240: Chapter 240 The indecisive Shang Guibing! One dig, one hit!

Chapter 240: Indecisive Shang Guibing! A Perfect Success Rate!

Su Yang asked again, "How does an annual salary of nine hundred thousand sound?"

He was determined to win over Shang Guibing.

Software development was quite important to him.

Moreover, Shang Guibing was a talent with Master-level software development skills, likely ranking among the top tier in the entire country.

In the system's rating, there was indeed a Grandmaster level higher than Master, but there were probably only a few in the entire world!

Most were likely hidden within top giants or national laboratories and were not easily accessible.

Encountering a Master-level figure, he would feel incredibly uneasy if he didn't keep him.

It was like playing a card collection game; having finally encountered a rare card, how could he not take it?

Shang Guibing looked up at Su Yang, pursed his lips, and said, "This isn't a matter of salary!"

"Then what could the problem be?"

Su Yang became curious.

He believed strongly in the power of money, feeling it was more reliable than love or justice.

Shang Guibing: "Is Chairman Su really not afraid of losing money by running a software company?"

"Losing a few hundred million isn't much of a problem for me!"

Shang Guibing was stunned. Looking at the calm Su Yang, he suddenly felt he had underestimated the man before him!

"Really?"

Su Yang nodded seriously: "Absolutely!"

"The promise Chairman Su made about acquiring my company won't change?"

"As long as there are no major issues, it won't change!"

"Alright then, I'll speak the truth!"

"Go ahead!"

Shang Guibing took a deep breath of his right index finger, which was stained yellow from smoke: "Can I have a cigarette?"

"Go ahead!"

Su Yang said with a smile.

"Want one?"

"I don't smoke!"

Shang Guibing looked at Liu Fengshan, who shook his head.

"It's good not to smoke!" Shang Guibing opened the office window, stood by the ledge, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled a cloud of smoke. "Many of the young people I hire now don't smoke anymore."

"Mm!"

"Chairman Su, to be honest, it's very hard for ordinary software companies like ours to make money, especially in recent years!"

"How so?"

"It's too competitive!" Shang Guibing said with a face full of helplessness. "In the past, I'd turn down deals worth five hundred thousand. Now, I can't bear to let even a few tens of thousands slip by... yet the difficulty isn't actually that different!"

"Mm!" Su Yang smiled and said, "I have a general understanding of that!"

He had naturally looked into the software industry; overall, it was indeed hyper-competitive!

There were plenty of small software companies that couldn't land a project for half a year, and there were far too many software development firms in the country!

Don't be fooled by the programmers at big tech firms earning hundreds of thousands a year, or rare talents earning over a million.

In those ordinary internet companies, the salaries of many average programmers didn't even reach ten thousand.

"So, even if you keep me, I can't guarantee the company will make money," Shang Guibing said helplessly. "I can only say that I still have some ability in terms of technology."

"If you stay, you'll be in charge of technology. If the company's operations have issues, that has nothing to do with you... How about an annual salary of one million!"

Shang Guibing took a deep breath, feeling as if a demon were standing before him!

"Let's stick with eight hundred thousand," Shang Guibing sighed. "If the company makes money, you can give me a raise then!"

Seeing these two, Liu Fengshan truly felt it was bizarre!

At the start, Shang Guibing asked for seven hundred thousand, and Su Yang offered eight hundred thousand.

Now Su Yang promised a million, and Shang Guibing only wanted eight hundred thousand...

Both were geniuses at reverse bargaining; today was truly a case of a great general meeting a wise minister!

"Deal!" Su Yang stood up with a smile. "President Shang, we have an agreement. You can't go back on it... man to man!"

He could tell that this man's personality was quite indecisive and a bit fussy.

However, Shang Guibing was indeed sincere enough, perhaps because his morality score exceeded 85!

Shang Guibing nodded: "I won't go back on it!"

After settling things with Shang Guibing, Su Yang chatted with him some more, asking if he knew any talents suitable for the position of General Manager of a software company.

Shang Guibing actually recommended two people and expressed his willingness to ask around for him!

The two sides reached a preliminary agreement. Following this, there would be an assessment of Yulong Technology's assets and a comprehensive investigation to ensure there were no hidden risks.

As long as Yulong Technology didn't differ much from what Shang Guibing described, Su Yang would pay the promised price.

He was primarily interested in Shang Guibing himself and was willing to pay a premium for the acquisition!

After leaving Yulong, Su Yang smiled and said to Liu Fengshan, "The company you recommended this time is good!"

Yulong Technology might be very ordinary, but with Shang Guibing in charge, it was a different story.

Currently, he had no plans for a major expansion into the internet, but that didn't stop him from collecting and stockpiling talent.

"As long as the boss is satisfied!"

Liu Fengshan was also very happy that Su Yang was satisfied.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Wei Chenhua walked out of the company gates step by step.

Standing at the entrance of Shangsi Media, he only gradually began to detach from his work as the cold wind blew on him.

He took off his glasses and rubbed his swollen eyes vigorously.

After putting his glasses back on, he let out a soft sigh of relief.

As he walked down the steps, he felt his legs go weak, and his mind was somewhat dazed.

But he was already used to this feeling!

Perhaps only at this moment did he feel he had returned to... human form!

Feeling the hunger in his stomach, he began to think about what to eat for dinner.

Just then, he suddenly saw a figure dart out from the side, which gave him a direct fright!

"Wei Chenhua?"

"Who are you?"

Wei Chenhua clutched his heart.

Such a shock was far too intense for his fragile heart!

"Hello, I'm Huo Yunjiang from the HR department of Spark Media!"

Huo Yunjiang handed Wei Chenhua a business card.

