A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 166 Talent Cultivation
After lunch, Cao Zhihua took Lou Xiao'e and Lou's mother to Nanwanfang, Repulse Bay, to look at the land.

The convoy cut across from the Tin Hau Temple in Repulse Bay, and after walking about 5 kilometers, they came across Nan Wan Fong, the location of the Hong Kong International School in its previous life.

Cao Zhihua began to take everyone to see the surrounding environment.

Everyone looked at the location of Nanwanfang. It happens to be surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the sea on one side. The plane area is relatively small. Cao Zhihua calculated the width in his mind and estimated that it is only about 2000 meters. The length is still enough. From here to the seaside , a fan-shaped piece of flat land all the way.

Cao Zhihua is very satisfied with this land. First of all, it is quiet for schools, with no residents or businesses, and no messy people;
Secondly, running a school here in Repulse Bay, there is no shortage of students from high-end and powerful people. Whether they are the children of white-skinned people or the powerful people of Hong Kong Island, they basically live here. As long as the teachers are good enough, this school will probably still make money, so said:
"Mom, Ezi, I plan to buy this piece of land and build our school.

From kindergarten to university, there are exactly 5 colleges, plus green gardens and exercise grounds, the land size is sufficient.

And after our school is built and enrolls students, we will build a commercial street here, which will also be a very high-quality asset for the family in the future. "

Lou's mother looked at the land again and again and said:
"Zhihua, if you want to set up a school in this barren mountain, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. If you suffer a loss in the future, you will suffer a huge loss."

After hearing what Lou's mother said, Cao Zhihua smiled noncommittally and said:
“Mom, don’t worry about money. It’s precisely because there are no people here that our school is easy to build and the construction cost is low.

As for losses, it mainly depends on whether our teaching staff is strong enough. As long as our teaching staff is strong enough, our school will not worry about having no students enrolled.

The affluent areas of Hong Kong Island, including Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, and Peak Road, are all located here. We have sufficient student resources.

So I think this is a very good school address, Ezi, what do you think? "

After reading it, Lou Xiaoe was very satisfied with the location selection and said happily:

"Yes, Mom, I am also very satisfied with this location. It is very close to our home and the school is just down the mountain. In this way, I no longer have to worry about Leile and Mengmeng's education."

When Lou's mother heard that her daughter and son-in-law were satisfied with the land, and although she thought it was desolate, the environment here was indeed very good, so she said:

"Okay, since you all like it here, just settle here.

I have no objection, but I have to tell your dad about this matter, and he needs to give me more advice, otherwise I won’t have the confidence to handle this matter well. "

Cao Zhihua was very happy when he heard that everyone was satisfied with the land and said:

"Yes, dad is doing great things in newspapers, radio stations, and movies. The Bajiquan series is more popular than the last. It is very prestigious in the cultural circle. Mom, you and dad are talking about school. When the time comes, it’s best to ask dad to find a professional assistant to run errands for you, so that you only have to take care of the overall situation.”

After listening to her son-in-law's opinion, Lou's mother felt that this was also the case. After walking back and forth for a while, she raised her head and decided:

"Okay, that's it. I'll discuss it with your dad first and make preliminary preparations. After your school is built, I will take over the operation of the school."

After hearing Lou's mother's statement, Cao Zhihua looked at the undeveloped land again. After nodding with satisfaction, he took Lou Xiao'e and Lou's mother into the car. He first sent Lou's mother back to the Lou family's mansion and then returned to the company.

On the way back to the company, Cao Zhihua suddenly said to Lou Xiao'e on a whim:
"Ezi, the maid in our house does not have a heavy workload every day. Once the work is done, there is nothing to do. I would like to invite some music and dance teachers to come to our house to teach them dance and musical instruments. We usually go back After that, you can also listen to music and enjoy dancing, what do you think?"

Lou Xiao'e didn't know what Cao Zhihua had in mind. She simply thought that Cao Zhihua's idea was very good, so she said happily:

"Zhihua, this is a great idea. I also think the house is too monotonous and there are no entertainment activities.

Let them learn musical instruments and dance well, and we can enjoy them at home in the future. This is a great idea. I agree. Zhihua, please do it as soon as you return to the company. "

Cao Zhihua felt happy when he saw Lou Xiao'e agreeing very excitedly. As for the opinion of the little maid at home, neither of them asked and was directly represented.

"Well, after returning to the company, I asked Du Xinru to recruit suitable teachers and arrange this matter as soon as possible. As for the dance venue, I want to free up our reception room and just put a blanket on the floor."

Lou Xiao'e thought for a while and said:
"Okay, you don't bring people back to socialize anyway. Our reception room is empty all year round. It's good for them to learn music and dance in the reception room."

