The first generation of energy-saving lamps belonged to the compact fluorescent lamps with thin tube diameters, which used phosphors yttrium oxide (red light, peak wavelength 611nm), magnesium polyaluminate (green light, peak wavelength 541nm) and magnesium barium polyaluminate (blue light, peak wavelength 450nm) that can emit red, green and blue light sensitive to the human eye and mixed into trichromatic phosphors in a certain proportion. ↖ Top ↖ Story ↖ ↖,

Therefore, it can be said that phosphor is the key raw material for energy-saving lamps, so the three rare earths are the core raw materials of phosphor.

Rare earths, formerly known as rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are the collective name of 17 chemical elements of scandium, yttrium and lanthanides, a subgroup of group 3 elements of the periodic table.

Rare earths are known as industrial "gold" or "industrial vitamins", and are widely used in agriculture, military, metallurgy, petrochemical, glass ceramics, new materials and other fields.

Rare earth raw materials are also used in the production of semiconductor chips, and although the amount of each chip is negligible, Ambrera produces a large number of semiconductor chips, so it purchases a large number of various rare earth metals and rare earth alloys every year.

In the past, these rare earth raw materials were purchased from Japan, but since the variety of semiconductor products and the output is large, these Japanese companies began to raise prices several times and times, and started a blackmail business strategy, and then Ambrera signed long-term supply contracts with the United States and European rare earth processing companies, which basically solved the problem.

But now it is back to the original point, yttrium oxide, magnesium polyaluminate and magnesium barium polyaluminate, the three rare earth raw materials, only two in the world can be produced, one is Mitsui Group from Japan, the other is Philips in the Netherlands, and the United States has no research and development plan for these three rare earths.

Ambrera had been blackmailed by Mitsui Group once before, and Ling Shizhe was unwilling to cooperate with him, leaving a Philips company, but the two sides were competitors, and it was even more impossible.

It was an unsolvable puzzle that made John all at once. Martin was speechless, stayed in his chair and thought about it for a long time without coming up with any solution, and for a moment the atmosphere in the conference room seemed a little delicate.

John. Martin is the company's veteran, and when Ling Shizhe founded Ambrera in Toronto, Canada, John Brown. Martin is one of the first 15 employees to join, and in terms of seniority, he is more than 3 months earlier than Alison, and is Ling Shizhe's earliest team.

In terms of talent, he is the most mediocre of all the senior managers here, and it stands to reason that he is not the most suitable candidate for the president of the electrical company, but Ling Shizhe still promoted him, because of John. The motor is loyal enough to him.

He was a salesman, and he had been in many companies before, and his sales performance was mediocre, if the economic environment was good, it was nothing, and once the economic environment was bad or the company was in difficulty, Martin would often become the first victim to be laid off by the company, and the companies he had previously worked for were all laid off in this way.

The instability of his career, his girlfriend also dumped him, which was the low point of Martin's life, and it was not until he joined Ambrera that he ushered in the spring of his career......

Ambrera was strangled by Kodak, and the recent crisis was in full swing, when employees thought that Ambrera was going to be finished, and many people resigned and left, leaving only him and a few people behind.

Ling Shizhe can't forget that day anyway, after returning from visiting Wang An in the United States, there are not many people in the company, and there are only Alison, Li Li, Mark, Nion, Ollie, Jim, Clark and John. Martin and more than two dozen others......

Martin was cheering up the rest of the employees at that time, he said a lot to everyone, Ling Shizhe remembered only one sentence clearly, Kodak has nothing to fear, they can't win, they will definitely be defeated by us!

His impassionedness infected the remaining employees to a certain extent and boosted morale. After Ambrera got through the crisis, he promoted him.

When he was promoted, Allison had a different opinion, and he thought that John. The motor ability is mediocre, not enough to serve as the leader of a department, but Ling Shizhe has a different view, he believes in Alibaba's Ma Yun said that attitude is more important than ability, ability can be cultivated.

John. Martin, in the most critical moment of the company, showed his attitude - loyalty, and that was enough; As for ability, Ling Shizhe believes that no one is born with a genius, and they will achieve brilliant achievements through acquired efforts, just like ** said, no one is born to fight, we must learn war in war!

So Ling Shizhe overrode the public opinion and promoted John. Martin, at the same time, said at the company's annual meeting, "In the future, the company's senior management positions, first of all, will be selected from the company's employees, only if you can't find a suitable candidate, will be poached from the outside through the headhunting company, so if you want to be motivated, you have to work hard and learn." Napoleon said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and here I will tell a story, a story of Chinese, the story of how he went from a slave to a general......"

