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[Game of Hunting]
[Episode 28]
Out of a series of privacy measures
when headhunters present materials to clients
code names are a way to keep names, numbers, and core details confidential.
When passing on information to a subordinate
code names add an extra layer of protection.
Let's put this aside for now.
Let's move on to professional ethics.
Good morning, Chairman Zheng.
Good morning.
Morning.
Professional ethics are more important than earning money.
The cost of righting errors is too high and takes too long.
So it's best if you make as few mistakes as possible.
Remember that.
Tea break?
Come in.
Chairman Zheng.
Tea or coffee?
Teafee.
Coffee.
Come in.
Coffee.
Thank you.
Is there anything else?
Since I've come back from Beijing, I've noticed you seem to have changed.
How?
I can't say.
Your mood?
I've always been like this. I don't feel I've changed.
Maybe you haven't actually looked at me before
so you had a vague impression of me.
Now that you're taking a good look
the details become clearer, so you think I've changed.
Maybe you're right.
Is it rude of me to stare at my female employee like this?
Is there anything else you need?
No.
Sorry.
Maybe there's something wrong with my subconscious.
I keep thinking the person standing in front of me is someone new
who just got here.
That's terrible for me. All my time working here has been for nothing.
I'm going back outside.
Okay.
What was the music from last night?
I'll send it to you later.
Delicious.
Hello, Chairman Zheng.
Hello.
Manager Hui, who will be taking you to the airport tomorrow?
Han has already made arrangements.
Wait for me outside.
Chairman Zheng, there's something I'd like to speak to you about.
Do you want to go first or should I?
You first, of course.
Okay, listen up, then.
Stop harassing Jia Yi Mei.
I haven't harassed her.
I'm merely pursuing her.
She is the most adorable girl I've ever met.
Pursuing?
She's already rejected you but you still wait to catch her at night.
Pestering her over and over is harassment.
Chairman Zheng, you've had girlfriends before.
They never give in on the first try. There's always a chase.
While she is still single, I should have the right to pursue her.
You have affected her life and work. She's afraid of going home after work.
She sometimes leaves work late. I'm worried about her.
Is accompanying her home considered harassment?
You don't have to worry anymore. There is someone to take her home now.
What are you saying?
She has a boyfriend.
Who?
She hasn't said anything.
It's not you, is it?
Who do you think you are? Is it any of your business?
I'm done.
You can go ahead.
Xin Hai Rong Biological wants to poach me
to be an assistant HR director.
Xin Hai Rong?
They may contact you to ask about my past
and check my resume.
Please put in a good word for me.
I am your student. I am proud to have learned from you.
I will.
As I should.
Thank you.
That is all I have to say.
Since you claim to be my student...
I'll give you some advice.
Frequent job hopping
is no good for anyone.
Thank you for the advice.
Te Hui brings us luck.
Vice Chairman Yuan, I hope this will be another pleasant cooperation.
We also hope this will be a pleasant cooperation.
You are welcome to come observe our offices at any time.
We will have a special reception for you.
Chairman Huang, don't worry. I'll definitely come by.
I need a thorough understanding of this position.
We will be waiting for you, then.
Rest assured. On behalf of Te Hui, I make you this promise.
You have placed great trust in us. I definitely will not let you down.
Here's to our cooperation...
- Goodbye. - I'll see you out.
He was my very first client years ago.
He is now a partner in a foreign private equity (PE) fund.
Hong Shen Capital truly is bold to buck the trend.
- Portfolio manager. - Portfolio manager.
This isn't an easy case. It's too big.
Have you ever done a case bigger than this before?
I've done similar ones. This one's the biggest though.
Vice Chairman Yuan, I'd like to have a few words.
Go ahead.
I'll step outside.
No, Manager Lin, stay and listen. This concerns all of you.
Hong Shen Capital is a leader in the PE funds industry.
They continue to come to Te Hui because of our prestige.
They come to you because of your outstanding public reputation.
Before I congratulate you, I'm obligated to give you a reminder.
A case like Qu Min Jing's must not happen again.
