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Perhaps because his life had reached a trough, Mr. Andrew was eager to get the money. The next day, under the witness of a lawyer, the two parties signed a contract and agreed on the transfer of the company, and Mr. Andrew left quickly.

Purchasing a fund company with a scale of only a few million dollars is not a hassle. Mr. Andrew also paid the consulting company's agency fee of US$15,000.

After paying the first payment for the company, Locke came to the office of Sky Fund and began to meet with the original employees of the fund company.

Even though Sky Fund once managed tens of millions of dollars in assets, it actually only had six employees.

Finance itself is a knowledge-intensive industry. Just like the stock investor Warren Buffett's company, it has only had more than 20 people in its headquarters for a long time, but it does not prevent it from becoming one of the most successful companies on Wall Street.

The company has no money on its books, but due to the fierce competition in the industry, jobs are not easy to find. Even if these six people have started to submit their resumes to other companies, most of them have not been able to get satisfactory positions, and the company is still running normally.

Locke had no intention of suppressing the wages owed by these people, but before that, there were still some things to be determined. Picking up the black tea that Tang Wei had brewed, Locke said to these six people:

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Rock Lee. I believe you all already know that Mr. Andrew bought the company to me. Now I am talking to you just to confirm whether you are willing to stay in the company. I worked."

When these people saw Locke, who looked too young, they had expressions of surprise, curiosity, and sighs on their faces. Then they heard Locke continue:

"Andrew has a very good vision. I have read the resumes of each of you. They are very professional. The company has a clear division of labor and can meet my basic requirements.

You have worked here for so long, and I don’t want to hire new people to get used to it slowly, so if you are willing to stay, your salary will remain the same for one year. Whether it will be improved in the future will depend on the company’s operations. As for dividends, it will also depend on performance. "

In response to Locke's words, the six people looked at each other, and one of them stood up first and said: "Sky Fund Company has no credibility and cannot attract investment at all.

Now the company manages such a small amount of money and the management fees it receives are not even enough to pay rent and wages..."

Obviously, in reality, there is no such thing as the ability to easily impress others as subordinates by shaking the tiger's body. These people have no respect for Locke. They stand here neatly just for the wages that have been owed.

In the minds of many people, being able to work on Wall Street is synonymous with money, even more so than top-level white-collar lawyers and doctors.

But in fact, aside from the very few successful and wealthy people, the rest of the people working on Wall Street are just ordinary white-collar workers.

Although to outsiders, they all have a nice car, several suits worth thousands of dollars, and they all have luxury watches on their wrists.

They usually have neatly styled hair outside and look like industry elites, but their basic salary is not much and their income relies more on bonuses and benefits.

When the industry is booming, bonuses are generous. In addition to salary, you can also get bonuses for more than one year or even two or three years after working for a year. For a very small number of senior executives, the bonuses alone can reach millions of dollars.

This also means that employees in this industry value the company's development prospects more than dead wages.

At this moment, the six people looked at Locke, who was really too young.

Perhaps Locke has a mature temperament, and is even handsome and attractive enough to give people a good first impression, but this does not mean that Locke has the ability to lead the company to success.

For example, Ms. Mora, who just spoke, after Mr. Andrew's family problems, she managed the company's affairs. She is very clear about the company's current situation.

After the stock market crash a few years ago, investors lost a large amount of money, and all the credibility and connections Mr. Andrew had accumulated were wiped out.

After that, it was difficult for the company to attract investment. Most of them were taken advantage of by hard-earned scammers. The amount of investment was not high, but they could barely maintain operations.

After Mr. Andrew's family had an incident and he was no longer interested in working, the company was even more disorganized. It could be said that it was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was almost impossible to revive it.

Locke had already prepared for this, but he didn't say it immediately. He just said:

"I know that the company has encountered problems and it is not easy to get back on track, but as long as you give me a little time, two or three years at most, I guarantee that each of you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars."

These words sounded like bragging to the six people. Ms. Mora continued: "Do you have a ready source of funds and someone is willing to invest?"

Fund companies survive by attracting people to invest, charging management fees and dividends. In recent years, Sky Fund has been in decline because it is difficult to attract high-quality investors.

Americans like to be direct when talking, especially when discussing business, so Ms. Mora asked the question directly.

He was already prepared for the attitude of these people, and Locke didn't care and shrugged: "This matter is the company's secret. The company and its employees have always had a two-way choice.

If you are willing to stay, you can sign a one-year employment contract first. If you choose to leave, I will not stop you. Of course, no matter what you choose, the salary arrears will be credited to your account within a week. "

As soon as he said this, a young man in his mid-twenties turned around and left. He left with the words "remember to put the arrears of wages into the account" and left.

He has been looking for a new job in the past six months, and he has almost reached an agreement with his next job. Naturally, there is no need to take the risk and stay. However, the remaining five people hesitated and chose to stay.

It is difficult to find suitable jobs in the entire industry now, and they have looked for them.

But the jobs you can apply for don't pay well, and the prospects aren't that good either.

Coupled with the fact that Locke seemed very confident, he was prepared to stay for the time being to see the development of the company. He would never end up unemployed or unable to make ends meet.

After all, most of them are in their thirties and have a lot to spend on mortgages, rent, raising children, living expenses, insurance, etc.

The company had defaulted on wages for three months, and they were almost at the point where they couldn't open the pot. If their income dropped further, their lives would explode.

Seeing these five people signing the employment contract, Locke clapped his hands: "Very good, I believe that after I say these next words, you will be grateful for the decision you have made now."

Having said this, Locke paused for a moment, and then said under the curious eyes of several people: "In the next month, the company will receive an investment of US$120 million."

By the time Locke finished speaking, the people across from him all showed expressions of disbelief or disbelief. They didn’t know how to react at all, so they could only listen to Locke continue:

"This money is my investment. It is managed and operated by me alone. There is no management fee and the dividend is 5% of the income."

These words made everyone standing here not sure how to react. After a while, everyone let out a huge exclamation.

It is still the 1990s, and his assets of hundreds of millions are enough to rank Locke within the 400th place on the Forbes list.

No one expected that Locke was actually a billionaire, and began to guess which famous family Locke was a child of.

Tang Wei, who had been standing next to Locke, was also surprised and grabbed Locke's hand. The force even made Locke feel pain.