Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 184 Must be generous
After formulating the basic rules for the distribution of half-year bonuses, Masato Takeshita immediately convened a high-level meeting of the Xinghai Group.

"This is the bonus distribution plan I have drawn up. Let's take a look and see if there is anything we need to add."

Masato Takeshita’s half-year bonus distribution model is very rough, consisting of a basic 6-month salary bonus + employee contribution bonus.

Almost everyone gets an employee contribution award, but it is divided into five levels.

The fifth tier, those who complete work requirements in an average manner without major mistakes, will be paid an additional 3 to 6 months' salary, accounting for 60% of all employees.

The fourth tier, those who have made partial contributions in business or patent inventions, will receive an additional 6 to 9 months of salary, accounting for 25% of all employees.

The third tier, those who have made significant contributions in terms of performance or patent inventions, will receive an additional 9 to 12 months of salary, accounting for 10% of all employees.

The second tier is for those who have made outstanding contributions in performance or patent inventions, and will receive an additional 12 to 24 months of salary based on the amount of their contribution, accounting for 4% of all employees.

The first tier is for those who have made great contributions in terms of performance or patent inventions, and will receive an additional salary of 24 to 600 yuan per month based on their performance, accounting for 0.5% of all employees.

Of course, a 600-month employee contribution award is basically an unattainable luxury.

Unless key technologies comparable to flash memory chips are developed, there will only be a half-year award of up to 50 years.

"Isn't this a bit much?"

Xinghai Semiconductor, led by Lou Gerstner, was in a state of serious loss, and it was embarrassing for him to ask for so much half-year bonus.

Especially the highest level, even he himself was envious when he saw it.

"Xinghai Group is still relatively weak. Only by offering big bonuses can we attract top talents."

Money is not everything, but nothing is impossible without money.

There are less than 3 months left until graduation season at Japanese universities.

When the conditions and equipment are similar, the generosity of Xinghai Group is definitely a huge attraction for college graduates.

"clear."

"Well, do you have any other questions?"

After answering Lou Gerstner's question, Masato Takeshita glanced at the senior executives of the other three companies.

“Isn’t there a huge difference in the application for the first-tier employee contribution award?”

"Most first-tier employees may only receive bonuses for 24 to 48 months. Only very few major inventions are likely to receive the highest level."

"That's it, I understand."

Zensuke Suzuki of Matsumoto Manufacturing nodded. He knew that the highest reward had basically nothing to do with their own employees, but was the business of the other three companies.

There is no way. It is difficult for luggage companies to come up with epoch-making inventions.

A trolley suitcase that had no replacement until the 21st century.

"what about you?"

"understand!"

Representatives from the other three companies responded in unison.

With Masato Takeshita's guidance outline, the details of the distribution of half-year bonuses to the four companies were quickly released.

Employees who can receive the highest level of rewards are the elites of Xinghai Group.

Therefore, even though it takes time, Masato Takeshita still carefully checked each one, fearing that some of them might have been wronged.

"Xinghai's investment is a bit low."

“Although the contribution is indeed not great, it is not necessary that all of them have the minimum of 24 months, there should still be bonus recipients with more than 50 months.”

A general balance must be maintained, so even if the employees of Xinghai Investment contribute very little, the highest bonus cannot be less than 50 months.

"The bonus at Xinghai Games is a bit high. I provided the design for several of the games, but the maximum bonus I can get is only 50 months."

“Only producers who complete their works independently can get bonuses exceeding 50 per month.”

"Xinghai Semiconductor's bonus is too low. Morita-san and Masuoka-san's bonuses. One gives 120 months' salary, and the other gives the full bonus."

Although Morita Masaki developed the disaster emergency radio under the guidance of Masato Takeshita, and he was awarded a huge bonus shortly after applying for the patent.

However, considering Xinghai Semiconductor's extreme desire for talent, more bonuses must be paid out.

As for Fujio Masuoka, that is another factor.

The NAND flash memory technology he invented is of great significance to the future of Xinghai Semiconductor.

The reason Toshiba was able to survive for so long in the past was due to the legacy of this technology.

Even if a huge bonus had been paid out, it would not be able to fully cover his contribution.

This time, the half-year bonus before the New Year must be raised to the highest level again, which is directly a monthly bonus of 600.

After a whole day of revisions, Masato Takeshita personally delivered the printed revision plans to the main persons in charge of the four companies to avoid any accidents.

