Chapter 1242 Funny Joke?

During the busy life, Li Zitao will still enjoy the fun and small surprises from life.

After the difficult Issie is dealt with with chocolate and ice cream, he finally has time alone with the beautiful 'devils and angels'.

It's just that Li Zitao still can't figure out why his son always has trouble with his hair. If he stayed here 365 days a year, I believe he would have become 'stronger' by now.

The night is intoxicating and time flies.

At five o'clock the next morning, Li Zitao, who hadn't closed his eyes, boarded the plane in good spirits, and he could take a short nap on the way to Mountain View.

As a boss with a schedule, every time his schedule changes, it will trigger a chain of disasters, and he doesn't want to make his time more urgent.

At the San Francisco Municipal Airport, beside the dusty airport runway, Hill was sitting in the car and kept looking up. According to the time, the boss's plane should arrive.

The boss is busy, and Hill as a secretary is not easy. Get up at 4 in the morning, make coffee, warm bread, and take out the fruit that was prepared in the refrigerator last night. After breakfast, freshen up and make up, the time is 5:20.

Arrived at the company by car at 5:30, spent an hour to ensure today's meeting agenda, and then drove to the airport again.

It was 6:27 when I arrived at the airport from Mountain View. Hill closed his eyes and rested for 20 minutes.

"Here we come." The driver's gesture of pointing out the window made Hill look up.

After seeing the Li clan emblem on the plane, Hill wrapped his coat tightly and got out of the car, his silky and smooth hair was instantly disheveled in the wind.

In January, the sea breeze in the Bay Area of ​​San Francisco was blowing fiercely, coupled with the cold air encountered this year, Hill, who was wearing stockings, shivered a little.

But the moment the cabin door was opened and the gangway was lowered, her demeanor became more capable, and she smiled energetically and faced the front.

"Boss, here is the topic of the meeting, as well as the itinerary in Mountain View. In addition to the meeting with the high-level, the meeting with several chief engineers, and the San Francisco Enterprise newspaper wants to interview you."

"Remove the interview, and keep the rest as usual... In the spare time, ask Hepburn to have dinner with me."

"you are right?"

"Danny will take you there." Li Zitao pointed forward. Before he came, he had just received news that Hepburn happened to be filming here, which seemed to be a plot related to Chinatown.

When it comes to Chinatown, San Francisco is indispensable, so the crew shot here. When mentioning this scene, Aimo said that there are a lot of side effects in the script, and the characters will be selected directly in the local area.

It just so happened that Li Zitao could make an appointment with her at the Jinjiang Hotel in Chinatown, and by the way, meet and chat with the local Chinese labor union members.

Since closing down the Mountain View R&D office last time and laying off part of the researchers, IBM's prosperity has improved a lot, and there is enough money to pay bonuses and dividends.

It seems unbelievable to say that at this time, bonuses and dividends were chosen instead of continuously investing money in the company's development and allowing it to expand rapidly.

But in fact, this is the real world. Selflessness is only for the development of the company, regardless of personal gains and losses. No matter how well-coordinated and united the team is, it is impossible to persist for too long.

It's not that Li Zitao is far-sighted, the others are short-sighted idiots. It's because the future is too uncertain for them.

Compared with the future that cannot be grasped, people will pay more attention to the immediate interests, which are real and can be grasped at all times.

Many times, Li Zitao hopes to privatize IBM, or take an absolute controlling stake, and plan its future according to his own ideas.

But he also knew very well that he couldn't do that.

public image.

Dictators, greedy leeches, financial predators, lawnmowers, brutal executioners...

There are dozens if not hundreds of titles similar to this falling on Li Zitao's head. This is a very dangerous signal.

Of course, the public's impression of him is mixed. Some people regard him as a savior, a philanthropist, and a benevolent Chinese friend.

There are also people who, as mentioned above, think that he is evil, dark...

And this situation is especially serious in the industry. If the situation is allowed to intensify, Li Zitao will erect a high wall for himself, and let the world isolate him.

The cooperation with the consortium has ushered in his reputation, but it also has great limitations. That is, he will only cooperate with his own kind (same weight) or stronger.

And those small fish and shrimps will only be bloody cleaned by him with cruel means, and the best result is to be driven out.

Isolation is not what Li Zitao wants, because in the final analysis, no matter how glorious and huge an empire is, it is also composed of independent individuals.

Without these cornerstones, the consequence of an unstable foundation is that the building will collapse and the dynasty will change. Li Zitao must show a more positive and positive image to gain more support and recognition.

It's difficult, trade-offs mean compromises, and the two words themselves equate to 'uncomfortable, difficult, patient and most importantly...maturity. '

Think like an adult, not like a child, relying on your own emotions. Learn to control your emotions instead of letting your emotions control your behavior.

At IBM's New Year's meeting, Li Zitao, who patiently listened to everyone's opinions without interrupting anyone's speech, explained his changes very well.

"Has everyone finished?" The whispers gradually disappeared, and after the scene fell into silence for about half a minute, Li Zitao looked at everyone with a smile.

No one answered, it looks like they did finish their presentation, and now it's his turn to say, "An additional 10 percent R&D investment at the Santa Barbara lab, and we've got some initial results on our network plan, and that's very, very important , I believe I don’t need to say more.”

"Charlie, the current R&D investment has already accounted for 11% of the profit, are you sure you want to increase it by another 10%?" Thomas J. Watson's tone sounded like he was not asking for his opinion, but closer to to refute.

"What about the others?" He wanted to confirm how much resistance there would be to this matter.

You must know that in various industries, the research and development investment in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals has always been a "gold-absorbing monster," but even for such a monster, the investment in research and development will not be higher than 15% of the profit... the highest!

Now, Li Zitao wants an electronics company to spend 21% of its total profits on research and development.

do you know? This thing sounds more like a funny joke, no one would really do it unless he is crazy.

Li Zitao was relieved by the information he had collected. He did not expect that his "funny joke" would receive two votes of support.

oh...should he be grateful for that?