Hollywood Hunter

Simon got dressed and went to the study room next door, and Aaliyah also brought a portfolio.

Give the portfolio to Simon, who is sitting on the single sofa in the reception area. Aaliyah did not go and sit down. Instead, she knelt down on the carpet next to Simon's sofa, her soft body climbing on the armrest of the sofa, like a cuddling. The cat next to the owner introduced: "This is a piece of information that the family asked me to recommend. Boss, the other party is very powerful in India. My father can't refuse it. You just have to take a look."

Simon felt Aaliyah's cautiousness, but just smiled, not too minded.

There are actually many similar things in the family. He was born in a human society, which is even more accustomed to this. Simon's red line is that people around him should not hide from him. Once found, he will not give any leeway.

Although it is the top Brahman in the Indian caste system, Aaliyah’s family background is not prominent. Her father is only a law professor at Delhi University in India.

There are not many things in the portfolio, a letter and a beautifully bound corporate brochure, and a word on the cover of the manual slightly attracted Simon's attention: Wipro.

Wipro Company.

In my memory, this is one of the largest software vendors in India. Wipro’s boss, Azim Premki, was later the richest man in the Indian software industry and once occupied the third place on the Indian rich list.

In the other envelope, it turned out to be a letter written by Azim Premji.

The entrepreneur, who is now one of the richest Indians, gave a general introduction to the cause of the incident in his personal letter. The other party believed that the new annual software outsourcing tender of Eaglet in March did not really take Wipro’s into consideration. With comprehensive strength, he hopes to get a chance to speak to Tim Berners Lee, CEO of Igreat.

Later when people mentioned India, a strong software industry is an essential topic.

This is actually a kind of misunderstanding.

India’s software industry is not strong, but the software outsourcing industry is strong. The difference is probably the gap between Apple and Foxconn. Even for many years after the new century, India's software industry is only providing the most basic software service support for the world's major technology giants, and has always been at the lowest end of the industry's food chain.

However, because of the huge demand, abundant and low-cost human resources, and the greatest convenience of English as an official language, the export value of the Indian software outsourcing industry at its peak was close to 80% of India's total export value, and the total output value once reached 100 billion US dollars. level.

These are actually things to follow.

The Indian software outsourcing industry is still in the early stages of development, and the services provided are even lower-end, often just simple data classification and content entry. In 1993, the total output value of the Indian software outsourcing industry was less than US$500 million.

In Simon's memory, the acceleration of India's software outsourcing industry has benefited from the "millennium bug crisis".

In the late 1990s, technology companies around the world provided India with millions of software outsourcing orders in order to modify almost all the millennium bug vulnerabilities that existed in early software. This crisis also made the whole world see India. Cheap labor advantage in software industry.

The millennium bug crisis is just the beginning. The real outbreak of the Indian software outsourcing industry was still after 2000.

The bursting of the Internet bubble made countless Western technology companies unable to spend their money. In order to survive, they had to find ways to reduce costs. India, where the average employee salary is only a fraction of Silicon Valley engineers, suddenly became popular.

Igreat at this stage can also be described as rich and powerful.

However, both Simon and Igreat’s core executives attach great importance to cost control. Therefore, since 1992, Igreat has been ahead of many other technology companies in cooperation with Indian software outsourcing vendors. It is also the portal website, search engine and e-commerce business under Eaglet, which all have the most basic software service requirements such as large quantities of data classification and content entry.

This part is often just simple tasks such as tagging search engine URLs or entering product information on Amazon.com. If you hire professional software engineers, it will definitely outweigh the gains. Moreover, at this stage, Silicon Valley simply cannot find so many professionals, lower standards or hire part-time jobs. , It cannot meet the efficiency problem, and the salary cost is also not low. Choosing to outsource to India is undoubtedly the most important choice.

You know, this kind of seemingly simple job requires certain professional skills. If it is in the United States, even if it is not in Silicon Valley, where the labor cost is very expensive, a monthly salary of two or three thousand dollars will not be able to escape. In India, the annual salary of the same type of employee Both are less than $1,000.

Such a gap is not exaggerated at all.

By comparison, it is clear that China, which is adjacent to India, has a better economic development in this era. The average monthly salary of Chinese wage earners is only 300 to 500 yuan. Even if the annual salary is 5,000 yuan, it is less than 700 Dollar.

This kind of labor cost advantage made Bezos and others attach great importance to cooperation with Indian software outsourcing vendors from the beginning. With the continuous improvement of Internet infrastructure, remote communication has become more convenient, and this cooperation has been continuously strengthened.

