Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 87 Wrong decision?

During the feasting night in Shanghai, Zhang Yong, maddened by anger, and Master Zhao finally sat together again.

"I'm going to Eka." This is the first sentence Zhang Yong said.

The other two cast incredible gazes.

"Why now? A month ago it seemed like you were supposed to go. Why did you stay and then leave a month later. The things you do are always so unbelievable. I don't care where you go, Eka is fine, But tell me the reason, what have you experienced in the past few days?"

"Holden Company is a scam. Not only I know it, but the whole Skydon knows it. They thought Steve didn't know it. In fact, Steve knew it too, but no one told the truth. The Beijing representative office tried its best to make this event a success. , I'm sorry for Steve's visit. Everyone knows this, but no one mentions it. In the whole event, the employees in China seem to be the least important part, but it's obvious that everything is done by us. I don't like it Although I can't change anything about this culture, leaving at least shows my attitude."

"That's it?" The mad man patted Zhang Yong's head, "Brother, you are too self-righteous, no one will care about the resignation of a Chinese employee."

"Yes," Master Zhao said, "From the perspective of business management, Steve didn't do anything wrong. I think your structure is a bit small."

"You are all right, and they have done nothing wrong. But I don't like everyone working together to maintain a wrong start with a correct result. Also, our employees in China did not get the respect they deserve. Last time I As I said, I stayed because I was reluctant to overthrow what I did. If, as you said, what a Chinese employee does is not that important, then I will leave.”

"Okay, we will support you wherever you go. I found one thing. If the three of us make a decision, no one can convince the other. Come on, raise your glass, and wish you all the best, Eka."

Master Zhao took out a few blueprints from his bag, "I wanted to give you a surprise. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yong took the lead again, and I will show you my results."

The two were immediately attracted, and after a long time, the madman shook his head slightly, "It's not good enough, there are many problems."

Master Zhao said helplessly: "This is not our own problem, it is a problem with the entire Chinese manufacturing process. Design cannot determine everything. There are many things that we can do nothing about. But the cost is about one-third of Skydon's." , we can expand the market, and many users who cannot afford RTK at all will become users of domestic products first.”

Zhang Yong said worriedly, "You have to be careful, SKydon absolutely does not allow its agents to get involved in other brands, even if you want to develop your own brand."

"We will become a new company alone to make domestic products. Now this one does not make money, and it relies on SKydon's profits to invest in the research and development of domestic products. I don't think SKydon will pay attention to it for the time being. In the future,..."

For a moment, the expression on Mr. Zhao's face resembled Zhang Yong's innocence, "In the future, I hope this is my industry. The sky is our Beidou satellite, and the ground is our Chinese terminals..."

"As you may feel, SKydon is too proud. We have earned a lot of money after we started for a few years. But there are always problems in communication. They don't care about Chinese problems, they don't take them seriously, and they always use a kind of I answered in a joking way. I thought some things would gradually change, and now I see, everything is difficult. SKydon just sees the agent as the person who takes Skydon's job."

The three of them clinked a glass again, "I wish Mr. Zhao's localization business a solid foundation today, and great success tomorrow."

"Zhang Yong, what are you doing in Eka? Is there any difference from Skydon?"

"There are still some. Eka is not like Skydon, which specializes in satellite navigation products. As a century-old brand, Eka's other series of products, especially optical instruments, are the real trump cards..."

"After my visit this time, I will lead a team, not just for the reference station business, but for the satellite navigation business in the entire Chinese market. It can be understood that the scope of my work alone is all the work content of the SKydon representative office."

The angry madman immediately showed a vulgar expression, "I didn't say anything important, what about the salary? Did you get a raise?"

Zhang Yong was a little embarrassed, "Added it, and it's not a lot."

"Well, in this case, I think it's right for you to change jobs."

Mr. Zhao gave Zhang Yong a reminder, "From the perspective of the enterprise, Eka is a larger, more comprehensive, and a century-old enterprise with a longer history. Its heritage may not be comparable to that of SKydon. But such a large enterprise also has internal There are a lot of problems, if you can't even stand Horton, it will be difficult for you to gain a foothold in Eka..."

