Chapter 571 Interview, Climb
October 26, 2023, Thursday.
7 o’clock in the morning.
In the executive suite of the Four Seasons Hotel, the air is filled with a light woody aroma.
In the master bedroom, a ray of morning light showed through the gap in the curtains and fell on the edge of the bed.
The moment Lin Muxue opened her eyes, she instinctively moved to the side.
There is no one on the other side of the bed, even the quilt is folded neatly.
Shen Yuyan, I don’t know what time I got up.
"Why are you pretending to be a progressive person?" She muttered, turned over, and closed her eyes again.
I just flew from Yancheng to Xiangjiang yesterday, the first day of my business trip.
I bought a few new Hong Kong limited-edition bags, and sleeping in the same bed as my rival, I was so excited that I slept for more than thirty minutes.
There was a faint movement outside.
Lin Muxue yawned and reluctantly turned over and sat up.
Got out of bed, put on soft slippers and walked outside.
When passing the full-length mirror, I couldn’t help but pause in my steps, put on a professional smile, squinted a few poses, and admired myself.
In the mirror, she has delicate features and slightly messy hair, but she has a lazy and sexy look.
It is undeniable that having Shen Yuyan in comparison has ignited a lot of fighting spirit in her, and she has even become more "motivated".
Walk out of the bedroom door.
Sunlight shines in the living room through the half-open curtains. The hotel's constant temperature system makes the room comfortable and pleasant. The morning in Xiangjiang is humid and warm.
Lin Muxue glanced around and did not see Shen Yuyan.
After taking a few casual steps, I faintly heard the sound of typing on the keyboard from the study.
Lin Muxue raised her eyebrows and gently opened the door.
Shen Yuyan was sitting at his desk, wearing a refreshing sportswear, eating breakfast and typing on the keyboard, looking focused.
Her hair is still a little damp and her cheeks are slightly red, as if she had just finished exercising, and there is a sense of fitness lingering around her body.
"Morning, Shirley." Lin Muxue leaned against the door frame, her voice lazily.
"Good morning, Luna." Shen Yuyan looked up with a smile and said in a relaxed tone, "I came back from morning exercise, and I went over the documents for today's meeting. For breakfast, I ordered the shrimp dumplings and English breakfast you like, and put them in the restaurant."
"Um - thank you for your thoughtfulness." Lin Muxue looked a little embarrassed.
Speaking of which, this was Xiaoxue’s first real business trip. She was more interested in traveling and enjoying herself, and didn’t think much about it at all.
And when she went to the meeting, it was the employees at the headquarters who reported to her, and she did not read the meeting documents on the teams in advance.
Such a comparison shows that the general assistant himself is a bit weak.
Shen Yuyan smiled softly, stood up and walked over, "That's right, who made us "teammates" now. And they still sleep in the same bed, right? ”
Her tone was warm and her movements were natural, and she even lightly patted Lin Muxue’s arm with her shoulder.
Lin Muxue raised her eyebrows and chuckled, but did not answer her.
Who is your teammate? If I weren’t afraid of showing off and losing the audience, I wouldn’t let you move in!
"I'm going to wash up first, and you should eat early, and then we'll go to the company together, gogogo!" Shen Yuyan energetically made a cheering gesture, turned around, twisted her plump hips and left.
Looking at her back, Lin Muxue couldn't help but curl her lips and walked towards the restaurant.
Immediately afterwards, the mode of taking photos, checking in, and recording life began.
When she comes to Xiangjiang this time, she wants to do the whole job!
Completely establish yourself as a "socialite" and "elite"!
8:30 am.
Lin Muxue put on a LoroPiana custom-made suit, smart, elegant and bright, and walked out of the cloakroom.
I happened to see Shen Yuyan coming out of the room, still wearing the familiar gray business attire.
Lin Muxue raised her eyes and said with a smile: "Shirley, don't you have a 100,000 yuan clothing allowance for your assistant? Why do you keep wearing this outfit? Do you want me to accompany you to buy some decent ones? IFC There are several private custom shops."
Shen Yuyan looked as usual and said in a gentle and calm tone: "I value the occasion and matching more than labels and tags."
Lin Muxue said "Oh", glanced at the small square Chanel bag on her shoulder, and smiled nonchalantly: "And this bag of yours, if I remember correctly, it seems Is it Qingqing’s?”
