1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 28 No One Available
"Jones, you will hand over the work to the new employee Strauss in a while, you don't need to be this assistant anymore."

Liang Yao put down the report in his hand and said to Jones.

"I'm very sorry, boss, I was so offended just now, I hope you can be magnanimous, forgive me for my rude and offensive words, please don't fire me, you are now employing people, we signed a one-year labor contract, You can't fire me without reason," Jones explained hastily.

"I didn't say I would fire you. I know the content of the labor contract, but the contract also stipulates that I have the right to transfer your job."

"I can learn a lot by following you. Just the financial statement on your desk, I can make such a statement is enough for me to find a good job in a big company in the East." Jones looked very frustrated, he Begged Liang Yao to let him continue as an assistant.

"As long as I can stay by your side and do things for you, I don't need a salary, just take care of food and housing! You are about to do a big job now, and it is time to employ people! I would like to be your pawn!"

Although Jones is mediocre, he is very progressive, and Liang Yao has noticed his progress.

"You are very motivated. Just because of this, I will not fire you. The bank building in Sacramento has been built. You have banking experience. I plan to let you be the president of the bank and give you a chance to exercise."

Liang Yao affirmed Jones' work and work.

"I'm going to do a big job. If your bank president is good, it will greatly relieve my financial pressure. Only the person I trust the most can be qualified for this position. Jones, do you understand?"

Jones was both pleasantly surprised and terrified, but he was happy that Liang Yao trusted him and gave him a chance to exercise.When he was a small teller at Lexington Northern Bank in his early years, the position of bank president was an unattainable existence for him.

It was because he could not see a way out in the bank that he became a New York drifter and squeezed into the New York Securities and Exchange Commission.

What Jones was worried about was that he had never even been a small manager of a bank before, and the work in the bank was very complicated. He was worried that he would not be able to do the job, and that he would fail Liang Yao's trust and expectations of him.

"Thank you very much, my boss." The flattered Jones expressed his worries, "It's just that the position of bank president is a heavy responsibility, and it requires someone with outstanding ability to take on this important task. I know myself, and my ability is very good. limited."

"It is because of limited ability that we need to exercise." Liang Yao picked up the teacup, "We are not very manpowered when we start a bank, and we don't need too much business. For the time being, we only accept gold custody and storage and exchange business. I think you are still competent. for this job."

Liang Yao wants to absorb gold from various small gold mining companies and groups through the bank to ease the financial pressure.

There is no room for such a bank in the eastern part of the United States, but it is different here. This is California, and financial services are still blank. No bank has settled in California yet. Liang Yao does not need to consider the issue of peer competition for the time being.

"I will never betray your trust!" Jones made a statement, and at the same time he did not forget to remind Liang Yao, "To open a bank, you need to report to at least the state-level government and obtain a license."

"I know this, but there is no state government in California now, so I can't go to Independence City, more than a thousand miles away, to report to them. It's urgent. I will find a way to make up for the bank's relevant procedures later. , you don't have to worry about this." Liang Yao said as he put down the teacup in his hand.

After Jones left, Liang Yao fell into deep thought. He had a feeling that no one was available to him.Letting Jones be the president of the bank is like having no general in Sichuan, and Liao Hua being the vanguard.

Strauss has a talent for business, but the future can be expected, but now Strauss is still a young guy who has just started his business and needs to gain experience.

What is even more worrying is that there are too few Chinese people around him who can be used. The bank is his pocketbook, and it is impossible for him to hand over the bank to Jones.

This is not a matter of trust or distrust, but that human nature is too fragile to withstand the test of gold.He can let Jones manage the bank, but he must put a shackle on Jones, and take precautions to prevent things from happening.

But who should be the shackles?

After thinking about it, only Deng Wenyu is suitable. The only Chinese around him who can barely speak English and who can write and count are Deng Wenyu.

However, Deng Wenyu was responsible for managing the San Francisco industry in San Francisco, so it was obviously inappropriate to recall Deng Wenyu to Sacramento to manage the bank.

