Chapter 199: Brother Feng, Your Methods Are Still the Best

Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Brother Feng, Your Methods Are Still the Best

As had been previously scheduled.

At four o’clock in the afternoon.

The eighteen Yang City University graduates who had passed the previous interview rounds had already arrived at Lin Feng’s company.

Most of the students who had made it through the earlier rounds of interviews were quite capable.

Some of them had already been in contact with one another to exchange information.

Initially, the recent graduates assumed that the final interview round at Lin Feng’s company would be conducted by senior management, as that was the standard procedure for most companies.

They hadn’t been sitting there for long.

The head of Human Resources came to inform them with a smile:

"Everyone, please divide yourselves into three groups and enter Mr. Lin’s office in order."

They formed the groups quickly.

Just as the first group was heading toward Lin Feng’s office,

Huizi also arrived, carrying the fund approval form from the finance department.

"President Lin, the finance department has approved the three million."

"I’ve also divided it into three parts as you requested."

Huizi placed the information for the three accounts on Lin Feng’s desk.

Yang Qiniang, who was sitting to the side, lowered his magazine. "Aren’t we conducting interviews? Why is there a new fund approval?"

Lin Feng just smiled, offering no immediate explanation.

After setting the items down, Huizi turned and left.

Just then, the first group of six interviewees entered Lin Feng’s office.

They each sat down in the office, looking a bit stiff and formal.

Technically, Lin Feng was their junior from the same university.

But in this office, Lin Feng was the one conducting the interviews.

He held their futures at the company in his hands.

So, it was easy to see that everyone was, to some degree, nervous.

Yang Qiniang sat to the side, waiting for Lin Feng to reveal the final interview format.

To his surprise, Lin Feng didn’t even ask the six candidates for self-introductions.

"The format for the final interview is as follows."

"I’m giving you a two-week evaluation period."

"During this evaluation period, I will provide you with a sum of capital."

"The six of you can choose to divide it equally and invest individually,"

"or you can form teams among yourselves to manage the investment."

"Two weeks from now, I will assess your performance in the stock market to decide who gets hired."

"At that time, I will ask the victors among you to give a proper self-introduction."

A faint smile touched the corners of Lin Feng’s lips.

He handed one of the sets of account credentials from the desk directly to Yang Qiniang.

Yang Qiniang understood at once.

As he handed the account information to the six interviewees,

Yang Qiniang was astonished by Lin Feng’s extravagance.

Based on what Huizi had just said,

he could deduce that each account must contain one million.

Using one million for an interview assessment.

Letting these interviewees take a real shot at the stock market.

It was truly a bold and extravagant move.

Although Yang Qiniang was also shocked,

he had been around Lin Feng long enough to control his expression.

But the six interviewees sitting across from Lin Feng had never expected such an assessment.

And now they were holding access to one million.

For these candidates, it was likely that none of them had ever even earned tens of thousands of yuan before.

"Is this for real?"

"Mr. Lin, you trust us enough to just hand this money over?"

One of the interviewees blurted out in astonishment.

Lin Feng nodded nonchalantly. "Of course I do. After all, you can only use these funds to operate through our company."

"Most of you probably don’t have your own brokerage accounts, so all your subsequent trading will have to be done through our company’s accounts."

"But rest assured, I won’t have you working for free for these two weeks."

"Any and all profits you make in the stock market with this money are yours to keep. I won’t take a single cent."

"If you incur losses, I won’t hold you responsible. You’ll still be paid a standard base salary for your time."

"I hope you’ll be able to apply the four years of theoretical knowledge you gained in school to real-world practice."

Lin Feng said, his gaze sweeping over the six of them.

At this, the candidates slowly began to recover from their astonishment.

’This is an incredible opportunity!’

The people who had made it to the final round were by no means fools.

On the contrary, they were very intelligent.

Otherwise, they never would have made it through the multiple screening rounds to stand out from hundreds of applicants.

The interviewees quickly realized something.

This was essentially a can’t-lose proposition.

Just as Lin Feng had said, they would get to keep all the profits.

