Chen Feng didn't lie. Tomorrow Chen Feng will interview several professional manager candidates. If he passes his interview, then the position of CEO of Shengtang Technology will belong to this person in the future. This is very important to Shengtang Technology.
Chen Feng cannot be careless.
Miranda was a little disappointed when Chen Feng said this, but she could still understand it. After another conversation with Chen Feng about the dressing issue for the premiere, she took the initiative to end the phone call.
Chen Feng is really busy here, but he also knows that being so busy is worth it. Because he will also create a history, even a legend, just like Steve Jobs.
More importantly, the establishment of this technology company can bring him huge wealth and even make him a real capital tycoon. This will be of great significance to his future life and career.
Early the next morning, Chen Feng started the interview process. There were a total of five people applying for the job today. Chen Feng planned to complete the interview with them in the morning.
The content of the interview was very simple. I didn't ask any side questions. I just went straight to the point and asked them how they planned to manage the company if they became CEO and what their management philosophy was.
Chen Feng didn't want to listen to their theoretical things, but more specific things, so after they finished speaking, he asked them some specific questions. If they could give Chen Feng satisfactory answers, Chen Feng would decide
Sign the other party.
These five candidates were recruited through headhunting companies. Several of the candidates previously recruited through several headhunting companies failed to pass Chen Feng's interview.
If there is no suitable candidate this time, Chen Feng plans to publish a large recruitment advertisement in a major newspaper.
Of course, the candidates recruited by the headhunting company have relatively good qualifications and have relevant industry experience.
Among them were two former senior executives of Nokia, the former dominant player in the mobile phone market, but after Chen Feng’s interview, he ultimately did not choose them.
The reason is simple. Although they have good management experience in related industries, today's smartphones are not the Symbian phones of the past. It is true that they are executives of the company that used to dominate the mobile phone market, but times have changed.
After the launch of the iPhone, Nokia was destined to go into history. The thinking of these two executives was still stuck in the era of Nokia's kings and could not keep pace with the times. In Chen Feng's view, they were certainly incompetent.
After the interviews with the first four people, Chen Feng was not very satisfied. The last person came in. He was a black and white middle-aged man in his forties wearing glasses. He was a whiter type. His name was Charson. He graduated from a prestigious school.
, has an MBA degree. More importantly, he has worked at Apple for 5 years. Although he has not participated in the iPhone project, he can still be regarded as coming from Apple. Then, he also worked at Oracle for 5 years.
Finally, he partnered with others to start a business in Silicon Valley, making a search engine, which was acquired by a large website of the same type at a premium.
Charson came in, said hello in a humble and condescending manner, and sat down on the chair opposite Chen Feng's desk. Chen Feng took his resume and looked at it carefully for a while, then said: "Charson, tell the truth.
, when the headhunting company recommended you to me, I was a little hesitant to let you come for an interview. The reason is very simple. I have read your resume. You worked in Apple, Cisco, including your own startup company later.
All of them are technology-related jobs, and they have no relevant business management experience.”
When Charson heard what Chen Feng said, he was not angry. Instead, he smiled and said: "Yes, sir. I have no relevant management experience in the past ten years. But I want to say that I have accumulated experience in three companies.
I have enough relevant industry experience. Moreover, I have an MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree, which is not lacking in terms of knowledge reserve and management knowledge, and I have been working hard over the years to learn how to manage a company. Now
I feel that I am already capable of doing related company management work.”
Chen Feng sneered slightly and said, "My company doesn't want to be your guinea pig."
Charson smiled and said: "That's not the case, sir. In fact, my work experience in the past ten years is not fake, and I have worked in technology companies. I know the operating rules of technology companies very well, and I have a good understanding of their management."
