Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 171 Internal Celebration and Self-developed Chip Phone
It is the norm for many large multinational companies to own or lease business jets for long-term travel for corporate executives or customers. This is not only the case for Zhiyun, but also for major companies such as Apple and General Motors.

When Zhiyun Technology held the S9 and S10 launch conferences, the senior management of various companies who attended the conferences basically came on the company's own or rented business jets. Only a very small number of wealthy people would take private jets under their own names.

Xu Shenxue is not interested in his own private jet, but he is somewhat interested in business jets as a means of transportation, mainly because it can increase the travel and work efficiency of himself and company executives, and avoid the complicated time and inconvenience of taking civil aviation.

He felt that the two Gulfstream business jets of his subsidiary airline were a bit old, and one of them was quite old, so he instructed his subsidiary Zhiyun Airlines to purchase a new business jet as a replacement.

Flying all the way on their own business jet, Xu Shenxue and his company team finally returned to Shenzhen.

When he got off the plane, he was not surrounded by reporters chasing after him to report on such things... That was the treatment for a celebrity, but Xu Shenxue was not a celebrity, he was a super rich man, the new richest man in the world.

All the way back on the special plane, not even the reporters were able to get the news.

Some staff members at the airport recognized Xu Shenxue, but they didn't come up to watch... at most they just looked at him a few more times!
The reason I looked at him a few more times was not because Xu Shenxue was the richest man in the world, but because his security team had so many people... There weren't many people these days who carried more than a dozen security guards with them.

After going out through the VIP channel and getting on the cars in a low-key manner, the convoy began to move forward. At this time, it attracted the attention of some ordinary people... Still not because of Xu Shenxue, but because the convoy was quite shocking. They were all Mercedes-Benz S series, with a Maybach bulletproof sedan in the middle, plus several large SUVs carrying security personnel, which was somewhat conspicuous.

Of course, no one still knew that this was Xu Shenxue... Few people could recognize Xu Shenxue just by looking at the car!

Ordinary people have nothing to do, so why would they pay attention to the cars and license plates of the rich?

People looked at the convoy and guessed who the important person was, but they didn't know who it was, and they didn't even care... They just thought it was interesting to see such a grand convoy and took a few more glances.

The convoy returned all the way to the company...where an internal celebration banquet was waiting for them.

After arriving at the company, Xu Shenxue appeared in the large functional conference room on the third floor, facing two hundred middle and senior managers and technical personnel of the company who came to attend the celebration banquet.

Xu Shenxue walked up to the podium and said to the hundreds of people in the audience: "Last year I said that I would lead the company to success and help everyone achieve financial freedom!"

"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission. I think I should have done it!"

"Congratulations everyone, everyone here has achieved financial freedom!"

Those who can attend today's internal celebration banquet are basically the company's middle and senior management and senior technical personnel, and every one of them holds options.

Most of these people present rely on options, and their net worth exceeds 10 million, with many of them worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

Even if you joined the company later and got the options later, the increase would not be that big, but it would still be several million.

So when they listened to Xu Shenxue's words, they all smiled.

It is hard to have a good thing like a boss helping you get rich, but they just happened to have it...

"But I also want to say that this success is not just because of me. I just started it. The real success still depends on your own efforts and hard work!"

"I still remember that before the C1 mobile phone was released, in order to catch up with the R&D progress, hundreds of people in the company almost lived and ate in the company, not only colleagues from the R&D department, but also colleagues from the administration, logistics and marketing departments!"

"Everyone risked their lives for a month, and finally we developed the C1 mobile phone, which was a huge success after its release!"

"I also remember that when we were developing the S9 phone, my colleagues in the project team worked overtime every day and spent countless days and nights to solve many technical problems. In the end, we came up with the amazing S9 phone that shocked the world!"

"I still remember that when we were organizing the mass production of the C1 and subsequent S9 phones, my colleagues in the supply chain were busy traveling around the world, either on a business trip or on the way to a business trip!"

"There are also colleagues from many other projects and departments who are working hard day and night for the company's many projects!"

“It is your hard work that has brought great success to the company, and this success has ultimately brought you rich rewards!”

“Hard work pays off!”

"Thank you all for your efforts for the company and for yourselves!"

“Finally, I would like to say that going public is just the beginning. We at Zhiyun Technology will never stop moving forward. Creating a better life for mankind through technological innovation will always be our pursuit!”

"I hope everyone can maintain the same hardworking and striving mentality as before. Our business has just begun and it is far from the time to stop!"

After Xu Shenxue gave a brief speech, Ji Chenghe, Xie Jianyong, Gu Zhiming and other company executives also went up to speak!
But even though there was a lot of talking, the overall atmosphere was still quite cheerful... People had just become rich overnight and were in a good mood.

