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On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the company will officially go to work.

However, after breaking five, executives such as He Yang, Wang Haoyang, Zhang Yiming, and Guo Pengfei all returned to Beijing one after another.

Wang Haoyang gave a rough annual budget for infrastructure equipment purchases.

very scary!

This year, it will cost a full 75 million yuan!

Among them, the Oracle database service fee for Oracle alone is as high as 40 million.

Is this not a joke?

Last year, Zhou Buqi gritted his teeth and spent 15 million on this business. After a year, the expenditure has almost tripled!

Zhou Buqi felt that he needed to consult a big boss.

Lei Jun is not suitable, he must talk about UC browser; Zhou Hongyi is not suitable either, Qihoo company is raising funds, and the two are quarreling; Zhang Chaoyang disappeared, I don’t know where he went; stronger than yourself.

After much deliberation, Li Guoqing was the best choice.

In the Internet field, he is also a godfather figure. The talents who came out of Dangdang have benefited the entire Huaxia Internet.

"You really know how to hurry. I just came back from Europe with my wife and children."

"Going to Europe for a holiday during the Chinese New Year?"

"Um."

"have a thought!"

Li Guoqing waved his hand with a smile, "Okay, just tell me straight up, boy, what do you want from me?" His small eyes never left the beautiful tea art teacher who was kneeling and sitting next to her.

There is nothing shameful about food and sex.

Relatively speaking, the Internet bosses are much better than the big bosses in traditional industries in this regard. Even if they play occasionally, they are always on point.

Zhou Buqi has seen the big world.

In his hometown in Northeast China, he has an "uncle" who is in the mining business. The man had an apartment building full of girls who had defected from North Korea. Some girls even asked him to help, and took over their sisters, parents and aunts to enjoy a happy life. She was pretty, so she stayed and lived together. Those with poor looks are sent to the countryside to be married to bachelors. Live every day like an emperor.

"That's right, Xiaonei and Friends.com generate a lot of data every day, but the service fee..."

"Database? Oracle?"

Li Guoqing was obviously an expert, and he understood what he meant by halfway through speaking.

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes."

There are many databases in the world, and there are free databases, but the one with the best and most stable performance is Oracle. Therefore, the world's top 500 and large state-owned enterprises, especially the databases in the financial industry, generally use Oracle databases.

Dangdang is an e-commerce platform, and Xiaonei and Friends also have a lot of important data. Using Oracle is an inevitable choice.

Li Guoqing smiled and said: "You are just a start-up company, so there is no need to worry too much."

"What's the meaning?"

"It doesn't have to be paid in full."

"Using pirated copies?"

Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide, and used a pirated version, how can he go abroad to expand his territory in the future? After a paper of complaint is settled, is it immortal?

Li Guoqing waved his hand, "It's not a pirated version, it's a genuine one. But... our national conditions are not comparable to those of developed countries. A company's annual profit of 20 to 30 million yuan turns out to be 40 to 50 million yuan as a service fee for Oracle." , Is this possible? So, people are also flexible."

"How to say?"

"It's similar to Microsoft and IBM. As long as you provide enough sales for their sales, they will turn a blind eye. Everyone knows what's going on. Basically, it's half and half. "

"Still using pirated versions."

"It's not a pirated version. How can the pirated version provide services? They have excellent technical means." Li Guoqing glanced at him, "You don't understand any technology, kid?"

Zhou Buqi coughed lightly, a little embarrassed, "I still know a little bit."

Li Guoqing said: "As long as you have purchased the service, as long as you have downloaded the genuine media, it doesn't matter how many people install it. When buying and selling, they will evaluate it according to the size of your company, and you must have a certain growth target every year. If you meet the standard, that's enough." .You can talk to the salesman.”

Zhou Buqi squinted his eyes and thought for a while, "You mean... If we need 200 sets of databases, we only need to purchase 100 sets of services, and then install 200 sets. At that time, we can enjoy 200 sets of databases. set of database services?"

"Yes, other people's software doesn't check the CPU at all, or they don't bother to check it. They understand the difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises."

"It's okay!"

"But as I said, they only target small and medium-sized enterprises. If you are a listed company like Baidu, or a company that is about to go public like Ali and Jinshan, then there is no discount, and you have to behave yourself."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

If it's split in half...it's enough to spend 20 million on this business this year, which is still a huge sum of money.

Hey, this is the sad reminder of being mastered by others.

The company managed to make some money, but ended up paying intellectual property fees to high-tech companies in the United States.

"By the way, what did you just say? Microsoft Office software also needs to be purchased?"

"What do you say?"

"Dangdang bought it?"

"It's not much. Counting the system, each set is 1980 yuan a year. It's enough to buy 1,000 sets. It's not much money. There's no need to take risks for this little money."