After several years of explosive growth, coupled with the ongoing expansion of the Silicon Valley talent gap at this stage, Eaglet’s total software outsourcing in 1994 is expected to reach 300 million US dollars, although it can be handed over to India due to various considerations. Manufacturers’ orders only account for 70% of the total outsourcing, but software outsourcing orders of more than US$200 million are definitely the targets of major Indian software vendors whose industry output value was less than US$500 million in the past year.

After all, getting an order from Eaglet does not only represent a huge amount of income, but also a potential increase in corporate visibility. With the label of ‘Eggret’s partner’, when soliciting business from other technology companies, the chances of reaching cooperation will definitely increase significantly.

Inside the study of Woodside Villa.

Simon finished reading the letter written by Azim Premji, and while reading the company's carefully prepared brochure, his thoughts began to diverge.

If Aaliyah introduced someone else, Simon would only deal with it a little bit, and didn't intend to bother.

Due to the limited time and energy, Simon is only responsible for controlling the general direction of Igreat and even many other companies within the Westeros system, and does not interfere with specific management decisions as much as possible.

However, since he can be the richest man in the Indian software industry in the original time and space, Azim Premki can make Simon an exception.

In recent years, one of the main secrets for the rapid development and growth of the Westeros system is actually Simon’s investment in ‘people’.

Whether it is Daenerys Entertainment’s film talents “trained in advance” based on Simon’s memory, or the Westeros system such as Jeff Bezos, Raymond Smith and other executives, Simon’s memory has been released. A splendid character. These people have proved to a certain extent that they have the potential to lead the company to glory. Coupled with the abundant resource support and the correct development direction given by Simon, they finally created everything in the Westeros system.

Azim Premki is obviously also a person with similar potential.

After making up his mind, Simon's thoughts continued to deepen.

With the outbreak of the Internet industry, the current Silicon Valley technology talent gap has reached more than 300,000. The result of various technology companies trying to obtain talents is naturally a substantial increase in industry salary levels. Eaglet is currently recruiting software engineers, and the minimum annual salary is already US$50,000.

On the other hand, because of the strict immigration policy restrictions in the United States, a large number of excellent software engineers in many other countries in the world have been blocked from outside North America.

The inability of these people to enter the United States does not mean that they cannot serve Silicon Valley. The biggest advantage of the information age is that they can bridge the distance between people in terms of communication. Moreover, since Eaglet has a large number of software outsourcing needs, many other technology companies that are also suffering from the talent gap in Silicon Valley should do the same.

In this case, Eaglet may be able to create a dedicated software outsourcing platform to build a bridge of cooperation between Silicon Valley and potential partners around the world. This will definitely be a big business.

The most important point is that by doing so, it can also create massive job opportunities for the United States and the world.

As far as the current Westeros system is concerned, the more people hold the jobs, the stronger the right to speak in the face of the governments of the United States and other countries in the world. For any politician, if tens of thousands of the public lose their jobs because of the attack on the Westeros system, his fate can be imagined.

The five FNG technology giants in memory, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft have all encountered large-scale antitrust investigations in North America and Europe and huge fines. Amazon and Apple have rarely encountered similar entanglements. This is not without reason.

The main thing is that Amazon and Apple control the jobs of too many people.

Take Amazon as an example. The total number of employees at the peak of this e-commerce giant exceeds 500,000, which is more than the sum of the other four of the FNG’s five major technology giants. Moreover, Amazon’s employees cover a wide range of levels, except for professionals. There are also large numbers of ordinary workers who are responsible for sorting, transportation, warehousing, logistics, etc., who do not require high professional skills.

Not only that, but Amazon's e-commerce has brought millions of potential jobs to Western countries within its own industrial chain.

It is conceivable that if the North American and European authorities oppress Amazon too much, well, you say I have a monopoly and want to fine, then, in order to save money, I will have to lay off employees. If 100,000 is not enough, it is not enough to add 100,000, and Once Amazon suffers a blow, not only the company itself, but also the loss of peripheral job opportunities caused by the entire e-commerce field is even harder to estimate.

This is the right to speak.

Speaking of, in recent years, Simon has also been carrying out certain layouts on the other side of the ocean. Nokia, Tinkbyer and even the parent company of Victoria’s Secret have established foundries of various sizes in mainland China, produced by Daenerys Entertainment. Many of the most popular films in China have quietly entered Chinese TV platforms and cinema channels in a way that is almost free.

On the other hand, among the many companies in the Westeros system, if they are ranked according to Simon's importance, the video tape chain giant Blockbuster with only 35% of Daenerys Entertainment's shareholding ratio will definitely be very high.

As of the first quarter of 1994, the total number of Blockbuster stores worldwide reached more than 5,600, which exceeded the total number of 5,000 originally planned by Nancy. Due to the continuous expansion of overseas markets, it will be appropriately increased to 6,000 in the future. about.