"In the case of Horton, at least everyone's selfishness is not too much. Steve also wanted to maintain the image of SKydon and the normal operation of the entire system. But Eka, you may enter a place of right and wrong, and you will step on it every step of the way. Ray. You made your decision, and I have nothing to advise you. But from my point of view, I think Skydon is far more suitable for you than Eka."

The madman became serious, "Is Eka so complicated? How can this foolish Zhang Yong survive."

"To tell you something, I met Eric, the vice president of Eka China in the hotel today. He listened to our meeting throughout. I think he is a very dedicated leader."

The two were taken aback, "The president came to the competitor's meeting in person? This professionalism is a bit too much."

"Of course, he also has another purpose, which is to communicate with me through the headhunting company."

"No wonder you want to give up Skydon. On the one hand, you don't care about the Chinese employees, and on the other hand, the president came to poach people. Little Zhang Yong, you have a lot of face."

Master Zhao continued, "He may really need your help, but I'm afraid the matter itself is not that simple."

"Mr. Zhao, tell me quickly." The madman obviously cared more about Eka than Zhang Yong.

"This Eric is an airborne soldier, a newcomer, and a person without any industry background. He was selected only because of his good education background and workplace experience. Lawrence has been in charge of the China region before, and he is also a Hong Kong native. China as a Independent business area, Lawrence and Asia Pacific President Hans are at the same level...."

"But with the replacement of the president of Eka, Lawrence lost power, and the China region was merged into the Asia-Pacific region. Lawrence became a report to Hans. This was not enough, but Hans recruited a new vice president, Eric, in charge of the China region. Limit Lawrence's scope of authority to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan only...."

"But Lawrence has been operating in China for nearly 30 years, and all the agents are his people. I say "his people" means really his people, not the relationship between Tiger and the agent. Tiger If he leaves, he will disappear from the industry. But when Lawrence returns to Hong Kong, he still has a decisive voice in China. So Eric, the newly appointed president, looks majestic, but he is actually struggling...."

"The reason why he was able to put down his face and come to interview someone in person with such humility has a lot to do with him being unavailable now..."

"Zhang Yong, these years, I have been able to see that you are changing and improving. But in Eka, I am afraid that you must have greater changes and stronger survivability in order to survive. I am in many things. I am very optimistic about you, but this time is an exception, if you had discussed with me earlier, I would definitely advise you not to go to Eka."

The mad man said softly, "Didn't you resign with SKydon yet? Do you want to think about it again. Listening to Mr. Zhao, I also think it's really not suitable for you."

Picking up the wine in his glass, Zhang Yong said, "I have already promised Eric that he will give me a month's vacation, and I will take up my post in another month. I don't want to break my promise."

"About Eka's situation, I was indeed not prepared enough, and I didn't think of so many problems. I thank you two for your reminders, and I respect you...."

"Mr. Zhao, Eka's political struggle may be fierce. But what I understand is also true, that is, they really need to greatly increase the market share of satellite navigation products, and also need to spread the reference station business. This is what I can do. I do. No matter how complicated things inside Eka are, I just do what I am good at. I think an employee with performance should be rewarded.”

Master Zhao smiled, "I should have known that what I said was useless to you, well, I wish you good luck. But the performance should not be too good, and you must leave us a piece." The three laughed and clinked glasses.

What Zhang Yong didn't know was that no one in Skydon knew about the news that he was about to leave SKydon, while the team in Eka had already spread the word and it became an open secret. Lawrence in Hong Kong also got the news.

Everyone is asking, "Zhang Yong? What background? Never heard of it."

"It's a young man. It is said that he is in charge of the reference station in Skydon, and he is responsible for the network of the special zone."

"We guys who have been doing Eka for decades don't need a young man to tell us what to do. Eric is also crazy to me."

"Let's wait and see. This position is not so easy to do. How many times have you changed before? It's hard for anyone to hold the position for a full year."

"I don't know if it can really help the business?"

"Hey, we are a group of old Eka birds, and we need a little boy to help."

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In contrast, SKydon is extremely calm, everything is in order, the whole event has come to the final moment, everyone dare not relax, to ensure the perfect closing of the event.

At the event site, Zhang Yong suddenly saw a familiar figure. He was overjoyed and ran over quickly.

"Boss Yi, why are you here?" The person who came was Yimu who always had a calm expression.

