Chapter 34: 033 Secretary, Strategist, and Part-Time Driver?

033 Secretary, Strategist, and Part-Time Driver?

"You say?"

"Have you ever heard of Employee Fidelity Insurance?" Fang Qingye countered.

"I've seen that term online." Xia He answered:

"It's an insurance product some places are rolling out. If an employee engages in disloyal acts during their employment—like favoritism and fraud—that cause economic losses to the company, the insurance company bears the corresponding compensation...."

At this point, Xia He suddenly caught on: "You mean our sub-branch also handles Employee Fidelity Insurance?!"

"Right. We insure staff in positions that are important and prone to problems. If they run into economic issues—cases like embezzlement, corruption, misappropriation, illegal diversion, forgery, and the like—the insurance company will bear the compensation liability."

"The benefit is that we mend the fold after the sheep are lost. We won't have a situation like Pingdong Sub-branch running into trouble and dragging down so many people. It protects the unit, and it protects you too, Senior." Fang Qingye said with a smile.

"That's wonderful! Xiao Fang, how are you so smart? Coming up with such a great idea just like that!" Xia He was a little excited.

Fang Qingye gave a faint smile and did not answer.

"Following your line of thinking, I feel this insurance shouldn't target a specific person, but a specific position!" Xia He calmed down, thinking aloud as she spoke:

"If the person in that position is transferred and a new employee fills in, then the fidelity insurance for the new employee automatically takes effect—no need to change the insurance contract, no need to notify the employee.... Let's just keep them in the dark about this insurance! So it doesn't seem like I don't trust them."

Fang Qingye nodded.

Xia He was still very smart—she got it at the first hint.

"Then that's what we'll do! I'll convene an expanded executive meeting this afternoon to discuss this. Once it's approved, we'll contact the insurance company immediately!" Xia He said, then added to Fang Qingye:

"I've approved this document. Please take it to President Su right away for circulation."

"Hey.... don't rush." Fang Qingye spoke up.

"What? Was there something wrong with what I just said?" Xia He looked at him, a little puzzled.

"What you said is perfectly right. I want to make a small personal request."

"Go ahead?"

"Senior, just now Director Wu assigned me work—writing up all the materials in the office. That task is too heavy. I've only been on the job a year and I'm still new; there are so many things I don't understand. I can't handle it." Fang Qingye began to complain.

You're new, sure, but you say you don't understand a lot of things?

I bet you understand more than anyone!

Xia He found it funny inside. This guy was trying to slack off!

Still.... she couldn't tie him down in that pile of tedious paperwork. That would be a waste of his talents; he had to play a bigger role.

Thinking of this, Xia He pretended to ponder for a moment, then said: "Alright then. How about this—I'll talk to your Director Wu. All kinds of summary materials, like year-end summaries, half-year summaries, and so on, still go to Mu Youzhi. Official documents for the unit also go to him. You, on the other hand, mainly write some economic analyses."

"However, the materials I want—important reports that need to be submitted upward in particular—you write those. I trust your ability." Xia He stressed at the end.

"Senior, you're making me your secretary." Fang Qingye laughed.

"Yes! Our sub-branch doesn't have a dedicated secretary position for the president; otherwise I'd definitely make you one! Also, Xiao Fang, help me brainstorm—like today, that was great." Xia He's pretty face was all smiles.

"Ohhh..... Senior, not only am I your secretary, I also have to be your quack strategist. Should I moonlight as a full-time driver too?" Fang Qingye started joking.

"Mhm mhm..... You really do think of everything!" Xia He held back her laughter and said.

Of course it was just a joke.

Fang Qingye took the document and headed to Su Ming's office. He and Su naturally didn't have much to say to each other. After leaving the document, he went back to the second floor and continued unhurriedly reading those boring documents.

Xia He was decisive and efficient. At the afternoon meeting, the two presidents and the section chiefs of the Credit Section, the Finance Section, and the General Office discussed and decided to take out Employee Fidelity Insurance for 68 positions (people) in total—tellers, client managers, financial advisors, accountants, cashiers, handlers, etc. —covering the sub-branch headquarters as well as its subordinate business hall and three savings offices.

This news was told to Fang Qingye by Xia He on QQ that evening.

"None of the major insurance companies in Nanxin County offer this product. I had someone contact the insurance companies in Jinghai City, and finally learned that Pacific Insurance Company recently launched this insurance. Tomorrow I'll send someone to the city to handle it with Pacific Insurance. The plan is to insure each person for one million."

One million?

Xia He did have boldness and vision.

Fang Qingye had originally estimated insuring each person for 500,000—after all, the higher the coverage, the higher the premium the unit pays. Insuring 68 people means the annual premium is no small expense.

Fang Qingye lay in bed, typing with both thumbs on his phone, and replied: "The meeting and discussion went smoothly?"

Xia He replied quickly.

"Pretty good. The vast majority agreed with my view. Of course, people have different ideas? But it doesn't affect the big picture."

"Was it Zhang Kezhang Yu from the Finance Section who disagreed?" Fang Qingye typed back.

"Ha, you guessed it right on the mark. What, did you read the meeting minutes?"

You have to know, meeting minutes record every person's remarks in detail!

For many major decisions, after the meeting minutes, each person signs the meeting record book to indicate they acknowledge the content recorded as their own remarks.

In a unit, casually flipping through important meeting minutes is a major taboo!

Actually, isn't it obvious?

Five people attended the meeting. Su Ming had just been promoted to vice president; under normal circumstances he wouldn't go against Xia He—especially since this insurance is also a form of protection for him.

Zhang Qunying of the Credit Section was personally promoted by Xia He, so naturally she wouldn't oppose her. And Wu Shengli of the General Office is an old fox—back when Xia He and Zhao Wenjun were fighting over the top spot, he stayed strictly neutral and just did his own job. He wouldn't stir up trouble this time either.

On the other hand, Zhang Kezhang Yu of the Finance Section is an old hand and has a very good relationship with Zhao Wenjun. If anyone was going to object, it could only be him.

Of course, Fang Qing wouldn't say these things openly.

No need.

He immediately typed back:

"Senior, that's a wrongful accusation! I strictly observe the branch's confidentiality system. What I shouldn't see, I absolutely don't look at; what I shouldn't ask, I absolutely don't ask; what I shouldn't say, I absolutely don't say."

"Alright, alright, even if you did look I wouldn't blame you. Who asked you to be my secretary? A secretary naturally needs to know a bit more.... In the future I'll tell you about some important meetings in the branch, and you can help me analyze things too. After all, strategist...."

Seeing this message from Xia He, Fang Qingye was speechless.

She's latched onto me now?

Nanxin Sub-branch quickly handled the Employee Fidelity Insurance with the city's Pacific Insurance. Xia He even made a special trip to the municipal branch to report the matter to the main leadership.

Some city leaders were for it, some against, feeling it was unnecessary—mainly a waste of the branch's funds. After all, things like this don't happen every year.

Especially Liu Baosheng, who was in charge of discipline inspection, believed the focus should be placed on the leadership at all levels of the bank; after all, according to years of case statistics, leaders at all levels, especially the bank presidents and vice presidents, were the high-risk group for economic cases.

But soon, a sudden incident at the Nanxin Sub-branch shattered his understanding.