After the matter was decided, Cao Zhihua hugged Lou Xiao'e and leaned against the car with his eyes closed to rest.

Although Cao Zhihua hopes that these personal maids at home can improve their body flexibility and be able to meet his requirements for various difficult movements in the future.

But I am really fed up with the lack of entertainment in this era. When the little maid at home learns music and musical instruments, she can slowly create the music she liked in her previous life through her own hum.

Then through choreography, I can have a dance party at home every day.

With his eyes closed, Cao Zhihua felt excited when he thought of this situation. He couldn't help himself and wished he could show up right away. He drank fine wine, listened to music, and lived a carnival feast with his little maids every day.

Cao Zhihua, who returned to the office, was no longer willing to wait a moment longer. He immediately called Du Xinru over and said:

"Xinru, I plan to hire some music and dance teachers for the maid at home. The music teachers are divided into instrument teachers, arranger teachers, and singing teachers.

The dance teacher requires a teacher who knows Chinese style dance, a teacher of Western dance, and a choreographer. All teachers must be women and come to my house every day to teach.

This matter is rather urgent, so you can hurry up and do it according to this standard later. "

Du Xinru was confused and didn't understand what the chairman was trying to do, but it didn't matter if she didn't understand. She just had to follow the chairman's request, so she replied:

"Okay, Chairman, I will go to the personnel department immediately to arrange this matter and select a suitable candidate according to your opinions as soon as possible."

"Well, you should hurry up and take care of this matter."

After speaking, Cao Zhihua picked up the documents that needed to be processed today and began to deal with various matters that the company needed to make decisions on.Now the company is very rich because of the high pricing and good sales of sexy suits.

Lou Xiaoe's management of the factory is very good. From design to production to sales, everything is on the right track.
I only need to look at the financial data and deal with some problems of the clothing company, which are difficult for the general manager to deal with, so the clothing company is the company with the fewest things every day.

The most troubled areas are the Zhihua Real Estate Company, the tallest building, the expansion of the industrial park, the TV station office building, the Zhihua Building Materials Wholesale Market, the acquisition, decoration, and leasing of tenement buildings in the market, and the construction plan of the Hong Kong Island Cinema Line.

After Cao Zhihua finished handling the matter of Zhihua Real Estate, he looked at the sofa and began to think deeply.

Logically speaking, now is the best time to build cinema lines, but because the company has too many projects under construction at the same time, the staff really can't take care of them.

Company expansion is never a simple matter. Various factors are involved, such as expansion direction, investment funds, professional talents, interpersonal relationships, political and business relationships, etc.

However, Hong Kong Island is still in the transition period between old and new concepts, and the Hong Kong Island market is already very small.It is very difficult and taboo to recruit talents who are already famous in Hong Kong Island, so we can only train them in our own company.

For Cao Zhihua, the biggest difficulty in expansion is the issue of talent. Cao Zhihua has strong financial resources, good political and business relations, and a clear investment direction.

I don’t have much interpersonal contact with various wealthy people in Hong Kong Island, so I need to sell all kinds of favors myself.

What troubles Cao Zhihua now is various professional talents. Many people in the company have good professional abilities, but they don't have much management experience.

No matter in terms of beauty, influence, making money, etc., it is 100% impossible for me to miss the entertainment industry.

After knocking on the table with his pen, Cao Zhihua called Li Qiong in and said:
"Li Qiong, go and call President Li Shengnan, President Xie Wenjun, and Minister Cao of the Finance Department. I want to have a meeting with them."

Li Qiong, who was called into the office by Cao Zhihua, had obviously dressed up specially.

Underneath a hip-covering uniform short skirt, she wears a pair of black patterned stockings, and pale gold stiletto high-heeled shoes that support her as delicately as a flower.
A young and beautiful face highlights the youthful and invincible tension of a young girl. She is simply lustful and pure, seductive. However, Cao Zhihua was thinking about the company's talent training issues and did not pay too much attention to Li Qiong's charm and strong aura. The scene made Li Qiong dare not make any move, so Li Qiong quickly replied:
"Okay, Chairman, please wait a moment, I will notify you right away."

After Cao Zhihua nodded, he motioned to Li Qiong to notify him immediately.

After a while, Li Shengnan, Xie Wenjun, and Xiaoyu came to the office. Cao Zhihua said to Li Qiong who was about to go out:

"Li Qiong, Xinru has gone to the human resources department to handle matters. You are responsible for taking the minutes of today's meeting."

