The Fourth Financial Crisis

Because of the existence of the Tiandao merit system, all formal contracts in the world of cultivation can be witnessed by Tiandao.

If a cultivator violates the contract, he will lose a lot of merit.

Although mortals cannot cultivate merit, they will also lose the protection from Heaven after violating the contract with Heaven. Mortals who lose the protection of Heaven cannot bear the wrath of cultivators at all!

However, Yang Lu didn't want to ask when he would officially join the job. After waiting for a long time, Li Qingning didn't take the initiative to speak. He had to bite the bullet and asked: "Miss, the salary issue..."

Only then did Li Qingning realize that she didn't seem to mention the salary at all. She touched her delicate cheek and thought for a moment before asking the most classic soul torture sentence in the universe: "Then how much salary do you want?"

As we all know, if job seekers were asked to choose the most difficult questions to answer during a recruitment interview, then "What salary do you want" would definitely rank among the top three.

From a game theory perspective, this question takes the interviewer’s information asymmetry advantage to the extreme.

Since the applicant does not know the interviewer's bottom line, if the number is quoted higher, there is a risk of being directly shot by the other party. If the number is lowered, the part of the salary that is lower than the other party's bottom line will be directly used by the interviewer.

For example, assume that the interviewer's bottom-line monthly salary is 10 yuan of spiritual stone coins. So as long as the applicant reports a salary requirement of more than 10 yuan, he will be shot directly by the interviewer. But if the interviewer quotes 6 yuan of spiritual stone coins, then the remaining 4 yuan of spiritual stone coins is equivalent to being prostituted by the other party. .

Since the results of a normal interview will not be announced on the spot, the applicant does not even have the opportunity to bargain during the process, and the quotation is a one-time deal. Unable to bear the risk of being shot, applicants have no choice but to report their salary requirements as low as possible, resulting in all their "surplus" being clearly arranged by the interviewer.

Yang Lu felt that Li Qingning was not deliberately trying to trick him.

After all, she has already written the word "satisfaction" on her face, and even her beautiful eyes with dazzling eyes are narrowed into a crescent shape because of her smile. This kind of woman, no matter how you look at it, is the kind of person who has no scheming. Guy...

So Yang Lu cautiously probed: "The monthly salary is 30 yuan of spiritual stone coins, what do you think, Miss?"

Lingshi Coin is a credit currency anchored by the equity of the Super Lingshi Mine and exclusively issued by the Lingshi Reserve Bank. Under the leadership of Li Qingyang, the hawkish central bank governor, its purchasing power is very strong.

The actual purchasing power of 30 yuan of spirit stone coins is even comparable to 30,000 yuan in modern society!

To modern people, a monthly salary of 30,000 yuan does not seem to be an exaggeration, but the salary level of migrant workers needs to be considered in light of the productivity level of the local society.

For example, a person with the same monthly salary of 3,000 would be considered a grassroots worker in China, but in Cambodia he would definitely be considered a wealthy person.

Although the world of cultivation has a black technology power source such as aura, its application in mortal society is not widespread. Therefore, there is a considerable gap between the productivity of mortal society in the world of cultivation and modern earth, and it is estimated that it is not as good as modern Cambodia.

According to Yang Lu's estimation, the total factor productivity of the entire Haiya City is at best equivalent to that of European industrial countries in the early 19th century.

If we use the unreliable calculations by British economist Angus Madison in "A Millennium History of the World Economy" as a basis, France's per capita GDP in 1820 was approximately equivalent to US$1,230 in 1990 (equivalent to US$2,000 today), then 30 The relative salary level of Yuanling Stone Coin is already equivalent to a monthly salary of more than 150,000 in modern Chinese society.

For cultivators, this level of salary is just a drop in the bucket, but for ordinary people at the bottom of society, it has definitely reached the level of a working emperor.

Even the high-level chamber of commerce managers who frequent Haiya City Taverns only have a monthly income of about 10 yuan of spiritual stone coins, while a newspaper-selling girl like Murong only earns only 1 yuan of spiritual stone coins per month.

Hearing Yang Lu's quotation, Li Qingning looked obviously embarrassed: "A business genius like Consultant Yang only has a monthly salary of 30 yuan of spiritual stone coins. Isn't it a bit too little? Or 35 yuan, uh... 40 How about the Yuanling Stone Coin?"

