When will I have a long tassel?

Tang Zifeng is a frequent visitor to New Jingwei Company, but every time he comes he basically chats with Li Kejia, and only says hello when he meets Zhao Yuntao, Liu Xiaohan and others. The world of programmers is too far away from Tang Zifeng. When the two groups sit together, they basically stare at each other and can't talk about anything.

However, this time when it came to recruiting programmers in Russia, Li Kejia had to invite Zhao and Liu. The two of them were quite polite to Tang Zifeng and exchanged a few words before asking what happened.

"What, recruiting Russian programmers?"

After listening to Li Kejia's introduction, the two senior coders were stunned:

"How is this possible? Why would someone want to come to China?"

"How is this impossible?" Tang Zifeng said, "I dug up a Russian machine tool design expert a few days ago. Even the chief engineer of our group called him a mathematical genius."

"It must be expensive, right?" Zhao Yuntao asked timidly.

"It's indeed quite expensive." Tang Zifeng said in a serious tone, "The salary is 120,000 yuan, plus bonuses."

"120,000..." Liu Xiaohan clicked his tongue, "This money is enough for us to hire seven or eight experienced programmers."

Li Kejia glared at Tang Zifeng, and then said to Zhao and Liu: "With an annual salary of 120,000, you can hire seven or eight people for me to try. Not to mention experienced programmers, the annual salary of cleaners now exceeds 20,000." Alright?"

"What, an annual salary of 120,000? Isn't it a monthly salary?" Liu Xiaohan's eyes widened, "Kejia, you didn't hear Mr. Tang make it clear, how could this be an annual salary?"

"But it is indeed the annual salary." Tang Zifeng chuckled. He just deliberately didn't say whether the salary of 120,000 yuan was an annual salary or a monthly salary, just to tease these two nerds, but they didn't expect that they were actually fooled.

A few years ago, Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan would not have made such a mistake. A salary of 120,000 yuan a year was an astronomical figure for them. However, in recent years, wages across China have been rising. As a high-tech company, New Jingwei's wages are higher than those of other companies. In addition, as senior executives, Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan already received a monthly salary of 50,000, so when they first heard the number 120,000, they instinctively thought of it as a monthly salary.

"Mr. Tang, 120,000 a year, only 10,000 a month for co-authorship. You are not talking about US dollars, are you?" Liu Xiaohan was still making his last effort.

"The monthly salary is 10,000 yuan." Tang Zifeng said.

"How is this possible? With a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, it is not easy to hire an engineer with a little experience now. You are talking about a mathematical genius, and he is also Russian. How could he agree to this condition?" Zhao Yuntao asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "I didn't believe this at first. Later, I asked someone about it, and I found out that the salary level in Russia is lower than ours, especially the salary of personnel within the system, which is only a fraction of that in private enterprises. .The expert I hired is a professor at Moscow University. His monthly salary is only 12,000 rubles, which is already considered a high salary.

"The current exchange rate of the ruble to the US dollar is 30 to 1. 12,000 rubles is equivalent to 400 US dollars, which is more than 3,000 RMB. If I directly give him 10,000 RMB, can he not be tempted?"

"No way?" Zhao Yuntao's face was full of astonishment. "How can the salary level in Russia be lower than ours? More than 3,000 yuan, and you are still a professor at Moscow University. This is completely unreasonable."

"That's pretty much it." Wang Zijie interjected, "I have been to Russia several times and have communicated with scholars there. I know that their income level is indeed very low. The average salary of civil servants is only 4,000 rubles, which is That’s more than 100 US dollars. Of course, their civil servants’ benefits are very good, which is a continuation of the tradition of the former Soviet Union, including housing, medical care, water and electricity, etc. They all enjoy preferential treatment and basically have no expenses.”

"Even so, it's not easy to buy better clothes for more than 100 US dollars, which is equivalent to 1,000 yuan, right?" Li Kejia asked.

Wang Zijie said: "It is true. Because of this, it is an open matter for Russian civil servants to collect gray income. I heard their scholars say that the gray income collected by an ordinary civil servant can reach more than twice the salary. This is also It’s a kind of subsidy.”

"How could this happen?" Zhao Yuntao said dully, unable to digest this information for a long time.

In the impression of the older generation of Chinese, the Soviet Union was much wealthier than China. Watching movies from the former Soviet Union, people’s homes had villas, refrigerators, and cars, but the only electrical appliance in our home at that time was a flashlight, which was very different from other people’s homes.

