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Chapter 51 Thanking myself for my decision now

Perhaps life was in a trough, and Mr. Andrew was eager to get the money. The next day, under the witness of a lawyer, the two parties signed a contract and agreed on the transfer of the company, and Mr. Andrew left soon.

It's not troublesome to buy a fund company with a scale of only a few million dollars. The consulting company's intermediary fee of [-] dollars is also paid by Mr. Andrew.

After paying the first payment for the purchase of the company, Locke came to the office of the Sky Fund Company and began to meet with the employees of the original fund company.

Don't look at the fact that Sky Fund has managed tens of millions of dollars in assets, but in fact the company has only six employees.

Finance itself is a knowledge-intensive industry, just like Warren Buffett's company. There are only more than 20 people in the headquarters for a long time, but this does not prevent it from becoming one of the most successful companies on Wall Street.

The company has no money on the books, but due to the fierce competition in the industry, it is not very easy to find jobs. Even though these six people have started to submit resumes to other companies, most of them have not won satisfactory positions, and the company is barely operating normally.

Locke has no intention of suppressing the wages owed by these people, but before that, there are still some things to be determined. Picking up the black tea made by Tang Wei, Locke said to the six people:

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Locke Lee. I believe you all already know that Mr. Andrew bought the company to me. Now I am talking to you to confirm whether you are willing to continue to stay in the company for the future. I worked."

When these people saw Locke who looked too young, the expressions on their faces varied from surprise, curiosity, and sighs, and then they heard Locke continue:

"Andrew has a good vision. I have read the resumes of each of you. They are very professional. The company has a clear division of labor and can meet my basic requirements.

You have been working here for so long, I don’t want to re-recruit people slowly, so if you are willing to stay, the salary will remain the same for a year, and whether it will increase in the future depends on the company’s operating conditions. As for dividends, it also depends on performance. "

In response to Locke's words, the six people looked at each other, and one person stood up first and said: "Sky Fund has no reputation, and it can't attract investment at all.

Now the company manages such a small amount of money and receives management fees, even the rent and wages are not enough to pay..."

Obviously, in reality, there is no such thing as a shock that can easily impress others as subordinates. These people have no respect for Locke, and standing here neatly is simply for the wages that have already been owed.

In the minds of many people, being able to work on Wall Street is synonymous with money, even slightly surpassing lawyers and doctors at the top of white-collar workers.

But in fact, apart from a very small number of rich and successful, other people working on Wall Street are just ordinary white-collar workers.

Although to outsiders, they all have a nice car, a few suits worth thousands of dollars, and famous watches on their wrists.

They usually wear a neat hairstyle outside and look like an industry elite, but their basic salary is not much, and their income depends more on bonuses and benefits.

When the industry is booming, bonuses are high. In addition to salary, you can also get bonuses for more than one year or even two or three years after working for one year. Very few high-level executives can get millions of dollars in bonuses alone.

This also means that employees in this industry value the company's development prospects more than dead wages.

At this moment, six people look at Locke, it is too young.

Perhaps Locke's temperament is mature, even handsome and attractive enough to make a good first impression, but it does not mean that Locke has the ability to lead the company to success.

For example, Ms. Mora who spoke just now, after the problems in Mr. Andrew's family, she managed the company's affairs. She is very clear about the current situation of the company.

After the stock market crash a few years ago, investors lost a large amount of money, and Mr. Andrew's accumulated reputation and personal connections were all ruined.

After that, it was difficult for the company to attract investment, and most of them were taken advantage of with great difficulty. The amount of investment was not high, and they barely maintained their operations.

After something happened to Mr. Andrew's family and he didn't want to work, the company was even more distracted. It can be said that it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was almost impossible to bring it back to life.

Locke had already prepared for this, but he didn't say it immediately, just said:

"I know the company has problems and it's not easy to get on the right track, but just give me a little time, up to two or three years, and I guarantee that each of you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars."

These words sounded like bragging to the six people, and Ms. Mora continued: "Do you have a ready-made source of funds, and someone is willing to invest?"

Fund companies survive by attracting people to invest, collecting management fees and dividends. In recent years, Sky Fund has been declining more and more, because it is difficult to attract high-quality investors.

Americans like to speak straightforwardly, especially when discussing business, so Ms. Mora asked the question directly.

Locke didn't care about the attitude of these people, shrugging his shoulders: "This matter is a company secret, and the company and employees have always had a two-way choice.

If you are willing to stay, you can sign a one-year employment contract first. If you choose to leave, I will not stop you. Of course, no matter what you choose, the previously arrears of wages will be credited into your account within a week. "

As soon as he finished speaking, a 25-year-old young man turned his head and left, leaving a sentence saying remember to put the arrears of wages into the account and left.

He has been looking for a new job for the past six months, and now he is about to negotiate with the next family. Naturally, there is no need to take the risk to stay, but the remaining five people hesitated and chose to stay.

It is difficult to find suitable jobs in the entire industry now, and they have also looked for them.

However, the income of the jobs that can be applied for is not high, and the prospects are not good.

Coupled with Locke's seemingly confident appearance, he plans to stay temporarily to see the company's development, and ride a donkey to find a horse. He must not be unemployed or unable to make ends meet.

After all, most of them have reached the age of 30, and they need to spend a lot of money on mortgages, rent, raising children, living expenses, insurance, etc.

The company had been in arrears of wages for three months before, and they were almost at the point where they couldn't get out of the pot. If their income dropped any further, their lives would explode in place.

Seeing that these five people signed the employment contract, Locke clapped his hands: "Very good, I believe that after I finish these next words, you will thank yourself for the decision you have made now."

Speaking of this, Locke paused for a moment, and then said under the curious eyes of several people: "In the next month, the company will have an investment of 2000 million US dollars in succession."

How about waiting for Locke to finish speaking, and these people on the opposite side showed incredible or disbelieving expressions. They didn't know how to react at all, so they could only listen to Locke's continuation:
"This money is my investment, and I am in charge of the operation alone. There is no management fee, and the dividend is 5.00% of the income."

These words made everyone standing here not know how to react for a while, and after a while, everyone let out a huge exclamation.

It is still in the 90s, and his assets of hundreds of millions are enough to make Locke rank within [-] on the Forbes list.

No one thought that Locke was actually a billionaire, and they began to guess which famous family Locke was a child of.

Tang Wei, who had been standing beside Locke, also grabbed Locke's hand in surprise, the strength even made Locke feel pain.

(End of this chapter)