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Chapter 110: Chapter 101: The Prototype of the Intelligence Empire_1
Just as Qin Shiqi was happily counting the money, her aunt snatched it abruptly and stuffed it into her pocket, turned towards the bedroom, leaving only a sentence "I’ll keep it safe for you."
Naturally, the money in Qin Shiyu’s hands also couldn’t escape the same ’safekeeping’ fate.
Qin Shiqi’s smile froze on her face, then slowly turned into a helpless despair, Tang Qing couldn’t help but laugh when he saw this.
"Hahahaha..."
Then.
Qin Shiqi’s anger seemed to have found a place to vent.
"Smelly brother, dare to laugh at me, watch me show you how tough I can be." Qin Shiqi rushed to Tang Qing’s side, tickling him, and then became more and more angry, more and more frustrated, and finally, in resentment, she bit Tang Qing’s arm.
"Ha-ha-ha, wow, are you a dog, it hurts so much... Please show mercy, heroine." Tang Qing shouted, of course, it wasn’t real pain, but it was only right to pretend it hurt a little or it would never end, who knew what Qing Shiqi would do next.
"I don’t care, anyway, it’s all your fault, I’ll bite you to death, I’ll beat you to death, I’ll strangle you, my money... is there no justice in this world...ah..." Thousands had flown out of her hands. It was the biggest sum of money she had ever laid her hands on. Every time she thought of it, Qin Shiqi regretted it, and she wasn’t even done counting, how could she easily let go of Tang Qing, who dared to laugh at her.
".........."
Tang Qing guessed that the resentment over the lost money would probably last a month or even longer.
Facing such a money-loving younger cousin, Tang Qing was speechless.
What could he do?
Just bear with it, after all, we only have one lively and active little sister, don’t we?
Watching the two quarrel, everyone else couldn’t help but laugh. In the end, it was Qin Shiyu who pulled Qin Shiqi away, otherwise, they couldn’t have stopped.
Tang Qing’s money was taken away in the name of custody, of course, his two sisters’ money was indeed ’held in custody’, Tang Qing guessed that his aunt would give it to his mother or tell his mother that there was no need to pay life expenses for some time.
After Qin Shiqi was pulled away, her playful eyes turned, and she shifted her target.
"Mom..."
This long, sweet voice made everyone shiver.
Tang Qing even unconsciously took a step back, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes.
He knew...the elder cousin was going to use a big move.
Indeed, Qin Shiqi walked quickly and held on to her aunt, begging for pocket money by acting cute, pitiful, and spoiled. Tang Qing and his younger cousin were watching the show with interest on the side. Tang Qing didn’t care because he was rich and felt as if he was dreaming of having so much money. The younger cousin also didn’t mind because she had no concept of money. Usually, her pocket money was managed by Qin Shiqi. When she ran out of money, Qin Shiqi would either ask her aunt or Tang Qing for money. This food chain...was perfect.
Finally, it was the uncle who spoke and persuaded the aunt to give her three hundred for pocket money. They needed to give her something, knowing their eldest daughter’s stubborn character, she would not stop till she got what she wanted. They desired some peace.
With the three hundred in hand, Qin Shiqi happily ran back to her bedroom to enrich her little treasury, naturally Qin Shiyu and Tang Qing also had a share.
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At noon on the second day
Tang Qing had called Dou Jiao early in the morning to have lunch at Baiwei, firstly to process Zhang Dongqing’s loan, secondly to introduce her to the customer, and thirdly, to test her abilities onsite. He had also spoken about this to Zhang Dongqing beforehand, who was happy to cooperate.
But what surprised Tang Qing was that Dou Jiao had already obtained the company license by the morning. He was unable to accept this for a while because he hadn’t managed to do so in a day even when he had the connections of the bureau chief’s son.
How did Dou Jiao manage to do it?
Is there a quicker process?
Alright, Tang Qing could only think of it that way, otherwise, would she have forged it? Obviously not. The company name was Sky Eye Consultation Company. He certainly wouldn’t opt for a flashy name like Business Information Investigation because that would attract too much attention. However, the work they’d undertake in the future would be the same.
For office location, Dou Jiao rented a place of around two hundred square meters in a building downtown. The rent was so cheap it was alarming. Even though Tang Qing didn’t know the exact price, he knew the average rent in that area. The fact that Dou Jiao was able to acquire the place for nearly half the price, wasn’t she extraordinary?
But there were no city leaders with the last name Dou, and he didn’t know about the provincial leaders. Anyway, Tang Qing had already formed the belief that Dou Jiao was a highly influential second-generation official. But it didn’t matter to him as long as she wasn’t an enemy. The more powerful her background, the better.
"Little Tang, who is this?" Zhang Dongqing asked as soon as he entered. He couldn’t just blow Tang Qing’s cover.
"She’s my new hired hand, haha." In front of Zhang Dongqing, Tang Qing couldn’t help making a joke.
"You’re the hired help, not me. I’m a girl!" Dou Jiao said indignantly, the image of a waiter wiping tables coming to mind at the mention of a hired hand.
"Hehe, enough joking around. This is Dou Jiao, the general manager of my new company. From now on, if anyone wants to borrow or return money, they have to find her. All I have to do here is supply the money. If I’m busy or not in town, Uncle Zhang, you can go to the company to find her," Tang Qing said seriously.