Even though Simon and Nancy, who attach great importance to operational efficiency as much as possible to avoid bloated employees, are personally watching, the total number of global employees of Blockbuster has exceeded 41,000 at this stage, which is an average of 7.3 employees per store. Significantly lower than the industry's average of 9.1 people in similar chains.

The more than 40,000 employees of Blockbuster who do not have high qualifications and academic requirements are a great say for the Westeros system.

If Igreat can build an outsourcing platform that connects the world, whether it is a professional software engineer or a housewife who just wants to earn a small change to subsidize the family through simple data entry and other part-time jobs on the Internet can find a job in it, then Igreat The voice of the special company will be greatly enhanced.

As long as this platform is unfolded, if the federal government wants to split Eaglet again, it must consider whether the hundreds of thousands of outsourcing jobs created by Eaglet every year will be affected. After all, even if the authorities want to suppress this influence, Igreat, who has its own portal media platform, will publicize the matter: Look, those politicians are messing around again.

From ancient times to the present, the common people have been the group of people who are most easily incited, and also the group of people who are most easily manipulated.

Maybe you just let them lose a sewing needle, as long as there is a chance, they don't mind letting you lose an iron ore, even if this iron ore provides them with all the pots and pans they need in life.

I noticed that although my boss was still reading the introduction manual, his expression was obviously distracted. Aaliyah did not bother. She folded her arms on the armrest and supported her chin. She looked up at the man intently with her delicate face, without hitting her at all. Cut the meaning of his thoughts.

Of course, there are some expectations in my heart.

If this is done, the family will probably not urge her to return to India in the future.

Her parents have always been very critical about her current job. After all, how can a noble Brahman be a maid for others, even Simon Westero’s maid, although she has always explained that she is Madame Westero’s yoga teacher , But the family knows exactly how.

For this easy and high-paying job that can live in the United States, Aaliyah does not intend to give up at all.

After completing their duties with the host and hostess, they have a lot of time to spend freely every month.

In addition to not being able to fall in love, Aaliyah feels that her life is really similar to that of a princess. She lives in the most luxurious apartment, has a private driver, and has the ultimate in daily food and clothing, and she can even take the Westeros family. Traveling everywhere in private jets, this kind of life will never get bored even for a lifetime.

What's more, they don't lack room for improvement. Women like Sophia Faisy, Alice Ferguson, and Claire Gein were all just like them.

The study was quiet for more than twenty minutes, and the sky outside the window darkened unconsciously. During this time, Aaliyah quietly turned on the light and returned to the sofa. The men were still immersed in their thoughts.

When the knock on the door rang, Simon finally recovered.

With a promise, the study door was pushed open. It was Yasmin Gary.

The waist essence came in, and his eyes first met Aaliyah. Some unmarked sparks flashed out, then converged, and looked at the man on the sofa and said: "Simon, dinner is ready."

Simon closed the introductory manual that he had unknowingly turned twice, and said, "I'm coming right away."

Yasimin nodded, looked at Aaliyah again, then gently closed the door and left.

Simon noticed the small eyes of the waist essence this time. Thinking about the origins of the two women, he probably understood something. Even if Yasmin is already Canadian, the natural opposition between Indian and Pakistani descent will not disappear, just like the Japanese in the West. Ethnicity and Chinese, even if they are foreigners, will not get along too harmoniously.

For cat fights between women, Simon would not care as long as he didn't scratch his face.

Looking at Aaliyah, who was looking forward to him, Simon stretched out his hand to catch the girl's delicate face and rubbed it, and said, "Aziem should be in San Francisco?"

Aaliyah nodded, pretending to be dissatisfied, opened her mouth and bit one of the man's index fingers, grinding her white teeth, and then quickly let go.

Simon said: "I will call Jeff after dinner and let him take the time to talk to Azim. Forget about Tim, he is only in charge of Igreat’s R&D department, and the management is both Jeff and Azim. Carol is in charge."

Of course Aaliyah also knows who Simon, Jeff, and Carol are mentioned, and gratefully put her face on the palm of the man: "Boss, thank you."

I wanted to call "Simon" in my heart, just like the woman just now.

But I dare not.

Simon nodded, retracted his hand and reloaded Achim’s autograph letter and Wipro’s corporate brochure into his portfolio, intending to be passed to Bezos. Thinking of what, he smiled and asked Aaliyah: "Aziem, give Are you good?"

Aaliyah shook her head quickly: "No, no."

Simon said: "This is not good, you have helped him so much, of course you have to benefit."

Aaliyah realized that Simon was not teasing herself, she hesitated and said frankly: "The other party promised my father to be their company's legal counsel."

"That's right," Simon lightly knocked on the girl's forehead, got up from the sofa, and said again: "But this kind of thing can't be addictive, or I will be angry."

Aaliyah also stood up, guaranteed very seriously, and went downstairs with Simon.