You must succeed this time.
I know. I hope you will forget Qu Min Jing's case soon.
I have many more successful cases under my belt.
I can easily forget, but you must not.
It is a lesson.
Lastly, I do have to congratulate you.
A case with such an enormous salary plus dividends
is rarely seen in the country.
I wish you success.
Thank you.
Prerequisites and scope analysis are in your hands.
A chance to make a name for ourselves with one case is right in front of us.
Emma, you're still in charge of the database.
Toby, you're on online search and consulting.
Mi Na, you'll come with me to visit the employer.
When I'm too busy, you'll help me with the specifics of the job's demands.
Okay.
- Understand? - Understood.
Come in.
Are you working late again tonight?
If you'll see me home, I will.
I've spoken with Hui Cheng Gong and told him to stop pestering you.
I hope it works.
- Seal and archive. - Okay.
Let's have dinner tonight.
This hotpot place has 60 percent off. Look at all the seafood.
Sure, no problem. My treat.
[Zheng Qiu Dong]
[I'll drive you home tonight.]
Sorry, I can't have dinner with you anymore.
What? Who are you going out with?
Hui Cheng Gong?
Him? Oh, please.
Someone 120 times better than him.
Have this to tide you over until then.
Thanks.
Filming will continue later. Don't step on the line!
- Walk around it. - Okay, okay.
Quick, get your hair done.
This way, this way.
We're starting soon.
That was hard work, Mr. Yu.
This again?
I have no appetite.
What do you want to eat?
You're not taking off your makeup?
We continue filming later.
I want rice cakes in beef soup.
From the place on Xiangyun Road.
Okay, I'll buy it for you.
No, no! Have the assistant go.
I had Le send a package.
Then I'm not eating it.
I'll just eat this. This is good.
I don't want to send you off on an errand.
I don't have anything else to do.
Filming will be wrapped up for me tomorrow.
We can go walk around somewhere. I've never been to Yunnan before.
When I ran a company, I had a female CFO.
Her husband was based in Yunnan.
She is so beautiful.
Her family is in the wine business.
Really? Where?
I saw it on WeChat Moments a few days ago.
It's in the countryside, called something Valley.
Her husband's family vineyard is especially beautiful.
Fei, are you eating? Have you finished yet?
Mr. Yu, you're up.
Don't you see I'm eating? What's the rush?
Sorry, sorry.
Why don't you go film? I'm going to continue searching.
These two are amazing. They both studied abroad in America.
Right here! Look, look.
This is the picture she took.
It's such a big vineyard and so breathtaking.
There's even a wine cellar.
Let's go here, then. What is it called again?
It's called Honghe's Dry Valley in Mile.
Isn't the name so romantic?
Mile?
We're going there. I like the sound of it.
Okay, I'm going to film now.
Go.
Where's the umbrella?
What are you doing? My makeup is going to come off.
Hello, Kui?
Hi, it's Yi Ren.
How can that be?
I stopped using that number once Xia ran into trouble.
No, no. I'm not running any more businesses now.
You're too expensive. I can't afford you.
Encouragement is for lack of a better option.
Luckily, we're all strong enough.
Of course I have to be optimistic.
Of course I do! Where are you now?
I'm just in Kunming. Surprised?
Can I visit you tomorrow?
I was asked by Vice Chairman Yuan to lead the two of you for the time being
in collecting and analyzing information for this case.
He has gone to Hong Kong to research the position.
We'll take a two-pronged approach for higher efficiency.
When he returns, he will assume the lead again.
Is there anything you don't understand?
- No. - Good.
Toby, begin.
Please take a look at the first candidate, Qiu Yue Zheng.
Born in 1967, Ph.D. in economics from the University of Hong Kong.
Financial adviser at Mei En Capital from 2009 to 2014.
His team is new and may lack experience or reliability.
I chose--
Some institutions happen to like new teams.
Mature foreign PE fund management teams
follow the 2 and 20 compensation structure.
Take note that it doesn't mean a high salary.
