Reaching for the stars with one hand

Chapter 165 American Training
One year after Zhang Yong's trip to France, the world is quietly changing.

The tenth second-generation Beidou satellite was finally launched, and Beidou's ICD 1.0 was officially released. The Beidou system has a certain ability to serve the Asia-Pacific.Receivers that are not compatible with Beidou signals will not be allowed to enter the Chinese market.Although there is no clear ban on this, Beidou signal compatibility has become the most important indicator in the bidding documents of all major projects.

Zhang Yong is driving to the Beijing branch office of SKydon.

A year ago, he ended up not accepting Da Sewa's appointment, but he didn't leave Mag right away either.Da Sewa and Xiao Sewa had a separate conversation with him after the meeting.

"Brother Yong, if Mag is the happiest time in your career experience, then continue to be happy. Here is still Mag, and we are still your boss. It doesn't matter if you don't want to accept the appointment, anyway, the Chinese office is still run by You are in charge. We have now suspended the recruitment and entry of all new employees. If you leave, the Beijing office will be unmanaged. So, please stay here temporarily. …”

"As for the future, if something really happens, such as SKydon takes over the business in China, you should also hand over SKydon before leaving. Brother Yong, frankly speaking, I don't know what will happen in the future. For example, the board of directors did not reject us at all. To hold this Kick off meeting, we shouldn’t make a decision too early for a future that hasn’t come yet, what do you think?”

Zhang Yong finally agreed, so he returned to Beijing without a formal identity and still managed the Mag office.

However, the acquisition of SKydon soon became a reality. After Da Sewa gave an online speech, she stopped appearing.In its place was Skydon's efficient and swift integration.

Mag's Beijing office was closed soon, and Zhang Yong and his colleagues left that warm and elegant space with great regret.

All the people have been incorporated into various departments of SKydon according to different job responsibilities and positions, and settled in the office of SKydon Beijing Branch.The scale here is far greater than the Mag representative office, and even surpassed the original Eka China.So gradually, everyone integrated into their new organization, and there were not many opportunities to meet each other.

And Zhang Yong became a bug of SKydon.He is a member of Skydon, there is a desk for him in the office area, but no one cares about his work, he has become a free idler, which is why he is not in a hurry to leave Skydon.Because apart from paying his salary on time, he is almost completely free.

SKydon is completely different from Eka, adopting a cross-management.The administrative management of Chinese employees belongs to the China office, and all reimbursement forms must be signed by the president of China.But the management of the business is directly corresponding to the executives of various departments in the SKydon factory. The monthly meeting of SKydon is only the president of the China region to tell everyone about SKydon's new trends and new directions, the overall global performance and so on.However, the heads of each department do not need to report their performance to the president. Their performance reports directly correspond to the department leaders in the United States.

Zhang Yong was assigned to the OEM department, and his boss, like Li Jia, was Cameron.

But for the sales of SKydon measurement boards, Li Jia alone is enough, and he does not need to intervene.As for the sales of the navigation board, a supervisor transferred from the crowd is in charge. The young man is very capable, and Zhang Yong does not need to intervene in this business.

Except at the beginning of his tenure, when Cameron came to China and met Zhang Yong and expressed his welcome, Zhang Yong never saw his boss again.He insisted on the monthly report for two months, but then there was nothing to write, and Cameron didn't pursue it.So he simply stopped.

He doesn't have to go to work, because when he goes, he just sits and has nothing to do.He can travel, arrange client meetings, no restrictions.But after the meeting, he didn't write any report, and no one asked for it.

Later, he developed to go to the office once a month, hand over various expense reports to the accountant, and then come to his desk, wipe the table to prevent the dust from getting too thick, and then he can go home and play some father-son games with Michelin , and then waited for Madam to get off work.

Tang Liwei's business is still going on. At the beginning, several companies had added orders, so Zhang Yong also ordered a large number of Emmel chips from Mag as inventory. Now there are still a few orders every month, and it has not stopped.

