Tang Zifeng is a frequent customer of the new Jingwei Company, but every time he comes, he basically chats with Li Kejia, and when he meets Zhao Yuntao, Liu Xiaohan and others, he just says hello. The world of programmers is too far away from Tang Zifeng, and the two groups of people sitting together are basically staring at each other and can't talk about anything.

However, this time it was related to recruiting programmers in Russia, and Li Kejia had to invite Zhao and Liu over. The two of them were quite polite to Tang Zifeng, and exchanged a few words of greeting, and then asked what was going on.

"What, recruiting programmers in Russia?"

After listening to Li Kejia's introduction, the two senior code farmers were stunned:

"How is this possible, how can people be willing to come to China?"

"What's impossible about this. Tang Zifeng said, "I dug up a Russian machine tool design master a few days ago, and even the chief engineer of our group called him a mathematical genius." ”

"It must be expensive, right?" Zhao Yuntao asked timidly.

"It's quite expensive. Tang Zifeng said in a heavy tone, "The salary of 120,000 yuan is calculated separately." ”

"120,000 ......" Liu Xiaohan smacked his tongue, "This money is enough for us to hire seven or eight experienced programmers." ”

Li Kejia glared at Tang Zifeng, and then said to Zhao and Liu: "120,000 annual salary, you hire seven or eight people for me to try, not to mention experienced programmers, now the annual salary of cleaners is more than 20,000, right?"

"What, an annual salary of 120,000 yuan, isn't it a monthly salary?" Liu Xiaohan's eyes widened, "Kejia, you didn't hear Mr. Tang explain it clearly, how can this be an annual salary." ”

"But it's an annual salary. Tang Zifeng laughed. He deliberately didn't say whether the salary of 120,000 yuan was an annual salary or a monthly salary just now, just to tease these two nerds, but he didn't expect them to be really fooled.

A few years ago, Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan would not have made such a mistake, and the salary of 120,000 yuan a year was also an astronomical amount for them. However, in recent years, the wage level of the whole of China has been rising, and as a high-tech enterprise, the wage standard of New Jingwei Company is higher than that of other enterprises. In addition, Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan, as executives, have already received a monthly salary of 50,000, so when they heard the figure of 120,000 at first glance, they instinctively thought that it was a monthly salary.

"Mr. Tang, 120,000 a year, only 10,000 a month, you can't be talking about dollars, right?" Liu Xiaohan is still making his last efforts.

"It's a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan. Tang Zifeng said.

"How is this possible? With a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, it is not easy to hire an engineer with a little experience now, you are talking about a mathematical genius, and he is also Russian, how could he agree to this condition?" Zhao Yuntao asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "I don't believe this. Later, I asked someone, and I learned that the level of wages in Russia is lower than ours, especially the salaries of personnel in the system, which are only a fraction of that of private enterprises. The expert I hired was a professor at Moscow University, and his salary for a month was 12,000 rubles, which was already a high salary.

"Now the exchange rate of the ruble against the US dollar is 30 to 1, and 12,000 rubles is equivalent to 400 US dollars, which is more than 3,000 yuan. I just give him 10,000 RMB, can he not be tempted?"

"Wouldn't it?" Zhao Yuntao was stunned, "How can Russia's salary level be lower than ours? More than 3,000 yuan, he is still a professor at Moscow University, this is completely unreasonable." ”

"That's pretty much it. Wang Zijie interjected, "I have been to Russia several times, and I have also communicated with their scholars, and I know that their income level is indeed very low. The average salary of a civil servant is only 4,000 rubles, which is more than $100. Of course, their civil servants have very good benefits, which is a continuation of the tradition of the former Soviet Union, including housing, medical care, water and electricity, etc., they all enjoy preferential treatment, and basically have no expenses. ”

"Even so, more than 100 US dollars, which is equivalent to 1,000 yuan, it is not easy to buy a better dress, right?" asked Li Kejia.

Wang Zijie said: "That's true. It is also because of this that it is an open matter for Russian civil servants to receive gray income. I've heard from scholars on their side that the grey income charged by an ordinary civil servant can reach more than twice the salary, which can be regarded as a kind of subsidy. ”

"How can this be?" Zhao Yuntao was dumbfounded, unable to digest this information for a long time.

In the impression of the older generation of Chinese, the Soviet Union was much richer than China. Watching movies in the former Soviet Union, people had villas, refrigerators, and cars at home, and the only electrical appliance we had at home at that time was a flashlight, which was 108,000 miles away from others.

