After the sound of Shen Jue's high heels disappeared at the end of the corridor, Meeting Room was quiet for about a few seconds.
Zhao Chen closed the revised draft in front of him, got up and returned to his office.
When he opened the door, Su Wantang was sitting on the sofa reading a project application form for Philanthropic Foundation.
He raised his head when he heard the footsteps, and his eyes paused on his face.
"Liu Mingyu just asked me a few questions about Mr. Shen's question at the meeting.
There are not many people who can make her ask that kind of question in public, you are the first one.
After she asks you and you answer her, the matter is over."
Zhao Chen sat down behind the desk.
Just as he was about to open the Nvidia weekly position report on the table, his phone screen lit up.
WeChat of Shen Zhiyi has only one line of words:
"The internship is over. I want to talk to you about what's next."
Before he could reply, Liu Mingyu's WeChat popped in immediately--
After the release of Forbes, more than thirty media have applied for exclusive interviews with Henglong Secretariat.
Three of them directly wrote in the remarks column of the application email, "We can cooperate with Zhao Zong time, just give one day's notice in advance."
Zhao Chen replied briefly to Liu Mingyu and asked Secretariat to block it according to the same caliber.
In the future, such interview applications will no longer be submitted for approval one by one, but will be filed together at the end of each month.
After doing this little thing, he reopened the message from Shen Zhiyi, looked at the words "Next thing", and replied:
"Let's talk about it when we get home tonight."
Shen Zhiyi's internship ended earlier than she expected.
The senior partner of the law firm talked to her three times, the first time two weeks before her internship expired.
Asked her if she had the intention to stay as a formal lawyer,
It was promised that she would be able to lead the project independently within one year, and her salary would start at the highest level at the same level.
The second time was after the Forbes list was released, the partners added another layer of conditions--
You can skip the one-year inspection period, directly hold the title of "Sponsoring Lawyer", and participate in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and overseas listing business.
The third time was the day before yesterday. The partner attached a formal labor contract to the email.
The salary column was left blank and she was told to fill in the numbers herself.
Shen Zhiyi is not filled in.
She printed out the contract, folded it and put it in her bag, and then sent the message WeChat to Zhao Chen.
In the evening, when Zhao Chen returned to his residence from Henglong Headquarters, Shen Zhiyi had already arrived.
She was sitting on the sofa with two documents spread out in front of her--
On the left is the official labor contract from the top law firm, and the salary column is still blank;
On the right is a job description for Henglong Group Legal Department.
She herself made dense annotations on the margins of the page,
The corresponding practical cases are marked in pencil next to each clause.
She was wearing a light gray cardigan, her hair was tied back casually, and the coffee in front of her was already cold.
Zhao Chen sat down opposite her and paused for a moment between the two pieces of paper.
"Have you thought about it?"
"I've thought about it."
Shen Zhiyi picked up the labor contract from the law firm, folded it in half, and placed it on the corner of the coffee table.
Her movements were very light, but the origami line was pressed very straight.
Then she pushed Henglong's job description in front of Zhao Chen,
"I don't want that blank pay column.
I don't need someone to give me a contract to fill in the numbers myself --
The subtext of that contract was 'how much you're worth depends on who you are',
Not 'how much you're worth depends on what you can do'.
Henglong This one is different--Legal Department Senior Counsel,
The terms of reference are clearly written and there are no blank columns. I want to do this."
She opened the job description and pointed to one of the items.
"Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions compliance, US Stocks position disclosure, Hong Kong Stocks Information Disclosure--
I handled these three businesses together with Aunt Zhang during my internship. And--"
"I know what you can do."
Zhao Chen interrupted her in a low voice,
But every word carries a kind of affirmation that has settled after seeing her growth in his eyes.
"You don't need to prove your professional abilities to me."
He remembered something, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then turned back to look at her.
"Remember when we were at Zhengfa University in freshman year?
At that time, during the moot court competition, you were sitting across from me and you were the opposing debater.
You refuted the Company Law judicial interpretation I quoted in court,
Said that my interpretation of the law was 'too broad and inconsistent with the original intention of the legislation',
The judge finally sentenced me to lose ten points."
"I remember." Shen Zhiyi's mouth curved slightly,
"You looked at me as if you wanted to throw the file over.
When you came to me after the game, the first thing you said was--
'Your point is correct, but your wording is so mild that the judge may have ignored the sharpest part of your argument.'"
"You changed it later." Zhao Chen said,
"You refuted me so much that I was almost speechless in that final.
At that time, I knew that if this person came to do my legal work, I would be able to worry about at least half of the compliance issues.
It's not because you will help me avoid supervision - it's because you will stand up and tell me where the red lines are when I go too fast.
It's like you contradicting me in moot court."
Shen Zhiyi lowered his head and lightly touched the corner of the job description with his finger.
"So I'm not doing a 'girlfriend's parachute arrangement.'
Everything I do at Henglong is related to my understanding of the law.
What concerns you is our private time and has nothing to do with this contract."
Zhao Chen stretched out his hand and took the job description,
Sign your name in the approval column on the last page.
After signing, he pushed the document back to Shen Zhiyi and said something that surprised Shen Zhiyi--
"The salary in this contract is up to you.
It's not a blank column, it's your professional value that you know best.
After filling it out, give it to Aunt Zhang to sign, she is your direct superior."
After he said this, he lowered his head and called up an English email from Lin Shicheng from New York in the memo on his mobile phone.
It is about the calculation of changes in the circulation ratio of Henglong to Hong Kong Stock Exchange after the listing of Bubble Mary.
He forwarded the email to Zhang Qingxue and attached a message:
"Aunt Zhang, Zhiyi, please arrange to complete the contract filing before the weekly meeting.
Her business scope first focuses on the two lines of Hong Kong Stock Exchange Information Disclosure and US Stocks compliance.
The document changes related to Bubble Mary's listing are a good opportunity for her to get started."
Shen Zhiyi looked at Zhao Chen's side face as he returned to work, and suddenly remembered what he and Su Wantang said on the phone before graduation -
"I want to be his comrade-in-arms, not someone he protects."
On the job description in her hand at this moment, his signature Jingjing was lying there in the approval column.
There is no difference from his signature on any Henglong official document.
What she wants is not protection, what she wants is that every duty description on this paper has her true professional mark.
Zhao Chen Pressed the send button of the email and suddenly remembered another thing.
"Zhiyi, that prediction you mentioned to me before--
Regarding the possible introduction of stricter new regulations on shareholding reduction, I have time to sort out the text.
This is not for some internal policy, but is the normal compliance requirement of Henglong itself.
If the new regulations are introduced within the expected range,
Henglong needs to adjust its position structure half a year to a year in advance, and the advance amount of legal affairs should be paid now."
"It's almost finished. I'll send the final draft to Aunt Zhang tomorrow morning."
Shen Zhiyi handed over two documents - the blank law firm contract and the signed and effective Henglong job description -
Place them side by side in the bag and zip them up.
She drank the cold coffee in one gulp and stood up, "Let's go to bed first. We will officially go to work tomorrow."
When she walked to the door, Zhao Chen stopped her.
"Zhiyi."
She turned around.
"You can get this job cleanly."
His voice came from the other side of the sofa. It wasn't high, but it was steady.
"It has nothing to do with whether you are my girlfriend or not. It has to do with who you are."
Shen Zhiyi stood under the light of the porch and did not answer.
She just raised the corners of her mouth slightly - the kind of confident and sober smile she would show before preparing to refute him in the mock court.
Then he opened the door and walked out.