Chapter 160: Spending Money Like Water

Nimbus Capital’s current employee structure was already quite professional.

However, it was far from being top-tier and still had considerable room for improvement.

If he made good use of the one hundred million in operating funds provided by the system and built a professional team under Nimbus Capital’s name that actually served only him, wouldn’t that be wonderful?

At that point, it wouldn’t just be called a professional team-it would be a top-tier team.

To be honest, Zhang Yang knew that his own personal professional ability simply didn’t match the enormous wealth he possessed. One had to have self-awareness.

But there was no helping it-after all, the system was basically like his father.

If he lacked professional ability, then he could simply hire professionals to work for him. Being a hands-off boss wasn’t a bad thing.

Thinking this way, Zhang Yang suddenly felt enlightened.

“Open your mouth.” Bei Wei’s gentle voice sounded beside him.

Zhang Yang smiled and gently grabbed Bei Wei’s hand.

“What, do you think I’m three years old? Do I still need someone to feed me?”

“If you were three years old, that would be great. Then I could carry you in my arms and spoil you every day.” Bei Wei laughed as Zhang Yang held her hand.

“Ugh, seriously? Showing off your love in front of me again?” Bei Jiajia protested unhappily.

As a single person, she truly felt too much hostility from the world.

After dinner, Zhang Yang drove Bei Wei back to Lakeville Regency.

As for the Panamera, it was simply lent to Bei Jiajia to drive home.

Late at night, in the master bedroom of Lakeville Regency.

Zhang Yang held Bei Wei’s soft, fragrant body in his arms. Her fair shoulders were bare, and he enjoyed the quiet peace after everything was over.

A man’s sage mode always granted him the highest degree of rationality.

While Bei Wei slept with steady breathing, Zhang Yang opened Answerly on his phone and began his routine browsing time.

Ever since proving his identity as a wealthy guy, his number of followers on Answerly had skyrocketed. By now, he already had several thousand followers.

Don’t underestimate several thousand followers.

He wasn’t one of the big-name contributors on Answerly. So far he had only posted a few topics.

Having several thousand followers already made him quite satisfied.

His latest question was about the investment industry.

Everyone was discussing it enthusiastically. So far there were dozens of answers, and quite a few of them were surprisingly professional and serious.

Actually the most important point is this: judging from the financial strength you’ve shown, the safest option isn’t investing in startups. Managing your money, investing in some real businesses, and enjoying life would probably be ideal.

How many rich second-generation heirs have you seen ruin their families just by enjoying life?

Zhang Yang glanced over the comments without paying much attention.

After all, when it came to investment, one had to make one’s own judgment. Listening to others often meant losing money more often than making it.

“Still, I could give them a sense of accomplishment and increase their enthusiasm.” Zhang Yang muttered to himself and replied to some comments.

As always, this was Answerly-no one knew who anyone else was.

If he appeared humble and a bit inexperienced, it wouldn’t hurt him. In fact, it would attract more followers and more answers.

After all, the system’s tasks came first.

Thank you everyone for your comments. I’ve learned a lot.
I feel like my knowledge is too shallow and my perspective too limited. I still have a lot of room to improve.
I still need to learn more from everyone.
Yes yes yes.

Zhang Yang casually wrote these humble responses without thinking. In no time, the image of a modest and humble rich second-generation heir-wealthy but not arrogant-came to life.

In the comment section, a group of contributors struggling in life collectively felt excited and accomplished.

They might not have money, and their lives might not be going well.

But so what? They had managed to make a genuinely wealthy guy sincerely thank them.

By the way, I’ve registered a company. Please give me some suggestions.

Zhang Yang casually posted another open-ended question.

He didn’t want to limit the direction-he wanted brainstorming. He wanted to see what people would say and whether the system would adopt some of their reasonable suggestions.

A company? What kind of business direction?

Is it a shell company? What’s its name? Let me check it out-I’m curious.

If you want to be a hands-off boss or handle everything personally, I suggest finding someone trustworthy and professional to manage the company. Then you can live freely. Being a boss who handles everything personally is exhausting.

