Rebirth 1980: Marrying my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Zhang Zhen, Jiang Longcheng and others followed Li Yi to the study upstairs, and everyone was filled with anxiety.

It's not just because Li Yi's tone of voice just now was not very good, the intention to criticize them was obvious.

More importantly, they have been here for so long that they have learned about the situation outside and know that those wild rumors were caused by them.

Before they figured out Li Yi's attitude towards the matter, they felt very pressured as they thought they had "caused trouble".

Li Yi saw everyone's attitude, and he was quite satisfied with it.

Regardless of how much useful knowledge they have learned during this period, at least their characters have been tempered. They are no longer as ignorant and fearless as when they were in the capital. This is progress.

You have to know that no matter whether it is Jiang Longcheng or Zhang Zhen, or anyone else, they were all outstanding people in their original units, and they were all arrogant and proud.

Especially Jiang Longcheng. Before he resigned, he was in charge of the No. 2 National Cotton Mill, a large state-owned factory with profits of over 100 million yuan. He usually managed several thousand people and was very arrogant.

Therefore, after setting up the framework of Warwick Company, the first thing Li Yi thought of was not to conduct business, but to temper the tempers of these people.

Therefore, when the decision was made to send them to Hong Kong Island a month ago, Li Yi did not go with them in person.

Although Li Yi did not expect what happened later, judging from the results, the management of Warwick Company did get some training.

"sit!"

After everyone sat down around the small round table, Li Yi said, "I already know about the rumors. It's not your fault. You don't need to blame yourself."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhen and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Each of them has been under tremendous pressure since the rumors started.

These pressures come not only from the outside world, but also from within.

Although they also knew that it was not their fault, after all, the cause of the incident was because they entered the Xingchen Investment Company. Especially when they learned that Li Yi was going south in person, the pressure on them was even greater.

"Mr. Li, what should we do about this?"

Before Zhang Zhen finished speaking, Li Yi said, "I have already started to deal with this matter. The rumors should be quelled soon. You don't have to worry about it!"

Everyone's expressions became more relaxed, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from their shoulders.

At this time, Li Yi changed the subject and asked again: "What is the situation at the company now?"

Zhang Zhen quickly replied: "With the help of Mr. Huang and Mr. Lan, the company's headquarters in Hong Kong Island has been decided, and they officially moved in last week. It went smoothly!"

Li Yi nodded, and then asked again: "Has the domestic funding arrived?"

"The US$3.2 million in funds has been fully in place, but since we are still in the learning period, we have not yet started any business!" said Zhang Zhen.

"That's good. A good cook cannot cook without rice. Without money, nothing can be done!"

Then Li Yi changed the subject and asked again: "How are the comrades in various departments studying?"

"Mr. Li, comrades have studied very seriously and hard, but after all, the time is still short. In addition, these things have happened during this period, which has a great impact on everyone. At present, except for the Security Department which can work normally, comrades in other departments cannot carry out business independently, especially the Investment Department, Marketing Department and Finance Department!" Zhang Zhen said.

Li Yi immediately turned his attention to Yang Qian, and then said: "I don't care about other departments, but you, the Investment Department, must familiarize yourself with the rules as soon as possible. I will give you at most half a month, and you will have tasks to assign to you after half a month!"

Yang Qian immediately said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Li, the comrades are already familiar with the rules of the stock market here, but they are just short of practical operations. In the next period of time, I will personally take them to the stock market to practice. Half a month should be enough!"

"That's good. I'll let Pang Feiyan guide you later!" Li Yi said.

"Yes!"

Li Yi nodded, and then asked again: "Are you still adapting to life here?"

"It's OK, except for a few comrades who got sick in the first few days after arriving, but recovered after a few days of adaptation, and now basically everyone has adapted!" Zhang Zhen said. Jiang Longcheng, who had been silent, also grinned and said, "Other things are OK, but it's just too hot here. It's a bit unbearable in April, and it will be unbearable in June or July!"

