February 1, 2011, the 29th day of the lunar calendar.

The day before New Year's Eve.

Wu Sheyuan received good news from the beautiful country. Jiaoyang Holdings officially reached an acquisition agreement with Raven Studio. Jiaoyang Holdings fully acquired Raven Studio at a price of US$27.5 million.

Years later.

Du Ruiwen will lead a team back to China to take charge of Qingyun Data.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Through the transoceanic phone call, Zhang Shuo could hear the fatigue in Wu Sheyuan's voice.

I guess I stay up late these days.

The previous price quoted by Du Ruiwen was US$25 million, and the upper limit given by Zhang Shuo was US$30 million. With the intervention of venture capital, it could be won for US$27.5 million.

This is already a very fruitful result.

"It's okay, it's okay." Wu Sheyuan didn't dare to complain, and said with a smile: "Thanks to Luo Chang'an for helping me a lot, it's probably really hard for me to do it alone. It's just a pity that I can't rush it.

Go home for the New Year.”

The contract has been signed, but there are still many details to be finalized.

A while and a half.

It is estimated that Wu Sheyuan will continue to stay in the beautiful country.

"By the way, Mr. Zhang, there's one more thing. I heard from a friend from Beautiful Country that it seems that Lu Kai, the head of the Chinese region of the Thief Saint Group, may leave his job after the year."

After pouring out his frustrations to his boss, Wu Sheyuan began to report on his work again.

"Do you want to recruit Lu Kai to take charge of the overseas business department?" Zhang Shuo also said it clearly.

For Lu Kai to be able to take the position of the person in charge of the Chinese region of the Thief Saint Group, his qualifications, connections, and abilities must be sufficient.

It is absolutely in line with Bu Ya’s positioning of overseas business units.

Lu Kai chose to resign, probably not because of his own incompetence, but because as a Chinese, he had already reached the career ceiling that he could achieve in the Thieves Group.

Rather than resigning, it is better to say that I was forced to "retire early."

"I have this idea because I am afraid that others will look down on us." Wu Sheyuan heard the news and casually mentioned it to Zhang Shuo, but he didn't actually have high expectations.

After all, Lu Kai’s position is right there.

"Okay, I get it."

Zhang Shuo was not in a hurry to express his position, and was prepared to get to know Lu Kai first.

I hung up the phone, still thinking about it.

As Wu Sheyuan said, Lu Kai is absolutely capable of taking charge of the Overseas Business Department of Sprout Ya, and can even be said to be overqualified. But he is afraid that Sprout Ya’s pool is too small to accommodate a boss like Lu Kai.

Then there is.

When Zhang Shuo chooses senior executives, in addition to their abilities, he also needs to examine the professional managers' character and whether they fit in with the budding corporate culture, otherwise disagreements will easily arise.

It may even bring some bad trends into the enterprise.

Although Lu Kai, as a professional manager, should distinguish his personal character from the actions of the Thieves Group, it would inevitably cause Zhang Shuo some concerns.

"Let's check this person first."

Zhang Shuo also sent messages to Jiang Yue and Chen Lu to assist in the investigation.

Jiang Yue can inquire about Lu Kai through official channels, and Chen Lu, as a former employee of the Thieves Group, can give a more intuitive first-hand information.

Let’s confirm each other.

…………

It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Although my mother worked hard to prepare a large table of dishes, all of which are Zhang Shuo's favorites, there are only three people in the family, and there is no elder and no younger one.

It’s true that this new year has been a bit deserted.

The New Year's Eve dinner was tasteless and tasteless, and it was over after only half an hour.

The Spring Festival Gala is even more boring. Even Zhao Benshan, the king of sketches, did "My Deskmate" this year, and Zhang Shuo had no impression at all.

No wonder my mother keeps talking about wanting to hold her grandson all day long.

During a time like the Chinese New Year when the whole family is together, the children are really the kings of the entertainment, and they are the C-position of the atmosphere group.

Families with children and families without children have completely different atmospheres during the Chinese New Year.

