The very day he finished renting the office, Wu Yun contacted a headhunting firm. He asked them to help find candidates for an administrative director, HR director, R&D director, logistics director, and general manager. As a student, Wu Yun only needed to control the company’s overall direction. He’d let others worry about the specific details—after all, if you take a salary, you’re expected to do the work.

In the job postings Wu Yun put online, the annual salary for a director was 150,000 to 300,000, while the general manager’s was 400,000 to 500,000. This attracted a large number of applicants for interviews.

Wu Yun only managed to hire a few of the directors. Many people interviewed for the general manager position, but their work experience was in other industries, leaving Wu Yun less than satisfied.

After all, according to the development path laid out by the system, the bike-sharing company’s valuation could easily exceed 10 billion. Therefore, Wu Yun had to find a leader who was a perfect fit for the company’s growth.

After several days, the general manager position remained unfilled. Left with no choice, Wu Yun instructed the headhunters to raise the annual salary for the role to 800,000. With the year-end bonus, the total compensation would exceed a million, a salary that was top-tier in the industry.

Wu Yun added that there would even be stock dividends down the line.

"President Wu, the headhunting firm sent over three résumés. They said these candidates are sure to meet your requirements," Wang Hao said, knocking before entering.

Wang Hao was the male secretary Wu Yun had hired. Proficient in three Skills and only 26 years old, he was quite a talent.

Wu Yun examined the three résumés carefully before finally selecting one. "Tell the headhunters to send this person an interview invitation," he said.

In the afternoon, while Wu Yun was reviewing some documents, there was a knock on his door.

"Come in!" After receiving Wu Yun’s permission, Wang Hao entered with a man of average build who appeared to be in his thirties.

"President Wu, this is Li Qiuliang. He’s here to interview for the general manager position." After making the introduction, Wang Hao stepped out of the office and closed the door.

Wu Yun quickly used his Detection Glasses to check him out.

Name: Li Qiuliang

Age: 35

Height: 172cm

Appearance: 69

....

Skills:

Vision for Tech Company Development: Master Level

Tech Company Management: Master Level

Oratory Skill: Proficient

...

Affinity: 30

Loyalty: ? (Not yet an employee)

This was the first time Wu Yun had encountered a talent with Master Level Skills. He already felt a strong sense of approval for this man named Li Qiuliang.

As Wu Yun was sizing up Li Qiuliang, Li Qiuliang was observing Wu Yun as well. When the headhunting firm first contacted him, Li Qiuliang hadn’t been very interested. After all, an annual salary of four or five hundred thousand wasn’t much different from his current income, so there was no real need to switch jobs. He was very confident in his own strategic vision.

Li Qiuliang didn’t look down on the chairman before him, who was possibly still a student. He knew he was just a high-level wage earner, while others were born at the finish line.

"Hello, President Wu. I’m Li Qiuliang. I was previously the vice general manager at *** Technology, and I’m here today to interview for the general manager position," Li Qiuliang said, introducing himself first.

"President Li, hello! I’ve read your file. You graduated from *** University, have a great deal of experience in tech project management, and made it to vice president at *** Company. May I ask why you’re thinking of changing jobs?"

Li Qiuliang complained inwardly, ’Can I really just say it’s because you’re paying too much?’ After a moment’s thought, Li Qiuliang said, "President Wu, I’ve hit a ceiling at *** Company. My opportunities for growth are limited, so I’m looking to take the next step."

"President Li, I know this is a two-way street. I can offer you an annual salary of 800,000, which will reach one million with the year-end bonus. At the same time, I can give you 2% of the company’s shares. However, these shares come with a precondition: after working for the company for one year, you will gain the right to dividends, and after three years, you will gain full ownership of the shares. But I will retain priority acquisition rights for that 2%!"

"That’s the first thing. Second, I will not interfere excessively with the company’s management and development. You can consult with me on major directional decisions, President Li, but I still have to spend most of my time at school. I now invite you, President Li, to join Nirvana Technology as its general manager. What do you say?" Wu Yun laid out his thoughts.

Li Qiuliang extended his hand and said, "President Wu, I look forward to working with you!"

Completely satisfied with Li Qiuliang’s abilities, Wu Yun shook his hand. "Haha! From now on, Nirvana Technology’s development will be in your hands, President Li!"

Li Qiuliang

Affinity: 50

Loyalty: 85

On Wu Yun’s Detection Glasses, Li Qiuliang’s Loyalty was now displayed, and it was quite high. The system explained that if Loyalty dropped below 60, there was a risk of the employee leaving for another company.

The Loyalty of most of Nirvana Technology’s new hires was between 70 and 79. Only his secretary, Wang Hao, had a Loyalty of 82.

This Loyalty score required long-term cultivation. A company’s management, policies, compensation, and even its people could all affect the fluctuation of an employee’s Loyalty.

"President Wu, I’ll need two days to handle my affairs at my previous company, so I’ll have to trouble you to manage things here for a bit longer. By the way, could you send me the plans for the company’s upcoming projects? I’d like to prepare in advance," Li Qiuliang said.

"Sure. Add me on WeChat first, and I’ll send you the business plan. I’ll also have Wang Hao send you a list of all company personnel and their current tasks," Wu Yun said with a nod. He planned to send Li Qiuliang the early and mid-stage development plans. Although he trusted the system’s ratings, it was always wise to hold something back.

Wu Yun was very relieved to hand over the company’s management to a professional. Furthermore, the system had now unlocked a company panel for him, where he could see all sorts of information like company revenue, liquid assets, and fixed assets. He could also clearly view information on all company personnel.

This panel had actually appeared when he founded Xingyun Media; he just hadn’t noticed it at the time.

For now, the company’s main task was to develop the Little Red Car app. Wu Yun was quite confident in the abilities of his team of programmers; developing software of this difficulty wouldn’t be a problem for them.

However, the subsequent task of negotiating partnerships with bicycle manufacturers like Phoenix Bicycle would be Li Qiuliang’s job. Wu Yun was only responsible for staying informed, signing documents, and providing the money.

For Wu Yun, establishing Nirvana Technology completed his most urgent task. The company’s growth was something that couldn’t be rushed.

Since being reborn, aside from his experiences of getting to know Wu Ying and Jiang Xinyi intimately, Wu Yun hadn’t really gone out to have fun. He was either learning to drive or drawing up plans.

Wu Yun had already lit up some items on the system’s badge wall. Besides the badge for founding a company, the low-level badges for the number of women he’d gotten to know intimately and for cars he owned, there was also a high-level badge for a top-tier luxury car. The other badges were still grayed out.

One of them was a high-tier badge for "collecting beauties," which required getting intimate with women whose appearance score was 90 or above. According to the system: ’As a man with a system, if you’re going to be a player, you have to be a high-quality one.’

By the way, it should be added that low-level badges offer no base reward the first time they are lit up. The system explained that low-level badges only give rewards after they are maxed out later on.

For a low-level badge like "Found a Company," for instance, there was no requirement for the company’s valuation.

Any major "first" event the host experienced could count as a low-level badge, with milestones for ownership counts at 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on.

Wu Yun took a look and felt that maxing them out was rather meaningless. It was also a pointless waste of time. Therefore, his main focus should be on the high-level badges.