The 20 percent cut is only paid
once the fund matures and achieves a certain performance.
You probably haven't thoroughly studied the job description from Hong Shen.
What they need likely isn't the sort of person you mentioned
but a candidate who can coordinate and communicate with the limited partner (LP)
oversee overseas LPs, and provide investment data in English.
Their fourth prerequisite stressed
preference to candidates with executive experience
in a renowned international investment firm.
Why is that?
Considering the scope of the fund
they may be looking for an LP spokesperson.
This is why they would offer a six million yuan salary plus dividends.
Do you feel like a spy?
A spy sounds too classy. I feel more like a car thief.
Ma Xiao Hong couldn't find the key so I stayed behind a bit.
Okay.
There are a lot of people we know here.
What do you want to eat?
Anything is fine.
Don't look at me like that.
My heart is about to jump out of my chest.
What did we used to do?
Is this dinner considered a date?
Would it be work?
It's what we say it is.
You're the boss. You get the final say.
Then it's considered a date.
There's no minimum charge.
What's this?
I wanted to give this to you on your last birthday.
This is an expensive brand.
I can't afford a watch.
I was afraid GM Xiong would be displeased
so I didn't dare take it out.
This brand's watch bands are just as expensive.
It's been in my bag for most of the year. I didn't know what to do with it.
Should I give it or not? It was driving me crazy.
How come you took it out today?
You said it's a date.
It looks nice.
Give it to me.
You know how to do it?
Don't shout.
My housemate's boyfriend fixes watches. He taught me yesterday.
You've had it for most of the year. How come you just learned yesterday?
I knew you'd ask me out soon, so I learned quickly.
The person I knew before wasn't your twin, was it?
I'm a tough girl.
I can't see that.
Because I hide it well.
I think white collars in CBD need to hide their true selves
or else they wouldn't be able to survive.
Thank you.
This is unbelievable.
I'll take you home later.
I'll get to see where you live.
This is too soon.
You can't.
There's a girl there who knows you.
How's that possible? What's her name?
She works at Te Hui and says she's seen you there.
She's Yuan Kun's researcher.
Yuan Kun has two female assistants. What's her name?
Mi Na.
I think I remember her. I've never heard you mention her.
She started working there not too long ago.
She used to act in short films.
How's your relationship with her?
Very good. We were classmates in the film academy.
In that case, you must remember this.
If she tells you anything, that's her prerogative
but you'll need to be alert.
You must not tell her anything about De Ren.
It's strictly forbidden.
Will you still drop me off if you might run into Mi Na?
Yes.
I'll drop you off outside. I won't go in.
I'm content enough with that.
Tell me, what you were thinking, bringing a toolkit with you?
I wanted you to be able to wear my watch band immediately.
[Hong Kong]
Vice Chairman Yuan.
Why don't you take a break? You've been working for 12 hours.
The font size is too small in the corporate culture section.
Make a bigger copy.
Got it.
Do we still need to save their chairman's assessment of the China market?
This was during Greenspan's era. It's now Bernanke's term.
Remember this saying of mine.
A predecessor's words aren't worth a damn.
Hong Shen's chairman was replaced three years ago.
Don't show this sort of information to me.
Sorry, Vice Chairman Yuan.
I'm getting out now.
Be careful.
Have you still not adjusted?
Adjusted to what?
When a relationship has remained fixed for a long time
changes don't come easily.
For example, a male boss and his female subordinate.
That's because that's how we spoke to each other for so long.
This does feel like new territory.
I hope it's not because you felt overwhelmed by loneliness
and wanted to find a crutch
so you settled on me.
If that's the case, I'm be more tragic than you.
I'm afraid you're looking for Xiong Qing Chun in me.
That again?
All right, go inside.
Stop worrying about insignificant problems.
A message from Mi Na.
Yuan Kun scolded her again.
She's the one I told you about. Poor girl.
They're in Hong Kong.
She's not here?
She'll be back tomorrow morning.
Yuan Kun isn't usually one to lecture others.
What are they doing in Hong Kong?
I never ask.
