Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife
Chapter 397: Wife Became a Hot Commodity (7)

Chapter 397: Chapter 397: Wife Became a Hot Commodity (7)

The question raised was deemed sensible by everyone; since fairness was the key, it couldn’t be a matter of first come, first served.

"Could it be a drawing of lots?" someone suggested.

When it came to headhunting, then let it be a drawing of lots to see who had the better luck.

In response, it wasn’t just the candidates who thought the risk was too great; the directors present also felt it was hard to eliminate the suspicion that someone might tamper with the process.

Director Liu spoke up again, "When recruiting talent within the company, there has never been a practice of drawing lots. The company has always held that recruitment means that the talent must also be willing to come on their own accord, to belong under you and to work for you. Otherwise, headhunters wouldn’t be fiercely competing over a single talent nowadays."

"Does Director Liu mean that, if they happen to choose the same person, it still depends on who that recruited person wants to choose?" Director Han asked.

"Yes."

Director Liu’s words once again resounded with authority, and when everyone in the room, including Director Han, thought about it, they were left speechless.

Xiao Jianming always seemed like a spectator outside the fray, silently watching, even giving the impression that he had nothing to do with the events unfolding. But all it took was a thought to realize that since all the candidates were his children, wouldn’t the succession be the same no matter who took over?

No wonder he was so calm and composed, despite watching the Crocodile Pond beneath him engage in a ruthless battle.

Just thinking about this, those who saw through it, like Kang Junjia, couldn’t help but feel intense irritation towards this ’King of Crocodiles.’

With fairness as the basis for everything, the candidates began writing the names of the team members they wanted on slips of paper, and after revealing them simultaneously, if there were any disputes, the members themselves would choose. Candidates who didn’t get their picks could continue to add to their teams.

Paper and pen were handed to the Xiao siblings.

Xiao Shuju, out of habit, almost bit the end of her pen, but looking left and right, both the second and the fourth were writing swiftly.

If you say the second was fast, that seemed unquestionable. After all, the second’s husband and father-in-law were already at Changda, so she was well aware of the capable people within Changda Company. The second had no obstacles in choosing people.

The fourth’s swiftness was a bit strange, wasn’t she always overseas with her family? How could she be so familiar with Changda?

"What are you looking at? Write your own," Xiao Shuzhu said with raised eyebrows, glancing at the third before pouting towards the person opposite, "Look, Yebai has already finished."

Her own brother, Xiao Yebai, was an idle good-for-nothing, always fooling around. How could he be so familiar with the company’s staff?

Xiao Yebai paused his pen, stretched his hands overhead, and yawned as if the meeting was so dull that he found it difficult to stay awake, an utterly exhausting ordeal.

Just watching him almost yawn, many people in the room shook their heads and sighed, wondering what such a person could accomplish. It would be good enough if he didn’t bankrupt the family.

Xiao Shuju scoffed: He was nothing to worry about.

The five people handed their written slips of paper to Xiao Jianming. To demonstrate fairness, Xiao Jianming did not look at them first but instead had Uncle Tang show them.

Uncle Tang projected the slips written by all five onto the overhead screen, allowing the text to be magnified onto the big screen behind, clear for everyone to see and leaving no room for deceit.

The crowd looked on, their faces immediately revealing a range of astonished expressions.

This turn of events seemed to have also caught Xiao Jianming by surprise. With a slight furrow of his brow, he turned back, like everyone else, to examine the team lists written by his sons and daughters.