"There are no special requirents or conditions. Just handle it yourselves in the Human Resources departnt," Yi Anguo said before hanging up.
The work efficiency of a large company was high. In just a few minutes, a tall, fair-skinned, beautiful young woman with long, silky black hair draping over her shoulders knocked on the door and entered his office.
"You’re here already? Go and collect all the files from the investnt project teams for . That includes past investnt profit records and the current status of ongoing investnts. I need to review everything," Yi Anguo instructed his new assistant directly.
The woman was clearly stunned, staring foolishly at Yi Anguo. Just as she opened her mouth to say sothing, he frowned and spoke in a dissatisfied tone.
"Why are you still standing there? Didn’t you understand what I just said? Is there a problem? Don’t tell you can’t even handle a simple task like this."
"No! No problem, I’ll get on it right away!" The assistant hurriedly opened the office door and rushed out, so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
In truth, she was Zhou ngdie, a recent college graduate who had only joined the Human Resources departnt six months ago. Her na was a reference to the famous parable of Zhuangzi dreaming he was a butterfly. Since Yi Anguo had hung up so abruptly, the HR departnt had sent Zhou ngdie over to explain that the General Manager’s Assistant position might not be filled for another two days, as they needed to recruit soone for the role.
The manager position for the Financial Investnt Departnt had been vacant for so ti, so naturally, there had been no need for a manager’s assistant. Besides, it seed that even when there was a manager, they hadn’t been assigned an assistant.
However, the HR Manager knew that this new Financial Investnt Departnt Manager had a significant background. Since he had made the request, the HR departnt naturally had to accommodate him. Zhou ngdie was a bit afraid of this new Mr. Yi. When her manager sent her over, he had explicitly warned her not to provoke him under any circumstances. The consequences, he said, would be severe, and he wouldn’t be able to protect her.
But Zhou ngdie had no idea how many investnt projects the departnt had, let alone who she should ask for the files. So, Zhou ngdie had no choice but to rush back to her boss, the HR Manager, for help.
After hearing her account, the HR Manager was exasperated. This new hire was truly proving to be unreliable. But now there was no other choice; he had to force her into the role. He personally took Zhou ngdie to et the staff of the Financial Investnt Departnt, introducing her to them one by one and telling her to get familiar with the work environnt as quickly as possible. He also inford her that, from this mont on, she was the General Manager’s Assistant for the Financial Investnt Departnt and no longer a mber of the HR staff.
Frightened, Zhou ngdie pleaded with her manager for help, but he forcibly appointed her anyway, ignoring her helpless gaze.
The HR Manager was a company veteran and was well-acquainted with every team in the Financial Investnt Departnt; in fact, he had recruited many of them himself. With his help, Zhou ngdie quickly gathered a large pile of files from the various investnt project teams and brought them to Mr. Yi’s office.
Yi Anguo was very satisfied with her performance. As he picked up a file and began to flip through it, he added, "Make a cup of tea. Green tea."
Zhou ngdie froze for a mont before she subconsciously nodded. "Oh!" She then hurried out again.
Once outside, she was again on the verge of crying as she called her forr boss, the HR Manager, for help. The manager had a massive headache but couldn’t refuse his forr subordinate. He reluctantly parted with his private stash of good tea leaves and found a new stainless steel thermos.
When Zhou ngdie finally presented the freshly brewed tea in the stainless steel thermos to Yi Anguo, he looked at her and asked, "Don’t tell the company doesn’t even have tea? Did you just go out and buy this?"
"The company only provides free coffee," Zhou ngdie explained, embarrassed.
Yi Anguo looked up at her with so surprise and nodded. "If the company doesn’t have tea, you should have told sooner. I’m not an unreasonable person. How about this? Go to Finance, or find the colleague in charge of procurent, and have them purchase so tea leaves. I prefer green tea. Any green tea will do; I’m not picky."
I’m the head of a departnt, I should have so privileges, right? I can’t be expected to pay for my own tea! Yi Anguo thought.
After sending his young assistant away, Yi Anguo continued to go through the files. Although he read them carefully, he only had a partial understanding of most of the material. So of it was completely beyond his comprehension, leaving him utterly confused. After all, where would he have encountered this kind of thing before? It was normal for him not to understand; it would have been abnormal if he understood everything.
That wasn’t to say he was completely clueless; he could still make out a few things. But even so, there were no major market trends at the mont, at least none that made a strong impression on him, so he couldn’t be bothered to intervene.
The more you do, the easier it is to make a mistake. By not ddling, at least I won’t ss up. I’m not looking for rits, just avoiding faults. Besides, I don’t want to seem too competent. I’m only here temporarily out of necessity and have no intention of staying long-term. Even if I wanted to perform well, it would be difficult given my abilities. The amount of capital involved is imnse, and I don’t understand many of the investnt projects, so I couldn’t possibly offer any aningful advice.
In the days that followed, Yi Anguo made no significant moves. He would co to the office, sit, read docunts, and drink his tea. The old saying about a new official lighting three fires upon taking office simply did not apply here.
After reviewing all the investnt project docunts, Yi Anguo held a symbolic eting. He listened to everyone’s progress reports but offered no opinions or insights of his own.
Everyone seed to breathe a collective sigh of relief. Although a general manager had parachuted in, it appeared that aside from an extra person in the manager’s office—oh, correction, two people: the General Manager and his assistant—nothing had changed. Everything was running as usual, no different from before.
However, after the eting, Yi Anguo asked the head of the US oil futures investnt project team to stay behind and then convened a separate eting with the entire team.
While Yi Anguo didn’t want to get involved, he couldn’t do absolutely nothing. At the very least, he had to justify his high salary.
"The reason I’ve kept you all here," Yi Anguo began straightforwardly, "is that after reviewing your analysis report, I’ve found a problem. Your analysis seems to be headed in the wrong direction.
"At the start of the year, crude oil futures prices skyrocketed, but now they’ve fallen all the way back down, breaking below the $50 per barrel mark and continuing to decline. While that’s true, it shouldn’t be taken as a sign that international crude oil futures prices will continue to fall from late May through July and August. As for the prediction that they will fall below $40 a barrel and drop to around $33? I personally find that judgnt to be utterly absurd.
"I don’t want to know how you arrived at such a conclusion, but I can state with certainty that it is wrong. If we invest based on that assumption, it will cause enormous financial losses for the company.
"When I first arrived, I said I didn’t want to interfere—that things would continue as they were. Correct? But as the new General Manager of the Financial Investnt Departnt, when I see an investnt report that is so fundantally misguided, I am compelled to respond accordingly.
"I personally believe the international crude oil market has already bottod out. Starting in late May, the number of Aricans traveling by car will steadily increase, leading to higher gasoline consumption. At the sa ti, multiple Arican refineries have been suffering frequent accidents due to long-term operation at full capacity, causing a decrease in dostic refined oil output.
"Furthermore, sumr weather has a significant impact on offshore oil production, increasing the uncertainty of supply. International crude oil prices are bound to start rising gradually and reach new highs. Taking into account unpredictable weather factors, such as hurricanes and other natural disasters, I believe international crude oil futures prices will reach a new peak in August, potentially breaking through the $70 per barrel mark.
"It will absolutely not fall below the $40 mark, and dropping back to $33 a barrel is even more impossible."
...
"Mr. Yi, are you sure you aren’t joking with us?"
After a mont of silence, Gong Bin, the deputy manager in charge of the US oil futures investnt project, challenged Yi Anguo, his face dark with anger.
Gong Bin had always been a strong-willed and serious man. He never imagined the new manager would target him first. The first of the new official’s three fires had just been lit right on his head.
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