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Dr. Wang Jian resigned from Microsoft Research and joined the process of Ziwei Star, entering the countdown.

After being poached by Baidu in March, Microsoft Asia Research Institute once again lost core personnel, this time being the executive vice president. With Wang Jian's influence, once he resigns, he may not be alone.

He has worked at Microsoft for so many years, and has cultivated several mature and powerful project teams under his hands.

There are many young people who are full of vigor and have extremely high learning ability and scientific research ability.

Such a proud student is really hard to give up.

However, this kind of brazen job-hopping during the contract period will ruin their options in Microsoft.

If the contract expires and resigns, it is a mature option and can be obtained. If the employee resigns normally, it is easy to get together and leave, or it can be said that there is a grace period for exercising the rights.

But this kind of good gathering and separation often requires signing a non-compete agreement.

Require employees not to join competing companies for a period of time.

Of course not.

Wang Jian wants to do cloud computing, and he doesn't want to delay for a moment.

It can only be a forced breach of contract and job-hopping, and they broke up unhappy. Then there is no way, no matter how many options there are, according to industry practice, they will be directly deprived.

It is equivalent to the past few years.

Only got some salary.

Fortunately, Ziwei Xing was very generous, and there was an entry bonus, a total of 2 million shares!

Also, it's not option stock, it's RSU restricted stock.

The difference between the two is that options need to be bought. That is, when He Yang and Cheng Binghao joined the company, each of them was assigned 10 million shares, and it cost 2 cents to exercise their rights. It is equivalent to spending $200,000 to buy 10 million shares of stock.

There is no need to buy RSU shares, it is a direct gift.

After the 4-year contract is fulfilled, Wang Jian can exercise his rights without spending a penny and get 2 million shares.

This can be regarded as an additional compensation.

Last year, Xu Liangjie joined the company and received 10 million stock options. But with the end of Ziweixing's A round, the stock value can be measured intuitively.

It would be impossible to give out so many special talent entry reward stocks.

The previous cap was 10 million shares, but the current cap is 2 million shares.

After the B round, the cap may be 1 million shares.

It is to encourage senior talents to join as soon as possible, don't delay!

On this day, Wang Jian appeared on the 7th floor of the Sohu Building wearing a plaid shirt.

I followed Ms. Guo Dan, the vice president and head of legal administration, to her office, and called people from finance, legal affairs, and personnel over to prepare to sign the equity grant contract.

After the contract is signed, he will be employed.

After Microsoft completes the process, he can officially appear on Ziwei Star.

At this time, Wang Haoyang also appeared with a smile, "Doctor, how many people do you plan to bring with you this time?"

"well."

Wang Jian had a troubled expression on his face.

Wang Haoyang was surprised, "What's wrong? None of the disciples you cultivated want to follow you?"

Wang Jian shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want to follow, it's that there are some things... I only need to bring one, and I will recruit slowly in the future."

Wang Haoyang frowned slightly, a little dissatisfied.

If you want to recruit people in the future, who will you recruit?

To do a big project like cloud computing, domestic engineers almost have to start from scratch and do it while learning. What kind of person is capable? Of course they are graduates of Tsinghua University and Peking University.

It’s just that graduates from Qingbei have been snatched away by Microsoft, Google, and IBM when applying for jobs in the past few years. Domestic Internet companies have no competitiveness at all.

Thinking about it again, Wang Haoyang had a little understanding.

In March, Baidu poached people from Microsoft very hard, and a project team of dozens of people was dug up. So much so that Bill Gates was furious and wanted to remove Dean Shen from his post.

Wang Jian had a good relationship with Shen Xiangyang, probably because he didn't want to make too much noise about his resignation and cause trouble for his old friend.

Thinking of this, Wang Haoyang couldn't help laughing, "Doctor, you really...don't you know?"

"what?"

"It seems that you really only care about technology and don't care about wind direction!"

Wang Jian looked confused, "What's wrong?"

Wang Haoyang looked inscrutable, "Boss Zhou, besides being interested in cloud computing, also has ambitions in artificial intelligence. You are at Microsoft Research, and you haven't heard any rumors about Shen Xiangyang?"

"ah?"

Wang Jian was stunned.

He didn't hear the wind.

But from the tone of the other party, it can be judged in all likelihood. Boss Zhou wanted to poach Lao Shen, and he wanted to eat everything, big and small, all in one pot!

Wang Haoyang smiled and said: "Doctor, for your sake, our boss Zhou has already made up his mind to offend Bill Gates. After this incident is over, he still wants to go to the United States in person to make amends. Zhou Buqi this time But if you go all out, you’ve already offended me anyway, so it doesn’t matter if you poach a few more people. Don’t you think so? Microsoft is just an outsider, and we are our own people.”

Wang Jian couldn't hold back, lowered his voice, "Old Shen really wants to come?"

Wang Haoyang said: "It's okay to tell you. At the decision-making committee earlier this month, we passed a plan called 'Threesomes'. In fact, we wanted to poach three people."

"oh?"

"You, Shen Xiangyang, and Zhang Xiaolong."

