John had arrived, his broken leg healed, no longer limping, and it was time for him to become active and productive again.
As for Mike and Francisco, they had always been around.
"You all know what this business is about, and today we are going to start officially, but first, I need to set your salaries."
Being a boss meant not having airs but also not lacking a bottom line, being one with your employees is good, but there must be a most basic line of demarcation.
Wisdom from the ancestors: power and name should never be loaned to others.
Gao Guang simplified the concept of power and name to financial and personnel authority; no matter what, he'd be the one dividing the profits, setting the salaries, calling the shots on personnel, and arranging the jobs. That's all there was to it.
"John is experienced, capable, familiar with the situation at King's Defense and knows how defense companies operate, so you're the supervisor with a base salary of ten thousand."