Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 552 Recruiting people, not afraid of being targeted (two in one)

On weekends, Lin Baicheng took people to play on the farm in Fresno.He has a large farm here, and a large villa that is considered high-end in a bustling city.

The people Lin Baicheng brought here this time, in addition to the personal secretary of the bodyguard, there are also senior managers of various companies and their families. This trip is regarded as a benefit for everyone, and at the same time, it also has the intention of connecting with each other.

Of course, the invitation this time is not mandatory. If anyone has no time, they don't have to come.

Because the number of people was determined in advance, Lin Baicheng specially sent servants and chefs over.

Counting the family members brought by the management this time, a total of nearly a hundred people came, and the place to live was a bit reluctant, and the whole family could only share one or two rooms.

After Lin Baicheng discovered this situation, he decided to let people expand a place for people to live in in the future. He will hold this kind of party and play activities in the future.It's fine if you didn't consider it comprehensively the first time, but it's a bit unreasonable to do it again in the future.

Whether it was a horse hunting at noon or a barbecue party at night, Lin Baicheng could clearly see that the people under him were divided into three teams.One team is led by Haruko Mori, one team is headed by Isabella and Vivien Kelly, and the other is headed by Bill Harveys.

Lin Baicheng knew a little about the situation of his subordinates before, so he was not surprised.As long as they don't affect the work and the cooperation between the company and the company, then he won't stop them from fighting openly and secretly.

However, if someone crosses the line and damages the interests of the company, then Lin Baicheng will not be relentless, and just solve the problem directly.Of course, the solution is not to kill people, but to kick the relevant personnel out of the company, so that's fine.

At least so far, Lin Baicheng hasn't noticed any fights among his subordinates, which means that even if they have fights, they are limited to a certain range, and Lin Baicheng doesn't need to pay attention to them.

For a large company, it is almost impossible for everyone to live in peace without internal strife.

This is true for a large company, let alone multiple companies.

At the barbecue party in the evening, Lin Baicheng was surrounded by people in charge of various companies, or more important technical talents.

"Harveys, how are you doing with what I asked you to do?"

Lin Baicheng was eating barbecue, drinking a drink, and glanced at Bill Harveys.

Bill Harveys heard the words: "Chairman, I have met Martin Cooper and extended an invitation to him, but he has no intention of leaving Motorola, saying that Motorola attaches great importance to their team's research. Had a good stay."

Martin Cooper, the head of Motorola's mobile phone research and development team, was the first to make a mobile phone call in front of the world a few years ago.

Motorola has already developed a mobile phone, but the meaning of having a finished product and whether it can be commercialized is not the same. Motorola is still investing in the research of mobile phones.

Martin Cooper is the head of Motorola's mobile phone research and development team. Lin Baicheng is going to enter this industry, so he naturally wants to find industry leaders to work for him, and Martin Cooper is naturally the best choice.

Lin Baicheng said: "You should have said how much I value and invest in this industry, right?"

"It's all said."

Bill Harveys nodded: "I said, Chairman, that your investment in mobile phone research and development at the beginning will not be less than 4 million U.S. dollars, and there will be capital investment in the future, except for him and the people he brought are equivalent to those at Motorola. In addition to salary, as long as he can lead people to develop commercial mobile phones, the company will give them 5% equity as an incentive for the R&D team.”

"Is he still refusing this? The company's initial investment is 4 million US dollars, and 5% of the equity is equivalent to 2000 million US dollars. What's more, the company's valuation will definitely increase after the development of mobile phones."

Isabella couldn't help frowning slightly, wondering why Martin Cooper refused, and at the same time wondering whether Martin Cooper was greedy and wanted more.

Haruko Mori couldn't help but said, "I don't think anyone doesn't like money, Mr. Harveys, did Martin Cooper say why he refused?"

"said."

Bill Harveys nodded, but said to Lin Baicheng: "He said that our offer is very high, but the treatment of their entire team at Motorola is not bad. After they develop a commercial mobile phone, their team can gain value. Tens of millions of dollars in Motorola equity."