"Zhang Xiaolong? Who is it?"

"It's the one who used to be the Foxmail mailbox, and now is the director of the QQ mailbox business. Some time ago, Penguin wanted to poach our executives, and we are reciprocal revenge."

"oh……"

Wang Jian was a little dumbfounded.

Boss Zhou this time is really young, full of vigor and strong desire for revenge. What is there to dig for a mailbox? A few college students can make it without any technical content.

Wang Haoyang waved his hand, "Okay, hurry up and sign, go back when you're done, and bring more people over! Microsoft doesn't dig so many talents, why keep them for the Americans? Just talk about the spirit of internationalism, don't take it too seriously."

Wang Jian works at Microsoft, and what he signed was the complete original option contract, which has 60 pages. There are certain clauses, exit clauses, special agreements, resolutions of the board of directors, articles of association, etc., and there are a lot of new vocabulary.

He didn't understand it at all at the time, and he signed the pledge out of his trust in the international giant.

But this time when he signed the contract... he was immediately stunned.

"Only three pages?" Wang Jian has never worked in a domestic company, and he doesn't know much about the domestic game. "The contract I signed at Microsoft has fifty or sixty pages."

The legal counsel explained: "This is just a power of attorney, not the original option."

"What's the meaning?"

"that is……"

This is really not easy to explain.

Because the option originally involves a lot of company secrets, such as whether it is registered in the Cayman Islands and whether it adopts a VIE structure. If it gets out, it is likely to cause misunderstandings from the outside world, thinking that this is a foreign company, or it is for tax avoidance. In fact, such an operation is only for the convenience of overseas listing in the future.

This model design is very complex and involves very cumbersome legal and regulatory issues. Going through the employee contracts of thousands of people is a waste of company resources.

It is easier to sign a verbal commitment.

There is no need to go through any process.

It's all about trust.

Domestic Internet companies basically play this way. If you meet a good boss with a conscience, you can fulfill your verbal promises. For example, Baidu, Sohu, NetEase, Penguin, 360 and other companies are listed, and the option promises are fulfilled, and the employees are all rich.

But there are some companies that are very pitiful!

Either the option price is inflated, or there is no exit clause, or the conditions of determination are vague. Many people have worked for many years, and the company will go public immediately, and the company will find an excuse, saying that he has made some mistakes, that he has been washed away, and he cannot get a share.

It's like a loan contract.

Zhang San borrowed 100 yuan from Li Si, and asked a lawyer to write a contract in triplicate, signed and stamped with a red seal. This is an equity contract with legal protection.

If you only sign and press your fingerprints, you have to follow the company's rules and regulations. Any clause can play tricks, and the contract is equivalent to waste paper. This is an option contract.

If it's just a note like "Zhang San owes Li Si 100 yuan", without official seal, fingerprint, or signature, then this is the authorization contract signed by Ziweixing to Wang Jian.

There are no guarantees.

It all depends on the character and conscience of the boss.

Seeing that Wang Jian hesitated, Wang Haoyang couldn't help laughing, "What are you afraid of? The 1,500 people in the company all signed like this. Are you still afraid that the company will default?"

Wang Jiandao: "I'm just surprised that Ziweixing can be regarded as a big company with a large scale."

"Big company?" Wang Haoyang shook his head, "It's still far away. It's still in the stage of starting a business. One person has to be used by three people. The province saves unnecessary processes. Good steel is used wisely. Wait for you to join the company." I get it. We are different from Microsoft. This kind of immaturity and imperfection is just a sign of vitality."

Signing went well.

Wang Haoyang was very happy, so he smiled and said to Guo Dan: "By the way, have you found a training place?"

Guo Dan said: "I've made contact, it's in the auditorium not far away. I'm graduating soon, and we can use it anytime."

Wang Jian couldn't help asking: "Training? What training?"

Guo Dan said with a smile: "The technical training on the open platform is to help colleagues improve their technology."

"Is it free?"

"No, charge."

"How many?"

"300 people, a total of 30 million."

"Ahem..."

Wang Jian almost choked.

When I came to Ziwei Star, the surprises happened one after another. But it’s okay, the stronger Ziweixing’s ability to make money, the stronger its confidence in cloud computing.

Wang Haoyang asked again: "How is the matter in the park?"

Guo Dan shook his head, "It's still a bit troublesome to communicate with the government."

Wang Jian couldn't help but asked again: "What park?"

Guo Dan smiled and said: "Ziweixing's headquarters park, this plan has already been launched."

Wang Jian was a bit hypocritical, "What is the approximate investment budget for this headquarters park?"

Guo Dan took a look at Wang Haoyang, and seeing that he had no objection, he shook his head slightly and said vaguely: "The big boss didn't say anything specifically, so I don't know very well. But it depends on what he means...you have to invest four or five billion."

"I rely on it!"

Wang Jian collapsed on the spot.

How can such a waste of money? Can cloud computing still do it?

Guo Dan smiled without saying a word, shaking his head secretly.

Then, there is a headache.

About that piece of land, I have to talk to the boss, he seems to have been cheated.