September 10, 2017.
Today marks exactly one month since Gu Bai's rebirth.
In this month, Gu Bai has completely bid farewell to his past mediocrity. He is now not only a billionaire with over 300 million in cash in his bank account, but also a major shareholder in a media company valued at two billion.
A week has passed since the last company location selection, and as the saying goes, money makes things easier. The office location has been fully renovated within just seven days, and the company's employees have moved into the Central Mansion.
The company was registered two days ago. All three are people who dislike trouble, so they just copied Zhao Weiwei's original Xingnai Model Agency Company and named it Xingnai Media Co., Ltd., with Li Zhun as the legal person and Gu Bai and Zhao Weiwei as shareholders.
At this moment, in the 30th-floor conference room of the Central Mansion, besides Gu Bai, Li Zhun, and Zhao Weiwei, there are more than ten formally dressed men and women, mostly employees from the original model company, and a few are professionals recently headhunted. These people can be said to be all the current middle and senior management of the newly founded company.
Li Zhun serves as the general manager, Zhao Weiwei as the deputy manager, and Gu Bai just holds the title of planning director. This arrangement was agreed upon by all three, as Gu Bai's focus is not much on the company, so Li Zhun and Zhao Weiwei just let him be.
Before the conference table, the company's new finance director, Shen Shengwen, was reporting the company's financial status with the documents in hand.
Shen Shengwen is the most impressive among the talents recommended by the headhunter company, and his salary is the highest. After all, with a joint venture company, the three prefer not to touch the financial side themselves, so hiring a professional is the best choice.
"The current company expenses include office location rental fees of 17.2 million, office renovation costs of 1.8 million, and office equipment costs amounting to 6 million, bringing the total expenses to 25 million. The company account currently has 150 million, which is quite sufficient to initiate any project at any time."
Although it's Li Zhun's first time starting a business, he's the heir to one of the largest real estate companies in the country. He might not have eaten pork but definitely has seen pigs run. Sitting at the main position, he spoke: "Let's talk about the practical issues of the company now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the former model company's HR manager, now HR director, Song Renwei stood up.
"The biggest problem with the company right now is manpower. With the current structure of seven large departments, we simply don't have enough people to maintain the normal operations of the company. Aside from the HR department, finance department, and operations support department, the PR department, legal department, planning department, and technical department are completely idle. I suggest accelerating employee recruitment."
The issue raised by Song Renwei is clear to Li Zhun, Gu Bai, and Zhao Weiwei, but it's the easiest one to solve right now. After all, in mighty Hua Country, there is certainly no shortage of people. With Gu Bai's suggestion, Xingnai Media is offering salaries superior to the market for external recruitment, and it should soon be able to fill the employee roster.
Next were some detailed issues, which took about half an hour to explain.
Li Zhun rubbed his forehead, seeing Gu Bai sitting on the side playing with his phone as if unconcerned, suddenly feeling a bit frustrated.
"The specific details can be resolved slowly. Now let's have President Gu speak."
Upon saying this, he looked at Gu Bai mockingly.
Gu Bai had anticipated this guy wouldn't let him be too relaxed, so he put away his phone and smiled gently at the executives present.
Since they are executives, they naturally know the company's equity distribution, aware that this ridiculously handsome young man in front is the actual big boss of the company, and they quickly returned the smile.
Clearing his throat, Gu Bai sat a bit more formally.
"The purpose of founding the company should be clear to everyone. The company's goal is to create the largest influencer IP incubation base nationwide, so the company's major direction revolves around this.
First, to develop influencers, we must identify people who are more likely to be accepted by internet users. For this point, those who already have some notoriety among internet users can be signed with priority, while not worrying about the costs. I hope Director Yan can prepare a detailed plan for me as soon as possible."
Upon hearing Gu Bai's instructions, Deputy Director of Planning Yan Xiaobo immediately stood up and acknowledged.
"Secondly, the company currently has sufficient funds, and passive development is definitely not feasible, so I plan to try launching some small projects for trial. I will resolve this within the next two days."
"Thirdly, and most importantly, the PR and Operations Support departments should establish collaborations with Douyin, Kuai Shou, Tencent, Weibo, and other social platforms quickly, as self-media relies on these large social platforms. This is currently the most urgent task."
The directors of the PR and Operations Support departments got up one after another in response.
