The Goddess Shines on America

In this way, Alice's career in the UK was settled.

The day the three members of the Li family visited the UK and the next two days were spent in London. What's the use of just taking a look at the office, since they are shareholders, of course they have to track the establishment of the entire enterprise. Even though many things have already been completed by Alice in advance, of course Li Ka-shing has to personally understand some hardware-level indicators in the future operation process.

So after visiting Roswell Tower, Li Ka-shing met with Remus Byrne, a senior designer who was recruited by Alice from Foster + Partners. The few months before and after were enough for this old man in the industry to recruit many colleagues and start a new office in a good office building in the city.

It was the fifteen people headed by him who provided a lot of detailed help for the Alice Building, which was being built in Los Angeles at this time. Regardless of the fact that this is work for the controlling shareholder, Alice followed the process completely according to the law, and signed the contract as she wished. The design consulting fee was indeed determined after repeated discussions between her and Bourne, and it was completely market price.

Basic salary plus welfare allowances, all the employees of the firm should earn a penny. If there is any difference, it is just that Bourne, who is also a shareholder, will make less money in the field of share dividends, that is, the net profit is lower~

Sending people from the Hong Kong Cheung Kong Group is a complicated task. It will be realized slowly with Li Zekai who stayed in London after Li Ka-shing returns to Hong Kong. During this visit, after a preliminary understanding of the office environment and the future design department, the next thing to do is to go to Exeter, which is located at the southeastern tip of the British Isle.

It is a great honor to welcome two billion-dollar businessmen to a small city with a population of only 100,000.

"Please allow me to introduce you."

In the office on the fifth floor of the research institute, Alice introduced a middle-aged lady with fluttering blond hair to the three of the Li family: "This is Draken Drilling Rig Company, the director of Exeter Industrial Research Institute, Edmer Ms. Prond. Ms. Prond, this is the chairman of Hong Kong Cheung Kong Group, Mr. Li Ka-shing."

A very necessary meeting was arranged at this crucial place. Ms. Prand held Li Ka-shing's hand energetically and said, "Hello, Mr. Li, welcome to invest in the UK. We, Drakken, have been doing business in this country for fifteen years. If you have any relevant needs, we Very happy to help."

"That's my honor." Li Ka-shing greeted him politely, and was invited by Alice to sit down in the reception area.

Ms. Prond said, "Mr. Li must have visited Ms. Wang's research institute?"

"We walked up, and through the window, we briefly saw the hard-working programmers." Li Ka-shing's British English is very fluent, even better than Ms. Prond who is a European: "In On the way here, I have heard the introduction of the young Ms. Wang, your company wants to develop into the machine tool industry?"

"That's right." Although only the director of the research institute was present, not the general manager of Drakken's UK branch, Ms. Prond was far more qualified to sit in the seat than that one for everyone's current goals. here.

"In Ms. Wang's research institute, there is currently the world's fastest supercomputer. With its help, we can increase the design speed of new machine tools by many percentage points. Our industrial research institute is designed to be able to It is most convenient to cooperate with Ms. Wang, and it is specially established in Exeter."

The two Li brothers were listening on the sofa beside them, and they didn't intend to interrupt. After all, not counting the unconventional Alice, their age is still too immature compared to the business they are doing now. Li Zeju is not bad, but the second son Li Zekai just graduated from university last year, he seized every opportunity to absorb knowledge before it was too late, so there is no reason not to listen carefully.

"I personally highly agree with your company's measures. Companies that know how to move forward have a bright future." Of course, Li Ka-shing did not hesitate to praise him: "I don't know that Draken has rich experience in drilling rig production. In addition, in what field are you very good at?"

Today's meeting, of course, has been predicted in advance. Ms. Prond fully understood what Li Ka-shing meant, and said with a smile: "Although Germany's economy is very developed, after all, the basic territory is not comparable to that of the United States. The world is like this Big, our Draken has a history of 100 years, and we are very familiar with other companies in the same industrial field in China.”

