82 Chapter 64 Oogawa Finance
After Yan Fei and Lu Pingping met, the two of them discussed and agreed on the Company's next course of action, with Lu Pingping handling the Agents and rumors while Yan Fei worked on enhancing security.
Leaving aside how Lu Pingping would tackle the business counterattack and dispel the rumors, focusing solely on Yan Fei, he began reaching out to Shanghai's newly established Department of Veterans Affairs.
This department, recently established in China, manages affairs related to retired soldiers. The reason Yan Fei sought them out was precisely because they had access to a large number of these veterans. With the image of China's army improving over the years, their rigorous training and strong obedience, they had become the recruitment target of many companies.
Dream Foods, led by Yan Fei, had emerged as a new enterprise in the Shanghai market. An actual industry player, the Company was hiring in large numbers and paying significant taxes. In just over two months, its tax contributions had surpassed five hundred million, attracting the attention of the Municipal Government, which led to their concern and support for the Company during the attack it faced.
Therefore, when Yan Fei approached the Department of Veterans Affairs, the officials there welcomed him warmly. When Yan Fei proposed to recruit some nimble retired personnel to strengthen security, they were overjoyed. They had been paying close attention to Dream Company because of Yan Fei's generosity and fair treatment of his employees. As long as they obeyed management and met the Company's quality and delivery standards for assigned tasks, they could earn incomes comparable to those of foreign enterprise workers in Shanghai.
The generous welfare benefits of Dream Company had always been a topic of discussion among related departments in Shanghai. If it were not for increasingly stringent management of officials by the State, it's likely that some might have already tried to arrange for their relatives to join the Company. As the Department of Veterans Affairs officials were considering contacting Yan Fei to see if he would accept a group of veterans, Yan Fei had already taken the initiative to approach them, to their great delight, and they promised to recommend their most elite personnel to him.
Yan Fei also made his requirements clear: he needed the most elite personnel skilled in security work, ensuring that these individuals had not served in the same Army unit to prevent factions from forming. The staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs understood and promised to fulfill Yan Fei's conditions.
On the third day, more than thirty retired soldiers reported for duty at Dream Foods Company, including two female soldiers. These individuals were elite Warriors who had just retired, still maintaining the bearing of their time in the Army. Physically formidable, they were not to be trifled with.
The accompanying officials introduced them, "Director Yan, these are elite Warriors who were among the best in their units and have studied security extensively."
Yan Fei looked at these soldiers, standing proud and disciplined, and felt extremely satisfied, first with their spirit and also because they weren't from the same unit, which avoided troublesome factionalism. On the spot, he had the head of the Personnel Department vet them, and if no issues were found, all would be kept. This would not only solve his security problems but also provide good treatment for soldiers who had contributed to the country. Yan Fei generally trusted people arranged by the State, although he couldn't be sure if there were any Spies among them, he was confident there would be no infiltration by foreign Forces.
Soon, all the paperwork was completed, and all thirty-five Warriors were hired. Thirty-two of them established a new security department, while the two female soldiers were assigned to Lu Pingping to protect her personally. Another young man named Wang Dazhuang was assigned to Yan Fei as his driver and for his personal security.
Of course, Yan Fei's Strength had reached a point where he no longer needed the protection of Wang Dazhuang, but he kept the Bodyguard as a front. This not only provided him with an extra driver but also deliberately invited underestimation from others, which could lead to mistakes when they confronted him.
With the formation of the new security department and the integration of the prior security staff into it, the former security department head, Huang Desheng, knowing he was not expert enough, voluntarily stepped down to make way. With the entry of these recently retired soldiers, the security of Dream Foods Company was now reliably assured.
Since Dream Foods Company was a key focus of the Shanghai Municipal Government and had recruited so many veterans, and especially after the vicious incident where their Manufacturing process was stolen, the relevant agencies specially applied for five pistol permits for Yan Fei's security team, equipping them with five Pistols. These firearms added to the Company's deterrent capabilities.
In Africa, Yan Fei had met Old Man Gu, who had the Predictive Ability to foresee the Future, and he was deeply impressed. Upon returning to China, he tasked Lu Pingping with investigating the flow of funds on his Supreme VIP Card. He had swiped one million at Old Man Gu's POS terminal, and after Old Man Gu vanished, Yan Fei thought to track down Gu by tracing the money. But even if he couldn't find Old Man Gu, he at least wanted to learn his real name.
To Yan Fei's disappointment, the million withdrawn from his Supreme VIP Card had gone directly into a domestic Foundation that helped terminally ill orphans and the elderly. After calling them, he found out that the Foundation itself did not know who had transferred the money to them. Consequently, Yan Fei's plan to find Old Man Gu and use his predictive powers as a guide for the Future fell through.