Chapter 130: 130 – The Future Business Tycoon
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"Yes, yes, little one, no one can scold your dear Daddy!" Pax said with a chuckle. "All right, I am disconnecting the call now, Fang and I will see you all soon enough."
Pax turned to look at Fang who was looking rather indignant as well.
"Why do you want the babies to scold Ren?" Fang demanded. "Ren doesn't like being scolded."
Pax laughed. "All right, I'll ask them to scold you instead, next time," he said jovially. "You like being scolded, don't you?"
Fang huffed.
Pax chuckled and patted Fang's hair affectionately. "Sometimes you should act you age, kid," he advised with a smile. "No one expects you or even wants you to become a serious old man before your time."
Fang stuck out his tongue at Pax, making the older man chuckle.
"All right, all right – now tell me about what you want to do with Zephyr. This project is already yours, but what next? Have you thought about that? We will have to draft the constitutional documents of the company accordingly, right? What do you want to keep as the primary business of the company? What do you want as the objectives of the company? Who do you want as the shareholders in the company? What kind of business model do you want to follow? What kind of entity do you want to incorporate?" Pax fired off a volley of questions at Fang.
Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully, thinking about Pax's questions. Since he had been helping out with Sirocco for a year now – he was quite familiar with the kind of questions that Pax was asking him, and he knew how important these questions were for the purpose of creation of his new company, Zephyr.
"I want to build something that will not be in direct competition to Sirocco, ever. What I want is a company that can work independently as well as collaborate with Sirocco – so we could cater to the same target market, but with different, and preferably complementary, products and services so that we can work together as much as possible," Fang said finally, his purple eyes turning serious and a determined look settling on his handsome young face.
For a moment, Pax thought that he could see the shadow of a magnificent business tycoon around Fang – what Ren always claimed that Fang had the potential to be and was fully convinced that Fang was going to be. In this moment, Pax could believe it.
"Go on," Pax said, steepling his fingers together and fixing his icy blue gaze on Fang with sharp, impeccable focus.
Fang smiled slightly, not knowing at the moment that this slight smile of superiority would go on to become the trademark of CEO Fang in the near future.
"Well, this current project, for example," Fang said. "I don't want to take it over completely."
Pax raised an eyebrow, an interested gleam in his blue eyes. "So, what is it that you want to do?" he asked in an even voice.
"I want to do the parts that you would have outsourced," Fang said.
Pax was startled. "Are you sure you haven't discussed this with Ren before?" he demanded.
Fang's brow furrowed in confusion. "Discuss what?" he asked.
Then Pax remembered that Fang had seen the papers of this project for the first time today and he hadn't even known the first thing about it when he first saw the papers. Besides, Fang had no reason to pretend that he didn't know about something which he knew of already – and, besides, wouldn't Ren have said something if he had already discussed something about this project with Fang earlier and when he saw that Pax and Fang were looking at this project? No, from Ren's reaction and from Fang's reaction, Pax was certain that neither of them had discussed this project with each other before, and that Fang had no idea about this project until Pax gave him the papers to look at earlier today in office.
Pax was stunned, to be honest, and it was only with great difficulty that he was able to control his facial expression. It seemed that Ren's instincts about Fang being a magnificent business tycoon was true, as usual. Because Pax and Ren had discussed the exact same thing a few days ago, when this project had first come up and the two of them had realised that about sixty percent of the work would need to be outsourced to other companies for the project to work – and both Pax and Ren were reluctant to outsource that much, because there would inevitably be quality control issues. And what Ren and Fang had been discussing was actually either acquiring a smaller company which would be able to at least twenty to thirty percent of the work that Sirocco would need to outsource, or to establish a new company and start several different lines of work in the new company that would be able to take care of everything that Sirocco would need to outsource to other companies. With this, they would be able to retain full control of the project and of the quality – and quality was very, very important for Sirocco and their primary focus in any business deal that they ever entered into. And this was the exact reason why the final decision on this project had not been taken yet – because Ren and Pax were still debating about creating a new company as opposed to acquiring an existing company.