"The rewards will be based on what I have revised. I hope everyone can make greater contributions next year."

"Yes, President!"

Although Xinghai Group started formulating the rules for distributing semi-annual bonuses as early as early December, it had little experience and so did not complete all the statistics until the end of the year.

Therefore, after receiving the reward plan revised by Masato Takeshita, the four companies immediately started distributing the semi-annual bonuses.

Xinghai Group is very casual about employees asking each other about their salaries, so as soon as the half-year bonus was distributed, colleagues who are on good terms began asking each other about their bonuses.

In Xinghai Semiconductor, Tomioka Tetsuya, who has a cheerful personality and is mainly responsible for production tasks, smiled and touched his friend's shoulder.

"I have 64 semi-annual bonuses this time, Shangshan-san, you have more, right?"

"No way, I'm eight months younger than you."

Hirokazu Kamiyama, who was primarily responsible for the exterior design, also responded with a smile.

Although he was a little envious of his friend for getting a higher bonus than himself, he was already very satisfied with being able to get such a large bonus.

Hirokazu Kamiyama is very self-aware and understands that it is normal for his friend's bonus to surpass his own.

Compared to myself, Tomioka-san performs better and always completes the company's tasks excellently.

"It's almost the same. Almost the same."

Tomioka Tetsu also patted his friend's shoulder, then said casually: "In that case, I'll treat you tonight, and we'll have a good meal."

Kamiyama Hirokazu also wanted to celebrate, so he responded cheerfully, "Sure, no problem."

If the management discussed salaries with each other, the employees would discuss more. Even two people who were just colleagues would discuss it.

"Akashi-san, how much bonus did you give out this time?"

"Only 24 months. What about you, Arai-san?"

"Almost. I'm 25 months."

Masafumi Akashi and Yuto Arai are both newcomers to the Star Ocean game. Because they have more contact with each other, their relationship gradually becomes close.

The two of them would occasionally have meals together, but this was the first time they discussed salary so openly.

However, both of them looked very natural, because this kind of thing was common in the company.

Not to mention bonuses, even when it comes to daily wages, the company is very transparent.

This is the scene that Masato Takeshita is happy to see, and it is also the result of his deliberate promotion.

Because only by maintaining wage transparency can wage levels be better aligned with employee levels.

Masato Takeshita does not want his company to be in a state of rebellion.

Older employees with high technical skills have low wages, while newer employees with low technical skills have high wages.

"I see." Akashi Masafumi rolled his eyes thoughtfully, then asked curiously, "Hey, Arai-san, who in the company will get the biggest bonus?"

"It should be the president. I heard that he helped the company gain a lot of benefits during the negotiations between the company and Nintendo."

"That makes sense, and then what?"

Arai Yuto said as a matter of course: "Then, then it should be the main planner of "Snowman Brothers". He helped the company make money, so his bonus will naturally be higher." "Hehe." Akashi Masafumi smiled slightly smugly, then looked around and whispered: "You guessed wrong. The main designer of "Snowman Brothers" is the chairman, so I guess the second highest bonus goes to Director Asuka, who is in charge of legal affairs."

"Um, does Director Fei Niao count? She's not the person in charge of our Xinghai Games, right?"

"Uh, that's right." Akashi Masafumi was a little stumped, and after a long while he continued, "Even if there was no Director Asuka, I guess the second one would be someone else."

"I happened to hear a rumor that if you want a higher bonus, you need to independently develop a profitable game."

Arai Yuto nodded in understanding and said, "I see, that should be it."

Generally speaking, the accuracy of internal company gossip is over 90%.

After the half-year bonus was distributed, some people chose to spend their time drinking and partying, while others chose to have a big meal.

But there are also people who go home as usual as if nothing happened.

Takamasa Yoshimoto of Xinghai Investment is a representative of the return-to-home group.

"Now that you're back, do you want to take a shower first?"

Like many Japanese women, Mrs. Kamoto is a housewife who diligently prepares the right amount of bath water every night.

"Ah."

Jia Benlong is the No. 2 person in charge of Xinghai Investment. He has to communicate a lot with his subordinates every day, so he usually appears to be rather silent when he returns home.

This is what happens to a lot of people.

The most typical example is the comedian in the acting industry.
When they are behind the scenes, they are usually the quiet type who speaks little.

