I'm back in 1990

Chapter 568: Adjustment

Before the Spring Festival, Cao Charlie brought a man in his thirties to Shanghai. This man was named Gao Zhihao, a Malaysian Chinese who had previously worked as a senior executive in the investment department of Temasek Group. He was later recruited by Zhang Sui. After Zhang Sui went to the United States, she recommended Gao Zhihao to Huang Xiaochuan to take over the position she left behind. After half a year of evaluation, Huang Xiaochuan agreed to the personnel appointment.

That's why Charlie Cao brought him to Shanghai to meet their boss, Huang Xiaochuan; it's customary!

Before becoming Zhang Sui's right-hand man, Gao Zhihao had only heard of the existence of a mysterious big shot, but did not know who it was. When Cao Charlie informed him that he would take him to meet this big shot, Gao Zhihao was excited but also a little apprehensive. With these mixed feelings, he followed Cao Charlie to Shanghai.

However, Cao Charlie's trip wasn't solely to bring Gao Zhihao to meet Huang Xiaochuan. He also brought over a dozen entourage members, intending to report to Huang Xiaochuan on the Dadao Group's annual operating performance last year.

Huang Xiaochuan met with the two men in his office at the Guangda Real Estate Building in Pudong.

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at Gao Zhihao. Although he had seen photos of him, they didn't give him the same three-dimensional impression as the real person. Gao Zhihao wasn't tall, probably no more than 1.7 meters. He was the short and stout type, with a very ordinary appearance, the kind that you would easily lose in a crowd. Huang Xiaochuan remembered reading in a book that people like Gao Zhihao were particularly suitable to be secret agents because their appearance was too ordinary and lacked any distinctive features, making them very difficult to remember.

Charlie Cao led Gao Zhihao to shake hands and greet Huang Xiaochuan.

"Mr. Huang!"

"Mr. Huang!"

After shaking hands, Huang Xiaochuan pointed to the sofa in his office: "Sit down and let's talk!"

He then turned and instructed his new assistant, Gao Song, a finance PhD from Wharton Business School: "Gao Song, make two cups of tea!"

In January of this year, Huang Xiaochuan made a major personnel adjustment to his direct team and integrated them into four departments: Overseas Asset Management Department, Domestic Asset Management Department, Asset Finance and Audit Department, and Human Resources and Legal Department. These departments are responsible for assisting in the management of Huang Xiaochuan's growing and massive domestic and foreign assets.

Huang Xiaochuan reassigned Mai Guangde, the former assistant, to the position of head of the overseas asset management department, where he would be primarily responsible for coordinating the overseas asset management work under Huang Xiaochuan's control.

Except for Li Huan, the other four people who had always followed Huang Xiaochuan, including Zhou Wei, were all assigned to various companies as deputy directors. Zhou Wei went to Shidai Supermarket Group and became the deputy general manager, mainly responsible for warehousing and logistics, to prepare for the future separation of logistics and warehousing from the Shidai system.

Before Zhou Wei and his group left, Li Huan transferred new recruits from the security company to fill the gaps. These were all retired Marine Corps veterans who had undergone strict screening and had also received professional bodyguard training abroad. The entire transfer process went smoothly, and the new bodyguards quickly adapted to their jobs.

Seeing that Mr. Huang didn't ask any questions and immediately arranged tea and drinks for him, Gao Zhihao's heart skipped a beat, guessing that this young boss was also an autocratic person.

When they first met, Gao Zhihao was very surprised. He never expected that his boss was a young man in his twenties, because no one had ever told him that their boss was a young man under thirty, including Cao Charlie and Zhang Sui.

In fact, after Zhang Sui went to the United States, her original position as president of Hong Kong Haoran Capital was temporarily taken over by Gao Zhihao. Huang Xiaochuan was already well aware of Gao Zhihao's resume and work performance, and today's meeting was just a routine matter.

However, Huang Xiaochuan still needed to test him further, so he asked, "Gao Zhihao, do you think internet technology companies are still worth investing in given the current state of the internet's collapse?"

After a moment's thought, Gao Zhihao replied firmly, "I believe that internet technology companies still have investment value. However, the way we invest in internet technology needs to be changed in the future. We must be extremely cautious, carefully select potential investment targets, and be prepared to hold them for the long term. For internet technology companies, I think the current focus is on survival rather than growth. Also, the previous strategy of investing broadly is no longer applicable. Currently, my team is mainly working on researching a few internet technology companies with solid fundamentals, and I will continue to invest in these companies when the opportunity arises."

After listening, Huang Xiaochuan gave Gao Zhihao a deep look. He was fairly satisfied with the answer; if it were out of 100, Gao Zhihao's answer would be worth 80 points.

Huang Xiaochuan then asked some questions about investing in the securities market, which Gao Zhihao answered one by one.

Huang Xiaochuan nodded, then glanced at Cao Charlie.

Cao Charlie immediately understood Huang Xiaochuan's meaning: the interview was over. He said to Gao Zhihao, "Zhihao, go outside and wait for me for a while. I have something to report to Mr. Huang."

Gao Zhihao stood up, greeted Huang Xiaochuan and Cao Charlie, and then left, making sure to close the office door behind him.

After Gao Zhihao left, Cao Charlie handed a document to Huang Xiaochuan and said to him, "Mr. Huang, following your instructions, we spent more than a year acquiring several private medical institutions in Hong Kong and integrating them with the medical institutions we acquired during the Asian financial crisis to form Hong Kong Hongci Hospital, headquartered in Hongci Building, Happy Valley. Currently, Hongci Hospital's oncology, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, reproductive medicine and health checkup services are among the top three in Hong Kong."

After listening to Cao Charlie's report, Huang Xiaochuan glanced at the documents and nodded in satisfaction: "Very good!"

But he asked another question: "Charlie, how much has changed in the medical staff after the integration?"

Charlie Cao straightened his back and replied, "There have been changes. After the integration, a total of 6 doctors and nurses have left. However, because we promised generous benefits, none of the top medical experts have left. We have already posted recruitment information for the vacant positions. Before I came, the HR department of Kangci Hospital received more than a thousand job applications from all over the world."

Huang Xiaochuan knew that the turnover rate would be relatively high for a period of time after the merger, which was a normal phenomenon, so he didn't say anything more.

He prepared this hospital for his maternal grandmother and grandfather, Mr. Wang Deyi. After all, the medical level in mainland China at that time was still somewhat behind that of Hong Kong and Europe and the United States. The top medical institutions in China were in Beijing, but unfortunately, his maternal grandmother and grandfather were not qualified. So Huang Xiaochuan used his money to establish a medical group in Hong Kong by utilizing the existing medical resources there.

Over the next two days, Cao Charlie reported to Huang Xiaochuan on the operating conditions of the listed companies under the Dadao Group in the past year, including those in real estate, trade, retail, investment, finance, ports, transportation, energy, planting, smelting, medical care, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology.

These assets are spread throughout Asia, especially Southeast Asia. These companies were acquired at low prices during the Southeast Asian financial crisis a few years ago. This is only a part of them; a considerable portion of the assets have already been broken up and sold off.

Dadao Group is only a part of Huang Xiaochuan's business empire.

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