Chapter 673 Losing Both the Wife and the Army

Although Wang Lie had begun to curse in his heart, he still said calmly: "Ten million and 6% is not a reasonable price, but in order to express our sincerity in cooperation, we can also pay a premium.

And Mr. Posak, you should know that we have just won a large order from the Air Force, so the development prospects of cooperation with us cannot be measured only in terms of money. "

Bosak pondered and said nothing, but his wife asked bluntly: "Since you are willing to pay a premium, how much can you offer?"

[Am I here to raise the price for you two? 】

Jeff offered 10 million, so what, you ask me to offer 1,200 now, and then ask Jeff how much?

Ever since he took over the company, Wang Lie hated these technicians very much. They spoke without turning around and went straight to the point where they choked people's lungs.

But before Wang Lie could think of how to answer, he heard Li Ye speak.

"Before Mr. Wang bids, for the benefit of shareholders and the company's development prospects, we would like to ask a question, that is, can you guarantee not to use Cisco to engage in unfair competition in the market?"

"After all, the original intention of the multi-protocol router was to connect all incompatible computers. We don't want to see the bad phenomenon that all computers can connect to each other, but IBM is isolated from the outside."

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"Sir, may I ask who you are?"

Wang Lie frowned and was about to ask who Li Ye was, but halfway through, he remembered that he had already asked this question when he was in his company.

This young man is an "intern" at Hong Kong Island Style Company.

But now that they met for the second time, Wang Lie finally realized that Li Ye didn't look like an intern.

Have you ever seen an intern in any company who would speak casually in front of the boss? Have you ever seen any interns whose bosses listen carefully when they talk?

[Could he be the same person as me? 】

Wang Lie frowned slightly and pondered.

Although Chambers boasted about Cisco's "Internet", Wang Lie was not very optimistic. He came here with the intention of using Cisco to "confront IBM".

Seeing Wang Lie's silence, Bosak immediately stood up and said, "I'm sorry, I think it's not a good idea to cooperate with your Wang An Company. Please go back!"

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Wang Lie wanted to say something more, but the Bosaks had already stood up and left.

Wang Lie was stunned. He was now convinced that this Bosak had the same bad relationship with the technicians in his company.

Usually they can't kick you, and you look like a coward, but if they once have an opinion on you, then bye-bye completely, even the eight-headed cow will not be able to get you back.

A follower next to Wang Lie couldn't help but said: "It's so disappointing. You don't even care about basic courtesy?"

But just as he finished speaking, he heard a faint voice.

"How can you say it's rude? At least I'm not half an hour late!"

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Wang Lie managed to keep his expression calm, but he was annoyed and angry in his heart.

At first, he had left Pei Wencong, Li Ye and others alone for half an hour, but he was a big company and the other party was a small company. Isn't this normal?

Now Cisco can only be regarded as a "company" at best, so what right does it have to be rude to itself?

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"Chambers, I don't care what method you use, you must get rid of Bosak, and also find out what happened to Pei Wencong. America's business cannot tolerate a Hong Kong Islander. Make trouble.

Wang Lie arrived in San Francisco in the morning and bought a ticket to go back to Boston in the afternoon, but before leaving, he left John Chambers behind.

He was going crazy.

He personally flew from east coast to east coast with sincerity and never imagined that he would be treated so embarrassingly.

Chambers hesitated for a moment and then comforted Wang Lie: "Mr. Wang, actually I don't think it is necessary to involve Cisco into industry competition.

Because it is a completely new industry, I think Cisco’s prospects may not be weaker than ours.”

Wang Lie said solemnly: "Then you mean that I should pay 100 million US dollars to directly buy the stocks held by GF Company, and then wait for it to grow into a behemoth like our Wang An Company?"

"Don't you know that IBM has suppressed us over the years? If we don't compete with him, are we waiting to be beaten to bankruptcy by him?"

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Chambers sighed and said nothing more.

Once a large company forms a business philosophy, it will not be easy to change, especially if the previous concept has achieved brilliant success.

But now IBM has changed, and they have begun to be compatible with other small and medium-sized companies. If Wang An Computer Company does not change, what will be the final result?

Chambers returned to the hotel full of worries, racking his brains to figure out how to complete the task assigned by Wang Lie.

But just a moment after he arrived at the hotel, he received a call from Jeff.

"Hey, Mr. Chambers, are you interested in chatting alone?"

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Half an hour later, Chambers met Jeff, Pei Wencong and the two young and shameless "interns" again.

After a brief polite greeting, Li Ye asked Chambers bluntly: "Mr. Chambers, how did you notice Cisco? After all, it is still a small company."