Wei Chenhua took the card and glanced at it: "Spark Media?"

"Yes!"

"Then what do you want with me?"

Wei Chenhua was quite familiar with Spark Media.

That was the most famous MCN Company in the industrial park recently; hatching influencers was like a hen laying eggs!

After Ou Li became famous a while back, their boss also grew envious and thought about imitating other MCN companies by poaching people from Spark Media, and he actually succeeded!

However, their boss was stingy and didn't even want to pay the liquidated damages, hoping to get them for free!

Recently, they had been sued by Spark Media!

Huo Yunjiang asked with a smile, "Are you interested in coming to work at our Spark Media?"

Wei Chenhua said cautiously, "Does your Spark Media really need me? Isn't it because of the grudge between our company and yours?"

"The grudge is a factor, but our company also needs you!" Huo Yunjiang nodded seriously. "Our President Yu said you are very capable in Traffic Allocation and are a talent who could save the company a lot of money!"

Huo Yunjiang was telling the honest truth!

A traffic allocator like Wei Chenhua was very important to every MCN Company.

He was also one of the talents Spark Media desperately needed!

Nowadays, who does livestreaming or livestream e-commerce without allocating traffic?

Traffic Allocation is a method of using paid promotion tools to increase the popularity and traffic of a livestream room. It allows a client's promoted livestream room to be displayed directly to users on the recommendation page. It is a common market expansion method used by MCN agencies today... Spark Media had paid no small amount to the platforms in this regard!

It was similar to Spark Media placing advertisements for livestream rooms on the platform to increase exposure.

At this point, how to spend the money and how to spend it where it counts most was very important.

Some people spend a hundred thousand and only get fifty thousand worth of publicity.

While others spend fifty thousand but can achieve a hundred thousand worth of publicity!

Even if the gap wasn't huge, over time, it could save the company a lot of expenses!

Therefore, the HR manager reminded Huo Yunjiang that Wei Chenhua was someone President Yu had specifically emphasized must be poached.

Wei Chenhua nodded: "Then let's talk!"

Huo Yunjiang was stunned for a moment, then he began to smile.

Aside from the long time spent waiting for the man... things seemed to be going unexpectedly smoothly.

Wei Chenhua was clearly interested in Spark Media!

The two found a bench in the park to sit and chat, and they quickly reached a verbal agreement.

Once Wei Chenhua jumped to Spark Media, the company would settle his pay with a base salary + commission + bonus structure, but his base salary would increase from five thousand to seven thousand!

Huo Yunjiang thought to himself:

Easy!

This was simply too easy!

Wei Chenhua hadn't signed a non-compete agreement either, which made Huo Yunjiang even happier.

Wei Chenhua couldn't help but complain, "That crappy company, I've wanted to leave it for a long time!"

Huo Yunjiang could see that Wei Chenhua had a lot of resentment toward his own company.

Next, Wei Chenhua began to frantically vent about Shangsi Media.

It seemed he had kept these words bottled up for a long time!

Now that he had made up his mind to leave, that resentment poured out like a flood!

Huo Yunjiang sat beside him, listening quietly, occasionally lighting a cigarette for Wei Chenhua.

In the middle of the night, two men sat on a bench chatting.

Though they had just met, they were like old friends of many years!

Huo Yunjiang: "I won't say the work at our Spark Media is easy, but we are definitely very prompt with paying salaries and bonuses!"

"You call the intensity at Spark Media overtime?" Wei Chenhua complained. "I also know that last month, even your ordinary employees got a five-thousand-yuan bonus..."

"You even know about that!"

"How could I not?" Wei Chenhua sighed. "You guys happened upon a good boss, and your work is much easier than ours... You get paid on time on the seventh of every month, while my salary from the month before last hasn't even been paid yet!"

Huo Yunjiang smiled and comforted him: "It's fine, now we all have the same boss!"

He could tell that Wei Chenhua knew Xinghuo very well and had likely intended to jump to Xinghuo for a while now.

"Sigh~ true!"

Thinking of this, Wei Chenhua had the urge to immediately go back to Shangsi and move his workstation to Xinghuo right away; he could hardly wait!

Once everything was settled, Huo Yunjiang remembered his other tasks: "By the way, do you know Xu Zhihong?"

Wei Chenhua: "Xu Zhihong got off work earlier than me; you probably missed him!"

"What about Xia Yuanfei?"

"He's probably still working overtime at the company; he was still there when I left!"

"And Cui Yang?"

"He said he plans to sleep at the company!"

"What about Jiang Longjun?"

"He was hospitalized the day before yesterday. He had a cold for a month that wouldn't get better, and he couldn't hold out anymore... I can help you ask which hospital he's in, but don't say I told you!"

"..."

But Wei Chenhua also realized something and couldn't help but comment, "Your eyes are certainly sharp!"

The people Xinghuo was poaching were all grassroots employees of Shangsi Media—the ones who did the most work and had very strong technical skills!

Wei Chenhua could guarantee that given his company's situation, Xinghuo would have a perfect success rate with every poach.

Those few usually acted like old oxen.

If the boss told them to go east, they would never dare go west.

If told to work overtime, they wouldn't dare leave early!

But Wei Chenhua understood the resentment in their hearts all too well!

Huo Yunjiang talked with Wei Chenhua a bit more about the resignation process, urging him absolutely not to sign a non-compete agreement and to call him if he ran into any problems.

Xinghuo would support him fully!

After Huo Yunjiang left, in the dark night, Wei Chenhua felt his whole body relax.

Leaving the industrial park, he bought a cup of instant noodles at a convenience store and extravagantly added two marinated eggs and a chicken leg, picking up two cans of beer while he was at it... he was happy today and wanted to get a little drunk!