At 12:35, the plane took off and flew directly to Guangzhou.

Xu Xincheng looked at the white clouds outside the porthole, and his heart became uncalm again, but this time he was thinking about something else, thinking about the super contract he had just seen, and thinking about the business negotiations, contract confirmation and signing ceremony he had just experienced.

This experience made him understand one thing thoroughly. The total investment of Sino-American Xinfei is 20 billion US dollars, and at first, he really couldn't imagine why such an amazing investment was needed, and what surprised him even more was that Lucy also told him that this money was actually only seed money. Now it seems that the company really needs such a large investment, otherwise, it would not even be able to complete the preliminary preparations.

In addition, this time, he saw the cooperation between the world's top companies, it turned out that everyone was in "billion US dollars", in "billion dollars", such a project amount he couldn't even imagine before, he also saw how the business leaders of the world's top companies negotiated with each other, how to sign such amazing super contracts.

And also......

Just then, Lucy's voice came, "Steve, I have a couple of things I'd like to discuss with you. ”

Hearing Lucy calling him, he immediately came back to his senses, and calmed his mind while saying "yes", and at the same time, he immediately took out a small notebook from the inside pocket of his suit jacket, looked at Lucy intently, and waited for her to continue.

Lucy said seriously: "First, the signing ceremony and media conference we just talked about in LEIM will start preparing when we go back. This will be one of the most important events after the official opening of Sino-American Xinfei Company, to ensure that they are successful, this is the first voice to the world after the opening of the company, to ensure that the whole world hears, this is the first declaration issued by the company to the world's 7 billion people, to make sure that everyone knows that we are here, we are going to start changing the world. This is the seventh important task, and the task level is the third level, which is urgent and most important. ”

"Okay! We'll do it successfully!" Xu Xincheng said as he jotted down the main points in his notebook.

"Number two, Steve, I'd like to talk to you about how I want you to take over and take over more of the day-to-day and important projects of the company so that I can have more time and energy for other things. ”

"Okay. No problem. ”

"Very good! I will write a letter of authorization like last time, and then send it to General Manager Li and others. At the same time, in order to facilitate your work, I feel it is necessary to move up your job rank to Senior Assistant. ”

"Ah?!" Xu Xincheng was a little surprised, according to the relevant regulations of the company, the position of assistant to the chairman is divided into five levels, namely trainee assistant, junior assistant, intermediate assistant, senior assistant and senior assistant. 30 days ago, he officially became the assistant to the chairman, and now, he is only a trainee assistant, according to the regulations, he has a half-year assessment period, and after half a year, only after passing the assessment, he can be promoted to junior assistant. However, only 30 days have passed......

Lucy continued: "In addition, I will authorize you to form a formal staff team of the chairman's office, the specific number and composition of the team are determined by yourself, and the candidates are also determined by you, which can be selected from the members of the project team you are currently leading, or from the Hongfei AI business unit, and can also be recruited separately." That way, you and your team can take over more of my work. Do you think you can?"

Xu Xincheng came to his senses at this time, and he hurriedly said: "Lucy, thank you very much for affirming me, I am also willing to take on greater responsibilities, and it is no problem to form a staff team, I will definitely do my best." However, I felt that the promotion was too large, and the promotion from trainee assistant to senior assistant was a three-level jump in a row. In addition, my assessment period is half a year, and only a month has passed, which is too short. I'm worried that some colleagues in the company will have a whisper. ”

"You don't have to worry about that, first, although it's only been a month, your performance is very good, I'm very satisfied, you passed the assessment, and you passed with honors. Second, as I said before, we don't have that much time in our company, so each of us, especially the core management members, has to grow at a high speed. Third, even if some colleagues have small comments, or even confusion and dissatisfaction, it is not a problem for me, and you, I hope you can use facts and results to dispel everyone's objections. ”

After hearing this, Xu Xincheng's originally somewhat undetermined gaze instantly became extremely firm, and he said firmly: "Okay! I will definitely not disappoint you." ”

Lucy smiled and said, "In addition, I will inform General Manager Li, Director Zhang and others tomorrow to add another position on top of the position of assistant to the chairman." ”

"A position above the assistant to the chairman?"

