On the day that Wen Xinya joined the board, the manager of the market sales department, Xue Yishan, offered his help in raising her profile within the board. She had not officially joined the board yet, but there was already someone willing to offer her an olive branch—she would accept it regardless of whether that person truly acknowledged her abilities or whether he was just chasing his own ambitions.
As a result, she had Secretary Cao check into Xue Yishan's background.
Xue Yishan was a smart man. He possessed that rare combination of a person who was shrewd and savvy, but still held certain principles and had a clean background. He had been working in the Wen Corporation for over a decade and was a diligent employee. He had yet to dirty his hands with all those dubious under-goings happening within the business.
Wen Xinya admired men like Xue Yishan. They had ambition without being overly greedy, shrewd but not despicable, savvy but not deceitful.