Chambers said calmly: "Wang An Computer has always had military orders, and the military's information network has been around for several years. If it can be popularized in civilian use, I think it's an opportunity."

Li Ye smiled and asked: "What kind of opportunity do you think it is? An opportunity to change the world?"

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Chambers was stunned.

He had been telling Wang Lie that Cisco's innovation was epoch-making these days, but Wang Lie didn't believe it at all.

But now, he heard what he wanted to hear most from an "intern".

Chambers hesitated for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, I am very optimistic."

Li Ye smiled, tilted his head slightly, and winked at Jeff.

So Jeff smiled and said to Chambers: "Mr. Chambers, are you interested in being a manager at Cisco?"

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Chambers was stunned again, and then asked: "Isn't the current manager Mr. Bosack? Why do you want to change people?"

[Of course it's because someone recommended you! 】

Jeff smiled and explained: "Bosack is good at technology, but not good at managing a company, so we agreed to send a company manager when we invested."

Chambers nodded slowly and fell into silence.

Silicon Valley is different from the mainland. In the mainland, the founder of the company will definitely hold the management power and will never let go.

But in Silicon Valley, it is normal for founders and managers to coexist in a company.

Because founders like innovation, they would rather take risks to a certain extent.

Managers are just the opposite. They are good at managing and coordinating a company, and in most cases, they are unwilling and will not take too much risk.

Although there is a situation where a person is both an entrepreneur and a manager, such as the two entrepreneurs of HP are very good managers.

But in most cases, a person's quality is not easy to be both an entrepreneur and a manager. A good entrepreneur may be a very bad manager. This is one of the reasons why the founders of startups are often fired by shareholders later.

And the Bosacks are in this situation.

So when Jeff invested, he made sure that the Bosacks were the major shareholders, but GF Venture Capital Company had to choose another manager.

Chambers' silence made Li Ye a little worried.

He didn't know if Cisco would still achieve the glory that surpassed Microsoft as it had in its original historical trajectory without Chambers.

And the current Cisco is not the Cisco that Chambers joined a few years later. At that time, Cisco had already developed well.

So would Chambers be interested in this "small company"?

Facts have proved that Li Ye's worries were unnecessary.

Because although the current Cisco is not the Cisco a few years later, the current Chambers is not the Chambers a few years later. Chambers at this moment is also a small figure.

After Chambers was silent, he asked seriously: "I want to ask, how do you treat Cisco? Do you wait for it to appreciate and then sell it?"

Jeff and Pei Wencong shook their heads together, but did not speak.

Chambers subconsciously looked at Li Ye, because this "intern" left a deep impression on him.

Sure enough, Li Ye said calmly: "We want to make Cisco the first in the industry, not the first in the lighthouse, but the first in the world. If we can't do it, we will cooperate, and if we don't cooperate, we will merge."

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Chambers looked at Li Ye blankly, not understanding why this intern would say such a thing to his heart.

Chambers didn't understand technology, but he was able to bring Cisco, a large-scale technology company, to glory, firstly relying on his keen business mind and superb management skills, and secondly on simple and crude strategies.

His strategy is what Li Ye said-if you can't do it, cooperate, and if you don't cooperate, get rid of it.

After a moment of silence, Chambers smiled comfortably, and the depression that had been suppressed in his heart for these days disappeared.

"Then, can we talk about my annual salary?"

Jeff and others laughed.

As long as you are willing to talk about money, it will be easy.

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Chambers didn't return to his room until the evening, and after returning to the room, he started calling his colleagues.

"Tom, do you know Cisco? Are you interested in learning more about it?"

"Jerry, you told me a few days ago that you were going to resign, right? Are you interested in developing in Silicon Valley?"

Since you want to change jobs, it is of course best to bring a team with you. Chambers was also ruthless in poaching people from his own company.

Because of the change of CEOs of Wang Laboratories, Chambers gained a lot from the one-hour phone call.

Chambers remembered a proverb of the flower-growing family - losing the wife and the army. He didn't know if Wang Lie would regret his "disdain" for all these years when he kidnapped a bunch of colleagues.

But just when Chambers was about to fall asleep, Wang Lie, who had just returned to Boston, called.

"John, I thought about it on the plane. Maybe your idea is a good one. Tomorrow you can talk to the Bosacks or Jeff."

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Chambers was silent for a moment, and said calmly: "We have already talked and it went well."

Although Wang Lie changed his mind, Chambers still knew whether to be the boss or the subordinate.

Although Jeff offered Chambers a price that Wang Lie could never offer, Chambers felt that some things were more important than money.