Meng Jingwei smiled politely, "Thank you for the compliment, President Lu."
"While you are not lacking in any aspect, and I did watch the video from that day, it was good, but it still had flaws. However, those are not the main points; you can be slowly cultivated later," Lu Sen said.
Hearing his words, Meng Jingwei felt a pang of disappointment and said helplessly, "I hope President Lu will provide more guidance."
She hadn't participated in many runway shows over the years and lacked much experience. Being able to withstand Lu Sen's praise just now was enough to satisfy her.
"That's no problem. We need to finalize the contract now," Lu Sen said directly. "Since Xiao Xue is here today, I'll be straightforward about the terms. You're in a one-month probation period with a base salary of 10,000 and the minimum commission. Once you're officially hired, your base salary will be 20,000, and the commission will be calculated based on your performance."
"Okay, thank you, President Lu."
Meng Jingwei was content. A 10,000 base salary during probation wasn't little, and there was commission too.
"Working hours will be three to five hours a day, with two days off per week. However, for company promotion, you might have to cooperate with occasional short videos. Do you have any objections?"
"No, no objections."
Meng Jingwei readily agreed because she knew that this benefit package was already very good.
The key point was that she would have ample free time to do other things; developing her own career was the top priority.
Otherwise, she wouldn't need to look for a job. After all, with the capital she had, investing would be the best option. However, the situation was different, and she had to consider all aspects carefully.
She and Lu Sen hit it off immediately and signed the contract.
The contract was for one year. After the probation period, she would be signed for one year. If she didn't pass probation, she would have to leave at any time.
During the probation period, Meng Jingwei was bound to undergo extensive training in various aspects, and she presumed it would be very busy every day.
Lu Sen and Meng Jingwei signed the contract readily. Chu Xue stood to the side, with her arms crossed, and said to Lu Sen, "You introduced such a good talent to me, aren't you going to treat me to a meal?"
"No problem, no problem, that's nothing," Lu Sen said with a smile, then added, "Let's go, I'll take Meng Jingwei to familiarize herself with the environment, and I can show you around the company too."
Meng Jingwei and Chu Xue followed Lu Sen, strolling around to get acquainted with the company's environment.
Hua Yu Media occupied four floors, with conference rooms, several studios, offices, makeup rooms, lounges, and so on. There were quite a few employees.
After a brief tour, Meng Jingwei and Chu Xue went to have a meal with Lu Sen.
Because Lu Sen knew that Meng Jingwei was the god-granddaughter of Old Madam Qing from the Qing family, his attitude towards her was quite friendly, devoid of the usual arrogance between superiors and subordinates.
After the meal, Meng Jingwei thanked Chu Xue and headed home.
Upon returning home, Meng Jingwei sat on the sofa and started working on her laptop.
Recently, due to inconvenience, she had rarely visited Chaoyun E-sports Company and had been conducting online meetings with the company staff.
In the company group chat, a shareholder was very dissatisfied with Meng Jingwei's performance.
She felt a headache coming on and suddenly realized that opening the e-sports company above the wedding company might not have been such a good idea.
In the afternoon, she tidied herself up and went to the wedding company.
The company was still under renovation. After chatting with Old Chen for a while, Meng Jingwei took the time to visit Chaoyun E-sports Company.
There were three people in the company, including Meng Jingwei.
Meng Jingwei had the largest investment, holding the majority of shares, and thus had absolute decision-making power.
Du Rui and Li Fan were two minority shareholders, with Li Fan having the smallest investment, holding ten percent of the shares.
As soon as she walked into the office, Du Rui and Li Fan, seeing her arrive, immediately came forward to greet her.
Du Rui couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "If you didn't come any later, the company probably wouldn't even know you exist."
"You're quite something, playing the absentee owner while Du Rui and I are busy as spinning tops," Li Fan complained.
Fortunately, Meng Jingwei had instructed them to keep her identity confidential, so the company's employees only thought she was visiting.
"Thank you for your hard work, you two. I'll treat you to a meal later," Meng Jingwei said with a slightly apologetic smile, then asked, "How has the company been operating lately?"
She just wanted to know the company's recent operational status and its current situation.
"Our 'Zhao Yun Legion' already had some fame, and after a wave of aggressive promotion and operation, the current status is quite good. Just the income from a few brothers live-streaming matches is very stable," Du Rui reported the company's situation to Meng Jingwei and then added with emotion, "Fortunately, these guys are not only skilled in King of Glory but also in League of Legends and Peacekeeper Elite. Otherwise, if they only streamed one game, the results would surely be disappointing."
"We've also been participating in competitions, but we are a newly established company, so finding investors for competitions might be a bit difficult," Li Fan said, leaning against the desk with his arms crossed, thinking deeply.
He then added, "There's a domestic competition early next year, and we've already registered. I heard this competition is very important. If we perform well, we might be able to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics e-sports competition. This is a chance to become famous overnight."
"It's not that easy," Meng Jingwei said, not without considering Li Fan's point. "I wish we could, but we are a newly established company and ultimately not professional enough. Let's compete in domestic tournaments first to increase our visibility, and then participate in international competitions next year. As for the Winter Olympics e-sports competition, sigh... we'll see then." She didn't have that much confidence.
As Meng Jingwei spoke, she glanced at her wrist to check the time and instructed Du Rui, "Call the operations team, the coaches, and those few over here. Let's have a brief meeting."
People tend to think optimistically, but more often, they need to consider their own capabilities.
Their 'Zilong Legion' of ten people came together because they loved gaming. Although they had some ability, they were still slightly inferior compared to professional e-sports players.
...
In the blink of an eye, it was the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, just three days before the New Year.
Meng Jingwei, who hadn't worked at Hua Yu Media for many days, had her holiday. She bought a train ticket for Old Chen and sent him off at the train station to go home first.
Meng Jingwei, on the other hand, bought a pile of gifts and went to the Qing family's old residence to visit the Old Madam.
However, this time when she arrived at the Qing family's old residence, Meng Jingwei happened to meet Qing Sihai returning with Shu Yao.
"Jingwei girl is here? Come, come, it's cold outside, come in and sit. Yao Yao is also here, you young people can sit together and chat." Old Madam Qing was overjoyed to see Meng Jingwei and beckoned her forward with a happy smile.
Shu Yao, sitting beside Qing Sihai, her gaze immediately fell upon Meng Jingwei.
Meng Jingwei and Shu Yao made eye contact. For a moment, Meng Jingwei's expression was calm and unruffled, while Shu Yao's face was filled with loneliness and helplessness, as if she had a thousand words she couldn't speak.
"The little girl is here? Mother was just talking about you."