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"Resign?"

This really surprised Zhou Buqi.

Boss Ma was also in disbelief.

What does this mean?

Did you feel that you were being despised and angry, so you decided to resign?

Isn't this too self-motivated?

Losing a childish temper?

Who can have trouble with money?

If you are fired, you can get full compensation; if you resign voluntarily, you will not be able to get any financial compensation from the company.

Sun Wanran nodded lightly, "Well, it's just resignation. He said it very formally and didn't lie at all. He also said he wanted to see you, so I asked him to come over. I guess... I guess he's on the way now."

Boss Ma smiled and said, "What an unexpected surprise."

Zhou Buqi said: "He is here, should he negotiate to terminate the contract?"

Boss Ma nodded, "Probably, it's always a good thing."

Between the company and its employees, in addition to dismissal and resignation, there is actually a compromise solution, which is negotiated termination of the contract.

When a company fires employees, it costs too much; when employees are fired, their resumes and reputations are affected.

This can be a compromise.

The company pays less compensation and then lets employees leave the company in the name of voluntary resignation. The company spent less money and the employees' reputations were preserved.

The vast majority of senior executives resign using this method.

Zhou Buqi told Kilar and Thompson, who did not understand Chinese, the news, and both of them were deeply excited.

After a while, Sun Wanran ran over, "Marcus is in the company's office and publicly announced that he has submitted his resignation to the board of directors."

Zhou Buqi said amusedly: "This man really has a character."

Such an accident really disrupted all the previous plans. Fortunately, this is a good thing. Marcus resigned, which would hit Pierre even harder.

Twenty minutes later, David Marcus really arrived.

At this time, only Zhou Buqi and Boss Ma were left in the office.

After Marcus came over, there was no greeting.

He wasn't here to reminisce about old times, and the two of them didn't have much friendship.

Business is business.

Let’s get straight to the point.

Marcus said: "Sir, I want to tell you that I will leave PayPal."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Is there any reason?"

Marcus was silent for a while and said bluntly: "Personal reasons, some factors related to personal career development planning. PayPal will be listed soon, and my mission has been completed. For me, it is time to find a more suitable job. I’m going to pursue my career ideals.”

With just this sentence, Zhou Buqi felt that this person could do it, and said frankly: "PayPal has now formed a new board of directors, and the current situation is very complicated. In order to allow PayPal to successfully spin off from eBay, this process is also full of challenges." The twists and turns.”

Marcus smiled, "I understand, I can understand."

Zhou Buqi said: "Personally, I appreciate your abilities. But the current situation is very complicated, and there are some things that when dealing with... may be more important than the choice of CEO."

In the past few years at eBay, Marcus was on the front line of harassment by Carl Icahn.

There are some things that don’t need to be said.

He knows what's going on.

If PayPal wants to be independent and spin off, it is not enough to be independent in terms of equity alone. It must also be independent of the control of the entire company, and it must be liberated from PayPal's control.

Pierre is making a last-ditch effort to maintain the cooperative relationship between PayPal and eBay.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "I admire your ability, and that's not a lie. I suggest you take some time off. When everything is stable next year, maybe you can join Ziweixing International to work."

"No, no," Marcus shook his head, "Someone has already contacted me."

"ah?"

Zhou Buqi was slightly startled.

Marcus said bluntly: "I would join Facebook."

Zhou Buqi immediately reacted, "Facebook has a new business direction recently. They want to show off their skills in the mobile payment market. Is this the case?"

Marcus smiled and said nothing.

It’s not convenient to say more at the moment, we have to wait for news from Facebook.

But even without saying it, Zhou Buqi could still guess the reason. He frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "It's okay to leave PayPal and join Facebook. If I go to Facebook to help them with their mobile payment business, wouldn't it be inappropriate?" ?”

"Since they have found me, I believe they can handle it." After a pause, Marcus wanted to define the nature of this matter, "It was Facebook who found me and offered me a career that I couldn't refuse. Planning and quality projects. I would like to stay, but it might be better to move on."

"Job hopping..."

Zhou Buqi looked at him deeply and seemed to understand his thoughts.

Marcus asked, "So, I want to know the board's attitude."

Zhou Buqi said: "The opinion of the board of directors is that you stay. During today's meeting, although there was no formal discussion on this issue, I asked the opinions of three directors. They all preferred that you stay, among which Including Bill Gates.”

Marcus nodded, "I thank the board of directors for their kindness."

Zhou Buqi said sincerely: "If you really want to leave, the board of directors cannot refuse. It will accept your resignation application and issue an announcement to thank you for your contribution to PayPal over the years."

Boss Ma sat next to him, looking up at the roof of the shed.

Listening to the words of these two people, they were in a trance for a while and it was hard to tell whether they were true or false.

Marcus sighed, "I thank the board of directors for their kindness, but I will not accept the board's attempt to stay. I have sent an email to all employees, and I thank them for their support of my work over the years. But now I am PayPal's mission has been completed. PayPal has formed a new board of directors. The process of independent spin-off and listing has become an established fact. I have done everything I can. For personal reasons, I chose to leave, but..."

"If you have any difficulties, just tell me!"

"I went to Facebook and there might be some controversy."

"Am I right?" Zhou Buqi smiled and shook his head, "I know exactly what Zuckerberg is thinking. What he wants to do most now is mobile payment."

Marcus said: "I'm afraid some people will misunderstand."

Violation of the non-competition agreement may lead to prosecution. Even if compensation is made, there will be a moral stain. It will be difficult for an executive with stains on his resume to enter the core level of a listed company.

For Zhou Buqi, this is actually a deal, and of course it can give him reassurance. "With your ability and current situation, if Facebook wants to poach you, it must pay a record-breaking compensation and signing fee." Only in this way can it be worthy of the huge sacrifice you have made for Facebook. As for other things, you don’t have to worry, I promise you!”

Marcus was actually a little moved.

It's like I've met a soulmate.