Chapter 383

After seeing off Cai Jing, Chen Yang met the company's first management cadre, Xu Dawei, in the chairman's office of the original Xingcheng Food Limited Company.

Xu Dawei is fifty-two years old this year, one centimeter taller than Chen Yang, strong and sturdy. In his youth he served in the military for ten years; after retiring he was assigned to Xingcheng Food Limited Company as the head of the security department.

According to Juanzi's introduction, this security section chief is quite capable, considered half a master to Xiao Jian.

Chen Yang wanted to use him, not to have him as his own bodyguard, but to have him oversee the company's food safety issues.

According to Juanzi, this Xu Dawei is quite obstinate; while the previous leadership was still in place, he repeatedly opposed the company's use of "dead pig meat" as production material and even sent complaint letters to the relevant authorities. Because of this, he was directly sidelined two years ago.

Chen Yang temporarily does not plan to place senior management cadres in the new Old Commoners Food Limited Company. Because the company's product sales are backed by a trading company, he only needs to focus on production.

The most important link in food production is the food safety issue. If this issue is not resolved, it will be difficult to win back consumers' trust.

Since Xu Dawei dares to disregard his own future and openly protest the previous leadership's illegal actions, this shows he is a person with conscience and principles. Letting him oversee food safety, Chen Yang feels reassured.

"Old Xu, for this company's position training, I hope you can learn more about food safety knowledge. In subsequent production, we must absolutely not let defective products slip past under your eyelids."

Xu Dawei patted his chest and promised Chen Yang: "Boss, I guarantee to complete the task!"

Chen Yang smiled satisfactorily, then asked him: "What is the person like, the Section Chief Cao of the production department?"

Xu Dawei thought a moment and said: "Little Cao is fairly capable at managing production, but his private life is not good; he keeps a mistress outside. Last year that mistress even brought her child to cause a scene at the company, which the former chairman helped suppress. That's why he will have resentment toward you."

Chen Yang frowned slightly; the section chief of production earns only two hundred more than an ordinary worker, yet he has extra money to keep a mistress, indicating his hands are definitely not clean.

The work team sent out by Liu Jianghua this time failed to uncover his problems; either the issue was too minor and overlooked, or someone concealed it or took the blame for him.

According to Chen Yang's personal intuition, he believes the second possibility is more likely.

Keeping such a person in the company's management poses a major hidden risk. Even without being made to act as a mole for the previous leadership, he will later make financial mistakes.

Chen Yang decided to look again for someone with production management experience to replace Section Chief Cao's work.

Although he promised Liu Jianghua to arrange good employment positions for the employees of the original Xingcheng Food Limited Company, he did not guarantee managerial posts.

Thus, Chen Yang drove directly to Starlight Financial Investment Company and found Yexin, stating his request.

Yexin said to Chen Yang very displeased: "You little brat, I'm not your company's HR; don't come to me for everything, okay?"

Chen Yang, already accustomed to seeking people from Yexin, laughed and said: "Big sister, when it comes to selecting talent, there's no one better than you in the whole Xingcheng. If I don't look for you, who else can I look for?"

Yexin still found Chen Yang's flattery pleasing, but her attitude remained unchanged.

"You little brat, asking me to find you a production plant manager is not a big problem. Such a tiny production section chief is a position anyone on the street could fill; you also want me to step in? Isn't that a bit excessive?"

Chen Yang felt a bit disappointed seeing Yexin unwilling to help.

"Big sister, really no room for negotiation?"

"Get lost, I'm not your maid!"

Seeing Yexin absolutely unwilling to step in, Chen Yang sighed helplessly. In this situation, he could only go to the talent market to recruit.

He went to the Securities Department to have a look at Lan Qiyun's trading, and discovered they had already begun laying out positions in the Southern Seed Industry stock.

"Senior, why aren't you buying into Southern Seed Industry?" Lan Qiyun saw Chen Yang arrive and instinctively asked.

Chen Yang shook his head and said: "You've all already entered the market, so I won't join the fray."

Lan Qiyun said with a bit of regret: "Today's market is not bad; if you don't buy, don't regret it later when the stock price rises."

Upon hearing that, Chen Yang laughed and said: "The stock market has limit-up stocks every day; if I regretted every stock I didn't buy, I'd eventually die of anger."

Lan Qiyun felt Chen Yang's words also made sense. Then he asked: "Senior, which stock are you preparing to buy?"

Chen Yang said: "I just acquired a food limited company; these days I temporarily have no time to pay attention to stocks."

Lan Qiyun joked: "You don't even have time to pay attention to stocks, so why did you come here?"

Chen Yang complained to her: "I wanted Sister Yexin to help me find a production section chief, but I didn't expect her to refuse."

Lan Qiyun looked at Chen Yang like a monster, then after a while said: "Senior, you're really overqualified for such a small role; even having Sister Yexin look for a tiny production section chief—our company itself still has a pile of things waiting for her to attend to!"

Chen Yang naturally also understood Yexin's difficulties, so he could only dismiss the idea of asking her for help.

Then Lan Qiyun suddenly said: "Senior, why don't you go to Xingcheng University to look for related management talent? With your current reputation, just casually posting a notice will bring many people to interview."

Chen Yang hadn't expected his reputation to have reached the school; he was a little surprised.

However, Lan Qiyun's words also reminded him. Recruiting workers at Xingcheng University would have a higher chance of success.

Thus, Chen Yang drove again to Xingcheng University to post advertisements for recruitment.

After a busy afternoon, he finally managed to settle the production section chief issue.

However, before leaving, he was summoned by the president of Xingcheng University to the office to establish a connection.

The elderly president basically meant that Chen Yang, relying on the school's support during his studies, had made it to the end; now that he has achieved success in his career, he should proactively help more economically disadvantaged junior schoolmates.

Chen Yang was equally unambiguous, donating five million from his personal account to Xingcheng University, and only then drove back home.

That night, he suddenly received a call from Lin Wei.

"Husband, I miss you; when will you return to Clear Water?"

"Wife, I've just taken over Xingcheng Food Limited Company; I might still need some time before I can return."

Chen Yang now dares not go back to see Lin Wei; he can only look for an excuse to delay a bit.

"No way, the company's affairs can be handed over to Sister Anna to manage; you must come back tomorrow!"

"Alright!"

Chen Yang saw that he could not get out of it, so he could only agree to her request.

However, only after returning to Clear Water did he discover that Lin Wei urging him to go back was not purely because she wanted him to accompany her, but that she had another purpose.