Chapter 5 Self-motivation
The headquarters of Snapdragon Software Company is also on Changjiang Road. It is located on the top floor of an office building just built last year. It covers an area of more than 400 square meters. In order to create a distinctive image of a high-tech enterprise leading the era, a well-known decoration designer was specially hired from Pujiang to make the office bright and magnificent. However, Du Qiu does not work here, so most places have not been opened yet, making it look empty and deserted.
The layout of the headquarters is the same as that of an ordinary company. The outermost part is the glass door, then the company's logo wall, and the front desk reception is under the logo, and then extends to both sides, on the left is the employee work area, and on the right is the management office area, the first one is Gao Mingda's office.
"Mr. Gu, hello... The car has already arrived downstairs? Okay, I'll go downstairs to get the keys now."
After hanging up the phone, Gao Mingda did not rush out, but leaned on the back of the chair with moderate softness and hardness, raised his arms flat, stretched his waist, and twisted his neck left and right. While soothing his stiff cervical spine, he looked at the spacious, elegant, luxurious and elegant office, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Gao Mingda is a native of Yuncheng. He studied in a college degree in other provinces. After graduating in 1987, he was assigned to work at Yuncheng Machinery Factory. In 1990, he was responsible for cooperating with Sanjiang University to carry out a technical transformation project. He had an intersection with Chen Zhiyang. After that, he worked as a secretary for him for more than four years.
Chen Zhiyang is not a selfless leader, but he is a leader with clear rewards and punishments, and he is willing to delegate power. Gao Mingda did a good job in secretary. After four years, he handled both official and private affairs very well and worked hard and made great contributions. So he promoted him from an ordinary clerk to a section-level cadre, and planned to go to the school publishing house to serve as president. The university publishing house is a unit that is reliable in drought and flood, expensive and has good luck. It can be said to be a vigorous cultivation. Gao Mingda was devoted to following the right leader.
However, when Du Qiu proposed the job invitation, Gao Mingda immediately gave up his plan to become the president of a publishing house and decided to develop into the business world because his education was not good enough and he was not from the direct department of Sanjiang University. If he became the president, he would not only face various attacks from open and hidden guns, but he would never go further.
Now it seems that the original decision was not wrong...
It is the same job of welcoming and sending off, and the secretary and manager are really different. The titles are different, the circles are different, the status is different, the status is different, the power is different, the strength is different, and the life experience is different...
When Gao Mingda walked out of the office, he saw the front desk sitting behind the welcome desk next to the company logo, looking down at a printed manuscript, and asked casually: "What are you looking at?"
"Mr. Gao." The front desk lady hurriedly stood up and introduced: "It is an internal reference material for the company, about web design."
"You understand?"
"I don't understand very much." The front desk lady was not discouraged, but said with a look of longing: "Mr. Du said that web design is not difficult. As long as you study hard, you can learn it. Moreover, the web design department will move here in a while. I will learn a little bit of basics first and then ask those programmers."
There are currently only six or seven employees at the Snapdragon headquarters. They do some jobs such as reception interviews and logistics services. The salary is relatively low, which is incomparable to programmers in the research institute. The front desk lady was recruited by Gao Mingda himself and she is very clear about her resume. She knows that she is just a high school student who can type. It is difficult to learn the complex programming knowledge by herself. However, she admires her ambition and said, "Then you look at it well, don't delay your work."
"I know, thank you Mr. Gao."
Gao Mingda took the elevator to the first floor. As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw a burly and huge Mercedes-Benz S-Class luxury sedan. He quickly walked forward and greeted the fat man who was smoking in the driver's seat with the window open and opened the car and said, "Mr. Gu, you just asked the driver to send it here, why did you come here in person?"
The fat man is named Gu Shoubing. He is the general manager of Sanjiang International Trust and Investment Company. He is also one of the six corporate investors brought by Chen Zhiyang at the end of April. At that time, Snapdragon was worth 30 million yuan. He thought it was too high, so he just wanted to invest only 1.5 million yuan. Now if Microsoft acquires Snapdragon for US$20 million, more than 7 million can be recovered immediately by 1.5 million. Therefore, he is very regretful and is very much looking forward to making millions in less than a month. Taking out such performance will not only show off its face in front of the leaders, but will also become a famous within the industry and become a good story.