"The conditions we offer are twice that of Motorola, but if they change places, the R&D progress will definitely not be as fast as that of Motorola. In addition, they have worked in Motorola for many years, and they are somewhat emotional, so the double equity incentive is not worth it. They left Motorola."

"In Martin Cooper's view, the prospect of Motorola is relatively clear, and it is hard to talk about jumping to the new company of your chairman, so they will not take risks, rejected the invitation, and are not going to talk to me."

"So that's the case. It seems that Motorola also attaches great importance to their R&D team."

While Lin Baicheng was stunned, he felt a little emotional. It seems that it is not so easy to recruit people from Motorola's R&D team, unless there is more money.

After all, in Martin Cooper's view, working in a company with an uncertain future must be rewarded enough for them to take risks.

"Are there any other options besides Martin Cooper?"

Lin Baicheng asked, he asked Bill Hawes to dig Martin Cooper while continuing to look for top talents in the industry, and he didn't know if Bill Hawes found it.

"Yes, Yuel Engel, he is the former head of Bell Labs, Martin Cooper's long-standing competitor, and a technical leader in the industry."

Bill Harveys replied immediately, of course he couldn't pin his hopes on Martin Cooper, after all, he was the one who was unlucky and unlucky.

"well done."

Lin Baicheng was very satisfied when he heard the words, and he said: "Bill, you just said that Engel was the former head of Bell Labs, so is he still in Bell Labs now?"

"He is still in Bell Labs, but because he lags behind Martin Cooper in the technology research and development of mobile phones, plus internal factors, so he resigned from the position of person in charge, but he himself still leads a group in Bell Labs to do technology research and development .”

Bill Harveys has already investigated all these clearly, so Lin Baicheng can answer immediately when he asks a question, so that he will not be ignorant of the question.

"Mr. Harveys, this Engel has no technical problems, right? How far is it from Martin Cooper?"

Isabella asked aloud, she knew that her boss wanted real technical talents, not ordinary technical R&D personnel.

"Chairman, don't worry, Engel's technology is definitely the top in this industry. The reason why his research and development is not as fast as Martin Cooper's is because Bell Labs' investment in research and development funds is constantly decreasing. The lack of research and development funds is the most important thing. The main reason for Engel's failure."

Although it was Isabella who asked the question, Bill Harveys still explained to Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng asked: "So, do you think it is possible to dig Juer Engel with the conditions of digging Martin Cooper?"

"Chairman, I am not Engel himself, so I dare not promise you."

Bill Hawes was very cautious, and then said: "But don't worry, I will try my best to recruit Engel for you and let him do things for you."

"Then I will leave this matter to you. I hope to hear good news as soon as possible."

Lin Baicheng nodded. Leaders are still very important, especially technical and professional leaders. Without them, the company cannot be moved.

"Yes, Chairman!"

Bill Harveys responded.

Even if this matter is over, Lin Baicheng chatted with others about other things.

For example, with Isabella, the conversation was naturally New Century Software Company, the company's database and computer operating system research and development progress, and the international market development progress of office software.

I talked with Eric Davis about the operation of Starlight's physical stores, and the sales of toys produced by Jupiter Toys such as Rubik's Cube.

I talked with Shirley Lansing about the development of the company Morningstar Pictures, the box office of the films invested by the company itself, how the preparations for the release of "Home Alone" are going, and how the subsidiary Blockbuster is doing.

For Blockbuster, Lin Baicheng still attaches great importance to it, because as long as it does well, this is a company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars.

For now, Blockbuster is doing quite well. Although the store investment has not recovered the cost, but since the second month, the store has already made some profits. Although it is not high, it is a good start.

It is believed that starting from the third month of store operation, Blockbuster's profits will increase greatly, which will bring continuous profits to the company in the future.

Shirley Lansing has approved Blockbuster to start expanding, and with experience, Blockbuster believes that it will develop faster.

Everyone chatted while eating, and time passed slowly.

At night, Lin Baicheng and Haruko Mori slept in the master bedroom of the villa.