Depends on what kind of company it is. If it’s operational, positions like finance, logistics, operations, and HR must be controlled by people you trust.

Ding!

In the middle of the night, hearing the sudden system notification in his mind, Zhang Yang immediately felt delighted.

The system accepted the reasonable suggestion.

Many hands make light work.

With so many people providing suggestions, the system indeed adopted ideas faster.

Note: All successfully hired candidates will possess built-in loyalty toward the host.

“Tsk, this task is a big one.” Zhang Yang studied the new task carefully and couldn’t help sighing.

Rewards were proportional to difficulty.

Just look at the rewards-fifty experience points and a random industry asset.

Fifty experience points would be enough for him to level up. His daily system return would jump to two hundred thousand a day, more than seventy million per year.

As for the random industry asset?

That range could vary greatly. Who knew how big of a surprise the system would give him this time?

With such generous rewards, the corresponding task was naturally complicated.

Zhang Yang’s understanding of this task was that he needed to assemble a top-tier team for Nimbus Capital-or rather, for himself.

The system’s requirements for team members were extremely strict.

What he needed to recruit were the leaders of each department-from CEO down to COO, CHO, and others.

The system’s requirements for these positions were detailed and harsh, covering education background, work experience, and many other aspects.

Recruiting people like that couldn’t be done just by opening his mouth and saying so.

Fortunately, he had the one hundred million operating funds from the system.

Once the biggest problem-money-was solved, everything else was manageable. As long as the salary was high enough, talent wouldn’t be hard to recruit. Not all high-level professionals worked purely for ideals and dreams.

Most people were practical.

“It’s actually not that difficult. I just need to find the right CEO candidate.” Zhang Yang thought for a moment.

As long as he found a qualified professional manager, he wouldn’t have to worry about the rest.

Also, the system mentioned that the people recruited would have built-in loyalty toward him-something like psychological suggestion, not mechanical obedience that erased their individuality.

That was good.

Who wouldn’t want a team completely loyal to them?

“The only issue is Sun Ziqiang…” Zhang Yang suddenly felt conflicted.

Sun Ziqiang was Nimbus Capital’s current head and served as CEO.

In terms of ability, he was certainly competent.

But compared with the system’s strict requirements, he fell short by quite a margin.

Should he just fire him?

Sun Ziqiang hadn’t made any mistakes. In fact, he handled both big and small matters very well. Firing him like that would feel rather unfair.

Zhang Yang thought about it for a long time, then shook his head and temporarily set the issue aside.

“Forget it. I’ll deal with it tomorrow.”

He muttered to himself, hugged Bei Wei in his arms, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, as usual, there was Bei Wei’s loving breakfast.

Zhang Yang ate with both his stomach and heart completely satisfied.

“Husband, look at the progress now.” Bei Wei leaned beside him, excitedly showing him the renovation progress of the book café.

Zhang Yang glanced at it. It was already taking shape, and the progress was quite fast.

“Is the budget enough? If not, I’ll transfer you more.”

“It’s enough, it’s enough.” Bei Wei’s eyes were gentle as she leaned over and kissed Zhang Yang on the cheek. “Every time I go there, the management from Prosperity Plaza comes to greet me. I feel a bit embarrassed.”

“They all work for me. Isn’t it normal for them to treat you warmly? You can accept it without worry.” Zhang Yang laughed.

When the boss’s girlfriend appeared, how could the managers below not be enthusiastic?

Bei Wei simply wasn’t used to it yet.

After breakfast, Bei Jiajia arrived in Bei Wei’s Panamera, and the two of them prepared to go to work together.

“Good morning, brother-in-law.” Today Bei Jiajia wore a short skirt above the knees and had short hair by her ears, giving her a fresh, youthful look. “By the way, brother-in-law, do I look fairy-like today?”

“Just a little girl.” Zhang Yang glanced at her and commented calmly.

“Sis, brother-in-law said I look like I’m eighteen.” Bei Jiajia happily pulled Bei Wei along and excitedly repeated it.

Zhang Yang shook his head and got into the Cullinan first.

“You two drive slowly later. I have something to do, so I’m heading to the company first.”

