Reborn with Consumption System-Chapter 400 - 199: Value Investing

Liu Minghao’s subtle fawning over Han Lie was undeniable.

While there were plenty of potential targets in Magic Capital for a trading team leader, he specifically chose a woman with a peak physical appearance.

It was all just a coincidence, without any ulterior motives? Impossible!

Perhaps it was because Han Lie’s personal assistant, Liang Wu, was too beautiful and had such an impressive physique that it led Liu Minghao and other shareholders to misunderstand.

But in truth, Brother Lie wasn’t that kind of person...

If it weren’t for the urgency of the situation, Han Lie would have definitely passed on Jiao Fangyan in favor of showing them a male subordinate.

Now though... there was no other choice. Operations had to start on Monday, so he would just have to make do.

Han Lie clinched her joining with his final sentence, "A 20% rise in monthly salary, all other benefits on par with CITIC, report to the company tomorrow, is that okay?"

Jiao Fangyan stood up and bowed. "Very satisfied, President Han."

Then, she reached out her hand to Liu Minghao. "So, please take good care of me in the future, President Liu."

"No, no, I don’t involve myself in company matters. You can call me Brother Liu, Attorney Liu, Old Liu—anything’s fine."

Liu Minghao claimed he didn’t involve himself in anything, yet he casually pulled out a contract from his bag and started filling it out on the spot.

"Come on, Ms. Jiao, let’s finalize your compensation package."

Jiao Fangyan didn’t play coy. She discussed it with Liu Minghao item by item in front of Han Lie, without a trace of aggression but with detailed questioning.

This was a serious, professional attitude, which made Han Lie’s impression of her increasingly favorable.

As the conversation continued, Lü Shuli, who was serving tea, began to feel jealous.

The details were astounding; her head was buzzing as she listened.

The salary of a CITIC trader was composed of four parts: base salary, commission rebates, profit sharing, and benefits.

However, Jiao Fangyan was in the proprietary trading department and did not manage clients; she operated the company’s own funds, so she originally had no commission rebates.

At Zhongcheng, it was the same—no rebates, so that part was skipped.

Her base salary at CITIC was 35,000. With a direct 20% increase, it was now 42,000.

This amounted to eighteen salaries a year, totaling an annual income of 756,000 yuan.

Liu Minghao had prepared a special clause for her: this stipulated a 5% to 20% annual salary increase based on year-end performance during the three-year contract period. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

If she consistently achieved maximum increases, her monthly salary would be 72,000 yuan after three years, with an annual salary of 1.3 million yuan.

In terms of benefits, there were subsidies for cooling in summer and heating in winter, holiday bonuses for significant festivals, an annual clothing allowance, plus transportation, telephone, and housing subsidies—all three of the latter were provided.

At her level, these benefits amounted to around 150,000 yuan in total.

Correspondingly, she had no paid leave.

All market holidays meant traders didn’t have to work, amounting to over a hundred actual days off annually, so no additional leave was provided.

The comfort level at state-owned securities companies was unimaginable for those who had never experienced it.

Her five social insurance contributions and one housing fund contribution were all at the highest bracket, tallying up to a total cost to the company of just over a million yuan per year to employ her.

A good trader is worth that much, and their value only increases over time.

In profit sharing, CITIC offered her 20%, and Han Lie did the same, dividing her bonus into two parts:

First, profit earned by optimizing costs on directed operations.

For example, if Han Lie’s instruction for a stock was to build a sixty percent position below ten yuan per share, with an execution cost of exactly ten yuan, and an expected holding period of one to three months.

During the holding period, provided there were no major changes, Han Lie would not intervene further.

However, Jiao Fangyan could perform T+0 trading and similar operations on the stock based on her personal judgment.

When it was time to sell after three months, if the position remained at sixty percent, but the cost basis had been reduced to eight yuan per share, she would have effectively generated a profit of two yuan per share before the sale.

Jiao Fangyan could take 20% of those two yuan, which would be 0.4 yuan per share.

It might not sound like much, but what if the holding was 24 million shares? That’s a whopping 9.6 million yuan!

Of course, such an ideal trading scenario is rare, requiring extremely high skill and an incredibly stable temperament.

If things went awry and the cost basis increased to twelve yuan per share, the resulting 48 million yuan loss would also be accumulated and deducted from her earnings.

Second, profit sharing from autonomous operations.

Zhongcheng’s total capital was 400 million yuan. Han Lie could control all of it, while Jiao Fangyan could manage a portion.

The specific amount was subject to discussion.

As trust grew, so would her authority. In the future, allowing her to independently manage several hundred million yuan wouldn’t be an issue.

This capital would be hers to operate when Han Lie had no major trading plans.

Profits would be shared, while losses at the end of the month would lead to demotion, a reduction in trading authority, and an accumulation of the deficit. Each company had its own rules and practices in this regard, and Han Lie followed common industry standards.

All things considered, Han Lie’s offer to Jiao Fangyan was top-tier in the industry, with fixed costs being quite high.

Moreover, Han Lie would essentially act as a mentor, with explaining operational strategies being a basic task, and answering various questions and consultations an expected part of his role.

Given Zhongcheng’s scale, it was difficult to find reliable people even when offering high salaries. Their only option was to leverage Han Lie’s reputation and strength—he was practically selling himself.

Therefore, Liu Minghao had actually done an excellent job. By effectively ’showcasing’ Han Lie, he had recruited the perfect assistant for him at minimal expense, freeing Han Lie from day-to-day operations.

What Han Lie least needed was one of those trading wizards full of their own ideas. No matter how smart you are or how well you understand the markets, can you compare with my foresight?

On the contrary, Jiao Fangyan, who could accurately execute orders and maximize profits from trading details, was Han Lie’s ideal choice.

Liu Minghao, a top lawyer from a Red Circle Firm, was indeed extremely reliable.

Han Lie was very satisfied and proactively addressed Jiao Fangyan, "Manager Jiao, do you have any other thoughts on the contract? Please feel free to speak up. We’re a bit short on time, so let’s try to work through all the details today."