There is no such thing as "Golden Week" for American holidays, and the government will not issue a decree to adjust the working hours between Christmas and New Year's Day for the convenience of the people. In fact, this is also a kind of humanized management, at least those who are engaged in the sales industry, between the two holidays can take a little breath, instead of working for more than ten days in a row; but only a little breath, because a few days later is the New Year, that is another holiday with a sales blowout.

The Christmas carnival of ordinary people is over, and the employees who have rested for three days have started to work, and Li Jiaming, who has been staring at the company for three days, can also breathe a sigh of relief. During the three-day holiday, 72.25 million units were sold in North America and 118.31 million units worldwide, and the sales volume in the three days was equivalent to the sales volume in one month last year, and perhaps this year can really hit the sales target of 15 million units. Of course, the premise is that Sony and Apple can't be so fast in research and development, otherwise they will be like iPod 1, and their market share will be quickly squeezed by them.

"Nakamura-kun, when will the improved model be listed?"

Nakamura, who came to deliver the documents, hurriedly said: "Within three months, the marketing department suggested that the company wait for competitors to catch up, and then we will launch an improved iPod2."

It will take three months for his own company, and it will take at least so long for the opponent to follow suit, Li Jiaming nodded with satisfaction and asked about his successor. The chip project was taken away by Yang Zhiyuan, but he had to send his own interest representatives, and the North American Research Institute also needed someone to manage it.

This candidate is not easy to decide, especially Li Jiaming's decision to give the employees a channel for promotion, and managers at all levels try their best to promote the position of assistant from among the staff.

After receiving the signed document, Nakamura said respectfully, "B has not found a suitable candidate yet, so you are disappointed." ”

Really embarrassed this guy, Li Jiaming nodded understandingly, there are more than 100 employees who signed up this time, but there is no suitable candidate, otherwise Kyle would have recommended it to himself a long time ago. Just to show the fairness of the company, this guy needs to go to interviews and talk in detail one by one, how can it be so easy for him to find a successor? However, the boss is like this, give his subordinates tasks, let them carry them out, and then wait for the final result.

However, Nakamura is not stupid, knowing that this is a superficial work, so that everyone has nothing to say. It's just that the inherent delicacy of the Japanese makes him have to patiently interview each applicant, and also point out the shortcomings and shortcomings of the other party. This is also the reason why Li Jiaming asked him to go to the management research institute and go to the new company as a director, he can be the boss of the shopkeeper, but who doesn't want his subordinates to be conscientious?

After handling official business, Li Jiaming left the office and prepared to go to the library, if it wasn't for Kyle going to Europe to deal with important official business, he wouldn't care about these things at all. But when he passed the big office, he was blocked by the three directors of the marketing department.

The reason for the incident is very simple, Arissa, who had worked at the iPod sales counter for a year, returned to the company and brought thousands of users' experience results and suggestions for the iPod 1, which was quickly adopted by Li Jiaming and Kyle. She was also appointed by Kyle as HH's Chief User Experience Officer, where she formed a new division dedicated to UX and signed the company's first stock agreement.

HH is not a large company in Silicon Valley, at most it is a small company in the lower middle range, with only more than 600 employees outside the research institute, and the average annual salary is only 50,000 US dollars.

"Rlee, that's not fair!"

Li Jiaming, who was blocked by the three of them, frowned, ridiculous white ghosts, these people are sitting in the office making calls, arranging orders, product transportation, doing some such work and thinking about futures?

"No, that's fair. ”

These three people are all supervisor-level, belong to the backbone of the business, and their work performance is also very good, but this is not the right way to put forward their opinions. If it is to talk in the office, instead of being blocked in a big office, Li Jiaming may explain a thing or two, and even increase his salary. But this public questioning, not to mention a supervisor-level employee, even if it is a manager-level, he will still force the other party to resign.

Glancing at the work badge of the leading white ghost, Li Jiaming said coldly: "Mr. Samler, the company's rules and regulations are available on the intranet, if you have any opinions, you need to find your supervisor to react first, not me."

If you feel that it is unfair, you can report it to your supervisor first, and your supervisor will then make a suggestion to the CEO. If you are still not satisfied, you can only resign from the Department of Human Resources, and the company will give you the compensation required by law in accordance with California law. ”

The three young and vigorous white ghosts immediately took off their work cards and said angrily: "I resign!"

"Good luck to you!"

The two-legged toad is not easy to find, and the two-legged people are everywhere, Li Jiaming didn't bother to pay attention to it, turned to face these employees who felt that the punishment was too heavy, and said with a smile: "Gentlemen, ladies, Miss Arissa's work achievements are detailed in her promotion announcement. Her work can bring great benefits to the company, so she was given a promotion and future stocks. Let me repeat again: we are a physical company, not an Internet company, and it is impossible to give employees futures shares on a large scale.

