Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 161: A Brand New Year

After the Chinese New Year, Ma Qing's vacation came to an end. Standing in front of the office building that Zheng Yumian helped him choose, Ma Qing was very satisfied. This office building located on the seaside in Kwai Tsing District cost Ma Qing a full 200 ​​million.

The office building covers an area of ​​900 square meters, has 12 floors, and the average price per square meter is 200 yuan.

This building is indeed not big, but no matter how big Malaysia is, we don’t have the budget to do that. The key point is that it is close to the sea and has an unbeatable sea view, so the potential for appreciation in the future is not small.

Ma Qing kept one floor for his own use and rented out the rest. "Xiangjiang Zhiwei Technology Co., Ltd." was also officially established. Ma Qing planned to take charge of the company himself and turn it into an intelligent technology incubation company with laboratory characteristics.

"Manager Yao, let's set up the company's framework first. Look at this office, it's empty now, it's a bit scary." Ma Qing looked around. There were only him and the human resources manager in the huge office.

"Okay, boss, please arrange the next work."

Yao Zhengyuan was originally the human resources manager of a large trading company. It was not easy for him to reach this position at the age of less than 40. In the end, he failed in the company. He was a lucky person selected by Ma Qing from many resumes.

Why do I say that? Because Ma Qing really couldn't choose from the final five candidates. After all, you can't tell the whole picture from a resume.

Finally, Ma Qing threw five resumes into the air, and the one that landed on the table was Yao Zhengyuan.

"Manager Yao, let's not talk about anything else, let's first staff the office with general clerks. The receptionist must be pretty, with a good figure and good temperament." Ma Qing said without hesitation, "This is related to the first impression when entering the company, it is very important."

"..." Yao Zhengyuan thought it made sense, "Boss is wise."

"This building belongs to the company. We should first set up a property management department to be responsible for the property management of the building. This is the top priority." Ma Qing began to give instructions one by one.

"I also own a plastic products factory and a radio factory. They are completely shut down now. I want to resume production within the first half of the year. Please be in charge of recruiting people and building the basic framework of these two factories."

Yao Zhengyuan didn't expect that the young man in front of him was so capable. He not only owned an office building and a technology company, but also had two factories.

Yao Zhengyuan's heart moved, and the strong reluctance after the failure of the previous company surged in his heart. Perhaps this was his chance. After finding a new direction in life, Yao Zhengyuan's heart was swept away, and infinite fighting spirit surged in his body. He secretly vowed to work hard.

"Boss, do you have any specific requirements for the directors of the two factories?"

Ma Qing glanced at his new HR manager and was very satisfied that he had found the key point so quickly. "I plan to go the route of low price, large volume and low profit for the plastic products factory. I need a high-level manager who can calculate and control costs, but this person cannot be a stingy person who deducts workers' money."

"I plan to go for the mid-to-high-end, high-profit route for the radio factory. I need a factory manager with a professional background, preferably from a science and engineering background, who is obsessed with product quality." Ma Qing stated his requirements.

"In addition, since our company is a technology company, we need talents in electronics and mechanics. This is a long-term strategy, so you should also pay attention to this aspect."

When it came to recruiting technical professionals, Ma Qing didn't put his hopes on Yao Zhengyuan. The most he could do was recruit some players who could play supporting roles.

After explaining the work, Ma Qing was about to go back to school to find his professor and introduce some outstanding seniors and juniors to work for him, when Quan Ping'an came in.
"Boss, someone from the Happy Valley Police Station called the office of Yaguang Zhisu and said that two foreigners were looking for you. The call was also called here. I don’t know…" Ma Qing understood as soon as he heard it. It must be the two Russians at the racecourse a few years ago who caused trouble. They called him according to the business card he gave them. In this era without mobile phones, it was troublesome.

……

In the Happy Valley Police Station, two foreigners were accusing each other in the detention room.

"Sherikov, your algorithm must be wrong. This championship was a small upset. We lost everything. What do you think we should do?" Xie Liaosha shouted excitedly.

"Xie Liaosha, you can't blame me for this. You said it was an upset, what does it have to do with me? Besides, who told you to play so big? Now you have no money to compensate." Sherikov said aggrievedly.

The two were about to argue when the iron door of the detention room was hit several times by a baton, making a banging sound. A policeman's voice came from outside, "Shut up, someone is here to bail you out, come out now."

As Russians, these two foreigners did not enjoy the preferential treatment given to white people in Hong Kong. On the contrary, because of their Hong Kong identity obtained through refugee status, the police treated these two foreigners very harshly.

In the reception room of the police station, Ma Qing met Sherikov and Xie Liaosha. Last time at the Happy Valley Jockey Club, when Ma Qing heard that these two people could actually make a calculator by themselves, Ma Qing wanted to recruit them under his command.

Either the two of them develop the product themselves, with Ma Qing assisting them; or Ma Qing takes the lead and lets the two of them serve as his front men, putting the product out in the open for the public to see.

"Mr. Ma, you are here, please help us." When Xie Liaosha saw Ma Qing, he felt like he had found a life-saving straw.

"Don't worry, you have to explain the situation clearly, otherwise how can I save you?"

"It's like this..." Xie Liaosha told the story slowly.

The matter is simple. Since seeing Ma Qing's magical operation last time, Sherikov and Xie Liaosha decided to follow suit, but the business did not go smoothly.

Firstly, it was difficult to find people to bet with them, and secondly, their accuracy rate was actually not very high. After hanging around in Happy Valley for a month or so, they actually did not make much money.

Until they met the fat man who called himself Brother Jie again. Maybe it was because Brother Jie had suffered a loss and wanted to make up for it, or maybe it was because after the lesson from Ma Qing last time, Brother Jie still couldn't figure out why he lost. In short, Brother Jie gambled again, and this time, Brother Jie won.

Now the two were in a dilemma. Not to mention the loss of the money for the number-circling, they couldn't even come up with the 1000 yuan they lost. So, the two were sent to the police station.

Ma Qing felt strange. Would the police intervene in such a bet? Never mind.

"Brother Jie, right? This is 1000 yuan. Consider it their compensation to you. Can we just let this matter go?" Ma Qing turned and asked the other party involved.

"Is Yaoyao following you?" The fat man didn't look at the money Ma Qing handed over, but asked with red eyes.

(End of this chapter)