This kind of interview method...
Using a real, hands-on test to find talent...
was in itself a very bold and novel move.
Furthermore, a process like this also allowed the HR department to play a full role.
This way,
it actually reduced Lin Feng’s workload.
With this interview format, Lin Feng only needed to spend less than half an hour explaining the rules.
If he had gone with traditional face-to-face interviews,
Lin Feng probably would have been talking to candidates until six or seven in the evening.
After silently marveling at this, Yang Qinian turned to leave Lin Feng’s office.
But Lin Feng stopped him. "Wait, there’s something else I need to discuss with you."
Yang Qinian turned back, a bit puzzled, wondering what else there could be.
Lin Feng took a financial statement out of his drawer.
"Back before we officially started trading, Chen Lei and the others threw a total of nearly thirty million in funds at us."
"They said it was for us to invest, but really, it was more of a favor between friends."
Lin Feng was very clear-headed about it.
Although Chen Lei and his friends were interested in his company back then, they didn’t have high expectations for returns.
It was more about supporting a brother’s venture.
Now, a month had passed.
The company’s profits had long since been calculated.
Lin Feng, of course, had calculated their returns at a rate of two percent.
"The profits are in. Let’s find some time to grab a meal with Chen Lei and the others."
Lin Feng said, handing the documents to Yang Qinian.
Only then did Yang Qinian realize that Lin Feng had stopped him to talk about the money from Chen Lei’s group.
"Alright, I’ll contact Brother Lei about it later."
"Whenever he’s free, we’ll give him the stuff."
At this point,
Yang Qinian blinked. "When we show up with his principal plus interest, it’ll definitely blow his mind."
Lin Feng smiled. "We’re an investment management firm, so I calculated their return at two percent."
Yang Qinian nodded in understanding. "That’s normal. Isn’t that the rate we guaranteed Brother Lei and the others in the first place?"
"Actually, I could tell back then that Brother Lei and his friends didn’t really have much faith in us."
"Looks like now we can really wow them!"
Lin Feng smiled faintly and nodded.
Not long after Yang Qinian left,
he sent Lin Feng a message.
"Brother Feng, Brother Lei and the guys are free tomorrow night."
"Should we go out to eat, or go hang out at the bar?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment and realized he still had a lot of restaurant Cashback Cards he hadn’t used.
So he replied to Yang Qinian, "Let’s go eat tomorrow. My treat."
"After dinner, if we still have the energy,"
"we can go to the bar and give Brother Lei some business."
After receiving Lin Feng’s message, Yang Qinian immediately went to contact Chen Lei and the others.
To be honest, Chen Lei and his group were a little surprised when they received Yang Qinian’s invitation.
Especially since Yang Qinian had bluntly said it was about their investment.
Chen Lei’s first reaction was actually that the money had gone down the drain.
But even if it had, Chen Lei wouldn’t have been too upset. After all, he had put up the money mainly to support his brother.
However, from Yang Qinian’s tone, Chen Lei could more or less guess
that the results of this investment phase were probably pretty good.
Otherwise, Yang Qinian wouldn’t have sounded so happy.
Besides, Lin Feng was treating them to the meal.
So, Chen Lei had a pretty good idea of how the investment had turned out.
When Lin Feng got back to his apartment,
Su Ruoxi had just finished a call with Lin Xiaoman.
"Did that girl Xiaoman call you again? What did she have to say?"
Lin Feng knew his sister had recently been wrangling with the platform.
So he casually asked.
Su Ruoxi smiled as she tidied up Lin Feng’s clothes. "Xiaoman said the platform finally budged. They adjusted their revenue split again."
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow and turned to ask, "What kind of split did the little rascal negotiate for herself?"
Su Ruoxi blinked playfully and looked at Lin Feng. "Xiaoman told me not to tell you directly. She wants you, her big brother, to guess."
As soon as he heard about Xiaoman’s attitude,
Lin Feng knew she must have negotiated a good deal.
Otherwise, the little rascal wouldn’t be so smug as to make a game of it.
"Could it be a seventy-thirty split?"
Lin Feng said casually.
He turned to see Su Ruoxi shake her head with a slight smile. "Xiaoman is very shrewd. She pushed it straight to an eighty-twenty split!"
Lin Feng was also a bit surprised to hear that ratio.
"Not bad. It looks like that little rascal Xiaoman has grown up. She can even negotiate such a great deal for herself!"
Su Ruoxi nodded with a smile. "She said she originally just wanted to start with a high offer and then negotiate down if the platform didn’t budge."
"She didn’t expect the platform to be so straightforward about it."
Lin Feng nodded. "So that little rascal Xiaoman just stumbled into it by chance!"
Su Ruoxi nodded with a beaming smile. "By the way, how did your interviews go? How many people did you hire?"
"Not a single one!"
