narrow red

At 09:30 in the morning, Kuang woke up on the Kingsize bed, turned over, and saw the sunny floor-to-ceiling windows, outside the window were shady green willows and an unknown river, and no other buildings could be seen at a glance.It took him a while to realize that this was his new home, a villa rewarded by the company.

Getting up from the bed, he stretched his neck to go to the bathroom, approaching the 80-square-meter Mingwei, and there were even magpies flying past the window while taking a shower.This is a suburb, more than [-] kilometers away from the city center, with garden-level greening, air index updated every hour, and drone patrols three times a day. Many people struggle all their lives just wanting such an end point.

Kuang Zheng is only 32 years old this year.

He graduated from university at the age of 22 and joined Wanrong as an analyst in the investment banking department. He spent the first two years in China, the third year in London, and the next three and a half years as a manager. Became a VP.This year is his third year as a VP, and his next step is to be the Executive Vice President of the Investment Banking Department.

Kuang Zheng blows his short hair fluffy, and there is a Murdoch three-piece set on the bull-blood marble countertop. He enjoys the process of shaving. He first shaves with pre-shave oil, and then uses a badger hair brush to make dense white foam. Classic The scent of sandalwood exudes a pleasant mood.

The wound on his right neck has healed, but there is still an illusion of stinging pain when scraped by the blade, which reminds him of the damp and hot weight on his back that day, the four ink characters of "Smoke Wave Zhishuang", and a haggard narrow red.

He also uses Murdoch's aqua blue sea salt spray for hair styling. Compared with the oil heads in the company, he prefers the fluffy and natural matte texture.

Today's suit is the best, 130 Nuoyou Piya, low-key dark blue, slim British tailoring, only the tie is bright golden silk, diamond-studded with embroidery, and a magnificent V-zone (1), let people focus on him at a glance.

After washing the car and then going to the company, Wanrong Gemini Building is located in the heart of the financial street. As the top three domestic large-scale comprehensive banks in the country, Wanrong's savings business and network distribution are among the best in the industry. In the past ten years, it has vigorously developed and invested Banking business, capital volume and asset scale continued to expand.

Gemini is composed of East and West buildings, East Star is the traditional savings and corporate business department, and West Star is the Investment Banking Department, Capital Market Department, Investment Research Department, Asset Management Department and Proprietary Business Department belonging to the investment banking business.

Kuangzheng took the elevator from the parking lot to the 28th floor. This floor is a public floor, where cross-departmental meetings, small internal gatherings and new recruit training are held. When Kuangzheng stepped out of the elevator, a sweet junior female employee immediately greeted him: "Mr. !"

Kuang nodded expressionlessly: "It's already eleven o'clock."

The female employee stuck out her tongue and fled quickly holding the documents.

Today is Super Newcomer Day. Every summer, new batches of graduates enter the company through technical interviews, matching interviews, management talks, and pre-signing dinners. Before confirming specific departments and positions, they are like a bargain For the VPs of each department, the 28th floor on Super Newcomer Day is simply a "slave market".

Kuang Zheng walked into the high-level lounge with an indoor terrace. Many VPs from the business department had already gathered in the room. Seeing him, several people stood up and whistled: "Sao is still old Kuang Sao!"

Kuang Zheng glanced at them, all of them were well-dressed, men in investment banks are like this, they compare bonuses with houses and cars, and when they get together, they compare suits with shoes and ties.

"Did HR send the CV over?" Kuang Zheng sat down in the middle of the sofa and asked anyone casually.

IPO (1), securities underwriting and mergers and acquisitions are the core of the investment banking business. As the head of the mergers and acquisitions department, he corrects the crazy capital.

Immediately, a thick stack of documents was handed over to him, which was the resumes of all the newcomers who had registered today. He flipped through them one by one, while other VPs crowded around the terrace to chat. The half floor below the terrace was the rest area for the newcomers.

"There are quite a lot of women this year."

"I don't want a girl... Hey, does that pretty white guy have someone?"

"Why don't you want a girl, give it to me, I want it."

"I'll go, you're so dirty..." As he spoke, a group of managers with an annual salary of over one million laughed.

Kuang Zheng frowned slightly. Investment banking is a typical male culture, and female employees face all kinds of discrimination, from speech to work content, and even to private life.

Flipping through his resume, his eyes froze on a page: "What is this?"

The person next to him looked sideways, and in the photo was a very gentle guy. The problem lies in the column of majors in the college, which is actually a sociology major.

"How did this pass the initial screening?" Kuang Zheng felt ridiculous. "Why do you come to Wanrong for sociology, to study the survival mode and class structure of investment banks?"

More and more VPs gathered around, chattering: "Maybe there is something special about it, the famous sales manager in Huayin before, I heard that he studied history."

"In addition to history, he also has a degree in mathematics," Kuang Zheng said. "Calculating financial derivatives is like playing games."

The VPs looked at each other.

