2003: Starting with Foreign Trade

Chapter 518 "So naive and innocent"

"Haha, you can ask our boss about that after you join the company. He specifically requested you. He said that if we can't recruit you, I won't have to go back."

Chen Jinwen's words were half true and half false. The name was obviously chosen by Tan Jincheng himself, but it certainly wouldn't mean that if they couldn't find the person, they wouldn't have to go back.

Zhang Yong isn't very famous these days, and there are plenty of talented people in the automotive industry. If they really can't find someone else, they can just replace him. There's no need to keep Chen Jinwen here. This guy has no problem with professional knowledge or car manufacturing, but he can't be their spokesperson.

Those who excel in technology are actually more suited to working behind the scenes; not all tech gurus are like Lei Jun.

Zhang Yong naturally didn't believe the second half of Chen Jinwen's statement, but he did find it quite pleasing. This feeling of being valued was certainly very enjoyable. At 33 years old, Zhang Yong hadn't yet cultivated a calm and composed state of mind.

After about 10 days of this, Chen Jinwen had a general idea that Zhang Yong was starting to feel something for him.

In reality, it's relatively easy to poach middle managers in state-owned enterprises who are in their 30s and don't have any family connections. Without connections, their career advancement is limited, and they have no other way but to accumulate seniority.

However, those with some ability or ambition who don't want to keep working their way up to sales manager Zhang Yong is clearly one of them, similar to Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping before him.

There are actually many state-owned enterprise talents like this. Having Chen Jinwen come forward is enough. The HR director of a top 500 private enterprise personally coming forward is definitely enough to save face.

Of course, if necessary, Mr. Tan can personally intervene.

"Well then, Mr. Zhang, we've covered most of what we can talk about. If you'd like to meet with our boss, I can have him come over and discuss Flashcar's plans for car manufacturing with you. We're serious about making cars."

Chen Jinwen learned this tactic of persistent pursuit from Tan Jincheng. Flashpoint is a young company, and the overall age of its senior executives is relatively young, so using persistent pursuit will not seem too greasy.

Just like how he used pornographic films to seduce Sun Tongyu.

As expected, Mr. Chen's photography works were first published on Tianya Forum at the end of January this year, and they were also widely circulated on Kaixin.com. The real spread of his work began this month.

Teacher Chen's popularity is truly unwavering. Our Boss Tan has once again made a comeback. Teacher Zhang's figure is really great.

These days, celebrities are much more generous than the young idols of later generations. Their gossip is truly substantial, with long stretches of videos and photos available for download all over the internet.

Boss Tan doesn't need to download anything; he can just browse the Kaixin.com backend at will. Actually, there's quite a lot of stuff there normally. If you really keep an eye on it, Boss Tan can see signs of kidney deficiency.

It must be said that during such a large-scale snow disaster during the Spring Festival, Mr. Chen's photographs have indeed comforted the hearts of many people who were stranded in other places and unable to return home. As of yesterday afternoon, more than 400 photographs had been uploaded.

Today, a certain female celebrity's comment at a press conference that she was "very silly and naive" went viral on the internet within hours.
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Do you think she's really that naive and innocent?

Tan Jincheng, who had already returned from his hometown, was browsing the Kaixin.com backend in his office. Hehe, this was something that couldn't be seen from the front, but he had backend access and it was no problem for him. Kaixin.com would occasionally relax its review standards.

After all, borderline content is the biggest source of productivity on the internet. If Kaixin.com were too serious and didn't have any of these kinds of topics, how much traffic would it lose? Speaking of playing the borderline game, Boss Tan is quite shrewd. His QQ underwear store became famous through this method.

Today, those QQ lingerie stores are among the top ten QQ lingerie stores in terms of sales on Taobao, providing Jinpeng Industry with a considerable amount of profit every year.

This trip back to his hometown was for business, and with the snow disaster just over, Tan Jincheng wasn't too worried about the road conditions. Apart from Tan Lihua going back to work, Tan Jincheng didn't bring his family back, and Gu Qingqing didn't have time to go back with him either.

She was preparing for Sun Tongyu's onboarding ceremony. Sun Tongyu had been sent to Daiying for several months and was already on her way back to China. In a few days, she would become a formal employee of Orange Technology.

It was also a stroke of luck that he announced his joining the company when our teacher Chen was at the height of his online popularity. For Sun Tongyu, this was quite acceptable, as he didn't want too much attention.

Even Gu Qingqing, who is so busy, is discussing this gossip.

However, this incident really exploded in 2008, and its impact was enormous. New photos were being updated every day, and the guy still hasn't been caught. Hong Kong citizens have already started protesting.

Before Teacher Chen's photographic works came out, celebrities had a very high aura among ordinary people, at least for Tan Jincheng in his previous life. When the young Tan Jincheng saw these photos, he was really shocked.

The star's aura faded instantly, and many of the poses were even learned from Teacher Chen's works.