In recent years, although we have frequently heard that Russia's economy has collapsed and people's lives are in hardship, no one has a real understanding of the extent of the hardship. On the Internet, some people have written articles such as "Only in Russia do we realize that other people's lives are beyond our imagination", claiming that domestic media reports on Russia's economic depression are false and that Russians have free housing and medical care. Free, unlimited natural gas, two vacations to the Black Sea a year. As a result, everyone no longer believes that Russia is worse than China.

But this is the actual situation. Ten years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia's economic aggregate dropped by 50%. At the same time, China's economy grew by more than 200%. The difference in per capita living standards between China and Russia has been very small since entering and exiting. If it narrows down to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, it is normal for the residents' living standards to be higher than those in Russia.

"Old Zhao, I remembered that when Lao Xi was chatting with us, he did say that their salary level is very low and is not enough to live on." Liu Xiaohan reminded Zhao Yuntao in a low voice.

"Lao Xi?" Li Kejia's ears were very sharp and he heard this key information at once.

"It's a Russian colleague." Zhao Yuntao said, "His name is Shilyayev. When Lao Liu and I usually talk about him, we call him Lao Xi. Russian names are really too long and difficult to pronounce. .”

"What did Lao Xi say?" Li Kejia asked.

Zhao Yuntao said: "This Lao Xi is an engineer from a Russian military research institute with a very high level of programming. We met him at an international programmer forum. That forum is a place where programmers from all over the world exchange experiences with each other. We encountered technical obstacles several times and asked for help, and Lao Xi helped us solve it twice. The solutions he proposed were very clever, and both Lao Liu and I were very convinced."

"You ask people to solve technical problems, will you pay me?" Li Kejia asked.

"No." Zhao Yuntao said, "It's common for programmers to help each other online, and no one mentions money. However, after these two times, we got to know Lao Xi, and we often chat on MSN. Now. Looking back, he did talk about the issue of low income, but we didn’t care.”

"Uh..." Li Kejia was speechless, "Have you never thought that he might want to work in China?"

"How can we think about this?" Zhao Yuntao complained bitterly, "We have always felt that the conditions in Russia are much better than ours. It is almost the same if we change jobs in Russia. How can any Russians jump here?"

"When you said this, I remembered that Lao Xi really said he wanted to come to China." Liu Xiaohan said.

"Did he really say that?" Li Kejia became excited, "What did he say?"

"He seems to be saying that he particularly likes China and hopes to have the opportunity to visit China or even stay in China for a few years."

"What did you say?"

"Of course I said welcome. I also said that if he comes to China, I will treat him to roast duck."

"Then what?"

"Then..., there is no more."

"Pfft!" Tang Zifeng burst into laughter.

Li Kejia also looked hopeless: "Old Liu, you asked me to tell you what you are good at. He is clearly hinting that he wants to come to China to work. What do you mean by roast duck!"

"Is that what he meant?" Liu Xiaohan looked at Zhao Yuntao and asked.

Zhao Yuntao shook his head: "I don't know. But after hearing what Kejia said, I think it's really possible. You forgot, he asked about our salary level and the prices in the capital."

"You didn't disclose your annual salary of one million, did you?" Tang Zifeng asked worriedly.

"No, no." Zhao Yuntao quickly denied, and then said, "Besides, our annual salary does not reach one million. Lao Xi and I only told the salary standards of a group of programmers here, which is seven to eight thousand Looks like bucks.”

"You should contact Lao Xi now and ask him if he is interested in working in China. In terms of salary, you first tell him 15,000 yuan a month. If he doesn't accept it, let's raise something more." Li Kejia made a quick decision.

15,000 yuan is the salary standard for New Jingwei Company to recruit senior programmers. This Shilyayev can solve problems that Zhao Yuntao and Liu Xiaohan cannot solve. He is definitely a big shot. Giving him a monthly salary of 15,000 yuan is definitely a slight. However, there should always be some room left for things like salary. Besides, didn't Tang Zifeng only give him a monthly salary of 10,000? This must be the appetite of Russian big shots.

Without saying a word, Zhao Yuntao opened his laptop, logged on to MSN, and started calling Shilyayev. The time difference between China and Russia is not long. Shilyayev had just gotten up and heard the reminder from MSN and came over to reply.

Zhao Yuntao's emotional intelligence is not particularly high, but he is still 40 years old, and he is not so stubborn that he will tell the truth. He told Shilyayev that he had heard that the treatment in the Russian research institute was poor and that talents like Lao Xiyou were not taken seriously. He felt it was a pity, so he recommended it to the leaders of the unit.

After repeated work, the unit leader now agreed to give him a chance and asked him if he would like to work in China. As for the remuneration, the salary is so-so based on US$1,800 per month. The company provides a two-bedroom apartment that you can move in with your luggage.