The wine of the hometown, the cigarettes of the hometown, the things that I miss the most about my hometown when I am in a foreign land, and Zhang Quanbao, who is half a hometown with Li Jiaming, can also make quite good hometown dishes. The chopped pepper fish head, dry pot tea tree mushrooms, stir-fried meat, and scrambled eggs with chopped pepper and loofah made by him are rich, fresh, sour, spicy and delicious.

Kyle, who is not accustomed to these heavy regional dishes, is no slouch for himself, with his own Kobe steak on his plate, dry red wine from Château Lafite in the glass on the right, and a 20-year-old four special wine in the glass on the left. Eating steak, drinking red wine, drinking long white wine, smoking and chatting between eating and drinking, he can be said to follow the local customs.

The three of them ate differently, but they talked about investment issues of common concern.

Unlike the executives of GCA and Li Fang, who made their fortunes by their success, Kyle and Wang Zhidong, who were worth a lot of money before founding GCA, and were very confident in Lee's investment vision, so they would also ask for shares in the investment projects he fancied. Over the years, although their income is not as good as the wealth brought to them by Lifang and Hanhua, it is also very rich.

This is Li Jiaming's consistent style, he doesn't like to eat alone in anything, no matter how good the project is, he eats meat, and he will always give his partners and friends a sip of soup to drink, which is also the main reason why he has an exceptionally good reputation in the circle.

A single tree does not make a wood, and a single tree does not make a forest. Over the years, relying on this style of sharing with others, Li Jiaming's career has generally been smooth, and even if there are slight twists and turns, there will always be friends to help.

Today, Zhang Quanbao came to report only on Li Jiaming's investment in the United States, focusing on Blizzard's strategic cooperation agreement with Dream Network, rather than the expected Lifang game. This unannounced news really surprised Kyle, and he couldn't help but interrupt: "Ming, this will make Pony angry!"

The word anger is used well, you don't need the old horse to get angry, even Li Jiaming wants to be angry, but this is the rule. At the beginning, he set the rules of fair competition himself, so he couldn't harm Blizzard's interests because of Lifang's interests, even if Blizzard was just a small reptile compared to Lifang's behemoth.

Zhang Quanbao, who came to explain and accept the new job, was not surprised, and he expected this result from the moment he accepted Li Jiaming's offer to participate in the four-party negotiations. For Lifang, online games are just one of their businesses, but for Fantasy Network, it is their foundation, even if Lifang's bid is higher than theirs, Blizzard will choose them for long-term interests, not to mention that Lifang's bid is not higher than Fantasy.

"Jiaming, the detailed negotiation record will be sent as soon as the agreement is signed. ”

Although he was surprised, Li Jiaming believed in Zhang Quanbao's professional ethics, and he would not be angry with others, shook his head and said: "No need, rules are rules." ”

Turning his head, Li Jiaming, who was holding a cigarette in one hand and a wine glass in the other, said to Kyle, who was adding wine: "Kyle, I want to add two executive directors, and I am ready to let Zhao Le and Nakamura of the research institute serve as them." ”

Although this is to increase the voice of technical personnel, it is also a disguised reduction of power, Kyle has the heart to oppose but swallows the words back to his mouth. The boss agreed to the disguised relocation, but also made it clear that the focus of Hanhua is still to focus on technology rather than diversification, although he has no such plan, but the misunderstanding has been caused.

Almost in a flash of light, Kyle knew how to answer, and immediately agreed: "I suggest that Daniel Zhang come forward and hire Shirley to work at Facebook, our company's marketing model has been finalized, and she is too condescending to work with us." ”

Dead tail survival?

No, it's a retreat, typical office politics. When the company is bigger, these things are inevitable, and Li Jiaming, who knows this, has no choice but to be frank again: "Kyle, you, Wang Zhidong, and Ma Huateng are my partners rather than subordinates. ”

But the words have already been spoken, and Kyle can't take it back if he wants to, so he has to give a reasonable explanation.

"I know I'm looking at the big picture. Shirley's marketing skills are very strong, we at GCA have established ourselves as market leaders, and the next focus is to consolidate rather than develop, but unlike Facebook, they need to expand a lot of business, and she can play a role there.

Ming, we have a huge interest in Daniel Zhang, and it is in our interest to let her in the past. ”

Forget it, what should come will always come, Li Jiaming gave a step at the right time, and said with a smile: "No, Hanhua is our foundation." ”

After the tentative, Kyle shrugged his shoulders and said, "Ok, then listen to you." ”

After the three of them finished eating, Kyle asked the driver to take him to the company to continue his work, and Li Jiaming and Zhang Quanbao took the car back to Chicago. Zhang Quanbao, who was sitting in the back seat of the bulletproof car, looked back at the two large manors that had been idle, and he was already worth hundreds of millions, and he quipped: "Boss Li, I have now seen what it means to be not bad for money." ”

"Hehe, those who have a permanent property have perseverance, don't you also buy a house on Long Island?"

"I just wanted to be a naturalist."

After laughing twice, Li Jiaming also asked Zhang Quanbao's opinion of Hanhua. The stones of other mountains can attack jade, and outsiders often see it more clearly than insiders, which is one of the reasons why he asked Zhang Quanbao to come here.

But Zhang Quanbao didn't want to say, with his understanding of Li Jiaming, when would he get an outsider to comment on these things?

"Jiaming, you're not joking, are you?"

"The authorities are obsessed".

Seeing that Li Jiaming was not joking, Zhang Quanbao hesitated. He is different from Kyle, he can climb up from the bottom of Wall Street, and he is inseparable from Li Jiaming's strong support. Over the years, Li Jiaming has trusted him very much, and even entrusted him with some black-box operations, which has also made him from an investment manager to a billionaire. Now Li Jiaming wants him to say that he can't help but say it, but it is impossible not to have his own thoughts.

Hanhua is a big ship, and Li Jiaming is also a big ship, even if he Zhang Quanbao is already on this ship, he wants to stand in a better position. He and Li Jiaming are compatriots, and they are still half of the countrymen, although they have gained a lot over the years, there is still a considerable gap compared with Wharton and Nakamura's old subordinates.

But after a period of calculations that seemed to organize words, Zhang Quanbao dispelled that little calculation. Li Jiaming has never included him in the Hanhua department, he must have considered something, and some things are unscrupulous in front of such a person.

"Jiaming, then I'll say it, it's not necessarily right, just for your reference. ”

"You say", Li Jiaming handed over a cigarette and pressed the soundproof board between the cab and the back seat.

Seeing the black soundproof panel slowly rising, Zhang Quanbao, who vaguely guessed that Li Jiaming was beginning to be disappointed in the senior management of Hanhua, did not shy away from saying: "Jiaming, I think this is a very normal thing, and the world is full of profit." As the leader of the GCA team, you should not only consider the future of GCA, but also consider their interests. ”

"Isn't GCA investing?"

"Can investment be compared to diversification? Jiaming, people should have a sense of identity and achievement, and for those of us in the workplace, promotion is a sense of achievement. If you want to be promoted, you have to give up the position in front of you, and what if you can't?"

In addition to the futures shares that have been cashed out, what else can the company give them? Li Jiaming couldn't help but realize that the potential problem of Hanhua is not whether it is diversified or not, but how to give employees and subordinates a channel to continue to rise.

(End of chapter)