Gu Shoubing did not get out of the car, stretched out his hand out of the car window, bounced the ashes, and said with a smile: "I'm idle today, so I'll drive out for some breathing, and go with you to see what Microsoft's senior vice president looks like."
"Mr. Gu is really happy." Gao Mingda opened the passenger door and sat in and said, "In fact, it's just a very ordinary foreigner, the kind that can be seen everywhere on the streets of the United States."
"Men cannot look at appearance, they have to look at power and wealth." Gu Shoubing skillfully started the car and said loudly: "Bill Gates is just an ordinary American, not as good as Stallone in terms of physique, and not as good as Tom Cruise in terms of appearance, but when he came to China last year, his pomp was bigger than any Hollywood star. Those movie stars are very famous, but in the eyes of national leaders, they are just actors."
This resonated with Gao Mingda, and he nodded in agreement: "It's still Mr. Gu's knowledge."
"Xiao Gao, you Mr. Du invites Americans to dinner at night. Where is it bad to go? You have to go to a remote place to eat home-cooked dishes. What is your thought?"
"How can I know Mr. Du's thoughts?" Gao Mingda said perfunctorily: "Du Qiu probably felt that the Americans were used to eating big fish and meat in various luxury hotels. Suddenly, he changed his environment and invited him to taste local specialties from Chinese folk dishes. Maybe he could leave a deeper impression."
"That's true, you Mr. Du can really play tricks." Gu Shoubing raised his hand and threw the cigarette butt out of the car very casually, saying, "Please help me arrange it. Let's see if you Mr. Du has time. I'll treat him to a meal. Choose whatever you want."
"This is no problem. Mr. Du said a few days ago that he would invite Mr. Gu to go fishing at Majiaqiao Reservoir with him."
"Oh, Mr. Du and I are fellow fellows! I like fishing the most. The scenery in Majiaqiao Reservoir is good and there are many fish. It is a good place." Gu Shoubing never thought that Du Qiu would not sell the company and enviously said: "You Mr. Du holds 65% of Snapdragon shares. After selling 20 million US dollars to Microsoft, you can get 13 million yuan and become a billionaire at once. It is better to build a villa on Majiaqiao as a summer resort... Tsk tsk, more than 100 million yuan, I guess you can't spend all your money in your life. Do whatever you want and don't live too comfortable!"
The valuation of Snapdragon of $20 million is the news that Du Qiu asked Gao Mingda to release. As for whether to sell it or not, it is a secret. So he sighed and said, "Du is always comfortable. We just joined the company are in trouble. Microsoft will definitely not want us little fish and shrimp."
"That's nothing. With your ability, you're afraid that you won't be able to find a job?"
"I can't find a salary that is so high."
"Then don't think about it. Only Snapdragon company in the country dares to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month." Gu Shoubing drove a public luxury car worth 10,000 yuan, but he complained, "Look at me, he is the general manager of a large company that manages hundreds of millions of assets, but his monthly salary is only 2,000 or 3,000 yuan. Life is hard. People often talk behind their backs, saying that my salary is too high, it's a damn thing! Last year, I paid millions of profits to the province and got such a small salary. What's the point of being quarrel?"
"Our country's salary system is indeed not very reasonable. People like Mr. Gu who are engaged in finance should pay dividends based on profits like those investment bank managers on Wall Street."
"Divids are dreams, it would be nice to have some bonuses."
The headquarters of Snapdragon is very close to Mingzhu Hotel. The two of them chatted nonsense and drove there soon. Gu Shoubing parked his car at the door of the hotel and handed the car keys to Gao Mingda, and said, "You go and greet the people from Microsoft. Just introduce me to me when you come down. I am not a computer player, and I will not waste your time. I just want to gain some wealth from the Fortune 500 in the world."
Gao Mingda carefully opened all the car windows to scent the smoke inside, and then went upstairs to invite Brad Silverberg and Du Jiabin to take them to attend the family gathering specially prepared by Du Qiu.
(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!