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Another week passed before Wu Kezhi finally called Lin Yuming to the rooftop.

"How's Suning doing lately?" he asked directly.

Lin Yuming's expression was a bit complicated: "Boss, you might not believe it, but this kid learns incredibly fast."

"How fast?"

"I taught him financial analysis for a day, and he could read simple financial statements independently," Lin Yuming said. "For valuation methods, I explained the DCF model once, and he could apply the formula to calculate. Last Friday, I gave him a business plan to test it, and the analysis report he submitted had a complete framework and solid data, but he lacked experience."

Wu Kezhi raised an eyebrow: "So fast? You didn't hold back, did you?"

“Absolutely not.” Lin Yuming shook his head. “I even deliberately gave him a complicated project to see what his skill level was. As a result, he did a lot of research, ran data, and wrote reports. Although there were some immature parts, he definitely didn’t seem like a novice.”

“Strange.” Wu Kezhi tapped the table. “A high school graduate shouldn’t have this learning ability, considering the high level of professionalism in our investment banking field.”

“I’m puzzled too,” Lin Yuming said. “Moreover, he has an exceptionally good attitude towards learning. He arrives early and leaves late every day, and he’s filled a notebook with notes. He asks questions whenever he doesn’t understand something, and he remembers what he’s been taught after just one lesson. To be honest, I’ve mentored quite a few newcomers, but none of them are like him.”

Wu Kezhi was silent for a moment: "You think he's faking it? Did he study it before? Could it be that someone deliberately arranged for him to investigate something?"

“It doesn’t seem like it,” Lin Yuming analyzed. “He does have some weak basic knowledge, such as professional terminology and industry practices, which take time to accumulate. But his logical thinking, learning ability, and work habits are completely unlike those of a high school graduate. My impression of him is that he is a super big shot with a commanding view, but he is just used to sitting in a high position and is not used to grassroots work. He is a bit unaccustomed to it and has high aspirations but low abilities.”

“Interesting.” Wu Kezhi thought for a moment. “Let’s observe him further. If he really has the ability, we can give him more responsibilities. Anyway, our fourth group is indeed short-staffed.”

“That’s what I was thinking too,” Lin Yuming said. “Next week I plan to have him try translating documents to see his English level. After all, in the investment industry, you have to read a lot of English materials.”

"Sure! We can also take his pulse and see what kind of deity he really is."

……

The next morning, Lin Yuming placed an English document on Suning's desk.

"This is a financial report from an American technology company. Can you translate the summary?" he said. "You don't need to translate the whole thing, just the first five pages. Give it to me before you leave work today."

Suning took the document; it was a thick stack, full of professional financial terminology.

This is Lin Yuming's test. If Suning's English is not good, this document will be enough to leave him completely bewildered.

“Yes, Manager Lin.” Su Ning replied calmly.

Lin Yuming returned to his workstation and secretly observed.

Suning opened the document, quickly browsed through it, then turned on his computer and began translating, his fingers flying across the keyboard.

During lunch, Lin Yuming passed by Suning's workstation and glanced at the screen. Two pages had already been translated, an astonishing speed.

At 3 PM, Suning sent the translated document to Lin Yuming's email address.

Lin Yuming clicked on it and was stunned.

The translation quality is very high; it is not only accurate but also has adjusted word order, making the Chinese text read very smoothly.

All the technical terms were translated correctly, and some obscure words were even annotated.

This level is better than many of the company's overseas returnees.

He immediately got up and walked to the Suning workstation: "Your English is so good? Did you study it before?"

“I’ve taught myself,” Su Ning said. “I watch American TV shows and read original books when I have nothing to do at night, and I gradually learned it.”

This is of course an excuse.

Suning travels to many parts of the world, and English has long been their second mother tongue.

Not only English, but also German, Japanese, Russian, French and many other languages ​​are fluent.

Lin Yuming stared at him for a few seconds: "Really self-taught?"

“Truly self-taught.” Su Ning said without changing his expression. “Perhaps he has a bit of a talent for languages.”

"It's such a pity that you didn't go to college."

"Human destiny is sometimes very mysterious, and there is no universal formula for us to use."

"..."