And they didn’t have to worry about any losses.

No matter what happened, they were guaranteed a base salary.

And it was only for two weeks.

For these candidates, even though most of them had a solid foundation in theory,

very few had ever actually invested real money in the Celestial Dynasty’s stock market.

An opportunity like this, regardless of profit or loss, was an invaluable experience for them!

Even if they were eliminated from this round of interviews by Lin Feng,

they could still take what they learned from these two weeks,

gain experience they never had before, and use it to their advantage in interviews with other companies.

Moreover, the six interviewees were keenly aware that they would probably never find another company willing to spend so extravagantly to find the real gold!

This was a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Lin Feng was using this money to identify genuinely capable and talented individuals.

And the interviewees had nothing to lose.

They got to invest in the stock market with an amount of money they had never handled before.

They could finally combine their theoretical knowledge with real-world practice.

After thinking it through, the way the interviewees looked at Lin Feng changed completely.

Yang Qiniang noticed that after receiving the account information, the eyes of all six interviewees held a faint look of gratitude toward Lin Feng.

After explaining the general rules, Lin Feng dismissed the group.

Lin Feng followed the same procedure with the next two groups.

Not all of the candidates were from a finance background.

Some were applying for other functional roles.

Lin Feng gave them money as well, treating everyone equally.

Yang Qiniang could guess that Lin Feng’s extravagant method was all for the sake of finding diamonds in the rough.

However, Yang Qiniang didn’t quite understand why Lin Feng would subject those who were unfamiliar with the stock market to the same test.

By now, Yang Qiniang and Lin Feng’s relationship was rock-solid.

Plus, Yang Qiniang also held shares in the company.

So, after some consideration, Yang Qiniang decided to ask, "Brother Feng, why are you lumping everyone together for this game?"

Lin Feng replied with a gentle smile, "Everyone has their own role to play. There’s actually nothing wrong with putting them all together."

"As I said earlier, stock market profit and loss isn’t the only evaluation criterion."

"And I also mentioned that they are free to work as a team."

At this, Lin Feng’s gaze fell upon Yang Qiniang. "Do you think they will all choose to work alone?"

Yang Qiniang knew Lin Feng was intentionally prompting him, so he thought carefully before answering:

"If I were from a finance background with the theoretical knowledge, I would definitely choose to work alone. That would be the best way to showcase my abilities."

"Otherwise, if I were in a group and had to split profits that I felt I had earned, I’d probably feel it was unfair."

Lin Feng nodded. "So you’re saying they will all choose to invest individually?"

Yang Qiniang shook his head. "I don’t think so. Aside from a few of the more capable ones, I think most people will choose to form teams."

"That way, they can pool their ideas and efforts. In short, both approaches have their pros and cons."

Lin Feng nodded and slowly explained his own thoughts. "Actually, if they form teams, it’s like they’re running small companies."

"Those candidates who applied for functional roles can find their place within such a team."

"They can also demonstrate their skills and abilities."

"So, regardless, I’ve given them all the same opportunity. Now, we’ll just have to see how they perform."

Hearing Lin Feng’s explanation, Yang Qiniang had a sudden epiphany.

He suddenly remembered Lin Feng had mentioned he also had a task for him, and turned to ask:

"So, Brother Feng... what do you need me to do?"

Lin Feng glanced at Yang Qiniang. "Huizi will arrange for them to be in three different office areas."

"You’ll be responsible for compiling the monitoring records of their daily work."

"And have the HR department observe and document each person’s abilities."

Yang Qiniang nodded quickly after hearing this. "Alright, you can leave it to me."

But Yang Qiniang’s mind worked fast, and he quickly realized something. "Wait, Brother Feng, doesn’t this mean you get to be the hands-off boss again?"

Lin Feng smiled at the finally-clued-in Yang Qiniang. "As the one at the helm, all I need to do is know how to recognize and utilize talent."

Yang Qiniang silently gave him a thumbs-up. "Brilliant. Brother Feng, your methods are truly on another level!"