To be fair, Yang Lu felt that a monthly salary of 400 yuan of spirit stone coins was reasonable based on his ability.

It's just that I'm new here. I've just completed something for the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, and I haven't fully demonstrated my abilities. If I open my mouth like a lion at this time, it will inevitably make people feel greedy.

So he was very humble and just quoted the average salary of the top managers in Haiya City. After he fully demonstrated his ability in the future, it would not be too late for everyone to discuss the issue of salary increase.

I just didn't expect that Li Qingning, the eldest lady of the Chamber of Commerce, would be so polite when talking about salary!

Seeing Li Qingning's astonishing reverse bargaining operation, Yang Lu suddenly felt ashamed. There is probably no other boss like this angelic and warm boss in the world.

Seeing that Yang Lu's expression was changing, but he didn't speak, Li Qingning also felt a little embarrassed: "Consultant Yang, you helped the Qingning Chamber of Commerce solve such a huge trouble this time, and your credit cannot be measured in spirit stone coins. I only give I do feel guilty for your small salary, but if you raise the standard any further, other chamber of commerce stewards will inevitably stir up trouble. As the leader of the chamber of commerce, I must take into account fairness... Otherwise, since Murong is working with Butler Zhou, in my opinion , she can also pay a monthly salary according to the standard of 20 yuan of spirit stone coins."

Murong, who was cleaning the house, was shocked when he heard that this monthly salary was more than his annual income from selling newspapers: "Miss, I don't know anything except doing some menial work. Are you giving me too much..."

Li Qingning waved his hands and said, "You are Butler Zhou's deputy and your responsibilities are very important. I think your brother also hopes that your income will be higher."

If Li Qingning hadn't mentioned it, Yang Lu himself would have almost forgotten that he also had the character of Brother Murong. Giving your "sister" a salary increase isn't just a disguised form of giving him a salary increase!

After a round of reverse bargaining by Li Qingning, his total salary standard soared to 60 yuan of spiritual stone coins per month. According to Yang Lu's understanding of the market conditions, the hiring cost for an ordinary cultivator in the early stages of Qi refining is only about 100 spiritual stone coins per month!

In other words, as soon as Yang Lu set foot on the job, his salary level was as high as that of half a cultivator.

To use a vivid metaphor, this level of income can even allow him to stay at the local five-star hotel Haiya Pavilion with food and accommodation for a long time!

You know, Haiya Pavilion is a five-star hotel standard on earth. In the society of cultivators with backward productivity levels, this is a serious seven-star hotel. Looking at the entire eastern part of Zhongzhou, it can be regarded as one of the most luxurious inns.

Yang Lu quickly raised his hands and smiled bitterly: "Miss Qingning is too polite. I just did a small job, and I really feel worthy of receiving such a high salary!"

Li Qingning waved his hands very gracefully and said: "When I was a child, my great-grandfather told me many stories about President Lu Yang. At that time, President Lu once said that there is no upper limit to the value of talents. For real talents, there is no such thing as high salary. The problem is not high, but the problem is whether the ability is sufficient. For a rare talent like Consultant Yang, this salary is nothing."

Yang Lu admitted that there was nothing wrong with President Lu’s remarks. But the question is, what is the definition of talent? How should the value of talents be measured?

Even standardized examinations can only measure the ability of talents from the aspect of test-taking. Therefore, the pricing of talents has always been a difficulty in corporate management.

Yang Lu did not think that Li Qingning had this special ability to price talents.

You are lucky this time to meet a real talent like me.

What if you are unlucky and encounter a fake talent who is just pretending to be someone, or is simply an undercover agent sent by a hostile chamber of commerce?

Li Qingning's approach of relying on "Quotations of President Lu" to manage the company is a bit like Zhao Pu, who "rules the world with half of the Analects", but the problem is that Mr. Zhao is a pragmatic official who started from the grassroots, so he Only by relying on only half of the Analects can we combine theory with practice. Li Qingning, the eldest lady of the Chamber of Commerce, looks like Zhao Kuo on paper!

Yang Lu could only feel grateful for such an angelic and beautiful boss at the stall. What he wants to do most now is to find Chen Ping, a monk from the Golden Knife Sect, and then thank his whole family!