It's just that Zhang Yong was very careful and didn't dare to have any direct relationship with Tang Liwei.He knew that although everything he did was tacitly approved by Da Sewa, but time has changed and it is difficult to predict what attitude Skydon will have.Moreover, when it comes to sensitive issues, he has no doubt that Da Sewa, who has always regarded him highly, will sell him out without hesitation.

And China's manufacturing has also reached a new height in the past year or so.Except that it is still a foreign core, the overall quality has not lost to any big imported brand, including Skydon.

The creativity of the Chinese people began to manifest, and countless new features and new selling points were developed. Compared with the well-regulated foreign products, the Chinese led the avant-garde and fashion of RTK, but foreigners occupied the heart of RTK.

But on this "core", Chinese manufacturing still has not made a breakthrough.

Dr. Chen Xiaoming joined Big Dipper Technology, and within a year, he quickly developed a single-frequency navigation board. Although this achievement is enough to stand out from the crowd, it is still far from the goal.

Mr. Peng left Mr. Zhao and founded his own compass technology, concentrating on the research of boards and chips. The money he earned from selling shares in Huatai was continuously invested in research and development. applied in certain fields.From the comparison of achievements, it is difficult to tell the difference between the Big Dipper and the Compass. Everyone can only continue to look forward to the future.

However, Mr. Fan obviously lacked confidence in the three-year plan proposed by Dr. Chen. Everything is developing in the direction Zhang Yong said. It is estimated that the single-frequency board will be completed in at least 6-12 months. What about the dual-frequency board?Fan Mingxuan figured it out for himself, wouldn't it take six years.He gritted his teeth and hoped that six years later, we would still be the leading one.

The only one that was silent was Zhonghe, which was supported by Zhang Yong. In the past year, Zhonghe had completely lost its voice in the research of GNSS boards.

Whenever he thinks of this, Fan Mingxuan feels a little lucky. He feels that although Dr. Chen's plan may be delayed, it will be delayed for a long time.But in comparison, it is still the right path after all.

Therefore, he looked down on both Gao Ping and Zhang Yong, "If you don't make your own products in a down-to-earth manner, you always want to be selfish. This is definitely not the attitude of starting a business. Gao Ping chose the wrong direction, and this Zhang Yong was taken by Lao Zhao and the others. A few people praised it highly, but it seems that it is just an exaggeration, that is, it is a bit clever."

Zhang Yong didn't know that he was evaluated by Fan Mingxuan like this, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care.The original choice was not his initiative, but everyone's request.When he was thinking about it, he analyzed it according to the three companies doing it at the same time.Zhonghe has been unable to find a suitable acquisition target for a long time, which was not in his original consideration.So if Fan Mingxuan brought up this matter in person, he would never think that there was something wrong with his original choice.

It was another day when Zhang Yong handed in the reimbursement form. He came to the Skydon office, went to the financial report first, and then greeted Liu Yan, Yang Bo, Gong Shao, Feng Yun and Li Kefei one by one.

"Oh, Mr. Yong, long time no see. Where are you now? Sorry, sorry, I forgot, you are actually my colleague."

Gong Shao yelled and yelled, and he would come once a month. Zhang Yong greeted him with a smile, and then returned to his station.

His position was originally hidden in a corner, and because he was a supervisor, he was hidden in the inner layer. Once he hid in, no one would see him outside, which also fit his current dispensable office status.

He went to the pantry to get himself a cup of coffee, then stayed in this corner that belonged to him but was not familiar, and began to think about something.

"I'm going to the United States," he began to think, "to get justice for everyone, and I have to go to Xiaowei to settle the score. Should I go and talk to Horton? It's been a long time. This guy's energy is actually not what it used to be .”

"How can I get Cameron to approve my trip to the United States?"

