Chapter 194: John. Chambers' request
Lin Yu remembered that in the previous life, now Chambers should still be working in his second big boss Wang An Company, but because Wang An is old at this time, Chambers and Wang Er's sons are not in harmony, so naturally they have a very unpleasant quarrel with Wang An Company, Lin Yu remembers that Chambers only left Wang An Company in 1991, but he didn't expect to stay in Cisco now, it seems that history has deviated from the original trajectory.
However, accustomed to the occasional deviation of history, Lin Yu no longer attaches importance to these things.
Knowing Chambers's whereabouts, it would be easy to do, Lin Yu directly asked Clyde to bring his words to Chambers and make an appointment to meet.
In the previous life, it was Chambers who led Cisco to become a Fortune 500 company, so now Lin Yu also believes that with the leadership of Chambers, Cisco can also create miracles again.
After making an appointment, Lin Yu didn't think about it anymore, history occasionally deviates so that it's fun, as long as it doesn't deviate from big things, it's fine, and some small things have errors so that he can also raise his passion, otherwise it's too boring to always follow what he knows.
The meeting place was a secluded café with few people, and such an environment reminded Lin Yu of what happened with Cappus in that café. Lin Yu didn't know why he thought of Kaps, it should be an accident, Lin Yu thought secretly.
John? Chambers is young, and it's true that in the last life, Chambers accepted Cisco around '95, and Chambers was not old at that time, not to mention that it was ten years ago, so it is not surprising at all.
Chambers is very young, although Chambers worked in Wang An's company before, but because of a conflict with Wang An's youngest son, he had to leave Wang An's company, which is very different from Chambers's life trajectory in history, although Lin Yu still has great hopes for Chambers now, but it is also necessary to examine whether Chambers is the original Chambers.
This is also the main reason why Lin Yu came to see Chambers.
Chambers has just come to Cisco, although the time is not long, but he has heard about the recent boiling Cisco change of ownership in the company, although he has not been very sure before, but two days ago the company suddenly came to a stranger to become the company's acting CEO, which already indicates that Cisco has changed hands.
I thought that the new CEO of Cisco would definitely carry out reforms in a big way, but after waiting for two days, I didn't see any signs of reform from Cisco, which had to make Chambers think about his future future, whether to stay at Cisco or leave Cisco and find another way out.
But before he could figure it out, the new CEO called him into his office and asked him if he had any ideas for taking charge of Cisco. And the CEO also clearly told himself that he was not the future CEO of the company, and that the CEO candidate was someone else, and he was only here to stabilize the situation, which made Chambers sigh at the calmness of the person in front of him.
When many people first took office, most of them didn't know how to pretend to understand the command, even if they just came to the scene, they had to show their talents, which not only did not work, but also made the company worse, but I have to say that the temporary CEO in front of him is very calm, at least he will not joke with the company.
When the person in front of him told himself that the big boss wanted to see him, Chambers was really shocked, he knew that he was talented, but he didn't expect that his talent would be so valued by others, Chambers has always felt that he can lead a company, or bring a company to the world's top 500 enterprises, but that must be to give himself enough rights and support, otherwise, he is powerless.
When Chambers came, Clyde had already told him that the main reason for seeing him was the president of Cisco, and that Cisco always had to have someone to lead, and that person might be him, provided that he could satisfy the boss.
Chambers is very confident in his talents, and the only thing he is not sure about is how much power and support the boss Clyde said will give him.
When Chambers slurred his doubts, Clyde only smiled mysteriously and told him that he would find out then.
Although the other party didn't say it, Chambers was still relieved and didn't say that it meant that he should have a lot of rights.
But when John? When Chambers saw the big boy in front of him, even though Clyde had told him that his boss was a young man under 20 years old, he was still startled by the appearance of Lin Yu in front of him.
He naturally read the news, and he also knew about the Clipper boss and the youngest billionaire in the United States who were boiling in newspapers and TV before, but he didn't expect that the boss of Cisco was this person.
At that time, when he saw the evaluation of the media, he sighed very much, "young talent", but he didn't expect to see this person so soon, which made him feel very incredible.
