Chapter 178 Brian’s Campaign
Ocean Park Avenue, Twitter Tower.
These days, people are coming and going in front of the company, and there is an endless stream of applicants.
Korn Ferry recommended five supervisor candidates, and Hawke selected two of them. Jet Brown started poaching people in a targeted manner.
Ordinary programmers and architects are basically recruited by Twitter itself.
Hawke rejected Indians. There are no specific requirements for other ethnic groups or genders. As long as their conditions are suitable, Twitter will give them the opportunity to show their talents.
Recruitment continued for several days, and more than a dozen employees joined the company.
More than two-thirds of them are male employees, with only a small number of women, which is in line with normal company development rules.
As we all know, having too many female employees in a company, especially in an office, is not a good thing.
Of course, there are also talented female employees.
During Monday’s regular meeting, Harland, the director of the technology department, specifically mentioned one thing: “One of our newly recruited female employees, Bella Thain, who has worked in Silicon Valley, provided a new algorithm for user interaction to improve efficiency. It is possible to increase by 10 percentage points. "
Hawke asked: "Is it practical?"
Haaland said: "We are verifying that she is very capable and creatively unique."
"Let's go see it together after the meeting." Hawke said directly: "You tell her that if it works, bonuses and promotions won't be a problem."
After today's meeting, Caroline will take her assistants to overseas English-speaking markets.
Hawke also talked to her a few more words.
After the meeting, he followed Haaland to the technical department.
Qasim is leading people to test the new algorithm.
Haaland introduced the employee who developed the new algorithm to Hawke: "This is Bella Thain, who joined last week."
Bella didn't smile, she just nodded to Hawke and said politely: "Hello, boss."
"Hello." Hawke looked at her slightly.
This person should be of mixed Latino descent, with a lighter complexion than the average Mexican. He looks pretty against the backdrop of the greasy programmers in the technical department.
Quite similar to Jessica Alba.
Hawke brushed off the appearance and focused elsewhere: "Is the new algorithm feasible?"
Kassim and Haaland didn't take any credit and let Bella reply.
Bella pushed up her glasses, her face extremely serious: "There are several aspects that are not perfect and need further optimization."
Hawke nodded.
Bella didn't say anything more and sat busy at the workstation next to her.
Hawke went to the director's office again and chatted with Harland and Kasim.
When he came out, he took a look at Bella's side.
Bella sat in front of the computer, typing on the keyboard with concentration, and a string of codes appeared on the computer screen.
Hawke didn't understand code and soon left the technical department.
He stopped by the human resources department and looked at Bella's information. He was a top graduate from Stanford University who previously worked in Silicon Valley. The company he worked for had encountered difficulties since 2003, and people's hearts were unstable. Many people left their jobs to seek new ways out.
Bella is one of them.
These are all normal. When looking for a job, the first factor is money.
Painting big cakes cannot satisfy hunger.
In the afternoon, Hawke received a call from Brian and asked him to go out for a drink in the evening.
The two of them made an appointment at half past seven.
Hawke came out of the office a little late. He turned out of the elevator and met a few people from the technical department who were working overtime.
Kasim greeted Hawke and continued discussing technical issues with the others.
There are also two new employees among them, one of whom is Bella Thain.
Her attention was focused on the technical discussion, and she was still discussing the feasibility of another algorithm with Qasim.
Most of these purely technical staff nodded or said hello casually when they saw Hawke as the boss.
Hawke did not disturb them, went out, got into the Mercedes-Benz, and went to the bar Brian mentioned.
This is a Qingdao bar located among the high-rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles.
When Hawke arrived, Brian had already ordered a bottle of tequila.
He poured wine for Hawke and said: "In the past two months, the tweet you created has stolen the limelight on the Internet."
Hawke told the truth: "Without your family's support, it wouldn't have gone so smoothly. Maybe a big boss would have come over a month ago to grab the cake and eat it."
Brian clinked glasses with Hawke: "Here's to you, Mr. Future Billionaire."
Hawke drank a drink and said: "Now we are burning money like crazy, and there is almost no income."
"What about advertising?" Brian knew something about business.
Hawke said: "It has not been officially launched yet. Now we are focusing on attracting users and cultivating user stickiness. There is no benefit in conducting commercial operations too early."
Brian understood as soon as he heard it: "We need to introduce new investors?" "This is inevitable." If social media wants to develop, it needs to burn crazy money in the early stage. Hawke and now Twitter cannot withstand it.
He also needs to cash in appropriately.
Brian said: "It's a pity that my goal is in politics."
Hawke said earnestly: "I am waiting to collude with your government and businessmen and give full play to traditional skills."
