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Ant Moving's overseas company operations are on the right track, the business in North America is developing rapidly, and the Western European plan will not start until the language version of each country is developed in China, and Wanxingnian will not affect the normal operation of overseas companies if he goes to Seattle now.

Wan Xingnian responded with a smile and said: "I also bought a house in the past, and we used to dig the corner of Microsoft, and it is likely that other people will see our intentions and rush over together, and the house price may rise." ”

"It shouldn't have risen too much in the last year or two, but the future may not be clear." Lu Xi said with a smile, "If you buy a house, the company is responsible for paying for it, but it can't be higher than $300,000." ”

The company is he and Hong Xuedong are in control of the overall situation, but without Wan Xingnian's hard work, the operation of overseas companies will not move forward in a stable manner, Wan Xingnian, as the head of an overseas company, is an executive of Ant Moving, and it is reasonable for the company to pay him to buy a house to meet his living needs.

At present, the median price of real estate transactions in the United States is about $150,000, and the price of housing in Seattle is below this level, and $300,000 is enough to buy an elegant and livable house.

Wan Xingnian was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly, and said excitedly: "If Lu Shao doesn't say it, I will have to take a mortgage." ”

Lu Xi showed a look of disbelief and asked with a smile: "You have worked at Microsoft for so long, you should have some savings, right?" ”

Wan Xingnian smiled awkwardly and said: "Microsoft's salary is lower than that of Silicon Valley, and after the divorce, I wanted to be able to see more children, and most of the property was given to Naoko, but she didn't want to see me often at home, so she sold her house in Seattle and moved to San Francisco with the man's children." ”

Lu Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said, "This time I moved to Seattle again, did it push you back to the sad place again?" ”

"Lu Shao knows that life is short and happy in time, and I have already seen this matter." Wan Xingnian had a smile on his face, but there was indescribable bitterness in his heart, "I'll go and tell the others about moving to Seattle first, and I'll pack up my things tomorrow." ”

Wan Xingnian deliberately changed the topic, and Lu Xi didn't say anything anymore, nodded and said, "If you don't agree, dismiss on the spot, and recruit you over there." ”

After the overseas company's business expanded, the company successively recruited some people, now the company has fourteen people, Lu Xi is sure that Melanie and Fanning will not leave, the remaining four technicians are Chinese, two are sent from China, the other two are newly recruited last month, should not leave, the rest are finance and marketing and other related personnel, these talents can be found everywhere, Seattle's salary level is lower than here.

Wan Xingnian responded: "I'll try to convince everyone." ”

Lu Xi replied: "Then you go and get busy, I should also go and see my mother, let's see you in Seattle." ”

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On the second day after arriving in San Francisco, Wan Xingnian gave Lu Xi a clear reply, except for Melanie and five technicians, two financial and one marketing staff from the overseas company, who decided to follow him to Seattle, and the other four refused to go to Seattle because their families were in San Francisco.

It will take a while for the company to move over, and these four people will not leave immediately, so Lu Xi asked Wan Xingnian to go to Seattle first to recruit people to fill the vacancy.

Wan Xingnian flew to Seattle that night, and Brian and the seven people he and Sancho persuaded also arrived at the Ant Moving Company early on the morning of the third day.

Originally, the team of more than a dozen people, because they were going to Seattle to work, there were only nine people left in Bryan and Sancho at this time, but fortunately, Wan Xingnian had already rushed to Seattle to dig up Microsoft's corner, and there was no need to worry about personnel.

Lu Xi talked to everyone about the treatment in turn, in addition to the stipulated annual salary and bonus, there are also relevant equity incentives of independent companies under the future R&D center.

After two days of negotiating the issue of treatment and signing the contract, Lu Xi was completely relieved. Brian and the others wanted to rush to Seattle immediately to settle down first, the purpose of coming to the United States had been achieved, and Lu Xi left the rest of the time for his mother and little sister.

Mom feels pretty good about San Francisco as a whole, but after a long time, she barely knows English every day, and she feels bored, her little sister can adapt to life, and the host has been found, so she is anxious to go back to work.

Her mother couldn't let go of her work and was clamoring to return to China all day long, so Lu Xi booked a ticket for her and her aunt to return to China on August 25.

Accompanied by his mother and little sister for a few more days, he sent his aunt and mother from Seattle to the flight back to China, and when the school year was approaching, Lu Xi sent his little sister to the boarding house, and chatted with the elderly family couple whose children were not with him for half a morning, and then rushed to Seattle with the reluctant little sister.

Wan Xingnian and Brian, who came after signing the contract, had already chosen an office location in Redmond, just waiting for Lu Xi to come over to confirm.

The office building is still some distance from Microsoft, but it is not very far, the office is spacious and bright, except for computers and other things that need to be purchased, desks and chairs and other items do not need to be added, the surrounding environment is very quiet, compared with the dense high-rise buildings in San Francisco, here are mostly low-rise buildings.