"In terms of pharmaceutical production, and because Ms. Wang would have known about the headquarters, Drakken, who is in a transition period, does plan to take the pharmaceutical production line as the top priority. If you are willing to give our company a period of time , I believe that the head office will definitely sell a batch of high-quality high-end equipment for the two new companies at a very reasonable price. What do you think?"

After speaking here, Ms. Prond can take a short break, and she took a sip of coffee. The aroma of the drink wafted through the office, and the other three present also took a sip of what was in their cups. Li Ka-shing immediately asked about the details of the production line, and as the director of the new machine tool research and development institute, Edmer Prond not only could answer easily, but also immediately took out a stack of materials from his bag and distributed them to everyone present. past.

Obviously, it is necessary for everyone to go to Drakken's research institute again. As investors and bosses, who can not care about the equipment that will be used to produce their own products? But after all, this research institute is also in Exeter, and it takes only 20 minutes to get there by car. Therefore, during this nap time, it is very necessary for everyone to use the information to get a general understanding first.

"Draken Company, Chairman..." It was also the first time for Alice to read the company's brochure. To be honest, she was quite interested in this company, after all, there was such a thing as a commodity such as drilling rigs. Unspeakable charm. Digging all kinds of mines and digging all kinds of tunnels, this is an absolute "man's romance"!

"Director... O'Brien Anderson!?"

However, to her surprise, she saw a very familiar name among them!

It turned out to be such a causal relationship. When Alice saw this name, it could be regarded as an invisible clue. The female spy Vipple who came to find her must have acted under Anderson's instructions. The weird algorithm of the mysterious programmer, and the use of computers to transform the enterprise, there is obviously an invisible relationship between these two things!

"Miss Wang knows Mr. Anderson?" Ms. Prond asked politely.

"I've met a few times, but they were all in some messy places." Alice put down the introduction brochure with a bang: "It's marked as an independent director?"

"Yes, Mr. Anderson is an independent director of our Draken. Except for important meetings, he will not participate in the company's daily operations."

It turned out to be the case, it turned out to be the case, and it was the case, Alice smiled sincerely: "It's interesting to say, although I have reached a multi-party agreement with your company, but I haven't got to know your board of directors thoroughly. Ms. Prond I would like to ask, which director first put forward the suggestion about Drakken's development of the machine tool industry?"

Edmer Prond, the former deputy director of the technology department sent to the UK by the German headquarters, is currently serving as the director of the institute. Whether the status is high or low, whether it is considered a parallel transfer or a promotion and assignment, obviously depends on the specific role played by the research institute in the company's transformation process.

Therefore, it is too difficult for her to ask which director proposed a certain company's strategic resolution. Prond shook his head with a wry smile that was not unexpected at all: "I'm afraid you can only ask the higher-ups, Ms. Wang, but I think that such a decision of great concern must be passed after a comprehensive discussion by the board of directors."

Of course, proposals of this level would not be accepted all at once. Alice knew that her question was just a simple question, and the deeper things should not be revealed at this time.

But in this way, wouldn't he seem to be in danger?

Alice never forgot that when she met O'Brien Anderson in Los Angeles, she was immediately attacked by a European masked man and hired Chinatown gangsters. If it was not instructed by that guy, Alice would not believe it even if she patted her ass.

Well, it turns out that this guy is still an independent director of Draken Corporation?

Independent directors are independent from the company's shareholder groups, do not hold positions within the company, have no important business or professional connections with the company or company managers, and do not make independent judgments on company affairs. To put it bluntly, its existence is actually tantamount to retail investors with high shareholdings, non-staff personnel who simply make profits.

It's very inconspicuous, very inconspicuous. If it weren't for the fact that the brochure that Ms. Prond handed over was indeed too detailed, no one would know what independent directors this company has.

In the end, it turned out that the person who had sent someone to do some kind of "disadvantage" to him actually went to his partnership company?

Although she was just an independent director with little real power, Alice realized instinctively that if she really thought so, the plan would be ruined.

"Uncle Akaman." That night, in her own room, Alice hung up the phone to the headquarters of the Blackwater Company in North Carolina, USA: "I want to check two people for you, O'Brien Anderson and Vipple Pushkin , the business representative and independent director of Sid Drakken, I will send you all the information later, and then we can discuss."