In recent years, although we have frequently heard that Russia's economy has collapsed and the people are living in hardship, we have not really experienced the extent of the specific hardship. On the Internet, some people have written articles such as "When I arrived in Russia, I learned that people's lives are not what we can imagine", claiming that the reports in the domestic media about Russia's economic depression are all fake, and that Russians have free housing, free medical care, free natural gas, and two vacations to the Black Sea a year. As a result, everyone is even less convinced that Russia will be worse than China.

But that's exactly what happened. Ten years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's economy fell by 50 percent, while China's economy grew by more than 200 percent. The difference between the per capita level of China and Russia is already very small, and it is normal for residents to have a higher living standard than Russia in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

"Lao Zhao, I remember, when Lao Xi was chatting with us, he did say that their salary level is very low, and it is not enough to live. Liu Xiaohan reminded Zhao Yuntao in a low voice.

"Lao Xi?" Li Kejia's ears were extremely pointed, and he heard this key message at once.

"It's a Russian counterpart. Zhao Yuntao said, "His name is Shilyaev, and when I talk about him with Lao Liu, I call him Lao Xi, but the name of the Russian is too long, and I read it awkwardly." ”

"What did this old Xi say?" asked Li Kejia.

Zhao Yuntao said: "This Lao Xi is an engineer at a military research institute in Russia, and his programming level is very high. We met him at an international forum of programmers. That forum is where programmers from all over the world exchange experiences, and we have encountered technical obstacles a few times, and we have asked for help there, and this old man has helped us solve them twice. The solution he proposed was very ingenious, and Lao Liu and I were very convinced. ”

"Do you ask someone to solve a technical problem, do you give money?" asked Li Kejia.

"Nope. Zhao Yuntao said, "It is common for programmers to help each other online, and no one mentions money." However, after these two times, we met Lao Xi, and we often chat on MSN. In retrospect, he did say that the income was too low, but we didn't care. ”

"Uh......" Li Kejia was speechless, "You haven't thought about it, maybe he wants to work in China?"

"How can we think in this direction?" Zhao Yuntao said bitterly, "We have always felt that the conditions in Russia are much better than ours, and it is almost the same when we change jobs to Russia, how can any Russians jump ship." ”

"When you say this, I think of it, Lao Xi really said that he wanted to come to China. Liu Xiaohan said.

"Did he really say that?" Li Kejia became excited, "What did he say?"

He seems to be saying that he likes China very much and hopes to have the opportunity to visit China, even for a few years. ”

"What did you say?"

"Of course I said welcome. I also said that if he came to China, I would invite him to eat roast duck. ”

"And then?"

And then ...... , there is no then. ”

"Poof!" Tang Zifeng laughed directly.

Li Kejia also looked loveless: "Lao Liu, you let me tell you what is good." People are clearly hinting that they want to come to China to work, what kind of roast duck are you talking about!"

"Is that what he meant?" Liu Xiaohan asked as he looked at Zhao Yuntao.

Zhao Yuntao shook his head: "How do I know." But listening to Kejia say this, I think it's really unlikely. You forget, he inquired about our wages and asked about the prices in the capital. ”

"You didn't disclose your annual salary of one million, did you?" asked Tang Zifeng uneasily.

"No, no, no. Zhao Yuntao hurriedly denied it, and then said, "Besides, our annual salary is not less than one million." I only told Lao Xi about the salary standard of a group of programmers on our side, which is seven or eight thousand yuan. ”

"You should contact Lao Xi now and ask him if he is interested in working in China. In terms of salary, you first tell him 15,000 yuan a month, if he doesn't accept it, let's mention it again. Li Kejia made a decision.

15,000 yuan is the salary standard for the new Jingwei company to recruit senior programmers, this Shiriaev, can solve the problems that Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan can't solve, is definitely a big bull, and it is definitely a slack to give a monthly salary of 15,000. However, there is always a little leeway for things like salary. Besides, didn't Tang Zifeng only give people a monthly salary of 10,000, presumably the appetite of the Russian bull is so big.

Zhao Yuntao didn't say a word, opened his laptop, logged in to MSN, and began to call Shiriaev. The time difference between China and Russia is not long, and Shilyaev will just get up when he hears the reminder from MSN and comes back to talk.

Zhao Yuntao's emotional intelligence is not particularly high, but he is also a 40-year-old person, and he will not be so angry that he will tell the truth. He told Shilyaev that he had heard that the treatment in the Russian Institute was poor, and that it was a pity that talents like Lao Xiyou were not taken seriously, so he recommended it to the leaders of the unit.

After repeated work, the unit leader now promised to give him a chance and asked him if he would like to work in China. As for the treatment, the salary is so-so at $1,800 per month, and the company offers two-bedroom apartments that can be moved in.