The Goddess Shines on America

February is a special time.

For students, this is an entire month for play; for adults, it is another time for normal work; especially for executives of large companies, financial departments and even accounting firms Now it is time for them to formulate the last year’s annual report and look forward to this year’s development plan, which is even more exhausting.

For Alice, all this is even more integrated.

After returning from Japan, she saw that school was about to start, but she not only had to accept an interview with Fortune magazine, but also routinely reviewed every company under her. It happened that at this time, my father suddenly became interested in writing novels, and he rashly said the proposal of co-creation. This is good, typically I find something for myself.

Of course, the priority of her own business is always to the back. After analyzing the priority of each of its industries, Alice first came to the Cisco headquarters in San Jose.

"In one sentence, it's thriving, but it's about to tire people to death."

Professor Posac, who was in charge of welcoming her at San Jose Airport, stopped the car in front of the building while continuing the topic along the way: "You know, the time we actually accept the firewall project is only a few months after all. You are eager to urge us to make the best products again. There is a shortage of manpower."

"Well, I have to admit that I didn't think about it when I chose the house."

Alice got out of the car. The sun was shining and the weather was fine. Looking up, the sun from the east happened to be shining diagonally from the roof of the company, and a group of pigeons passed by.

"Leon, show me the books later, what are the company's bank deposits now?"

The two of them walked to the main entrance, and Possack said, "It's more than 13 million. Most of the profits are bought in large quantities as you suggested. By the way, Alice..."

As he walked into the lobby, Posak was puzzled and cut off the cigarette he had just lit: "Why do you insist on buying stocks worldwide? The only thing in the United States is the New York Stock Exchange, then London, and Tokyo. , Hong Kong again, and at a loss you bought all bull stocks. Have you hired a professional investment team?"

"Uh, this...Of course it's because the global situation is better now."

Alice's eyes rolled quizzically, and suddenly, she happened to see a young man with thick hair, but who was bound to die in the future: "Oh, isn't that Jeff!?"

After changing the subject, she immediately beckoned to the employee of the company, Jeff Bezos.

Seeing that he was discovered by the boss of the company, Bezos was obviously taken aback, and the coffee cup in his hand was spilled.

"Oh, **** it! Oh, of course boss, I'm not talking about you, Brad, can you give me a piece of paper?"

Alice said suspiciously, "What are you nervous about? No, hello, Brad, it's past nine, right?"

The guy at the front desk replied: "Yes, Miss Alice."

This is what Alice asks employees to do. Although not very grammatical, "Miss Alice" really sounds much better than "Miss Wang".

"Aha~"

After getting the answer she wanted, Alice smirked slyly and squinted her eyes to Bezos: "Leon, see what little animal we have caught. What about Bezos who didn't stick to his post during work hours? ~"

Boss just chuckled, and Bezos hurriedly put the paper cup on the front desk, wiped his hands in a panic, and hurriedly explained: "I was busy until 12 o'clock last night before going home, and when I lay in bed, it was 1 am. Yes. Alice, you arranged the flexible work schedule. Don't look at me like that."

Since it is a good employee who works hard until the early hours of the night, Alice will of course stop joking. She patted Bezos on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, I remember you were in the switch's R&D team last year, right. So now What?"

"He just took over the firewall."

Bosak took the call. As the head of the technology department, knowing that Alice rarely involved in the company’s micro-operations, he immediately explained: “Jeff performed very well when he was developing the switch, and your new project was very rewarding. It was very urgent, so I dragged him to the new project team as soon as possible, and also served as the team leader."

"Yes, very good."

Alice nodded, and then patted Bezos on the shoulder: "Excellent employees need rewards, so, Jeff, at noon today, let’s have lunch together. Let’s talk about the changes in your hair style. ."

"Hair, hairstyle change?"

Not only Bezos, but Boss was puzzled on the sidelines. Alice tilted her head slightly, staring at Bezos's head, and smiled: "No one has told you, is a bald head more suitable for you?" "

Immediately, leaving Bezos standing on the spot, Alice strode forward and came to the elevator first, but it was not until the elevator door opened that Bosak finally rushed over.

Sitting in the office, when it was time to work, a copy of the information was immediately sent by Bosak. Alice sat on the reception sofa, not in a hurry to browse the files, but first scanned the office of the chairman, which was rarely used.