Before getting down to business, Lin Baicheng said one thing to Haruko Mori: "Hutchison Whampoa will spend 4 million US dollars as an investment, and I plan to continue to hand over this fund to Golden Fleece Company for operation."

"Are you still investing in the oil futures or gold futures market?" Mouri Haruko asked.

"Ah."

Lin Baicheng nodded: "Just invest in the gold futures market."

Haruko Mori immediately said: "Mr. Cheng, the fact that Hutchison Whampoa and Yum Fund have made a lot of money investing in the gold futures market has spread to Wall Street. The current operation of the Golden Fleece Company has been noticed by many capitals. Once the 4 million US dollars of funds enter The field will definitely be watched."

"I've thought about everything you said, Haruko."

Lin Baicheng patted the beauty's hand lightly: "It's okay even if this fund is being targeted. You can still go long on gold futures. It's good to operate a fund of 4 billion US dollars with a principal of 25 million US dollars, so you don't need to use too high a leverage." .”

"When the time comes to operate, it's better to be more concealed and disperse the funds to multiple countries."

"At the same time, remember that this operation must not have any connection with the long orders that have been made. It doesn't matter if this operation is accidentally exposed, and the previous operations must not be exposed."

"Cheng Jun, don't worry, I will tell them well."

Haruko Mori nodded to express her understanding. All she could do was remind her of such a major investment, not to mention that Lin Baicheng hadn't missed it so far. Maybe this time was right. She couldn't stop Lin Baicheng from making money just because she was worried, right?
Lin Baicheng said: "The oil futures that Vivien is operating have not been liquidated yet, this time the gold futures will be handed over to other people to operate, and the specific candidates will be checked by you Qingzi."

"I see."

Haruko Mori replied, it's a good thing to leave the decision-making power to her, but if the matter is not done well, then she must be responsible for the accident.

"Let's start arranging people to do this next Monday. As for the long buying price, as long as the gold price is below $400 per ounce, you can buy it."

Lin Baicheng reminded him aloud, mainly because he was worried that the international gold price would suddenly rise sharply again, after all, it was not many days before November.

"I see."

Haruko Mori responded, and then said: "I will let them buy long orders at a lower cost price as much as possible."

"Don't delay building a position just to buy at a lower cost. I think the downside of the gold price adjustment is limited. Once the gold price is below $380 per ounce, buy a lot regardless of the cost. Don't think it will fall again How much."

Lin Baicheng was worried that Haruko Mori had picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelon. After all, Haruko Mori was not a reborn person, so she would not have thought that the price of gold would more than double in a short period of time.

"I will tell the operators and watch them operate."

Haruko Mori nodded to express her understanding. Since Lin Baicheng specifically instructed her, she would definitely do as Lin Baicheng said.

"Okay, Haruko, what needs to be said has been said, now let's get down to business."

As Lin Baicheng said, he turned over and pressed Moori Haruko under him.

"Your Majesty..."

The two of them could already be described as an old husband and wife. Of course, Haruko Mori couldn't be shy, and she even took the initiative to take off Lin Baicheng's pajamas.

The next day, everyone played their own games. Lin Baicheng took Eric Davis, Bill Hawes and other men to continue hunting in the mountains.

Mori Haruko, Isabella and others went to milk the cows on horseback, and the others had their own arrangements.

That night, everyone did not spend the night here, but went back separately. After all, they had to go to work tomorrow Monday.

Haruko Mori, Vivien Kelly and others are going back to New York, while Isabella, Eric Davis and others are going back to Los Angeles, so everyone goes in different ways.

Lin Baicheng also went to Los Angeles. The fundraising activities in New York have ended, and the fundraising is done by the company's special personnel, with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup assisting, so there is no need for Lin Baicheng, the big boss, to do it himself.

Lin Baicheng will not leave the United States until Xinghe Game Company is officially listed, but before that he plans to stay in Los Angeles for a while, and it will not be too late to go to New York until it is about to go public.

(End of this chapter)