In the traditional software industry, the update cycle of a software can last for several years. For example, Oie only needs to update a version for two or three years. Users do not think there is any problem, because the business model of these application software is to draw a prison, tailor it to the user, and then the user takes the bottle to fill the water. The size of the bottle is as big as the water, and there is no problem of overflow.

However, in the Internet industry, if a program is not updated for a few years, it will be eliminated. For example, if ie is not updated for a few years, the market will be quickly eroded by fireo and chre, because the Internet is not controlled by anyone, it is growing like flowing water, and new functions are emerging one after another. Application software must be reinforced like a dam, otherwise it will be washed away.

Microsoft is a typical traditional software enterprise, and it lacks the Internet genes innately. In the original time and space, although Bill Gates published a memo on the "Internet Wave", the Microsoft front is too long, with dozens of project teams and tens of thousands of employees, and it is difficult to turn around. Therefore, the thunder and rain are very loud, so it is not really launched, such as ie1.0. Because it is really bad, Windos95 did not integrate it at all at first, but was placed in the takeaway CD in the form of an expansion package. This CD costs $50 to buy, and the sales are very bleak and has almost no impact. So not long after the release of Windos95, the IT industry and the financial industry believed that Microsoft was behind the scenes in the Internet era.

In mid-November 1995, analysts from Goldman Sachs suddenly attacked and lowered Microsoft's stock rating. After the news came out, Microsoft's stock price plummeted, and Bill Gates lost $2 billion in one day. He was shocked and hurriedly launched the completely free ie2.0 at the end of November. Then he delivered a famous speech on the anniversary of the "Japanese Army's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor" on December 7, and began to transform to the Internet with all his strength. In just one month, the browser R&D team of six people was expanded to hundreds. Three months later, hundreds of people turned into 2,500 people. Nine months later, Microsoft redesigned ie3.0, which was not inferior to sapenavigator's ie3.0, and then used up to $9 billion in cash reserves to burn money and fight Netscape to death.

Du Qiu tried his best to cooperate with Microsoft to make a slow-down strategy and provide a good-quality browser to replace the useless ie1.0, allowing them to integrate into Windows 95, and maintain the illusion of paying attention to the Internet to the outside world. In this way, Goldman Sachs should not lower Microsoft's stock rating so early. If it does not lower, Microsoft's transformation will be slow and will not create a terrifying team of 2,500 people at once, otherwise Snapdragon will be able to compete with it.

If Microsoft was deceived and had a year to buffer, and it would not start to make real efforts in 1997, the situation would be very different, because for the Time Travel Party, there is gold everywhere. Now Du Qiu has added up to Notepad, Japanese yen exchange rate speculation and Snapdragon shares, which is only about 15 million US dollars in assets. However, there was an Asian financial crisis in 1997, and it could even make assets worth over 100 million US dollars. There is a dozen times gap between China and the United States in terms of prices, land prices, wages, taxes and other costs. US$100 million can be used as US$2 billion. There is no fear of burning money at all. Snapdragon will grow a lot and will no longer be a straw team working in a warehouse. Even if Microsoft expands wildly and burns money, it will still have the power to fight.

The feasibility of this plan is very high. One is a small company that mainly opens source software, and the other is an international giant with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. It is completely incomparable. You should know that Microsoft's turnover in 1994 exceeded US$40 billion and its profit exceeded US$5 billion, which is more than the profits of all other software companies in the world. As long as you take out the profit for two days, you can acquire Snapdragon. Therefore, even if someone sees the risks of this cooperation, he will not take it too seriously. So Du Qiu told Silverberg the story of the Opium War and Sanyuanli, putting himself in a trivial position, paralyzing them and making them arrogant.

To borrow a sentence from "The Three-Body Problem", that is, weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is...

"Okay, let's talk about Microsoft's affairs after the agreement is signed." Du Qiu retracted his thoughts and said, "Now, another thing is the intern's arrangement, and take out the list of people you want."

Snapdragon recruited a total of 37 fresh interns in May, 9 were eliminated, and 28 were left. Du Qiu only explained basic knowledge during the training, focusing on improving programming thinking, habits and cooperation abilities. Therefore, although these people have high and low levels, they do not limit a certain field. They allow them to choose their own development direction according to their interests. At the same time, they also let project managers such as Qin Mu and Xiao Wu independently select suitable employees. In the official language popular in 1995, it is two-way flow and people can do their best.

Qin Mu has a good reputation and has submitted the longest list, asking for 12. Xiao Wu, followed by 9. Xu Yongrui, asking for 5. He Lixing, the least, only 2. There is no way. First, he has high requirements. Second, few students in China have been exposed to the BSD operating system and have very lack of knowledge. These two are the generals among the short men, and are the most capable of the 28 interns.

