Rebirth of the Capital Legend

"I remember that you are a gifted daughter of Yenching University." Su Yi said with a smile, "Why don't you continue to study for a master's degree, or study abroad to see more of the world, or try your luck at Huajin, Huatou, or other Fortune 500 companies? It's a bit of a waste of your talent to come to our small company."

Although at this time, "Huayi Capital" is already a well-known private equity fund company in Shanghai.

And the company's scale is growing rapidly.

But whether comparing horizontally or vertically, it is definitely far inferior to domestic financial giants such as Huajin and Huatou, as well as many international investment banks with branches in Shanghai, and many Fortune 500 companies.

Therefore, even though he offered a salary package far higher than that of other similar institutions in the industry when recruiting talents for his company.

However, compared with other well-known companies, the company has relaxed certain standards in terms of academic qualifications and ability requirements. At least it does not refuse applicants from non-985 universities.

"Everyone has different goals and choices." Chen Anran said with a smile, "Huajin, Huatou, and those Fortune 500 companies are good, but they may not be suitable for me."

"That's right." Su Yi nodded slightly, and then asked, "What position are you applying for?"

Chen Anran said: "I saw this company was looking for a financial assistant on a recruitment website, so I submitted my resume."

"Have you passed the interview?" Su Yi continued to ask.

Chen Anran nodded and said, "I have just talked to Director Wang of the company's finance department. We had a very pleasant conversation, but I am still considering whether to come to work."

Although her academic qualifications are only an undergraduate degree, she has no work experience.

However, undergraduate students majoring in Yanda's flagship majors are basically killing each other in the corporate recruitment market.

So, when she said she would consider it, Su Yi didn't find it strange at all.

"Are you still considering it?" Su Yi asked with a smile, "Do you think there are still problems with the salary, or are the other conditions not as good as you expected?"

"Everything is fine." Chen Anran said, "It's just that I don't know much about the company's situation yet. I'm not sure how the company will develop in the future, so I can't make a reasonable career plan. So I'm a little hesitant. By the way... Mr. Su, are you an employee of this company? I heard from my sister before that you are not a free investor? Why are you here?"

"Don't worry that this company will go bankrupt during your career, and don't worry that this platform will not be able to display your talents." Su Yi continued with a smile, "As long as you are willing to stay in this company, believe me, the company will give you ample room to display your talents in the future."

For a talent like Chen Anran, Su Yi still hopes that he can stay.

Furthermore, the company is currently in a stage of rapid development, and there is indeed an urgent shortage of relevant professional talents in various departments.

"Boss Su, I need you to sign this document." As the two were chatting, the company's financial director Wang Wanjun came over with a document. She was about to hand the document to Su Yi when she suddenly caught sight of Chen Anran beside Su Yi. A look of surprise instantly appeared on her face. "Boss Su knows... Miss Chen?"

"We've met several times." Su Yi took the document and responded indifferently while signing.

At this moment, upon hearing Wang Wanjun address Su Yi as "Boss Su", Chen Anran, who had just been chatting and laughing freely, was instantly stunned. He stared at Su Yi with wide eyes and murmured, "Boss Su? You are not the legendary Boss Su of Huayi Capital, are you?"

Seeing the extremely surprised look on her face, Su Yi smiled and said, "Why do you call him the legendary President Su?"

Chen Anran was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and said, "There are so many legends about you. Wow... I never thought that you are the boss of Huayi Capital and the legendary CEO Su."

She had previously carefully checked the information of the company "Hua Yi Capital".

But no one expected that everyone would discuss so heatedly and that the man whom countless people admired was the "Legend of Chinese Finance".

It turned out to be the 'friend' she remembered meeting in Yanjing and who later traveled south on the same train.

"There are many legends?" Su Yi smiled and said, "How come I didn't know I was so popular? What have you heard...what do people usually say about me?"

Chen Anran thought for a moment and replied, "They say you have created a new investment myth and a wealth miracle. Oh, what I've heard the most recently is that you massively shorted the British pound exchange rate and reaped a large amount of international financial capital in this 'Brexit referendum' event."

