Reinventing the Millennium

"Shen Duan, you can't be sorry to our Hua Hong!"

"Director Shen, have you forgotten that the old leader even shook hands with you and took a photo with you?"

"Shen Duan, do you remember that our factory wants to contribute to domestic semiconductors?"

"Old Shen, act according to your conscience!"

When Huahong's Shen Duan came home at night, the quarrel in the office in the afternoon was still in his mind, and all kinds of sounds seemed to still be echoing in his ears.

Because the quarrel was so intense, my colleagues tried to break up the fight.

Shen Duan felt quite embarrassed.

However, although he disliked Sun Wenfang and insisted that the non-competition agreement was unfair, he still couldn't bear the persuasion of other colleagues and took a step back, stuffed the contract into his briefcase and took it home.

"Old Shen, what's wrong? You have a dark face."

My wife's dinner is almost ready, and my son is getting the dishes and chopsticks.

"It's okay." Shen Duan didn't want to take the emotions from work home.

However, he was still unhappy while eating.

"Dad, is there something wrong with the process? Or is the equipment malfunctioning again?" Shen Duan's son, who is in the second year of junior high this year, knows something about his father's work.

Shen Duan glanced at his son, then at his wife who was looking at him with concern, shook his head and said, "The factory asked me to sign a non-compete agreement because it was afraid that I would change jobs, but the compensation was not much, so I was upset."

He thought for a while and then said: "There was a quarrel in the office in the afternoon, and many people heard it."

The wife knew her husband's temper and asked a few details.

The son listened while eating, and when he was about to finish eating, he asked: "Dad, why is your factory only contributing to the country? Isn't that the case for factories outside?"

Shen Duan was stunned. He rarely thought about this. He thought for a few seconds and replied, "That's right. Even if it is not a state-owned asset, as long as it is built in China, it will contribute to the industrial chain."

"Then since they are all contributing to the national industry, why do the colleagues you just mentioned always keep talking about contribution?" The son was puzzled.

Shen Duan couldn't answer and said with a straight face: "Why do you ask so many questions about adults' matters? It makes sense."

The son curled his lips and went to his room to do his homework after eating.

However, Shen Duan's heart was turned upside down by a few words from his junior high school son. During the afternoon quarrel, both Sun Wenfang and his close colleagues mentioned the factory's contribution and the domestic industry...

But……

Shen Duan took out the non-competition agreement again, thinking about the chaos he met in the afternoon, and the people watching and talking about it.

"Old Shen, do you want to change jobs?"

"Old Shen, you have nothing wrong with you. Why are you afraid of the contract?"

"We have all signed, you can sign too, and you can get as much money as you want."

The fire in his heart grew bigger and bigger.

Shen Duan slapped the contract on the table, took out his mobile phone, looked for the headhunter number he had kept out of courtesy, and called it directly.

However, I felt a little regretful when I heard the "beep beep beep" sound.

It wasn't a call, it was like it was heading into the unknown.

Shen Duan thought about hanging up the phone, but the headhunter's voice sounded on the other side.

"Hey, hello, are you Director Shen?" The headhunter obviously also saved his number.

"It's me, um, um..." Shen Duan was embarrassed to ask about job-hopping, and didn't know how to communicate.

The headhunter directly ignored this and asked with some difficulty: "Director Shen, you are using the ETCH process, right? Is it the etching part?"

Shen Duan said "hmm" and was still thinking about what to say. Do you want to introduce the etching process?

"Three times, three times your current salary." The headhunter's words suddenly became smoother and he went straight to the point.

Shen Duan: "Ah?"

"The skills in your area are relatively difficult. The starting salary is three times the current salary." The headhunter said simply and brightly, "The current working location is most likely in Luzhou. We have talked with many people about salary and benefits. Bingxin's Bian is very generous.”

Shen Duan felt "generous" just from the headhunter.

His throat slid up and down, and he felt a little confused. He subconsciously said, "I, I'll think about it again."

"Wait a minute, Director Shen, do you have any concerns other than salary?" The headhunter on the phone said quickly, "We can help with it. Children, lovers, parents, etc., you can just ask."

Shen Duan felt something strange in his heart and asked, "My child is in junior high school..."

"The solution in Luzhou is to have the best teachers in the city, and teachers from the University of Science and Technology of China can also provide regular tutoring. If you take the college entrance examination in the future, you can arrange to go back to Shanghai to take the exam to see which side has less competition pressure."

"What's your lover's job? We can contact Luzhou to see if there are any suitable ones. If the salary is not satisfactory, the ice core department will also provide subsidies."