If you want to get future stocks, in addition to working hard, you must also have pioneering achievements. If you have good suggestions, please write an email to Kyle and me, and we will give you a stage to show your talents, but until you see the actual results, the company will still not give you future stocks. ”

Samler overestimated his own importance, but Li Jiaming did not underestimate the importance of the other party, and after returning to his office and calling Kyle, he immediately asked his assistant to call in the replacement to talk.

Samler and the three of them have not yet packed their personal belongings, and the new promotion order has been announced on the intranet, and they will be succeeded by their right-hand men. How can a person who is a boss not prevent employees from jumping ship and resigning? Li Jiaming is usually leisurely, and Kyle is so busy that he kicks the back of his head, but both of them have a good idea of employees above the supervisor level, and they will prepare one or two spare tires for them.

By the time Kyle returned from Europe, Arissa's new department had been formed, and in addition to her at the company, seventeen or eighteen of her subordinates had been sent around the world to collect suggestions and experiences from users about the iPod 2.

Li Jiaming's decisiveness, Kyle is not surprised at all, he used to be able to manage SOHU so well, and he couldn't manage the HH company? The sales company is not a technology company, it must have a hierarchy, otherwise it will not be messed up? Those bastards have seen too many CEOs of other companies in the building, and they think they can too.

"G, Ericsson is developing a new mobile phone, which should be a combination of large-screen PDA and mobile phone call data function. ”

Looking at this relaxed appearance, it should be that he has won the patent and knows the weaknesses of the other party's new product.

"Are you scared?"

"No, I think you're sent by God!"

Unable to hold back, Kyle took out two promotional materials from his briefcase and mocked: "This R380S is standard garbage, even the screen is black and white! Don't they know that the Japanese have made color screens?"

Glancing at the mobile phone concept above, Li Jiaming really admired Ericsson's self-confidence, and if he wanted to replace it, he would cover it and give users a surprise when the new product was released, instead of hanging the user's appetite according to the usual publicity routine. This kind of publicity, if the product can meet the user's expectations, it is not surprising or happy, if it can't be reached, this product will become a substandard product in the hearts of users.

Li Jiaming's ridicule caused Kyle, who was also a professional manager before, to sigh: "G, Ericsson is a listed company, and the CEO is a professional manager, so the stock price should be considered." ”

"So, I support companies that don't lack cash flow and refuse to go public. Capital is a double-edged sword, which can make the company grow rapidly, but also let the company bear the burden of performance, and cannot sink down to develop new products and technologies. ”

"I agree, what about the funds? After Jerry negotiated with the Beiping municipal government, he will immediately invest at least $400 million, and the company can't come up with the money. Why don't you cash out that money from Qualcomm and lend it to the company?"

The annual interest rate of the Bank of America's loan is only 5, and it has even dropped to 42 after such a stock market crash, so how can Li Jiaming be willing to lend it to the company? Not to mention that the eldest sister and the second sister are short of funds, so it is better to borrow from himself than to let them carry the loan with an annual interest rate of 10.

"No, that money has been put to good use. ”

Kyle was stunned for a moment, immediately knew what the funds were for, and smiled knowingly.

"Okay, so I've applied for a loan from the bank?"

"This is your authority, and it just so happens that you are also back, and I will return tomorrow. ”

"It's still early for the Spring Festival."

The Chinese New Year is still early, but the winter vacation of American universities is different from the winter vacation in China, and Stanford adopts a quarter system, with four quarters a year. This year's winter semester will start on January 7, the exam will start on March 12, and the exam will end on March 16.

As for the New Year, it is estimated that you don't want to think about it in the past few years, have you ever seen the fourth brother go home for the New Year in the past two years?

The master's degree is just a transitional degree, what about this guy?Kyle frowned slightly, and reminded strangely: "G, you only need forty credits to graduate, do you need to work so hard?"

Yes, it seems that there is no need to fight so hard, but people are more angry than others, Li Jiaming stroked his head and secretly laughed at himself in his heart. As I grew older, my aura of being able to read no longer existed, and people could choose four or five courses in a school season, and it was difficult for them to choose three. If you don't fight, it is estimated that others will be able to graduate in one year, but you may not be able to graduate in two years.

"How so?"

Li Jiaming smiled bitterly, and said helplessly, "Kyle, I'm not smarter than others, but my self-control is stronger than others." ”

Kyle glanced at the tome on the desk and said with a smile, "No, no, no student will be as obedient as you, and read all the books that the tutor has written." ”

This is the difference between people, this guy regards reading as a step to advancement, and he really likes to read. Li Jiaming's psychological age is over fifty, and he has long seen through the world, and he has long been not interested in the sound of dogs and horses, but has worshiped knowledge.

"Everyone has their own aspirations, don't impose your ideas on me, OK I'll go back to China to make a front stop, and then you and Jerry will lobby. ”

Geniuses are always paranoid, Kyle said helplessly: "OKY"