Chapter Ninety-Four: The Troubles of Happiness
The library of Sanjiang University is on the west side of the school, a little far away from several teaching buildings where netizens gather, relatively quiet, when Du Qiu arrived, he saw Yang Fan standing in the shade at the gate, chatting with a girl in a pink shirt dress, and a champagne-colored Lexus LS400 was parked next to it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"The blue sky and white clouds, the green trees and red walls, the men's suits and leather shoes, the women's dresses are flying, they are so beautiful, I should have brought the camera over, took a photo and put it on the cover of the notepad, it must have sold well." β
"Sister, can you stop being hypocritical? This kind of scene is a lot of luxury car advertisements in magazines, and I haven't seen how much you like it before. β
"Those advertisements are all about foreigners and foreign landscapes, which are Chinese and Chinese landscapes, and they feel different. β
"Really, why do you feel better when you use cosmetics?"
"Little brother, are you looking for a fight?" There is a large lawn between the library and the road, and you have to go around in a circle to get there, Du Chunhua's eyes are sharp, and he can see the girl's face clearly while arguing, and gossip: "Isn't that Chen Dayou's former female secretary, I heard that Chen Dayou arranged for her to work in the capital before she went to the United States, why did she come back to Yang Fan as a secretary?"
"No, when Liu Yun came to prepare for the Internet a while ago, there were a lot of things going on in the capital, and an assistant who was familiar with Snapdragon's internal affairs was urgently needed, so she was seconded back. When Dai Yi was Chen Dayou's secretary, Du Qiu was in the United States, and after returning to China, she went to the capital again, and there was no intersection at work, so she was not impressed, and guessed: "Danfeng probably thinks that she is familiar with today's schedule, so she sent it over, Yang Fan should have something else, and she happened to meet it, so she was waiting for me here." β
"I see. Du Chunhua lost the bickering just now, and he wanted to get back to the field, so he squeezed and said: "Little brother, you and Chen Dayou are really a pair of like-minded fox friends and dog friends. β
"Sister, I was blind at the beginning, and I didn't choose it on purpose. β
"You can tell Dan Feng about this. β
At this time, the car was parked, and Du Cunzhi reminded with a straight face: "You sisters and brothers are really not idle for a moment, Director Yang is also here, there must be something important, Xiaoqiu, you get out of the car quickly, don't slack off others." β
"Ouch, Dad, do you still know the word director?"
"Nonsense, I still know spicy shredded chicken!"
Director and spicy chicken shreds are Zhao Lirong's classic lines in the 1995 Spring Festival Gala sketch "So Packaged", although it has been more than half a year, the popularity is still unabated, Du Cunzhi is usually serious and silent, and at this time a funny word suddenly popped out, the effect was bursting, causing the audience to laugh, and Lin Jinyan was laughing with two little short legs kicking randomly.
After Yang Fan officially joined Snapdragon, at the suggestion of Du Cunzhi, Du Qiu once set up a banquet to catch the wind for him, so he knew the people of the Du family, he opened the door on the left side of the back seat with a gentlemanly demeanor, helped to hug Lin Jinyan out, and said: "Miss Du, what are you talking about? β
"It's nothing, my dad told a joke rarely. β
Yang Fan was very measured, did not ask what the joke was, shook hands with Du Cunzhi, who came down from the co-pilot's seat, and then pointed to Dai Yi, who was obviously a little cramped behind him, and introduced: "Dai Yi is one of the main organizers of this Internet conference, and there are several keynote speakers in the afternoon lecture who she invited from the capital. β
"Oh, okay, then I'm going to have a lot of trouble with Xiao Dai today. β
"It's okay, it's okay, Uncle Du...... Uncle Du...... Teacher Du, don't be polite, it's all what I should do. β
Chen Dayou is a veteran of flowers, and his aesthetics are average in other places, but he has a good eye for women, and of course he must choose a top-notch female secretary for himself, Dai Yi's appearance, figure and temperament are quite outstanding, pretty and delicate, slim and elegant, not inferior to Jiang Danfeng, but according to the current performance, the personality is a little weak, and there is no Jiang Danfeng atmosphere.
Yang Fan usually has a business-like and indifferent face in the company, but today he actually took the initiative to help Dai Yi, and his attitude was quite gentle......
It can't be that you want to cuckold Chen Dayou with eye medicine, right?
Just when Du Qiu was thinking wildly, Du Chunhua warmly greeted Dai Yi to get into the car and said, "Little brother, give me the car keys, let's go to the lecture first, and then come to you when we're done." β
"You guys can go home directly, don't wait for me, I may have other things to do then. β
After Du Chunhua drove the BMW away, Yang Fan raised his hand to look at his watch, and said as he walked towards Lexus: "Secretary Zhong and Mayor Hu plan to have a meeting in President Chen's office at 2:30, let's go over now, they should be almost there." β
"Okay. Seeing that he was wearing a light blue long-sleeved shirt with the hem tucked into his trousers, Du Qiu asked, "You're not hot?"
"In fact, as long as you choose the right material, long-sleeved shirts are no hotter than short-sleeved shirts. β
"Really?" Du Qiu didn't care much about the costumes, and asked more important things: "How about talking to Jin Shan?"
"Because of the full preparation, the negotiation went relatively smoothly, and a preliminary intention was reached at noon, 18 million, wholly-owned acquisition. β
When Du Qiu was in China, unless it was a professional term, he rarely mixed English when speaking, but today was an exception, without waiting for Yang Fan to finish speaking, he took two steps forward, used a row of lush bushes on the side of the road as a sandbag, and hit him with a few fists, his voice was not high, but he said excitedly: "Yes!