"This name..." said a VP of the investment research department, "I have an impression."

Kuang Zheng always only looked at school majors and internship experience when looking at resumes, and now he glanced at his name, Duan Xiaojun...he had a crush on someone with the surname Duan these two days.

The person from the investment research department said: "Someone from us in the technical interview said that it was too boring to meet the last group, so they conducted a 'window test'."

The window test, as the name suggests, is to ask the interviewer to open the windows of the room, usually before the interview officially starts, but most of the windows of buildings with more than 60 floors like Wanrong are sealed, so the interviewer actually puts these The stupid students at a loss took it as a joke.

"Everything is boring," Kuang Zheng frowned, "I did this when I was interviewing, and it's been ten years, and I still do it!"

"It's actually quite interesting," the guy from the investment and research department suppressed a smile, "This Duan Xiaojun may be too nervous, so he picked up a chair and tried to smash the window..."

Just as I was talking, the door of the lounge opened, and a greasy guy in a three-piece suit walked in. He was not tall, with the vigor of a swinger, his hair was shiny with hair mud, and he wore a smoky perfume. taste.

The VPs surrounding Kuangzheng dispersed immediately, and said with a smile: "The CEO is here."

Dai Shan, the VP of the capital market department, is engaged in stocks and bonds. He started as a trader step by step. For a while, he was the most glorious trader in Wanrong's trading floor. Among all the VPs in the company, he is the only one who can compete with Kuangzheng in terms of qualifications. Also a strong contender for Executive Vice President.

"Hey, old Kuang," Daishan ignored those people, sat down beside Kuangzheng, looked at the resume in his hand, smiled and said to everyone, "You pick first, don't forget to leave the best for the I!"

He is really crazy, different from Kuangzheng's crazy, unnatural and unreasonable, making people uncomfortable.

Kuangzheng put down his resume, with a smirk: "The current rookies are not good enough." He glanced at Daishan contemptuously with the end of his eyes, and asked everyone, "Have you heard of Mr. Dai's 'powerful' when he was young?"

The lounge was suddenly quiet, and no one answered.

Dai Shan Chao Kuangzheng leaned over, a bit like gonging and drumming face to face: "How did I become 'powerful' when I was young, tell me?"

Kuang Zheng got up from the sofa in a flash: "I remember it was the bond of Green Bird Technology. You first publicized Renai Insurance, which sold more than 5000 million, and then went to publicize Kangmei Life Insurance in a few days, saying that the bond of Green Bird has risen, but has it actually risen?" The ghost knows, and then bought the bond from Ren'ai and sold it to Kangmei, earning two commissions inside and out."

Daishan stared at Kuangzheng for a while, patted his thigh and smiled: "At that time, I was so smart," he shrugged, "Kangmei bought at a high price, and Renai made a small profit. Green Bird's performance was good that year, and Kangmei did not." Compensation, I will share dividends for Wanrong's profit, and everyone who has money will earn together."

"Hey, old Kuang," the VP of the investment research department came over to smooth things over, and pulled Kuang Zheng to look down the terrace, "Look, that's Duan Xiaojun, right?"

Kuangzheng is not interested in any nonsense, glanced down, he is a refreshing boy, his facial features are the same as in the photo, the difference is that there is a sense of arrogance between his brows, Kuangzheng can tell at a glance that he copied a chair and smashed the window not because of nervousness , but a resistance to being teased.

Kuang Zheng guessed right, Duan Xiaojun was unprepared for the arrogance and meanness of the investment bank, he was wearing a black suit bought from a hypermarket, and he stayed alone in the corner, a few steps away were those glittering financial students.

"What's the topic of your technical interview?" A girl was holding a cup of coffee and eating a macaron cake provided by the company.

"Everyone is the same, valuation analysis." Another girl was wearing a brand-name suit and bright lipstick, "My matching degree interview is crazy. The examiner didn't say a word, which made me almost collapse. "

"They did it on purpose, just to see your reaction." The coffee girl lowered her voice and looked around. "I heard that someone in our class almost smashed the window."

"Really, you must have a sick mind!"

They laughed crisply, and Duan Xiaojun lowered his head in the corner.

"By the way, what department do you want to go to?"

"Financing, mergers and reorganizations are certainly beautiful, but we girls, it's better to take it easy."

"Do you know anyone in the sales department?"

"Look for a backer," the coffee girl said. "My interviewer is very easy to talk to. I remember his name, and his phone number is in the company directory."

"The interviewers are all junior analysts. You have to find those who are powerful, such as managers, VPs and so on."

"I heard from my senior brother that it's useless to just have a good relationship with one or two managers. We have to cast a wide net to make the managers think we are in demand..."

Duan Xiaojun didn't listen any more, and left the corner to get a glass of water from the water dispenser.

(1) V-zone: The V-shaped area formed by the shirt and tie at the neckline of a suit.

(2) IPO: Initial public offering, an important part of a company's listing.