Lin Yuming was skeptical, but didn't press the matter. He took the translated documents to Wu Kezhi.

I suddenly realized that Suning is really insightful; sitting next to him feels like having a mountain in your back.

This feeling is wonderful, and indescribable.

"Boss, take a look at this." Then Lin Yuming placed the document on Wu Kezhi's desk with a strange expression.

After reading it, Wu Kezhi was equally surprised: "This translation level is so good, even a professional level eight translator might not be able to do it. Are you sure he translated it himself?"

"I watched him translate it; he didn't use any translation software the whole time," Lin Yuming said. "And he was incredibly fast. Five pages of documents, finished in less than four hours. Are all high school students this efficient these days?"

Wu Kezhi leaned back in his chair, deep in thought: "High school diploma, quick grasp of many tasks, professional English level, super strong learning ability... This combination is too strange."

“I think so too.” Lin Yuming lowered his voice. “Boss, do you think it’s possible… he was faking it all along? Maybe he actually has some other background?”

"Probably not!" Wu Kezhi shook his head and explained.

"Then how do you explain his ability?"

Wu Kezhi thought for a moment and said, "Ah! Perhaps there really are geniuses in this world."

"That's too fast." Lin Yuming smiled wryly. "Only two weeks, but that's equivalent to half a year for others."

“It’s a bit fast,” Wu Kezhi admitted, “but it’s not entirely impossible. Here’s what you do: test it again and give him a more difficult task.”

"Row."

……

Back at his workstation, Lin Yuming assigned Suning a new task.

“This is a due diligence report from a British company, the original document.” He handed a thicker document to Suning. “You’ll have to read the whole thing this time, but I’ll give you three days. Also, you need to write a Chinese summary, extracting the key information.”

"Ok."

This document is more difficult, involving the biomedical field and containing more technical terms.

Lin Yuming thought to himself, "This should be enough to stump him, right?"
The next afternoon, Suning submitted the translated document and Chinese summary.

Lin Yuming looked at the thirty-page translation and the three-page well-organized Chinese summary on the screen and was completely impressed.

He approached Wu Kezhi again: "Boss, no need for testing anymore. This kid's English is absolutely professional. In such a niche field as biomedicine, he translated all the technical terms correctly. I even had to look up some of the words in the dictionary."

After reading Su Ning's translation, Wu Kezhi remained silent for a long time.

“It seems we all misjudged him,” he finally said. “This isn’t someone who needs preferential treatment because of connections; this is a promising talent.”

"So what's the next step?"

“Since he’s capable, don’t let him do odd jobs,” Wu Kezhi decided. “Starting next week, let him officially work on the project. You’ll mentor him, starting with basic tasks, but you can let him get involved in the core content as appropriate.”

"clear."

When Lin Yuming told Su Ning about this decision, Su Ning remained calm: "Thank you, Manager Lin, for giving me this opportunity."

"You earned it yourself," Lin Yuming said honestly. "To be honest, at first I thought you were just a nepotism hire who was just coasting along, but I didn't expect you to work so hard and learn so quickly."

Su Ning smiled and said, "This is all thanks to your generous guidance, Manager Lin."

Lin Yuming said, "Starting next week, you will officially be working on the new energy battery project. You will be involved in due diligence, interviews, and report writing, following the entire process. It will be tiring, but you will learn real skills."

"it is good."

Over the weekend, Lin Yuming and Wu Kezhi had dinner together and talked about Suning again.

"I'm really curious now! Could it be that our Group 4's luck has finally turned around?" Lin Yuming said.

Wu Kezhi took a sip of his drink: "We've been at odds for so long! It's time for our luck to change."

"That's true." Lin Yuming nodded.

……

On Monday, the new energy battery project team held a meeting, and Suning officially joined the project.

Actually, the energy group snatched this project away. The reason why the fourth comprehensive group was invited to attend was because the fourth group discovered this project first.

Therefore, the energy team can't make things too messy either; having two more people help with due diligence is a win-win situation.

Lin Yuming introduced: "This is Suning, a newly joined intern analyst in the project team. He will be responsible for some basic research and data organization work in the future."

The project manager for the energy group is Lao Zhao, a senior investment manager.