Yang Fan was also a little excited, and said with a smile, "Mr. Du, it's rare to see that you also have a childish side. β
"I'm a person who is in good spirits at happy events. β
It's really cool, because it's a big bargain!
There is a theory in martial arts novels, saying that the master has made a move, the old power has been exhausted, and the new force is the most vulnerable when it is not born, and Jinshan was in this state in 1995.
In the late 80's and early 90's, because of the lack of computer hardware performance, the processing capacity of Chinese characters is very limited, so there is a Chinese card in China that solidifies the Chinese character input method and Chinese character library in the chip, WPS was originally bundled with Founder Han card, the combination of software and hardware, has a strong anti-piracy ability, so the genuine sales are very prosperous, but with the rapid development of computer hardware, the software can already handle the input and editing of Chinese characters alone, the sales of Chinese cards are getting less and less, more and more pirated copies, and the income is not as good as a year, which can be said to be exhaustedγ
It took 3 years and spent more than 2 million yuan to develop a new product Pangu module, and only sold hundreds of sets after more than 4 months on the market, which not only failed to inherit the glory of WPS, but dragged the company into a quagmire, with limited funds and low employee morale.
The product is out of gear, green and yellow, don't take advantage of the fire to rob at this time, and wait when?
You must know that Qiu Baijun and Lei Jun are both outstanding people, and after surviving the second half of 1995, they will launch a series of very popular tool software and game products such as "Kingsoft Word Tyrant", "Jinshan Shadow Tyrant" and "Zhongguancun Apocalypse" and "Swordsman Love", which will turn over within a year or two, so when Lenovo invested in Jinshan in 1998, it spent $4.5 million and only got 30% of the shares.
Now it only costs 18 million yuan to take down the entire Jinshan, which is simply the price of cabbage!
However, Du Qiu's excitement is not in the money, but in the smooth acquisition of Jinshan's resources, because Jinshan's fame, talent and brand are extremely important to Snapdragon, if you use an analogy, Snapdragon's acquisition of Jinshan is equivalent to Liu Bei winning the battle of Chibi.
Snapdragon was established for too short a time and lacked heritage, and Jinshan was considered the banner of national software for a long time, and Snapdragon acquired it, and its influence in the government and the people will increase significantly, which is equivalent to Liu Bei replacing Liu Biao and becoming the representative of the Liu royal family, and getting the name of righteousness.
Snapdragon is now in urgent need of experienced programmers, and Jinshan is full of talents, Qiu Baijun and Lei Jun are even more talented, and taking them for their own use is equivalent to Liu Bei getting Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, and his strength has greatly increased, alleviating the dilemma of lack of talent.
Snapdragon's iView browser main market in foreign countries, lack of killer applications in China, is developing itanium office software is mainly for Windows 95 operating system, and Microsoft will not launch the Chinese version of Windows 95 until March 1996, the real large-scale popularity will not be until 1997, this window period in the middle, need Kingsoft's WPS to fill, keep the market share of word processing software, equivalent to Liu Bei got Jingzhou, with Cao Cao to compete for a base.
"Mr. Du, it's hot outside, let's go talk in the car. β
"Good. β
In the morning, Du Qiu saw Bai Yuquan wearing a shirt and a mechanical watch, and felt that he had learned Yang Fan's appearance, but when compared with the real person, he found that it was still far away, because his attention was still on the surface, and Yang Fan's attention had been deeply detailed, not only everything on his body was exquisite, but even the car he drove was very well maintained.
This Lexus LS400 was bought by Yang Fan when he was working at McKinsey, using the tax-free quota for employees of foreign-funded enterprises, when the RMB had not depreciated, as long as more than 200,000 yuan could be bought, and it was extremely cost-effective, and it had been driven for almost three years, and it was the same as new inside and out, and even the leather sewn mats were spotless.
Yang Fan has a strong desire to control, and his requirements for details have reached the point of nitpicking, while Du Qiu has a slight cleanliness habit, and understands his exquisiteness very well, afraid that the soles of his canvas shoes will have gravel, so he stomped on the cement floor, and then got into the car and asked: "In addition to money, what other conditions did Jinshan propose?"
"There are four main rules, one is that all employees who want to take over Jinshan after the acquisition shall not be dismissed without cause within three years, and their wages and benefits can be adjusted according to their ability, but they cannot be treated differently. β
"Of course, after the acquisition, they are all their own people, and there is no need to discriminate. β
"The other is to keep the WPS brand, and not abandon it after the acquisition. β
"That's no problem, the acquisition of Jinshan originally wanted the golden sign of WPS. Du Qiu pointed to the direction of Chen Zhiyang's office at the intersection, and then asked, "What are the other two conditions?"
"Zhang Xuanlong doesn't want money, he wants Snapdragon's shares, and he wants to keep the R&D department of Zhucheng. β
"It's all right, promise them. Du Qiu agreed without even thinking about it, and asked, "Did Lei Jun mention any conditions?"
He didn't mention anything else, only that he wanted to continue to develop office software. β
This requirement is a bit troublesome, now the office software department is in charge of Qin Mu, he is the descendant of the current time and space, and Lei Jun is a celebrity in the original time and space, the ability of the two is no problem, one is the head snake, the other is the dragon crossing the river, how to choose?
What a blissful annoyance......