Trillionaire's Slice of Life

At 7 a.m., all 153 detectives of Haitao Detective Agency arrived at the headquarters building located on Honghe Road.

This was a 48-story building with its own courtyard. As of September 4th, the total investment in Haitao Detective Agency had reached 4.7 billion RMB. Including the ten new employees introduced yesterday, the detective agency employed 150 members, one president, Jiang Tao, and two deputies.

The structure of Haitao Detective Agency was simple, devoid of the complex and redundant positions found in large companies. Everyone here was commanded solely by President Jiang Tao, and no disagreements or objections were allowed.

The 150 detectives were neatly arranged into five columns, all assembled on the plaza in front of the building, with Jiang Tao and his two deputies standing in front of everyone.

With his towering height of two meters and ten, Jiang Tao had eyes like copper bells, emanating an aura of authority without anger. When he swept his gaze across the crowd seriously, everyone stood at attention, not daring to breathe heavily.

"I have some good news,".

Jiang Tao didn't need a microphone; his voice was loud and clear. He merely began to speak and everyone's gaze was instantly focused on him.

"The big boss has decided that effective today, all detectives will be promoted by one level, meaning our 150 first-level detectives here are now second-level detectives. Your salaries will be increased from the original 20,000 RMB to 30,000 RMB, a fifty percent raise.

All of you here, the longest-serving among you have been here no more than two months, and many have only been here for about a month. Tell me, which company will give you a fifty percent raise just one month into the job?

Think about it, with your limited qualifications, what else could you do besides working as security guards or doing manual labor?

At Haitao Detective Agency, you can earn a monthly salary of 30,000, even 40,000 in six months, and after a year, 60,000 a month. Besides here, where else could you get such treatment?" Enjoy exclusive chapters from empire

At the end of his speech, the faces of all 150 detectives showed excitement.

A fifty percent salary increase, from the original monthly salary of 20,000 straight to 30,000, was an incredibly tempting proposition for them.

However, before they had time to rejoice, the big boss in the front row suddenly began to speak:

"But, I have one condition for you all. Tomorrow, the big boss will receive an important guest from the United States. We don't know the guest's identity, age, or profession.

What I am telling you is that, as ordered by the big boss, from tomorrow until the guest leaves, under no circumstances can there be a single leak.

Yesterday the big boss personally called me, and I made a promise to him: if we at Haitao Detective Agency are responsible for any leak, the salary of each employee, including myself, will be lowered by one level.

In our detective agency, every five people make a squad, every five squads make a company, and every two companies make a battalion. If one person makes a mistake, the entire squad of five will be dismissed, all members of that company will be ineligible for promotion for a year, and the entire battalion will not be eligible for promotion for half a year.

Since its establishment, our detective agency, aside from some routine training, has never been on an official mission. This time, it's our test. I hope that when the mission is over, we can all go to Bafang International to drink in celebration, rather than send off a squad or company. In short, whether we can complete the mission.

As the last booming words fell, 150 meticulously selected detectives simultaneously shouted.

"Guarantee to complete the mission."

"Meeting adjourned."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Tao headed straight to the building in front of him. Meanwhile, the 150 detectives behind him, along with the squad leaders, company leaders, and battalion leaders, began to regroup their teams and lay out tasks and instructions once more.

Back in his own office, however, Jiang Tao's brow remained furrowed.

Deputy Zhang Ailun followed him in. He shut the door with a flourish and said with a somewhat serious tone:

"President Jiang, we have a total of 150 detectives. According to the configuration of four people per car, we need a total of thirty-eight cars, plus our two and some spare preventive vehicles. At least forty vehicles are needed to be sufficient for all detectives.

Our detective agency currently only has six cars. The gap is too great. What do you think? Should we rent from a rental company or make a call to the big boss to borrow some?"

After saying this, Jiang Tao shook his head slightly. Taking a deep breath, he spoke with a hint of gravity:

"From two months ago until now, the big boss has already invested nearly fifty billion in our detective agency. He has sent us out twice, just to take a few turns without any real help.

The big boss isn't short of money. He spent tens of billions previously and now that he has started to make use of us, and for the first time he is assigning us a task, we would keep bothering him with our troubles and difficulties. Do you think that's appropriate?"

Deputy Zhang Ailun was a straightforward man. He was one of the earliest employees to join Jiang Tao in setting up the detective agency. He knew about the toughest times the agency had faced, going half a year without salaries. If it wasn't for the big boss, the company would have closed down long ago; there wouldn't be the glory it's seeing now.

He hadn't thought much about it at first, but now, hearing what the president said, he too felt that if they couldn't handle such a trivial difficulty and had to turn to the big boss for everything, they would indeed be nothing more than good-for-nothings who only ate without doing any real work.