Only children will show off new clothes during the Chinese New Year, ask their elders for New Year's money, and like to watch fireworks and set off firecrackers, but they only have this little New Year flavor left.

After dinner, Zhang Shuo's family of three sat in the living room chatting.

The Spring Festival Gala is purely a backdrop for chatting.

"Tomorrow I'm going to the countryside to pay New Year's greetings. You have to be mentally prepared." The old man spoke up.

"What kind of mental preparation?"

"Everyone in the family knows that you opened a company in Binhai and made a lot of money. You said that with such a big family, someone will definitely come to you to borrow money. I heard that Zhang Kai wants to go to Binhai to find you next year."

Zhang Kai is Zhang Shuo's cousin. He went out to work after graduating from junior high school.

"..."

Zhang Shuo has a headache. Relatives are much more difficult to deal with than classmates.

Grandpa's generation has many ordinary children. In his hometown in Chong County, there are uncle Zhang Zhanbei, brother-in-law Zhang Zhannan, two aunts and their respective children.

This does not include my grandfather's brothers, Zhang Shuo's second grandfather and third grandfather.

Add them together.

The family has a small population of at least dozens of people, so it is absolutely impossible to ignore them all.

It might be okay for Zhang Shuo to hang out in Binhai City all year round, but his parents are still in Jiangcheng, and his roots are here. If the relationship between them is really stalemate, what will happen in the future?

Even grandpa couldn't pass that test.

After becoming rich, how to reconcile the internal conflicts within the family is actually a test. It is absolutely impossible to travel at night in rich clothes without returning home.

"Lao Zhang, can you teach me?"

When it comes to human relations, Zhang Shuo still wants to listen to more advice from his parents.

"Then I'll tell you."

Zhang Zhandong has also considered this matter repeatedly. In fact, before Zhang Shuo came back, someone from his hometown had already come to them to borrow money, but they just didn't tell Zhang Shuo.

I just don’t want to bother Zhang Shuo with these things.

"When doing anything, you must first establish rules. After we go there tomorrow, let's put the ugly words first, so that it will be easier to do things later. I have given two principles, you can think about it yourself."

"What principle?" Zhang Shuo was very curious.

"First, you have to borrow and repay, and it is not difficult to borrow again. If you want to borrow a second amount of money, you must pay back the first. Second, you can borrow money, but you can't go to Binhai City to disturb you, let alone try to enter you.

Work for the company.”

"high!"

Zhang Shuo gave a thumbs up. He can always trust Lao Zhang when it comes to human relations and sophistication. "I'll add one more thing. Those in the family who are admitted to college will be rewarded 100,000; those who get married will also be given 100,000 at a time. What do you think?"

"Of course I have no problem with that."

Zhang Zhandong was very happy because he didn't want his son to be a miser.

"I'm afraid that you two have good ideas, but others are not satisfied. Let alone Zhang Kai, my boss, since the news has been released, he will definitely go to Binhai City to pester you in the next year. Do you believe it or not?"

Cai Shuyu interjected leisurely.

"..."

Zhang Zhandong and his son were relatively speechless. I really can't say that my mother's worries were unnecessary.

The human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant.

With Zhang Shuo's current financial strength, if there really is someone in the family who is promising, capable, and even brave enough to venture and fight, he actually wouldn't mind lending a hand.

Put yourself in someone else’s shoes.

If someone else in the family suddenly got rich, wouldn't Zhang Shuo want to take advantage of it?

This is all human nature.

Just be afraid, that kind of vampire who only thinks about borrowing money and not repaying it. If the money is lent out, the person will be ungrateful, and even the family relationship will change. They may even lend out an enemy and create resentment.

It's as disgusting as eating a fly and you can't shake it off.

That’s why Lao Zhang said that we should establish rules first, just to prevent the worst situation from happening.

The loan was fine, but what Zhang Shuo couldn't accept the most was to put relatives into a budding company and let them use their relationship with Zhang Shuo to dominate and ruin the company's atmosphere.

The loss cannot simply be calculated in terms of money.
To be continued...