"Are your parents in good health? If you have any inconvenience, you can just tell us and we will work together to find a solution."

The headhunter said very familiarly.

After hearing these words, Shen Duan didn't know what to say.

He was silent for a while and asked: "Does Bing Xin always pay such a high price to poach people? Is it worth it?"

"Bingxin believes that the current salary in the industry is generally low, and now it is only normal to adjust to a certain extent. Of course, after all, it is poaching people, and there will definitely be some premium." The headhunter said seriously, "Director Shen, what I got here With authorization and commitment, employees at a certain level will also have stock options. From my personal point of view, this is really an opportunity worth recommending.”

The headhunter continued: "As for whether it's worth it, I believe Bingxin will make a judgment, and Bingxin's president is not an ordinary person."

Shen Duan was silent.

"Director Shen, it doesn't matter if you can't make a decision now. You can think about it carefully. Although the ice core project has not yet been implemented, the work salary can be calculated from now on. Preparations are being made for some early equipment purchases and placement of talents' families. .” The headhunter finally said, “If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time.”

Shen Duan ended the call with two polite words.

He was stunned for a while, and suddenly he understood why many colleagues chose to go to Bingxin. It was a one-stop service.

Shen Duan hesitated for a moment, thinking about the conditions he heard on the phone and the quarrel in the afternoon. He got up and walked to the bedroom, intending to ask his wife for her advice.

That night, the couple discussed for a long time, worrying whether a certain young rich man would go bankrupt due to poaching people.

The next day, Shen Duan, full of worries, went to work as usual.

Despite some quarrels and hesitations yesterday, he still completed his work seriously today and planned to discuss it after he got home from get off work.

However, during lunch in the cafeteria, many colleagues came over with guns and sticks, or were gentle and courteous to persuade him to re-sign the agreement, but Shen Duan felt a strong temper coming from the bottom of his heart.

After the day's work was over, Shen Duan, Huahong's ETCH process supervisor, took the initiative to call the headhunter for the second time and truly expressed his willingness to change jobs to ice core.

…

On August 20, Fang Zhuo led his team on a flight to Beijing.

"Hey, why are Huahong's engineers the most hired in this batch? I remember I said that Huahong could be more relaxed."

Fang Zhuo was sitting in the business class, looking at the information in his hand, and was extremely puzzled when he saw the former workplace of the new batch of employees.

"President Fang, Huahong is pushing for a non-competition agreement, and the methods seem a bit rough, so it has caused some backlash. This is not because we took the initiative to poach, but more because they contacted us, and then a group of friends who are related to us followed us." The assistant explained.

Fang Zhuoran said, well, the whole situation is good. It not only promotes the adjustment of industry salary and benefits but also improves the competition mechanism. However, Huahong seems to be just a mechanism and not a sound one.

He read the information and handed it to his assistant. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Let the legal affairs department check whether Huahong's competition agreement has been implemented in place. If it is not implemented in place, let Sina follow up and report it."

The assistant asked hesitantly: "Mr. Fang, you said before that you should treat him gently..."

"No conflict. I'm afraid that Huahong will damage the industry environment. In the long run, abuse is not a good thing." Fang Zhuo said casually and took out the newspaper to end the topic.

The assistant slandered that the entire industry seems to think that you are destroying the environment...

He quietly glanced at the CEO and said cautiously: "Mr. Fang, here is a report from the medical department. When they handed it over, they asked for your reply."

Fang Zhuo nodded, and after reading a page of the newspaper, he took the report and found that it was a food safety investigation previously asked by the medical department.

He glanced over it quickly and found out, yes, the milk powder was normal, there were some problems with the oil, and there were some problems with some foods.

"Let the medical department team up with Sina to conduct an in-depth investigation on oil, and then find reporters from CCTV to see if they are willing to report it. If they are willing, let them take the lead. If not, let Sina publish it."

Fang Zhuo made the decision.

When it comes to food safety, it is more appropriate for more credible media to report on it. Moreover, this kind of low-quality oil and gutter oil is a gray industry chain, and exposure by CCTV can better encourage relevant departments to take measures.

The assistant nodded in agreement and took a few notes to avoid miscommunication.

The passenger plane took off and it took two hours to fly from Shanghai to Beijing. Fang Zhuo treated the flight as a short break after handling some uncomplicated reports.

Recently, he has been very busy every day because of the people, money, resources, and policies involved in ice cores. In particular, Qiu Ciyun submitted a lot of equipment purchases, and he also conducted two rounds of testing with Goldman Sachs in this regard.

After doing so many things, making decisions one by one, and thinking again and again, Fang Zhuo found that he was still lacking people after using them.