He waved his hand and drove off.

In the rearview mirror, the two energetic young figures were quite a pleasant sight.

At Nimbus Capital, Zhang Yang sat in the chairman’s office, deep in thought.

“Sun Ziqiang has only been at Nimbus Capital for less than three months.”

“Forget it. A kind heart can’t command an army. Whether he stays or leaves is just a matter of my word. I can’t let it delay important matters.”

Although he hesitated, he ultimately chose the bigger picture.

What he should do had long been clear.

“Sun Ziqiang, come to my office.” Zhang Yang picked up the desk phone and made the call.

Soon there was a knock on the door.

“Come in.” Zhang Yang glanced up.

Sun Ziqiang pushed open the door and walked into the office.

“Old Sun… it’s like this, there’s something…” Zhang Yang organized his words, preparing to speak directly.

But before he could say anything-

“Chairman Zhang, actually, I happen to have something I want to tell you as well.” Sun Ziqiang looked troubled.

“Oh? What is it? You speak first.” Zhang Yang gestured for him to go ahead.

“I came to resign.” Sun Ziqiang rubbed his hands as he spoke.

Zhang Yang blinked and pretended to be surprised.

“Old Sun, you’ve been doing well here. Why resign? Is it because of the compensation and benefits… or something else you’re dissatisfied with?”

“No, no, Chairman Zhang, absolutely not.” Sun Ziqiang quickly denied it.

“It’s just some personal reasons. I hope Chairman Zhang can approve it.”

Zhang Yang sighed and tried to persuade him to stay several times, but Sun Ziqiang’s determination to leave was very firm. In the end-

“Alright then. Since you insist on leaving, I won’t stop you.”

“Thank you, Chairman Zhang. Before I leave, I’ll make sure all the work is properly handed over.” Sun Ziqiang said happily.

Zhang Yang said nothing and waved his hand.

Sun Ziqiang lowered his head slightly and carefully left the office.

As soon as he left, Zhang Yang remained alone in the chairman’s office.

“What a coincidence. I just wonder why Old Sun wants to leave…” Zhang Yang muttered, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Did he think Zhang Yang, as a boss, had big ambitions but little ability and no future?

Or did he simply have a better opportunity elsewhere?

Or perhaps both?

Whatever the reason, it suited Zhang Yang’s intentions and saved him from having to be the bad guy.

“Time to find a headhunter and recruit someone.”

Zhang Yang quickly approved Sun Ziqiang’s resignation and contacted a professional headhunting firm to search for a professional manager who met the system’s requirements.

According to the system’s standards, this professional manager had to be flawless in both educational background and work experience.

For example: graduating from Tsinghua or Peking University, studying finance at Harvard, having at least ten years of experience at top investment banks, and achieving outstanding results-those were just the basic qualifications.

Since he was making such demands, he could naturally offer a high salary.

Even if it couldn’t match the tens of millions annual salary of executives at Fortune 500 companies, a few million was still something he could easily afford.

Very soon, Zhang Yang contacted several well-known headhunting firms in the industry and communicated the specific requirements.

When professionals handled things, he didn’t need to worry much.

He could just sit and wait.

With one hundred million in operating funds, it actually seemed a bit difficult to spend it all within the year.

“Maybe I should just get some company cars as well.” Zhang Yang thought.

After all, vehicles registered under the company could also be counted as operating expenses.

Using the funds to buy company vehicles was perfectly reasonable.

As for what cars to buy?

Now that he was the boss, he should at least have a chauffeur-driven car. A Rolls-Royce Phantom was a must.

For occasional trips with assistants, there should be a business van. From a Mercedes Sprinter to a luxury customized Toyota Coaster-those should be arranged as well.

And for company cars, starting with Maybachs wouldn’t be excessive.

Oh right, if the company bought so many cars, it would need three to five drivers too.

Not being able to spend money?

Impossible.

In just a short moment of thinking, Zhang Yang realized that if he wanted to spend money, there were countless ways to do it.

“Let’s arrange the cars first.”

He called the comprehensive office staff and began arranging the procurement of company vehicles.