Chapter 60 Mike’s Gift
After entering the office, he first turned on the computer on the desk, and then made himself a cup of instant coffee. Then he sat down at the desk and put the mobile phone that he carried with him every day Insert the disk into the computer and call up a document file stored in it.
Two days ago, I received a call from Park Sang-hee from Ulsan, saying that the recruitment process was already underway. He found two Russians who had just entered the country by speedboat. Both of them had traveled thousands of miles from Moscow to the Far East and planned to go to Japan via South Korea.
Both of them have undergraduate degrees in computer technology from Peter the Great Polytechnic University in St. Petersburg. The reason why they want to go to Japan is that they heard that computer-related jobs there have high salaries.
In the past two years, the income of Russians has been increasing year by year. Just earlier this year, data released by the Russian financial department showed that the per capita income had exceeded US$9,000. But this number is simply not too high. The statistics given by the International Monetary Fund are that the per capita annual income is 13,527.4 rubles, which is about 554 U.S. dollars when converted into U.S. dollars.
Also in the past two years, international Internet technology has developed very rapidly. The concept of global village has been proposed. Through the Internet, people can quickly understand the world's information. Therefore, those with better computer skills naturally have an understanding of the world's conditions. Full understanding.
As a result, Russian talents in the computer field began to disappear rapidly. Almost all of those top talents were poached by large Western companies. As for those with less ability, they are also looking for various ways to leave. Russia, go to a foreign country to make a living.
The two Russians Park Sang-hee mentioned came to South Korea "by speedboat", which means that they came over illegally. Although there is a 90-day visa exemption between South Korea and Russia, two people still have to sneak over, which means that there are many and complicated stories behind these two people.
However, to An Rusong, these are not important. He only needs the people he recruits to be able to work for him. As for what stories the other party has, he doesn't care. So what if they killed someone? This is South Korea, not Russia. These guys who have left their hometowns are like fish out of water. No matter how many thorns there are, they still have to be honest.
Furthermore, according to Park Sang-hee, the conditions given by the two Russians were a monthly salary of no less than 2,000 US dollars, including food and accommodation. In addition, they had to handle their stay. E-7-1 visa for South Korea.
The two Russians gave a guarantee that if An Rusong could accept this condition, they could still contact a few friends.
The monthly salary is two thousand US dollars, which is about 2 million won per month. This salary is not low, but overall it is in line with An Rusong's expectations. At present, a key question is how long the two parties can sign the contract.
An Rusong hopes to sign a long-term agreement with the other party, for example, more than three years. After all, the work itself is long-term in nature. It is impossible for him to use these programmers for one year and then use them again. To hire new people, in that case, it would not be a company, but a new employee training department.
But thinking about it carefully, An Rusong was too lazy to make such an agreement. Talent is always mobile. If the company pays you well, people will naturally not choose to leave. Otherwise, even if they sign an agreement, they will still leave.
What An Rusong has been doing in the past two days is to divide the code writing work of the entire program into chunks. His plan is to break down the entire instant messaging software into six functional blocks, and then divide these six blocks into different people, while he himself will be responsible for the overall work.
According to An Rusong's idea, he planned to use one and a half months to build a simplified version of "NGN" communication software after recruiting people. It did not need to have too many functions, and it only needed to be able to implement instant messaging. And the group function is enough.
Once this function is realized, he will put the Korean and Japanese versions of the software online, mainly providing download links on the two portals of Yahoo Korea and Yahoo Japan.
At this stage, in order to attract the first batch of users, he will place advertisements on the Dihuo 2.0 version of the plug-in, and require all plug-in customer service to establish customer groups on the "NGN" software , plug-in lottery, discounts, new version experience qualifications and other methods to attract the early users of "NGN".
During the first phase of software promotion, the company will focus on the development of follow-up service projects. For example, improvements in interface and user experience, pictures and expressions, file transfer, remote control, etc., all these functions "NGN" need to have.
An Rusong has great ambitions. An instant messaging software is not the end of his plan. On the contrary, it can only be regarded as a starting point. In his career planning territory, what is really waiting for him to build , is an ecological closed loop based on the Internet.
Of course, it's still a little early to talk about these things. Just as you have to eat a meal in one bite, you also have to walk the road step by step.