He glanced at Su Ning: "A newbie? Do you have any experience?"

“He has a strong learning ability and can be trained,” Lin Yuming said.

Old Zhao nodded: "Okay, then let's learn from him first. Xiao Zhou, give a copy of the project materials to Su Ning so he can familiarize himself with them."

Xiao Zhou was the same female analyst from before. She handed Suning a USB drive: "The data is all in here. Take a look first, and ask me if you don't understand anything."

"Thank you, Sister Zhou."

Over the next few days, Suning devoted himself entirely to the project.

He attends meetings during the day, reviews documents at night, and checks industry data on weekends.

Lin Yuming observed that Suning could not only quickly digest information, but also raise some insightful questions.

During a project discussion about battery technology, Suning suddenly asked, "Currently, the mainstream batteries are ternary lithium batteries and lithium iron phosphate batteries, but there have been recent breakthroughs in sodium-ion batteries. Should we pay attention to this direction?"

Old Zhao was taken aback: "Sodium-ion batteries? That's in the laboratory stage, isn't it?"

“Industrialization has already begun.” Suning pulled up some data, “CATL and BYD are both making moves in this area. Although the energy density is not yet comparable to lithium batteries, the cost is low, the safety is good, and it is suitable for energy storage scenarios.”

Xiao Zhou checked the data: "It really is. Suning, how did you know this?"

"I saw this in an industry report recently," Suning said. "I think it's worth paying attention to as an alternative technology route."

Old Zhao nodded: "That makes sense. Xiao Zhou, could you follow up on the progress of sodium-ion batteries and write a brief report for me?"

After the meeting, Lin Yuming told Suning, "You did a good job just now. In the investment industry, you have to stay sensitive to new technologies."

"Thank you, Manager Lin."

A week later, the project team will conduct on-site due diligence at the battery company.

On the eve of departure, Lin Yuming specifically instructed Su Ning: "Tomorrow, observe more, listen more, and speak less. Due diligence is an art; you must get the truth out of them without offending them."

"clear."

The next day, in the battery company's conference room, Suning sat quietly in the back row, taking careful notes.

When the other party's technical director was explaining the battery performance parameters, Suning suddenly noticed a data contradiction...

The PPT states a cycle life of 3000 cycles, but the previous materials indicated 2500 cycles.

He secretly sent Lin Yuming a WeChat message: "Manager Lin, the cycle life data is inconsistent."

Lin Yuming saw the message and asked this question during the Q&A session.

The technical director visibly panicked and explained that it was "data from different testing standards".

This detail alerted the project team.

During the subsequent due diligence, they focused on verifying the technical data and found that there was indeed some exaggeration. On the way back, Manager Zhao couldn't help but praise Su Ning: "Xiao Su is very observant; we overlooked that data issue."

"I was lucky to see it," Su Ning said modestly.

Lin Yuming nodded inwardly. This wasn't luck; it was professionalism.

It seems this "connected person" is really going to become a valuable assistant to the project team.

……

Office of the General Manager of Jinchen Capital.

Qu Zhonghui leaned back in his leather executive chair, twirling a pen in his hand, his face grim.

He is the company's general manager, second only to the founder, Mr. Jun, and is the actual manager of Jin Chen Capital. He has been operating the company for many years and his influence is deeply entrenched.

Moreover, he is extremely domineering. Those who do not comply are suppressed like Wu Kezhi. Almost everyone in the company is his confidant.

But he always had a thorn in his side: Wu Kezhi from Group Four.

Wu Kezhi was exceptionally capable and had outstanding performance, but he never listened to him.

Several attempts to win them over were met with firm but gentle rejections.

Qu Zhonghui wanted to toughen him up, to wear down his sharpness like a hawk being trained, but Wu Kezhi was as hard as a rock.

Qu Zhonghui is even more unhappy now that he heard a new person joined Group 4...

All recruitment processes have to go through him, since the HR director is his person. How come he doesn't know anything about it?
"Call Gao Yue over," he said to his secretary.

Five minutes later, HR Director Gao Yue knocked on the door and came in: "President Qu, you wanted to see me?"

