Chapter 168: Only Names and Instruments, No Dummies (I)
brushed a wave of presence in Backrub, left a deep impression on those young talents, and buried the foreshadowing of future cooperation in Larry, Li Jiaming also went to his own company to deal with some official business.
Although Kyle is a professional manager with a lot of professional ethics, he is not a dummy. The company has been formed, and the management rights can be given to him, but the decision-making power must be taken back, especially the strategic direction must be planned by himself.
Li Jiaming thinks a lot, geniuses are always admired, not to mention geniuses who can bring people great wealth. As soon as Li Jiaming appeared in the company, Kyle, who was reprimanding the employees, immediately took the lead in applauding, and hundreds of people in the company applauded.
A sense of achievement, this feeling of bathing in the adoring eyes of everyone, is called a sense of achievement.
But even these people applauded and cheered warmly, and Li Jiaming, who had a great sense of accomplishment, did not generously give candy to these whites and as before. Speaking of New York oral English, which he had trained in front of the single-player since he was a child, Li Jiaming praised the employees fiercely.
But Li Jiaming underestimated the directness of the Americans, and after the praise, some people put forward a request for futures stocks.
This is really a bit troublesome, the core of futures stocks is: to motivate talented people, grow together with the company, and achieve benefit sharing.
These people, the vast majority of whom are lowest-level employees, are engaged in the least technical of jobs: converting music formats. If it weren't for the fact that Silicon Valley didn't have the big slums like New York, Kyle would have wanted to recruit to do it. This kind of blue-collar workers in the coat of white-collar workers can be paid and bonuses according to the salary level of the United States, and there is no need to give futures stocks and heavy rewards like in SOHU and Lifang, and they must be soberly aware that there are still many people outside staring at their positions.
However, Li Jiaming will not say these things, because he is the boss and will only give his employees promotions and bonuses; he should not do the work of giving lectures, punishing, dismissing, and even dismissing employees.
This can only be done by Kyle, but this old boy said it too tactfully.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that almost all companies in Silicon Valley give their employees futures stocks, but how many of them can go public? less than 1%, that is, 99% of companies give employees futures stocks just a soap bubble. We are not an Internet company, D is an electronic product, and music websites are also for it, who has ever seen a physical company give employees futures shares on a large scale?"
Li Jiaming, who was smiling, heard this, and suddenly said in Chinese: "Kyle, you are too merciful. ”
"Sorry", Kyle next to him immediately put on a straight face and said: "The average annual salary of the company is $56,000, which is twice as high as that outside of Silicon Valley. ”
It's pretty much the same, it's your turn to stand up.
Li Jiaming, who was full of smiles, patted Kyle's shoulder with satisfaction, and took over the conversation: "Gentlemen and ladies, there is no free lunch in the world. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I can make a promise that the company will consider future stocks, but only if you make the company realize that the contributions of some of you are integral to the company. ”
His own words were vetoed by the boss in public, although it was a partial veto, which also made Kyle's face instantly turn iron. I just wanted to reason with Li Jiaming, but he had already turned around and entered the office, leaving him alone to face the silent protests, dissatisfaction, and even ridicule of hundreds of employees.
How dissatisfied Kyle would be in his heart, Li Jiaming knew very well in his heart, but if he didn't kill the monkey to show the chicken, how could he show his authority as the chairman? If he couldn't understand this point thoroughly, Kyle's future would be worrisome. There is no shortage of talents in the United States, and management talents are everywhere, and what is lacking is a genius who can see through the foggy future, and it happens that he is the kind of 'genius'. Therefore, if he is angry, he can only endure it for Lao Tzu!
In the low-key and luxurious chairman's office, Li Jiaming, who smoked without scruples, read the financial statements and looked at the employee information on the computer, and unsurprisingly found that he was SSA by himself, and actually went to the counter to become a sales manager.
Yes, working in a small company with potential is much better than going to a large company with a lot of talent. This woman is not bad, she deserves to be a graduate of Sloan Academy, and she saw the best promotion opportunity at a glance. In addition to technology, technology companies must also focus on customer experience and understand what customers want in order to make the best products.
After a while, Kyle, whose eyes were bloodshot, knocked on the door and came in, and after reporting the progress of negotiations with several major record companies, he apologized: "Y, I didn't expect her to be so inexperienced."
Li Jiaming admires Kyle the most, not only can make independent decisions like Yahoo's Tim, but also can take the boss in his eyes like the Chinese, and always abide by the ethics of a professional manager - the company is the boss's, the shareholder's, not the CEO's.
Everyone is a smart person, since the other party didn't mention what happened just now, Li Jiaming also pretended not to do it, quickly put out his cigarette, got up and motioned for Kyle to sit down, and said unconcernedly: "It's okay, she's too young." Coffee?tea?"
Being able to get up and greet each other is enough respect, and Kyle, who has been in China for a few years, knows this etiquette, and feels a lot more comfortable. The unpleasantness just now is just a common means of standing up in the workplace, and it is not deliberately embarrassing yourself.
"No, let's have a cigarette."
The smiling Li Jiaming handed over a cigarette and took the initiative to talk about the fledgling MBA who was fired by himself.
To be sure, Marissa's abilities are not too bad, it's just a matter of experience. If Li Jiaming wants to do this by himself, he will preemptively agree to Larry's financing request in the name of 'LJ Investment Company', instead of trying to use Yahoo's power to lower prices and complicate simple problems until they are out of control.
Li Jiaming took the initiative to show favor, and the old bird in the workplace resumed his status as a friend, and said suspiciously: "Ming, do you want to introduce technology to SOGO? Or are you really optimistic about the other party?" If it is the former, you should let me talk for you, Marissa has just graduated not long ago, and it is impossible to have that kind of negotiation experience. ”
"Kyle, you are the CEO of Hanhua Technology and HH Company, not a staff member of SOGO, so it is not in accordance with the rules for you to go. Also, I am a shareholder of SOGO and not a director, I think SOGO's technology is not good, but it is my personal opinion, and it does not represent Zhang's opinion. I just want to invest in one of these companies first, and when Zhang realizes that his technology is lagging behind, I will suggest that they work together.
I don't know much about technology, so how do I know which company's technology is good? It's just that I heard David from Yahoo say that Larry's algorithm is very good, so I asked Marissa to talk about it, and by the way, look at her ability, who knew that Yahoo would intervene?"
This matter is indeed only related to Li Jiaming, and has little to do with HH Company, and after Kyle finished talking to him, he talked about business. Although he is the CEO, Li Jiaming alone owns more than 94% of the shares, and he, the CEO, can only obey the boss's orders in everything, and this also involves Wang Zhidong and them.
"Ming, I found someone to streamline the iTunes software, and the playback time can be increased by 3.6 minutes. I think the company should set up a research institute in the United States so that it can be beneficial for our technology development. ”
Don't look at the difference of less than 4 minutes, that means the technology is backward.