"I know that you are best at high-end business wars." Brian experienced it firsthand the last time the two of them collaborated. The same thing happened to him this time when he approached Hawke: "Do you still remember what I mentioned to you last year?"
Hawke said mockingly in a serious tone: "Are you doing AIDS testing?"
"Hey, man!" Brian curled his fingers and knocked on the table. His words were taken astray: "You bastard, do you know? I haven't gone out to find a woman for five months!"
Speaking of this, he said angrily: "Do you know how I got here in the past five months?"
Hawke nodded: "I was wrong, man! Just before I came in, I saw a store selling adult products on the opposite side of the road. After you finish drinking, you can go buy an airplane cup..."
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Brian was still staring at him.
"Okay, I'll pay for it." Hawke said deliberately: "It is said that there are still dolls for sale."
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Brian emphasized: "I don't need that stuff."
But Hawke said: "No, you need it." He knew what Brian was going to say: "Are you going to prepare to run for mayor of Covina? Stop messing with women, be careful of the other party setting a trap for you. One little sex scandal and you're screwed."
"I thought you had forgotten that we said last year that you would help me run for mayor of Covina." Brian never thought about letting Hawke do his job in vain, and he also knew how to make Hawke's brainstorm. He said : "At the beginning of this year, I didn't touch the family's dividends after they came out, just to pay for your high salary."
Hawke said calmly: "It's fair that I contribute and you contribute the money."
Brian nodded and said solemnly: "As far as I know, the assistant governor's office in Sacramento sent people to Los Angeles. The main purpose this time is to target Covina's mayoral campaign."
He said in more detail: "Los Angeles has always belonged to the deep blue. The mayors of various satellite cities have almost all belonged to the blue party in recent years. My campaign this time is also to break the lifeless situation in Los Angeles. But the blue party will not give in easily. Last time We have been very passive in Sacramento, which has led to Governor Gray Davis almost certain to enter the recall election..."
Hawke asked: "Is his opponent Arnold Schwarzenegger?"
Bryan replied: "If the recall passes, Schwarzenegger comes to power. If it fails, Davis will still be the governor."
He continued: "The people sent by Sacramento this time are mainly to mess with me, not only to prevent me from running, but also to regain the face of the last failure. Those guys may use the same simple and crude methods as we did last time."
Hawke laughed: "Then you need an artificial doll even more."
"No, what I need is you." Brian quickly picked up the wine bottle and filled Hawke with a glass of wine: "We messed with them by messing with them, and they will definitely mess with me by messing with me. Without your help, I make suggestions and I don’t feel safe at all.”
Hawke thought about the bad things he had done and did not dare to belittle himself: "I may also become a target of revenge. It seems that I have to be careful."
Brian said: "I am the shield in front, they should attack me first."
Hawk thought for a while and said: "These must be entangled with your campaign in Covina. Please sort out the information related to the campaign in Covina. The more detailed the better, give me a copy as soon as possible."
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Brian took a sip of wine: "Okay."
Hawke said: "Let the bodyguard follow you 24 hours a day. Don't get killed."
"There is a group of people following me all the time." Brian specifically reminded: "Be careful, don't get messed with."
The drink didn't last long, and I didn't even finish a third of the bottle of tequila.
Brian was quite well prepared and had detailed information sent to Hawke's office the next morning.
Hawke was not very busy here. He took some time to carefully read the information sent by Brian.
Brian's direct competitor is Owen Nestor, the current mayor of Covina, a member of the Blue Party, who has been re-elected for two terms.
Different cities in the United States have different management methods. Some places have a mayor-manager system. The mayor is appointed by the council, which is more symbolic.
Some towns simply appoint cats or dogs as mayors, which are all mascots anyway.
Los Angeles implements a mayor-council system, and the mayor is elected.
Covina is generally the same as Los Angeles, but there are some differences.
For example, if you have lived in a city for three years, you can participate in the election.
All adults who have lived in the country for two years and are over the age of 18 have the right to vote.
In similar elections, propaganda will be carried out in front of voters to enhance their own image while belittling their opponents.
With little thought, Hawke focused on belittling his opponent.
He took a pen and circled the key points on the information.
Second floor, technical department.
People still come in for interviews today.
Haaland and Kassim acted as interviewers and went to conduct the interview.
There are too many technical issues involved.
In the office space of the technology department, every coder is busy with the work at hand.
Bella Thain, who was typing on the keyboard, stopped.
She unplugged the USB flash drive plugged into her computer, temporarily locked the desktop, got up and went to the bathroom.
Bella entered the compartment, took out the specially prepared perfume in her bag, and sprayed some on her body.
These have aphrodisiac properties.
(End of chapter)