I also know the methods very well, and because I have always been in the middle and lower levels, I also know in detail some of the shortcomings and loopholes in the management of these three companies. Therefore, I am confident that I can be qualified for the position of CEO. And I also have
I also feel that my own management philosophy is better than that of those big companies. At least it will have fewer shortcomings and be more efficient. If you don’t believe it, you can give me a two-month trial period. I will help you turn the company around.
Take good care of it.”
His statement made Chen Feng suddenly have the urge to give it a try. In fact, the reason why Chen Feng asked him to come for the interview was not only because of his graduation in communications engineering or his MBA degree, but more importantly, because
After he saw his photo, he suddenly intuitively told him that this person was more reliable.
Chen Feng is a person who trusts his own intuition. Even if he is wrong, there is nothing to lose, so why not give it a try.
"Judging from your resume, you should not be short of money now. The search engine company you last started was acquired at a high price. You should have made a lot of money. Have you never thought about starting your own business again?"
This is what Chen Feng is confused about. After all, according to his resume, he finally succeeded in starting a business and is relatively rich. It is not said that he started a business again, but he is not going to work for others.
Charson smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I am relatively rich now. I probably have about two million US dollars in savings. But you have to know that before I divorced my wife, I had nearly 10 million US dollars.
deposit.”
"Are you divorced?"
"Yes, sir, I finally completed the divorce process last month. I divided most of my property between my ex-wife and our two children."
In the United States, divorce is absolutely traumatic for a wealthy person. This is also the main reason why many wealthy people sign prenuptial agreements before getting married. They are afraid that after divorce, their wives or husbands will
Divide the property.
But after marriage, even if there is a prenuptial agreement, it is only effective for the property before the marriage. The husband and wife will own at least half of the property acquired after marriage. Of course, this involves different laws in each state.
Anyway, for a man, especially a rich middle-aged man, divorce is really a very arduous thing. Not only will it take a physical and mental hit, but at least half of the money bag will be taken away.
Especially when the two have children, the court will definitely take care of the woman.
Chen Feng also knew something about this, so he sympathized with Charlson.
However, he still had to ask some details.
"I'm sorry, although I don't want to pry into your personal privacy, but can you tell me why you want a divorce?"
Charson was not angry, he just sighed and said: "She cheated. But I have no evidence, and she didn't admit it. But I just knew she cheated. Of course, for the sake of my two children, I didn't
Let’s talk about this publicly.”
Chen Feng really sympathized with him this time. Men can understand the pain of being cuckolded. What's more, Charson also had most of his property taken away by the other party.
"Are you so sure that the other person cheated?"
"I found a box of used condoms in her car and smelled men's perfume on her body. I also found a box of matches from a motel in her handbag.
A matchstick to smoke, and she never smoked.”
Although Chen Feng's tone was very calm, his eyes were still full of melancholy. Chen Feng couldn't bear it.
"Okay, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have to tell you this, but you should understand. If this divorce was because of your cheating, I don't think I would hire you."
"Of course. I can understand. In fact, after thinking about it for more than half a year, I can also understand my ex-wife. At that time, I spent too much energy and time on my career. I often worked overtime in the company and even directly
He stayed overnight and neglected my ex-wife and my two children... I was also at fault."
"Okay. Let's not talk about this topic anymore. But can you tell us why you applied for this position?"
Charlson quickly calmed down and replied with a serious face: "Because I am very optimistic about Android and Android phones. I have my own channels, and I know the Android company led by Andy Rubin. In fact,
Andy Rubin and I knew each other before and had several technical exchanges. He is an all-rounder. But now the iPhone has subverted the entire mobile phone market, and it can even be said that it is almost the only one. At this time, Android phones
When it appears, it has played a very good role as a challenger and competitor. This is what everyone wants to see, even Apple wants to see it. Therefore, the future market for Android phones is unlimited."
"Why do you think Apple wants to see this? They are the only company. Isn't it good for the winner to take all?"
Charlson smiled and said: "I believe you can understand the reason. The iPhone system is closed, and it is destined to eat alone. But the global mobile phone market is so big, how can it tolerate only one iPhone?
