I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 524 This is like the "All-in" game played at the gambling table in Hong Kong movies: I'll bet whatever you bet!

"Oh, you already know about this? I didn't even know if it would work out or not." Fang Qingye then briefly recounted the events.

"It's highly likely to be successful. Wuyang County is offering very generous incentives to keep your friend here. Your friend has already tentatively agreed to build the factory, but it will still take some time before a formal agreement is signed."

"Oh, County Chief Miao said that?"

"Yes, he went to a meeting in the city this morning and chatted with our County Chief Wang. He let it slip, and County Chief Wang called me."

Fang Qingye smiled and asked, "Is it because County Chief Wang is upset that I didn't bring Shi Guangrong to invest in our Nanxin and even helped Wuyang County?"

"No, not at all." Fang Jianhua quickly explained on the other end of the phone: "He meant that the new leadership in Wuyang County had just taken office and had already secured an investment project worth over 100 million yuan. Our leaders in Nanxin should also work hard and not lose to Wuyang."

"Oh," Fang Qingye said.

"Actually, if you're complaining, you're complaining about me, after all, I'm the deputy county head in charge of industry," Fang Jianhua explained.

“Right now, all districts in Jinghai are going all out for development, and they are all using their unique methods to attract investment. Everyone is under a lot of pressure. Did you know that this morning, all the counties went to the city for a meeting to attract investment? In the past, it was us deputy county heads in charge who attended the meeting, but this time we were directly promoted to county heads! Miao Hongbin even spoke on behalf of Wuyang.”

No wonder Miao Hongbin has been so eager to invite Shi Guangrong to invest in their county these past few days; it turns out the city is holding this meeting!
It must be said that Miao Hongbin was very adept at being an official.

"Second Uncle, Bai Ou is going to Pengcheng to attend a company financing meeting." Fang Qingye suddenly changed the subject, leaving Fang Jianhua on the other end of the phone puzzled.

Why are we suddenly talking about lotus root?
Fang Qingye remained calm and unhurried: "I've mentioned this company to her before. It's called Dajiang Innovation, which specializes in the research and development and manufacturing of drones. I have shares in it, and they're currently preparing to raise about 4 million yuan again to build a new drone production base and a research and development center."

"You mean you want to build it in our Nanxin?" Fang Jianhua immediately understood why Fang Qingye had suddenly brought this up.

"Yes. Of course, this is my idea. Bai Ou went to Pengcheng this time for two reasons. First, my Tuofang Technology will send people to participate in this financing and invest funds again. Second, I want to build the base in Nanxin. Moreover, I expect this production base to be expanded later."

"Great! I'll report to County Chief Wang right away! What do you need our county to do? We'll send people over to fully cooperate!" Fang Jianhua said excitedly on the other end of the phone.

"No, don't disturb anyone. Let Bai Ou go first, and then give Bai Ou a copy of the county's preferential policies for attracting investment."

At this point, Fang Qingye smiled and said, "I was going to call you to ask for this, but I didn't expect you to call me back."

“No problem, I’ll have someone send the electronic version to her email right away,” Fang Jianhua said immediately.

"Okay, Xiao Ye, you let Bai Ou go over there, aren't you going with her? What if..."

"Don't worry, Bai Ou is better than me at negotiations," Fang Qingye said with a smile. "I'll just offer some advice from behind the scenes."

"You two are really something. In other people's marriage, the man is the breadwinner and the woman stays at home, but you've done it the other way around."

"That's good."

The uncle and nephew chatted for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.

Three days later, Bai Ou, accompanied by her entourage, boarded a plane at Pudong Airport and headed to Shenzhen.

Bai Ou and her group consisted of three people: herself, her assistant Yang Xue, a student from the School of Finance at Shencai University who had just graduated last year.

Although the girl is only an undergraduate, she is clear-headed and speaks very logically. As a law student, Bai Ou likes this type of employee.

Lack of work experience can be made up for in future work. Another example is Yan Zhaotao, the head of the risk control department, a middle-aged man who is always smoking. He used to be the deputy head of the risk control department at the Shanghai branch of the well-known Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., and has a wealth of experience.

At the beginning of this year, when he was in his prime, he suddenly resigned from Cinda Asset Management Company and applied for a job at Tuofang Technology—a company that seemed to be small in scale—to do his old job.

Although his salary was lower than when he worked at Cinda, and he had much less power, what made him feel comfortable was that the work was so pleasant. He didn't have to work overtime at all, and sometimes he had nothing to do during his eight-hour workday.

It turns out things are different at Cinda.
Risk identification and assessment involves closely monitoring market changes and utilizing data analysis and model calculations to promptly identify potential risks. Supervising business operations and compliance, establishing risk early warning mechanisms, and generating risk management reports are also crucial. The workload is immense, and the responsibility is significant. If a problem arises, the risk control department will inevitably bear responsibility—how did you conduct the risk assessment at that time?!
The long-term high-stress work caused him to suffer from neurasthenia, and he couldn't sleep at night. Eventually, he had to resign.

Arriving at Tuofang Technology felt like entering another world. Although it was also risk management, he suddenly felt that his department was dispensable.
It turns out the company didn't even have a risk assessment department!

For example, today I'm going to Shenzhen to attend a financing meeting for DJI Innovations Co., Ltd., and I need to prepare for additional investment.

If such a behavior were carried out at Cinda Asset Management, several departments, including investment, risk control, and legal affairs, would prepare dozens of pages of documents for decision-makers to refer to.

But once he arrived here, it seemed that he didn't need anything. He was only informed two days ago that he had to go to Shenzhen for a meeting!
"This time we will participate in Dajiang's new round of financing. No matter how much Dajiang raises or which institutions participate, Tuofang Technology must maintain its 10% stake in Dajiang."

This is a sentence that CEO Bai Ou told him.

This surprised him greatly: no prior assessment was needed?!
This looks like the "all-in" game played at gambling tables in Hong Kong movies:
Whatever you offer, I'll go for it!

What the hell!

What's the point of having my own head of risk control then?!
Of course, he would never say that aloud.

Wouldn't that be better?
They took no responsibility whatsoever and treated this trip to Shenzhen as a publicly funded vacation.

It would be nice to see my old classmates while I'm at it.

The plane weaved through the clouds.

Yan Zhaotao was traveling in business class.

Tuofang Technology offers good benefits to its employees; business trips usually involve air travel. At Cinda Asset Management, someone in my position can only fly economy class, but compared to ordinary employees, we have more options and don't have to take late-night flights to save money.

At Tuofang Technology, department heads and deputy department heads can all travel in business class—in fact, the company only has 40 employees in total, with no more than 10 department heads and deputy department heads. For example, the risk control department doesn't have a deputy department head; there are only three people in total, including him.

It is said that before Bai Ou became CEO, when her husband, that rather mysterious young man in the investment world, was in charge of the company, there were only 6 people in the company!
They have already invested in and managed assets worth billions!
He found it incredible when he first joined the company, but now he's used to it.

Yan Zhaotao sat in business class, looking at a magazine and listening to music with headphones on, looking relaxed and carefree.

Bai Ou and her assistant were also in business class.

Given the treatment of a company CEO, she should be able to fly first class, but it seems she always flies business class when traveling for business.

Unlike Yan Zhaotao, Bai Ou opened her laptop, her delicate brows slightly furrowed, and was looking at a document.

She was the main force and the only player in this negotiation.

She also faces a rather tricky problem: persuading DJI to locate its new manufacturing base in Nanxin County.

(End of this chapter)