Ye Jianhua also echoed, "The climate here is indeed very different from that in Beijing. It feels like I can't breathe when it gets hot. I can't even imagine what we'll do during the hottest days of summer."

Li Yi looked at them and said, "The temperature here is indeed a bit high, but I think this difficulty should not be a big deal for us. After all, the Chinese people are not short of the tenacity of man conquering nature. If it is really unbearable, just turn on a few more air conditioners and fans."

"The heat is bearable, but there's something I think I should talk to Mr. Li about!" Zhang Zhen said.

"What's the matter? Tell me!" Li Yi said.

Zhang Zhen looked at Li Yi, then said with trepidation: "Everything else is fine, but everyone generally feels that the salary is not enough to spend. Can you give the comrades some extra subsidies?"

Hearing this, Li Yi was stunned at first, and then asked: "Xingchen Investment Company's salary standard is already top-notch in the industry, how come it is not enough to spend?"

"Is it because you comrades just arrived here and need to buy a lot of things? If so, you can give me some subsidies or something. I have no objection!"

At this moment, Yang Qian suddenly said, "Mr. Li, I think this is not about subsidies, but the salary standards of our Huawei Company are not reasonable. Do you think it can be adjusted?"

"Oh, that's not reasonable?" Li Yi frowned.

"You know the prices in Hong Kong Island. An average person needs five or six Hong Kong dollars for a meal. Just food costs more than five hundred Hong Kong dollars a month. If you add up all the other miscellaneous expenses, you need at least eight hundred Hong Kong dollars to survive here."

Then Yang Qian continued, "But the salary of ordinary employees in our Huawei company is only 150 yuan, which is not even enough for survival. After this month, many comrades are almost unable to hold on!"

Li Yi was stunned at first, then asked: "Why is it 150 RMB? I seem to have personally told you about the salary before, and asked you to directly target Xingchen Investment Company?"

Zhang Zhen immediately said: "Yes, we came here according to Xingchen Investment Company. General Manager Lan personally handed me the payroll of employees at all levels of the company. The salary of ordinary employees is 150 yuan!"

Li Yi's expression suddenly became silent. After a long while, he looked at Zhang Zhen and said, "The Lan you are talking about is not Lan Xinyi, right?"

"Yes!"

"So, you pay your comrades according to the salary of the mainland branch?" Li Yi said in a deep voice.

"Isn't that right?"

Li Yi was speechless. This was a huge misunderstanding.

What he meant at the time was to let Zhang Zhen and others determine the salaries of Warwick employees based on the salaries of Star Investment Company's Hong Kong headquarters.

After all, most of Warwick's business will be conducted in Hong Kong Island in the future, and it is impossible to pay wages according to the domestic 24-level wage standard.

I didn't expect that Zhang Zhen directly misunderstood Xingchen Investment Company as its mainland branch. The gap between them is too huge.

You should know that the employees of Star Investment Company in Hong Kong Island receive a minimum monthly salary of HK$2000 per person, which is equivalent to more than RMB .

And this is still the most basic position, such as cleaning. Employees in other positions mostly earn more than HK$3000. As for the investment department, finance department, risk control department and other departments, the salary is even higher, averaging at least HK$4000 per month.

However, due to the influence of national policies, the basic positions in the mainland branch only pay 150 yuan per month, and team leaders and supervisors only receive to yuan. Warwick pays wages according to the standards of the mainland branch, but lets employees work in Hong Kong Island, so there is no way they can spend the money.

After figuring out the problem, Li Yi said, "You are all wrong. What I meant was that you should be graded according to the salary standards of the Xingchen Company headquarters, not according to the standards of the mainland branch!"

Zhang Zhen was shocked and said immediately: "Isn't this too high? I heard from the employees of Xingchen Company that they make three to four thousand Hong Kong dollars a month. If we all follow this standard, will the higher-ups..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Yi said directly: "Regarding the salary standard, I have already discussed it with Mr. Gu and Minister Wang. Just do as I say and make up the salary of last month for the comrades!"

"Yes"

(End of this chapter)