Three days later, after Jobs and John Chambers were officially confirmed to be in charge of Wang An Computer Company, Wang An Computer Company, which had been relatively quiet, finally announced its first round of personnel changes.

In the eyes of the outside world, there have been major personnel changes at Wang An Computer Company. Prince Wang Lie has resigned as general manager, indirectly announcing that the Wang family and his son have completely lost leadership of the technology giant Wang An Computer.

As for Yang Chen, Wang An Computer Company has not changed much. Except for the new faces in the finance department, there have been no changes in the supervisors and employees at all levels of other departments. In the entire company, only Wang Lie, the general manager, has retired behind the scenes and served as a director.

One position remains unchanged, and other senior positions remain unchanged.

The position of general manager was held by Vice President John Chambers, the former sales director, which made the senior and middle-level managers of Wangan Computer Company heave a sigh of relief.

The position of general manager is the highest administrative level in Wangan Computer Company and manages all affairs of the company. John Chambers took over the position of general manager, which shows that the new boss still recognizes the senior management of Wangan Computer.

The matter of being an emperor and a courtier did not happen, so the restless heart of everyone naturally stopped.

However, what many people don't understand is that the company has an additional vice chairman. This parachute leader directly overrides all levels of R&D department supervisors from the very beginning. This makes the company's senior management have the mentality of watching a good show.

The R&D department is the most important department of Wangan Computer, and it is also the core department with the largest number of people. If such a department is controlled by an outsider, everyone wants to see what John Chambers, the newly appointed general manager, will do.

You must know that the other party holds the title of vice chairman, which is nominally one level higher than the general manager. In the eyes of many people, the person who came by air should be the big boss to check and balance the general manager John Chambers.

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The only thing that surprised everyone was that the person who flew down was not a senior executive of Yang's consortium, but a founder who was kicked out of his own company.

Since Apple went public, it has attracted a lot of attention, especially Wangan Computer, which is also a technology company. Many people have heard of Steve Jobs's name.

The reason why Jobs was kicked out of Apple was very straightforward and simple. Apple's reason was that Jobs was too young, too inexperienced, etc.

Anyway, the only answer Apple gave was that Steve Jobs is no longer suitable to lead the current Apple.

This young man in his early thirties became the vice chairman of Wang An Computer Company only two years after he was kicked out of Apple.

It must be said that this sudden and dramatic change not only caused a lot of discussion among the employees within Wangan Computer Company, but also made the outside media unable to help but be curious and reported it one after another.

Everyone is curious about what kind of charm Jobs has that makes Yang Da, the richest man, value him so much.

Most people agree with Boss Yang's vision. After all, becoming the richest man in the world at such a young age is beyond the category of a genius and is a proper monster.

In particular, Yang's consortium has developed rapidly and is now fully comparable to some of the world's top consortiums.

Therefore, in the eyes of many people, since Boss Yang values ​​Jobs, the man who was kicked out of his company, it means that he has some outstanding qualities that Boss Yang attaches great importance to.

Although Wang An Computer's internal employees were surprised that Jobs would serve as vice chairman, they surprisingly did not resist.

As for the reasons, there are two.

First, there are three things to do when a new official takes office.

Boss Yang has now become the new boss of Wang An Computer Company, and holds more than half of the company's shares. He has absolute controlling power. He can even ignore the opinions of shareholders on the board of directors in any decision made by the other party.

In this case, no one is stupid enough to jump out to object, because once they jump out, they will most likely be killed to scare the monkeys and establish authority for the new boss.

When dealing with the prince Wang Lie, some people can rely on their elders to show off their talents, but in front of Boss Yang, they dare not do this. No new boss can tolerate employees with excessive prestige within the company.

Therefore, even if everyone has opinions, they will only hold it in their hearts. If they can't hold it back, they can at most discuss it privately. They will never dare to boycott Boss Yang like they boycotted Prince Wang Lie.

The second thing is, of course, everyone's recognition of Jobs' abilities.

Although Jobs was kicked out by the company's shareholders and management, this does not mean that Jobs has no ability. Although Apple is weaker than Wang An Computer, its development speed cannot be underestimated.

And Steve Jobs started from scratch and became a billionaire in just a few years. Who dares to say that such a person has no ability?

In the eyes of everyone, Jobs did not lose because of his own incompetence, but because of the evil capitalists.

In the United States, capital is the most powerful force. No one or any force can compete with capital. Although Steve Jobs is the founder of Apple, he still has to succumb to capital and abide by the rules of the capital game.

In the chairman's office, both John Chambers and Jobs felt a little hesitant about Yang Chen's proposal.

