"Do you remember how a bunch of relatives came looking for me during the New Year a few days ago?" Song He asked.
Wei Liqun nodded, his eyes flickering. He had probably guessed what was coming.
Song He pulled open a drawer and took out several résumés. "The children of relatives—some of my cousins."
"Got it!" Wei Liqun put away the résumés, quickly folded them, and tucked them into his inner pocket. He looked up and asked, "What specific positions?"
"Don't put them up high. Put them down low." Song He said, "Give them a few ordinary clerical positions. The salaries can be slightly higher, but don't let them get promoted. More importantly, don't reveal their identities to outsiders, and don't let them come into contact with the company's core secrets."
Wei Liqun froze for a moment, looking somewhat surprised.
"Chenghuang will eventually become a trillion-yuan enterprise. Once a company of that size gets entangled in family relationships, it's doomed sooner or later." Song He said, "This is advice from one of my business mentors."
"My mentor said that if you give someone a peck of rice, they'll be grateful, but if you give them a whole bushel, they'll resent you. If you put relatives' children in key positions, they'll eventually brazenly siphon off huge amounts of money. In the end, there'll be neither family affection nor money left."
"By contrast, keeping your distance can preserve both the money and the possibility of maintaining family ties."
"That's true!" Wei Liqun nodded repeatedly. "There are too many schemes and struggles in business. At their core, they're all about how wealth tempts the heart. Greed and jealousy can magnify the ugliness of human nature without limit. Since you have the foresight to prevent this, I think Chenghuang really has a chance of