At the same time, there is also a group of people who are looking forward to it... In fact, many people have not yet received all their options, especially the middle and senior management who joined the company later.

The company's options are not given to you directly when you start working. For some senior management and core R&D engineers, there are provisions in the contract. After a certain period of time, if the work performance meets the requirements, then the options can be exercised. Moreover, the options are exercised in batches, and the entire exercise period can be several years.

If your work performance is not up to standard, then sorry, you will lose your stock options. For ordinary middle-level managers, it depends on their daily work performance, and then the stock options will be distributed at a fixed time, which also takes time.

Therefore, many of you here are not really getting rich overnight... the money is right in front of you, but if you want to really get it, you still have to work hard.

However, the early employees received stocks when the options were granted on a large scale in the previous two batches, so they became real rich people.

Of course, due to the option agreement with the company and some regulations of the securities market, these options can only be sold one year after the company goes public.

It is impossible for your management to sell shares and cash out immediately after the company goes public!

Even Xu Shenxue was unable to sell shares in the secondary market for a long time...so he sold a small number of shares on the eve of the listing and cashed out more than 6 billion US dollars.

Now Xu Shenxue is in urgent need of a large amount of cash for investment in the semiconductor, electric vehicle, drone and rocket fields. Only with this money can he meet the emergency needs.

In addition, if money is needed later, part of it can be cashed out by pledging equity, but it is more troublesome... Xu Shenxue, the major shareholder and actual controller, pledged equity when the company was just listed, which easily caused panic among investors.

So we should try to avoid it, at least in the short term.

Xu Shenxue has some restrictions, and the options of other management are basically also restricted... So if you want to get the real money, you have to keep working hard.

After an internal celebration banquet, Xu Shenxue was finally able to go home and rest for a while.

In the past few days, Xu Shenxue had gone to the United States to ring the bell for the IPO and met with various investors. In addition, he had made continuous long-distance flights. Even though he was riding in his own business jet and his body had been systematically strengthened, he still felt a little tired.

When I got home, I found that Lin Yaxian was there too!

Lin Yaxian was wearing a light blue dress with long hair draped over her shoulders. When she saw Xu Shenxue, she hurried forward and said, "I thought you would come back at this time, so I brought some mung bean soup from home. Aunt Zhao's mung bean soup is delicious and can help relieve the heat!"

Xu Weiwei also emerged from the kitchen along with Xu's mother: "Brother, you're back!"

Mother Xu said, "You're back. You must be tired on the way. Sit down first. We'll have dinner soon!"

Xu Shenxue sat down on the sofa. Lin Yaxian came over with a small bowl of mung bean paste, handed it to Xu Shenxue, and sat next to him: "Congratulations!"

Xu Shenxue took the mung bean paste and said, "Thank you!"

Lin Yaxian said: "You sit down first, I will go help my aunt!"

Having said that, he returned to the kitchen. Three women were busy in the kitchen, but Aunt Wang, who usually cooked, was nowhere to be seen. She must have returned to her room.

Sitting on the sofa, Xu Shenxue turned his head to look at the kitchen, then turned back again and closed his eyes slightly.

This one seems to be pretty good too!
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The next morning, Xu Shenxue appeared in the company again. At this time, the whole company was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

The company has gone public, which is a feast that will benefit many people!
Those who can get options are not only the hundreds of middle and senior managers and middle and senior technical personnel mentioned above. In fact, quite a number of ordinary employees, especially those in the R&D department, can basically get a certain number of options, but the number is not large.

When the company goes public and its market value soars, the income of these people will also increase.

This is a listing that everyone is happy about!

The joyful atmosphere of the entire company lasted for several days before gradually returning to calm.

In recent days, the company's stock price has been rising steadily. Although the increase is not large, it has increased to some extent. The company's market value has reached 280 billion US dollars.

But by this time, things had gradually calmed down!
Xu Shenxue also returned to normal work, but not at Zhiyun Technology, but at Wecoo Electronics.

Bai Qiwen of Vico Electronics reported that Vico Electronics has already produced a prototype of a mobile phone specially designed based on the S100 chip designed and developed by Zhiyun Semiconductor.

Although it was just a low-end mobile phone, Xu Shenxue still took it very seriously and went over to watch it in person.

Soon, Xu Shenxue saw this new mobile phone in the R&D department of WeCool Electronics upstairs.

Bai Qiwen, who was standing by, knew that Xu Shenxue attached great importance to the first commercial use of the self-developed SOC chip, so he personally acted as a commentator and introduced the new mobile phone to Xu Shenxue.

(End of this chapter)