She sent me a message on her way home from work yesterday
and said Yuan Kun got a gigantic case.
Gigantic?
Amazing.
I'm going now.
Goodbye.
If we were abroad, acting like this, we'd have to see a psychologist.
This is so messed up.
It is.
You're back!
Yi Mei, what has you so happy?
What's going on?
You've done us proud.
You're the first one of us to be driven home.
Taxis don't count.
Tell us what he does.
What does he do?
You all saw?
Tell us!
He's a small business owner.
What kind of business?
Why don't you help recruit me?
Put in a recommendation. You know what I can do.
Get out of here.
He works in the CBD.
Shut up, you.
None of us have any bright prospects. We just stay in our own circles.
We can't climb the ladder with coworkers from the same town.
You're the first one to go out there and find a man.
In the words of Auntie Shen from the neighborhood committee
this is an inter-class relationship.
You've given us a good start.
If there's a first, there'll be a second.
I also want to date a boss and ride in a Benz or BMW.
You guys can play around. Don't group me with you.
I'm desperately in love.
I'm not the same as you people who plan to sell yourselves to survive.
When I left home, I swore
if I didn't make a decent life for myself, I'd rather...
Dying is easy.
For people who break out of small towns to make it to big cities...
dying is far easier than living.
Yi Mei, I'm not that cultured.
Whatever the job, if it makes each day easier, I'll do it.
I'll do it even if I die. I'll die anyway if I don't work.
In any case, one must fall in love properly at least once
especially for girls in a big city.
Didn't you date in college?
Back in college?
Those were just hormones.
[Mile, Yunnan] Watch your step. There's loose soil.
Wait up. Let me take a picture of you two.
Okay.
Does it look good?
- That's nice. - Right?
Yunnan has nice weather and fertile soil.
Look at our grapes. Other places just can't compare.
Yes.
All that you can see belongs to their family vineyard.
Kui Huang, your husband's family sure is nouveau riche.
This is overwhelming!
By the way, do you have that variety that was introduced by the Europeans?
I heard it is no longer found in Europe.
Rose honey.
The two acres from there to there are full of them.
Does that mean we'll be able to drink this honey...
Rose honey.
Awesome!
We won't be leaving, then!
Put me down!
Was this back in Harvard?
It's been almost 20 years.
I saw a photo book that focused on the brownstones in Cambridge.
They're very imposing.
The architecture nowadays...
Mr. Chen was so handsome back in the day!
Really?
Back then, I specifically picked on him for not being handsome.
Show off.
It's sad that I couldn't see Mr. Chen this time.
He returned to Hangzhou to be with his father who has cancer.
He doesn't have long.
I saw you posted that on Moments.
Don't believe those supposed gurus.
They're shameless, but we can't be ignorant.
Gurus? More like monsters.
My father-in-law loves this place.
He was living here until last month when he relapsed
and had to return to Hangzhou to be hospitalized.
I'm just waiting on this batch to ferment.
I'll be leaving to join them as soon as the barrels are sealed.
Have you quit financial investment to be a wine connoisseur?
Something like that.
When did you meet your actor friend?
Him?
Less than half a year ago.
Kui, what do you think of him?
When it comes to love, you first need to know yourself
in order to know who you want.
Are you saying...
I picked the wrong person?
You two don't seem like a particularly good match.
I'm weary and I understand now.
If he's good to me, I'll take him even if he's not a good match.
The handsome, rich, powerful, or smart, aren't short on women.
I've been badly bruised and broken.
I pass on the excitement.
There are loyal ones even among the handsome.
Look at my husband. Almost 20 years.
Loyalty is one thing.
But he can't beat the security factor of my guy.
He's really down-to-earth.
You're all here?
This place is huge. I got lost.
Get ready to serve dinner.
Bring the bottle of wine I aerated.
- Sit down. - This is such a nice place.
Even the bathroom is big.
Kui, let's discuss something.
So... we're going to stay here!
Humans are desirous creatures.
They grow sick of any place they stay in too long.
