Chapter 45 Digging at Old Man's Corner

  It turns out that Catherine still knows a group of good hands in American finance in the 80s, such as Soros and so on. However, unfortunately, these people who will dominate the future are now just a group of young boys.

  Moreover, the US truly shifted from an "industrial nation" to a "financial nation" also due to the pressure of confronting the Soviet Union. Some people say that the reason why the Soviet Union collapsed before the US was because the US had already begun its financial transformation.

  Let's put aside whether finance is good or bad for now, but famous financial books also started to appear from the 1970s. If a company wants to develop itself nowadays, it's very hard to find good financial talent.

  Of course, it's not necessarily financial talent.

  Catherine thought that pragmatists were also good, but she was afraid that if the CEO was a pragmatist, would they fail in the competition with other opponents?

  This issue is worth discussing.

  Catherine was thus plunged into perplexity.

  But then she thought about it and realized that she didn't have to be so entangled after all.

  If we can't find financial talent ourselves, others will? Can financial talent play a big role without the help of the country? And besides, CEOs are not traders!

  After considering this point, Catherine decided that her CEO may not need to be too good, but must have a broad vision and be someone she can trust.

  So Catherine had her candidate.

  Then, it was another Friday. After finishing her classes in the afternoon, Catherine rushed home.

  I'm back.

  Bruce opened the door and let out a sigh. Tomorrow was the weekend, he was thinking about whether to go out and have some fun, but considering that the black movement had been quite active recently, he decided to stay at home instead.

  Bruce hated racists but he also hated blacks.

  "How was it at the company?" Emma smiled and came up to greet her, while Catherine sat aside and looked at her with expectant eyes.

  Good grief! Is today some kind of special day?

  That's not right...

  "It's okay, not too bad."

  Bruce shrugged.

  As a man with Jewish blood, Bruce is actually very intelligent and immediately sensed that today's atmosphere was different.

  "What's wrong?"

  He asked.

  "Catherine started a company," Emma said first.

  "This I know, and also a factory is what I found in Georgia."

  "Yes, and the company is doing well, it's very popular." Emma smiled, she was indeed concerned about Catherine, she had already noticed that Catherine wasn't as enthusiastic about ballet. American parents are more open-minded when it comes to their children. Although Emma loved ballet, if Catherine told her she didn't want to learn anymore, she wouldn't force her. Children have their own paths, and being able to see them grow up happily and become a happy person is perhaps what parents wish for.

  "I know."

  Like Emma, Bruce is also very concerned about his daughter, and he has some understanding of her Ark company and Hogwarts Magic Factory, but only limited to external knowledge. He doesn't want to pry into things that his daughter doesn't want him to know.

  Catherine's factory is running at full capacity every day, printing various modules and packaging them for sale with quite good sales results.

  "So, Catherine is very busy, but she also needs to study, what should we do?"

  "Refine the functions a bit, hire some more capable employees, and resolutely fire those who are in office but not working, that's about it," Bruce said with his own explanation.

  "Yes, but what my company is lacking is a core manager," Catherine said.

  Bruce looked a bit puzzled: "Core manager... CEO? Does your company still need this?"

  Catherine tilted her head: "Hehe, I hope my company can become the behind-the-scenes black hand controlling America."

  Bruce shook his head in disappointment.

  "Let's talk about something practical."

  Catherine rolled her eyes and couldn't help but lament that this cheap old dad of hers didn't have a single cell of humor.

  "It's probably going to develop into a multinational company. But I haven't considered listing, even if it is listed, it will probably be a backdoor listing. We need to have a global vision. Hey, Dad, I don't want to just run a small workshop like this. You know, I still have the patent for GameTV, and my next step is to develop that!"

  "You're quite... an ambitious little girl, Kate."

  Bruce had taken off his shoes and was sitting in a chair at the dining table, then picked up the coffee Emma had prepared.

  "So, Bruce, Kate wants to hire you as the CEO of the company."

  "Hmmph!"

  Bruce spat out all the coffee he had just drunk.

  "Cough... cough... what did you say?"

  It's hard to believe him.

  "Kate wants you to go to the company to help."

  "But... send me to my daughter's company?" Bruce was stunned.

  "Dear, I know going to our child's company may make a big man like you feel awkward, but aren't you always complaining about that dictatorial CEO of yours? Don't you want to be the dictator for once? Or are you so lacking in confidence in our child's company?"

  Emma sat up straight, looking serious.

  Although he knew the other person was pretending, Bruce still couldn't say anything.

  "I think... uh... okay... Kate, show me some information about your company. I won't be able to help you out myself, but maybe I can give you some advice."

  Catherine had long been prepared and in order to get Bruce over to help, she had already gotten the company's materials ready. She immediately went back to her bedroom and then took out the documents.

  Bruce carefully flipped through the materials Catherine gave him, but the more he looked, the more stunned he became.

  "Kate, are you telling me that this entire company is run by just one person? No HR department? No management team? No CEO or anything?" Bruce asked incredulously.

  "It's not like I don't have anyone... it's just that I'm the one making all the decisions. Or you can think of me as the person in charge."

  Some departments Catherine really didn't consider, her sales department just started and there were almost no people because every time it was the merchants who came to the door themselves. Of course, she also had a batch of assistants, but the main work was all solved by Catherine herself. Her company now has only one factory, managing everything is very convenient, and it also saves Catherine a lot of money.

  But from another perspective, it's very difficult for such a company to develop.

  This is also one of the reasons why Catherine needs a new president instead of continuing to manage it herself.

  Bruce shook his head.

  "Maybe I should really go help..."

  Although America is a place where laissez-faire education prevails, Bruce still worries about Catherine.

  Is such a company really okay?

  It is clear that such a system needs drastic reform.