After the layoffs, I became a tech godfather

Chapter 224 Two Months, Earth-Shattering Changes

After a busy period of several days, the follow-up work and partners have finally been arranged. If we want to move many things forward, we can only wait until the silicon-carbon fusion semiconductor chip is mass-produced.

According to predictions, even with the most optimistic outlook, this will take at least six months, or even longer.

Organizing the structure, streamlining partnerships, and establishing rules and guidelines to meet greater challenges in the future are the tasks that Hao Cheng and Baiju Technology need to accomplish in the next six months.

"Hehe, hehe, giggle..."

Hao Cheng's work has returned to a nine-to-five schedule. When he gets home, he no longer stays cooped up in his study. Today, he even ventured into the kitchen after a long absence and cooked a table full of his signature dishes.

Little Zhenzhen was shoveling rice into her mouth while her eyes were fixed on her father, laughing incessantly, sometimes "hehehe" and sometimes "giggle."

"Alright, you've got it up your nose!" Hao Cheng affectionately wiped his daughter's mouth. "You'll be starting first grade in the second half of the year. Are you still relying on your dad to take care of you? It's time to learn to be independent, little Zhenzhen."

"No way!" Little Zhenzhen sobbed, "I don't want to be independent, I'm still a child!"

“You’re already six years old, you’re a big kid now. When you grow up, you need to be independent and sleep alone at night.”

"But...but I'm not as big as Mommy!" Little Zhenzhen's eyes darted around, and suddenly she had a sudden idea and looked at Ning Hui.

With the little rascal's intelligence, she must know everything, but when she starts spouting nonsense, no one can stop her.

"Have you finished the task that Xiao Sha prepared for you?" Ning Hui asked, her face hardening.

"Daddy, Daddy, I don't like Xiaosha anymore!" Xiao Zhenzhen glanced at her mother and immediately threw herself into Hao Cheng's arms: "It knows me too well, it manipulates me in every way, it's like it knows everything I'm thinking, it's not fun at all."

"But it's helping you improve!" Xiao Sha has updated it many times, and Xiao Zhenzhen's version is even more advanced, updating the "onion core" ability assessment method and the "peeling the onion" learning theory. Judging from this, she doesn't really like it.

"But I'm just a child!" Little Zhenzhen said with an innocent expression. "I liked the silly little Sha from before. This one isn't fun at all!"

"Little Zhenzhen, Daddy asks you, do you want to live an ordinary, happy life, or do you want to become a scientist and an outstanding person who is useful to society?" Hao Cheng asked.

"Only kids make choices! I'm all grown up now, I want it all! I want to be a happy scientist, hahaha!"

This little girl is so young, yet she already knows "I want it all," which leaves Hao Cheng speechless. But before he can refute or try to educate her, little Zhenzhen adds, "My dad is the best, he must have a way, right?"

"I have..." Hao Cheng said irritably, "It's getting late, go to sleep now!"

"Okay, hehe!" Little Zhenzhen got off Hao Cheng and ran off in a flash to find her grandparents next door.

"You won't be working overtime for a while, right?" Ning Hui moved closer to Hao Cheng and asked lazily.

"Yes, it's mainly the partners' work. Most of the evaluations and such will be done by Xiao Sha, for at least six months," Hao Cheng assured him. "Nine to five, four days on, three days off!"

Hao Cheng did want to take a break. Before the mass production of silicon-carbon fusion semiconductors, apart from his routine late-night classes, he didn't plan to get too involved in the company's technology research and development during the day.

On the one hand, it's about cultivating talent; on the other hand, it's about validating the productivity of the newly established organizational structure.

"Yes, as long as you have a plan in mind."

……

The night was long, and today was the first time in a while that Hao Cheng had gone to bed early and soundly. Both of them had smiles on their lips and were embracing each other tightly. On Hao Cheng's side, a little one with a resentful look in his eyes was hugging his thigh.

On Hao Cheng's side, the family of three was enjoying a happy time, but outside, some people were having trouble sleeping.