Dominating the market? Not to mention other countries, even our country, the United States, will not allow this to happen. Antitrust laws are not a decoration."
The deterrent effect of antitrust laws is considerable, at least in Europe and the United States. Microsoft suffered a lot because of this law and was fined a lot of money. Others, including Intel, were also investigated by antitrust investigations in Europe.
It's so exciting that Intel has been secretly cultivating a competitor for itself - AMD, intentionally or unintentionally. Otherwise, if Intel really wanted to engage in AMD, it would have ceased to exist several times, so how could it have remained there until now?
He is still alive and well now.
Chen Feng was quite satisfied with his answer, and then asked: "Okay, next question, if I let you be the CEO, how do you plan to manage our company?"
Charlson was obviously prepared and immediately replied: "First of all, of course, we need to establish a smooth production line and production management method to ensure that when mobile phones can be mass-produced, quality control must also be done well and the cost will be reduced.
A certain amount of control must be carried out; the second is the issue of sales and distribution. I believe that the major telecom operators in the United States are very willing to customize mobile phones from us. As for the third step, I suggest that we start from now on.
Go to Tang State to select a site to set up a factory, that is the ideal place to further expand the scale of mobile phone production..."
Charson talked for nearly ten minutes, which was quite meaningful and coincided with Chen Feng's ideas in many aspects.
After hearing what he said, Chen Feng was quite satisfied with him. Moreover, the selection of CEO could not be delayed forever.
So, after Chen Feng thought about it for a while, he stood up and said to Charson: "Congratulations. You passed my interview. I will give you a two-month probation period. If you pass, you will be our Shengtang Technology
Official CEO.”
"Thank you." Charson also stood up, a little happy, but not very excited. This determination made Chen Feng even more satisfied with him.
The two shook hands with each other, and then agreed to invite their respective lawyers to sign the contract tomorrow and officially come to work here.
After Charlson left, Chen Feng immediately called Larred and asked him to find someone to check the details of Charlson, including his divorce details, other scandals about him, etc.
Although Chen Feng gave Charson a trial opportunity, he still did not trust him very much. The reason why he was so cautious was of course because Shengtang Technology was too important to his future career.
Chen Feng must leave Shengtang Technology in the hands of people with good character and whom he can trust.
After explaining to Larred, Chen Feng called Andy Rubin and asked him directly if he knew Charlson.
This is the quickest way to verify whether this guy Charlson has lied to him.
Rubin actually knew Charlson and told him his full name at once. Obviously, he was deeply impressed by Charlson.
"I know this guy. Charlson Dodge. He is an expert in communications engineering. Moreover, this guy is a workaholic. I heard that when he was working on the search engine company, he often lived and ate in the company. In the end, he was
Gugou Company spent 50 million U.S. dollars to package it up, and he received at least 10 million U.S. dollars. However, I also heard that after he received the money, he started a divorce lawsuit with his wife, and finally her wife
He actually took away most of his property, what a pitiful guy. Boss, why did you suddenly ask about him? He won't apply for a job in your new company, right?"
"You guessed it right. He is applying for CEO this time."
"What? Are you kidding? It's true that he is a technical master, but he doesn't seem to have ever held a relevant management position, right?"
"Yes, he has no relevant management experience. But I am willing to give him a chance to try. We will see the result in two months. If he is not qualified, I may end his probation early."
"Okay. You are the boss. Charson is a good person. I have had several technical exchanges with him before, and he is very good. He comes to manage the mobile phone company, so he seems to be a professional counterpart."
"Yeah. I think so too."
…
After hanging up the phone, Charlson's character was initially verified. Rubin usually doesn't remember useless things in his mind. There are not many people who can remember and impress him, and there are not many people who can praise him.
There are even fewer people. Therefore, Charlson’s ability and knowledge in the communication profession are definitely better. This is better than someone who only knows management but not technology.