From the perspective of big data, Silicon Valley people are mainly composed of idealists. Many people drive to work in ordinary broken trucks, but the business they operate is having an impact on the world. And because of the low cost of establishing Silicon Valley companies, "garage companies" are emerging one after another, so for most people in Silicon Valley, their office environment can really be described in one word.

Dirty, messy, and poor.

However, the arrival of Alice has brought a clear stream to the industry. Looking at this Cisco building, the height of five or six floors accommodates hundreds of employees. Although it has been complaining a long time ago that there is no space for recruiting new people, it is only because Alice uses more space to create a good working atmosphere. .

Therefore, the chairman's office where she is currently staying, of course, will not be an uninteresting space like most Silicon Valley tech houses.

The entire wall is opened into glass windows, allowing warm sunlight to spill into the house. Since this is the top floor of the whole building and it faces a vast lake, it can naturally guarantee security.

Furthermore, Alice's solid wood desk is also specially customized by the merchant, and the length is just across the entire office. Of course, she still left a space for herself to walk in, but the space was so narrow that apart from her slim figure, she was afraid that no adult man could get in at all.

On a wide and long desk, a computer and family’s photo frame are indispensable, but the most eye-catching is a multifunctional water dispenser worth two thousand dollars.

Japanese products are trustworthy, and the innovative direct drinking water disinfection system caused a sensation when it was introduced to the US market. So, it's no wonder that it is there, and the coffee machine with the same value of two thousand dollars next to it has no sense of existence. Who calls it a domestic product?

But compared to the purple clay tea pot tea suit on the side, when visitors walked into Alice's office for the first time, the first thing that caught their attention was the whole row of bookcases.

Obviously, no matter how high-end bookcases are, if there is nothing in them, they won't attract the slightest attention of others.

The densely packed celebrity works are lined up five floors above and below, enough to easily bluff all uneducated people and make all intellectuals ecstatic. Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations", Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", Freud's "Analysis of Dreams", Stavrianos' "Global History", many people are familiar with the classics but may not necessarily have seen the real classics. The masterpieces are all presented here in well-packaged tomes, and any one is enough for people to study carefully!

But at this time, of course Alice would not be sitting in the small world behind her desk.

After all, the black leather single-person computer chair is perfectly ergonomic. It is a testament to the erosion of the personal space of the CEO of a famous American company by a Japanese company, and she has earned more than eight thousand dollars from her pocket. Good boy, you can't let Japanese make money casually, so you must sit less!

Well, before browsing these files, look for a drink from the water dispenser.

"Bank deposit...Let's do it, Leon."

Looking at the ledger, Alice touched her eyebrows and said: "By the time I go back to the UK to go to school, I will definitely get the company's new address, but it will take some time to build the building. In this way, you first find an office building nearby and rent it. Five or six floors are used to expand staff. Although San Jose rents are getting more and more expensive, five or six months is more than enough."

"This expansion will allow the company's total number of employees to stabilize at 1,000. Moreover, how can we say that it is a company with a monthly profit of 30 million. If it continues to develop at this rate, it is estimated that it will not take two years, but it should be 2,000. There are people, so this time we must choose a piece of land to build a new building."

For the expansion of the company, UU Reading www.uukanshu. Com Bosak was of course very happy. He looked at his watch and said, "No problem. In addition, Sandy’s plane should also arrive in San Jose. It just so happens that the three of us are here, Alice, would you like to talk about the listing? problem?"

The company’s listing is something everyone in every company dreams of. Today, Cisco has maintained its leading position in the new industry from the beginning, and its annual profit can reach more than US$200 million. No one will be surprised by the word listing.

"It's time to go public."

Alice patted her head: "It's... February 1987, right Leon."

Boss didn’t know what was thinking in Alice’s mind, but just nodded and smiled: "Don’t you want to say, this is a historic moment, right?"

"That's not true. I'm just counting the days. The entire ipo project is down, and the end of the year... is almost the same. At the earliest, it will be listed in November at the end of the year."

As she said, she looked at her watch and said: "Sandy's business trip, her plane should be... well, it seems that this topic will be discussed later in the afternoon, I still have a meal at noon~" (to be continued.)