Having said about everything necessary, Gu Bai nodded to them and looked at Zhao Weiwei.
"Old Zhao, how many models from your former model company are still left?"
Zhao Weiwei looked at him in confusion and answered honestly: "Only a dozen or so, the ones with better prospects have been kept, most have been dismissed."
His implication was that the good-looking ones were kept, while the average ones were sent away.
Being an old playboy himself, Gu Bai, of course, understood what he meant, and smiled discreetly.
"Are they still at the company?"
This time, it wasn't Zhao Weiwei speaking. Song Renwei quickly answered for him: "Yes, 17 in total, all are at the company."
"Let's go and see how they're doing."
Although unaware of what trick Gu Bai had up his sleeve, Li Zhun appropriately suggested: "Let's adjourn the meeting first then."
One by one, the executives hurriedly stood to bid farewell, exiting the conference room in an orderly manner.
"Old Gu, what do you want to do?"
With the outsiders gone, Li Zhun spoke more casually.
"I'm going back to school in three days, so I won't have much time to participate in the company's operations. I plan to come up with a template to follow for our initial development."
"What are you planning to do?"
"Let's go, check out the harem left by Old Zhao first."
Zhao Weiwei: "..."
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Company lounge.
A group of girls, slim or curvy, were sitting together, whispering amongst themselves.
"Ya Qian, I heard that the company won't be doing model business anymore and is starting to focus on self-media influencer creation, I'm not sure if it's reliable. Though the salary has increased, our income from runway shows is gone. I'm thinking of resigning."
One of Xingnai Model's most famous models, Ding Yun, complained to Luo Yaqian with a bitter face.
The company was reorganizing and redoing, and Luo Yaqian was one of those in the know. After all, she was present when Gu Bai and the others discussed this before.
"Don't worry too much, didn't you hear Director Song say that the company already has a 200 million investment and is a major company now? Since we were kept, it means we're useful to the company. Just observe for now; haven't you seen plenty of sisters wanting to stay but couldn't, some even had to find new companies, and I heard a few of them returned to their old jobs."
Hmm...
"Return to old jobs" highlight important, need to study.
Listening to the girls whisper below, Song Renwei cleared his throat and said: "I know you feel quite confused right now. After all, the company has undergone a major overhaul, even the business operations have changed. But I can assure you that your future treatment will be significantly better than being models before, so there's no need to worry."
Just then, the door of the lounge was pushed open.
Gu Bai and the other two walked in, chatting and laughing.
"Hello, President Li."
"Hello, President Gu."
"Hello, President Zhao."
Song Renwei led a group of girls, chirping and greeting them.
Li Zhun and Zhao Weiwei did not speak, as they were there to accompany Gu Bai.
Gu Bai waved his hand, indicating not to be polite, and sat on a chair on the side, scrutinizing them, surprised to find Luo Yaqian among the crowd.
Luo Yaqian's gaze was unabashed, with a charming smile fixed on Gu Bai.
Gu Bai briefly assessed the group, then looked at the data in his hand and started calling names.
"Xi Shuyi, Ding Yun, Yu Shishi, step forward."
The three girls exchanged puzzled glances and all stood out.
After considering for a moment, Gu Bai added: "And Luo Yaqian."
Four distinctly styled girls stood before Gu Bai.
Analyzing their attributes with the system, he found their average over 85, which wasn't bad.
"You four accompany me, familiarizing yourselves with the company's current business direction. You were chosen to be the first batch for influencer promotions, and hereafter, the company will have a complete assessment system. Only upon successful evaluation will the company consider investing resources in you.
Come with me now."
After speaking, Gu Bai walked out of the lounge.
Song Renwei hurriedly saw Gu Bai and the other two off, and the four chosen girls followed.
As they went away, the discussions in the lounge gradually grew louder.
"Wow! Is that one of our new company bosses? So handsome, I initially thought it was some celebrity walking in!"
"Looks are secondary. I heard that President Gu is the largest investor in our company, having invested an entire 100 million. 100 million, I've never seen that much money in my lifetime."
"Does anyone know anything about President Gu? Any exploitation of female subordinates for personal gain habits? No other intentions, just curious to experience oppression!"
"..."
The lounge chatter was unheard by Gu Bai. He was preparing to lead Luo Yaqian and the others to kickstart his influencer creation plan.