Chapter 352、Then, we're going to go public!
On the eve of the last day of 1987, I don't know how many Cisco people didn't sleep well, and Jeff Bezos was one of them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It wasn't long, only half a month, but the conversation with Alice still lingered in his ears. Whether you want to stay at Cisco or go to a broader stage with this rare resume seems to be a difficult choice to determine. It's not that he's greedy for the company's profits after it goes public, although Cisco is almost the first company to distribute option shares to all employees, and it's not that the boss is going to kick people out tomorrow, but he was really moved by the girl's words.
"Go to the banking system to develop? Relationship managers may seem interesting, though, managing an entire bank's computer system...... The boss really dares to think, how can I be so good? ”
Before he knew it, it was almost early in the morning, and it was time to go to work, and without opening the curtains, Bezos turned on the bedside lamp and looked at the business card that Alice had given him. Very fine material, printed with the name of the girl with flower characters, and there is no superfluous title, but the Cisco logo is printed in the upper right corner of the business card, the wireless signal pattern evolved from the Golden Gate Bridge.
"But you can really try, most of the elites in the computer department now are coming to Silicon Valley, and only some ordinary students will work as network administrators in other companies. Although I am not as good as my colleagues, I am at least a person who has participated in two and a half projects at Cisco, and I don't have to worry about writing my resume......"
Bezos, who was cranky in his heart, was constantly thinking about the future, but he didn't suffer from gains and losses like other "unemployed" employees. I have just been recruited for another new project, and the charm of the DLS series is not simple, and I will get the envy of others at the same time every day when I get off work. No boss would rush people at this time, so it can also be seen that Alice, who gave the business card, was indeed thinking about him Bezos.
"Hey, at least I'm going to finish this project, oh...... It hurts to death! ”
Finally, when Bezos finally figured it out and sat up from his bed, it was almost dawn. Damn it, Bezos complained while getting out of bed, how many times has this been, how many times have I not slept in the middle of the night and thought nonsense? Damn it, if it goes on like this, Bosack should just quit himself!
Walk into a rented unit, go down the stairs in a creaky elevator, and find your second-hand Chevrolet in the parking lot that you bought as a freshman in college — now it's third-handed. It took Bezos half a minute to light the fire, because Joseph on the fourth floor was passing by with his girlfriend who was a young lady in his arms, and I really don't know why Joseph's heart is so big, is it because Catherine's ass is so big?
Just to think about these things, it took him half a minute to light the fire.
The car pulled out of the parking lot and made its way to the familiar street, surrounded by a lot of cars heading to San Jose, and the street during rush hour was not something to be easily traversed. Bezos didn't rush to the main road, but first got the car in good shape and then went to the corner to buy a copy of the latest San Jose Courier.
"Cisco goes public today!"
With bold black lettering, a conspicuous headline, and a photo taken in front of the company's new headquarters building, Mr. Bezos grinned toothy, not stupid enough to read the newspaper now, and immediately drove to the office.
Yes, it's time to arrive at the new corporate headquarters building.
San Jose is a big city, and Bezos will have to drive some distance to get to the new company's location. The car drove on the highway and soon passed through the residential area to the place where the business gathered. Of course, this is not Manhattan or the heart of Los Angeles, where the towers of tech companies are vast and not very high-storey. This was the case with the Cisco headquarters in the past, but now it has a new site, and it is the same style.
As early as when Bezos drove into the parking lot on time, he was already far away and saw this large open space.
Yes, a lot of open space.
As of October, Cisco has achieved a monthly profit of 5 million, so it naturally has enough strength to pay for its future. What kind of size is a large piece of land, more than 1,000 yards along this side of the highway and 900 yards longitudinally?
Undoubtedly, the company's top management wanted to build it according to the science and technology park, and it took a while to ask the construction company to demolish the old building. However, at present, there are only two buildings that can be used on this vacant land, and at most one staff dormitory building is under construction to provide some employees in need.
A four-storey main building, about the size of a stadium, with a parking lot in front of it, is slowly driven into. On the other side, there is a three-storey No. 2 building, which is of course not small, and is specially prepared for customer service, human resources, and finance and accounting departments.
"Hey, Jeff!"