"They’re still in the trial period..."
Lin Feng explained his interview rules to Su Ruoxi.
When he turned, he saw the admiration in Su Ruoxi’s eyes. "Brother Feng, you’re so clever! To think you came up with a hiring method like that."
"But are you really not worried that these inexperienced people will lose all the money?"
Hearing this, Lin Feng replied casually, "It’s only three million. That’s small change."
When Su Ruoxi heard this, she remembered the time with the United States stock market.
How Lin Feng had doubled his principal just like that.
So she didn’t say anything more.
「Meanwhile.」
After Yang Qinian got home,
he immediately told Yang Tianming about Lin Feng’s unique interview method.
The more Yang Tianming heard, the more amazed he became. He had never imagined such a peculiar interview method could exist.
And upon careful consideration, this method actually had its own solid logic.
Even after so many years in business,
Yang Tianming had never seen any company use such an odd method to screen people.
Seeing the unconcealed admiration in his son’s eyes...
Yang Tianming felt a little sour.
His son used to admire him quite a bit.
But after meeting Lin Feng,
he was constantly talking about him.
But then Yang Tianming had another thought.
’It’s not a bad thing for a talented young man like Lin Feng to associate with my son.’
"Dad, do you think your company should use this method for interviews in the future?"
Yang Qinian asked, turning his head as he ate.
Before Yang Tianming could answer, Yang Qingqing rolled her eyes.
"Bro, are you dumb?"
"The reason Brother Feng chose that method is entirely because your company is an investment firm."
"What’s valued is the investment ability of the people they select."
"Or you could say, their temperament."
"Our dad’s company isn’t just in the investment industry. What’s the use of selecting people this way?"
Yang Qingqing had spoken up before Yang Tianming, who was beside them, could say a word.
He hadn’t expected Yang Qingqing to be the one who saw things most clearly.
Yang Tianming turned and put a large chicken drumstick on Yang Qingqing’s plate. "My daughter is as sharp as ever. This interview format really isn’t suitable for our company."
"But I think there are still aspects worth learning from."
"I’m also tired of the same old screening methods we’ve used for years. How about I leave this year’s interview plan for our company up to the two of you?"
"This is homework from your dad. You’d better do a good job!"
After saying that,
Yang Tianming left the dining room with a wide smile.
Leaving the two siblings staring at each other, wide-eyed.
"Bro, I haven’t even finished my school homework. I’m leaving this to you!"
With that, Yang Qingqing tried to slip away.
Yang Qinian wasn’t a fool. He grabbed his sister as she tried to flee. "My dear sister, you only have schoolwork. Your big brother here has school *and* stuff with Brother Feng!"
"You can do it, my dear sister! I’ll raise your allowance later!"
The two siblings bickered back and forth,
unable to reach a conclusion.
Standing at the top of the stairs, Yang Tianming said with a smile, "You two, stop arguing. Each of you will prepare a proposal for me!"
The brother and sister exchanged a look, then both collapsed onto the sofa with a long sigh.
Watching his children from the stairs, Yang Tianming revealed a faint smile.
In fact, Yang Tianming had noticed recently that ever since his son started following Lin Feng,
he had been growing at a visible rate.
Whether in terms of ability and methods, or in understanding the ways of the world.
That was why Yang Tianming had asked the siblings to prepare proposals today.
He had other motives in mind.
Although Yang Tianming was still in the prime of his life,
that didn’t conflict with him beginning to train his successors.
Moreover, Yang Qinian was now a college freshman.
After two or three years of training, he would be ready to take over some of the larger subsidiary companies right after graduation.
Yang Tianming had always been quite equal in how he educated his son and daughter.
He also deeply respected their choices.
Therefore, when it came to assigning homework, Yang Tianming wasn’t going to let either of them off the hook.
Yang Qinian hadn’t expected to land himself this task over a single meal.
Yang Qinian could more or less figure out what his father was thinking.
He knew his father wanted him to start with human resources,
and gradually come to understand the company’s internal operations.
Yang Qingqing also understood this clearly.
But one look at each other’s eyes revealed their shared confusion.
’A unique hiring method?’
’How are we supposed to even think about that?’
Both of them couldn’t help but think of the hiring method Lin Feng had chosen.
The more they mulled over Lin Feng’s method, the more helpless they felt.
Because Lin Feng’s hiring method was perfectly tailored to the needs of his company.
This high degree of specificity
also meant that it was impossible to replicate.
"Forget it. For the next couple of days, I guess we’re partners in misfortune."
Yang Qinian patted his sister’s head.
Yang Qingqing slapped him back. "In that case, my dear partner in misfortune, please think hard. I’ll need to ’borrow’ some of your ideas later!"
Yang Qinian immediately dropped his sentimental expression and said sternly,
"Don’t even think about it!"

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