"Wow... I have a best friend who majors in finance. She really admires you." Chen Anran paused and said, "Can I take a photo with you? I'll post the photo later. She will definitely be envious."

"No problem." Su Yi said.

Then she took a photo with Chen Anran.

"Have you thought it through now?" After taking the group photo, Su Yi asked again with a smile, "Is our company a place where you want to work?"

"That's for sure." Chen Anran responded with a smile.

"Okay." Su Yi nodded with a smile, "Then you will start work and report to Director Wang tomorrow."

"Yeah." Chen Anran nodded.

Before she could react, she saw Su Yi extend his hand to her.

Chen Anran gently held Su Yi's hand, and Su Yi smiled and said, "Welcome to join our 'Hua Yi Capital' family. Our company has free accommodation and cafeteria. If you don't want to live in the company's free apartment and want to rent a house outside, our company also provides corresponding rental subsidies..."

"Director Wang has already introduced these benefits to me before." Chen Anran replied, "But I'm still very happy to join Huayi Capital and I'm also happy to meet President Su."

"Okay." Su Yi said, "Next, let Director Wang take you to familiarize yourself with the various departments of the company, as well as your corresponding job responsibilities and work content in the future."

After saying that, Su Yi turned around and returned to his office.

After Su Yi left...

Wang Wanjun couldn't help but look at Chen Anran carefully again. While guiding her to familiarize herself with the various departments of the company, she curiously asked, "Xiao Chen, are you familiar with President Su?"

Chen Anran replied without giving it too much thought: "I don't know him very well. I didn't even know he was the boss of Huayi Capital."

"How did you two know each other?" Wang Wanjun continued to ask curiously.

Although with Chen Anran's academic background, he did not need Su Yi's relationship and was able to pass the interview without any pressure and enter the company.

However, for the convenience of future work.

Wang Wanjun still wanted to know how deep the relationship between Chen Anran and her boss was.

This will prevent you from accidentally offending someone your boss cares about in the future at work and causing yourself unnecessary trouble.

Chen Anran thought about it and then recounted the story of how he met Su Yi.

After hearing what Chen Anran said, Wang Wanjun knew that the two of them were just casual acquaintances, and she couldn't help but feel relieved.

At work, she hates people with connections, because their existence always interferes with her many considerations in work plans.

What's more, he is Chen Anran's direct supervisor.

If Chen Anran had a close relationship with Su Yi, it would be difficult for her to arrange a job for Chen Anran.

"What's wrong, Director Wang?" Noticing the change in Wang Wanjun's demeanor, Chen Anran finally realized the problem and asked, "Does my close relationship with President Su have a lot to do with my work arrangements?"

"No." Wang Wanjun responded promptly, "Our company's system is based on ability, not close relationships. I'm just curious. Let's go... It's almost noon. I'll take you to see our company's employee cafeteria."

Having said that, Wang Wanjun took Chen Anran out of the company gate and came to the elevator entrance.

As Wang Wanjun took Chen Anran to familiarize herself with the company environment...

The other side of this moment.

After receiving Su Yi's instructions, Hou Baolong did not want to wait even a moment, and went directly to the fund investment strategy department to discuss the subsequent investment and trading strategies for the main fund product "Hua Yi Expedition No. 1" with Wang Yifan, the head of the strategy department.

"Manager Hou, I think that too much diversification of investments will have both advantages and disadvantages for the net value of our fund products." Wang Yifan did not fully agree with the strategy proposed by Hou Baolong. He said, "In terms of mainline investment, I agree with your statement of focusing on the 'big real estate' industry chain, but in terms of specific targets, I always think that we should further focus on industry leaders and not diversify investments too much."

"The current size of our fund has exceeded 700 billion yuan," said Hou Baolong. "Are 100 or so target stocks considered a lot?"

"Too many." Wang Yifan said firmly, "To track so many stocks, our fund strategy department simply doesn't have enough people, nor enough energy to track them, so... I suggest reducing the number of stocks held by our fund by at least 15 more, and controlling the number of stocks held by our fund to less than 85, which is more appropriate."