"Web design makes money quickly and can cooperate with the browser. Manager Xu's project is very important, so it's too few people to allocate him." Chen Dayou was very enthusiastic about the IDE private GN project and suggested: "Now the company is not short of money, so you can start a larger recruitment."

"I also have ideas in this regard." Du Qiuzhe began to implement the snowball tactic and said: "These interns are recruited in batches. The earliest 10 people will be one month next week. First sign a formal contract with them, and then send them back to their school to continue recruiting interns. The summer vacation is about to begin. Whether they are graduates or seniors and sophomores, as long as they have a good foundation, they can recruit interns."

Wei Zhiqin tickled her ears and said with a tingling voice to Xiao Wu, "Look, not only is she covered in bad stomachs, but her heart is dark."

Although Xiao Wu smiled, his expression disagreed and said, "Those students who follow Mr. Du to study for one day are better than studying for a month in school. Not only will they receive subsidies for internships, but they can also gain knowledge. If you make a lot of money, you will not be careless at all."

Wei Zhiqin was a little surprised when she heard this, and said softly, stopping joking.

"Mr. Du, these junior and sophomore interns can only do two months of work. They will leave again when school starts in September. Although it is cheap, it is unstable." Qin Mu hesitated and said, "Why should we focus on fresh graduates. We are in such a good momentum now, so we don't have to worry about not having fresh graduates come to join us."

"Fresh graduates need them, and students also need them. We have had a lot of communication with interns this month. It should be seen that the teaching resources and teaching quality of computer science majors in domestic universities are currently very poor. Unless the self-study ability is very strong, most students are doing nothing in school and wasting their youth." Du Qiu continued to play the role of a black-hearted boss and said: "We are not the government. We do not look at certificates, but only our abilities. We fool those excellent students. If it is appropriate, we can sign a work contract with them directly."

"Mr. Du, it is common for college students to drop out of school in the United States, but it doesn't work in China." Li Jianhua is already in his 30s and has a relatively old-fashioned and conservative thought. He reminded: "It is not easy to take the college entrance examination. If you don't get a diploma and go out to work, even if those students don't care, parents will not give up. If you don't do it well, it is easy to cause trouble and affect the company's image."

This is also...

Du Qiu is a fake black-hearted person who is really talented, and wants to use word of mouth and virus transmission to promote Snapdragon's reputation in various universities in China, attracting talents to come and join. Chen Dayou is really bad-hearted person who is only seeking wealth, and he said indifferently: "We can extend the internship period, and when will we sign the contract again. Now juniors are in seniors after summer vacation. Apart from doing graduation design and finding a job, they have nothing else to do in the senior year. They have more free time and can run back and forth between school and company."

The interns pay on a daily basis, and they pay 30 yuan for work every day. They don’t have money to get it on weekends or holidays. They only cost six or seven hundred yuan a month, and the lowest-paid formal worker is 1,500 yuan a month...

It's so unscrupulous...

"What Manager Qin said just now makes sense. The interns have different abilities and unstable working hours. They can become helpers, but they cannot become the main force." Du Qiu pointed at Qin Mu and Xu Yongrui and said: "Now the company has its own team, with strong morale and strong cohesion. It has initially formed a healthy and uplifting corporate culture. There are no need to worry about being damaged by some bad habits in the industry. You two go to Beijing with the first batch of interns to dig back some excellent programmers with work experience. Each person has 10 places. The salary standard starts from a4 and a6 is topped off."

Snapdragon's salary system imitates the future Alibaba, which is divided into 10 levels. A1 and a2 are interns, a3 are assistant programmers, and interns who have signed formal contracts belong to this level. A4 is a junior programmer, a5 is a senior programmer, and a6 is a senior programmer. These three levels are the backbone of the company and the demand is the largest, but none of them are currently available.

Starting from a6, you can hold management positions, such as the director of the R&D team; a7 is an expert, the corresponding project manager of the management level; a8 is a senior expert, the corresponding project manager of the management level, Xiao Wu, Xu Yongrui and Li Jianhua all belong to this level; a9 is a senior expert, the corresponding department director of the management level, Qin Mu, He Lixing, and Wei Zhiqin belong to this level, a10 is a researcher, and the corresponding senior vice president of the management level, and currently only Du Qiu is the only one.

Training a group of students as direct descendants, recruiting a group of scattered soldiers to come over, assimilate them, and then training a group of them, and recruiting a group of them. In this cycle, by 1997, there were at least thousands of employees from Snapdragon A4 to A6 levels, which was enough to fight with Microsoft. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!