Shen Yuyan’s lips twitched slightly, “We have a good relationship, and we occasionally change our backs and match our clothes.”
"That's true." Lin Muxue nodded and said with a smile: "I have a lot of bags here. If you are lacking, you can just ask. There is no need to always take other people's. After all, we are all members of Mr. Tang's direct team now, so we still have to pay attention to our image and not embarrass him, right?"
Shen Yuyan's breathing paused slightly, and she smiled softly: "Thank you Luna, no need. I just planned to change some clothes recently and go shopping when I have free time in the evening."
She had just joined the job not long ago, and almost all her savings in the past were invested in the Youjie project and Xu Qing's option subscription, and she didn't really have much money to use.
So the professional attire to support the appearance was bought in Yancheng before, and the most expensive one was only seven or eight thousand.
Lin Muxue’s eyes brightened and her smile grew stronger, “That’s great, I’m also going to buy a few limited edition pieces tonight. Just in time,
Let’s go together.”
“Um, okay, ah.” Shen Yuyan breathed out, her eyes flashed slightly, and she suddenly said : "Xiaoxue, actually we are all Mr. Tang's assistants, so we should be more harmonious, especially here at the headquarters. Everything should be focused on work first, at least we can't let other people laugh at it, right?"
This time when she came to Xiangjiang, Lin Muxue really shocked her and made her temporarily change her thinking.
I no longer want to be tough and "tit-for-tat" with the other party. I want to be gentle first and then take it easy.
"Oh?" Lin Muxue said with a half-smile, "I've always thought so."
"That's good, I look forward to our next cooperation."
It's 9 o'clock in the morning.
The two left the executive floor of the Four Seasons Hotel together and took the exclusive elevator directly to the lobby on the first floor.
At the entrance of the hotel, on one side is the scenery of Victoria Harbor and the sea breeze blowing; on the other side is the passage connecting the second phase of the International Financial Center.
Since they both belong to the IFC building complex, there is a dedicated internal passage from the Four Seasons Hotel, which is extremely convenient. This is the main reason why they booked here.
The sound of high heels hitting the marble floor tiles is particularly clear and crisp.
At the other end of the passage, the IFC mall has soft lighting and a pleasant temperature. The glass windows display seasonal limited editions of CHANEL, Vale.tra,
BruneIoCucineIli and other brands.
Lin Muxue casually introduced the design concepts and prices of luxury goods while walking, "This pair of shoes is a joint model between Jimmy Choo and Xiangjiang designers. It is only available exclusively at IFC. I just bought this bag last night. You should have seen it before."
Her tone was casual, but with a natural sense of superiority.
Shen Yuyan listened with a smile, her steps were neither fast nor slow, but she couldn't help but raise her hands.
Soon, the two came to the entrance of the IFC Phase II office building.
This is a skyscraper that truly stands at the pinnacle of Asia’s finance, bringing together the world’s top banks, hedge funds and law firms.
When the automatic door opens, a unique financial aura comes to your face.
The lobby is spotless, quiet, orderly and expensive.
Well-dressed men and women were quietly lining up to swipe their cards to go upstairs, with calm aura and restrained behavior.
Standing in this space, Lin Muxue and Shen Yuyan subconsciously held their breath.
Trying to suppress his excitement and intoxication.
The two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at each other. Their eyes met briefly and then quickly moved away.
The atmosphere is inexplicably tacit and subtle.
It made both of them a little uncomfortable.
Shen Yuyan took a breath, took out the headquarters badge she got when she joined the company, and passed the access control.
Lin Muxue followed closely behind.
The elevator rises slowly, and the mirror wall reflects two figures with completely different auras, but the same elegant and bright figures.
“Ding—
The elevator door slowly opened.
A whole floor of floor-to-ceiling windows spread out, bright sunlight shining in, reflecting the company logo in front.
[Confl uentCapital】
The iconic infinity symbol (∞) is composed of two abstract rivers, symbolizing capital flow and strategic closed loop. It is simple, modern and highly recognizable.
There were two people waiting behind the reception desk for a long time.
Shen Yuyan recognized them at a glance as two executives she had met in Shanghai: Brand and Public Relations Director Vivian Zhang and Operations Director Chen Qihang (Harlan).
After seeing them, the two of them quickly came up to them.
Shen Yuyan responded calmly and generously: "Good morning, Vivian, Harlan. This is General Assistant Luna.
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"Luna, Shirley, welcome to the headquarters. "
"Hello, you two."