As soon as Bezos parked the car, he saw his colleague Anne shouting not far away: "Have you brought me a thousand reviews?" ”
"Yes; Pancake fruit, Anne. Bezos walked forward with a smile and handed Anne a copy of the breakfast he bought on the road: "Don't talk nonsense if you haven't learned Chinese well, if you let the boss hear it, you must be laughing to death." ”
Anne smiled brightly, and immediately took a bite after taking the pancake fruit: "The boss won't laugh at me, the boss will only laugh at you men, let's go, let's go, today is an important day, don't let everyone wait." ”
As she spoke, Anne, with long fiery red hair, trotted towards the headquarters building, Bezos followed briskly, smiling happily.
It's really, really, so rare. It's rare for a woman to become a programmer, and she and he were able to work in the same company, and were even called into the DLS series together. Looking at the back of such a beautiful girl, Bezos couldn't help but feel a little confused, should he really go to the outside world to work hard?
Today's day at Cisco was indeed the busiest day ever, and on the third floor of the headquarters building, the vast main workspace of the technology department, which took up almost an entire floor, the entire staff of the company was notified to go there. At this time, in this space, which is almost equal to a small football field, a whole thousand people almost crammed every space.
"Hey, Benji, move your book, I don't have a place to sit!"
"Move my book? Why don't you say move your ass? Isn't it enough to sit two people at a table? ”
"Hey~over there~ Harry! Romir! Hess! Look at me~"
"Oh shit, that Madr guy can guard two pretty girls!? Bastard, isn't he also from the technical department? When is the customer service lady who hooks up!? I'm jealous, Harry! ”
"Don't make a fuss, the boss is here."
The words are not to make trouble, however, when Alice, who is wearing a pair of jeans and a dark thin sweater, strides forward at the front of the office, the ceiling of the new building of the entire Cisco headquarters is suddenly lifted!
"Alice! Alice! Alice! Alice! ”
“boss! boss! boss! boss! ”
"Alice! Alice! Alice! Alice! ”
“boss! boss! boss! boss! ”
There were bursts of sound and shouts, and the Posacks who followed had to quickly cover their ears, and Sandy was even more shocked to the point that his heart was uncomfortable, and he subconsciously covered his heart. Who arranged this in advance, the deafening shouts of thousands of employees, was it to induce the sudden death of the infirm and sick!?
"Ah............h
In the end, it was Alice's voice that drowned everyone down. A simple monosyllabic word, but the volume seems to be using an electric horn, seeing this scene, the HR director, who was standing not far away, asked in a low voice, "How did she do it?" ”
The deputy superintendent shrugged: "How do I know?" ”
After a few moments, the cheering stopped. Alice stood in front of the microphone—a director seemed to have found an answer for herself—and paused for a moment, then finally spoke up when the room was completely silent.
"Today!"
A good sentence of "today", pronounced with great vigor, and it was even louder under the increase of the audio, and all the employees in the audience looked at Alice with all their spirits, looking forward to her next sentence.
"It's the first time you bastards have all gone to work on time!"
Then this next sentence has nothing to do with the eight poles, Bezos, who was standing in the crowd, smiled bitterly and thought, at least three or two hundred people were completely confused, right?
However, the old employees were already familiar with the way the big boss behaved, and at least half of the people in the audience shouted in a hurry.
"It's not about going to work on time! It's an advance report! I worked overtime last night! Apply for early departure today! ”
"I didn't fall asleep last night!"
"I didn't fall asleep last night! Who the hell could sleep last night!! ”
"Lao Tzu is dancing disco at the front desk at four o'clock this morning!"
"Boss, boss, it's rare for you to arrive at the company at nine o'clock in the morning, I usually don't see you at all!"
Thousands of voices fluctuated, each with its own rhetoric, which was more shocking than five thousand ducks...... It's noisy, at least Sandy Bossak can't help but want to cover her ears. The scene, which had just quieted down, was completely turned into a vegetable market by Alice's voice.
"Shut up!"
Then, holding the microphone, Alice interrupted everyone by yelling again: "What's the noise!? Don't you know it's going to be ten minutes before half past nine!? You bastards, why don't you turn on the TV for me...... Display! ”
Where is this?
This is Cisco's headquarters!
The display screen has long been laid on a whole wall, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, and even Cisco firewalls are working together, and in a moment's effort, the NASDAQ stock trading chart has appeared in front of thousands of people in the audience! (To be continued.) )