Xu Renshan reintroduced himself.
Chen Zhe looked at the bespectacled, refined man with a sharp glint in his eyes and couldn't help but laugh.
So we're not related at all?
He originally thought his father had brought a distant relative over, but he didn't expect that the man in front of him had only found him through several connections.
After being exposed, Xu Renshan did not panic. He pushed up his not-so-thick glasses and grinned.
"Mr. Chen, I am a history teacher and I have a deep understanding of the history of the Xia Kingdom. I have watched the lectures given by other teachers in your live broadcast room, and to be honest, I think none of them are as good as me."
Chen Yishou, who was standing next to him, chimed in, "Xiao Zhe, I also think this Teacher Xu is a talented person, which is why I recommended him to you."
Chen Zhe glanced at his father, then asked in a low voice, "Did you take money from them?"
Chen Yishou felt a little guilty.
"No……"
Chen Zhe knew his father's greedy nature and knew he couldn't possibly bring the person over without accepting anything in return.
“Tell me honestly, if you took someone else’s money, return it.”
Chen Yishou was somewhat embarrassed; "I really didn't take any money... it's just..."
"What is it?"
Chen Zhe pressed for an answer.
"Oh, it's nothing. He just introduced me to a few local business owners, which helped me make some money."
"Huh? Dad, why didn't you call me beforehand...?"
"I... I was just worried that you'd be too busy. I was afraid of bothering you with the car purchase, so I thought it would be better to earn some money myself."
Chen Zhe sighed softly.
He who takes a bribe is bound to be obligated to serve it; he who eats another's food is obligated to pay his bills
Turning back to face Xu Renshan, she said, "So you want to work as a livestreamer at my company, right?"
Xu Renshan shook his head; "It's not that I want to come, but that you're the one inviting me. Your company needs me."
Beneath his calm exterior lay such an arrogant tone that it made Wu Yuanyuan, who was standing nearby, feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"How can you talk like that? I've never seen a job seeker act like you. Don't you know what humility is?"
Xu Renshan smiled and said, "Only those who lack ability are humble because they feel insecure. Why should I be humble if I have the ability?"
Chen Zhe has interviewed many people, including many with real talent and ability, but he has never met anyone like Xu Renshan who is completely lacking in humility. Is it because he is too young?
"Friend, why do you think my company absolutely needs to hire you?"
"It's very simple. The courses your company gives are very superficial and have no substance at all. Our goal is to promote traditional culture, but the people who come to give these lectures are either too pedantic or only know a little bit about the basics. Your so-called promotion of traditional culture is completely untenable and cannot withstand any scrutiny."
Chen Zhe raised an eyebrow, thought for a moment, and then said, "Although Linglong Club is good at promoting traditional culture, our ultimate goal is still to sell goods. After all, we are in business. The lectures only need to cover a little bit of these things; there's no need to go into too much depth."
Xu Renshan shook his head; "If that's really what you think, then I'm very disappointed. I'm very disappointed in you and your company because you have absolutely no foresight. It seems I've come to the wrong place today. Goodbye!"
Xu Renshan turned to leave, but Wu Yuanyuan stopped him. He had just insulted Chen Zhe, which she found unbearable. In her mind, President Chen was a visionary and capable person, and she could not allow him to be slandered like that.
"Explain yourself! What did you mean by what you just said? You said our General Manager Chen lacks foresight? What's your basis for that? Don't you know that Linglong Club's success today is entirely due to General Manager Chen's support?"
Xu Renshan chuckled and turned his head, his eyes becoming somewhat arrogant.
"Mr. Chen, you also think that what I just said was slander against you, right?"
Chen Zhe didn't seem angry at all, and simply said, "I'd like to hear your opinion."
"Alright! Then let me give you some pointers. The reason your Linglong Club was able to make a living from live streaming is entirely because you chose the right banner from the start. Once you raised the banner of promoting traditional culture, your previous image in society was completely transformed. Before, you were seen as a place of all sorts of people and brothels, but now it's different. You are volunteers promoting traditional culture, a positive force that has a positive impact on the masses, so you are able to get a lot of support. Am I right?"
Chen Zhe nodded and did not deny it.
"That's right, so why do you say I lack foresight?"
"The reason I say this is because you haven't taken this banner seriously enough. Most of your livestreamers are selling goods. As soon as you enter the livestream room, they post links after only a few words. This eagerness to make money is very dangerous. If you continue like this, you will destroy yourselves before long."
Before Chen Zhe could speak, Wu Yuanyuan laughed in anger; "Do you even understand live streaming? Our backend data is steadily increasing every month, and the prospects are excellent. What do you mean by 'self-destruction'? That's ridiculous."