And now Fang seemed to be thinking along the exact same lines after looking at the projects papers for a few minutes? And he even seemed to have grasped the most important concept here?
This was – this really was heaven defying talent, Pax thought. And he suddenly became a lot more interested in seriously working with Fang and seeing the young man spread his wings and fly high. And Pax also finally understood why Ren had such a laissez faire attitude towards Fang wanting to try and do new things – be it studying medicine, trying modelling, helping with business – and now Ren was even encouraging Fang to set up his own company and build a business empire from scratch.
Ren really had amazing foresight, Pax thought. Then he dragged his attention back to Fang, who was staring at Pax curiously and waiting for his answer.
"Never mind," Pax said, waving a hand casually. "Tell me about thoughts on taking over the parts which Sirocco doesn't do."
"From what I saw of the project requirements, there are at least half or more things which Sirocco doesn't do in house," Fang said. "But then, you and Ren usually don't outsource more than ten to twenty percent of the work on principle – it would lead to loss of control and may give rise to quality issues, right?"
Pax nodded. "Yes. We try not to outsource as much as possible," he agreed.
"But for this project, other than one core function – even if it is the most important one – that Sirocco had the facilities for, the rest would need to be outsourced. What I want to do is to set up Zephyr in such a way that one hundred percent of the project can be covered with the collaboration of Sirocco and Zephyr," Fang said to Pax with a smile.
"And how do you intend to do that? The portfolio would become quite diverse, right from the start – don't you think that it would be too much to bite off right after you set up a new company?" Pax asked curiously.
Fang smiled again. "Not really," he murmured. "You see, if we do it this way…"
For the next fifteen minutes, Pax listened in complete silence, his awe at Fang's capability growing by the second.
When Fang finally finished speaking about what he thought would be good solution to the project and a perfect collaboration between Sirocco and Zephyr and how they could cover the project in its entirety between the two entities – Pax broke out into spontaneous applause, and the sound of his clapping his hands even startled the driver.
If the driver hadn't been a member of the Blue Wolves where the prerequisite for selection was that the candidate should have nerves of steel to begin with – they may have ended up crashing the car into a pole or something.
Fortunately, Wolf was rather protective of his twin brother and insisted on placing several members of the Blue Wolves around Pax for his protection, including the one who was driving the car at the moment.
"Wonderful!" Pax said enthusiastically, patting Fang's shoulder. "Ren is clearly not mistaken about your abilities as a magnificent business tycoon a few years down the line!" he praised.. "I had been a bit sceptical until now because I know Ren looks at you through the filter of love and as far as he is concerned, you practically walk on water – but this time, I have to admit that he is right. Fang, you really do have the raw talent to build a business empire from scratch – so let's do it!"
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"Yes, yes, little one, no one can scold your dear Daddy!" Pax said with a chuckle. "All right, I am disconnecting the call now, Fang and I will see you all soon enough."
Pax turned to look at Fang who was looking rather indignant as well.
"Why do you want the babies to scold Ren?" Fang demanded. "Ren doesn't like being scolded."
Pax laughed. "All right, I'll ask them to scold you instead, next time," he said jovially. "You like being scolded, don't you?"
Fang huffed.
Pax chuckled and patted Fang's hair affectionately. "Sometimes you should act you age, kid," he advised with a smile. "No one expects you or even wants you to become a serious old man before your time."
Fang stuck out his tongue at Pax, making the older man chuckle.
"All right, all right – now tell me about what you want to do with Zephyr. This project is already yours, but what next? Have you thought about that? We will have to draft the constitutional documents of the company accordingly, right? What do you want to keep as the primary business of the company? What do you want as the objectives of the company? Who do you want as the shareholders in the company? What kind of business model do you want to follow? What kind of entity do you want to incorporate?" Pax fired off a volley of questions at Fang.
Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully, thinking about Pax's questions. Since he had been helping out with Sirocco for a year now – he was quite familiar with the kind of questions that Pax was asking him, and he knew how important these questions were for the purpose of creation of his new company, Zephyr.