He has never reported to his boss on business trips in the country.According to the usual practice, in addition to the financial audit and the signature of the president of China, his reimbursement form will be sent electronically to Cameron, who needs his approval before it can be passed.And Cameron never seemed to turn down his reimbursement request.He is now a character who has a salary, does not have to work, and can travel with public funds.

But for international business trips, without the approval of the boss, he dare not act casually.Zhang Yong has always been a person who knows the bottom line. There are many reasons why Cameron does not restrict his domestic behavior, but he prefers to attribute everything to Cameron's goodwill.

But goodwill requires mutual understanding and respect. If he flies to the United States without authorization because he ignores the boss's goodwill and power, it is very likely that Cameron's current goodwill will be completely destroyed.

But whenever Zhang Yong thinks about Zhonghe, he feels guilty.Although Gao Ping didn't know about this, let alone blamed Zhang Yong for it, Zhang Yong couldn't forgive himself.

"Damn Tian Xiaowei, I actually forgot what kind of person you are."

The sound of footsteps, someone walked towards his position, in high heels, and it was a woman.

Zhang Yong raised his head, and a middle-aged woman with outstanding appearance appeared in front of his desk, SKydon China's HR, Shirley Yang.

"Zhang Yong, why are you here?" Shirley was taken aback by Zhang Yong who appeared at Zhang Yong's desk. She came here to throw a letter on Zhang Yong's desk, but unexpectedly met a big living.

Zhang Yong was amused, "Sister, this is my seat, it's normal for me to appear here."

Shirley laughed too. She thought about it, and it was true.

"Of course that's true, but you've been in Skydon for a year? It's almost the first time I've seen you in your seat. At this moment, I feel like a dream. Forget it, I'll go get a cup of coffee, maybe I'll It's really just a dream."

"Don't worry, I must be real. You only see me once a year, how could you see me in a dream."

"Hahahaha," Shirley was amused by everyone again, "It makes sense. It just so happens that you open this document and take a look. You don't accept SKydon's emails, so I brought this paper document here for you. your."

"Skydon still has a document for me?" Zhang Yong opened it curiously, it was a training notice within the company.

"I remember, I saw the email, but didn't pay much attention. The training is at Skydon HQ?"

"Yes. Zhang Yong, you have never paid much attention to Skydon's affairs. This is not acceptable."

"It's Skydon not paying enough attention to me, it's not my problem."

"Oh," Shirley immediately committed an occupational disease, "Are you dissatisfied with Skydon's working environment, or are you dissatisfied with your supervisor? No matter what the problem is, you can always respond to me."

Zhang Yong was taken aback, "Sister, I am satisfied with everything, everything is fine. There is nothing to respond to, just this training..."

He opened the file in the envelope, "Leadership training" (leadership training), "What are the qualification requirements for this training? I don't have anyone under my command now, so I can't talk about leadership."

"According to the level, you belong to the middle management of SKydon China, and you are eligible to sign up for this training. Leadership is a quality, not whether you really want to lead your subordinates. And in the future, you will have your own team. "

"Okay, Shirley, this training is very good, I will sign up."

"Really?" Shirley looked surprised, "Chinese employees don't trust this kind of training from Westerners. In the whole of China, you are the third supervisor to sign up."

"Should I apply to Cameron?"

"No, this kind of training is arranged by the HR in the factory. All qualified employees can sign up directly. Your registration information will be automatically sent to your boss for confirmation. As long as you sign up successfully, he will confirm it."

"Great, great training. Thank you, Shirley, and thank you, Skydon."

Shirley looked at Zhang Yong's sincere smile suspiciously, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart, how could a person who doesn't even come to the office very much like the training in a factory so much?
Zhang Yong was really happy. He thought about it for a month, and if he applied for a trip to the United States.Unexpectedly, such an opportunity came to him.

……

A year ago, Xiaowei quickly got the board of Payson and sent it to China.