In Wu Yuanyuan's mind, the person in front of her didn't understand live streaming at all, yet he had the audacity to come over and say he wanted to guide them. She was speechless; she had never seen such a clueless person in her life.
Faced with Wu Yuanyuan's sarcasm, Xu Renshan was not in a hurry; "I don't even need to look at your backend data. Most of the fans and sales you're gaining now should be from local Donghai residents, right?"
Wu Yuanyuan was somewhat surprised.
He blurted out, "How did you know? Did you peek?"
“I don’t need to peek. I can analyze it myself. A lot of the increase in your fans and sales is due to the support from the leaders here in Donghai. They’ve been promoting you extensively, increasing their support, and giving you a lot of subsidies and preferential treatment. So the growth must be local data. But have you looked at the data from other places?”
Chen Zhe immediately asked Wu Yuanyuan to bring over the computer and opened the backend data.
Sure enough, the growth rate of fans from other regions and sales are gradually declining.
Xu Renshan chuckled after seeing their expressions, knowing that his analysis was correct.
"President Chen, you don't value promoting traditional culture and you've only hired incompetent people, so you can't stand firm. I'm here to point out this problem now, and you still don't take it seriously, which shows that you lack foresight. Am I wrong?"
Chen Zhe squinted at Xu Renshan.
[This person is definitely capable. I was worried about that before, especially since there have been discordant voices circulating online. It seems things really need to change.]
He thought for a moment, then called Lu Anguo over.
"Professor Lu, this is Teacher Xu Renshan. He said that the literary broadcasters in our club are all incompetent. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Anguo's face flushed with anger, and he glared at Xu Renshan with fury. "Which school are you from?"
Faced with Lu Anguo's questioning, Xu Renshan calmly replied, "I am Xu Renshan, a history teacher at Donghai Commercial School."
"ha???"
When Xu Renshan introduced himself, Lu Anguo was stunned.
He thought the other person was just spouting nonsense and must be from a prestigious university, but it turned out to be a vocational school.
In his eyes, vocational schools were completely inferior.
He burst into laughter; "This is hilarious! A vocational school teacher with absolutely no skills dares to challenge me? Do you even know who I am? I am a visiting professor in the Department of Literature at Donghai University and the honorary vice chairman of the Donghai Writers Association. What are you? You didn't even get into a good school, yet you dare to call us incompetent? Who gave you the courage?"
Facing Lu Anguo's mockery, Xu Renshan straightened his back and looked at him; "It is not wrong to come from a humble background. Confidence is not given by others, but earned through one's own hard work and talent."
"Haha, you? You're really capable? Are you even 30 yet, you greenhorn? There's an old saying that goes, 'A young man with no beard is unreliable,' which perfectly describes an arrogant brat like you."
After hearing Lu Anguo's words, Xu Renshan asked calmly, "Professor Lu, so you're questioning me because of my age?"
"Of course! Literary depth is accumulated over time. You're so young, what do you know!"
Perhaps due to excessive excitement, Lu Anguo couldn't help but swear.
Xu Renshan laughed heartily, as if he had heard something happy.
Hearing his laughter, Lu Anguo frowned in displeasure; "What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at you for being a fool. Wang Bo, the foremost of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang Dynasty, wrote 'Zhi Xia' in ten volumes after reading Yan Shigu's commentary on the Book of Han when he was nine years old, pointing out the errors in Yan's commentary. At sixteen, Wang Bo passed the imperial examination and was appointed as a Chaosan Lang, becoming the youngest official in the court. He then wrote the timeless masterpiece 'Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng.' Luo Binwang, another of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang Dynasty, also wrote his masterpiece 'Ode to the Goose' when he was seven years old. This work is still in elementary school Chinese textbooks today. Professor Lu, were these people old when they became famous?"
Lu Anguo said something at the time.
"These...these are just isolated cases. They are famous figures throughout history. Can you compare yourself to them?"
“Professor Lu, whether I can compare with these people is my business. I'm just refuting your point about age. Let me give you another example, like our General Manager Chen…”
Xu Renshan pointed at Chen Zhe: "President Chen is only 25 this year, and he manages several large companies at such a young age. What about you? What have you accomplished?"
"I……"
Lu Anguo couldn't answer again, and then he got a little angry; "If I haven't accomplished anything, then what have you accomplished?"
Xu Renshan was waiting for these words: "My achievements are significant. I can help Linglong Club become the number one live streaming company on the entire internet, a company that everyone can only look up to."
Lu Anguo burst out laughing.
"Haha, as expected of someone young and impetuous, he really talks big without batting an eye. Mr. Chen, I feel there's no need to talk to this kind of person. Chatting with him is simply a waste of our time."
Chen Zhe waved his hand, looking at Xu Renshan with a rather intense gaze; "I also think he's quite arrogant, but I don't know why, I really admire him."
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