MTL - Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981-Chapter 1012 decentralization
Chapter 1012 Decentralization
Three days later, after the official appointment of Jobs and John Chambers as the director of Wang An Computer Company, Wang An Computer Company, which has not been very active, finally issued the first round of personnel changes.
In the eyes of the outside world, the personnel of Wang An Computer Company has changed a lot. The prince Wang Lie stepped down as the general manager, which indirectly announced that the Wang family and his son have completely lost the leadership of the technology giant Wang An Computer.
As for Yang Chen, Wang An Computer Company has not changed much. Except for the new face in the financial department, there has been no change in the managers and employees of other departments at all levels. In the entire company, only Wang Lie, the general manager, has stepped back behind the scenes and served as a director. One position, the rest of the senior positions remain unchanged.
The position of general manager was held by the vice president of John Chambers, the former sales director, which made the senior and middle and low-level executives of Wang An Computer Company breathe a sigh of relief.
The position of general manager belongs to the top executive of Wangan Computer Company, and manages all the affairs of the company. John Chambers took over the position of general manager, which shows that the new boss still recognizes the top management of Wangan Computer.
The matter of the emperor and the courtier did not happen, and the big guy's floating heart naturally fell.
However, what many people don't understand is that the company has an additional vice chairman. This airborne leader is directly above the supervisors of the R&D department at all levels, which makes the company's senior management have a good show mentality.
The R&D department is the most important department of Wang An Computer, and it is also the core department with the largest number of people. Such a department is controlled by an outsider, and everyone is eager to see what John Chambers, the new general manager, will do.
You must know that the other party has the title of a vice chairman and is nominally one step higher than the general manager. In the eyes of many people, the airborne should be used by the big boss to check and balance the general manager of John Chambers. of.
The only thing that surprised everyone was that the person who was parachuted down was not a high-level executive of Yang's consortium, but a founder who was kicked out by his own company.
Since Apple's listing, it has attracted the attention of many people, especially Wang An Computer, who is also a technology company. Many people have heard the name of Jobs.
The reason why Steve Jobs was kicked out of Apple is very straightforward and simple. Apple's reason is that Jobs is too young, too inexperienced and so on.
Anyway, the answer given by Apple is one point, Jobs is not suitable to lead the current Apple.
This young man in his early thirties became the vice chairman of Wang An Computer Company just two years after he was kicked out of Apple.
I have to say that this drastic change not only caused discussions among the internal staff of Wang An Computer Company, but also caused the outside media to be curious and report it.
Everyone is very curious about what kind of charm Jobs has that can make Yang Da's richest man so valued.
For the vision of Boss Yang, most people recognize it. After all, he became the richest man in the world at a young age. This is beyond the category of genius, er, and belongs to a proper evildoer.
In particular, the Yang Consortium has developed rapidly and is now fully comparable to the world's top consortiums.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, since Boss Yang values Jobs, a person who was kicked out of his own company, it shows that the other party has some outstanding qualities, which makes Boss Yang attach great importance.
For Jobs as the vice chairman, although Wang An’s internal employees were surprised, they surprisingly did not resist.
As for the reasons, there are two.
First, the new officials took office three fires.
Boss Yang has now become the new boss of Wang An Computer Company. He also holds more than half of the company's shares and has absolute control. Any decision of the other party can even ignore the opinions of the shareholders of the board of directors.
In this case, no one is stupid enough to jump out and oppose, because if he jumps out, he will be killed in all likelihood and show his power to the new boss.
To treat Wang Lie, the prince, some people can rely on the old to sell the old, but in front of the big boss Yang, they dare not do this. No new boss can tolerate employees with high prestige in the company.
Therefore, even if you have an opinion, you will only hold it in your heart. If you can't hold it back, you can at most discuss it in private. You will never dare to boycott the big boss Yang like the prince who boycotted Wang Lie.
The second thing is, of course, everyone's recognition of Jobs' ability.
Although Jobs was kicked out by the company's shareholders and management, this does not mean that Jobs has no ability. Although Apple is a little weaker than Wang An Computer, its development speed should not be underestimated.
And Jobs started from scratch and became a billionaire in just a few years. Who would dare to say that he is incompetent?
In the eyes of the big guys, Jobs lost not because of his incompetence, but because of the evil capitalists.
In the United States, capital is the most powerful party. No one or any force can compete with capital. Although Jobs is the founder of Apple, he still has to succumb to capital and abide by the rules of the capital game.
In the chairman's office, John Chambers and Jobs both felt a little hesitant about Yang Chen's proposal.
"Chairman, if the foundry is built in Xiangjiang, I have no opinion, but if it is built in that country, I reserve my opinion." Jobs directly expressed his thoughts without hiding anything.
