Chapter 28: No One Is Available

"Jones, you're going to hand over work to the new employee Strauss later. You don't need to be your assistant anymore. Google search to read"

Liang Yao put down the report in his hand and said to Jones.

"I'm very sorry, boss, I was so offensive just now. I hope you can be magnanimous and forgive me for my rude and offensive words. Please don't fire me. You are hiring now. We have signed a one-year labor contract. You can’t fire me without cause,” Jones hurriedly explained.

"I didn't say I wanted to fire you. I know the contents of the labor contract, but the contract also stipulates that I have the right to transfer your job."

"I can learn a lot from you. Just the financial statement on your desk. My ability to make such a statement is enough for me to find a good job in a large company in the east." Jones looked very frustrated. Begged Liang Yao to let him continue as an assistant.

"As long as I can stay by your side and work for you, I don't need a salary, as long as I take care of food and housing! You are about to do something big, and it's the right time to hire people! I am willing to be your pawn!"

Although Jones has mediocre abilities, he is very motivated, and Liang Yao sees his progress.

"You are very motivated, and for this reason alone I will not fire you. The bank building in Sacramento has been built, and you have banking experience. I plan to make you the president of the bank and give you a chance to practice."

Liang Yao affirmed Jones' work and work.

"I want to do something big. If you do a good job as bank president, it will greatly ease my financial pressure. Only the person I trust the most can be qualified for this position. Jones, do you understand?"

Jones was surprised and frightened, but he was happy that Liang Yao trusted him and gave him a chance to practice. When he was working as a teller at Northern Bank in Lexington in his early years, the position of bank president was out of reach for him.

It was precisely because he couldn't see a way out in the bank that he became a New York drifter and squeezed in to work at the New York Securities and Exchange Commission.

What Jones is worried about is that he has never even been a small manager of a bank before, and the work in the bank is very complicated. He is worried that he is not qualified for the job and will live up to Liang Yao's trust and expectations in him.

"Thank you very much, my boss." The flattered Jones expressed his worries, "It's just that the position of bank president is a heavy responsibility and requires someone with outstanding ability to take on this important task. I know myself well and my ability is very high." limited."

"It is the limited ability that requires training." Liang Yao picked up the tea cup, "The bank is a start-up, and we don't have enough manpower. We don't need too much business. For the time being, we only accept gold custody and storage and exchange business. I think you can still do it. of this job.”

Liang Yao wants to absorb gold from various small gold mining companies and groups through banks to relieve financial pressure.

There is no room for such a bank to survive in the eastern United States, but it is different here. This is California, and financial services are still blank. No bank has settled in California yet. Liang Yao does not need to consider peer competition for the time being.

"I will never betray your trust!" Jones made a statement. At the same time, he did not forget to remind Liang Yao, "Opening a bank requires reporting to at least the state-level government and obtaining a license."

"I know this, but there is no state government in California now. I can't go to the independent state more than a thousand miles away to report to them. I will follow the emergency and I will find a way to make up for the relevant bank procedures later. , you don’t have to worry about this problem," Liang Yao said, putting down the teacup in his hand.

After Jones left, Liang Yao fell into deep thought. He had a feeling that no one was available to him. Letting Jones be the president of this bank is like having no general in Sichuan and Liao Hua being the pioneer.

Strauss has a talent for business, and he has a promising future. However, Strauss is still a young man who has just started his own business and needs to gain experience.

What is even more worrying is that there is really a lack of useful Chinese around him. The bank is his pocket, and it is impossible for him to hand over full power to Jones.

This is not a question of trust or distrust, but that human nature is too fragile and cannot withstand the test of gold. He can let Jones manage the bank, but he must put a shackles on Jones to prevent theft from happening.

But who should be the shackles?

After much deliberation, only Deng Wenyu was suitable. The only Chinese around him who could barely speak English and could write and calculate was Deng Wenyu.