"I want to build something that will not be in direct competition to Sirocco, ever. What I want is a company that can work independently as well as collaborate with Sirocco – so we could cater to the same target market, but with different, and preferably complementary, products and services so that we can work together as much as possible," Fang said finally, his purple eyes turning serious and a determined look settling on his handsome young face.
For a moment, Pax thought that he could see the shadow of a magnificent business tycoon around Fang – what Ren always claimed that Fang had the potential to be and was fully convinced that Fang was going to be. In this moment, Pax could believe it.
"Go on," Pax said, steepling his fingers together and fixing his icy blue gaze on Fang with sharp, impeccable focus.
Fang smiled slightly, not knowing at the moment that this slight smile of superiority would go on to become the trademark of CEO Fang in the near future.
"Well, this current project, for example," Fang said. "I don't want to take it over completely."
Pax raised an eyebrow, an interested gleam in his blue eyes. "So, what is it that you want to do?" he asked in an even voice.
"I want to do the parts that you would have outsourced," Fang said.
Pax was startled. "Are you sure you haven't discussed this with Ren before?" he demanded.
Fang's brow furrowed in confusion. "Discuss what?" he asked.
Then Pax remembered that Fang had seen the papers of this project for the first time today and he hadn't even known the first thing about it when he first saw the papers. Besides, Fang had no reason to pretend that he didn't know about something which he knew of already – and, besides, wouldn't Ren have said something if he had already discussed something about this project with Fang earlier and when he saw that Pax and Fang were looking at this project? No, from Ren's reaction and from Fang's reaction, Pax was certain that neither of them had discussed this project with each other before, and that Fang had no idea about this project until Pax gave him the papers to look at earlier today in office.
Pax was stunned, to be honest, and it was only with great difficulty that he was able to control his facial expression. It seemed that Ren's instincts about Fang being a magnificent business tycoon was true, as usual. Because Pax and Ren had discussed the exact same thing a few days ago, when this project had first come up and the two of them had realised that about sixty percent of the work would need to be outsourced to other companies for the project to work – and both Pax and Ren were reluctant to outsource that much, because there would inevitably be quality control issues. And what Ren and Fang had been discussing was actually either acquiring a smaller company which would be able to at least twenty to thirty percent of the work that Sirocco would need to outsource, or to establish a new company and start several different lines of work in the new company that would be able to take care of everything that Sirocco would need to outsource to other companies. With this, they would be able to retain full control of the project and of the quality – and quality was very, very important for Sirocco and their primary focus in any business deal that they ever entered into. And this was the exact reason why the final decision on this project had not been taken yet – because Ren and Pax were still debating about creating a new company as opposed to acquiring an existing company.
And now Fang seemed to be thinking along the exact same lines after looking at the projects papers for a few minutes? And he even seemed to have grasped the most important concept here?
This was – this really was heaven defying talent, Pax thought. And he suddenly became a lot more interested in seriously working with Fang and seeing the young man spread his wings and fly high. And Pax also finally understood why Ren had such a laissez faire attitude towards Fang wanting to try and do new things – be it studying medicine, trying modelling, helping with business – and now Ren was even encouraging Fang to set up his own company and build a business empire from scratch.
Ren really had amazing foresight, Pax thought. Then he dragged his attention back to Fang, who was staring at Pax curiously and waiting for his answer.
"Never mind," Pax said, waving a hand casually. "Tell me about thoughts on taking over the parts which Sirocco doesn't do."
"From what I saw of the project requirements, there are at least half or more things which Sirocco doesn't do in house," Fang said. "But then, you and Ren usually don't outsource more than ten to twenty percent of the work on principle – it would lead to loss of control and may give rise to quality issues, right?"
Pax nodded. "Yes. We try not to outsource as much as possible," he agreed.
"But for this project, other than one core function – even if it is the most important one – that Sirocco had the facilities for, the rest would need to be outsourced. What I want to do is to set up Zephyr in such a way that one hundred percent of the project can be covered with the collaboration of Sirocco and Zephyr," Fang said to Pax with a smile.
