Chapter 245 How to make a prodigal son!
The industry and media seemed extremely surprised.
Laurie Truman, a famous American economics scholar, expressed his views on Wang Lie taking over as president of Wangan Computer Company on ABC TV, "David S. Landes once wrote a book called "The Greatest Family Business in the World" The book summarizes that successful family businesses are basically distributed in three fields: banking, automobile industry, and traditional energy industry.
In these fields, the family's reputation and social influence can be passed down, and the resources owned by the family will not be easily taken away by competitors.
Those legendary patriarchs, they were brave entrepreneurs who did well on their own and eventually created a kingdom. As long as their successors stick to their roots without making big mistakes, they can keep the family business going.
The IT industry where Wang An's company is located is a rapidly developing field, where ordinary people's achievements will be quickly eliminated. As far as I know, Wang Lie joined Wang An Computer Company as soon as he graduated and took charge of the company's research department, but his performance was mediocre. Over the years, none of the more than ten products he announced were successful!
Obviously, Wang Lie's ability is too poor to serve as the president of Wang An Computer Company!
Dr. Wang An is bound to face huge failure when he brings the traditional Chinese family management style into European and American companies! "
Lauryn Truman's comments were recognized by countless people and reprinted in newspapers.
"Wall Street Journal": "Wang An Computer Company no longer has the enterprising spirit of the past and has become a conservative and outdated enterprise!!!"
"The New York Times": "Dr. Wang An's nepotism will inevitably lead to the decline of Wang An Computer Company!"
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Public opinion in the industry is not optimistic about Wang An Computer Company. Many directors and executives within the company are opposed to it. Wang An Computer Company's stock price also plummeted.
However, even so, Wang Lie still got his wish and became the president.
Not long after, Wang An Computer Company held a press conference. At the press conference, Wang Lie was in high spirits, as if he was the president. When interviewed by media reporters, he said arrogantly: "The personal computer industry is developing rapidly, and Wang An Computer Company is also preparing to enter the industry. With Wang An's The R\u0026D capabilities of computer companies will definitely develop the fastest and most powerful personal computers. By then, all major computer manufacturers will be scared!!!"
"Mr. Wang, as far as I know, the computers developed by Wang An Computer Company are not compatible with IBM-PC?" the reporter asked.
"Wang An Computer Company disdains association with IBM, so our company's products are never compatible with IBM-PC products!!!" Wang Lie said very conceitedly.
The reporters were all stunned. They felt that Wang Lie was so easy to pick up and so stupid.
"I would like to ask Mr. Wang, IBM-PC opened up the corresponding technical standards, which enabled a large number of PC compatible manufacturers to flourish. In fact, these PC compatible manufacturers have become a loose but powerful alliance of IBM, around IBM-PC and IBM -PC-compatible application software has been developed one after another. Why are you still so confident?" the reporter asked again.
Wang Lie replied disdainfully: "IBM has been the dominant player in the computer industry for many years, and many companies have succumbed to it, but Wang An Computer Company is not afraid! We will even defeat it in some fields!" At this point, Wang Lie paused and his voice rose a few decibels, looking very proud! "In the field of personal computers, I also believe that with the strength of Wang An Computer Company, it will be able to defeat IBM! Please wait and see!"
“We’ll see??”
In front of the TV, Li Zetian, who was watching the live broadcast of the press conference, couldn't help laughing playfully, "Then I really have to wait and see!"
Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help but said: "Wang An is proud and arrogant, and Wang Lie is the same, but he doesn't have the talent and ability of his father. If Wang An Computer Company is handed over to him, the building will collapse! It's a pity that Wang An spent his life building it. The legendary business empire has just fallen!"
Li Zetian was very open-minded and said calmly: "There is no empire on which the sun never sets forever! Any company will have its ups and downs. This is the case for Wang An Computer Company, and the same is true for other companies."
"Yes." Dongfang Yuqin nodded, "By the way, Mr. Li, you requested to arrange for a headhunting company to recruit talents from Wang An Computer Company, and I have already given the order."
"Well, that's good!" Li Zetian said with a smile, "There are many people in Wang An Computer Company who don't like Wang Lie. It's only a matter of time before he leaves. We take the initiative to prevent these talents from being lost and going to other companies!"
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In terms of employment, Wang Lie failed to inherit Wang An's talent management skills and failed to arrange the company's three major R\u0026D pillars - Kolko, Kaublau and Sigar. Originally, Wang An adopted the method of "raising horses in separate slots", letting them each be responsible for a research and development team to compete with each other and promote the development of the company. However, Wang Lie emphasized internal cooperation and unified the thinking of the three of them, but this was simply impossible. , which resulted in many conflicts among the three people.
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"Hello Calco, I am an employee of a headhunting company. I heard that you were not satisfied with your stay at Wang An Computer Company. Why not join another company? Chronos Li values you very much. You might as well consider Sun Microsystems!"
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"Hello Kaublau, Kaulko has switched jobs to Sun Microsystems. Are you still willing to stay at Wangan Computer Company? Today's Wangan Computer Company is no longer the Wangan Computer Company of the past. Such a big company can Can you bear to let a person with mediocre abilities dictate to you? Chronos Li is a truly good boss. He appreciates your talent very much and hopes you can join Sun Microsystems!"
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"Hello Sigar, I am an employee of a headhunting company. Kolko and Kaublau have joined Sun Microsystems. As the three brains of the R\u0026D department of Wangan Computer Company, are you willing to stay here alone? "
In the first month after Wang Lie took over as president, Kaulko was poached by Li Zetian, followed closely by Kaublau and Sigar. The three major R\u0026D masterminds of Wang An Computer Company have joined Sun Microsystems, and at the same time, each has taken away a group of elite talents. As a result, Wang An Computer Company's research and development capabilities plummeted.
Wang Lie didn't care about the loss of talent at first, and he couldn't stop it. He thought, anyway, the company has a large talent reserve, and even if some people leave, the company will not be hurt.
Wang Lie is now focused on how to make the company make more money and increase his performance after taking office in order to convince everyone. This is also the most beneficial counterattack against public opinion questioning his ability!
In terms of marketing, the service fee for replacing the software necessary to maintain the operation of the equipment has been greatly increased. That is, no matter who purchases a mainframe or minicomputer from Wangan Computer Company, they must pay a service fee of US$5,000 in advance. This was not the case before. The fee is only $1,000. In addition, the relationship with dealers has deteriorated. When these dealers call Wang An Computer Company engineers for technical problems, they charge US$175 each time.
In the first month after Wang Lie took office, Wang An Computer Company's revenue increased significantly.
Wang Lie was not aware of the company's crisis at all. Instead, he was complacent, thinking, "Now you can see how powerful I am. After I took over as president, the company's revenue increased by tens of millions of dollars compared to last month!!" !”
Li Zetian was stunned and shocked by Wang Lie's various behaviors of killing chickens and taking eggs.
"Damn it, you are really awesome. That's how a prodigal is made!!!"
After Wang Lie did this, the users of Wang An Computer Company complained endlessly, and many users abandoned the company. Starting from the second month, Wang An Computer Company's performance began to decline significantly.
Company employees expressed dissatisfaction one after another, and the media began to advocate that Wang An Computer Company would go bankrupt!
Wang Lie felt nervous at this time, but he insisted: "Wang An Computer Company is a large company with an annual revenue of US$3 billion and will never go bankrupt!"
Of course, Wang An Computer Company is so big that it will not go bankrupt in just a few months. What if it takes another year, two years, or three years?