But Deng Wenyu was responsible for managing the San Francisco industry in San Francisco, so it was obviously inappropriate to recall Deng Wenyu to Sacramento to manage the bank.

And he himself has been entangled in trivial matters and has no ability to do anything.

In this era, there are too few people who are proficient in both English and Chinese and can write and do calculations.

After thinking for a long time, Liang Yao finally called Deng Ying.

Except for Deng Wenyu, none of the children of the Deng family are smart, but Deng Ying is very smart and learns things quickly. Unfortunately, Deng Ying did not receive education in her early years, so her cultural level was relatively limited.

Liang Yao couldn't care so much anymore and decided to let Deng Ying give it a try. Even if Jones was placed as a vase next to him, Jones would still have scruples.

"Cousin, I have never been in charge of business, and I have never even been in charge of the front office of the family. My third cousin is smart, has studied, and has also worked as a bookkeeper's apprentice. He can write and do calculations. Let my third cousin do it. It's perfect to be in charge of this bank," Deng Ying declined hastily.

"San Francisco cannot live without your third cousin. Do you want your cousin to break your third cousin in half?" Liang Yao rolled his eyes at Deng Ying angrily.

"I also want to go out and find something to do. Dr. Robinson has encouraged me. But after you, my cousin, asked me to study, I rarely do housework when I go home. My mother is fine. She didn't say anything to me. But my father always scolds me, saying that I am lazy and that women are virtuous without talent and so on."

"You are afraid of your second uncle when your cousin supports you? It's a waste for you not to study. Your second uncle is in San Francisco now and can't control you. I will also explain it to my second aunt later."

"Really?" Deng Ying's eyes lit up.

"When has your cousin ever cheated you? But I remind you that you are here to work, not to play.

The bank is your cousin's money bag, you have to keep a close eye on your cousin's money bag, understand?"

Deng Ying nodded like pounding garlic: "I understand."

"Whether you can understand the accounts or not, you have to review them every day, remember to copy them for your cousin, and be more careful about the gold in and out of the warehouse, don't let anyone tamper with it. Follow Jones, learn as much as you can, it will be of great benefit to you in the future, understand?"

"Remember your cousin's teachings, I have something to ask you, it can also be regarded as a request."

"Go ahead."

"Cousin, can you buy me a foreign skirt? I heard that several cousins ​​work for my cousin and are paid. My cousin always treats everyone equally. Do I also have a salary? If so, the money for the skirt can be deducted from my salary."

Deng Ying looked at Liang Yao with expectant eyes.

"Of course, but Jones is still the head of the bank, and your salary cannot be higher than his.

As for the foreigner's skirt, you really need a good outfit when you go out. I will find a skilled foreign tailor to make you a few sets of suitable clothes."

After Deng Ying left, Liang Yao took out a piece of letter paper from the desk, took out a pen, and wrote after thinking about it.

He thought of Yung Wing. In his previous life, he attended the school named after him in elementary school, junior high school, and high school. He knew Yung Wing's life experience in detail.

After all, his teacher often talked about this person in class since elementary school. Over time, he could even recite Yung Wing's life experience by heart.

Yong Wing was the first Chinese to graduate from an American university. The plan to send young children to study in the United States during the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty was also facilitated by his many years of running.

These four young children studying in the United States cultivated China's first generation of engineers, modern naval officers, diplomats, educators, lawyers and other talents.

Yung Wing was the one who tested the waters for these government-sponsored young students to study in the United States. It was 1850, and Yung Wing should be preparing for the entrance exam to Yale University. If nothing unexpected happened, he would graduate from this famous American university with excellent results in four years.

Liang Yao wrote the letter and told his men to send it out.

The most depressing and powerless thing for him in this era was that he could not find compatriots who shared the same language with him.

Perhaps in the United States today, Yung Wing would be the only compatriot who shared the same language with him.

Talents, talents, he needed to train a group of Chinese talents for his use, and training talents was precisely the most urgent thing.