A great China story from ESWN. Concubinage and process management.
Former deputy secretary of Xuancheng city (Anhui province) Yang Feng (楊楓) was recently put on trial for receiving more than 700,000 RMB in bribes. During the trial, it was revealed that Yang kept eight mistresses whom he managed using modern corporate management skills (namely, he appointed a "top mistress" to supervise all others), but his scheme collapsed when his "manager" turned him in.According to mainland's Family magazine, Yang Feng became deputy mayor of Xuancheng city in 2001. His wife was living in another city, but he did not lack female companionship. In March 2003, Yang went to Beijing to study in an MBA program for senior cadres in Beijing and got to know a 32-year-old woman named Zhou. At a dinner, Yang Feng said that he was a scholar who did not like to entertain and was very much in love with his wife. When Yang returned to Xuancheng, he received a special deliverly package in which a letter enclosing rose petals from Zhou declared her love for such a righteous man. So Zhou became Yang's mistress.
Later Zhou was enraged when she discovered that Yang already had six other mistresses. However, Yang said: "In the history of China, which exceptional man did not have multiple mistresses? However, you are my number one." Zhou was moved to tears. Yang also told her: "I only have one body that they fight over. I will let you manage those women and you can help me resolve any conflicts."
So Yang and Zhou analyzed the various mistresses and used the knowledge of MBA theory and human resource managements to schedule the mistresses: Zhou was ranked number one, followed by Zhang, Li, Huang, Lin Chen and Liu respectively. Yang also classified the mistresses according to their preferences: money, looks, power and jealousy. So Zhou proposed to allot each according to their best abilities: one managed public relations, another managed a company, and so on.
Aside from everything else, Ms Zhou had a really great pair of human resources on her.
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