The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 365 Seeking Talented Individuals
Park Wei knew he didn't have the connections to find a qualified sales director, but in a capitalist world, sometimes money makes everything so easy.

They can provide you with everything you need, as long as you pay the right amount. Pu Wei only spent 200,000 yuan to have a headhunting company prepare seven qualified candidates for him.

The name "headhunting company" may have originally come from the habits of headhunters, but now it has come to mean a precise talent acquisition service.

Hu Wei first conducted a first round of interviews with these people, eliminating four out of seven, as these four people all looked down on the mainland.

You can't take someone else's job and then criticize them, so Park Wei eliminated these people in the first round.

He was very clear about Liu Hua's influence in mainland China and the future prospects of Liu Hua's company, so he had to choose the best among the best.

"So the three of you are willing to work in the mainland."

The three nodded, and Park Wei smiled and said, "Congratulations on making a wise choice. I can tell you that this company has great potential for future development, so I can't decide which one of you will be chosen as the sales director yet. You still need to come with me to the mainland for another interview."

Now that they've decided to work in mainland China, they're not afraid to fly back for another interview, especially since Park Wei just promised to cover all travel expenses.

Park Wei led his men to Liu Hua's office. He had rented a five-story building as the company's headquarters. After all, it was a small startup, and with no real estate development in China yet, it wasn't very convenient to own its own administrative office building.

“Zhou Rongzu is the best candidate.” Park Wei introduced him to Liu Hua beforehand: “This guy used to be the sales director of Johnson & Johnson’s Hong Kong region and a strong contender for the sales director position in the Asia region, but he didn’t win against the Japanese guy in the end.”

Liu Hua laughed and said, "I understand. After all, the little Japanese devil is the American's own son. Of course, the son gets priority when there's something good. Is he still with Johnson & Johnson?"

“He’s long gone. How could that little Japanese devil let his rival live so peacefully?” Park Wei shook his head. “He was planning to find a job in Hong Kong, but he’s in his thirties or forties now, and finding a satisfactory job isn’t that easy.”

"What about the other two? What are their work experience like?"

"They are slightly inferior; they are all sales directors from local Hong Kong companies."

"Having already climbed to the position of director, why would you resign?"

Park Wei said with a smile, "The current state of Hong Kong's economy is the transition between the old and the new. The older generation is getting old, and the new generation is growing up. New bosses naturally like to use their own people, and they naturally like new ideas."

“If that’s the case, I really wouldn’t dare use them.” Liu Hua smiled. “I also want to use people with new ideas.”

Park Wei smiled and shook his head: "For a new company like yours, it's more prudent to use people with old ideas, to take a steady and cautious approach, right?"

Three job applicants were waiting in the meeting room. The person in charge of receiving them also spoke Cantonese, but spoke Mandarin throughout the meeting, just to hear their opinions on the company and to be on the safe side.

After a while, he came in and reported to Liu Hua: "Boss, Zhou Rongzu and Li Zhengyao's attitude is quite positive. They genuinely want to find a job, realize their self-worth, and start a second career."

"What about Yang Hong?" "He still seemed to look down on mainland companies, thinking we were naive and easily fooled, and that he was planning to stay for a while."

Liu Hua nodded, and Park Wei looked at Liu Hua in surprise: "You have this trick up your sleeve, having people pretend not to understand Cantonese to eavesdrop on them."

"Salespeople are all about adapting to different situations, so I have to be careful," Liu Hua waved his hand. "Let's go, let's go meet them."

When they arrived at the conference room, Yang Hong was still talking non-stop. It was clear that this man had absolutely no shrewdness. To spout such nonsense on someone else's turf was truly incompetent. It was no wonder he lost his job.

After Liu Hua went in, he said directly, "Mr. Yang Hong, I'm sorry, you have been eliminated."

Why?

“I think as a salesperson, you should at least be careful with your words and know what to say in what situation. What you just said is really not in line with the requirements of our position.” Liu Hua made a gesture of invitation: “Our people will take you to the labor and personnel department and reimburse your round-trip travel expenses.”

After Yang Hong left, Li Zhengyao finally spoke up, saying, "He's not actually the sales director of Kewei Electronics at all. He's just a salesperson at Kewei Electronics. His resume is fake."

Liu Hua looked at Pu Wei beside him and said, "Weren't you looking for a headhunting company? Which headhunting company is so unreliable? Don't cooperate with them in the future."

Park Wei's expression was also not good. He nodded and said, "I understand. Don't worry, I will teach them a lesson."

Liu Hua smiled and said, "As a small startup, the reason I have to go all the way to Hong Kong to recruit a sales director is because our business will be very important in the future. I can't tell who among you has real skills right now, so I hope that both of you will join our company and serve as deputy sales directors. After a year, we will decide who will be the sales director based on your performance."

Li Zhengyao shook his head directly: "Through our brief exchange just now, I understand that my abilities are not as good as Mr. Zhou's, so I am willing to assist Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Rongzu quickly said, "It's not assisting me, it's assisting the boss."

"Knowing that you are not as good as others and acknowledging it takes great wisdom," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Even if you admit defeat, my conditions remain the same: it's still a competitive selection process."

Zhou Rongzu stopped Li Zhengyao, who was about to say something more: "Boss Liu is right. You may not be as good as me now, but you are almost ten years younger than me. You have a stronger learning ability and are more driven."

Liu Hua said with a smile, "What a harmonious relationship! If you two could open up our company's sales channels, that would be a wonderful story."

Liu Hua pulled out his checkbook and gave each of them 200,000 yuan: "I know it's a bit much to ask you to come to work in the mainland, after all, you weren't born and raised here, and it will take you some time to adapt. But there's no other way, that's how it is. The 200,000 yuan is a settling-in allowance. If you're willing to move your whole family here, that's fine too. I can help you with things like your children's schooling and renting a place."

Park Wei tugged at Liu Hua: "Why would someone move their family here for no reason? It's not like they're never going back."

(End of this chapter)