Chen Xiu Feng says he often dreams of Hangzhou when he is in Mile
and often dreams of Mile when he is in Hangzhou.
Humans are greedy.
But for a finance heavyweight like Mr. Chen to just retire so suddenly
it must be difficult for him to sit back and watch the world go by.
He is a filial son.
His mother died early on.
Spending time with his father is now his top priority in life.
After his father passes, he will come out of retirement.
He's not staying idle either.
He's working with an Italian bank and a Shanghai financial institution
to put together a wine fund.
Chen Xiu Feng isn't interested in money that's stacked up for the taking.
He's merely infatuated with the economic game of numbers.
He can't be bothered with 300 or 500 million yuan.
Once you mention billions, he perks up right away.
Let me interrupt.
Kui, do you think Xiu Feng needs a lackey?
- I'll do it. - Don't.
I have a great-uncle who tells fortunes by reading faces.
I learned a few tricks from him.
You have very good facial characteristics.
- You'll be a big star. - Really?
Short chin and long forehead.
Bound to serve the king as an imperial official.
If born a commoner
gold, silver, and jewels shall fill your coffers.
My great-uncle supported a large family of dozens by telling fortunes.
Do you hear that, Luo Luo?
Just you wait.
Wait to manage my money for me.
By the way, I saw from the photos that Chen is quite handsome.
This wine is just right for drinking now.
Welcome.
Morning.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
Chairman Zheng.
Someone's here to see you.
He's in offshore trading and said he was referred by Qu Min Jing.
He's waiting in the conference room.
From Hong Kong?
Ma Xiao Hong, coffee.
Hello, my name is Dong Wei Lian.
Mr. Qu Min Jing referred me here. He said you are the best headhunter.
Mr. Dong, please have a seat.
Sit.
Qiao Ke Tan Venture Capital is in offshore trading.
We're registered in the British Virgin Islands.
We want an offshore finance expert to design and set up protocols.
The title of the position is investment director.
By the way, are you familiar with VIE structures?
I know a little about the subject.
We call them variable interest entities.
What are your client's demands?
Do you want it in English?
No need.
Your Mandarin is so good.
You must have been living here for a long time.
I'm not from Hong Kong.
I'm from Beijing.
Taoranting area, Xuanwu District.
Unfortunately, Xuanwu District no longer exists.
You must be familiar with Hong Kong's offshore RMB market.
It's developing too quickly. It may not be optimistic.
We pay close attention to Shanghai's offshore RMB market prospects.
We're happy to cooperate with clients like you.
Such detailed files can save us a lot of work.
I actually don't know anything.
I just know one thing.
Finding the most professional person to do the most professional job
is worth any amount of money.
The lower the cost, the more ignorant.
A wise opinion.
Can I keep this?
I need to read through this in its entirety before responding.
No problem. I'll wait to hear from you.
I'll be as fast I can. Don't worry.
By the way, are you someone who likes to eat?
I guess you could say that.
Can you recommend a place for dinner?
Somewhere expensive. To take a lady, you know?
Let me see.
You mean you want to go for the ambiance, not the food.
I can give you three places. You can take your pick.
Next.
These are the candidates we found lately.
A bunch of morons.
They're scared by the money.
They don't know where to find someone for a six million yuan salary job.
This can't be rushed.
There's always a starting point.
These are better than the ones I saw last time.
Does everybody in the company know about this case?
Not just the company.
Boston has already made
an anonymous announcement on the internal BBS.
You're now the high profile Jeremy Yuan.
When did this happen?
Yesterday afternoon, United States time.
This week, you're the model hotshot.
Saul is cheering me on.
Cheering me on.
Don't put yourself under too much pressure.
The company can't help but be proud of such a big case.
You need to give me good suggestions.
You can't rely too much on LinkedIn or the database.
You need a fresh search.
You may even need to start with the newest social connections you have.
You need to rearrange your thought process to people
not just focusing on data and numbers.
Your main issue in Qu Min Jing's case was
not connecting to the man, his feelings, and his heart.
I have two candidates here.
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