Perhaps life was at a low point, Mr. Andrew was anxious to get the money, and the next day, witnessed by the lawyer, the two parties signed a contract and agreed on the transfer of the company, and Mr. Andrew left soon after.

Buying a fund company that is only a few million dollars in size is not a hassle, and Mr. Andrew pays a total of $15,000 in brokerage fees for the consulting firm.

After paying for his first purchase of the company, Locke went to the offices of the Sky Fund and began meeting with the employees of the original fund company.

Regardless of the fact that the Sky Fund used to manage tens of millions of dollars in assets at most, in fact, this company has only six employees.

Finance itself is a knowledge-intensive industry, just like Warren Buffett's company, which has only about 20 people in its headquarters for a long time, but this does not prevent it from becoming one of the most successful companies on Wall Street.

The company has no money on its books, but due to the fierce competition in the industry, it is not easy to find a job, even if these six people have begun to submit resumes in other companies, most of them have not won satisfactory positions, and the company is barely functioning normally.

Locke didn't intend to press the wages owed by these people, but before that, there were still some things to be determined, picking up the black tea that Tang Wei had brewed, Locke said to the six people:

"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Rock Lee, I'm sure you all already know, Mr. Andrew bought the company to me, and now I'm talking to you just to make sure if you want to stay in the company and work for me."

When these people saw Locke, who looked too young, they looked surprised, curious, and sighed on their faces, and then they listened to Locke continue:

"Andrew's vision is very good, I have seen the resume of each of you, it is very professional, the company has a clear division of labor, and can meet my basic requirements.

You have been working here for so long, I don't want to re-recruit people to run in slowly, so I am willing to stay, the salary will remain the same within a year, and whether it will be improved in the future depends on the company's operation, as for dividends, it also depends on performance. ”

In response to Locke's words, the six people looked at each other, and one of them stood up first and said: "Sky Fund Company has no credibility anymore, and it can't attract investment at all."

The management fee received by the company now for such a small amount of money is not enough to pay even the rent and salary......"

Obviously, there is no such thing as a tiger body shocking at all, and it is easy to impress others as subordinates, and these people have no respect for Locke, standing here neatly, not at all for the wages that have been owed.

In the minds of many people, being able to work on Wall Street is synonymous with money, and even faintly surpasses the lawyers and doctors at the top of the white-collar workers.

But in reality, aside from the very few successful billionaires, the rest of the people who work on Wall Street are just ordinary white-collar workers.

Although, to outsiders, they all have a nice car, several multi-thousand dollar suits, and all carry a famous watch on their wrists.

They usually have a neat hairstyle outside, and they look like industry elites, but their basic salary is not much, and their income depends more on bonuses and benefits.

When the industry is booming, the bonus is expensive, in addition to the salary for a year, you can also get a bonus for more than a year or even two or three years, and a very small number of high-level executives can reach millions of dollars in bonuses alone.

This also means that employees in this industry value the company's development prospects more than dead wages.

At this moment, the six people looked at Locke, it was too young.

Perhaps Locke's temperament is mature, even handsome and attractive enough, and makes a good first impression, but it does not mean that Locke has the ability to lead the company to success.

For example, Ms. Mora, who spoke just now, after Mr. Andrew's family had problems, she managed the company's affairs, and she was very aware of the company's current situation.

After the stock market crash a few years ago, investors lost a lot of money, and Mr. Andrew's accumulated credibility and connections were all lost.

After that, it was difficult for the company to attract investment, most of which were wronged by the end of the day, and the amount of investment was not high, just barely maintaining operations.

After Mr. Andrew's family had an accident and he had no intention of working, the company was even more disheartened, and it can be said that it was close to bankruptcy, and it was almost impossible to come back to life.

Locke had been prepared for this, but he didn't say it right away, just said:

"I know the company has a problem, and it's not easy to get on the right track, but if you give me a little time, two or three years at most, I guarantee that each of you can make hundreds of thousands of dollars."

The remark sounded like braggart to the six of them, and Ms. Mora continued: "Do you have a ready source of funds that someone is willing to invest?" ”

Fund companies rely on attracting people to invest, collecting management fees and dividends to survive, and in recent years, Sky Fund Company has been declining more and more, because it is difficult to attract high-quality investors.

People like to talk straightforwardly, especially when talking about business, so Ms. Mora directly asked the question.

Locke didn't care about the attitude of these people for a long time, and shrugged his shoulders: "This matter is a secret of the company, and the company and employees have always been a two-way choice.

If you are willing to stay, you can sign a one-year employment contract first, and if you choose to leave, I will not stop you, of course, no matter what you choose, the previous arrears of wages will be credited to your account within a week. ”

As soon as he had said this, a young man of twenty-five or sixteen turned around and left, leaving with a sentence of remembering to put the arrears of wages into the account and left.

In the past six months, he has been looking for a new job, and now he is about to negotiate with his next family, so naturally there is no need to risk staying, but the remaining five people hesitated for a while, but chose to stay.

Now it's hard to find suitable jobs in the whole industry, and they have looked for them.

However, the jobs that can be applied for are not well-paid, and the prospects are not good.

In addition, Locke looks confident, so he is ready to stay for the time being to see the development of the company, ride a donkey to find a horse, and never fall to the point of losing his job or making ends meet.

After all, most of them are in their thirties, and there are many places to spend money on mortgages, rent, raising children, living expenses, insurance, etc.

The company's previous three months of salary arrears have made them almost to the point where they can't open the pot, and if their income is reduced again, their lives will explode on the spot.

Seeing that these five people signed the employment contract, Locke clapped his hands: "Very good, I believe that after I say the next words, you will thank you for the decision you have made now." ”

Speaking of this, Locke paused for a moment, and then said in the curious eyes of several people: "In the next month, the company will continue to receive 120 million US dollars of investment." ”

Before Locke finished speaking, these people on the other side showed a look of wonder or disbelief, and they didn't know how to react at all, so they could only listen to Locke continue:

"This money is my investment, I am in charge of the operation alone, there are no management fees, and the dividend is 5% of the income."

These words made everyone standing here not know how to react for a while, and after a while, everyone let out a huge exclamation.

It's still the nineties, and hundreds of millions of assets are enough for Locke to rank within the 400 on the Forbes list.

Everyone didn't expect Locke to be a billionaire, and began to guess which well-known family Locke was the son of.

Tang Wei, who had been standing beside Locke, also grabbed Locke's hand in surprise, and the force even made Locke feel pain.