"Chairman, I have no objection if the foundry is built in Xiangjiang, but I reserve my opinion on which country it is built in." Jobs said his thoughts directly without hiding anything.

Originally, he thought that Yang Chen would at best transfer Wang An Computer's foundry to Xiangjiang, which could reduce some labor costs, but he did not expect that the other party actually wanted to build the foundry directly in that newly opened country.

To be honest, although Jobs changed some of his prejudices against the Chinese because of Yang Chen, he still conservatively chose to retain his opinions about that country that was said to not even have a decent industrial foundation.

Yang Chen glanced at Jobs and did not explain to him. He turned to look at John Chambers and asked: "John Chambers, what do you think?"

When asked by Boss Yang, John Chambers did not hesitate and directly expressed his opinion.

"Chairman, personal computers are developing very fast now. In addition to solving the defects in our own software, we also need to reduce the cost of personal computers. Only when the cost drops can we win back the market."

"So, I don't have any objections to moving foundries out, whether it's Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, or that ancient Eastern country."

"However, there is a premise, that is, while reducing costs, the quality of our company's products cannot be reduced, and the company's brand cannot be ruined because of cost reductions."

After saying that, John Chambers paused and continued: "I have been responsible for the sales business in Asia before, and that country also understands the restrictions on foreign investment. If we transfer the foundry there, then the controlling stake will be

If this happens, someone on the board of directors may object."

When he said this, John Chambers raised his head and glanced at Boss Yang. Although Yang Chen is the company's major shareholder and enjoys the company's absolute decision-making power, Wangan Computer is a listed company after all, and the company has other shareholders.

And the board of directors.

Boss Yang can be strong, but he cannot completely ignore the opinions of the company's shareholders.

Of course, you can ignore it, but the prerequisite is that it brings benefits to the company. As long as there are enough benefits, no one will say anything even if you are stronger.

Listed companies have the rules and regulations of listed companies. Even major shareholders must take into account the rights and interests of other small shareholders.

This is also the reason why Yang Chen likes privatization. Private companies don't have as many troubles as listed companies. Basically, whatever the boss decides can be done without any scruples, regardless of whether it harms the company's interests or not.

But this is not the case for listed companies. Shareholders have the right to object to any decision that harms the interests of shareholders.

Furthermore, it is not uncommon for shareholders and company management to sideline major shareholders.

Of course, this kind of thing will definitely not happen to Boss Yang. Compared with the Yang Consortium, Wang An Computer is still far behind.

As long as Yang Chen doesn't go too far, the company's management and shareholders will not object to Boss Yang's decision.

After listening to the two people's opinions, Yang Chen shook his head and said: "We have discussed before that the company's main energy in the future will be focused on R&D and sales. As the personal computer market continues to grow, hardware and software updates are very fast.

Fast, so the company must maintain its advantage in this aspect."

“The personal computer market will be huge in the future. I don’t need to repeat this. We can’t develop and sell products while employing and managing hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of workers to produce equipment.

Therefore, production, in addition to core technology, must be divested, and the company can find an foundry to cooperate."

Speaking of this, Yang Chen frowned, and then made a decision: "You don't need to worry about the foundry. I will arrange this matter clearly, and I will also persuade the company's shareholders."

"Now I will draw a horizontal line for you two. Each of you should mind your own business and don't interfere in the other's decision. I can fully trust you two, and I hope you can fully trust each other..."

Jobs and John Chambers looked at each other. They knew very well why Yang Chen separated them and each of them took care of their own affairs. In addition to avoiding unnecessary internal conflicts, it also meant to check and balance each other.

However, the two of them had no objections to Yang Chen's arrangement.

For John Chambers, the existence of Jobs seems to have reduced his power on the surface, but in fact it is not.

Yang Chen, the big boss, lives in Xiangjiang all year round and visits the United States only a handful of times a year, so the company's operations will not be interfered with too much.

Because of Yang Chen's support, he, as the general manager, is to a large extent free from the constraints of shareholders and directors, and his decision-making freedom is relatively greater.

Comparing the two, if he does a good job as a general manager, he will definitely be much more comfortable than being a CEO in other companies.

For Jobs, Yang Chen's arrangement was undoubtedly very to his liking. He was not used to worrying about things other than R&D. He actively invited Sculley to be Apple's CEO so that he could concentrate on R&D.

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But what he didn't expect was that the people he personally invited not only failed to help him, but kicked him out.

Now Yang Chen has divided the rights of Wang An Computer Company into two parts, so that they will not interfere with each other. This is naturally the best thing for Jobs.
Chapter completed!