Just a short while earlier, Baiju Technology announced the "Measures and Implementation Rules for Credit Scoring of Integrity Behavior of Partner Enterprises". These "Measures and Implementation Rules" were like a depth charge, causing a whole pool of fish to instantly turn belly up.

"Hahaha, this is gratifying! Finally, there's a way to deal with these unscrupulous companies! My company had already been shortlisted for a Class C cooperation project, but after I reported it, Xiao Sha confirmed it was true in three minutes, disqualified us, and blacklisted us for 18 months. This is truly gratifying!"

"No, I don't understand your logic. Isn't cooperating with Baiju Technology good? Wouldn't it be better to cancel your partnership? Wouldn't you also suffer a loss?"

"Losses? I'll lose nothing! Cooperating with Baiju Technology is good, but is it me who benefits, or the company? You think that if the company makes more money, it will share it with us? You're really overthinking it! Our company has claimed on countless occasions that legality is the bottom line, but do you even know what legality means?"

This netizen directly shared the company's outrageous practices: a 996 work schedule, 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, which amounts to 72 hours a week, far exceeding the 40 hours stipulated by labor law.

But what can be done about it?

Under normal circumstances, if you go to arbitration or file a lawsuit, you can only get overtime pay!
However, for many people, overtime pay is not bad. After all, it's 1.5 times the normal wage on weekdays, 2 times on weekends, and 3 times on statutory holidays. If the money is enough, many people are actually very happy to do so.

But then, something unexpected happened: the company used just one word to "reverse" everything.

How did they do it? They added the word "comprehensive" before the word "salary" on the job offer and employment contract.

This comprehensive amount is quite significant. Many people don't understand what comprehensive salary means; it's the sum of all salaries, including all benefits, bonuses, overtime pay, and so on.

Overtime work, overtime pay, double or triple pay, it's all in there.

The 8K we discussed was the base salary; it's a difference of one word, but the difference is huge.

At this point, if you then attempt arbitration or litigation to claim overtime pay, you will generally not receive support.

Even more outrageous is that if you take leave on the weekend, or if something comes up that prevents you from working overtime, your salary will be deducted as overtime pay, sometimes double or triple the normal rate.

What's so disgusting about this is that many people don't understand the relevant circumstances when signing the contract. After all, not many people understand all the intricacies involved. Even after Xiao Sha came along, and everyone had the resources to do professional legal analysis, when you first start out, you still have to sign because all crows are black. If you still want to work, you'll either fall into one trap or another.

There are plenty of job seekers anyway, take it or leave it.

Is it legal?
As long as the calculated 8-hour wage is not lower than the local minimum wage standard, it is legal.

In other words, the salary of 8000 yuan that HR discussed with you when you joined the company was actually only 3000 yuan, with the rest being overtime pay.

The key point is that it's legal to do this.

Previously, there were no means to restrict this behavior, but today is different—

Xiao Sha directly determined that this behavior constituted dishonest conduct that did not meet the conditions for cooperation. Whether it was legal or illegal was none of his business, but Baiju Technology's partners did not welcome such companies and simply blacklisted them.

"Tell me, is it wrong for me to report a company that plays these tricks on us?"
"As for me, hehe, anyway, I'm capable. Our company got kicked out, so whoever wins this project in the end, I can apply to that company, or I can try applying to Baiju Technology directly. Baiju Technology is hiring more than 10,000 people, so maybe I'll be just right for them!"

"If you report someone who was an employee of your former company, which company would dare to hire you?" This was a thought that immediately came to mind.

"Why is Baiju Technology making such a big fuss? Don't you all see it? Do you still think it's the same as before? The company isn't paying salaries and you don't even dare to go to arbitration, worried that an arbitration record will affect your future employment. People like that deserve to be bullied!"

"If it's because my own skills or abilities, or anything else, don't meet the requirements, then it's normal for the company not to hire me. But if it's not for those reasons, but because I complained about my original company and they didn't hire me, well, that kind of company won't be on Baiju Technology's list of partners!"
"This situation is clearly listed in the corporate integrity guidelines! Don't try to find some excuse like 'you're not capable enough.' If they can really fool Xiao Sha, then I'll admit defeat!"

