Chapter 277 SSC and Headhunters
Wang Lili comforted Hu Yiting and said: "I am personally very satisfied that NEC can sign this lucrative contract with us." After all, people are the head of the land, and even Intel has to give up three points, I asked the people in the intelligence department of the computing institute to find out that NEC and Fujitsu asked Intel for a free 286 technology license, and finally only spent more than 100,000 dollars to get it, and Intel is also responsible for engineering support to help them solve problems in product production.
Hu Yiting, didn't you say that ARM couldn't even get a production license for the 286 at the beginning? Since even Intel knows the truth that people have to bow their heads under the roof, Hashimoto also said that we should be honored to be able to put products into the host of a local Japanese brand, and no Chinese company has been able to do this before. ”
Hu Yiting sighed: "Anyway, now that the contract has been signed, everyone takes what they need, which can be regarded as a win-win situation." After all, they and Fujitsu have a large number of Japanese versions of software in their hands, and they have an advantage in the bundled sales of consoles, and if our game overlord can't dump as much as possible during the sales window, when the next generation of processors comes out, our products will be equivalent to making less money on this wave. ”
Wang Lili said with a smile: "That's it, let the Japanese buy it, and when our next generation of products is developed, they will have to spend more money to upgrade, if we can continue to make money from Japan from generation to generation of products, this profit in front of us is nothing." I don't like Japanese people either, but let's not get along with money. ”
Hu Yiting was in a good mood when Wang Lili said it, and said with a smile: "Sister Wang, your eloquence is getting better day by day! After He Shun went to the UK, is there a new person in your president's office who can come up now?"
Wang Lili said: "I was about to tell you this, the company is getting bigger and bigger, and there is some overlap in technical resources and human resources, I wonder if I can integrate these areas and make full use of resources." ”
Hu Yiting's eyes lit up: "Beautiful! I said a long time ago, Sister Wang, you have a forward-looking vision! You are talented in management!"
Do you know that your idea has gradually emerged in the large technology companies in Silicon Valley, and some companies have begun to establish the prototype of SSC, the so-called SSC is Share Service Center, Chinese called Shared Service Center.
SSC is a department that can manage and integrate the company's resources in a unified manner, and provide the company with services in financial management, human resources, production equipment, R&D equipment, logistics systems, sales channels, etc. It can not only reduce the operating costs of enterprises, but also improve the strategic flexibility of enterprises.
Sister Wang, tell me, what is your assumption?"
Wang Lili was surprised: "I don't have as much level as you, where would I think so much at once! I just feel that the company is a little scattered now, although the president's office is expanding the staff, but there has always been a feeling of laborious management. Our current business spans microelectronics design, flash memory chip manufacturing, software development, Internet applications, communication equipment manufacturing, plus the United States branch, European branch, and Chongguang Communication's sales and technical service offices in Southeast Asian countries have been established, which makes me feel that our current team is too big and a little unable to allocate resources.
It is conceivable that in the future, we will become a world-class international company, and there will only be more and more institutions, and if we do not plan in advance, it may bring hidden waste of resources and unnecessary expenses to the company.
So now I want to integrate the two parts of the intersection of human resources and technical resources, and the financial department is currently coordinated by Zhu Xiaoqiao, who came from the original communications department, and he manages this area very well, and I am not too worried about it for the time being. ”
Hu Yiting listened to Wang Lili's words, and said in a deep voice: "It's better to do it late than early, with the rapid development of the domestic Internet in the past two years, this SSC will have to be done sooner or later, we might as well lead the domestic enterprises to eat crabs first, put up its shelves, and first explore a little bit of their own experience, and strive to save some operating costs for the company as soon as possible." ”
Wang Lili said: "In this case, who do you think is more suitable to lead the establishment and formation of this SSC shared service center department?"
Hu Yiting thought about it, and finally said: "Our company is too short of people now, a radish is a pit, which radish is pulled out with mud, forming a big hole, which can not be easily filled, so I'm afraid you can't move around, do you think we should hire a senior manager to take care of this matter?"
Of course, this person must be Chinese, so that there can be no barriers to interpersonal communication in cultural integration, and this person must also have work experience in multinational companies, preferably in large companies in the IT industry, such as IBM. ”
Wang Lili said with a bitter smile: "That's not easy to find, domestic senior managers are generally more conservative, at present, job hunting basically relies on acquaintances to introduce, and Chinese are very nostalgic, after becoming the head of their own department, they are reluctant to give up their painstaking small circle, after all, in their own circle can give orders, there is a feeling that everything is under control, that is, the so-called rather than the head of the chicken rather than the tail of the phoenix." And I read in the newspaper that at present, 80% of the managers of domestic joint ventures will change jobs after staying in the company for less than 12 months, and their loyalty to the company is very low. I can't believe this kind of person when it's coming!"
Hu Yiting said: "Why don't you try to find a headhunting company? Haven't three headhunting companies contacted the president's office before? Norman International Company in the United States, Boyden Company, and the Manager's Road Company in Hong Kong, you can ask these three companies at the same time." ”
Wang Lili nodded decisively: "Then let me try it, Norman International offered to invite me to dinner at the end of last year, and later I met their China manager John Luo in the office, according to him, their current business in Chinese mainland is very smooth, and the annual business volume in 95 has increased by 4 times compared with 94." When he said this, he was overflowing with pride, and I don't think it was fake. However, we are mainly recruiting for new graduates, so I don't ask him for any work. ”
Hu Yiting encouraged: "In the future, they will be used more, whether they are suitable or not is another matter, but there is always a harvest in casting a net, and it is true that fresh graduates are the main force in the technology industry, but management talents pay more attention to qualifications." For example, Sister Wang, if you hadn't followed Chongguang all the way to start a business and accumulated unimaginable experience and insight in a short period of time, who would have imagined that an undergraduate student majoring in fine arts could serve as the CEO of a multinational IT company. ”
Wang Lili said with a smile: "This is probably the spring breeze of reform and opening up blowing on my head." ”
"Hahahaha......" the two laughed heartily, and the employees outside the office looked sideways, saying that our company has any happy events?
