Chapter 142: Atari
On a new day, Xu Qing held a meeting of all management personnel in the sunlight group.
This is Harris, the new president of the Sunlight Group, and everyone applauded and welcomed her. ”
After a round of applause, Xu Qing asked Harris to speak.
Harris's speech was very simple, it only took 3 minutes, Xu Qing was very satisfied, he didn't like people who spoke at length, in his previous life, he had heard enough of the long speeches of various leaders.
Xu Qing stood on the stage again, looked at the complicated expressions of everyone in the audience, and said in a deep voice:
"Many of you are still scared of what I did last time, and there have been some resignations from managers and rank-and-file employees these days.
I understand your fears, but I won't explain them again, I hope you will correct your mindset as soon as possible, and if you want to resign, I welcome it.
Finally, I would like to announce one thing, the salary of ordinary employees of the Sunlight Group will be increased by 30% from next month, and the salary of managers will be increased by 20%, and the meeting will be dismissed. ”
Raising wages was originally Xu Qing's plan, and he planned to raise wages for his companies at the beginning of each year according to the inflation of the year and the salary level of the industry.
This time, taking advantage of the aftermath of the last meeting, it is appropriate to raise wages, a big stick and a sweet date.
Today's meeting only lasted more than 10 minutes, and the meeting ended before many participants could react.
These people have mixed expressions before attending the meeting, and after the meeting, their expressions are excited, and they get a raise, who would be unhappy.
Xu Qing and Harris came to Xu Qing's office, made two cups of coffee, Xu Qing took a sip comfortably, and asked Harris with a smile, "How do you feel about today's meeting?"
Harris was silent for a moment and said, "It's different, I thought it would take at least an hour or more, and it would be over in more than 10 minutes, which is the shortest meeting I've ever attended." ”
"Haha, don't care, today's 10-minute session is not disrespectful to you, because that's my style, I don't like to procrastinate, I like to get as many things done as possible in the shortest time possible. Xu Qing explained.
"I'm just like my boss, efficiency is paramount. Harris laughed.
Xu Qing shook his head helplessly and said: "Sunlight Group now has 22 management positions missing, you can add them as soon as possible, whether it is external recruitment, or looking for headhunters, or promoting from within."
I only have one request, the new managers have to follow the rules, and I don't want to send the managers to the police station with my own hands. ”
"I will definitely do what my boss tells me to do. Harris said with a serious expression.
"Well, I believe in your ability, let it go, and report to me promptly if you have any problems. ”
Harris graduated from the prestigious Wharton School with excellent graduation grades and excellent practical work ability.
He has held senior management positions in a number of major companies, most recently as president of a media company with assets of more than $300 million.
By all accounts, Harris fits well with Xu Qing's requirements, and Xu Qing expects him to be able to handle the vast majority of the work.
Even if more than 10 managers are collectively corrupted, Xu Qing will still not change the practice of controlling behind the scenes.
It's tiring to go to work every day, there are so many beautiful things waiting for Xu Qing in this world, and Xu Qing won't spend most of his time at work.
However, in order to prevent the recurrence of collective corruption, Xu Qing plans to set up a supervision department, which is directly led by Xu Qing and does not have to listen to other people's orders.
The people in this department must be loyal to Xu Qing, but at present, Xu Qing does not have a suitable candidate, so he can only take his time.
After Xu Qing stayed in the Sunlight Group for a while, he came to Glory Company.
First of all, I listened to Denning's report on the latest situation of electronic pets, and the current sales momentum of electronic pets continues to be hot.
Fortunately, Xu Qing prepared more than 30 million electronic pets before the sale, and there was no shortage of sales channels around the world.
Eight toy companies are now also working hard to produce electronic pets for Honor, and the shortage will not occur.
After the last global crackdown on piracy, there are currently only sporadic pirated electronic pets, and a large number of pirated electronic pets have not yet appeared.
However, this situation will not last long, and it is expected that there will be a lot of pirated electronic pets in half a month.
"Denning, you contact the head of Atari, I want to meet with them. ”
"The company is going to start making handheld, arcade, console games?" asked Denning in surprise.
"At present, there are ideas in this regard, but whether to do it depends on the specific situation. Xu Qing said.
"Last time, Minoru Arakawa threatened us that if we made handheld games, Nintendo would ban us. Denning said eagerly.
Xu Qing smiled: "What's the matter, are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid of Nintendo, I just think that Minoru Arakawa's threat is not just to talk about it, and if we really do handheld games, they will most likely ban us.
Nintendo's strength is too strong, and it is almost impossible for us to succeed if we are blocked by them. Denning said.
"Your fears are correct, Nintendo will ban us 100%, and I even suspect that the last time there was a large-scale appearance of pirated electronic pets, there was Nintendo behind it.
Compared to Nintendo's strong strength, the current Honor company is indeed very weak, but this time I am confident that I will deal with Nintendo's threat.
It is not yet possible to say where my faith comes from, but you will know it later if you carry out my commands. ”
Now Nintendo, seemingly powerful, is actually embattled, and the defection of Sega, Sony, and a large number of third parties will deal a major blow to Nintendo.
Xu Qing is the boss, and Danning can only seriously carry out Xu Qing's orders.
At 3 p.m. the next day, Xu Qing and Denning arrived at Atari's headquarters.
Looking at Atari's dilapidated company signboard, Xu Qing sighed a little emotionally, and now Atari's situation is the same as this signboard, very depressed.
If someone uninformed sees this signboard, how can they think of the glory of Atari more than 10 years ago.
In 1982, Atari had annual sales of $2 billion and profits of nearly $400 million, making it the undisputed hegemon of the North American game market.
What Nintendo, Sega, all knelt down and sang conquest.
However, 1983 was a turning point in Atari's fate, when Atari's parent company at the time, Warner, asked Atari to produce "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", which was later called the most famous IP masterpiece in history, and buried Atari's glory.
The huge inventory of ET Extra-Terrestrial could not be sold, and it ended up buried in the garbage town of Alamogordo, New Mexico.
This event is known as the "Atari Collapse", and in the four years since then, no one in the United States dares to talk about the game industry, and the local game console market has completely disappeared!