Chapter 831: I want to take a stake in Huawei
"Lao Ren, I just saw that there are still many beds in your company, I won't talk about ordinary employees, like these technical talents, they won't also sleep in the company, right?"
"yes. Ren Zhengfei smiled and nodded, "It's all the same, all employees eat and live in the company." ”
"This ...... They don't have an opinion, can they be willing?" Li Yadong was surprised.
He himself has dug up scientific research talents, and he knows how difficult it is for these guys with insufficient social skills to communicate, and high salaries are just the foundation, such as the existing experts of Weichuang Technology, which one is not equipped with a house and a car in addition to a lot of salary? That Catherine even matched her with a girl......
Even if ordinary technical talents are not as expensive as them, they are still talents, and at present, China's population is close to 1.3 billion, how many people understand electronic technology?
Can it be so easy to feed?
Ren Zhengfei smiled, guessed some of his thoughts, took a sip of tea, and said: "What's not to be willing to do this, do a good job of ideological work, take care of their interests, and tie everyone to the company's chariot, naturally there will be no opinions." ”
"How to tie up?" Li Yadong thought thoughtfully.
He had probably heard that Huawei's shares were owned by employees, and this practice did achieve this goal, but he did not believe that in 1993, Huawei had a clear equity distribution system.
"There are two main ways to implement it. Ren Zhengfei seems to be very good at speaking, and he knows everything about Li Yadong's questions.
He smiled and said, "The first point is what I just said, 'do a good job of ideological work.'" You should know that I was a soldier, and there was a position in the army called 'political commissar', when I first entered the army, I didn't understand, and I felt that the political commissar didn't seem to have real power, but the strange thing was that even the regiment commander was afraid of him, so I was very curious about this position, thinking 'An official who doesn't do serious things all day long, he knows how to grind his mouth, why is he so powerful', and then I have been thinking about the meaning of his existence.
"I probably figured it out, so after I created the company, I set up a department dedicated to ideological work, and they had to always pay attention to the work emotions of employees and find ways to enlighten them. ”
His words made Li Yadong think of the party committee in a state-owned enterprise.
Of course, the two should not be the same.
"The second point is that the interests of employees must be protected. I always believe in a sentence, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and if you sincerely want to be good to others, they can't be untouched.
"To be honest, because China's current electronic technology is mainly based on foreign technology, the vast majority of equipment is imported, which leads to the lack of attention to technical personnel, and the general salary is very low. But I don't think that's right.
"So after I founded Huawei, I insisted on increasing the salary of technical staff, clearly distinguishing them from the ordinary labor force, and making their skills and knowledge valued and respected.
"Let's just say that at the end of the year, because a lot of payments have not been paid, there is no money in the company's accounts, but everyone is going home for the New Year, will the year-end bonus promised to them not be issued?
"Of course not! You may not believe it, but in order not to disappoint everyone, I secretly ran to borrow loan sharks, and finally paid out all the money that should be sent before everyone went home for the Chinese New Year.
"I didn't tell the public about this, but a few people guessed it, so the whole company knew, and everyone insisted on returning the money, saying that it didn't matter if it was sent again in the new year, um...... How to say it, the company is good to them, and they also understand the company's difficulties, more or less, they always have some feelings. ”
After listening to Comrade Ren's words, Li Yadong felt a lot in his heart.
Huawei's success is not unreasonable, nor is it accidental.
First of all, they seized the talent dividend that the vast majority of Chinese companies in this era did not recognize.
What is a talent dividend?
It is China's cheap technology and engineering resources.
China has a population of more than one billion, and even if you sift through a sieve, there will always be some real talents.
However, like him, I am afraid that most business managers do not realize the importance of college graduates at this time, and even a "believe it or not" question.
Speaking of this, I have to mention Lenovo, you must know that Lenovo's geographical location is much superior to Huawei, backed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, adjacent to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and the young talents of nearby universities such as Beijing University of Posts and Communications, Beihang University, and Beijing Institute of Technology are like carp crossing the river.
If they can realize the importance of talent dividends and make full use of these resources to engage in research and development, then what will happen to China in the future?
In addition, Huawei has also well guaranteed the dividends of these technical talents.
Not only do we pay enough attention to them and give them higher treatment, but we will spare no effort to fulfill these promises.
The matter of borrowing usury that Comrade Ren said just now really shocked Li Yadong.
Ask yourself, if it were him, he would have asked the employees to wait for a while, anyway, they would not be missing, but the payment was not in place, the buyer did not pay, he had no choice, he would definitely not go out of his way to borrow usury, and he would not be able to do this step.
"So......" Li Yadong pondered, "is Huawei short of money now?"
It is not minus to say that he is indeed moved by compassion and wants to help Huawei.
They had a hard start, and in the future, they will be the pride of China!
If such a company is not helped, then who should he help if he Li Yadong does not hesitate to spend tens of billions of dollars to set up a venture capital company and intends to help the development of Chinese enterprises?
"Comrade Xiao Li is not joking, there are a few companies in China that are not short of money, and if enterprises want to develop, no matter how much money there is, it will not be too much. Ren Zhengfei said with a smile: "But compared to other companies in the industry, we are still good, at least the most difficult period has survived, hunger is not starvation." ”
In fact, he didn't say a word: Don't rush me away, let me develop for a few years first, and then I will move by myself, otherwise it will really be another life and death.
It's optimistic. Li Yadong thought to himself and said with a smile, "Lao Ren, I want to invest in Huawei, what do you think?"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Ren Zhengfei couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
It's really not a normal person, his first reaction was not to be excited that the company had ushered in a wealthy man, but to say in that tone with a hint of opposition, "Don't you have a technology company yourself, what are you doing with our shares?"
"I'm optimistic about you, my technology company is a hodgepodge, you can do everything, and you are good at it, in fact, there is not much business conflict, even if there is, you can adjust it appropriately. Li Yadong said half-truthfully.
He thought about borrowing a sum of money directly from Comrade Ren, which would inevitably seem too weird, after all, the two had only met for the first time today.
So I thought of taking a stake, which made a lot more sense.
Comrade Ren held his cheeks and pondered, money, he naturally wanted, he deeply understood the hardships of starting a business, but he was a little worried, he actually had some ideas about the company's equity distribution, and it would be of great use in the future, but he didn't want one person to occupy too much, let alone an outsider, which would likely lead to the company changing hands.
"How much do you want to buy?"
"Well...... Li Yadong smiled and said, "It mainly depends on you and how much money you need." Again, one thing I can promise is that I will only make investments, no matter how much I share, I will not interfere in Huawei's development, and I don't want a seat on the board of directors. The above commitments can be written into the equity transfer contract. ”
"You're so optimistic about Huawei?" Ren Zhengfei was surprised.
If this is the case, it is simply the God of Wealth who has come to help Huawei's development, and he has no reason to refuse at all.
"Of course, there are only a few companies that make communication equipment in China, and you already have the ability to independently develop, and China's communication network is far from popular, why not be optimistic?" Li Yadong asked with a smile.
Faced with this question, Ren Zhengfei was basically speechless, because the other party said it into his heart.
He has long seen the huge potential of the communications industry, so he will go from the earliest "mistake" to the current "full effort".