"And how do you intend to do that? The portfolio would become quite diverse, right from the start – don't you think that it would be too much to bite off right after you set up a new company?" Pax asked curiously.
Fang smiled again. "Not really," he murmured. "You see, if we do it this way…"
For the next fifteen minutes, Pax listened in complete silence, his awe at Fang's capability growing by the second.
When Fang finally finished speaking about what he thought would be good solution to the project and a perfect collaboration between Sirocco and Zephyr and how they could cover the project in its entirety between the two entities – Pax broke out into spontaneous applause, and the sound of his clapping his hands even startled the driver.
If the driver hadn't been a member of the Blue Wolves where the prerequisite for selection was that the candidate should have nerves of steel to begin with – they may have ended up crashing the car into a pole or something.
Fortunately, Wolf was rather protective of his twin brother and insisted on placing several members of the Blue Wolves around Pax for his protection, including the one who was driving the car at the moment.
"Wonderful!" Pax said enthusiastically, patting Fang's shoulder. "Ren is clearly not mistaken about your abilities as a magnificent business tycoon a few years down the line!" he praised.. "I had been a bit sceptical until now because I know Ren looks at you through the filter of love and as far as he is concerned, you practically walk on water – but this time, I have to admit that he is right. Fang, you really do have the raw talent to build a business empire from scratch – so let's do it!"
"Yes, yes, little one, no one can scold your dear Daddy!" Pax said with a chuckle. "All right, I am disconnecting the call now, Fang and I will see you all soon enough."Pax turned to look at Fang who was looking rather indignant as well."Why do you want the babies to scold Ren?" Fang demanded. "Ren doesn't like being scolded."Pax laughed. "All right, I'll ask them to scold you instead, next time," he said jovially. "You like being scolded, don't you?"Fang huffed.Pax chuckled and patted Fang's hair affectionately. "Sometimes you should act you age, kid," he advised with a smile. "No one expects you or even wants you to become a serious old man before your time."Fang stuck out his tongue at Pax, making the older man chuckle."All right, all right now tell me about what you want to do with Zephyr. This project is already yours, but what next? Have you thought about that? We will have to draft the constitutional documents of the company accordingly, right? What do you want to keep as the primary business of the company? What do you want as the objectives of the company? Who do you want as the shareholders in the company? What kind of business model do you want to follow? What kind of entity do you want to incorporate?" Pax fired off a volley of questions at Fang.Fang tapped his chin thoughtfully, thinking about Pax's questions. Since he had been helping out with Sirocco for a year now he was quite familiar with the kind of questions that Pax was asking him, and he knew how important these questions were for the purpose of creation of his new company, Zephyr."I want to build something that will not be in direct competition to Sirocco, ever. What I want is a company that can work independently as well as collaborate with Sirocco so we could cater to the same target market, but with different, and preferably complementary, products and services so that we can work together as much as possible," Fang said finally, his purple eyes turning serious and a determined look settling on his handsome young face.For a moment, Pax thought that he could see the shadow of a magnificent business tycoon around Fang what Ren always claimed that Fang had the potential to be and was fully convinced that Fang was going to be. In this moment, Pax could believe it."Go on," Pax said, steepling his fingers together and fixing his icy blue gaze on Fang with sharp, impeccable focus.Fang smiled slightly, not knowing at the moment that this slight smile of superiority would go on to become the trademark of CEO Fang in the near future."Well, this current project, for example," Fang said. "I don't want to take it over completely."Pax raised an eyebrow, an interested gleam in his blue eyes. "So, what is it that you want to do?" he asked in an even voice."I want to do the parts that you would have outsourced," Fang said.Pax was startled. "Are you sure you haven't discussed this with Ren before?" he demanded.Fang's brow furrowed in confusion. "Discuss what?" he asked.Then Pax remembered that Fang had seen the papers of this project for the first time today and he hadn't even known the first thing about it when he first saw the papers. Besides, Fang had no reason to pretend that he didn't know about something which he knew of already and, besides, wouldn't Ren have said something if he had already discussed something about this project with Fang