After taking a shower, he looked at his wife.

"The company gave out a half-year bonus, 60 months' salary."

"So much, and the new owner is still so generous."

"Yes."

When thinking about the differences between his former employer Yamaichi Securities and his current company Xinghai Investment, Takamasa Yoshimoto was filled with emotion.

When he was at Yamaichi Securities, because he adhered to principles, did not drink and had fewer social events, he was exiled to the frontier and his half-year bonus was pitifully small.

It’s different with Xinghai Investment. The president takes the lead in not holding banquets.

This allows him to have plenty of time at home every day to enjoy his life.

All I can say is that the difference between companies is greater than that between humans and animals.

“Is the bonus still the same?”

"Well, the old way."

The so-called old way is to use two-thirds of the income to purchase public funds of Xinghai Investment.

Yoshimoto Takamasa has great admiration for his president and believes that this investment will be rewarded handsomely in the future.

The employees kept talking about their half-year bonuses, and the chairman, Masato Takeshita, was no exception.

"How about you stay in Japan after graduation?"

Lin Qingqian is the young man's right-hand man, so Takeshita Masato was very generous with the bonus.

Although it has not reached the top level, it is still as much as 50 months.

This money is enough for the girl to buy more than a dozen nice courtyard houses in BJ.

The girl smiled and said nothing, but her expression revealed everything.

The reason why I want to go back is because my motherland is still very poor.

"Okay. Hey, I don't know where to find such a good assistant."

"I'll find something better."

Lin Qingqian looked at the deliberate sadness displayed by her president and felt a little hesitant, but she finally responded firmly.

"Well, let me borrow your good words."

Masato Takeshita quickly adjusted his mood, and then asked naturally: "Have you thought about what to do after you go back?"

"Well, I think I should teach at Jingcheng University. I like this job very much."

The girl knows herself well enough to know that she is not cut out to be a strong woman.

So she wants to use what she has seen and learned to teach more talents who can contribute to the motherland.

"It's a good choice. It looks like we can cooperate again in the future."

"cooperate?"

Lin Qingqian, who was wearing a thick sweater, tilted her head cutely, her beautiful face full of confusion.

"That's right, it's cooperation."

"You know the situation of Xinghai Semiconductor. We are seriously lacking in competitiveness in the competition for talent."

"Many people would rather work as screwdrivers at Toshiba/NEC and other companies than join us."

College students who have just graduated are all idealistic.

They believe that they are special and that they will be promoted and get a raise quickly if they join internationally renowned companies such as Toshiba.

Xinghai Semiconductor can only recruit those talents who are more realistic and have limited levels.

China is different.

For China today, Xinghai Semiconductor is a dimensionality reduction attack.

You don't need to pay much, just donate a batch of computers, and you can reach cooperation with top universities and countless top talents.

Although there are too many restrictions in China now, it is impossible to achieve Masato Takeshita's goal of establishing a collaborative laboratory.

But relying on the favor of donating computers, it is definitely possible to engage in some marginal cooperation.

Even if the higher-ups knew about it, they would turn a blind eye.

There is no way, the country is too poor now.

Not to mention the school's facilities, even the salaries of many teachers are barely enough.

The school is seriously short of funds, so allowing the trained talents to participate in the research and development of Xinghai Semiconductor can also help hone their technical capabilities.

After hearing Takeshita Masato's reasons, Lin Qingqian's eyes lit up.

"Really? We really want to cooperate?"

This is indeed a win-win solution.

The motherland has received enough equipment and enough exercise.

Xinghai Semiconductor has made up for the lack of talent, which has led to slow research and development.

However, there are still many difficulties to overcome.

"Of course, I just don't know how many restrictions there are."

"I'm planning to explore Shanghai, so I hope you can apply to the two top universities in Shanghai."

After saying that, Takeshita Masato looked at Lin Qingqian embarrassedly.

Because compared with the two universities in Beijing, the one in Shanghai is still a level lower.

The girl was very decisive and responded immediately.

"Okay, then I'll apply for a job at a university in Shencheng first."

Nowadays, those who go abroad are all high-level talents, not to mention that Lin Qingqian has worked as an assistant to the president in a first-class company.

So even if the two universities in Shanghai were not Lin Qingqian’s alma mater, it would be difficult for her to choose to refuse.

(End of this chapter)