Chapter 261: Chapter 261: Academic Qualifications are a Weakness

Lin Qi put down her watch, walked to the study door, and knocked gently.

Huo Tingdong: “Come in.”

Lin Qi pushed the door open and went inside, asking, “Huo Tingdong, how many secretaries do you have under you?”

Huo Tingdong was taken aback by her question.

He furrowed his brow, thought for a moment: “I don’t know, I’ve never counted.”

Lin Qi asked: “Are they all female?”

Huo Tingdong replied: “Mostly females.”

The profession of a secretary seems simple, but many tasks require attention to detail.

Lin Qi said: “Do you still need secretaries?”

Huo Tingdong furrowed his brow: “No need.”

Lin Qi said: “It seems that you do have a lot of female secretaries.”

Huo Tingdong: “…”

He always felt that there was a teasing tone in her words.

Huo Tingdong asked: “You want to be my secretary?”

Lin Qi replied: “I want to go to the project team!”

The pay structure of the project team was too attractive. If the project hit its target, the year-end bonuses and dividends were very high. According to the statistics provided by the HR department, last year, someone in the Huace Group project team had an income that hit nine digits!

With such high bonuses, who wouldn’t be tempted?

Huo Tingdong chuckled: “Would you please give me peace of mind? The project team is no place for people to just hang around. They don’t tolerate idlers there.”

Lin Qi furrowed her brow: “What do you mean? Do you think I just want to slack off and retire comfortably by working at your company?”

Huo Tingdong raised an eyebrow, leisurely retorting: “Otherwise?”

The project team is the most ruthless department in Huace, with staff optimization occurring every month. If the project target is not met, one could be demoted; if targets aren’t met for several months in a row, one could be fired.

Therefore, the turnover rate is high.

Given what he knew about her, she wouldn’t last a month in that department.

Lin Qi said: “Then arrange for me to be in the project team!”

Huo Tingdong stood up, walked over to her, and looking at the serious expression on her face, said: “Stop causing trouble. You just asked me if I needed a secretary, didn’t you? I can make a position available for you to join.”

Lin Qi stubbornly replied: “No, I want to go to the project team.”

Huo Tingdong said: “Don’t just look at the surface and think that the project team’s average income is high. Haven’t you seen how high the elimination rate is? The discipline there is very strict; the project manager is notoriously tough.”

Lin Qi counter-questioned: “Are they stricter than you, tougher than you?”

Huo Tingdong said: “I personally mentored him, what do you think?”

Lin Qi felt a sudden apprehension.

Hearing that it was a senior executive personally promoted by Huo Tingdong, she instantly became somewhat fearful.

After all, in her eyes, Huo Tingdong was a very demanding boss who was strict both with others and himself and was famous for being a workaholic.

Someone he had personally promoted must carry on his ruthless manner.

Seeing her apprehensive, Huo Tingdong curved his lips in amusement: “You still want to go to that department?”

Lin Qi thought for a moment: “I’ll go!”

Though the project group was not the core department of Huace Group, its compensation was no less than that of a core department.

Lin Qi asked: “If I achieve something in the project team, can I get promoted?”

Huo Tingdong asked: “What position do you aim for?”

Lin Qi said: “I want to be the vice president!”

Huo Tingdong: “…” He didn’t realize this woman harbored no small amount of ambition.

Lin Qi persisted, asking: “Can I? Do I have a chance to be promoted to vice president?”

Huo Tingdong: “…Produce some results first before we talk about it!”

“Alright! Just wait, I’ll prove it to you,” Lin Qi paused, then spoke with determination, “Tomorrow, you go and talk to the project manager, tell him you want to recommend a talent to him!”

Having said that, she quickly left, afraid that Huo Tingdong would refuse.

Huo Tingdong stood there, stunned.

Just as Lin Qi left, Momo elegantly peeked her head around the doorway.

Just now, he had overheard Lin Qi wanting to join Daddy’s company’s project team.

Huo Tingdong said: “You heard it all?”

Momo nodded and entered the study: “Mommy wants to work under you.”

Huo Tingdong said: “I told her I’d provide for her, but she refused. She insists on making her own career.”

Making a career is not so easily done.

Momo said: “Maybe she just doesn’t want to be a salted fish!”

He had told her everything before, she had so much property under her name, yet she still wanted to create her own world, perhaps she didn’t want the comfort of being supported by her son and feared becoming useless.

It was she who cried and shouted she wanted to be a freeloader, but when it came down to actually being a freeloader at home, she wasn’t happy.

Momo said: “Just let her be. Maybe, after some time, she’ll feel she can’t do it anymore and she’ll stop.”

Huo Tingdong sat down at the desk and asked: “Why doesn’t she want to be a housewife?”

Momo crossed his arms over his chest: “Maybe it’s a lack of security! After all, in her previous work circles, many female colleagues had to go home to have babies and become housewives after getting pregnant. Some were lucky to have husbands who willingly supported them, others had husbands who cheated, had affairs, gambled, and ended up divorcing or unemployed, with no income, living in misery and destitution. So, she must be striving hard, not wanting to follow in their footsteps!”

Mommy is such a strong person, though in this society, lacking education is a serious disadvantage. Initially, Lin Cheng forced her to marry, leading her to interrupt her studies. Now, because of her educational background, it’s hard for her to exert herself. In Momo’s eyes, Mommy is very smart; it’s just the education that’s lacking.

He was just worried about Mommy being wronged in the workplace!

After all, he also holds shares in the Huace Group and is very familiar with Huace’s internal structure. Places like the project team are full of ruthless people, willing to do anything for performance; there are more wolves than meat.

However…

If it were another company, he might be worried, but since it’s joining Huace, with Daddy as her sturdy backing, he wasn’t so concerned!

In any case, as a semi-related party, even if she doesn’t achieve great success, she wouldn’t be bullied.

Momo warned: “If my Mommy suffers even the slightest grievance at your company, I will hold you accountable!”

Huo Tingdong: “…”

Was his eldest son threatening him?

The next morning.

As soon as Huo Tingdong arrived at the company, he summoned the project manager to the president’s office.

Qi Lichuan had just taken over the Huo Family business; the first person he promoted was him. They were of similar age, both with a master’s degree from Stanford, shimmering with academic qualifications and exceptional business skills.

At work, he was a good subordinate, and privately, the two had a deep relationship.

Only, this person was a bit quirky.

Qi Lichuan asked: “Mr. Huo, do you have any instructions?”

Huo Tingdong got straight to the point: “Ling Chuan, I have someone to hand over to you. Tomorrow, I will arrange for her to join your project team. Her resume will be emailed to you by HR this afternoon. Take good care of her for me.”

Qi Lichuan asked: “Who is it?”

Huo Tingdong replied: “My wife.”