Li Qiong was very surprised when she heard that Cao Zhihua was safe. She had asked Du Xinru before why the chairman needed her to take meeting minutes every time he held a meeting.
Du Xinru replied that the meeting minutes are very important. It is the chairman who arranges the work. There are so many things and it is easy to forget some work arrangements. This requires the secretary to remind the chairman according to the meeting minutes.

Moreover, once the management fails to complete the work as required by the chairman, the meeting minutes will be used to hold the company management accountable, and the secretariat has the right to follow up on any work arranged by the chairman based on the meeting minutes. This is the secretariat. The obvious right lies,
Therefore, meeting minutes are very important. In the past, any meeting minutes were personally made by the Secretary-General Du Xinru.

Li Qiong and the other four new secretaries had no chance to participate in the meeting minutes or participate in the meetings held by the chairman.

Today, Li Qiong suddenly received a request from the chairman to take meeting minutes. Li Qiong was so happy that she almost went crazy and quickly replied:
"Okay, Chairman, I'm going to get my notebook and pen. I'll be here right away."

After a while, Cao Zhihua saw the desk next to the office made by Li Qiong and began to say:
"When I was dealing with company affairs just now, I thought for a moment. Now that our company has strong funds, it is the time for expansion. However, because the company has been established for too short a time, the talent reserve is obviously insufficient, so that many of our work have stagnated or progressed. not enough.

I called you here today because I want to discuss how the company will vigorously develop in the future and how to solve the problem of talent training and reserve.Mr. Li, do you have any thoughts on talent training? "

Li Shengnan was already immune to Cao Zhihua's sudden thoughts and various issues that had not been discussed before. Because of such a long period of official business, Director Cao had proven that the company's development strategies he presided over were very good. It took less than two years for the company to gradually develop into an international enterprise, and it was very smooth. It was slowly developing into a giant enterprise in Hong Kong Island, so when I heard Cao Zhihua's name, I didn't feel too much. Emotion, answered directly:

“Since Director Cao plans to cultivate talents, I think the company’s first priority is to establish a talent training system.

Thanks to Director Cao's always paying attention to the company's system construction, our company's execution ability is very strong. What kind of talents does our company need to cultivate and from what aspects?
The company has always pursued the principle of promoting those who are capable and promoting those who are mediocre. We can design a training plan based on the company's development direction and design an upward path based on performance.

Based on each person's performance and merits, the management promotes them from the grassroots level of the company. After screening based on time and business ability, the company will gradually be able to complete its own talent training. "

Cao Zhihua was a little surprised after hearing Li Shengnan's plan. It seems that capitalist management is of the same origin. This method is very similar to the management of Western enterprises in previous generations, which is completely institutionalized management.

However, domestic companies in previous generations did not copy Western professional managers and institutional management systems.

Business bosses often like to emphasize humanized management, and various rules and regulations can be changed as they wish, as long as it helps the boss control the company and strengthen the boss's authority. Therefore, those bosses in the country in the previous life were the real bosses.

Unlike some bosses and directors in Western countries, the personnel rights of middle management are emptied out. Enterprise development still needs to be discussed with professional managers, and many suggestions can even be rejected by professional managers.

Cao Zhihua squinted his eyes, tapped the pen on the table with his right hand, and thought about it.

Finally, I plan to compromise Li Shengnan's plan. After all, if the company is fully managed according to the institutionalized system, my personnel power over the company's middle management will be slowly and subtly taken away.
Once employee promotion rules become a routine, arbitrarily intervening in personnel changes may easily cause dissatisfaction or even conflict among the management.

Although I am a private company and have no plans to go public, I am not a god. I also need people to help me do things for the company to operate.
Once a routine is formed, if you allow your emotions to meddle in personnel affairs at will, causing shock to the company and delaying the company's development, you can only bear the consequences.

So it was better not to set the rules like this in the first place, so he deliberately ignored Li Shengnan’s suggestion and said:
"This is what I think. In the future, when new people are recruited in various departments of the office building, the company will have to add academic requirements. After all, the more people study, the higher the probability of success.

Nowadays, the real estate company has too many projects. Mr. Xie has to follow up on every project by himself. He is really busy.

So I plan to set up a project manager position under Mr.
The specific implementation work of each project, land purchase, project development, project construction progress, and project quality are taken over by the project manager. The project manager is responsible for the results, and Xie is responsible for the development and coordination of the real estate company. All project managers are managed by Mr. Xie Management, for future project development matters, I will only ask Mr. Xie for the results. Mr. Xie, you go to the project manager for the results.

As for the project managers, Mr. Li and Mr. Xie will set a selection criteria and screen out 2-3 candidates for each project. I will make the final decision.

Mr. Li, Mr. Xie, do you have any questions? "

(End of this chapter)