Then he recounted the deeds of General Luo Binghui, the former senior commander of the New Fourth Army, Ling Shizhe remembered that the mainland made a movie in 79 years later, called "From Slave to General", and the protagonist of the film, Luo Xiao, was filmed based on General Luo Binghui.

Ling Shizhe's eloquence is not good, the story is told very bluntly, but the employees below listen very carefully, to be honest, in the Cold War period, in the capitalist land, to tell a group of Westerners a story of the growth of a communist/proletarian/party general, it is a big risk, but he really can't find a better inspirational story than this, so he had to tell this story, as for the possible political risks, it is no longer in his consideration, Now his first task is to establish a complete talent training mechanism in the company.

This mechanism is not easy to establish, and the cultivation of talents is quite difficult, but Ling Shizhe knows one thing, in order to successfully establish a talent training mechanism in the company, the first point is to give employees confidence, to let them know that their ability is secondary, as long as you are firm in your ideals, work actively, and study hard, you can also achieve success.

At the same time, he also told everyone, "No one is a natural general, no one is born a genius, and geniuses are the results of hard work." The prince will have a kind of Xiangning! You have to learn war in war, you have to learn modern enterprise management in management, you have to learn to operate in business, in short, you have to keep charging in order to improve your ability.

If you don't work hard and don't actively enrich yourself, let's say one day, I need an executive, who of you can do it? If you are not up to the task, I can only invite someone from outside, and then your salary increase and your appreciation will be lost to you. Whether you want to be an ordinary employee or an executive of a world-renowned company will depend on you. “

A speech that was not very vivid completely mobilized everyone's emotions, and after the meeting, Alison only said one sentence: "Boss, this idea is very dangerous." ”

Ling Shizhe knew what he meant, in a capitalist country, it was a very dangerous thing to promote the legend of a red general, and if it was during the McCarthyism period, what he just said would be enough to go to court.

Although nearly 20 years have passed since the "McCarthyism," its influence is still there, and the US leaders Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson have always adopted a very rigid East Asian policy, and no one dares to take the initiative to engage with the People's Republic of China.

But Ling Shizhe was lucky, after all, this is Canada, not the United States, and although his remarks caused a small sensation in the company, he did not encounter any trouble.

From this moment on, Ling Shizhe planted a learning gene for Ambrera, a gene for self-cultivation of talents and a unique corporate culture system that integrates China and the West, all talents are selected from within the company, and there is no suitable person to poach people from the outside.

John. Martin is one of the beneficiaries of this system, although he is the most mediocre of all senior managers, but he is also the hardest working one, he is not only very loyal to Ling Shizhe, but also the strongest executive of all senior managers, everything Ling Shizhe deals, he can implement without discounting, and he has done a good job, with such a caring subordinate, Ling Shizhe has to promote him no matter what.

And there is another advantage of doing this, it can make the loyal and capable factions in the company check and balance each other, so that his position will be more consolidated, and he still knows some about the art of trade-offs, which is also the corporate politics of large companies, although Ling Shizhe doesn't like it, but he also has to use it to govern the company, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

John. Martin held back for a while, didn't come up with a way, saw everyone looking at him, immediately flushed, Ling Shizhe saw this, knew that he had to find a step down at this time, otherwise Martin would lose face, Ling Shizhe's face was not good-looking, and Martin would not be able to manage his business in the future, so he said: "Rare earth element three-color phosphor Philips company has started relevant research since ten years ago, although they are taking different paths with us, but our two companies have the patents that each other needs, if I guess right, They'll be sending someone over soon to talk to us about patent swaps and sharing. Martin, you have an idea and see how you can get the most out of the company. ”

"Good, boss." Martin replied.

Foster and Clark glanced at each other, shook their heads slightly and did not speak, this is Ling Shizhe is obviously defending him, Martin is the president of the electrical company, his ability and level are a little reluctant, I don't know why this Chinese boss always likes to use such people, it seems that after I go back, I have to go to find which Chinese wife for me to ask the reason for this, otherwise I will suffocate myself.

In addition to discussing the company's reorganization, the second most important issue at the meeting was how to realize the listing plan of each subsidiary step by step, which is related to the interests of many people in the company, and there is no room for the slightest sloppiness.

The meeting lasted three days before a preliminary plan was reached, and Ambrera Retail would be the first listed company, not only in Hong Kong, but also on the Nasdaq exchange in the United States, followed by Apple as the second listed company.

After the meeting, Ling Shizhe rested in his office for a while, and Ollie, the head of the software lab, came, and she came with a young man in his 20s, and the first thing he said when he saw Ling Shizhe was, "Boss, the first arcade game we developed, Contra, has been successful." ”

Ling Shizhe stood up abruptly and said, "Really? Let's go, take me to see it. ”