Meanwhile.
Manager Chen clutched his phone, growing anxious from the wait.
He had finally received Lin Xiaoman’s terms.
An eighty-twenty split...
This meant that of the total value of all gifts and donations Lin Xiaoman received in her stream, she would take eighty percent.
The platform would only be able to take a twenty-percent cut.
Manager Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately said to Lin Xiaoman:
"Xiaoman, it’s not that I disagree, but I really don’t have the authority to make this decision."
"Hardly anyone here has ever signed an eighty-twenty contract..."
"Besides, the platform has to maintain your stream’s moderation accounts and handle daily promotions..."
"All these miscellaneous things cost money. If we only take twenty percent, the company would have gone bankrupt long ago."
Manager Chen tried his best to persuade her, hoping to make Lin Xiaoman drop the idea.
However, Lin Xiaoman had no intention of haggling with Manager Chen.
Lin Xiaoman snorted coldly. "The donations in my stream today totaled a full five million."
"And I only get to take home close to three million!"
"Does it really cost the platform over two million a day to operate?"
"Just for my stream alone?"
Since Manager Chen was trying to dissuade her by citing the stream’s operating costs,
Lin Xiaoman naturally launched her counterattack on the same grounds.
"Eighty-twenty. That’s my condition. If your company can’t accept it,"
"I won’t hold it against you. We can just part on good terms."
Lin Xiaoman said, her voice cold.
However, the calmer Lin Xiaoman’s attitude was,
the more flustered Manager Chen became.
Based on Manager Chen’s past experience,
only those who had already secured their next employer would make demands with such confidence.
Usually, at this point,
the platform would seriously evaluate the strength of the streamer who was threatening to leave.
If it was one of the older streamers with no room for growth,
the platform wouldn’t be willing to offer such a high split to retain someone with no upward potential.
But Lin Xiaoman was different from those streamers.
She was a rising star with massive potential!
So Manager Chen hesitated for a moment before saying, "How about this, Xiaoman? I really can’t make the final call on this."
"I’ll compile your request and report it to my superiors. I’ll get back to you with their decision."
Lin Xiaoman didn’t make things difficult for Manager Chen. "In that case, go ahead and report it. I want an answer by the day after tomorrow at the latest. I’ll continue to stream as normal for the next two days."
After ending the call with Lin Xiaoman,
Manager Chen realized, to his surprise, that his back was covered in a layer of cold sweat.
’Sigh, no matter what, I’ll have to see what the higher-ups think...’
In fact, from Manager Chen’s perspective,
Lin Xiaoman’s conditions weren’t impossible to accept.
As it stood,
the revenue Lin Xiaoman generated daily was gradually stabilizing.
For a rising star who was still in a steady growth phase,
if it were just his personal decision, Manager Chen would be willing to concede.
After all, no one knew what Lin Xiaoman’s stream might grow into in the future.
However, this matter wasn’t his to decide.
The final decision-making power lay with the leadership above him.
During this time, Lin Xiaoman continued to stream as usual, just as she had agreed with Manager Chen.
It had to be said,
Lin Xiaoman was genuinely talented when it came to makeup and styling.
New fans gradually came to appreciate Lin Xiaoman’s skills and talent.
As a result, viewer loyalty to her stream actually increased.
This led to a situation where, even after the major incident the other day,
her follower count was still rising steadily.
This was all a result of Lin Xiaoman’s own abilities.
While Lin Xiaoman and Manager Chen were locked in their tug-of-war,
Lin Feng received a message from Yang Qiniang.
Currently,
the investment firm’s campus recruitment drive had entered its final round.
The next step required the company’s boss to personally conduct the interviews.
Su Ruoxi, who was beside him, naturally knew what Lin Feng was about to do.
Su Ruoxi pursed her lips into a smile and teased Lin Feng, "The people you’re about to interview are all upperclassmen. May I ask how Mr. Lin feels about that?"
Lin Feng turned to Su Ruoxi with a grin and said, "In my eyes, they aren’t upperclassmen right now. They’re just ordinary job applicants."
"As the recruiter, what I value isn’t their status, but their abilities."
By the time Lin Feng arrived at the company,
Huizi had already brought over the list of students to be interviewed that day.
After the first two or three rounds of screening,
fewer than twenty people had made it through out of several hundred candidates.
And from this group, Lin Feng would ultimately select fewer than ten people.
Those chosen would then join Lin Feng’s company to begin their official employment.
Lin Feng casually flipped through the students’ résumés.
Most of them had impressive highlights.
He figured that anyone without such highlights had already been filtered out in the previous rounds.
"I wonder what kind of interview format President Lin plans to use?"
Huizi, standing to the side, took out her laptop and opened a document, ready to take notes.
Once she knew Lin Feng’s interview format, Huizi could make the necessary arrangements.
Unexpectedly, Lin Feng told Huizi directly, "I’m not going to conduct a typical one-on-one, question-based interview."
"That kind of interview is too plain, too conventional."
Huizi was slightly surprised to hear Lin Feng say this.
But having worked with Lin Feng for a while, Huizi knew very well that this Mr. Lin liked to take the unconventional path.
And to be honest, Huizi also felt that if it were just a simple face-to-face assessment, the previous rounds of interviews would have been sufficient.
At this moment, Huizi was simply curious about what kind of interview format Lin Feng would actually choose.
"So, what format does Mr. Lin have in mind?"
"Or is there anything you need me to prepare?"
Huizi closed her laptop and looked at Lin Feng, asking.
Lin Feng thought for a moment, then picked up the documents in his hand.
He was holding a total of eighteen résumés.
Each résumé included notes on the applicant’s performance in the first three interview rounds.
These were generally evaluations from the HR department.
Lin Feng held the résumés and pondered for a moment before saying:
"How about this? Go talk to the finance department and have them set aside some liquid capital."
"Somewhere around two to three million should be enough."
Huizi wasn’t quite sure why Lin Feng was giving such an order.
But she didn’t ask any questions and turned to contact the finance department.
After handling a few matters in his office,
Lin Feng looked up and saw Yang Qiniang walk in.
"I heard from Huizi that you’re not planning to use a traditional interview format, Brother Feng?"
Yang Qiniang’s eyes were sparkling as he came in.
Lin Feng knew that Yang Qiniang was a very curious person.
Normally, Yang Qiniang wouldn’t inquire about company decisions.
The main reason was that this recruitment drive was specifically targeting upperclassmen from Yang City University.
On top of that, Yang Qiniang had also helped conduct one of the earlier interview rounds.
So he was very interested in the format of this final interview.
After finishing up what he was working on,
he had come to find Lin Feng.
Lin Feng nodded.
"Don’t you think the traditional interview formats are too mundane?"
"It’s basically just asking questions. Since we’re choosing the talent our company needs,"
"we should naturally select people who meet the conditions I laid out at the information session."
Hearing this,
Yang Qiniang couldn’t help but recall the conditions Lin Feng had mentioned at the information session...
Bold and driven.
"So, what are you planning to do, Brother Feng?"
"Is there anything I can help with?"
Yang Qiniang looked at Lin Feng, eager to get involved.
Lin Feng thought for a moment, then nodded. "Once the candidates get here, you’ll have plenty to do."
"But if you want to see what method I’m going to use, just sit here and wait."
Having received Lin Feng’s tacit approval, Yang Qiniang was more than happy to take a break from his work.

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