Chapter 9 — People With Real Power, Ultimately Shine

He even assigned my department the most beautiful office space, which is also the most sought-after work area in the company. Meanwhile... Kevin was called into the General Manager's room. The door just closed... The yelling lasted for half an hour. I heard... General Manager Vuong's anger was so loud that the whole floor could hear it clearly. He bluntly criticized Kevin:

"Not putting company interests first."

"Only knows how to cause division and damage internally."

Finally, there is a warning:

"If you can't coordinate well with Lam Vi's work..."

"This company doesn't care for idle people."

When Kevin walked out of the office... His face was pale. On the surface, he immediately announced to everyone that he would do his best to coordinate with Director Lam. But every time I pass by... I can clearly feel the resentment and jealousy he tries to hide in the bottom of his eyes. He won't stop easily. Sure enough... As soon as I started recruiting people for my team... Trouble also came. According to General Director Vuong's opinion... Prioritizing personnel selection within the company will help members coordinate with each other faster. However... Kevin took advantage of the network of relationships he had built over many years to secretly spread rumors.

"What director? Just a lucky translator."

"I heard he's very young and doesn't have any management experience."

"Follow her sooner or later you'll end up dead."

"New high-risk department."

"If the project fails, there will be no way back."

"It's still safer to stay in the old department."

Those rumors... hit the psychology of most long-time employees wanting stability and fear of change. Many technical and marketing personnel that I targeted and even had preliminary discussions with... In the end, they all found every reason to refuse. My team... Encountered obstacles right from the first step. My new graduate assistant was so impatient that she was about to burst into tears.

"Director Lam."

"They are really too much!"

"Let's go see General Manager Vuong!"

I shook my head. Telling superiors... Is the most helpless way to handle things in the office environment. Can't handle a Kevin. On the contrary, it only makes yourself weaker. I calmly analyzed the situation. If the pond in the company has been stirred up... Then I will step out of that pond. Go to the ocean to find someone. I immediately changed my recruitment strategy.

"Stop internal recruitment."

I told the HR specialist.

"We recruit openly throughout the market."

I personally developed a set of exam questions and an interview process of very high difficulty. That set of questions... Don't just test the theory. Only test actual combat ability. From international trade operations... To analyzing cross-cultural communication situations... Then market penetration strategies for each specific industry. Whoever passes this screening round... is the elite of the best. At the same time... I also took advantage of the entire network of relationships I gained from my time studying abroad. Contact many reputable headhunters in the industry. I just told them one request.

"I need people with an international background."

"Has real combat experience."

"And ambitious enough to conquer big challenges."

Kevin believes that his disruptive plan I have succeeded. Every day he and his trusted friends stood in the tea room laughing. Just wait and see if I can't build a team... Then I'll have to run away to ask for help from General Director Vuong. He waited... For a week. One week later... When he saw me bringing a completely new team into the company... The smile on Kevin's face immediately froze. On my team... There's a financial analyst who worked on Wall Street. There is an international student who once held the position of Marketing Director at a leading European automobile corporation. There are lawyers specializing in international law. Each resume... is so excellent that it's dazzling. When they stood next to each other... An atmosphere of elite people immediately spread. Nothing can stop it. The whole company... were shocked by the appearance of this team of "paratroopers". The veteran employees who once refused my invitation... Now looking at the profiles of each team member... The only eyes left were regret and disbelief. I brought along my elite team... Calmly walked past Kevin. Not even a glance... I didn't give it to him. Because I know... This game... I won again. And winning in a way... That Kevin will never understand. Can never reach it.