It doesn't mean that there is a shortage of technical talents in the ice core field, or that there are not enough administrative talents on hand, and we have to continue to recruit people from Yike.

However, Yike is also busy with its own business. It competes with Apple in the foreign market, and domestically, various player brands have emerged in a short period of time, and it is also facing great competitive pressure.

Yike cannot relax and must perform well before going public.

Fang Zhuo knew that Yike's product department was carefully developing new products, and planned to start with color screens, hoping to give the company a shot in the arm.

In addition to internal actions in terms of listing, external Goldman Sachs is also very optimistic about Yike's listing. Their brokerage department is much more enthusiastic than the investment department. They even hinted privately to Fang Zhuo that they will definitely help promote Goldman Sachs' investment in Bing. core investment.

Fang Zhuo found it pleasant to listen to, but he didn't know how much influence their different departments had. The main focus was still on DCM.

Two days before flying to Beijing, DCM confirmed the internal investment process, held a separate discussion meeting with the ice core project team, conducted a series of regular discussions, and issued an initial agreement that was legally binding but involved formal contract provisions. .

Basically, unless there are force majeure factors on the ice core side, DCM has already made an investment progress of 60-70%.

Fang Zhuo was very pleased with this, and planned to mention more international capital's entry when he met with the leaders in Beijing this time. He also mentioned that there were Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and IDG waiting for preferential policies to enter the market.

Obviously you will get some preferential policies on this trip, but the specific preferential support methods will probably depend on the technical description.

When meeting with leaders and venture capital investors, the way of expression should be clever.

Halfway through the flight, Fang Zhuo read the newspaper and couldn't help but think about the ice core again.

"Hey, is it Mr. Fang?"

A figure walked past the aisle, and then took two steps back.

Fang Zhuo raised his head, glanced at the unfamiliar middle-aged man, and smiled politely: "I am Fang Zhuo."

"Mr. Fang, I've wanted to meet you for a long time. We talked on the phone. I'm Ni Runfeng from Changhong." The middle-aged man smiled heartily, bent down and stretched out his hand.

The assistant stood up knowingly and gave up his seat. Although he didn't know who was in front of him, he was probably very strange talking to the boss on the phone.

Fang Zhuo recalled briefly and remembered that he had indeed dealt with this person.

When I was recording a program on CCTV, Changhong Ni Runfeng was also present, but Fang Zhuo was separated from him. The news I heard was that Zhang Chaoyang and Ni Runfeng had a quarrel at a dinner party. This was the first time I heard about this person up close.

Later, a scammer came to Yike and was discovered. Fang Zhuo received a thank you call from Ni Runfeng. After the police arrested him, they found that Changhong had also been deceived and helped recover the losses.

Now this encounter on the flight was the first face-to-face contact.

"Mr. Ni, sit down, sit down, I didn't expect such a coincidence." Fang Zhuo shook hands with this person and said in greeting, "I have admired Mr. Ni for a long time. The quality of Changhong's military industry is great."

Ni Runfeng smiled and waved his hand: "Mr. Fang is the one who made Yike so popular. To be honest with Mr. Fang, we at Changhong saw that Yike's music players were selling so well, so we also tried to make this product."

"It turns out that Yike's mid-to-high-end market is really indestructible, and this product promotion is also unique, with popular promotional songs one after another."

Fang Zhuo was slightly surprised. He really didn't know that Changhong was also a competitor, but...it's not surprising if he thinks about it carefully. Changhong's current business situation doesn't seem to be good.

Ni Runfeng is very talkative, and he does know a lot about Yike's development, and his attitude is not high. As he chatted about his own Changhong, his expression became a little gloomy.

Fang Zhuo could see the change in the leader's mood, but didn't ask any more questions.

However, Ni Runfeng took the initiative to mention one thing: "Is Mr. Fang's trip to the capital going to Sina? Or does it involve investment?"

Fang Zhuo smiled, knowing that the recent media reports on his investment were indeed quite widespread. He nodded and said, "Meet the leader and ask about the investment policy."

Ni Runfeng said thoughtfully: "Yes, policies are very important to help the industry. Although I am in Sichuan Province, I also know some friends in Beijing. Let's have a few drinks after landing. I really want to hear Brother Fang's experience in business."

Fang Zhuo remained politely surprised and agreed to the invitation.

Ni Runfeng said a few more polite words and asked: "I heard that Mr. Fang's Yike is also very good overseas, especially in New York. I don't know if it is convenient for Fang to help find someone there."

Um?

Looking for connections in New York? business? Run away?

Fang Zhuo thought a lot in an instant and became wary.