Lin Muxue's expression tightened slightly.
She didn’t expect that Shen Yuyan had already met people from the headquarters, and the relationship seemed quite familiar.
It’s really ambitious! Intent to murder the emperor!
But she did not show any emotion. Instead, she responded with a smile and walked steadily in the middle.
The Rongliu Capital headquarters office area was officially opened in front of them.
Dark gray silent carpet, high-end furniture, HermanMiller customized office chairs, unique pantry,
The conference area, which is very in line with the style of a financial company, is located in the east wing. Each conference room is named after a "river" from around the world. Further inside, there is the executive office area and the chairman's office.
It is worth mentioning that Shen Yuyan and Lin Muxue, both assistants of Tang and Song Dynasties, shared the same office in the headquarters.
Next to Tang and Song’s office.
9:30, the meeting started on time.
Eleven headquarters executives were all present, and the atmosphere in the conference room was calm and restrained.
HarIan and Vivian will report, introducing the core structure of the headquarters, current asset allocation, and future investment direction one by one.
Shen Yuyan sits upright, with his hands folded on the table and his expression focused.
Interact with each other’s eyes from time to time, compare the names and resumes in your mind, and create a mapping one by one.
Within Rongliu Capital, the level division is very clear.
Analyst → Investment Assistant → Investment Manager →
Director → Vice President (VP) → Managing Director (MD).
The highest-level executive present was Vincent Wong (Wang Jiajun), the vice president in charge of investment.
Formerly the head of Asia strategy at Blackstone, in charge of global LP relations and top-level strategic coordination.
Financial Director Alice Li (李安兰), a senior financial and tax expert, a former KPMG audit partner; Investor Relations Director Steven, a former VP of Kate Fund
These people are not simply resumes, but real top-notch people in the financial circle.
Their backgrounds, experiences, and resumes are all sparkling.
In comparison, her and Lin Muxue’s resumes seemed extremely ordinary.
Fortunately, she was still the executive director of a start-up company, so she could barely do it.
At least better than Lin Muxue.
Thinking of this, she looked slightly sideways and the corners of her eyes twitched slightly.
Although this vice-president-level general assistant appears to be sitting upright, his slender legs are tightly clamped together and his toes are swaying slightly. He is obviously very excited.
“It’s worthless!” he complained secretly.
Shen Yuyan also tightened her legs.
Being in the heart of the international financial center, she hears the capital flows of hundreds of millions at every turn. These are companies, cases and projects that she has only seen in the financial news.
This is the world she once looked at.
And now, she is in it.
In a sense, she has reached a spiritual climax.
The hostility towards Lin Muxue also became insignificant.
10:50 am.
Deep city.
Qing Ning Technology Building has a total height of 52 floors. It is a super Grade A office building integrating office, research and development, exhibition and conference.
Qing Ning Technology has about 1,200 employees, and its office areas are concentrated on the 35th to 52nd floors.
The remaining floors introduce upstream and downstream ecological enterprises, strategic partners and high-end brand display areas.
42nd floor, Qingmi AI office area, large conference room.
Outside the window is the blue sea and the city skyline with tall buildings in the distance, and the air is filled with the faint fragrance of coffee.
Liu Qingning sat in the main seat, her eyebrows were focused, and she tapped her fingers to turn the pages of her notebook.
"Although our current performance in the semantic understanding module is better than GPT-4, there is still a certain ambiguity recognition bias when dealing with complex multi-turn conversations -"
"In the next month, everyone will work harder to refine the optimization tasks in these three directions to ensure that verification is completed before the next version goes online."
A low-pitched discussion began in the conference room, and everyone began to quickly record the division of labor.
“Dong-dong-dong-”
The glass door was knocked gently, and everyone subconsciously became quiet.
Qingmi AI’s HRD Cai Sisi walked in quickly, came to Liu Qingning’s side, leaned over and lowered her voice: “Mr. Liu, there is an interviewer you have to meet in person.”
Liu Qingning raised her eyebrows slightly and asked: "Which position?"
As the person in charge and general manager of Qingmi AI, the people who really need her to interview are top talents and management.
Recruitment at this level requires her to be notified from the early stage of project establishment, and generally does not happen suddenly.
"Recommended from the headquarters, senior product manager. Former WisdomAI product director, has led the voice assistant project, and the experience is very suitable."
