Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 155 People Still Need to Have Dreams

"Mr. Gerstner agreed?"

"That's right, President Takeshita."

Lou Gerstner made a point of learning about the Japanese company's system and knew that his position would be president. He also knew that Masato Takeshita would serve as chairman, a position similar to that of chairman.

"OK, these are our company's recruitment conditions. I wonder if Mr. Lou Gerstner is satisfied with them."

Masato Takeshita referred to his memories of his previous life and directly offered him an annual salary of 200 million US dollars.

As for the dividend rewards for achieving the goals, they are routine operations.

In terms of remuneration, just max it out.

This was the salary configuration that Lou Gerstner enjoyed when he took office as CEO of IBM in 1992. Xinghai Semiconductor is a small company and could only spend a lot of money on salaries.

"Yes, I wonder when I can start work?"

Gerstner was very satisfied with the salary and thought: "It is indeed a Japanese company, with deep pockets."

"If possible, I hope Mr. Lou Gerstner can help me complete the basic construction of the US subsidiary first. Then we can return to Japan to officially start work."

"Understood, President."

Lou Gerstner was not in a hurry because he had already started calculating income on the day the contract was signed.

Lin Benjian is not highly regarded in IBM, and his current position is rather empty.

With the help of Lou Gerstner, the young man quickly persuaded him to make the job change by offering him more generous treatment and a higher position.

AMD's Liang Mengsong was in the same situation and readily agreed to be poached by Masato Takeshita.

"Mr. Liang, I heard that you are Professor Hu Zhengming's student?"

"Yes, I studied under Professor Hu at the University of California."

"I wonder if you could make an introduction for me. I hope to start technical cooperation with Professor Hu."

Unlike Liang Mengsong and Lin Benjian, Hu Zhengming started working as a professor at the University of California very early and has a relatively high status in the United States.

Xinghai Semiconductor is just starting out now, so don't even think about poaching such academic giants.

"Sure. Professor Hu welcomes cooperation."

The amount of project resources largely determines a professor's status in the university.

Hu Zhengming would naturally not refuse the investment that came to him. Even if he couldn't do it himself, he could ask his doctoral students to help.

After successfully completing the initial layout in Silicon Valley, Masato Takeshita returned to Japan with his assistant, bodyguards, Fujio Masuoka, and Lou Gerstner.

After adjusting to the time difference, Masato Takeshita immediately convened a meeting early the next morning.

"You said, the president suddenly called a meeting, what happened?"

Our president hates holding meetings, but now he suddenly calls everyone together. There must be something important.

"It is said that the president is preparing to step down and appoint an American as the new president."

Yamamoto Kazuo was well-informed and would secretly tell his friends the gossip he knew.

"Change the president?"

"Yes."

"I see. No wonder."

Asakura Mei nodded in understanding, but was still very shocked inside.

I don’t know what policies the new president will implement and whether it will affect my research.

But thinking of the traditions of Japanese companies, he quickly put his worries aside.

The chairman of Japan is the emperor of the company.

If you want, you can remove the president at any time.

For example, Konosuke Matsushita of Panasonic Group, when the new president of the company was not running the business well, he immediately kicked him out and took over the job himself.

Sony's Akio Morita is also a tyrant who owns wireless rights. In the past, Sony spent so much money to acquire Columbia Pictures because the American executives flattered Akio Morita.

If you want to stay in your job, management ability is important, but flattery is more important.

The previous head of Sony had great business capabilities, but because of a conflict with Akio Morita, he had to leave in disgrace.

The United States is more democratic in this regard. The chairman's decision can be vetoed by the board of directors. If the chairman wants to remove the CEO, he also needs the board's permission.

After everyone arrived, Masato Takeshita did not waste time and simply and efficiently explained the reason for the meeting.

"I will resign as the company's president, and Mr. Lou Gerstner will be the new president of the company."

After saying this, he left the podium directly, leaving more time for Lou Gerstner.

Masato Takeshita had high hopes for Lou Gerstner, hoping that he could adjust the company and lead the company to conquer the United States.

Xinghai Semiconductor expanded dozens of times in a short period of time, and the entire company was in great chaos.

We really need a talented CEO like Lou Gerstner to improve the company's various systems as soon as possible.

"Hello everyone, my name is Lou Gerstner. You may not have heard of me, but that doesn't matter. I will lead Xinghai Semiconductor to become the seventh semiconductor giant in Japan."

Lou Gerstner's high spirits instantly ignited the entire conference hall.

Unfortunately, less than one-third of the members in Xinghai Semiconductor are good at English.

More than half of the employees just clapped for the sake of being present.

However, the prospects of Xinghai Semiconductor are clear at a glance, so those who can understand are willing to believe in the vision envisioned by Gerstner.

Unlike Ren Zhengfei, when he said that the future communications market will be divided into three parts, Huawei will occupy one part.

Everyone thought that their boss was going crazy again.

Huawei, how is it possible?

A small switch has a lot of bugs, and yet it wants to become a world-class communications giant.

Dream it.

But people just have to learn to dream.

As for the communications field, it can only be regarded as catching rabbits by grabbing grass.

The United States is not very good in the field of communications, so even if it wins, it will be Europe that benefits.

Lou Gerstner has a good management style. After understanding the basic situation of the company, he immediately began to carry out drastic reforms.

In just one week, the company was in good shape.

Of course, this is also related to the relatively small scale of Xinghai Semiconductor.

The fewer people there are, the simpler it is to manage a company.

With Lou Gerstner in charge of Xinghai Semiconductor, Masato Takeshita was very confident.

He turned his attention to Shencheng again.

Masato Takeshita smiled and asked Lin Qingqian: "Do you want to go over and take a look?"

"Is this okay?"

Lin Qingqian is an assistant in the semiconductor department and has nothing to do with Matsumoto Manufacturing.

"It's just a small matter, don't worry about it."

"Ah."

Lin Qingqian also wanted to go back and take a look, even if it was only to see Shencheng.

"OK, the time is next Monday, don't forget it."

"Yes, President!"

(End of this chapter)