Wang Lili picked up a folding chair from the office wall, opened it, sat down and reported to Hu Yiting: "As the 96-year budget of the American branch, I have allocated 5 million US dollars at one time, and the group gave them 500,000 US dollars when it was established last year.
Hu Yiting, Chongguang Software Pony, they are spending their money really fast, do you think the American branch can produce benefits before the end of the year?"
Hu Yiting said: "Xiaoma said, after the release of the new version of V1.2 on QQ on January 20, the response at home and abroad is very good, Sister Wang, the little round face emoji you drew is now popular all over the world." ”
Wang Lili covered her mouth and smiled, and said proudly: "You didn't teach me, I don't dare to monopolize the credit for this creativity." ”
Hu Yiting said proudly: "And at present, QQ's P2P communication technology has completed research and development, has been integrated into the V2.0 upgrade package, and is stepping up testing." According to the plan, QQ will provide global users with P2P-based software upgrades at 12 noon Beijing time on Chinese New Year's Eve, and open the group chat function based on P2P sharing technology in the V2.0 version, which I estimate will usher in a wave of user surge in the world, especially in the United States. Surpassing one million users in North America this year is not a problem, and there is a good chance that this event will be completed in the first half of this year. ”
Wang Lili looked at Hu Yiting admiringly and said: "In this way, the number of servers rented by Chongguang Software will increase again, which will cost a lot of rent." Fortunately, Hu Yiting, you have laid out the research and development of P2P technology in advance, otherwise you will need to rent more than ten times more servers. ”
Hu Yiting smiled: "After the number of users in North America exceeds 1 million, I plan to adopt Xiaoma's suggestion and try a membership system in North America."
I've been talking to me about QQ charges for a long time, and I haven't agreed. But I've been thinking a lot lately, after all, the level of Internet development in different countries is different, and the economic level and national income are also different, and Americans are so rich, they should be allowed to enjoy paid services in advance. ”
Wang Lili said happily: "You have finally figured it out! I have always agreed with Xiaoma's idea, there are too many rich people in the United States, not to mention that the computing users in the United States who surf the Internet are all rich people!"
You see, when we participated in the U.S. exhibition last year, it cost $1.5 for a small glass of Coke, $3 for a large drink, and $5 for a hot dog burger! This price is simply too high to be converted into RMB!
If their North American users can save a large cup of Coke money to spend on QQ, it will be a lot of input for us, so that it is entirely possible for the North American branch to operate at its own expense!"
Hu Yiting nodded: "Now Chongguang Software has been led by Wang Baoliang to set up a team and start the development plan of V2.01 version. ”
Wang Lili said: "It's Wang Baoliang who developed our Chongguang Chinese mailbox! This person is good! The technology is amazing! You asked me to dig him from the computing institute, and now it seems that he really dug it right!"
Hu Yiting said with a smile: "Yes, Wang Baoliang is indeed great in technology, I only provided basic technical ideas in P2P technology, provided them with R&D modules and software structures, and found out all the relevant communication protocols to list key matters for them, I didn't expect them to progress so fast, he took a group of programmers to complete the development of the software in only one month, which is amazing." ”
Wang Lili laughed and said: "You are very good at praising others, but do you know, Chongguang Software has blown you to the sky, I went to inspect their new employee training work last time, Wang Baoliang told me that Mr. Hu is a real genius, saying that you have created the core of P2P technology, and said that anyone can come up with products on the basis of the software development plan you wrote, and he is willing to follow you for a lifetime!"
Hu Yiting scratched his head: "Probably I wrote the development plan in too much detail, haha." ”
"In short, I intend to let paid QQ members enjoy some privileges, first of all, the ability to build three 50 people and a 200-person super group of the distinguished group owner function, while ordinary members can only build a 50 group. This is mainly due to the constraints of the current host performance, if you build too many groups, I am afraid that it will occupy too many system resources, and even get stuck.
Secondly, QQ members will be able to use their own uploaded pictures as custom avatars, of course, there must be a loss in pixels, and they can only be compressed according to QQ's requirements, otherwise the server can not stand it, and it is too resource-consuming to send big data pictures to each friend. ”
Wang Lili hurriedly asked, "Have you thought about it, and how much do you plan to charge?"
Hu Yiting scratched his head: "You can't charge too much at first, otherwise it will cause a backlash from users, I don't think $5.99 a month is too much, right? That is, the price of a burger in McDonald's in the United States." ”
Wang Lili nodded: "It's not much, I think it's okay!, but I think we can also provide preferential package services for half a year, one year or even two or three years." ”
Hu Yiting knew that QQ in later generations did this, and said that Wang Lili's brain was really flexible, so he asked with a smile: "Sister Wang, you are right, how did you think of it?"
Wang Lili said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, isn't the current antivirus software doing this, our company now uses Symantec's enterprise server antivirus software, and we have to pay an additional fee every year, more than 20,000 US dollars a year! Americans can do this, let's just learn it." ”