"Sit down." Qu Zhonghui put down his pen and stared at her. "I heard that Wu Kezhi's side has a new employee?"

Gao Yue's heart tightened, but she remained calm on the surface: "Yes, her name is Su Ning, an intern analyst."

"When did this happen?"

"I joined last week."

"How come I didn't know?" Qu Zhonghui's voice turned cold. "Isn't the personnel recruitment process supposed to be submitted to me for approval?"

Gao Yue was prepared: "This... was arranged directly by President Jun. President Jun said it was a special case and a special approval process was needed, so the normal approval process was not followed."

"Was this arranged by President Jun?" Qu Zhonghui narrowed his eyes. "What's their background? Which school did they graduate from? Where did they work before?"

“This…” Gao Yue hesitated, “I’m not quite sure either. President Jun only said that he would arrange for me to come in for training, but he didn’t reveal any specific details.”

Qu Zhonghui stared at her for several seconds, then suddenly laughed: "Gao Yue, you've known me for a while now. You wouldn't be unaware of what's going on in the HR department, would you?"

"President Qu, I really don't know." Gao Yue refused to say anything. "President Jun instructed that this person's file was sealed and no one except him and me was allowed to access it. So even the information I have is incomplete."

"The files are sealed?" Qu Zhonghui's face darkened even more. "Even I can't see them?"

"This was specifically instructed by President Jun," Gao Yue repeated.

The office was eerily quiet.

Qu Zhonghui's fingers tapped lightly on the table, each tap feeling like a tap on Gao Yuexin's heart.

“Gao Yue,” he finally spoke, “you are the HR director, and I am the company’s general manager. I have the right to know the details of personnel appointments and dismissals within the company.”

“In principle, yes.” Gao Yue said neither humbly nor arrogantly, “But Mr. Jun is the founder of the company, and he has special approval authority. Mr. Jun personally signed off on Suning’s onboarding, so it went through the highest level of authority.”

“Supreme authority…” Qu Zhonghui repeated the word, his eyes growing even colder.

Jin Chen Capital does indeed have such a mechanism: founder Jun has three "highest authority" slots, which allow him to bypass all procedures and directly appoint people.

However, this mechanism has only been used once since its inception, when Mr. Jun's own nephew joined the company.

Now they're using it a second time just for a newcomer in Wu Kezhi's group?
"What's the background of this Suning? How could he get President Jun to use his highest authority?" Qu Zhonghui pressed.

"I really don't know," Gao Yue insisted. "President Jun only said that he would arrange the training, and he didn't say anything else."

"You must have seen him/her, right? What did he/she look like? How old was he/she?"

"Twenty-three or twenty-four years old, looks quite ordinary," Gao Yue said cautiously. "Not very talkative, but his work attitude is alright."

"That's it?" Qu Zhonghui clearly didn't believe it. "An ordinary young man, is he worth Boss Jun personally arranging things for? And even sealing his file?"

Gao Yue remained silent.

"Okay." Qu Zhonghui suddenly relented. "Since it was arranged by President Jun, I won't ask any more questions. Give me his basic information. The resume section can be blank, but his name, age, and contact information should be included, right?"

Gao Yue hesitated.

"What? You can't even give me this?" Qu Zhonghui raised his voice. "I'm the company's direct manager. You can't even ask for a new employee's basic information?"

“President Qu, it’s not that I don’t want to give it to you.” Gao Yue said with difficulty, “President Jun instructed that no information about Suning is allowed to be leaked. Even the files in the system are encrypted, and only President Jun and I have the right to view them.”

"Should I just go ask President Jun directly?"

“You can ask,” Gao Yue said, “but President Jun is on a business trip to Japan and won’t be back until next week.”

Qu Zhonghui stared at her, his eyes like knives.

Gao Yue kept her head down, not daring to look at him, but her attitude was firm; she simply wouldn't give it to him.

After a standoff of about a minute, Qu Zhonghui suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay. Gao Yue, you're getting better and better at handling things."

"President Qu, I was just following President Jun's instructions," Gao Yue said softly.

"Alright, you can go back now." Qu Zhonghui waved his hand. "I'll ask President Jun myself when he gets back."

"Okay, Mr. Qu, I'll be going now."

