Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

2006 was a good year for Zhang San. At the beginning of the year, something that had nothing to do with him happened: the mainland abolished the agricultural tax. It is said that this tax was a very ancient tax, with a history of 2600 years.

Although it has nothing to do with him now, it is related to him in his past life. His parents were both registered as agricultural households, and so was he. That's all.

However, another issue is that Livedoor, a company led by rising Japanese internet tycoon Takafumi Horie, was involved in insider trading, triggering a sharp drop in the Nikkei index. The Tokyo Stock Exchange announced in the afternoon that it would end trading early, marking the second time in 56 years that the exchange has taken such an emergency measure.

This situation was completely unexpected for Zhang San. He had invested a huge sum of money in the island nation, and now...

We can only bear with it for now and wait and see how the market develops.

Once things stabilize, he decided to sell all his stocks in Japan this year and invest the money in real estate. Real estate prices in Japan are currently quite good, mainly because renting them out is so profitable.

Time flies, and another year has passed. Zhang San is still quite emotional. At his current level, he only seeks stability and has passed the age of youthful vigor and hard work.

As people age, they lose their motivation to improve; this may explain why many companies don't want people over 32 to join their businesses.

Moreover, some people, after working in a company for a long time, become bureaucrats, which gives Zhang San a headache. If it were just one company, it would be fine, but now there are more than 5,000 companies. The managers here have been too comfortable for too long, so naturally they need to be made aware that they can't be too complacent.

This year, at least one-third of the management team will be replaced. Non-technical positions and non-business departments will not be rehired, and those who were previously rehired will not have their contracts renewed upon expiration.

Increase the number of reserve cadres by recruiting recent graduates from universities.

The mainland is now experiencing a wave of college graduations, with over nine million graduates, and the employment situation is far from optimistic.

In recent years, with the economy booming, many people have left to start their own businesses, which is normal.

Recently, he received the following feedback: a vice president of a mobile phone screen manufacturing company led most of the engineers to start a tempered glass screen protector manufacturing company.

This made Zhang San very curious. This vice president was thirty years old and had risen through the ranks relatively quickly. What was the reason that made him resign and take that group of equally young engineers to start a business?

Some things are just really unpleasant. Of course, it's bureaucracy. When a company gets big and has been around for a long time, factions will emerge. This is the conservative faction, which had an irreconcilable conflict with the young innovators, causing the latter to resign.

Of course, some saw the potential of smartphones and the demand for tempered glass screen protectors, and started their own companies in this field.

Fortunately, although it caused turmoil in the company at the time, Zhang San transferred a large number of people from other companies to stabilize the business.

The original management team has either resigned or been transferred, and will no longer hold key positions.

Zhang San agrees with leaving his job to start his own business, but the fact that you took a large number of people with you is making Zhang San very upset.

How could such a thing happen? If no measures are taken and other companies experience the same situation, how can these companies continue to operate? Morale will be low, and the team will be difficult to manage.

Since it's a business matter, it should naturally be resolved using business methods.

This kind of tempered glass is extremely cheap to produce—so cheap that it costs only one or two cents per sheet. The market for it is enormous, and since someone has already started making it, others are bound to follow suit.

"Hey, did you hear? The company is going to make tempered glass screen protectors too. Do you think it's targeting ***?"

"Keep your voice down, don't let the boss hear you, or they'll make things difficult for you."

"It's definitely targeting ***. He left, but he took so many engineers and technicians with him. The big boss will definitely not let him off the hook. If he had left on his own, nothing would have happened. When people left before, the higher-ups didn't get this angry."

"Let's talk after get off work. This has made some people who wanted to leave hesitant to go."

This matter quickly spread among the relevant companies, sparking heated discussions among them.

"Sigh, I was thinking of going out and starting my own business, but now I'm too scared to go out. Let me tell you..."

"What? A price war? Only two cents?"

"Shh, don't be so loud. The boss has spoken, so the people below must obey."

"I know."

……

On the other hand, the people at the top of the group also shook their heads. Now, the big boss above is very dissatisfied with their kind of cliques. Many people have been transferred or reassigned to other positions in other companies.

"Mr. Liu, you've gone too far this time. You've driven them away. They're technically skilled; why are you arguing with them?"

Mr. Liu said with a wry smile, "Old Li, the boss didn't do anything to the people who left before, so why is it like this here?"

The man called Old Li said, "Before, it was one person leaving; now it's a group leaving. How can that be the same? You've been suppressing those people in the technical department too much. Are you going to resign yourself to save face, or do you want the disciplinary committee to investigate you before you leave?"

"What are the conditions if I resign?" He knew that even if he resigned, he would still be investigated because of his shady dealings.

"Just return what you've taken in, and the group won't do anything as ugly as you did," Old Li sighed.

Mr. Liu nodded. He was already forty years old and earned a very high income here, now with an annual salary of one million. However, he valued power very much and also wanted power in the technical department. Now that things had escalated to this point, he naturally knew that things couldn't be resolved peacefully.

"Fine, I'll tell you everything."

Three days later, he took more than ten million yuan in non-salary income, handed it over to the finance department, and submitted all the transaction ledgers.

They manufacture screens, and it's common for them to report damaged screens and sell them. They've been doing this for many years, and the amount they've made is enormous. Over ten million is just a small matter for them. He even listed all the people involved.

Old Li said, "Old Liu, these people will definitely retaliate against you. You'd better hide."

"Thank you, I've already booked my flight."

"You'd better watch yourself. The group has a lot of power. Don't go to work for any of the group's companies. Your file is on their records."

Soon after, many employees were summoned to explain their actions and hand over their ill-gotten gains in exchange for resignation. This matter was naturally reported in internal documents…