American Legendary Life

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IBM headquarters, the office of the laboratory supervisor.

A young Chinese was sitting in the position that originally belonged to Leon Solan, and was quietly flipping the report in his hand.

Leon Solan's shoulders leaned forward slightly, his hands dangling in front of him, his right hand clutching his left wrist, and he waited with a smile on his face.

"Solan, these are all?" Li Zitao asked without looking up.

"Yes, Mr. Li, all the reports are here." Leon Solan's eyes flashed sharply.

The fools in the laboratory dare to add their own ideas to the report privately. Whoever wants to see the worthless garbage, he has found it and threw it all away.

"But I remember that there are a few people who want to get the company's support to develop their own projects. I have promised that they will take a look at it in person. What?

Seeing Li Zitao raise his head, Leon Sorren was on the spot, as if there were ten thousand beasts flying by.

"I, I don't know, sorry sir, I'll find it now." Leone Solan's forehead was cold sweating at the thought of the reports thrown away by him.

The young man in front of him is the company's largest shareholder, and it can be said that his boss, how dare Leon Solan offend.

"Forget it." Waving his hand, Li Zitao said to the door: "Tia, go to the laboratory and ask them to make a copy. You hand it to me."

"Okay, BOSS." The sound of high-heeled shoes hitting the ground gradually went away, but Leon Solan was ashamed.

He had a hunch that he was in trouble, and at the executive meeting in the afternoon, Leon Solan's hunch was verified.

"From this moment on, all project audits in the laboratory will be reviewed by me in person. No one has the right to call it back, no matter who it is!"

Li Zitao said solemnly in front of all the executives, and by the way, he also looked at his head and buried it in his chest, just like Leon Solan like a fat quail.

"Introduce to everyone...Tia, from today, she will be responsible for the approval of laboratory project funds."

With Li Zitao announcing the end of the meeting, Leon Solan had quickly slipped under the table.

Although he is still the laboratory supervisor, the two most important rights, the establishment of laboratory projects and the approval of funds are not under his control.

It also means that his supervisor has become a puppet, and his rights have been overridden.

Leon Solan is not clear about the board's restrictions on Li Zitao, otherwise, he has now been fired.

From the standpoint of the company, he did nothing wrong, but for Li Zitao he was a stumbling block.

Who let him be the person in the company, and what Li Zitao needs most now is the obstacle between him and the laboratory staff.

In the afternoon, the company's board of directors.

"Charlie, what does supporting their personal projects mean to the company? This will divert our focus, delay the progress of the project, and increase capital expenditure..."

Sitting in the position of chairman of the board of directors, Thomas J. Watson asked ugly.

Two days after joining the company, he caused the company's people to be restless, and a lot of inexplicable projects appeared in the next quarter's expenditure.

For shareholders, the money is completely inexplicable.

"These projects are not without value, but no one realizes its value. We should take a long-term perspective. As long as one of these projects succeeds,

It will bring us great rewards. I think everyone here knows the name skunk, but who knows that all the research and development projects of skunks are found by researchers themselves.

As long as the concepts they propose are successful, they can find like-minded teams with detailed time and schedule arrangements, and they will receive financial support. "

Hearing Li Zitao mention the skunk, the shareholders present whispered, and the success of the skunk was a miracle.

It is also the first enterprise laboratory, supported by the government and colleges in the aviation field, and many universities in the United States have close cooperation with it.

Everyone can see the success of the skunk, but how it operated before it succeeded was rarely understood.

Now that I heard Li Zitao say this, many shareholders are tempted.

The research and development of skunks brings hundreds of millions of profits. If the IBM research laboratory can become the second ‘skunk,’ they are not going to make a profit.

"Otherwise, give it a try?" someone suggested with a heartbeat.

"I think it's okay, but it's more than 600,000, and the company is fully able to bear it." Another shareholder who agreed.

Looking at Li Zitao's smiling face, Thomas J. Watson seemed to see a smirking fox, but he couldn't find a reason.

He has seen these project reports with his own eyes, and strictly speaking, they are related to card machines and statistical machines.

If it can succeed, IBM's products will become more comprehensive, and the scope of application will be wider, the company may even use this to develop industry standards.

Moreover, Watson does not think that Li Zitao will deliberately make trouble, and breaking down IBM will do him no good.

There is no company in his name that conflicts with IBM products. There is no contradiction between the two. Besides, there is a real money of 3.5 million US dollars ~ www.readwn.com To throw it in vain, tens of millions of dollars may not be able to get 1 million cash, not to mention 3.5 million knives.

"So, I'm in favor of trying first. We can choose high-quality from these projects, 2... what do you think?"

There are a total of 13 projects submitted this time, and Watson will cut most of them in one breath.

Haikou Li Zitao has already boasted, if he was really allowed to cut most of them, and he passed two small projects like alms, what majesty would he have in the laboratory?

This morning Li Zitao gave Leon Sorran a disembarkation at the executive meeting. Watson will give him a disembarkation in the afternoon.

"I disagree, such differential treatment will reduce the enthusiasm and motivation of employees. What we need now is innovation and cohesion.

If we do so, we may lose a lot of excellent employees. If they deliberately delay the progress at work, the impact on the company will be even greater. "

Li Zitao immediately expressed his attitude. He was very tough and persistent. He wanted to do his best. This is the idea he always upholds.

"Charlie, although the research and development direction of the laboratory is up to you, it doesn't include these, and the board has the right to make a choice." Watson frowned.

It is good or bad to let Li Zitao join the company. Watson is a little uncertain. His ambition may ruin IBM.

"So, raise your hand to vote!" Li Zitao looked at all shareholders slightly, with no slight concession.

"IBM has enough potential, maybe it's the next AT&T, Morgan, Yes or UUS, otherwise I won't sit here, and now it's time for everyone to choose, whether to create IBM's future with me, or just wait for it Beyond."