"I don't have a resume, it is an urgent appointment, and I am in the Q5 negotiation room."
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"Oh?" Liu Qingning's eyes lit up, and she stood up immediately, "I'll be there right away."
Qingmi AI is now in a critical period of product enrichment, and what is most lacking is a product manager, especially for the core voice interaction, which is very relevant!
She stood up neatly and nodded to the colleagues present, "The meeting will be here first, and the rest will be followed up by email later."
After that, she strode out of the conference room.
Walking along the corridor through the office area with mottled light and shadow, after turning two turns, the Q5 negotiation room came into view.
"There is a "Under Negotiation" sign hanging at the door, and it is surprisingly quiet.
Liu Qingning paused for a moment, with a decent smile on her face, reached out to hold the doorknob, opened the door gently, and walked in.
Coming towards me was a sitting figure.
He was wearing a dark gray shirt, with the cuffs neatly rolled up to his elbows, his slender fingers resting on his knees, and his jet-black hair swept across Qingjun's brows.
The whole person looks smooth and straight, extremely outstanding.
Time seems to have frozen.
Liu Qingning was stunned there, motionless, her eyes were inexplicably red.
The boy stood up slowly, with a familiar smile on his lips, "Hello, is this Mr. Liu?"
Liu Qingning bit her lips, her eyes suddenly brightened as if filled with starlight.
The two looked at each other for a moment, their heartbeats intertwined, and there was electricity flowing in the air.
But the next second, Liu Qingning blinked, quickly calmed down her emotions, and put on a serious tone: "Yes, you are today's interviewee, right?"
"Well, the candidate for senior product manager. I came unexpectedly, please excuse me." Tang Song nodded in cooperation.
Liu Qingning gently sat down opposite her, unable to hide the slight curling of her lips, but her tone remained professional, "Then let's get started."
"Okay, you ask." Tang Song looked cooperative and sat upright.
"Please give a brief self-introduction first."
"My name is Tang Song. I am 25 years old. I come from Quancheng, Yan Province. I graduated from Yamaha University in the United States. I served as product director at WisdomAI for three years and was mainly responsible for-" Tang Song began to talk nonsense.
Liu Qingning suppressed a smile and said: "How do you understand the 'data closed loop' in AI products?" How to build it in actual products? "
"Design user behavior focus, establish data annotation process - plan model iteration cycle-
"Please explain the core structure of the Transformer model and explain its application advantages in NLP."
"The Transformer model is mainly based on the self-attention mechanism...effectively capturing global dependencies."
After all, Tang Song graduated from the Department of Computer Science. Because of Liu Qingning, he had carefully studied AI-related knowledge. These basic contents obviously did not stump him, and he spoke very fluently.
However, as Liu Qingning asked more and more questions, a lot of underlying principles and logic were involved.
He began to hesitate and answer questions that he did not understand.
Liu Qingning did not expose it, tried hard to hold back the smile on her face, and continued to talk nonsense with him.
The two people’s eyes were always intertwined, and the atmosphere was inexplicable for more than ten minutes.
"Okay, Mr. Tang, I already understand your basic situation."
"Then Mr. Liu, are you satisfied with me?"
"Emm, okay." Liu Qingning coughed lightly and asked as usual: "Last question, why do you want to join Qingning Technology? What kind of products of our company do you like? "Most interested?"
Tang Song leaned forward slightly and looked at her with burning eyes, "I am most interested in Liu Qingning from your company. I can't wait to explore her, get in touch with her, and develop her."
Liu Qingning's heartbeat suddenly went out of rhythm, and her cheeks turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a freshly washed apple.
She quickly turned her head, crossed her arms, pretending to be angry: "I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, you are not suitable for our company's culture and requirements."
"Pfft-" Tang Song couldn't help but chuckle.
Stand up, slowly walk to her side, bend down and get close to her.
Looking closely at this extremely familiar face,
All the damage caused by working overtime and staying up late have been repaired.
Coupled with the warmth and nourishment of the system prop [Green Bag Gourd], she is in very good condition.
The skin is delicate and smooth, with a faint luster.
It seems to have turned into that watery white moonlight again.
Liu Qingning shrank back uncomfortably and reached out to pat his chest, "Hey, please correct your attitude, Mr. Tang, this is an interview site."
Tang Song did not respond, but slowly lowered his head and kissed her lips.
Liu Qingning groaned, leaned back on the chair, closed her eyes, and let the sudden emotion sweep her in like a tide.