The environment is good, the rent is not expensive, Lu Xi is very satisfied here, at this stage, there are not many people moving from the R&D center and ants, and after seeing it in general, he decided to rent half of the building to prepare for the expansion of personnel in the future.

After going downstairs to sign the lease agreement, Lu Xi and Wan Xingnian went upstairs again, standing in the spacious office, looking at the small community not far from the window, Lu Xi said: "Work here, buy a house over there, you don't need a car, Lao Wan can consider settling down here." ”

Wan Xingnian smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed to a small red-roofed western-style building hidden under a tree not far from the window, and said, "Lu Shao, do you want to go to the house I bought to have a look?" ”

Lu Xi was surprised and said, "You are fast enough." ”

Wan Xingnian replied: "It covers an area of 630 square meters, 220 square meters of living area, and the price is 220,000 yuan. ”

"I'll see later." Lu Xi smiled and asked, "Is the poaching going well?" ”

Wan Xingnian said: "The personnel here of Ant Moving have been recruited, and I will let them come to work tomorrow and buy all the things that should be purchased together." I also contacted a few old colleagues at Microsoft, but they were not optimistic about Luzhu and did not want to leave Microsoft, but two Chinese engineers called me when they heard the news, both of them are from the IE R&D department, and now there are a lot of Chinese technicians in Microsoft, so we can work harder. ”

Chinese students study hard in school, have solid basic skills, and generally have excellent grades, which are quite popular with American technology companies, and Chinese can be seen in almost every American technology company, and there is even a joke in Silicon Valley that the key to seeing whether a company can succeed is to see how many Chinese are in the R&D team.

Last year, there were statistics made by related companies, and it is expected that this year, 10% of Silicon Valley companies will be Chinese, and 17% of Chinese presidents will be Chinese. Lu Xi is unable to verify this data, but the current fact is that in addition to successful Chinese entrepreneurs such as Li Xinlin, Zhang Zhongmou, Xu Dalin, Yang Zhiyuan, Duan Xiaolei, Li Guangyi, Chen Pihong, etc., Indian executives in Silicon Valley companies have the upper hand, and there are relatively few Chinese executives, most of whom are front-line engineers, or code farmers and code women.

Don't think about the current situation of Chinese people in Silicon Valley, someone is willing to come over, Lu Xi is naturally happy, and said with a smile: "Make an appointment, let's meet." ”

Wan Xingnian nodded with a smile, Lu Xi glanced at his watch, and said, "You call those two now, and it's best for us to meet at noon." ”

Wan Xingnian called to make an appointment for a time and place, and Lu Xi smiled again: "Now go and see the house you bought for 220,000 yuan." ”

The two went downstairs and walked for more than ten minutes, and rushed to the front of the house bought by Wan Xingnian, the two-story building is very chic, there is a spacious lawn before and after, the house was built in 1981, and it can be moved in after a simple repair, the price of 220,000 is not too expensive, and the most important thing is that it is very close to the office.

It will take a month for the transfer of the house, Wan Xingnian has not yet gotten the key, the two of them walked around the front and back of the building, Lu Xi smiled and said: "You really picked up a bargain, I will take the time to go to Mercer Island to go around, and I will also pick up a bargain." ”

Wan Xingnian said with a smile: "After everything is done here, Melanie and Fanning will come over, if Lu Shao is not in a hurry, I will go with you to see the house." ”

Lu Xi replied: "No, you are busy with you, after meeting those two, I will go to the University of Washington in the afternoon." ”

If he buys a house here, he won't come to live permanently, Chen Danying has spent more time here than him, and she has to be satisfied with buying a house.

At noon, Lu Xi and Wan Xingnian met with Zhou Yi and Shen Fei at the door of Microsoft, and after a brief chat, they learned that Zhou Yi and Shen Fei are both senior engineers in the IE department, and they have experienced all the research and development from IE1 to IE5, and the main reason for leaving Microsoft is to work for Chinese companies and develop their own browsers.

Every Chinese has their own Chinese dream, and every Chinese IT person also has their own dream, and generally hopes that one day in the future, they can see the advent of Chinese chips, and Chinese can develop their own operating systems and browser kernels, and occupy a place in the world field.

Although Zhou Yi and Shen Fei did not say that they wanted to develop a browser kernel, Lu Xi also heard such an idea from their words, and said after a slight silence: "Luzhu will not develop its own kernel at present, and will use gecko's open source kernel, and the focus will be on the many performances of the JS interpreter, but as a Chinese IT person, I also hope that Luzhu can make the Chinese people excited in the future and develop their own browser kernel, but the first task at the moment is to accumulate strength." ”

Looking at the serious expressions of the two, Lu Xi said in a deep voice: "If the two of you are interested in joining Luzhu, I am willing to hire them with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan, to develop our own core, to realize the dream of Chinese IT people, and lay a solid foundation. ”