"Yes. In the future, even if you are promoted to 'senior assistant', you will only be an 'assistant', and 'assistant' is a position that makes people feel that they do not have real right to speak, and I would like to add the position of 'Chief of Staff in the Chairman's Office'. ”

Xu Xincheng asked a little puzzled: "Lucy, this position should be equivalent to the 'director of the chairman's office' in a large domestic enterprise, right?"

Lucy shook her head lightly and said, "There are similarities between the two, but there are still essential differences. First of all, the title of 'chief of staff' generally only exists in domestic enterprises, which is obviously not applicable in foreign companies, and secondly, the responsibilities and authority of the 'chief of staff' are much greater than those of the 'chief of staff'. ”

"Much bigger?"

"Yes, in the vast majority of the time, the 'chief of staff' is only an auxiliary position, a relatively passive role, mainly to maintain, assist and implement, while the 'chief of staff of the office' is different, in addition to the due auxiliary work functions, there is also a relatively large initiative, more decision-making power and approval power. Lucy paused and asked, "Steve, do you know anything about the role of 'White House Chief of Staff'?"

Xu Xincheng has watched some American dramas with the president of the United States as the core role, so he still has some understanding, and he immediately replied: "I have some understanding." The 'White House Chief of Staff' is the highest-ranking official in the US presidential office and is also the senior assistant to the US president. It is a position with a lot of power, often referred to as 'the second most powerful man in Washington'. ”

"Yes. In short, the chief of staff of our company is to me what the chief of staff of the White House is to the president of the United States. I hope that you will grow up as soon as possible, so that I can promote you to 'Chief of Staff'. Only then will you be able to take over most of my affairs more legitimately, and you will be able to do more for me and the company. ”

Just now, Xu Xincheng thought that Lucy was going to hire someone else to serve as the "chief of staff of the chairman's office", but Lucy rejected his idea almost immediately. He really didn't know how to respond, so he nodded slightly.

"Of course, we can't rush it, it's going to take a process, it's going to take some time. You will serve as a senior assistant for a while, and when the time comes, I will promote you to 'Chief of Staff'. ”

Xu Xincheng's brain couldn't turn for a while, and he could only say with some hesitation: "Oh! Okay!"

Lucy smiled and nodded, and said, "Let's go back to the previous topic, the promotion appointment of senior assistants will take effect from tomorrow, that is, from August 1st. From tomorrow onwards, I will give you greater authorization, first, to increase the amount of your direct approval fee to 20 million yuan; second, to authorize you to take over and be responsible for more important projects of the company, such as the seventh important task just mentioned, I will appoint you as the first person in charge, and you will be fully responsible; third, to authorize you to take over and be responsible for more daily affairs of the company, such as the final approval of our newly recruited supervisors and managers. There are other matters of authorization, and I will clearly state the details of the authorization in the authorization notification letter. ”

Of course, Xu Xincheng understands Lucy's true intentions, this is her special arrangement, although he has not agreed to accept the position of CEO, and Lucy has promised to give him time to think about it, but she still hopes that he will finally accept it, and for this reason, she is gradually transferring more responsibilities to him in this way.

And he, for such an arrangement, must accept.

Because he didn't agree, now, the burden of the CEO position has fallen on Lucy himself, but he has vowed to share more workload and work pressure for Lucy as much as possible, for which he has been a little annoyed for the past two or three days. Although he still can't agree to Lucy, because he knows that with his current level and ability, he can't take on such a big responsibility and can't be qualified for the position of CEO, but he can still accept Lucy's arrangement, and he believes that he is still capable of taking on greater responsibilities. So, he had to accept it.

However, at this moment, the fear and weakness that had become somewhat familiar struck him again, and although these two feelings were not as strong as before, they still made his heart tremble.

Xu Xincheng's hands trembled slightly, in order to avoid Lucy from seeing his trembling hands, he moved his body, changed his sitting position, put down the notebook and pen in his hand, moved his hands from the table to the bottom of the table, and put them on his laps, but his voice still trembled a little: "Okay! I will definitely do my best!"