The breaths are intertwined and the temperature rises rapidly.
Tang and Song kissed very seriously, feeling the sweetness of the white moonlight bit by bit.
The air in the negotiation room seemed to be quietly dyed with a warm crimson.
After a long time, the two slowly separated.
Liu Qingning patted him and said in a coquettish tone: "Why did you come here all of a sudden without saying a word in advance?"
"Someone teased me last night, and I came here today to make her fulfill her promise." Tang Song looked at her intently.
Although she was wearing a loose top today, she still couldn't hide her ample E-cup.
In his student days, during the adolescence of Tang and Song Dynasties, he fantasized about his white moonlight more than once.
At this moment, seeing each other again after a long absence has already shaken my mind.
"I didn't promise you anything." Liu Qingning looked away, not daring to meet his blazing eyes.
Tang Song suddenly raised his hand, put it gently on her shoulder, and slowly slid his fingertips down.
Liu Qingning whispered, immediately held his hand and whispered: "What are you doing - this is the company, pay attention!"
Feeling her warm and smooth skin.
Tang Song took a deep breath and said softly: "You wore the [Green Bag Gourd] today, right?"
"You did—"
"Then let me touch the gourd and see how well it is nourished by you."
Liu Qingning's eyes widened suddenly, and her cheeks could almost bleed, "No."
"I promise, I will only touch the gourd and not move it. You should trust me, Qing Ning."
She pursed her lips, her eyes flickering, as if she was at war between heaven and man.
After a long time, she was still defeated by those hot and gentle eyes.
As if she had made great determination, she gently pulled out the jade gourd tied with a red string from her chest, her movements slow and her fingers trembling slightly.
"No messing around."
Liu Qingning looked at him, her eyes struggled for a moment, and she slowly pulled out the [Green Bag Gourd].
"So beautiful." Tang Song kissed her on the cheek and held the gourd.
The jade quality comes through the fingertips, with an extremely subtle touch.
Gentle, smooth, and warm from her body.
The negotiation room suddenly became quiet, and the only sound left was the very light sound when his fingers rubbed the jade stone.
A few minutes later.
The two walked out of the negotiation room one after another.
Liu Qingning’s eyes were slightly lowered, her expression seemed calm, but her steps were slightly frivolous.
Tang Song had a smile on his lips, his slender fingers hanging naturally by his side, and a satisfied smile on his face.
As soon as he walked outside the general manager's office, a voice suddenly sounded:
"Mr. Tang, Qing Ning."
Liu Qingning froze, quickly regained her composure, looked up, and saw Qin Yingxue standing on the side of the corridor with a calm and neat temperament.
"Director Qin."
Tang and Song nodded, "Yingxue."
Qin Yingxue took two steps closer and whispered: "Mr. Tang, regarding the funding arrangement of Rongliu Capital, I would like to confirm with you in person. Is it convenient now?"
Liu Qingning next to her quickly said: "You guys talk first, I will go to the bathroom."
After saying that, he left quickly and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Quiet outside the office door.
It has also been initially approved by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and is expected to be officially released tomorrow afternoon. ”
“Very good.” A trace of unconcealable joy flashed in Tang Song’s eyes.
For cross-border capital flows of tens of billions of dollars, such approval efficiency can almost be called a "miracle."
Being able to achieve this, in addition to the complete compliance of the funds and clear paths, it also relies on the deep resources and high-level credibility of the Kate Consortium and Tang Jin Family Office in the multi-national regulatory system.
Seeing that Tang Song was in a good mood, Qin Yingxue took another step forward.
The tone was soft but tentative, "One more thing, since a large proportion of this batch of funds will be used for the equity acquisition of multiple listed companies, once involved, it is likely to cause short-term violent fluctuations in the secondary market, or even leak in advance.
When do you want us to release this news to the outside world?
Tang and Song Dynasty After pondering for a moment, he said calmly: "Tomorrow is Friday. We will make an official announcement after the market closes to give the market a complete weekend buffer. When the market opens on Monday, we can basically absorb the first wave of fluctuations."
Tang Song nodded slightly, his brows filled with high spirits.
Charisma 80 means that he will truly step into the spotlight.
And this tens of billions of dollars in capital mobilization is his order to ascend.
I believe it won’t be long.
His name and Rongliu Capital will appear on the front pages of major financial media and become one of the hottest topics in the capital market.