Tao Liangchen
Chapter 356 Back to Silicon Valley
In addition to expanding channels, Roger Cluyff had even considered certain profit points, such as membership subscriptions and advertising in personal spaces, which coincided with Su Yehao's ideas.
Being able to work as a senior executive at Microsoft meant that his abilities were mostly beyond question. Moreover, the position of CEO of tvt Network Company had been vacant for a long time. As newly recruited employees continued to join, there was indeed a need for a versatile talent who could both appear in public and had extensive experience.
So after Su Yehao asked how much annual salary he wanted, he made an excuse that he needed to hold a meeting to discuss it, and would give an accurate answer in three days. The conversation ended in just over ten minutes.
He went out and got into John Zhou's Jaguar.
Old Zhou smiled and said, "Only $400,000 a year? It was more than a million when you were at Microsoft. Did that semiconductor company that produces chips offer you a very low salary?"
Roger shrugged.
"A/
"I understand. If I were easily persuaded, without any independent thought or caution, then I would wonder whether I should join your company..."
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After they left, Su Yehao contacted the HR director of iCQ as soon as possible to ask them to find out about Roger Cluyff's background.
Compared to tvt, iCQ's organizational structure was more comprehensive, and the abilities of its executives were also stronger.
After completing the acquisition some time ago, everyone sat down for several meetings. Su Yehao had met the executives of iCQ. Although he didn't have much contact with them usually, he had their contact information and it was no problem to handle these small matters.
He originally planned to go to iCQ headquarters, but his biological clock was out of sync, and he was in a constant state of drowsiness.
According to the time difference, it was still evening in Hong Kong, just about the time to wash up and go to bed, which always made him feel unmotivated.
After spacing out for a while, he simply went upstairs to take another nap...
He slept until two o'clock in the afternoon.
Su Yehao got up and went downstairs, and found Nong Qingying sitting in the backyard garden, staring blankly while drinking black tea.
He smiled and said, "Why are you being so silly? What are you doing?"
"Just sitting here, what else can I do?"
Nong Qingying snapped out of her detached state and complained, "When I'm sleeping, you're awake; when I'm awake, you're sleeping. From 9:30 in the morning until now, I've only had lunch and haven't done anything else. It's so boring."
"Heh, woman, yesterday you were saying you wanted to live here permanently. You change your mind so quickly."
Su Yehao had just brushed his teeth and always tasted toothpaste when he drank black tea. He simply rinsed his mouth with tea and spat it directly into the flowerbed, treating it as artificial watering.
Nong Qingying then told him:
"Last time I came, I was either buying a house or acquiring a company, so there were many things to do. Today, when I'm idle, I realize that I only have a half-baked understanding of English TV, and I often encounter words I don't understand in the books on your bookshelf. I was originally planning to go to the supermarket, but I heard it's two miles away and I have to drive there, which is really inconvenient."
"There are nannies at home. Who in this neighborhood goes to the supermarket?"
After Su Yehao finished speaking, he immediately added, "Wait for me to rest for a while, and I'll go to iCQ headquarters around three o'clock. I haven't seen enough of the company I spent so much money to acquire."
"By the way, how is that company doing?"
"How else can it be? There are more and more competitors, and the market is a bit saturated. Overall, there's not much change. We'll have to wait for the update to see if it can stand out."
Hearing this.
Nong Qingying nodded, "As soon as your tvt came out, it took away so many of its users. This shows that other companies also have a chance to seize market share from iCQ. It can only be said that the product itself is not interesting enough."
"That's right, that's the idea. Otherwise, why would the former shareholders have run away as if they were fleeing? It only took a few days from the end of negotiations to the signing of the contract. How refreshing."
Su Yehao smiled happily and added, "It doesn't matter, I'll save it if I can. If it really fails, then I'll just pack up all the iCQ users and forcibly transfer them all to tvt. Even if I don't keep all the old users, I won't lose money as long as I keep sixty to seventy percent of them."
It was just casual chat, and Nong Qingying didn't think she had the ability to interfere in business at this level.
Even the investments she was making were all chosen with Su Yehao's help, which already explained a lot.
After a while.
Su Yehao drove that rare Mercedes supercar slowly out of the courtyard, taking the wrong road once on the way.
When he arrived unannounced, the new and old employees of iCQ were startled and caught off guard, and quickly sat back at their workstations, pretending to be working.
This scene made Su Yehao's cheeks puff up. He thought to himself that he should really spend more time in Silicon Valley and keep a close eye on things...