That is nearly 2 million purchase money!

Helpless.

Zhou Buqi wiped his nose and coughed lightly, "Office software is different from databases, and it's okay to use pirated versions. But you're right, let's buy genuine ones later."

Next, Li Guoqing hooked up with the tea art girl, saying that there is a swimming pool in the Shangri-La Hotel, do you have time to go swimming together?

The little girl said I can't, but her face was flushed and she was very ashamed.

There is a gesture of refusal and welcome.

Seeing that it was almost done, Zhou Buqi found a reason to leave quickly.

This buddy went to Europe for vacation, so he must be overwhelmed.

The next day, Zhou Buqi and He Yang went to Sohu Building together to inspect the working environment.

Basically all right.

When the employees come back, they can move one after another and come to work in the new office building.

Sohu upstairs moved in years ago.

"By the way, Wang Haiyang has agreed to join the company, with an annual salary of 300,000, 30,000 stock options, and an entry option of 500,000 shares. He will provide an M3 position in advance."

"When will you start working?"

"March."

Zhou Buqi was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "The boss is different, the efficiency is so high."

He Yang shook his head calmly, "In addition, there are also candidates for the supervisor of the technical business."

"Oh? Who?" Zhou Buqi was curious.

He Yangdao: "Yang Zhenkun, the chief researcher of Lenovo Research Institute."

Zhou Buqi opened his eyes wide, "Poach people from Lenovo? Isn't it good? No, He Yang, you don't have to do this..."

He Yang smiled, "It's not what you think, it's not that I want to poach people from my old club, it's him who wants to leave. He has received an invitation from Microsoft Research Institute, and the resignation report has been submitted."

"You mean we're going to cut off beards?"

"right."

"Is it difficult?"

"He is well-known in Lenovo Research Institute and has made great achievements. I am familiar with him and know his ambitions. But now there is a problem, which is a little troublesome."

Zhou Buqi pulled a chair over and told him to sit down, then sat himself on the next to the station and asked, "As long as there are talents, we must introduce them at any cost."

He Yang said: "First of all, you need to come forward and find a time to talk to him. Secondly, our financial system... needs to make an exception for him."

"oh?"

"Ziweixing is in the development stage, and the post level provided at the beginning is relatively low. With the expansion of the company and the growth of business, it is appropriate to gradually increase the post level. It is beneficial to train the team to share joys and sorrows. It may not be applicable to technical posts."

Zhou Buqi understood immediately, "How much is his salary in Lenovo Research Institute?"

He Yang said: "Options are negligible, very few, but the salary is very high, more than 1 million." In case he misunderstood, he emphasized one more point: "He is a real technical talent, the meaning of the chief researcher of Lenovo Research Institute is It means that he is the highest level in the technical post."

Zhou Buqi remained silent.

For management positions, holding stocks is a must. If he chooses the former between cash and stock, then he is not a qualified management.

Stocks represent the future.

Even the managers are not optimistic about the future of the company, how to lead the team well? How to export good values ​​to employees and how to cultivate a sense of faith?

Tech jobs are different.

Tech giants often have some personality flaws, and it is normal for them to not have as long-term vision as management talents. They should be immersed in a certain technical field for a long time. Whether the company's development is good or bad has nothing to do with them. Their pursuit of the goal is just a display of technical results.

The question is, Ziweixing is recruiting a chief technology officer?

This is a management post.

He Yang sighed, "In terms of technology, he has nothing to say. But the management point of view may not be good, otherwise he would not be just the chief researcher of Lenovo Research Institute, and he would have been promoted to the vice president, or even the dean."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand and asked strangely: "When recruiting technical talents, we can indeed make an exception and spend a lot of money to poach people. But didn't you say that we are looking for a CTO?"

He Yang said with a smile: "Ziweixing's technical business is still relatively monotonous. He can be responsible for some simple management tasks. Instead of a management post, give him a T6 technical post."

According to Ziweixing's salary standard for technical posts, T6 is a senior expert with an annual salary between 1.2 million and 1.5 million, and the 4-year option is 80,000 to 100,000 shares.

"This is the normal recruitment of technical positions. There is no need to give options for the introduction of special talents, right?"

"certainly."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Are you sure you can take it?"

He Yang said confidently: "These two conditions are met, so it's not a big problem." Then he sighed softly, "Lenovo has suffered a serious brain drain this year, and everyone is not too keen on the hasty internationalization strategy. Have confidence."

Zhou Buqi suddenly thought of UC Browser, and asked, "Lenovo Capital has a vice president named Yu Yongfu?"

"Yes, responsible for investing in high-tech fields such as the Internet and wireless Internet."

"Well... it seems that I have to go."

"ah?"