Metropolis: My Rising Life

At that time, Chen Yi founded Shencheng Babel Investment Co., Ltd., originally to give himself a layer of baby, but he didn't expect it to be really useful now.

Chen Yi rented the highest floor of the Citibank Building in the Shanghai Financial Center.

Although this is not a landmark building in Shanghai, nor is it the tallest building, it is enough to have a panoramic view of the entire Huangpu River here, which is enough to create a sense of comfort that the city is stepped on.

Of course, the reason why Chen Yi rented this floor is because the decoration style here is extremely luxurious, with velvet red carpets under his feet, and the decoration of the entire office area is also stable and elegant.

At first glance, it is not suitable for the office of ordinary companies, but more suitable for bosses to hold meetings here.

After Chen Yi knew that this floor was vacant, he didn't hesitate to rent it out and plan to use it as an office space for his ‘professional team’.

Although the rent here is expensive, the decoration style is in line with Chen Yi's requirements. It can be used directly without major construction. It is not a big deal to spend more money.

Moreover, in order to build such a team, Chen Yi has to pay close to 20 million yuan a year. In order to make these top talents happy to work, money must be spent.

Salary, venue rent, and other operating costs, all added together, the total cost of such a team will reach about 30 million yuan per year.

And if the team will expand in the future, the cost will also increase.

Whether such a team involved in all aspects can contribute to Chen Yi's work is not known for the time being, but for Chen Yi, who does not care about money, it is worth a try.

If you find that such a team is useless, it will disband if the big deal is a loss of tens of millions. For Chen Yi, a'billionaire' who can earn 960 million a year by sitting still, it is simply Small money.

"Mr. Chen, this is an invitation letter sent to you just now."

In the office, Chen Yi is sitting behind the mahogany table, holding an iPad and doing nothing to do on Weibo.

Although this office is very large and decorated in style, it seems at first glance that it is the office of the president of a large international company.

But in fact, Chen Yi is not too busy at all at present, and there is no need to sign documents all day long. Most of the time, he is very leisurely.

Outside the office, someone knocked on the door and walked in with a man in his early thirties when Chen Yi said ‘come in’.

He is not tall, he is not good looking, and he is even a little flat.

This person's name is Han Yifan. He has more than five years of working experience in a large investment bank, and he is a top student who graduated from an Ivy League college in the United States.

He belongs to the absolute kind of children from other people's families, and he is a member of the social elite after graduation.

Even if such people are from poor families, as long as they graduate from school, they will almost certainly be able to squeeze into the middle class and complete the class leap.

This is the person Chen Yi asked Heidrick & Struggles to find.

Because Chen Yi requires a team, even a world-renowned headhunting company can't do it for him all at once.

It is very difficult to dig out all the people in a department of the investment bank.

However, it is not difficult for a well-known headhunting company to find talents in different departments from different investment banks. It only takes a certain amount of time.(Read more @ mtlarchive.com)

This Han Yifan was the talent who was recruited. He and Mr. Wang are still alumni. Of course, Mr. Wang may be a degree bought by the wealth of his family. This is especially unclear.

Han Yifan graduated from the most famous business school in the United States. He has a solid foundation in the financial field and has nearly five years of work experience in investment banking. It can be said that he is a sought-after talent everywhere.

The reason why he came to a small company like Chen Yi to serve his boss is that Chen Yi gave too much money.

Regardless of how talented you are, whether you graduated from Qingbei or from a world-class university, after graduation, not all of you work part-time.

Since it is a part-time job, then of course I will go wherever there is a future and money.

Han Yifan can't reach the level of working emperor again. Under the domestic economic background, the annual salary is in the million level. As long as Chen Yi gives him a few hundred thousand more, he will immediately come here.

After a very harsh interview, Chen Yi not only hired him, but also made Han Yifan his personal secretary.

Male secretaries and female secretaries actually have their own advantages. Males have good physical strength. The work of secretaries is very complicated and tiring, which requires physical strength.

The second is that the secretary knows the secrets of many companies. If it is a female secretary, and if she has any emotional entanglements with her, it will be very detrimental to the company.

Chen Yi has no shortage of women. If he is willing, it will be fine to find dozens of girls for meetings on the yacht.

And Han Yifan will come, regardless of his early thirties, he is an elite in the investment bank, but this person is not rigid at all, he is special and without dignity.

Nodding and bowing is the norm. Facing a young man like Chen Yi, his ‘boss boss’ is also enthusiastic and kind, and he is very capable. This even reminds Chen Yi of a person, He Shen.

The reason why Qianlong favored Heshen so much, of course, was not because Heshen would slack off his beard, but because He Zhongtang's working ability was too strong.

Who doesn't like talking, flattering, and capable subordinates, as long as this kind of person is used well, the boss will be very comfortable.

"Just put it on the table."

Chen Yi glanced at the invitation letter in Han Yifan's hand and said.

The entire invitation letter is made of gold foil, surrounded by hollow lace, printed with ‘VICTORIAS.SECRET’ and ‘FASHION.SHOW’ on it, and the words ‘shencheng.2017’ written in handwriting below.

This is exactly the Victoria's Secret VIP invitation letter, the market price is 220,000, and it is still the kind that you can't get in if you have money, because they have real-name authentication.

"Boss, this is the invitation letter for the Victoria's Secret Show tonight? I think there are scalpers on the Internet, and an ordinary ticket costs more than 30,000. Your invitation letter looks like a VIP."

After Han Yifan placed the invitation letter in his hand on the table in front of Chen Yi, he sighed and exclaimed alive as a slave.

This kind of flattering appearance of others putting their posture extremely low in front of you really makes people feel particularly superior.

Don't say that everyone is equal, it is impossible. People are vying to make more money and want to climb up. What they want is this kind of power.

"Thirty thousand? You really can't get in even after you buy a ticket. The Victoria's Secret Show used to not invite outsiders. Now, even though they have been invited, they have to apply in advance, all for identity verification."

"...Even a large publication can only get three tickets in total, and even a large website can only get one. I won't say more about the name of the specific one."

Chen Yi waved his hand and said.

As his position changes, Chen Yi has more and more channels to understand things, and what he knows becomes more and more detailed.

This is the intelligence advantage.

"Then doesn't this mean that if you want to see Victoria's Secret live, if you are not an invitee, even if you get a ticket, you have to enter the venue as someone else?"

Although Han Yifan used to be an elite investment banker, he was just a part-time job. Even if he had a lot of experience, he wouldn't be able to participate in a show of this level.

"That's not the case. In these years, as long as you have money, you can do anything. Wherever there are business opportunities, people will settle in."

"...Some people do have some money, but their social status is not enough, or they are in different circles and will not be invited. These people are called'high-net-worth clients'."

"And there are some companies that specialize in providing luxury experience services to these high-net-worth customers."

"...This type of company is equivalent to a service provider. As long as you spend money to buy services from them in advance, this type of service provider has a way to let you participate in various social gatherings, and it is completely in your name. "

"As for how they get the invitation letter, do they have internal transactions with those organizers, this kind of trickery is their industry secret."

"...Okay, if you want to see long legs, give me a good job. Next year's 18th Victoria's Secret show, I will directly let you sit in the VIP seat and watch it."

Chen Yi waved his hand impatiently.

Han Yifan immediately made an expression of gratitude, and slapped all kinds of flattery there.

Chen Yi flipped the iPad in his hand and turned to Han Yifan and said, "...this is your job next."

I saw an English letter of ‘Africa’ written on the iPad.

Han Yifan immediately turned into a bitter face, "...Boss, you are not going to send me to Africa, are you?"

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