After the party ended, Su Yi returned to the hotel.
Before heading back to his room, he met Andelle, the Chief Strategy Analyst of SHD Asset Management Company, in the lobby, with whom he had conversed earlier at the party.
"Hey, CEO Su, what a coincidence."
Andelle also saw Su Yi immediately, smiling and waving to greet him.
Su Yi nodded slightly and asked, "I didn't expect Ms. Andelle to be staying at this hotel as well."
"The Peninsula Hotel's service is renowned," Andelle smiled and invited Su Yi, "It seems CEO Su and I are fated. I wonder if CEO Su would like to come to my room for another drink and discuss the future market prospects and potential investment opportunities for digital currencies?"
Her alluring figure and charming eyes, under the influence of alcohol, were quite tempting.
Su Yi looked at her tempting figure and beautiful face, feeling a moment of hesitation, but after quickly realizing himself, he promptly waved his hand and refused with a smile, "Another time, perhaps. I've already had quite a bit to drink tonight. If I drink more... I'm afraid it will delay tomorrow's matters."
"Does CEO Su have any important arrangements tomorrow?" Andelle asked with a smile.
"The company has a routine meeting," Su Yi replied indifferently, then took the elevator back to his room.
"Xiao Wu, please help me look up information on SHD Asset Management Company, and also information on their Chief Strategy Analyst, Andelle." After returning to his room, Su Yi pondered for a moment before calling Wu Song, the head of the Market Information Department at the Hong Kong Branch.
He also took a photo of the business card Andelle had given him that evening and sent it to Wu Song, "Send it to me as soon as you find it."
"Understood, CEO Su," Wu Song promptly responded.
Immediately, he sent the relevant information to several technicians in the Market Information Department as per Su Yi's request.
Then, half an hour later, Su Yi had finished his ablutions.
Wu Song had already packaged and sent the information compiled by the Market Information Department technicians to Su Yi.
Su Yi opened the documents Wu Song had sent on his computer.
He saw that SHD Asset Management Company was registered in the Cayman Islands, primarily engaged in financial investment business, and its direct shareholders were also several investment companies registered in the Cayman Islands.
Following this, through layers of equity penetration tracking.
It was ultimately determined that the actual controlling party of SHD Asset Management Company was a hedge fund named 'Adam', and this hedge fund was, in turn, a flagship fund product under the 'Canada Global Asset Management Group'.
As for the shareholder composition behind the Canada Global Asset Management Group, the background was even more complex.
It included Canadian state-owned assets and many Wall Street capitals.
As for Andelle's information, what Wu Song found was even more concise, only her graduation from Columbia University and her sporadic past work experience at 'Huifeng Bank'.
After reviewing all the information Wu Song had sent.
Su Yi still hadn't figured out the true background of this 'SHD Asset Management Company', nor had he understood what Andelle wanted to get from him or what her intentions were.
But what he could be almost certain of was... the other party was definitely trying to approach him intentionally.
As for the future of digital currencies that the other party had mentioned to him earlier, he didn't believe they genuinely wanted to invest in this field; he suspected they still harbored some ulterior motive.
Of course, at this moment, no matter what the other party's specific objective was.
At least it couldn't affect him yet.
"Hello, Su Yi, our leader has returned to Hong Kong from Tokyo tonight." Just as Su Yi was contemplating the other party's intentions, Fang Wanqing called happily, "Our leader said they are free tomorrow noon, so... how about we all have lunch together tomorrow noon to talk?"
"Okay, that works," Su Yi quickly responded.
"Do you need me to book a table for you?" Fang Wanqing smiled and added.
Su Yi thought that Fang Wanqing might know the other party's tastes and preferences better, so he couldn't help but reply with a smile, "Then thank you, Ms. Fang. If this matter can be settled, I'll treat you to whatever you want to eat next time."
"Who cares about your treat?" Fang Wanqing chuckled, then hung up the phone.
Then, about ten minutes later, Fang Wanqing sent the confirmed Western restaurant location to Su Yi.
After receiving the message from Fang Wanqing, Su Yi replied 'thank you' again, then called Wang Huaijin, asking him to be there on time tomorrow, before tidying up and going to sleep.
The next day, Tuesday, July 5th.
After Su Yi woke up, he confirmed the location and time with Fang Wanqing, and arrived at the agreed place around 10:30 AM.
Upon arriving at the agreed location.
He and Wang Huaijin waited for about 20 minutes.
Fang Wanqing, leading Isabelle, arrived before the two men.
Seeing Fang Wanqing and Isabelle walk into the private dining room, Su Yi quickly observed Isabelle.
He saw that she was wearing a Chanel suit, was quite tall, with golden hair that reached her shoulders.
Her eyes were firm, and her demeanor was capable, perfectly matching his impression of a female Wall Street elite.
"Hello, CEO Su," Isabelle smiled and looked at Su Yi, with clear surprise in her eyes. "Meeting you is better than hearing about you; CEO Su is truly much younger than I expected."
"Ms. Isabelle is also much more beautiful than I expected," Su Yi complimented with a smile.
The two shook hands lightly while speaking, then Su Yi gestured for Fang Wanqing and Isabelle to sit down beside them.
"This... must be CEO Wang, I presume?"
After sitting down, Isabelle smiled and looked at Wang Huaijin, then extended her hand with a smile.
Wang Huaijin hadn't expected Isabelle, despite her powerful aura, to be so elegant and polite towards people.
He couldn't help but shake her hand with a smile, saying, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Isabelle."
"I had received CEO Su's invitation before," Isabelle said after greeting Wang Huaijin, then continued, "Unfortunately, I had a project that needed urgent completion, so..."
Su Yi smiled and immediately responded, "It's alright. We have a famous idiom in China called 'Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage.' I wonder if Ms. Isabelle has heard of it? Although I cannot compare myself to the sages of old, waiting a bit longer is naturally no problem at all."
"I have heard of that idiom," Isabelle said. "I once lived in China for several years. During that time, I read many Chinese literary works and learned a lot about Chinese culture."
"No wonder Ms. Isabelle's Chinese is so fluent," Su Yi complimented with a smile.
"It's alright," Isabelle responded. "Wanqing already told me about some of CEO Su's ideas for inviting me. I feel that CEO Su's plans for the company's future development are quite bold, which is why I agreed to meet with you."
"Compared to Aberdeen Asset's relatively conservative future development plans and primary market investment strategies, our Huayi Capital will naturally not disappoint Ms. Isabelle," Su Yi said. "If Ms. Isabelle chooses our institution, you will be fully responsible for our institution's external global equity investment strategy in the future. Moreover, in terms of equity investment strategy, our institution will not be limited to a specific industry or a particular field, nor will there be strong constraints imposed by the group's board of directors on your investment strategic plans."
He knew that Isabelle had led several projects within the Aberdeen Asset Group.
All of which had been rejected by the group.
He also knew the fundamental reason why Isabelle was unhappy working within the Aberdeen Asset institution.
"In terms of boldness in personnel management, I naturally trust CEO Su," Isabelle said. "After all, with this round of Pound Sterling exchange rate investment, you have already proven your capability and boldness to various capital institutions worldwide."
"Regarding compensation, I believe I am also worthy of Ms. Isabelle's trust," Su Yi said with a smile. "In addition to the previously promised annual salary of one million US dollars, I can also grant you 3% dividend rights for the shares of 'Huayi Capital Hong Kong Branch'. Of course... these dividend rights are only valid during your employment with the company."
In order to retain the company's core executive backbone for the long term and bind deeper interests.
Su Yi had already decided to allocate 10% of the company's share dividend rights as a reward to its core executive members.
(End of chapter)