"It's not convenient to talk, let's talk outside."

"Now Tiangong has almost faded out of the industry, and few people remember us. In fact, we are still in business. With Xiaowei's wisdom, he can always find some special opportunities. We don't pay much, and the income is not bad. And Now the company has fewer employees and lower expenses. We are actually living pretty well...”

"Xiaowei asked me to come here this time. The most important thing is to make a final decision, whether we should continue with the second phase of the engineering center."

"Is the Phase II project really approved? I didn't get any news." Zhang Yong's heart moved.

"Xiaowei always has some special skills. It's not surprising that he got the news before you."

"Boss Yi, do you want to tell me so easily? We are now in a competitive relationship."

"It may not be considered a competition. After your activities in Shanghai this time, the whole country has seen SKydon's ambitions. Xiaowei stayed in China and only focused on the Phase II project. If you think this project is not worth investing in, He might have just given up and walked away. Because of the engineering center project, Xiaowei and Fang Shu are not getting along well now, and they have quarreled a few times. But Fang Shu is a very powerful woman, and Xiaowei can't quarrel with her .”

The elegant lady who always had a slight smile appeared in front of Zhang Yong's eyes, "She will still quarrel? Xiaowei can't quarrel with her?" He couldn't help laughing.

"Everyone has their own weaknesses. I think Xiaowei has met his nemesis this time."

"Why doesn't Xiaowei want to invest in Phase II?"

"Actually, I have been here for a few days. Seeing that you are busy, I haven't said hello to you. I have also learned a lot in the past few days. Now, in terms of satellite navigation, Skydon is too strong to be defeated. Mag acquired Titanium After the research, we also did business and released new products, but from the perspective of the receiver itself, we are similar to SKydon. Even if we have no advantage in the competition, we will not lag behind too much. However, related technologies other than receivers and We are too far away from the solution. This is related to Mag’s background. Although it is very powerful, it is still relatively weak in high precision. This is the corporate gene and cannot be changed.  …”

"Xiaowei said that you went to the engineering center to give lectures, so you should know that their future network must not only be considered for crustal detection, but will be a multi-functional comprehensive service network to solve more problems for the entire industry. But Mag's weakness is obvious. You know who Xiaowei is. If he thinks it's not worth it, he will never miss it, and he will definitely turn around and leave. I doubt it. When I return to Beijing, That's when he returns to America..."

"Congratulations, Zhang Yong, you have done a good job. We have not misunderstood you. If we look at it this way, the second phase of the engineering center will basically fall into the hands of Skydon."

A wry smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yong's mouth, "Mr. Yi, you may be congratulating the wrong one. Let me tell you one thing, I have already decided to resign. After returning to Beijing, my first thing is to go through the resignation procedures and then go to work in Eka."

Yimu was also shocked by this news now, "Why Eka? Their relationship is not easy to handle. Although Eka is a stronger company, it is still inferior to Skydon in terms of satellite navigation. At the beginning, you wanted to leave Tiangong, I agreed with Xiaowei's anger. But if you let me make a decision now, I will definitely not agree with you to go to Eka."

Zhang Yong's bitter smile gradually strengthened, "Why do you all say the same thing? It seems that I may have really made a wrong choice. But now I can't look back. I can only hope that I can get something in Eka success."

"Okay. That being said, you can always surprise us little guy. Good luck."

The event in Shanghai kicked off with a welcome dinner and officially concluded with a thank you dinner.

In the most relaxed moment of the week, Steve and other bigwigs came to the stage to give speeches, and the guests gave speeches. Of course, the well-dressed and upright Horton was indispensable.

In the end, Steve did not forget to thank his colleagues in the Beijing representative office.Accompanied by Paul and others, he came to the table of the representative office and greeted everyone one by one.When he saw Zhang Yong, Steve recognized him.

"I remember you, Yong, right. Thanks for the message that night. Also," Steve hesitated, as if he remembered something, but he wasn't sure.

"At the bar that day, you seemed to say something special. I don't remember, what was it?"

"Let me tell you, after this event, I will return to Beijing. I will choose to leave SKydon."

The picture suddenly stopped, Paul, John, colleagues in the office, everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Yong.

(End of this chapter)