After working in the office for half a morning, just before half past eleven, An Rusong felt a sore neck. He was about to turn off the computer and get off work, but the cell phone placed next to the monitor suddenly rang. got up.
Save the document he just prepared, An Rusong took the phone and took a look. After seeing "Mike" marked on the caller ID, he answered the call without hesitation.
"Hey, An, hello, this is Mike," Mike sounded quite enthusiastic on the phone. Of course, he also had reason to be enthusiastic. After all, he ordered 20,000 pieces of jewelry from An Rusong. Although the chicken toy didn't make him much money, it was enough to prove that it was a good deal.
"Hello Mike, I'm glad to hear your voice." An Rusong clamped the phone between his shoulder and his ear, leaving both hands free to clear the table, "How are you, how are you lately? ”
"Not bad," Mike said with a smile, "Here you are, my friend."
"Thank you for your concern, I'm not bad," An Rusong closed the computer, held the phone again, and said, "Are you still in the United States now?" "No, no, no, that's exactly why I called you," Mike said, "I'm back in Seoul. I just came back this morning. I have a new order. I want to leave it to you, so I hope I hope to meet you as soon as possible and have a good talk."
After a pause, he said: "In addition, I also brought a gift for you, I hope it can. I'll give it to you personally."
"No problem, Mike, how about lunch today?" An Rusong said happily, "I can treat you to lunch. According to our custom, this is called receiving the wind and washing the dust."< br>
As soon as he said this, he realized that he was a bit abrupt. After all, he had just arrived in Seoul. After more than ten hours of travel, he also needed to take a rest.
However, what he didn't expect was that the other party readily agreed and also specified the style of lunch, saying that he wanted to eat an authentic Korean meal.
After agreeing on a meeting place with the other party, An Rusong put away his hard drive, got up and left the office.
After leaving the company, we drove straight to Apgujeong. The restaurant designated by Mike was near Roode Exit 3. He didn’t know the place and had to look for it. The most terrible thing is that today is still the weekend and the streets are full of people.
An Rusong mingled in the crowd and walked around until it was nearly half past twelve when he found the Korean restaurant that Mike was talking about.
When An Rusong walked into this small restaurant, Mike had already taken a seat in front of a booth in the lobby. When he saw An Rusong walking in from the outside, the guy stood up and hit him hard. beckoned.
"Sorry Mike," An Rusong walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to the other party from a distance, and said, "I kept you waiting."
"It's okay, An," Mike I shook hands with him and said with a smile, "It's my responsibility. I didn't expect that there would be so many people today. My God, it seems that people from all over Korea have gathered here."
"It'll be fine once you get used to it," An Rusong smiled and invited the other party to sit down again.
"This is the gift I brought you. I hope you like it," Mike said as he handed over a very delicate packaging box as soon as he sat down.
"Oh, Apple phone?" Looking at the eye-catching and familiar logo on the packaging box, An Rusong couldn't help laughing.
“Oh, my Ann, you actually know the iPhone?” Mike looked very surprised when he heard him blurt out the name iPhone.
This is actually not surprising. The iPhones of today are completely different from the iPhones of later generations. After all, at the beginning of this year, this first-generation Apple mobile phone had just been launched. Let alone compete with big brands such as Motorola and Nokia, it could not even be sold globally.
From its launch to the present, in six months, less than 600,000 units have been sold. This is the achievement of the first generation of Apple. The most important thing is that the appearance design of the first generation Apple is indeed not very good.
In his previous life, An Rusong was not an Apple fan. His requirement for his mobile phone was that it could be used, and he neither pursued fashion nor trends.
However, when he saw this gift, a flash of inspiration flashed in An Rusong's mind. He remembered that after the first generation of Apple came out, Apple's stock price seemed to skyrocket for a period of time.
“The launch of Apple’s mobile phone is a big event in the technology world,” An Rusong said with a smile, suppressing the impatience in his heart, “There are so many related reports on the Internet, it’s really hard for me. I can’t pay attention to it.”
After saying this, he paused and picked up the mobile phone case that the other party had just handed over. He shook his head and said: "Thank you for the gift, I like it very much."
"You're welcome," Mike smiled, "After all, you also invited me to lunch."
"Ah "Speaking of lunch, it's so rude." An Rusong laughed, patted his forehead and said, "Let's order food first,"
(End of this chapter)