Sail across the sea

Chapter 444 My First Visit to Peking University
Perhaps it was Fu Yiming's honesty that moved Gao Fan and Gu Kunquan, or perhaps they were simply desperate for talent and were taking a "anything goes" approach. In any case, an hour later, Fu Yiming came downstairs and told Peng Yueyue that he would be in charge of the recruitment office, and Peng Yueyue would only need to provide some guidance.

Of course, this was just Fu Yiming being polite. Gao Fan's original words were that Peng Yueyue should temporarily become Fu Yiming's assistant, and Peng Yueyue certainly understood this as well.

Gao Fan appointed Fu Yiming as the head of the company's human resources department, in charge of recruitment during this period. Fu Yiming has sufficient social experience, and having worked in the county for over ten years, he knows many people there, so there shouldn't be any problem with him taking on this position.

Peng Yueyue had no complaints about the arrangement; at her age, she really couldn't handle the job. Now, being Fu Yiming's assistant relieved her pressure and gave her a learning opportunity—what could she possibly complain about?

After some initial tentative inquiries, more and more people applied for jobs at Canghai Chemical. So much so that many department heads had to privately speak to key employees, promising various benefits and persuading them not to leave. Suddenly, the atmosphere of respecting knowledge and talent surged in Cangtang County—but that's another story.

Fu Yiming, the newly appointed human resources director, was not just a figurehead. After discussing with Gao Fan, Gu Kunquan, Liao Derong and others, he came up with a detailed recruitment plan and hiring criteria. He scored the applicants based on their abilities, personality, qualifications, age and other aspects, and then selected the best candidates based on the number of positions available for each job.

Those who were hired were informed that they would be assigned to important positions, but this did not mean they would remain in those positions indefinitely. The company is currently in a phase of rapid growth, and in the future, many more talented individuals better suited for these roles will join the company; some of them will then be reassigned to other positions.

However, Gao Fan also made a promise to them that as long as they work hard and make contributions to the company wholeheartedly, their treatment will only increase and never decrease, even if they are reassigned to other positions in the future. The company will not mistreat the veteran employees who made contributions during the startup phase.

While Gao Fan was aggressively recruiting, his sister Gao Min brought more than a dozen employees from Xinglong Coatings Company to Beijing.

"Is this your office and dormitory?"

In the resource room of the Chemistry Department at Peking University, Gao Min sat in an armchair, holding a teacup handed to her by Yang Kai, looking at the furnishings in the room with great interest, finding everything novel and interesting.

"Is this your first time at Peking University?" Yang Kai asked with a smile as he sat opposite Gao Min.

When designing the vitamin C device, Yang Kai lived in Cangtang for a period of time and became very familiar with Gao Min.

He visited Cangtang several more times, sometimes to handle technical issues at the vitamin factory, and sometimes to conduct experiments at the chemical experimental base. Each time he went, he would naturally visit Gao Fan's home. At that time, Gao Min had already started working at Xinglong Coatings Company, but after hearing the news, she would always rush back to meet Yang Kai, saying it was just a coincidence. Only Gao Fan knew the real story.

Besides meeting in person, Gao Min and Yang Kai also maintained correspondence. In Gao Min's words, she would seek advice from Yang Kai, an expert, when she encountered technical problems.

Traveling all the way to Beijing to see Yang Kai this time was quite a bold move.

“I’ve always wanted to visit Peking University, but I never had the chance,” Gao Min replied with a smile. “I heard from Xiao Fan that you live in the Chemistry Department’s archives. I’ve never been able to imagine what the archives are like.”

Yang Kai said, "Actually, I also have a dormitory, but it's too small, especially since there's no room for a computer. And now I can't do without this computer for my research. This computer was given to me by Gao Fan, who said it was for the profit sharing from calculating the chemical cleaning agent formula for him." "You also helped us calculate the paint formula, so we can give you a profit sharing too," Gao Min said.

“There’s no need for that,” Yang Kai waved his hand. “Gao Fan has already given me a lot in dividends. I don’t have to worry about money when I buy books or go on business trips. In Gao Fan’s words, I’ve achieved financial freedom. Giving me more dividends wouldn’t make a difference.”

"Don't you need to get married? Getting married in big cities costs a lot of money these days. This year, Xiao Fan introduced two people from the University of Science and Technology of China to help us develop architectural coatings. One of them is a teacher named Zhou Dongzhi. I heard that he came to work for us because he couldn't afford to get married."

Gao Min smiled as she spoke, but her gaze drifted elsewhere, avoiding eye contact with Yang Kai.

Yang Kai laughed and said, "There's no need to worry about that. If all else fails, I can just find someone with a dowry and marry into their family."

Gao Min blushed slightly and stole a glance at Yang Kai, only to find that Yang Kai's gaze was also somewhat unfocused. She wondered if there was any deeper meaning behind what he had just said.

It seemed inappropriate to delve any further into this matter, so Gao Min changed the subject, saying, "Dr. Yang, the reason I came to Peking University this time is to promote our newly developed interior wall coating."

"The original formula for the paint was provided by Xiao Fan. He said he found it in some book. Then he introduced two experts from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) to help us optimize the formula. One of these experts is Zhou Dongzhi, whom I just mentioned. He is a professor at USTC. The other is Xu Yun, a graduate student at USTC, who is also very capable."

"They worked at our company for more than two months and developed a very good water-based interior wall coating. According to the standards proposed by Xiao Fan, it is aesthetically pleasing, has strong adhesion, is dirt-resistant, washable, safe and non-toxic, and also has good workability."

"Our company has arranged for people to compare the existing interior wall coatings on the market and believe that the coating we developed has advantages. We are now preparing to launch it on the market."

“I know about this,” Yang Kai said. “When Gao Fan brought up the original formula, he came back to school to look up some information, and I even helped him look some up. However, the original formula he presented was not copied from a book, but rather something he figured out himself.”

"I've always suspected that this kid has a computer in his head. He can analyze and come up with better designs just by looking at some technical information."

“Some people used to say that Xiao Fan had special abilities,” Gao Min said with a smile.

“Maybe it really is,” Yang Kai said, then asked, “You just said you came to Peking University to promote your paints. What’s the reason for that? You mean you came to Beijing to promote them, right?”

“No, I’m talking about Peking University,” Gao Min said earnestly. “I want to help Peking University repaint all the classrooms.”

(End of this chapter)