Chapter 240 Don’t judge a person by appearance
Lin Ruoyan looked over Zhou Quan's resume. Although he had worked on construction sites for eight years, he was a master's graduate, and his job was usually clerical and technical management. Who would let him tie rebar? However, being a project manager meant interacting with all kinds of people, especially those local bosses and troublemakers among the workers. Others couldn't control them, so the project manager had to have a way to control them.
She wants to meet him in person to make a judgment on whether Zhou Quan is capable or not.
Lin Ruoyan waited for the design and marketing staff to start work in Singapore, and then she returned to Beijing. Before the final interview with Zhou Quan, she carefully read the report written by the person who had interviewed Zhou Quan.
Jiao assessed Zhou Quan's professional competence. He possessed a high level of competence in engineering and construction, and also possessed experience in building projects. As for his aggressive nature, Jiao felt he possessed a flexible mindset, albeit a somewhat playful one, reminiscent of his youth.
Old Jiao suffered because his colleagues were too easygoing. He understands why, after eight years working overseas, Zhou Quan hasn't been able to secure a promotion back home. With his strong technical skills and excellent command of the Japanese language, he's indispensable to the overseas frontline. He's also a meticulous and responsible person, so staying too low on the front lines can easily lead to missing opportunities for advancement.
In short, as a project manager in a country that abides by rules, Zhou Quan is still capable of doing the job, but he lacks pioneering spirit.
After Qin Shuang talked with Zhou Quan, he found that Zhou Quan had another shortcoming, which was that he was soft-hearted towards women.
Zhou Quan's interactions with construction sites were primarily dominated by men, and he rarely encountered capable women. Most women on construction sites performed relatively low-skilled, low-end jobs. Another group, translators, were a common sight on overseas projects. These women honed their engineering knowledge through project-based work.
Zhou Quan can chat with such a girl, but he naturally has a protective attitude.
In South America or Africa, such an attitude is fine, but in Singapore, there may be some obstacles.
According to official statistics, Singapore is home to numerous highly educated women, and they hold outstanding positions in a wide range of fields. The business world is like a battlefield, and women are no pushovers. Their Singaporean project is surrounded by a competing project being built by a local developer, and that project is always led by women.
Qin Shuang was a little skeptical that Zhou Quan would have some limitations in his thinking.
The HR director was concerned about Zhou Quan's compensation. In addition to his regular salary, Zhou Quan requested regular flights to Country Y to visit his girlfriend, ideally with airfare and travel expenses reimbursed. His girlfriend was pursuing both a master's and doctoral degree in Country Y and was expected to graduate in two years.
Lin Ruoyan gave Chen Jun the same treatment. What Zhou Quan proposed was not outrageous, and she felt it was acceptable.
Next, I have to interview Zhou Quan in person to decide whether to hire this person.
Lin Ruoyan had a very good impression of Zhou Quan during their meeting. She focused on understanding his personality. He was indeed a bit of a pushover, and was easily "degraded" by the soft qualities of women.
There is nothing to say about other aspects. Zhou Quan himself is also willing to go to Singapore. After all, Singapore has closer ties with Country Y. Considering that his girlfriend is studying in Country Y, she might be able to come to Singapore for work in the future. It would be nice for the two of them to finally be reunited in a foreign country.
However, Lin Ruoyan still cautiously used the prodigal system to investigate Zhou Quan.
Since the prodigal system can find out that Ling Sida, who does not exist in the original book, has such a dark problem, can Zhou Quan also be found?
Lin Ruoyan said to the prodigal system, "Zhou Quan is a good guy. I'm interested. System, do you think he's a good fit for me to spend money on?"
The prodigal system didn't argue whether it was being used as a consulting system. It gave a very positive evaluation without saying anything.
It was similar to what Lin Ruoyan had learned through several rounds of interviews, but she asked again: "Can we find out about that Zhou Quan's girlfriend? Does she have any problems?"
When I chatted with Zhou Quan before, I felt from his words that he and his girlfriend would get married sooner or later, and if there was any problem with his significant other, it would affect his work and life in the future.
The prodigal system, driven by instinct, asked, "Host, you wouldn't be attracted to a refined and educated man like Zhou Quan, would you? He's only averagely handsome, far inferior to that guy and Wei Xu."
"Who is it? I'm single now, so how about asking any men I'm interested in? Zhou Quan has a girlfriend, but they're not married yet, right? He can get a divorce even if he gets married, so what's there to be afraid of?" Lin Ruoyan didn't pretend to be a lady. There was too much water in the brain of the prodigal system, so she could only cater to that kind of erotic thinking.
The prodigal system grew increasingly interested, instantly searching for information on Zhou Quan's girlfriend. Suddenly, it uncovered a major piece of information and excitedly declared, "Zhou Quan's girlfriend is no ordinary woman. She's received extraordinary training, and in addition to her regular studies, she also works part-time collecting intelligence for a mysterious organization. This intelligence isn't limited to commercial secrets."
"Is this person's profession similar to Lu Fangyuan's?"
The prodigal system replied: [Similar, but from a hostile force.]
Lin Ruoyan was overwhelmed. Fortunately, she had cautiously asked the "Prodigal System" about this. If she had simply judged Zhou Quan, she might have hired him. However, Zhou Quan had been dating his girlfriend for several years and had even discussed marriage. He had even quit his job in South America for her. This kind of love was probably unchangeable. No matter how talented Zhou Quan was, Lin Ruoyan wouldn't dare mess with his girlfriend.
The prodigal system said: "That girlfriend recently paid special attention to the activities Zhou Quan attended in Bowa. The host may not know that Zhou Quan, like you, was also among those who dined at the president's hometown. He was checked on several times by his girlfriend, and he inadvertently leaked a lot of information. From the traces we can find so far, it's highly likely that your whereabouts were discovered by an international assassination ring, thanks to that girlfriend."
Lin Ruoyan stopped talking and privately told Lu Wei the name of Zhou Quan's girlfriend and the possible problems, so that Lu Wei could report them promptly and claim credit for their work. Meanwhile, she called the HR department and told them to replace Zhou Quan with someone else.
The HR department had other candidates, and they were simply restarting the interview process. Wen Erya didn't dare ask why Zhou Quan wasn't a good fit. Ever since she'd taken over as HR Director at Lin's Real Estate Company, Mr. Lin had always been very foresighted in his hiring decisions. Even someone like Feng Qiang would eventually take on a significant portion of the film and television company's business, and the fact that one of the two receptionists initially hired became a B&B manager and the other a newly crowned sales leader was truly unbelievable.
So, if Mr. Lin says someone is good, then they are good, even if they are not. If Mr. Lin says someone is unusable, then they are not good either. Wen Erya now absolutely believes in this principle and never questions it.
As for how to explain it to Zhou Quan, that is a problem that the Human Resources Department needs to solve.
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