Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 948 - 874: Undermining Someone Directly (Happy New Year’s Eve)_2

Chapter 948: Chapter 874: Undermining Someone Directly (Happy New Year’s Eve)_2

Hu Yueyue was both surprised and delighted as she quickly leaned in to ask, "Mr. Wang, where are you from in Zhongyuan? Do you work around Peng City? My family is from the capital city of the province, and I went to university there. I just came to Peng City after graduation."

Wang Ye simply shook his head and said, "I don’t work around here; I just came to deal with some business and happened to see this real estate property being sold, so I made an investment."

Hu Yueyue marveled inwardly, what a wealthy person this must be!

Just passing by and casually buying a building?!

Comparing the two of them, the disparity was just too great.

Wang Ye thought for a moment and asked her with a smile, "So, Manager Hu, you’ve just started working as well. If I may ask without being too forward, do you have any career plans for the future?"

Hu Yueyue was startled, career plans?

Honestly, she hadn’t really thought much about her own future.

Maybe before graduating from university, she’d had aspirations for the future, dreaming of becoming like those high-level female executives in TV series, dressed impeccably, shining brightly as they came and went from luxurious office buildings, and after work, going shopping in extravagant high-end malls...

But once she truly graduated, faced with the grim reality of job seeking, Hu Yueyue slowly came to see things clearly.

With her mediocre academic credentials, lacking both skills and diplomas, how could she possibly have found a good company and a high-paying job?

In the end, it was because she was somewhat pretty that she managed to "mix" her way into a major enterprise like Vanke, becoming a sales consultant.

And you know what, the benefits weren’t bad at all, pretty strong compared to her classmates!

The future?

Just work diligently, from a rookie sales consultant to a senior sales consultant, then to a supervisor, and then...

She dared not think any further!

So, hearing Wang Ye’s question, she replied honestly, "I haven’t thought about it. I aim to do my current job well. During training, the directors and vice presidents said that the real estate industry will have great development in the future. As long as we work steadily, our income won’t fall short of those office workers in white-collar jobs."

Wang Ye smiled, and rightly so!

In ’04, being able to work as a sales consultant for a major real estate firm like Vanke, if one really sticks with it and isn’t lacking in ability, one can expect quite a good income for a considerable time in the future.

Compared to those who toil away miserably as white-collar workers, she really was doing much better.

Just that her job perhaps didn’t appear as respectable as the office workers’...

However, Wang Ye had a sudden idea because he remembered that he had bought a whole building to make up for a regret. What to do next...

He certainly couldn’t just leave the building unattended.

He might not come to Peng City even once in several years, and even if he did, he wouldn’t be living here.

If the property was bought and left idle, it might slowly deteriorate over the years.

You see, a house needs to be lived in; only then will it have vitality and maintain a relatively good condition.

The longer it’s vacant, the faster the house will deteriorate!

So, he set his sights on Hu Yueyue, his little fellow townsperson...

...

"Manager Hu, are you interested in coming over to work for me?" Wang Ye asked straightforwardly, without beating around the bush.

Hu Yueyue was taken aback; it never occurred to her that Wang Ye would invite her to switch jobs.

And she had no idea what Wang Ye did, only that he must be very rich, but what industry he was in or what company he belonged to, she had no clue.

"This... I... I don’t even know what industry you are in, Mr. Wang, nor do I know if I could be competent..." Hu Yueyue stammered.

Wang Ye said plainly, "I’m asking you over to help manage this building for me. Once it’s handed over, you’ll be in charge of renting out the rooms and then responsible for collecting rent and managing miscellaneous affairs each month. You shouldn’t have a problem with these things, right?"

Hu Yueyue breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just these tasks, she was confident she could handle them!

However, there was still one critical question left unclear, which was, after switching to the new job, how much would her income be...

She also felt too embarrassed to ask directly about the compensation. As a recent graduate just starting out, she had a thin skin when it came to the topic of money.

"That... I... I..." She hemmed and hawed for a long time but still couldn’t bring herself to ask.

Wang Ye certainly knew what she was hesitating about and smiled before asking her, "How much is your salary at Vanke?"

"Two thousand yuan. If I manage to sell a house, there’s a small commission too, but I haven’t sold one yet," Hu Yueyue honestly answered.

"Then, when you come over, I’ll start you with a monthly salary of four thousand yuan and at least three months’ worth of bonus at the end of the year. Initially, you’ll only manage this one building, but you can explore the real estate market here. If you find suitable properties, we can buy a few more buildings for you to manage," Wang Ye said with a smile.

Hu Yueyue’s eyes widened in astonishment.

A monthly salary of four thousand yuan, with a year-end bonus of three months, that’s twelve thousand yuan!

That would mean she could make sixty thousand yuan a year...

In 2004, that absolutely counted as a high salary!

Especially for a young person like her who had just graduated from a junior college and was new to the working world.

Hu Yueyue was a bit excited, "Mr. Wang, are you serious?"

Wang Ye helplessly said, "Of course. Later, an asset management company will contact you, and you will be responsible for setting up a company here specifically to manage the properties I’ll buy. You’ll be the manager of that company."

Wang Ye’s plan was to buy properties under the identity of "Wang Ye," and all these assets would fall under the new company managed by Hu Yueyue. This new company, in turn, would be overseen by the asset management company Zhang Xiaoxi was responsible for.

The financial transactions and such would initially be managed through Zhang Xiaoxi’s end.

It would be convenient and safe this way, and having someone above Hu Yueyue could also keep an eye on her and oversee the operations of the company here.

Wang Ye was no fool. Although fifty million yuan was not much to him, he wasn’t naive enough just to hand it all directly to a girl he had met once and pay no further attention.

Therefore, it was necessary to have proper procedures and processes in place, including someone able to oversee Hu Yueyue and the new company.

And Zhang Xiaoxi’s asset management company was very suitable for that role.

Of course, Zhang Xiaoxi wouldn’t interfere much with the company’s affairs on a day-to-day basis—just routinely review the accounts and finances.

In the future, when investing in properties here, the funds would come from Zhang Xiaoxi’s asset management company, including this time!

...

Just as they agreed, Deputy Manager Wu hurried over again.

From afar, his unmistakable smile was visible, clearly indicating the report to his superiors went well.

One couldn’t blame Deputy Manager Wu for not being able to keep things under wraps, or not knowing how to put on an act to secure a better deal with Wang Ye.

It was simply because this deal was too important to him!

At that time, the real estate market was a buyer’s market. There were many new properties, but not many people making large purchases.

Finding such a buyer was not easy for Wu, and he didn’t want to scare them away by being too nitpicky about the price...

Moreover, with a customer who starts off wanting to buy an entire building, Deputy Manager Wu didn’t believe they were uninformed about the market. Maybe they had already thoroughly researched Peng City’s real estate situation before coming.

He just didn’t know why they were interested in the property he was in charge of...

Since the other party was straightforward, he couldn’t dilly-dally either. As soon as he returned to Wang Ye, he said with a hearty laugh, "Haha, Mr. Wang, our company leaders have approved the price. It’s a pleasure doing business with you!"

As he spoke, he extended both hands; Wang Ye calmly reached out his right hand and shook his hand.

"By the way, Deputy Manager Wu, sorry about this, but I just had a chat with Manager Hu and found out we’re from the same hometown. We hit it off quite well, so I thought of poaching her to work for my company. You won’t hold it against me, right? Hehe," Wang Ye joked.

To poach someone right in front of their manager, only Wang Ye could pull off something like that...