Gao Yue walked out of the office, her back already soaked with sweat.

Back in her office, she immediately closed the door and sent a encrypted email to President Jun: "President Qu asked me about Suning's situation today, and I dealt with it as you instructed. But he was very dissatisfied and said he would ask you personally when you return."

A few minutes later, Mr. Jun replied: "Understood, you did the right thing. I'll handle it when I get back."

Gao Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart felt even heavier.

She was caught between President Jun and Qu Zhonghui, and she couldn't afford to offend either of them.

This time, because of Suning's matter, Qu Zhonghui has been thoroughly offended.

Meanwhile, Qu Zhonghui became increasingly angry as he thought about it in his office.

He picked up the phone and called his trusted confidant, Ma Jianguo, the investment director of the Ministry of Energy.

"Old Ma, check out that new guy from Group Four, Suning."

"Su Ning? That newcomer from Wu Kezhi's team?"

"Yes. It was arranged personally by President Jun. The file has been sealed, and no information can be found. You can try to find out through other channels."

"President Jun personally arranged this?" Ma Jianguo was also surprised. "What kind of mysterious background does he have?"

"That's why I asked you to investigate," Qu Zhonghui said. "Be careful not to let Gao Yue and Wu Kezhi know."

"clear."

After hanging up the phone, Qu Zhonghui walked to the window and looked down at the bustling traffic below.

Wu Kezhi was already difficult to deal with, and now there's another mysterious newcomer.

Mr. Jun even personally protected her...

There must be something wrong here.

He needs to find out the details of this Suning company.

Meanwhile, in the office of the fourth comprehensive group, Wu Kezhi was reviewing the industry analysis report that Suning had just submitted.

The report is well-organized, with detailed data and unique perspectives.

If Wu Kezhi didn't know the "background" of Suning, he would have thought this was written by a senior analyst.

Lin Yuming walked over and said, "Boss, I'm scared of how fast Suning is improving."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid he'll learn too fast and surpass me in a few months," Lin Yuming said half-jokingly.

“That means you’re a good teacher,” Wu Kezhi said. “But it is indeed a bit abnormally fast.”

"How about... I try to find out from the side?" Lin Yuming lowered his voice. "With his skill level, there's no way he could have graduated from high school and worked at a convenience store. There's definitely a story behind him."

Wu Kezhi thought for a moment and said, "Don't ask. Since both President Jun and President Gao told us to keep it a secret, it means this matter is not simple. Let's just do our jobs."

"I'm just curious."

"Curiosity killed the cat," Wu Kezhi warned. "Remember, we know nothing. He's just an ordinary newcomer with a strong learning ability."

"clear."

……

In the afternoon, Qu Zhonghui's confidant Ma Jianguo came to see Wu Kezhi, ostensibly to discuss a cooperation project, but actually to subtly probe his intentions.

"Old Wu, I heard you have a new member in your team? His name is Su Ning?"

“Yes, intern analyst.” Wu Kezhi said calmly.

"Where did you recruit them? It's almost the end of the year."

"I don't know the specifics." Wu Kezhi kicked the ball back. "If you want to know, go ask Gao Yue."

"Oh? Is he that mysterious?" Ma Jianguo nodded. "Looks like a talented person. How capable are they?"

"It's alright, the attitude is good."

"that's it?"

"He's a newcomer, still in the learning phase," Wu Kezhi said succinctly.

Ma Jianguo didn't get any information and left dejectedly.

After he left, Lin Yuming came over and asked, "Boss, Ma Jianguo suddenly showed concern for the new recruits in our group. Did Boss Qu send him?"

"It's highly likely," Wu Kezhi said. "It seems that President Qu is very curious about Suning."

"What should I do?"

"What do you mean, what should we do?" Wu Kezhi looked at him. "We'll work normally, we'll train the new employees as usual. The rest is none of our business."

That being said, Wu Kezhi also knew in his heart...

Suning's "mysterious connection" has already attracted the attention of the company's senior management.

What follows is unlikely to be peaceful.

After getting off work in the evening, Suning drove home as usual.

Unbeknownst to him, his arrival had already stirred up undercurrents within Jin Chen Capital.

...(End of chapter)