"Oh, that’s great. I was really worried that once you’re gone to the National College Entrance Examination next year, I would no longer have a place to borrow money from. Haha," Zhang Dongqing felt relieved when he heard this. He was no shortsighted man. He had been worrying in his heart that once Tang Qing left for the National College Entrance Examination, he would have to resort to borrowing high-interest funds. But now that he heard a company arranging this, he was relieved.
"Yeah, it’s much more convenient this way. I won’t have to be so busy either," Tang Qing nodded and laughed. Each month’s beginning was super busy for him. He was always doing repetitive things, which was a bit tiring.
"You’re not thinking about setting up a small loan company or something, are you?" Zhang Dongqing asked again.
"Certainly not, I hadn’t thought about setting up a small loan company in the short term. Along with this, these accounts won’t go through the company in the future, they will all go through my personal accounts," Tang Qing said, shaking his head.
Tang Qing really hadn’t thought about setting up a small loan company. He’d done it in his previous life and understood the processes involved, but now he had the system to help him set up a bank if he wanted. Why would he want to set up a small loan company? The capital recovery is slow, the use of money period is long, and the profit level is much lower than exchange. Moreover, the approval procedures in this era would drive him crazy, so he wasn’t eager to get involved.
As for setting up a bank, he believed the system would help get it done, and he didn’t need to worry about it. Right now, what he should think about was completing the task and upgrading.
Of course, nothing is absolute in the world, and he couldn’t guarantee that he would absolutely not set up a small loan company in the future. He could only say that there were no plans for this in the short term.
"That’s fine too, leaving no hold in any one’s hands is a smart idea. Dou, as the General Manager, we look forward to your help and guidance in the future," Zhang Dongqing said, raising his glass.
"Hehe, that’s my job," Dou Jiao also lifted her glass.
"..."
Then came Dou Jiao’s time to shine. Dou Jiao didn’t rely solely on her memory like Tang Qing did, after all, she’s in a different position with a different mindset. While Tang Qing believed he could remember everything, Dou Jiao trusted herself too, but believed in following the process correctly. This written record is a necessary step toward standardization, and there was no question of losing face. Initially she thought about bringing a voice recorder, but later figured it would be better to add it in while working at the company, so the meal wouldn’t feel too formal.
Zhang Dongqing didn’t feel it was odd. Tang Qing’s previous way of doing things could only be said to be unprofessional, which is typical of bosses. Now, Dou Jiao’s attitude is the one worth promoting. We’re living in a business and contractual society; it’s better to be transparent. Dou Jiao’s way of doing things also made Tang Qing realize he had been a bit rash before.
Given his current experience, he won’t be able to level up in the next two months. So, he improvised a bit, splitting the contract into two parts. To alleviate the pressure on Zhang Dongqing, he planned to return the one million from the system after two months and his own five hundred thousand after four months. Zhang Dongqing did find it strange, but didn’t ask more, and agreed after working out that the numbers seemed to check out.
After Zhang Dongqing left, Tang Qing didn’t go back to school. Since Dou Jiao was so helpful, he naturally needed to assign her some work tasks.
"The company doesn’t need to do anything in the early stage. Right now, you have two tasks. The first is to establish an information database for all businesses above a certain scale nationwide. It doesn’t need to be too complete or detailed, a framework is enough. Also, find a few programmers to write a classification retrieval software, and make the interface nice to look at. The second task is to investigate basic industry conditions in all sectors, including history, current situation, future trends, industry leaders, business models, and any other information you feel is valuable. I know a lot of companies have this information, and so does Baidu, but you still need to do it yourselves. The main reason is to familiarize yourselves with the business. There will be more important and specific tasks later on. Hmm, that’s it for now," Tang Qing said.
Dou Jiao was taking notes like a good student.
At this stage, Tang Qing doesn’t need the company to do anything, and these tasks aren’t that significant. They might even seem tedious—sure, you can find a lot of this information online for purchase. But if all you can do is buy, that’s not enough. His company must have its own independent and comprehensive system and methods for collecting information. Later on, it might even become a separate commercial intelligence service provider aside from the asset management company.
These two tasks are less than one percent of the company’s future workload. In the world of information, there’s an endless variety of things to cover—many things that the average person can’t even think of. Even the first task of setting up a corporate information database, if you dig deeper, is an enormously large task. It will include the company’s history, all its operational and asset conditions from establishment until now, staff information, internal factions, future prospects, and even the resumes of the company’s leaders and what they’re doing after retirement—there might be hundreds or even millions of words of material for just one company.
In the world of information, there’s endless depth if you really start digging.
In future, the source of his intelligence won’t just be this company. He wouldn’t put all his eggs in one basket—a few competing and cross-checking sources would be key. Whether to acquire or build a new company in the future is something he can’t determine as of now, he’ll consider it later on.
"Hmm, okay, boss. By the end of the year, I’ll have the framework set up and the company will have some strength. Do you have any requirements for the personnel?" Dou Jiao quickly got into character and asked.
"About that... let’s just have a temporary quota of thirty people for this year. The personnel should be outstanding talent with at least a bachelor’s degree. After all, later we’ll need to analyze a lot of specialized industries, keep up with news and information from various countries, and possibly even investigate in person. It’s not something you can do just by copying and pasting from the internet," Tang Qing said after thinking for a moment.
"Understood. I happen to have a friend who does this, I’ll also go learn from him," Dou Jiao nodded.
"Hmm, good, you can handle it," Tang Qing said.
PS: This is today’s first Chapter, the second Chapter might once again be after ten o’clock. There won’t be a delay this time. Thanks to the friends who secretly voted.
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