Chapter 76: Receiving the Atari (1)
The number of computer companies based in Silicon Valley has grown to about 1,500. www.biquge.info It is characterized by relying on some world-renowned universities such as Stanford, Berkeley and California Institute of Technology, which have strong scientific research strength in the United States, based on high-tech small and medium-sized companies, and has large companies such as HP, Intel, Apple, etc., integrating science, technology and production.
Silicon Valley is actually the land of Stanford University, the land in the west was very cheap back then, and the land owned by Stanford University that could not be used gave a large piece of land in the southern part of the Bay Area to entrepreneurs and a large number of Stanford graduates to develop their careers at a very low price.
Because Silicon Valley is very large, it is not like Zhongguancun in China in the previous life, or some commercial centers, there are a large number of dense companies in a certain location, most of the companies are alone with a very low-key and plain building, scattered on both sides of the highway in California, including AMD, Intel and other company buildings are very low-key in appearance, if you drive fast, you may not find that there is such a well-known world-class company headquarters next to it.
Since the headquarters of these world-class well-known companies are so inconspicuous, then Atari's company can be imagined. Sitting in a car arranged by Warner, I got off the road, turned onto a boulevard, and after a few turns, stopped the car in front of several gray buildings.
Ye Kai didn't get out of the car in a hurry, but observed the surroundings of the building by the way. Security personnel patrol back and forth from time to time, and the surrounding environment is very quiet, except for the road, there are large trees and bushes, all of which are poetically trimmed.
And Ye Kai can see from the big shining eyes of the three beauties that they have been attracted by the surrounding working environment and feel that this is a good place that can make people feel happy.
Perhaps because they knew in advance that the company was going to be sold, each building was quiet, and the designers and researchers were busy absentmindedly in their respective positions, their heads lowered and occasionally casual movements, making their eyes sneak into the doors and windows of the studio.
After the change of the boss of all companies, the most innocent and helpless are these grassroots employees who are silently dedicated to the company, in addition to technology, they are very poor in flexibility and adaptability, especially after getting used to a certain working environment, it takes a long time to adjust, which is why the vast majority of very talented technicians frequently jump ship, and soon disappear from everyone.
They are reluctant to work now, but they also know that the time to decide their fate and decide whether they will stay or go will soon come, and the only thing they can do now is wait or wait. The only thing that can be done is to silently pray to God Almighty before the results are out, and it will not be you who will be covered and gone.
The handover process was very short, so short that Ye sat on the chairman's office chair, and his butt was over before he got hot, leaving the general person in charge, that is, Ms. Alisa, the assistant to the former chairman, standing in the office cramped and uneasy, and said to Ye Kai: "Boss, do you need to notify the meeting?" ”
Ye Kai looked at Alyssa, who was still charming, and smiled: "Correct a little, I'm not the boss, I'm just the person who was temporarily in charge of the Hurricane Investment Company, in addition, I came today with the mentality that I won't fire anyone, so you don't have to be nervous, you give me a copy of the company's internal information, and then, go down to inform the people in the company, convey what I just meant, let the big guy work with peace of mind, and the company will only get better and better." ”
Alyssa nodded in disbelief, bent down and took out a thick stack of materials from the filing cabinet behind her, carefully placed them in front of Ye Kai, and then turned around and left after serving coffee to Ye Kai and the others.
Alisa's prestige in the company is still relatively high, because Bushnell is a technology freak, basically does not manage the company, but is responsible for passing on technical ideas to the R&D team, occasionally raising her head, patting her head to make all kinds of strange marketing decisions, and Alisa is responsible for acting as a link between Bushnell and the R&D team.
Therefore, the heads of the various R&D teams, seeing Alyssa coming over, gathered around to inquire about the latest decision of the new boss, and when they heard that the new boss would not lay off anyone who did not make mistakes, they were obviously very excited, and then conveyed this exciting good news to their team members, and then, all the employees who heard the news for the first time were happily high-fived.
Such a fun show spread like a tide as Alyssa walked through every floor and every building. However, after a short period of excitement, the worries that come with it come to mind: will the new boss arrange work arbitrarily and then find an excuse to lay off people?
Ye Kai, who was sitting in the office, didn't know that his words had only dispelled the short-term worries of his employees, and then new worries arose, if he knew, would he not be able to cry or laugh?
Ye Kai, who didn't think too much about it, picked up the documents on the table and quickly browsed them, if he didn't browse, he was almost startled when he browsed, why? Atari currently has more than 3,000 designers and technicians, so it's no wonder that so many office buildings are needed, and it's no wonder that Warner is like throwing off a burden, and without even showing his face, he sent a lawyer to handle this business, which is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
You know, just so many people, every month's salary is a lot of expenses! Even if each employee's monthly salary is $1,000, then the monthly expenditure is as high as more than $3 million, not to mention the previous Atari after the 80s, the staff soared to more than 5,000 employees, the salary expenditure is a huge number.
Ye Kai shook his head, and after emptying the dollar symbol full of dollars from his mind, he continued to pick up the remaining documents and flipped through them hastily, and then, as if he had a headache, he pressed his temple, looked at Roland and said, "Roland, our previous plan may have to change." ”
"What's wrong?" Roland's eyes widened and looked at Ye Kaidao charmingly. "Boss, are you in trouble?"
"Of course we're in trouble." Ye Kai replied with a frown. "The number of employees in this company exceeded my expectations, and I was a little powerless on my own."