Chapter 196: It turned out to be an interview banquet
At a quarter past six, after almost all the thirteen or fourteen people in the room met each other and greeted each other, a fourth-year American girl in the business school gave a brief welcome speech in English at the center and introduced three young alumni.
They are all dual-discipline graduate students who graduated from the University of Michigan's Business School and Computer Science three years ago. Because of the popularity of computers and the Internet, e-commerce began to develop in the United States in the mid-90s, and they started an Internet platform focusing on maternal and child products before graduating from their senior year. After four years of development and growth, the valuation has reached nearly 10 million US dollars, but in the further development, it has encountered problems in platform technology, corporate management, human resources and finance, and needs help urgently.
They also found experts and scholars from the business school to come up with a plan, but at the same time, they also needed elites who could implement it, so they remembered the tradition of practical project research that has always existed in the business school, so they selected these nine student backbones to participate in the party through the recommendation of the professors, and if everyone can reach a consensus in the gathering, they can form a team.
Among the nine people, Sha Nantong, Lin Ming and Lin Hualei were selected because there are very few Chinese students in the business school, and there are even fewer outstanding Chinese students who are usually active in class or have thoughtful and novel views, but the e-commerce platform of this project is facing the international market, especially the Chinese market, which is the top priority, so they must choose excellent Chinese students to participate, and Sha Nantong and Lin Ming are not only business majors, but also computer majors, which is more suitable.
"Hey!"
The three founder-level alumni walked over with a glass of red wine and greeted Sha Nantong, Lin Ming and Lin Hualei who were standing together.
Talking about the optimization and operation of the company's current platform functions, Sha Nantong and Lin Ming are very interested, although there is still some gap between the alumni company and eBay and Amazon founded in 1995, but it is also worth understanding and learning to seize the opportunity to reach a valuation of 10 million US dollars. Especially for Shanantong, who already has an entrepreneurial heart, it is a rare and excellent opportunity to deeply understand American e-commerce companies, and he will not let it go.
He and Lin Ming had an in-depth exchange on how the platform products raised by the three alumni can better meet the purchase needs of users and facilitate transactions. Lin Hualei nodded and smiled from time to time calmly on the side, occasionally helping with a few words.
Lin Ming is a technical expert, he has been in the United States for nearly five years, and the language barrier does not exist, and he quickly gave an overview of the technical optimization plan proposed by the alumni in terms of platform architecture, which made the three alumni very praised.
Shannan was originally an introvert, he was not bad at expressing himself, he just didn't like to express when he didn't need to.
However, since he started as an exchange student in the United States, he has been forced to work hard to completely eliminate the language barrier and greatly improve his expression skills due to the needs of learning and the characteristics of American classrooms.
Therefore, after a year of exchange students and a semester of study and honing in computer science and business master's courses, coupled with his own solid professional foundation, thinking logic and innovation are excellent, therefore, whether it is facing computer science or business problems, he can talk eloquently and to the point.
At this moment, he not only expressed the idea of the platform product architecture to the three alumni in fluent English, but also put forward his own ideas on the operation of the platform products according to the differences in consumption levels, habits and user characteristics between China and the United States.
Of course, whether it is Sha Nantong, Lin Ming and Lin Huabud, they all naturally expressed their willingness to participate in this project.
"As a practical project, we hope to be able to conduct more field visits, so that we can make the most timely feedback based on data changes and assist your company in making the best business plan and development strategy."
Shannan smiled and expressed the common thoughts of the three of them.
"Of course, of course. This is a must, we will provide you with the data you should know, and we hope that your smart brain can quickly analyze the mystery of this data and provide an informed solution for the company. Our company, once made stupid mistakes that led to limited development, now needs the support of your world's top brains. ”
Alumnus Alan spoke with humor. He is the CEO, responsible for the overall operation and management of the company, and has a set of skills in identifying and employing people. The purpose of today's gathering is to find matching talents here, not only for the immediate project, but also for the future development of the company.
The other two alumni, one is Rogers, the company's CMO, who is responsible for the company's marketing, and the other is David, the company's CTO, who is in charge of the company's technology, and it is obvious that they are also very satisfied with the three juniors and sisters in front of them.
The three president-level alumni exchanged glances with each other and nodded in unison, and Allen opened his mouth to confirm the participation of the three in this actual team project.
It seems that this party is simply a banquet for interviews. Shanan Nan glanced at Lin Ming next to him and thought to himself.
Lin Ming and Lin Hualei looked at the three alumni who turned around and left with their wine glasses and walked towards the other classmates, and they all exhaled and smiled at each other. The hearts of the three fell to the ground like a stone.
The party continued, and after the three founding alumni communicated with the nine alumni in the party one by one, they stood in a corner with their wine glasses very casually, and exchanged for a while, and finally saw the three of them clinking glasses and drinking the wine in the glass, and went to say something to the senior American girl who gave the opening speech of the party, and then stood still with a smile.
The senior girl stood at the place of the opening speech with a wine glass as usual, and told everyone with a smile on her face in English that today's party was very successful, and the three founders and alumni appreciated every student in the meeting very much, and hoped to do a team practical project for the alumni company together, President Allen will personally lead the team, and each participating student will be responsible for one of the sections alone, and I also hope that everyone can fall in love with the company through this project, and are willing to go to the company in advance to accept the assessment, and develop together for the future of the company.
Everyone applauded and applauded, and the three alumni even took advantage of the opportunity to launch a long-prepared champagne to celebrate the successful start of the project.