Reaching the age of thirty, my income randomly doubled-Chapter 767 - 575: Little Secretary

Chapter 767: Chapter 575: Little Secretary

The National Day Golden Week is almost over.

Er Piya came scampering back home. She’s still a chubby little girl—no matter how wildly she messes around outside, she has to behave properly once she’s back home.

Besides, she can only mess around during holidays.

Once school starts, even though she can act bossy in class as “Second Sister,” she still has to obediently listen to her teachers.

Another miserable school day is approaching. When can it be holidays every day?

Er Piya didn’t dare say it out loud; she could only silently pray in her heart.

As for the spoiled brat Chen An’an, she spent a few days performing on the streets at Golden Mountain, earning at least eight hundred yuan. Whether the amount is big or small doesn’t matter—the most important thing is being happy.

She loves the carefree lifestyle, and she’s even more enamored by the romantic allure of wandering on the streets.

No one can spin street wandering into something so refreshingly elegant like her.

On October 8th, Chen Pingsheng went to the headquarters to work.

The relocation notice from headquarters had been issued over a month ago, and all the preparations were basically complete.

The specific relocation date was set for November 28th—an auspicious day chosen after consulting a Feng Shui Master.

Additionally, the entire Golden Mountain headquarters spent over three hundred million yuan just on its Feng Shui layout. His own headquarters building was designed to resemble the most prestigious bronze ritual artifact of the Shang and Zhou dynasties—the four-legged fangding.

The ding is the king of ancient ceremonial utensils. Historical records indicate that Emperor Yu of Xia “cast nine dings to symbolize the nine provinces.” As a national treasure, the ding was a mark of supreme authority and was considered the symbol of statehood and power.

Of course, it also carries an aura of regional dominance.

As the saying goes, “First fate, second luck, third Feng Shui, fourth accumulated virtue, fifth study.” Regular folks mostly don’t believe in the mysterious metaphysics of Feng Shui.

But wealthy people, especially those in Guangdong and Xiangjiang, including business tycoons, deeply believe in it.

Chen Pingsheng wouldn’t promote such elusive matters within Tengying Group, but all his properties, including the headquarters building, had been painstakingly surveyed for Feng Shui at great expense.

The Golden Mountain headquarters was especially extravagant, spending nearly 300 million yuan solely on the Feng Shui layout.

This does not include the construction costs of the headquarters itself—just the fees for hiring top-notch Feng Shui Masters.

One additional point is critical: his Golden Finger doesn’t hand out cash anymore; it only provides luck value.

This thing is even more ephemeral and difficult to grow, but ever since his family acquired it, it seems no one has gotten sick—not even a minor fever or cold.

By the end of November, the headquarters relocation was imminent, and Chen Pingsheng was busy fundraising for Tengfei New Energy’s 2020 development budget.

Beyond the external shares he had invested in, the most valuable holdings in his portfolio were 21% of Teng You Media. Teng You had already been publicly listed for six months, which made it possible for him to slowly cash out this equity.

Additionally, there was 20% of Antler Coffee and 10% of Tengying Entertainment.

These three companies represented his highest shareholdings among the internal, publicly listed enterprises.

From Tengying Entertainment, he could only cash out another 5%. Antler Coffee was pushing a global expansion strategy, and its stock price had room to rise further.

The current market value was only around 45 billion yuan, and even a full cash-out wouldn’t amount to much.

Meanwhile, Teng You Media was tied to the highly explosive short-video economy, which made its shares ripe for cash-out transactions.

He decided to sell 11% of his stake to find external investors. A major sell-off wasn’t possible—not only would it be tough to find buyers, but it would also negatively impact Teng You Media’s stock price.

In the end, Teng You Media’s net assets weren’t particularly stable, even in its dominant position. If its momentum crumbled overnight, the situation could spiral fast. Yet it still carried a market value of over 80 billion yuan.

If he dumped too much stock at once, suspicions might arise.

He priced the 11% at 8 billion yuan and paired it with a series of enticing collaboration perks.

Essentially, spending 8 billion yuan on these shares would grant priority access to Teng You Media’s enormous content resources.

This kind of access would be a game-changer for businesses struggling to attract traffic.

This strategy ensured that Chen Pingsheng’s premium shares were able to attract several wealthy investors.

The funds from this sell-off would all be poured into Tengfei New Energy.

With this money added to the pool, he could roughly secure enough development capital for Tengfei New Energy for half a year.

As for the rest, he’d figure it out next year.

Chen Pingsheng didn’t even attend Teng You Media’s equity transfer meetings himself. 8 billion yuan wasn’t exactly groundbreaking for him.

His most valuable holdings were no longer tied to his family’s publicly listed businesses.

Instead, they were tied to the major companies he had invested in, along with the series of pre-listing new energy firms.

The headquarters office workday was relatively laid-back, especially since Lin Qiunan had moved to Guangzhou to join the Dream Fund, leaving him to search for a new personal secretary.

The first criteria for a secretary were clear—it had to be someone attractive.

Being attractive didn’t serve any actual purpose, but hey, it was pleasant to look at.

The second most important criterion was professional competence, which was extremely critical.

Appearance was the threshold; professional ability was the foundation; academic excellence was another essential requirement.

Even at this point in his career, Chen Pingsheng still regretted not reading more when he was younger.

He couldn’t understand English and struggled even to pronounce “Are you OK?”

Lei Jun might get mocked online for his non-standard pronunciation, but it took a certain kind of talent to mock someone like him.

A trillion-yuan CEO—did he really need to master impeccable English?

If you perfected your English pronunciation and sounded like a broadcaster, you’d still end up working under someone else’s thumb.

Chen Pingsheng’s principle was simple: if you aren’t good at something, just don’t bother doing it. He never posts bizarre motivational quotes online or tries to build some lofty public persona.

Speaking of this, he thought of the recent shares he’d purchased in Future Motors. The CEO of that company was a real eccentric.

Despite being a complete outsider to the automotive industry, the guy bragged about matching Tesla feature-for-feature, plus adding things Tesla didn’t have.

If Chen hadn’t invested in Tesla and thoroughly studied the company, those empty boasts might even deceive some people.

But anyone who truly understood Tesla would know that—while its cars might seem like basic shells without fridges, TVs, or big couches—their underlying core technologies and intricacies were unmatched by any domestic new energy vehicle company.

Even with over 100 billion yuan invested, Chen wouldn’t dare claim Tesla has everything Future Motors has, let alone extra features.

Were it not for the fact that Future Motors’ stock price had hit rock bottom with nowhere left to drop, Chen wouldn’t have considered holding onto shares tied to this kind of CEO for the long term.

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To put it bluntly, the heart of technological stock investment lies in evaluating whether the founders are trustworthy.

This is the first principle.

Apple maintained a decade-long upward trajectory even after losing Jobs because it made prudent investments.

The company had amassed the highest cash reserves in the global tech arena.

Whenever new breakthrough mobile technologies emerge, Apple could simply crush competitors with financial firepower.

No matter the future fluctuations in share prices, Chen wouldn’t hold shares tied to such a CEO for more than two years.

Everything else was up for evaluation.

Chen’s stock-investment approach didn’t prioritize analyzing the company itself but rather scrutinizing the people in charge.

If the leadership was unreliable, the company was bound to falter.

If the people were dependable, the company might struggle in the short term but could outperform the market over time.

Of course, this had a prerequisite—the trend, also known as the momentum.

Now, the momentum clearly pointed to the new energy sector. Even blind purchases would yield profits.

The only variable was the size of the profit.

The new secretary was chosen—an attractive and young girl whom Chen Pingsheng handpicked himself.