He walked to Lin Yu's side, and the first thing he said was, "God, is this true?" ”
Hearing Chambers's words, Lin Yu only smiled implicitly, and then after asking Chambers to sit down, the waiter brought three cups of coffee to the three of them and walked away.
Lin Yu looked at the person in front of him seriously, thinking of the CEO of Cisco in the future, it was difficult to connect with the person in front of him.
"John, don't mind if I call you that, do you?" After the two observed each other, Lin Yu said with a smile.
"Of course, if we talk well, then you will be my boss in the future, and there will be no problem in calling me John." Chambers said it very happily, with the high-spirited appearance of a Cisco CEO in later generations. Lin Yu has an intuition that the person in front of him will definitely be able to lead Cisco well again and develop Cisco into the kind of giant company that will be in the future.
"John, you should also know the reason for our meeting, I am very willing to let you be the CEO of our Cisco, but in the commitment to Professor Bosak, I must let Cisco grow as soon as possible, so that Professor Bosak and his wife will not be distracted when they start researching, so, I want to hear your views on the development of Cisco." Lin Yu said with a smile.
"I think you have read the information about me before you see me, I used to be Mr. Wang An's assistant in Mr. Wang An's company, managing the sales of Wang An's company, how to believe in the performance of the company does not need to say, but then I had a conflict with Mr. Wang An's youngest son, and I and Mr. Wang An's children are not very good, so I will leave Wang An's company, as for coming to Cisco, it is only this year's thing, although Cisco has only been established, but the premise of this company is very good, As long as Professor Posack and his wife can work on the kind of multiprotocol router they are talking about, then I believe that Cisco will have no problem becoming a well-known company in the United States. Saying that, he glanced at Lin Yu, and saw that Lin Yu had been smiling and listening, and had no other expression, Chambers said with a wry smile: "When Cisco changed hands, after Mr. Clyde became the acting president of Cisco, I thought that Cisco would carry out reforms, but I didn't expect Mr. Clyde to do nothing, just stabilize the form of the company, I thought Cisco would be like this, but when Mr. Clyde found me yesterday and told me the reason, I was still a little surprised, I didn't expect Mr. Lin Yu to take a fancy to me, To be honest, I didn't have the experience of running a company on my own, and although I already had some ideas and concepts in my head, I was still not absolutely sure whether I would be able to lead Cisco well. ”
When Chambers said, Lin Yu kept smiling and listening, and when Chambers finished speaking, Lin Yu said: "You are too modest, no one is born to manage the company, just like me, my parents just gave me a body, and then let him have a mind, as for the other two are not very concerned about me, this is my current situation, it is not a problem to have never managed a company, everyone will have the first time, but the question is John, do you think you are bad?" ”
"Hehe, boss, if you want to say that, then I can only take over Cisco first, when Mr. Clyde told me to meet the big boss today yesterday, I was already prepared last night, and I also have some ideas about the future development of Cisco, if the boss wants to hear it, I can tell you about it." Chambers said with a smile.
"No need." Lin Yu waved his hand, and then said with a smile: "I'm not interested in managing the company, I just want to take a good rest now, Cisco has handed it over to you, do you have any requirements now?" ”
"Since the boss believes in me, then I also believe that I won't be the mud that can't support the wall, as for the requirements, there are so many two, I hope the boss can agree, otherwise I can only say regret." Chambers thought for a moment and said.
"Oh? You said. Lin Yu said with a smile.
"The first point is that I want to have management of Cisco, and I don't want two voices in the company. The second is that I want to know how much support you will give me, boss? Chambers said directly.
After listening to Chambers's request, Lin Yu pondered, he had no opinion on the first one, but the second one, this is not easy to answer.
"The first one is fine, you are the only one in Cisco who has the decision-making power, but you have to make sure that yours is absolutely beneficial to Cisco. Regarding the second point, I would like to know what kind of support you want. Lin Yu said.
"I don't know how much I want to inject money, but I'll report it when I figure it out, and then I'm going to use the boss's other channels to promote Cisco's upcoming production." Chambers thought for a moment and said.
(To be continued)