Seven Hundred and Twenty Seventh Chapters Dismount

Armonk City.

IBM Headquarters, Office of the Lab Director.

A young Chinese man was sitting in the seat that originally belonged to Leon Solan, quietly flipping through the report in his hand.

Leon Solan leaned his shoulders slightly forward, with his hands hanging in front of him, his right hand grasping his left wrist, waiting with a smile on his face.

"Suo Lan, is that all?" Li Zitao asked without raising his head.

"Yes, Mr. Li, all the reports are here." A stern look flashed in Leon Solan's eyes.

The idiots in the laboratory dared to add their own ideas to the report without permission. Who would want to read those worthless garbage, he had already found it and threw it all away.

"But I remember that there are a few people who want to get the support of the company to develop their own projects. I have promised them that they will take a look for themselves. What about things?"

Seeing Li Zitao raised his head, Leon Solan froze on the spot, as if ten thousand beasts were galloping past him.

"I, I don't know, I'm sorry sir, I'll go find it now." Thinking of those reports that he threw away with his own hands, Leon Solan had cold sweat on his forehead.

The young man in front of him is the company's largest shareholder, so to speak, his boss, how dare Leon Solan offend him.

"Forget it." With a wave of his hand, Li Zitao said to the door: "Tia, go to the lab and ask them to redo it and hand it over. You can bring it to me yourself."

"Okay, BOSS." The sound of high heels hitting the ground gradually faded away, but Leon Solan was ashamed.

He had a hunch that he was going to be in trouble, and at the executive meeting in the afternoon, Leon Solan's hunch was confirmed.

"From this moment on, all project reviews in the laboratory must be reviewed by me personally. No one has the right to send it back, no matter who it is!"

Li Zitao said solemnly in front of all the executives, and by the way, looked at Leon Solan, who buried his head in his chest like a fat quail.

"I would like to introduce... Tia, from today onwards, she will be responsible for the approval of laboratory project funds."

As Li Zitao announced the end of the meeting, Leon Solan had almost slipped under the table.

Although he is still the director of the laboratory, the two most important rights, the establishment of laboratory projects and the approval of funds, are not under his control.

It also means that his supervisor has become a puppet, and his rights have been emptied.

Leon Solan didn't know the board's restrictions on Li Zitao, otherwise, he would have been fired by now.

From the standpoint of the company, he did nothing wrong, but to Li Zitao he was a stumbling block.

Who made him a member of the company, and the last thing Li Zitao needs now is an obstacle between him and the lab staff.

In the afternoon, the company's board of directors.

“Charlie, what does it mean for the company to support their personal projects? It would distract us, delay projects, increase capital expenditures…”

Sitting in the chair of the board of directors, Thomas J. Watson asked with an ugly face.

After joining the company for two days, he made people in the company restless, and a lot of inexplicable items appeared in the next quarter's expenditure.

For the shareholders, the money was spent completely inexplicably.

"These projects are not worthless, but no one is going to realize their value. We should take a long-term view. As long as one of these projects succeeds,

It will bring us rich rewards, I think everyone here is very familiar with the name of the skunk, but who knows that all the research and development projects of the skunk are found by the researchers themselves,

As long as the concept they put forward has the possibility of success, they can find a like-minded team, and they have a detailed time and schedule, they will get financial support. "

Hearing Li Zitao mentioning the skunk, the shareholders present whispered to each other, saying that the success of the skunk was a miracle.

It is also the first corporate laboratory, supported by the government and colleges in the aviation field, and many universities in the United States have close cooperation with it.

about the success of the skunk,

Everyone can see it, but few people know how it works before it succeeds.

Now hearing what Li Zitao said, many shareholders were moved.

The research and development of skunks has brought hundreds of millions of profits. If IBM Research Labs can become the second "skunk," they are not going to make a lot of money.

"Otherwise, why don't you give it a try?" Someone suggested excitedly.

"I think it's okay, but it's more than 600,000 yuan, and the company is fully capable of paying it." Another shareholder agreed.

Looking at Li Zitao's smiling face, Thomas J. Watson seemed to see a smirking fox, but he couldn't find the reason.

He has also seen these project reports with his own eyes. Strictly speaking, they are all accessories related to card machines and statistical machines.

If successful, IBM's products will become more comprehensive and applicable to a wider range, and the company may even use it to set industry standards.

Besides, Watson doesn't think that Li Zitao will make trouble on purpose, and it won't do him any good to bring down IBM.

There is no company in his name that conflicts with IBM's products, and there is no conflict between the two. Besides, there is still $3.5 million in real money.

No matter how rich you are, you will not throw away millions for nothing. If you are worth tens of millions, you may not be able to get 1 million in cash, let alone 3.5 million dollars.

"So, I am in favor of trying first, and we can pick out high-quality items from these projects, 2... What do you think?"

There are a total of 13 projects submitted this time, and Watson will cut off most of them in one breath.

Li Zitao in Haikou has already boasted about it. If he is really asked to cut off most of it and pass two small projects as a charity, what majesty does he have in the laboratory?

This morning, Li Zitao gave Leon Solan a slap in the face at the executive meeting, and Watson will give him a slap in the afternoon. Is this the current report?

"I disagree. Such differential treatment will reduce the enthusiasm and motivation of employees. What we need now is innovation and cohesion.

If we do this, we may lose a lot of good employees, and if they deliberately delay progress in their work, the impact on the company will be even greater. "

Li Zitao immediately expressed his attitude, very tough and persistent, and he must do his best, which is the concept he has always adhered to.

"Charlie, although you are in charge of the research and development direction of the laboratory, but not including these, the board of directors has the right to make choices." Watson said, frowning.

Whether it is good or bad for Li Zitao to join the company, Watson is not sure now, and his ambition may destroy IBM.

"Then, let's vote with a show of hands!" Li Zitao looked at all the shareholders with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, without any attitude of giving in.

"IBM has enough potential, maybe it is the next AT&T, Morgan, UUS or UUS, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here, now it's time for you to choose, whether to create IBM's future with me, or to stand still and wait to be accepted Beyond."