"It's just to appease the fans. If it were an ordinary person, it might seem really naive and foolish, but in the entertainment industry, there's no such thing as naivety. But in the end, including Teacher Chen, they are all victims."

You can't just fix a computer haphazardly. This guy has no basic safety awareness at all; he's incredibly careless.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's a real flower photo, but it lacks aesthetic appeal." "How can there be any aesthetic appeal in that situation?"

A billionaire on the rich list, an internet CEO with a net worth of hundreds of millions, doesn't talk about business in his office but instead gossips about celebrity scandals and admires their photography. No one would believe it if you told them.

However, Tan Jincheng's phone rang after he had only looked at a few pictures. It was Chen Jinwen calling.

"Boss, I think we've secured the deal, but it would be best if you came in person. That would show more sincerity, since building cars is no small matter." Chen Jinwen's voice was excited, and his words were concise.

"You've already reached an agreement so quickly? Old Chen, you're really something! You're just as good as Teacher Chen."

Chen Jinwen was taken aback: "Teacher Chen? Which Teacher Chen?"

He knew about Teacher Chen's matter, but he didn't dare to think in that direction. In addition, he had been busy lately and hadn't paid much attention to this kind of thing. He really didn't expect his boss to make such a dirty joke to him.

"Haha, it's alright, you did a great job. You can schedule a time with Mr. Zhang, I'll just fly over then, but it can't be March 1st."

Tan Jincheng was also a little happy. With the new year just beginning, Flashcar had the opportunity to add another big name. There were many new energy brands that could be remembered by someone who didn't know much about cars in his previous life, but not many behind-the-scenes leaders.

Those who aren't part of the industry don't usually bother to learn more about how a car company developed after buying it; those who do remember it are definitely top performers.

Regardless of how Zhang Yong is evaluated online, his professional knowledge is undoubtedly outstanding. At this moment, what Flashpoint needs most is not marketing talent, but technical talent who can solidly lead the company to progress.

In fact, Tan Jincheng also wanted to poach another person, namely Xia Zhibin, a senior executive of BYD who was being targeted by Zhongtai. This person, who single-handedly created the F3, which almost perfectly imitated the Toyota Corolla, and was known as the "God of the Measuring Tape," was someone Tan Jincheng also wanted to poach.

However, this person is also being watched closely by Zhongtai. In addition, Tan Jincheng does not want to offend Boss Wang for the time being. Poaching this person is comparable to poaching Sun Tongyu, as he is someone who can cause turmoil in the automotive industry.

FlashCars wants to collaborate with BYD in the field of new energy vehicles in the future. FlashCars can learn a lot from BYD's technology in both batteries and car manufacturing. It would be a loss to offend Mr. Wang right from the start.

Let Zhongtai try to recruit them first. It would be best if Zhongtai could recruit them. Anyway, family businesses like Zuoyou are similar to Chery, with serious internal strife. Even if they manage to recruit someone, they won't stay for long.

There has been little progress in peptide technology, and they have clearly realized that it is impossible for an automotive company to succeed without a professional leader. Having tasted the benefits of imitation, it is only natural that they would set their sights on Xia Zhibin.

"Are you going to the capital?" Gu Qingqing heard the contents of the phone call clearly.

"Yes, we poached a technical talent from BAIC. Chen Jinwen has almost finalized the deal, and now it's my turn to step in. But I'll be back soon this time."

"You just got back and you're already going to the capital again. If I'd known, you should have just flown to the capital directly."

"Haha, I didn't expect Old Chen to be so fast. I thought it would take at least a month to reach an agreement."

This speed is indeed impressive. When Tan Jincheng won over Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping, even with Tan Lihua's connections, he immediately offered them irresistible salary incentives. Both of them had considered it for a long time.

She even stayed in Beicang for a while before making the decision. When she first joined the company, she hadn't even completely resigned from the petrochemical company, thus preserving her own escape route.

Clearly, Chen Jinwen's statement that Zhang Yongna has been taken down this time does not refer to the situation with Lin Yumin and Wu Zhenping in the past, but rather that he is already very confident of success.

Speaking of Xia Zhibin, a veteran of BYD, he is now the sales director of BYD, with a similar position to Zhang Yong, except that Zhang Yong is a regional sales manager of Foton, a sub-brand of BAIC.

Although the job titles are similar, the difference in authority is significant. However, for a car brand, the sales-related middle and senior management positions are still very important.

No matter how good the cars are, they still need to be sold, which requires the efforts of the sales director.

"Then let Zeng and the others book the tickets. You'll have to go alone again this time. Remember to convince Tan Jinyue when you get home, haha."

Three-year-old Tan Jinyue is becoming increasingly difficult to fool, as if she has entered a rebellious phase. Her vocabulary is also ridiculously large; she can say many things that haven't been taught to her, and she has also learned to talk back.

Her sister-in-law, Gu Qingqing, gave her the nickname "Dr. Tan".

(End of this chapter)