Originally, he thought that Yang Chen would at most transfer Wang An Computer's foundry to Xiangjiang, which would reduce some labor costs, but he didn't expect that the other party would actually want to build the foundry directly in that newly opened country.
To be honest, although Jobs changed some of his prejudice against the Chinese because of Yang Chen, he still conservatively chose to keep his opinion on the legendary country that didn’t even have a decent industrial base.
Yang Chen glanced at Jobs, didn't explain it to him, turned to look at John Chambers beside him, and asked, "What do you think about John Chambers?"
Seeing Boss Yang's questioning, John Chambers did not hesitate, and directly expressed his opinion.
"Chairman, personal computers are developing rapidly now. In addition to solving the defects of our own software, we also need to reduce the cost of personal computers. Only when the cost is reduced can we win back the market."
"So, I don't have any opinion on the transfer of the foundry, whether it is Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, or that ancient eastern country, I have no opinion."
"However, there is a premise that while reducing costs, the quality of our company's products cannot be reduced, and the company's signboard cannot be screwed up because of cost reduction."
After speaking, John Chambers paused and continued: "I have been in charge of the sales business in Asia before, and that country is also aware of foreign investment restrictions. If we transfer the foundry, then the controlling stake will be Lost, in this way, there will probably be objections on the board of directors."
When he said this, John Chambers raised his head and glanced at Boss Yang. Although Yang Chen is the company's major shareholder and has absolute decision-making power in the company, Wang An Computer is a listed company after all, and the company has other shareholders. And the board of directors.
Boss Yang can be strong, but he cannot completely ignore the opinions of the company's shareholders.
Of course, it is okay to ignore it, but the premise must bring benefits to the company. As long as there are enough benefits, then even if it is stronger, everyone will not say anything.
Listed companies have the rules and regulations of listed companies. Even if they are major shareholders, they must take into account the rights and interests of other minor shareholders.
This is also the reason why Yang Chen likes privatization. Private companies don’t have as many troubles as listed companies. Basically, whatever the boss decides, no matter whether it harms the company’s interests or not, you can do it without any scruples.
But listed companies cannot, and shareholders have the right to object to any decision that damages the interests of shareholders.
Furthermore, it is not uncommon for shareholders and company management to overshadow major shareholders.
Of course, this kind of thing will definitely not happen to Boss Yang. Compared with Yang's consortium, Wang An Computer is still far behind.
For things that don't exist, as long as Yang Chen doesn't do too much, neither the company's management nor shareholders will object to the decision of Boss Yang.
After listening to the opinions of the two, Yang Chen shook his head and said, "We have discussed it before, the company's main focus in the future will be on R&D and sales. With the continuous growth of the personal computer market, the update speed of hardware and software is very fast. Fast, so companies have to maintain an edge in that.”
"The personal computer market will be huge in the future. I don't need to repeat this point. It is impossible for us to employ and manage hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of workers to produce equipment while developing and selling.
Therefore, in addition to the core technology, the production must be divested, and the company can find a foundry for cooperation. "
Speaking of this, Yang Chen frowned, and then made a final decision: "You don't need to worry about the foundry, I will arrange this matter clearly, and I will also persuade the company's shareholders."
"Now I will draw a horizontal line for the two of you, each of you will take care of your own affairs, and don't interfere with each other's decisions casually. I can fully trust you two, and I hope you can fully trust each other..."
Jobs and John Chambers looked at each other, they were very clear about why Yang Chen separated them and managed their own affairs. In addition to avoiding unnecessary internal conflicts, they also meant mutual checks and balances.
However, Yang Chen had to arrange it like this, and the two of them didn't have any opinions.
For John Chambers, the existence of Jobs seems to have reduced his power on the surface, but in fact it is not.
Yang Chen, the big boss, lives in Xiangjiang all year round, and he has only a handful of times in the United States in a year, so that the company's operations will not be interfered too much.
Because of Yang Chen's support, his general manager, to a large extent, is not bound by shareholders and directors, and his decision-making freedom is relatively much greater.
Comparing the two, if he does a good job as a general manager, he will definitely be more comfortable than being a CEO in other companies.
As for Jobs, Yang Chen's arrangement was undoubtedly very to his taste. He was not used to worrying about things other than R&D. Back then, he actively invited Sculley to be Apple's CEO, so that he could concentrate on R&D. .
But what he didn't expect was that the people he invited over in the end not only failed to help him, but drove him out.
Now Yang Chen divides the rights of Wang An Computer Company into two, so that they do not interfere with each other, this is naturally the best thing for Jobs.
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(end of this chapter)