"But if you hold too many stocks, it will be difficult to avoid being affected by extreme market trends," Hou Baolong said. "It will also be difficult to avoid extreme risks. If one or several stocks suddenly experience extreme negative news and the market continues to fall, the impact on the net value of our fund products will still be very large."

Hou Baolong’s main opinions.

The current net value performance of the "Huayi Expedition No. 1" fund product has already surpassed many private equity fund products with a scale of tens of billions in China.

At this time, there is no need to pursue the increase of net worth too much.

On the contrary, he believes that at this time, controlling the drawdown and maintaining a steady increase in net value are more important for the interests of the company and investors.

But obviously...

Wang Yifan believes that the best defense is offense.

By diversifying holdings and reducing the holding weights of individual stocks, and investing fund funds evenly across multiple industry sectors, this cannot truly reduce the risks of fund products facing extreme market fluctuations, nor can it achieve a steady increase in net value and the purpose of risk diversification.

"In an industry, do you think small and medium-sized enterprises or industry leaders are more capable of bearing risks?" Wang Yifan said, "Choosing industry leaders and concentrating positions on them is actually a safer way to avoid risks. Of course... due to the current size of our fund and considering market liquidity, it is definitely necessary to appropriately divide positions and suppress multiple industry leaders, but I do not agree with an overly diversified investment strategy."

"Okay, let's let President Su decide on this point."

Seeing that the two sides could not reach an agreement on this issue, Hou Baolong decided to put it aside for the time being and move on to discuss the next issue.

"Then do you think we should allocate some of our funds and invest them in the Hong Kong stock market?" Hou Baolong said, "Diversified investment should be an effective way to avoid extreme risks in a bear market, right?"

"I agree with this point," said Wang Yifan. "It's just that the liquidity of the Hong Kong stock market is more concentrated in industry leaders and blue-chip stocks than that of the A-share market. As we invest in the Hong Kong stock market, I think the overall investment strategy should not be changed, which is to focus on industry leaders with relatively good liquidity."

"Yeah." Hou Baolong nodded. "I think so too. What about the main investment direction? How much weight do you think should be allocated to the main line of 'real estate'?"

"Based on the various market data we track and the housing price trends in major cities across the country in the past six months," Wang Yifan said, "the recovery of the real estate market should be a highly certain thing. Since the confirmation of real estate companies' performance usually lags behind the reaction of housing prices by one year or even one and a half years, I still agree with your assertion that now is a good time to invest in real estate stocks. As for the overall position allocation, I think a maximum of 20% is enough."

"Okay." Hou Baolong said, "Since you agree with the main investment strategy, the only thing left is the target selection."

As he spoke, he continued to discuss his ideas on target selection with Wang Yifan.

Then, there was a heated discussion throughout the afternoon.

Around 3 pm, after the A-share market closes.

Hou Baolong and Wang Yifan walked into Su Yi's office with a new investment strategy plan.

Su Yi looked at the two of them with a smile, took the follow-up investment strategy plan for the 'Hua Yi Expedition No. 1' fund product from their hands, and looked at it carefully.

After several hours of discussion.

Finally, the two of them combined various market data and various industry analysis reports, and locked the future investment main line direction into the three main areas of 'commercial real estate development', 'coal resources', and 'security lenses'. As for the main lines of 'liquor', 'medicine', and 'new energy industry chain', no changes were made.

In addition to the main line...

For core investment targets, the two listed industry-leading stocks such as 'Hengda Real Estate', 'Rongchuang Real Estate', 'Longhu Real Estate', 'Shenhua Coal Industry', 'Jincheng Coal Industry', 'Dahua Technology', 'Hikvision', etc.

After reading the investment strategy report, Su Yi was not surprised that the two chose the "commercial real estate development" and the "coal resources" sectors that were supported by the supply side as the breakthrough points for subsequent investments. He was just a little surprised that the two were unanimously optimistic about the "security lens" theme investment sector.