Zhang Yong handed over the board to Shao Wenjie with great satisfaction, thinking that everything will be fine, but who knows that everything has just begun.

"Zhang Yong, Xiaowei called me just now and asked if I wanted the board of Payson, and I told him yes, I was asking for your help." Shao Wenjie then called.

"Okay, no problem. I guess Xiaowei is afraid that I will make a difference in the middleman, so he wants to trade directly with you." Zhang Yong didn't think much about it.

"No, that's not the case. He said that he signed a contract with the distributor in China, allowing me to get boards from him in the future. And he can authorize me to do sales of Python in China. We can cooperate together in the future."

Zhang Yong felt something was wrong, "He signed an agent? Or in China? What about Zhonghe?"

"The contract of Zhonghe just expires this year. According to the terms of renewal, the contract will be automatically renewed if there is no objection from both parties. If either party raises an objection, the contract will be terminated. Therefore, Zhonghe will not be accepted to renew the contract this year. Xiaowei's Tiangong will be the general agent."

A wave of anger welled up in Zhang Yong's heart, he blamed Xiaowei, and even more blamed himself, I should have known who Xiaowei was.

He called Yimu, "Boss Yi, do you know about the Parsons agency?"

Yimu hummed on the phone, "The name of Tiangong is almost forgotten by everyone now. But we are actually doing well, mainly based on some navigation boards and inertial navigation and attitude indicators. So the Python board's Business, very suitable for us...”

"That day Xiaowei called me and asked me how is the performance of Payson in China? I told the truth, the promotion of Zhonghe was very successful. Xiaowei told me three days later that he won the general agent of Payson . . . ”

Yimu's voice was a little helpless, "Is this related to you? I guessed what Xiaowei did. I know it doesn't conform to your principles of life and work. I don't like it either. It's just from a business point of view. Tiangong also has great benefits, since Xiaowei has won the agency, I will not refuse. But if you want to say something that is not pleasant, I will accept it."

"Mr. Yi, why is Xiaowei still acting like this? You and I both know that Payson's country was brought down by a joint effort. Isn't it too despicable for him to start from the United States and steal the fruits of other people's labor?"

Yimu smiled, "When does Xiaowei care if others say he is despicable? He always only picks the best opportunities. People like Payson have already laid the foundation, and they don't need to work hard to gain opportunities. He will never let it go. I don't fully agree with this, but I can't change him, just like others can't change you. But as a vested interest, I am grateful to Xiaowei. I may not be noble enough, sorry, Zhang Yong. But as far as this matter is concerned, I actually have a different idea."

"Boss Yi, please speak."

"Xiaowei's behavior is actually very normal. When a business is done well, countless people will follow. Xiaowei is just one of them, not the first, and will not be the last. It's just that Xiaowei is too capable and can often It was done, so it was criticized by others. Isn’t it the one who should be blamed for this incident? They are the ones who really broke their promises and hurt Zhonghe. Of course they committed the crime under Xiaowei’s temptation, but they still can’t just stop there Think they're innocent, don't you?"

Zhang Yong could only nod his head, changing his eyes usually quietly, but in fact he saw many things very clearly.

"Mr. Yi, do you know how Xiaowei persuaded Payson? Their boss is called Hardy."

"Well, you can only ask Xiaowei and Hardy. I guess, besides interests, what else can they be? People don't always think in the long run. Why do you care so much about this matter? Zhang Yong, don’t tell me, you recommended Payson to Xiaowei.”

Yimu heard clearly that Zhang Yong was on the phone and let out a long sigh.

"Boss Yi, I know everything, let's hang up like this first."

……

……

Zhang Yong quickly applied for a visa to the United States, and then booked a flight ticket in his SKydon account. His round-trip time was different from others.

Having prepared all this, he felt that he should explain it to Gao Ping.

"Mr. Gao, I, Zhang Yong. Do you have time tomorrow? I'll visit you at the company. Let's meet."

(End of this chapter)