With Xiao Sha's existence, including the data DNA traceability rules and Baiju Technology's personnel and institutional intervention in its partners, such situations can almost be completely exposed whenever they occur.

"Huh? I really didn't think of that! I need to report our company right away. They're even worse. They're constantly using psychological manipulation on us, tricking me into signing a lot of agreements. At first, there were patents and compensation and bonuses written in the contracts, but they were all canceled later. Now I have no motivation to work!"

"This may seem to be advantageous to us, but if a company is very strong and we are supposed to form a powerful alliance, but is excluded simply because of these reasons, Baiju Technology will also suffer a great loss!"

"A powerful alliance? That's quite an impressive statement. Not to mention companies in China, which company in the world dares to claim to be a match for Baiju Technology? Especially the Class C projects, to put it bluntly, they're just Baiju Technology's way of helping the poor."

"As for how good your technology is, it doesn't matter at all. It's better if it's strong, but it doesn't matter if it's weak or even nonexistent. As long as you have talent, build a framework, have a small sandbox, and with the planning and guidance of Baiju Technology, a unicorn can emerge in no time."

"What you're saying is indeed an overstatement. Baiju Technology isn't omnipotent. I asked Xiao Sha, and this is what he said: 'It makes no difference to Baiju Technology whether we're cooperating with the number one, second, or even third or fourth largest player in an industry we've never been involved in.'"

"Even if they can't find a partner, as long as they have the relevant talent and work with Xiao Sha, they can quickly rise to the top of the industry. But this doesn't mean that Baiju Technology can do everything; Xiao Sha is just providing assistance."

"Does the result matter? Ultimately, it's simply that Baiju Technology doesn't care who it partners with!"

……

Ordinary people would naturally offer their support, but it's a different story for businesses.

One company was extremely dissatisfied and even publicly questioned Baiju Technology's strategy. The founder even directly addressed Hao Cheng:
“We are a small and micro-sized enterprise, and we simply cannot afford to pay social security and housing provident fund contributions. If we are forced to operate legally and compliantly, I will have no choice but to close down. In that case, not only will they not receive social security and housing provident fund contributions, but they will also lose their jobs.”

Of course, Hao Cheng couldn't respond to everything; such a shout didn't even reach him before Xiao Sha replied to him:

If a company can't even legally generate revenue, it's better to shut it down sooner rather than later. You save on human resource costs, but in the process of competing with other legal and compliant companies, it's inherently unfair.

As for unemployment, if you close your business and it's valuable, a competitor will quickly take over. Reject unfair competition and maintain a healthy environment.

As for questions like, "Aren't you meddling a bit too much? Is this even your business?", Xiao Sha directly denied it:

As for penalties, we certainly have neither the right nor the qualification. In fact, we have not forced any company to comply with our standards.

However, as a company striving for excellence, we have higher expectations of our partners than usual, which is reasonable, legal, and compliant.

……

Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.

Baiju Technology's "Partner Enterprise Integrity Behavior Credit Score Method and Implementation Rules" has been finalized amidst praise from many and skepticism from others.

Furthermore, with the continuous expansion of Baiju Technology and its partner companies, the employment situation is now vastly different from what it used to be.

Driven by this group of companies, even those not currently within Baiju Technology's system are forced to constantly adjust their salaries and benefits, otherwise they won't be able to recruit anyone.

If last year's Xiaosha, by sharing advanced production tools to help light entrepreneurship and micro-innovation, changed the landscape of the internet and software development industry, then this time the impact will be felt across all industries.

Bosses who can't adapt and still see themselves as "slave owners" should be eliminated.

There was still hope. What needed to be rectified was rectified, and what needed to be integrated was integrated. In just two months, it seemed as if the whole world had been completely transformed.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the first batch of applications for Xiaosha's fine-tuning model have slowly begun to bear fruit.

On this day, a special guest arrived in the small town of Xiaosha.

"Mr. Hao, hello!"

"Professor Zhang, welcome!" The visitor was none other than Zhang Lin, Professor of Shannan Medical College of Linzhou University, Chief Physician of the Affiliated Hospital, and Doctoral Supervisor.

(End of this chapter)