And he himself has been entangled in trivial affairs, and he has no skills.

In this era, there are very few people who are proficient in both English and Chinese, who can write and count.

After thinking for a long time, Liang Yao finally called Deng Ying.

Except for Deng Wenyu, none of the members of the Deng family are intelligent, but Deng Ying is extremely smart and quick to learn. It is a pity that Deng Ying did not receive education in her early years, so Deng Ying's education level is relatively limited.

Liang Yao couldn't care less about it anymore, so he made up his mind to let Deng Ying try it, even if it was placed next to Jones as a vase, Jones would have some scruples.

"Cousin, I have never run a business, and I have never even managed my family's money. The third cousin is smart, has been educated, and is also an apprentice in the accounting room. He can write and do calculations. Let the third cousin take care of it." This bank couldn't be more suitable." Deng Ying hastily declined.

"San Francisco can't do without your third cousin, do you want your cousin to break your third cousin in half?" Liang Yao gave Deng Ying an angry look.

"I also want to go out and find something to do. Dr. Robinson also encouraged me. It's just that after you let me study, cousin, I seldom do housework when I go home. My mother is okay. She didn't say anything about me. She is my father." , always scolding me, saying that I am lazy, and saying that women who have no talent are virtues and so on."

"With your cousin backing you, you are afraid of the second uncle? If you are such a good material, you will be ruined if you don't study. The second uncle is now in San Francisco, and I can't control you. I will make it clear to the second aunt when I turn around. "

"Really?" Deng Ying's eyes lit up.

"When did your cousin lie to you? But let me remind you that you are doing things, not playing.

The bank is my cousin's money bag, you have to keep a close watch on the money bag for my cousin, you know? "

Deng Ying nodded, "I understand."

"Whether you can read the accounts or not, you have to read them every day, and remember to copy them to your cousin. You should be more careful when you leave and enter the warehouse, and don't let people manipulate them. Follow Jones and learn as much as you can. When things come back, it will be of great benefit to you in the future, understand?"

"Keep in mind my cousin's teaching. I have one thing I want to ask my cousin, which is considered a request."

"You say it."

"Could my cousin buy me a foreigner's skirt? I heard that my cousins ​​are paid for doing things for my cousin. My cousin always treats people equally. Do I also have a salary? If so, I will buy a skirt at that time." The money can be deducted from my salary.”

Deng Ying looked at Liang Yao expectantly.

"Of course, but Jones is still in charge of the bank, and your salary cannot be higher than his.

As for the skirts of foreigners, you really need a good outfit when you are going out. Later, my cousin will find you a skilled foreign tailor to make some suits that fit you. "

After Deng Ying left, Liang Yao took out a piece of letter paper from the desk, took out a pen, typed up the manuscript, and wrote at his desk.

He thought of Yung Wing. In his previous life, he attended a school named after him in elementary school, middle school, and high school.He still knows a lot about Rong Wing's life experience.

After all, his teachers have often talked about this person in class since elementary school, and over time, he can even recite Yung Wing's life experience backwards.

Yung Wing was the first Chinese in China to graduate from an American university. The plan to send young children to study in the United States during the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty was also facilitated by his years of hard work.

These four young children studying in the United States have cultivated China's first generation of engineers, modern naval officers, diplomats, educators, lawyers and other talents.

And Yung Wing is the person who asked for directions for these government-sent young children studying in the United States. It is now 1850. At this time, Yung Wing should be preparing for Yale University. Graduated from college.

After Liang Yao finished writing the letter, he ordered his subordinates to send the letter.

The most depressing and powerless thing for him in this era is that he cannot find compatriots who share the same language as him.

Perhaps in the United States today, Yung Wing is the only compatriot who shares his language with him.

Talents, talents, he needs to cultivate a group of Chinese talents for his use, and cultivating talents is precisely the most urgent thing.

(End of this chapter)