earlier and when he saw that Pax and Fang were looking at this project? No, from Ren's reaction and from Fang's reaction, Pax was certain that neither of them had discussed this project with each other before, and that Fang had no idea about this project until Pax gave him the papers to look at earlier today in office.Pax was stunned, to be honest, and it was only with great difficulty that he was able to control his facial expression. It seemed that Ren's instincts about Fang being a magnificent business tycoon was true, as usual. Because Pax and Ren had discussed the exact same thing a few days ago, when this project had first come up and the two of them had realised that about sixty percent of the work would need to be outsourced to other companies for the project to work and both Pax and Ren were reluctant to outsource that much, because there would inevitably be quality control issues. And what Ren and Fang had been discussing was actually either acquiring a smaller company which would be able to at least twenty to thirty percent of the work that Sirocco would need to outsource, or to establish a new company and start several different lines of work in the new company that would be able to take care of everything that Sirocco would need to outsource to other companies. With this, they would be able to retain full control of the project and of the quality and quality was very, very important for Sirocco and their primary focus in any business deal that they ever entered into. And this was the exact reason why the final decision on this project had not been taken yet because Ren and Pax were still debating about creating a new company as opposed to acquiring an existing company.And now Fang seemed to be thinking along the exact same lines after looking at the projects papers for a few minutes? And he even seemed to have grasped the most important concept here?This was this really was heaven defying talent, Pax thought. And he suddenly became a lot more interested in seriously working with Fang and seeing the young man spread his wings and fly high. And Pax also finally understood why Ren had such a laissez faire attitude towards Fang wanting to try and do new things be it studying medicine, trying modelling, helping with business and now Ren was even encouraging Fang to set up his own company and build a business empire from scratch.Ren really had amazing foresight, Pax thought. Then he dragged his attention back to Fang, who was staring at Pax curiously and waiting for his answer."Never mind," Pax said, waving a hand casually. "Tell me about thoughts on taking over the parts which Sirocco doesn't do.""From what I saw of the project requirements, there are at least half or more things which Sirocco doesn't do in house," Fang said. "But then, you and Ren usually don't outsource more than ten to twenty percent of the work on principle it would lead to loss of control and may give rise to quality issues, right?"Pax nodded. "Yes. We try not to outsource as much as possible," he agreed."But for this project, other than one core function even if it is the most important one that Sirocco had the facilities for, the rest would need to be outsourced. What I want to do is to set up Zephyr in such a way that one hundred percent of the project can be covered with the collaboration of Sirocco and Zephyr," Fang said to Pax with a smile."And how do you intend to do that? The portfolio would become quite diverse, right from the start don't you think that it would be too much to bite off right after you set up a new company?" Pax asked curiously.Fang smiled again. "Not really," he murmured. "You see, if we do it this way"For the next fifteen minutes, Pax listened in complete silence, his awe at Fang's capability growing by the second.When Fang finally finished speaking about what he thought would be good solution to the project and a perfect collaboration between Sirocco and Zephyr and how they could cover the project in its entirety between the two entities Pax broke out into spontaneous applause, and the sound of his clapping his hands even startled the driver.If the driver hadn't been a member of the Blue Wolves where the prerequisite for selection was that the candidate should have nerves of steel to begin with they may have ended up crashing the car into a pole or something.Fortunately, Wolf was rather protective of his twin brother and insisted on placing several members of the Blue Wolves around Pax for his protection, including the one who was driving the car at the moment."Wonderful!" Pax said enthusiastically, patting Fang's shoulder. "Ren is clearly not mistaken about your abilities as a magnificent business tycoon a few years down the line!" he praised.. "I had been a bit sceptical until now because I know Ren looks at you through the filter of love and as far as he is concerned, you practically walk on water but this time, I have to admit that he is right. Fang, you really do have the raw talent to build a business empire from scratch so let's do it!"
