originally guessed that Yu Xin's recommendations would most likely be elites from top investment banks, professional managers from well-known companies, and so on.
She hadn't expected it to be a university teacher.
However, precisely because of this profession, it instantly piqued her curiosity, making her want to read on.
Name: Su Mansu
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Education: Ph.D. in Financial Mathematics
Graduated from: Princeton University
Position: Specially Appointed Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Nancheng University
Just this brief introduction of their background showed how exceptional this person was.
A 24-year-old Ph.D., from a world-top university, and already a specially appointed associate professor at a key domestic university—her intelligence quotient was evidently very high.
However, judging from the resume, this Su Mansu seems to have no other work experience yet and leans toward the academic field.
Yu Xin added promptly: "Sister Yutong, Su Mansu is no ordinary university teacher. At 16 she was specially admitted to the Special Class for the Gifted Young at the University of Science and Technology of China. At 20 she received a full scholarship for a direct-entry PhD program at Princeton, earned her doctorate at 22, returned to China, and was exceptionally appointed as an associate professor at Nancheng University. Her academic achievements are outstanding."
"I came across her by chance. A while ago, when you weren't at the school, she came for an exchange visit, and I was the one who received her. If she were merely academically strong, I wouldn't recommend her. From what I know, she has done risk models and arbitrage strategies for several investment banks, with frightening accuracy. Most crucially, I like her personality."
Liu Yutong: "Personality? What kind of personality could make you like her?"
Yu Xin: "A hatred for evil and injustice."
After saying this, she couldn't help but chuckle.
Liu Yutong seemed to understand something.
Yun Cheng's face also showed a peculiar expression.
Hatred for evil and injustice? What did that mean?
Liu Yutong didn't say more and looked at Yun Cheng.
Yun Cheng had also long been prepared: he submitted five résumés, each belonging to a capable female core member of Wanlong Hui.
Liu Yutong indeed hadn't planned to find a male assistant, mainly for convenience; Yun Cheng was the exception.
However, she also intended to send Yun Cheng out to gain experience once a suitable assistant was found.
Someone was needed to take charge in BS Province. So far, within the Wanlong Hui Group, he was the most suitable candidate.
After reviewing the five resumes, Liu Yutong set the materials down.
"Yun Cheng, this time, you go back to Mingzhu City to oversee the bonus distribution and the core member promotion ceremony. After it concludes, directly transfer half of the people to Da Nancheng."
"Yu Xin and I will go meet that university teacher."
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