Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1658: The Welcome Drinking Party
Taking into account Ji Zehao's salary in the United States and the situation in Hong Kong, Han Li ultimately offered Ji Zehao a fixed monthly salary, performance bonus for his professional position, a vehicle for travel, and the authority to recruit employees, among other things.

This condition only applies to the first three-month trial period. If Ji Zehao can achieve satisfactory results for Han Li after three months, he can stay on.

Han Li promised to issue a new contract, increasing Ji Zehao's salary on top of the original one, and giving him a certain percentage of the company's profits as dividend rights.

In addition, Han Li will provide Ji Zehao with a house of no less than 1,500 square feet. When the company's profits reach a certain level, the company will provide him with an even better house.

Moreover, as long as Ji Zehao works for the company, the house will remain his property. After he has worked for the company for a certain number of years, the company will give him the house directly.

Han Li was very generous with the conditions for the trial period. As for the later conditions, some were real, while others were just empty promises.

But regardless of whether it was just empty promises or not, Ji Zehao was very satisfied with the terms and agreed happily.

Han Li nodded upon seeing this. Logically, the next step should be signing the contract, and the headhunting company had a corresponding contract template. However, Han Li preferred to trust the one provided by the lawyer.

Han Li stood up and went to the front desk to call Anita Koch. When he came back, he also called over the headhunting firm next door.

The three of them seemed to be having a casual chat, but in business, there's no such thing as pure casual conversation. They were all trying to extract information from each other that they didn't know.

Not long after, Anita Koch arrived.

Han Li explained the situation, and Anita Koch communicated with the headhunting firm. The employment contract was quickly finalized.

However, Han Li had to sign two contracts: one was an employment contract with Ji Zehao, and the other was a follow-up contract with the headhunting company.

Next, Han Li took Ji Zehao to a taxi company, a film production company, and finally to the Universal Real Estate Company in Knutsford Terrace.

Throughout this round, Ji Zehao's brows remained furrowed, and his gaze towards Han Li was filled with resentment.

Ji Zehao discovered that apart from the taxi company, the production company and the real estate company lacked everything they needed, including relevant departments, offices, and personnel.

If it weren't for the company's taxis, the funds in the account, and the property (land and real estate), Ji Zehao would have almost thought he had been scammed by a shell company.

But now that the contract has been signed, it's too late to say anything.

Because Ji Zehao had been ostracized in the United States for several years, he was quite adept at self-comfort; otherwise, he would have gone crazy long ago.

Ji Zehao comforted himself by saying that the boss gave him a lot of authority, and that a shell company was great because he wouldn't have to deal with the backstabbing and infighting among the veteran employees after joining.
It's also a great place to showcase your talents, recruit employees you like, and develop your business according to your own ideas.

Han Li was unaware of Ji Zehao's inner thoughts. He felt that since Ji Zehao was taking office as manager for the first time, he should at least host a banquet to welcome him at noon.

The more people there are, the more lively the occasion will be. This will not only demonstrate Han Li's high regard for Ji Zehao, but also allow him to get to know everyone, which will facilitate the work ahead.

Therefore, when Han Li was at the real estate company, he not only called the accountant Kang Cuilan, Lan Jieying, and Ye Zimei, but also called Wen Bixia and Wang Xiaofeng back from the film set.

After receiving Han Li's call, Wen Bixia immediately asked Director Li for leave and drove back to the Universal Real Estate Company in Knutsford Terrace at breakneck speed.

Wen Bixia originally planned to rush into Han Li's arms as soon as she entered the door, but when she pushed the door open, she realized that something was wrong. She just sat down next to Han Li, hugged his arm, and asked softly, "Brother Han, why didn't you call me when you came to inspect the company last time?"

Han Li: "I'm busy, we'll talk about this later."

At this moment, Wang Xiaofeng parked her car outside and came in. When Han Li saw that everyone had arrived, he invited them to the restaurant they had booked earlier.

After Han Li introduced Ji Zehao to Wen Bixia and the other woman, they got him almost drunk without him having to urge him to drink.

Wang Xiaofeng, in particular, is not only straightforward in temperament, but also even more so when drinking. Coupled with her experience in nightclubs over the past few years, persuading Ji Zehao to drink couldn't be easier.

Before Han Li could even feel happy, Ji Zehao, who was a little tipsy, grabbed his arm and started talking about the company's plans.

"Boss, if the company wants to grow better, we need to rent a space in an office building on South Island as a storefront; otherwise, people simply won't believe in our capabilities."
Renting a Grade A office building is best, but a Grade B office building is also acceptable. The space doesn't need to be too large; two or three hundred square feet is enough.

Two or three hundred square feet? Twenty or thirty square meters is enough for what? Just put a few desks in and it'll be full.
In such a small place, it's a miracle we don't even make a good impression, let alone avoid being laughed at.

Han Li glanced at Ji Zehao, inwardly criticizing the other party for being stingy, and then spoke.

“Zehao, you are the general manager. I trust you with the company, so you can make the decision. But since you said it’s the company’s storefront, we can either not rent it, or we can rent an entire floor in a Grade A office building.”

As Han Li spoke these words to Ji Zehao, he once again thought about the Jin Gate Building of the Jia Ning Group.

However, we can't rush this; we need to see how Jia Ning Group fares next.

Overall, apart from Ji Zehao being completely drunk and unconscious at the end, the New Year's party was quite good, and everyone else seemed to have a good time.

But after the drinking party ended and Han Li took Ji Zehao to the hotel and settled him in, something difficult happened to him.

When the dinner party ended, accountant Kang Cuilan went straight back to the company, but everyone else followed Han Li to escort Ji Zehao to the hotel.

Just as Han Li threw Ji Zehao onto the bed and turned around, wanting to breathe a sigh of relief...

Lan Jieying walked over and hugged Han Li's left arm, with Ye Zimei beside her.

Wen Bixia hugged Han Li's right arm, with Wang Xiaofeng beside her.

Although none of them said anything, Han Li knew perfectly well what was going on.

Although Wen Bixia and Lan Jieying were once comrades-in-arms who fought side by side against the enemy, the same situation later occurred between Lan Jieying and Ye Zimei, and between Wen Bixia and Wang Xiaofeng.

It seems that the four of them are all comrades-in-arms, and there doesn't seem to be any problem with them being together now.

However, Ye Zimei and Wen Bixia were relatively unfamiliar with each other and had little interaction, just like Wang Xiaofeng and Lan Jieying.

This split the four of them into two factions, making it difficult for Han Li to unite them. Um...
(End of this chapter)