On the other end of the line.
The background sounded a bit noisy, and the connection wasn’t great.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Lin?"
Wang Zongjie’s voice came through.
"Yes, this is Lin Feng."
Hearing Lin Feng’s familiar voice, Wang Zongjie immediately let out a sigh of relief.
"So, Senior Brother Wang, what can I do for you?"
Lin Feng cut straight to the chase.
Wang Zongjie didn’t want to beat around the bush either and said directly, "Well, you remember how I mentioned a gathering I wanted to invite you to?"
"But we couldn’t work out the scheduling recently, so it kept getting postponed and never happened."
Having not received any specific news about the gathering for so many days, Lin Feng had already figured as much.
However, Lin Feng wasn’t in any hurry to attend this gathering.
So he never even asked Wang Zongjie about it.
At first, Wang Zongjie had been waiting for Lin Feng to call and ask.
But when he later realized Lin Feng truly hadn’t given his invitation a second thought, Wang Zongjie felt a sense of resignation.
’It seems this junior of mine really doesn’t think much of me.’
If it weren’t for the ongoing semiconductor project collaboration they had been discussing, Wang Zongjie would have thought he’d lost all contact with his junior.
"Anyway, we’re having a gathering this weekend in the afternoon at Ginza Square."
"I was wondering if you’re free, Junior Lin?"
Wang Zongjie asked, his voice tinged with a smile.
The time was specifically chosen for a weekend afternoon.
For a student, it was a time they were very unlikely to be busy.
Lin Feng could faintly sense that the gathering’s time and location seemed to have been arranged to accommodate him.
"I should be free at that time."
Hearing Lin Feng’s answer, Wang Zongjie breathed a silent sigh of relief.
Since he was free, it meant Lin Feng had agreed.
Before calling, Wang Zongjie had been worried that Lin Feng would choose not to go because he hadn’t heard anything about the event for so long.
"Since you have the time, then make sure you come, Junior Lin."
"Regarding the semiconductor project, there’s some supplementary material I’d like to discuss with you then."
"The situation is a bit complicated."
As soon as Wang Zongjie said that, Lin Feng saw right through him.
He was probably afraid Lin Feng wouldn’t show up, so he was dangling the project materials as bait.
Lin Feng didn’t find Wang Zongjie’s little scheme annoying, though.
After all, Wang Zongjie’s ploys were all out in the open.
"Don’t worry, Senior Brother Wang."
"I have time that day. I’ll be at the gathering."
After ending the call with Wang Zongjie, Lin Feng mulled over the matter.
It was obvious from both the initial invitation and this newly scheduled time that Lin Feng was apparently an indispensable figure for this gathering.
Lin Feng rubbed his chin and made another bold guess.
’Perhaps this whole gathering was arranged just for me...’
’Otherwise, why would Wang Zongjie go to such lengths to ensure I would attend?’
"This makes things interesting. I’d like to see if this is a trap or something else entirely."
Lin Feng muttered to himself after a moment of thought.
"Brother Feng, what’d you say?"
He looked up to see Yang Qiniang walk in with Cao Ming and the others.
"Nothing. Weren’t you guys going out to eat? Why are you still here?"
Lin Feng looked at Yang Qiniang, puzzled.
Yang Qiniang chuckled and asked, "We’re about to head out. We just wanted to check with you before we left, Brother Feng. Are you going to be busy for a while?"
"If you’re not too busy, we could wait for you in the office for a bit. We could all grab a meal together."
Lin Feng had already received the meeting agenda that Huizi prepared.
After a quick glance, Lin Feng shook his head with a helpless sigh.
"I’m afraid not. There’s a lot to cover in the upcoming meeting."
"You guys go on ahead."
Since Lin Feng said so, Yang Qiniang and the others didn’t wait any longer.
Huizi printed out the relevant documents and handed them to Lin Feng.
「At that moment.」
Most of the company’s management, along with some project leads from the lower levels, had gathered in the conference room.
Lin Feng opened the system’s rating function.
He could see that the loyalty of all his top managers had already reached one hundred percent.
However, the loyalty of some of the lower-level project leads was still hovering around sixty or seventy.
For these people, the only thing they really cared about was the salary Lin Feng’s company provided.
Their loyalty wasn’t very high.
However, Lin Feng could also see that most of the people in the conference room were quite capable.
Especially their investment skills.
’System, go ahead and increase the loyalty of these project leads and minor supervisors.’
Lin Feng thought to himself.
The system had previously granted him the ability to increase the loyalty of key personnel.
Since there hadn’t been any major meetings recently, there were some mid-level managers whose loyalty Lin Feng had yet to boost.
Today’s fund allocation meeting was the perfect opportunity to gather them all in one place.
He could just use this chance to raise their loyalty with the system.
Just as Lin Feng sat down,
the system had already begun increasing the loyalty of the mid-level managers and project leads.
These people weren’t core members of the company, after all.
So, the system raised the loyalty of these mid-level managers to over ninety percent.
Although it didn’t reach one hundred percent, a level of over ninety percent was more than enough to make them stay with Lin Feng’s company wholeheartedly.
"Today’s meeting is primarily about reallocating some funds."
"I trust you’ve already prepared the relevant asset reports as requested."
"I now need every department to free up their unused liquid capital as quickly as possible."
"I’m about to personally manage a major investment."
Lin Feng briefly stated the main purpose of the meeting.
Although the department heads had high loyalty, they still looked troubled when it came to reallocating funds.
The main reason was that every department was currently developing well.
They usually had several projects on their plates.
And the daily operations of these projects required a large amount of capital to be poured in.
But Lin Feng, as the boss, needed to withdraw funds, which was also a matter of great importance.
Right now, there wasn’t much capital that the departments could free up.
Under Lin Feng’s gaze, the Financial Investment Department, starting from his left, began to report.
"Well, President Lin..."
"We really don’t have much liquid capital on hand."
Lin Feng cut off his explanation and asked directly, "I don’t need the specific reasons. I just want to know how much you can give me."
The head of the Financial Investment Department hesitated for a moment, then held up one finger.
"Mr. Lin, the most liquid capital we can free up is only ten million..."
The Financial Investment Department was one of the departments in Lin Feng’s company with a relatively high number of projects.
If this was the amount that department could come up with, the other departments probably wouldn’t offer much more.
However, Huizi had previously checked the company’s books.
The total liquid capital alone was as high as four hundred million.
It seemed the various project teams were still being a bit conservative.
They were probably worried that Lin Feng would take the money for too long, leaving them unable to manage their cash flow.

Comments

Loading...