Chapter 236 Arousing social attention
Xinghai Group enjoys a high reputation and popularity among students, provides extremely high salaries and benefits, helps solve housing problems, and attracts a large number of graduates to submit their resumes.
What Fang Bai said during his speech, "I don't like money, money is just a number to me" was quickly spread by students on campus and became a hot topic on campus and a mantra for many students.
Of course, there is also some irony.
The so-called not interested in money means that after wealth reaches a certain peak, money is just a number to him. It is no longer the dream he pursues, but has a higher level.
Rich people often say that they don’t take money seriously because they don’t lack it.
However, most people run around all day just to be hungry, and when they are full, they think about clothes.
Fang Bai's sentence "I'm not interested in money" is indeed heartbreaking, followed by his ridicule "I am interested in spending money", which may be true for a person of his stature. After all, his capital is tens of billions, but for most people I save less than 100 yuan a month.
In addition, the salary packages and benefits provided by Xinghai Group have also attracted widespread attention in society. These measures have not only attracted the attention of a large number of graduates, but also triggered thinking about the company's attitude towards employees and the distribution of social wealth.
Fang Bai's remarks and Xinghai Group's actions were reported by many print and television media, and became hot topics in society, attracting more people's attention and discussion.
The salary of many employees who have worked for many years is not as good as the starting salary given to college students by Xinghai Group, or even less than half.
In addition, the Xinghai Group's settlement allowance for graduates is several thousand yuan, which is almost ten thousand yuan, making many people envious and jealous.
Some business leaders believe that Xinghai Group should not pay graduates such high salaries. This is damaging the recruitment market!
When company employees know about Xinghai Group's salary and benefits, it will reduce their happiness and be detrimental to company production.
HR manager Lai Xia reported to Fang Bai newspaper on the impact of Xinghai Group's campus recruitment, saying that too many companies didn't like what they did and had been criticized.
Fang Bai took a newspaper from Lai Xia. There was a column in which many social experts commented on some of the negative social consequences caused by Xinghai Group's high salary.
He looked at it for a moment and couldn't help but sneered: "It's funny, it's their business if they can't afford it. You don't need to care what these bullshit experts say. No matter how well we do, there will be people who criticize us. You have to get used to this."
"Ok, I see."
Lai Xia looked at the chairman's response, smiled and nodded before leaving the chairman's office.
She was a little angry. What kind of experts were these? They were involved in their company.
If this were not the case, companies would not receive many resumes at all.
During this period, Xinghai Group continued to recruit graduates from various universities in Shanghai and received a large number of resumes. The competition was very fierce.
After two rounds of interviews, Xinghai Group finally decided to recruit more than 300 graduates from Jiaotong University, with a recruitment ratio of four to one, while the recruitment ratios of other universities in Shanghai were even lower.
In addition to recruiting at universities in Shanghai, they are also recruiting at Jiangsu and Zhejiang universities, but they are not recruiting at the two top universities in the imperial capital.
Time flies by and late October arrives as scheduled.
With the arrival of autumn, the temperature in Shanghai has begun to gradually drop, and the maple trees in front of the Xinghai Group Headquarters Office Building have gradually begun to change into their autumnal attire.
The originally green layers of maple leaves gradually turned yellow and red in the cool autumn wind.
The sun shines through the sparse clouds and shines on the maple leaves, dyeing them golden yellow and breathtakingly beautiful. Occasionally, a few maple leaves fall gently in the wind, like autumn elves dancing in the air.
In front of the windows of the office building, employees of Xinghai Group occasionally looked out of the windows and admired the beautiful autumn scenery.
In the past two days, the company spent more than 300 million yuan to buy 200 acres of residential land near the group, specifically for the construction of employee housing. After the employees found out, the entire company became excited and full of expectations for the future.
The chairman is true to his word and does what he says.
At present, it has not been announced when construction of the employee residential building will begin, but it is said that it will not start until the end of next year at the earliest.
The employees all understand that after all, it costs a lot of money to buy the land. Even after the construction is completed, most employees still have no money to purchase it, but at least there is hope.
So, they just want to work hard and make money.
As Fang Bai walked in the workshop, he could feel that the employees' attitude toward him was a little different from usual. His favorability increased significantly, and he felt sincere admiration. At the same time, he felt a stronger sense of belonging to the company.
In the past, employees were indeed respectful to him, but they were more afraid of him. They felt that the company was just Fang Bai's company, and they had a poor sense of belonging.
Now, they plan to buy the Xinghai Group's employee housing, and they definitely plan to work in the Xinghai Group for the rest of their lives.
The mentality of most employees has changed.
At the end of October,
Fang Bai communicated again with the Shencheng government and purchased 100 acres of commercial land each in YP District and CN District for the construction of Xinghai Plaza.
At the same time, two hundred acres of residential land will be purchased around Xinghai Square.
There is only so much land that can be bought, and if you want to buy more, you have to wait until next year.
Land in YP and CN districts is relatively cheap. Six hundred acres of land costs 800 million.
Today, Xinghai Group owns a total of 790 acres of commercial land, 1,000 acres of residential land (including 200 acres of employee residential land), and 2,000 acres of industrial land in Shanghai.
The total acquisition cost is close to 4 billion yuan. If put twenty years later, the value of these lands will be more than 100 billion yuan.
Xinghai Group's main business is industry, but Fang Bai will not let go of hoarding land to accumulate wealth.
As of October 31, Fang Bai's personal wealth has reached 6.5 billion yuan, and he has sold a total of 1.4 million VCD machines.
It is estimated that in less than three months, his personal wealth will exceed 10 billion yuan, and his middle finger has been upgraded again.
This time the upgrade will be level 7.
For Fang Bai, every upgrade of the middle finger means a qualitative leap. This gave him a huge competitive advantage and allowed him to achieve great success in the technology field.
A level 6 middle finger brings his analytical skills to the level of a world-class expert.
What about level 7?
After get off work in the afternoon, Fang Bai left the company and lived in a single-family villa near Yuyuan Garden.
The villa has a total of three floors and a basement with a construction area of more than 700 square meters. It was built more than ten years ago and the decoration is quite new. It only needs simple cleaning before it can be lived in.
Today happens to be the weekend, and Qin Shuyu went to the new villa to spend time with Fang Bai.
Fang Bai hired two private chefs, mainly responsible for breakfast and dinner.
When he was at the company, Fang Bai had Chinese food with his employees.
In addition to the chef, Fang Bai also hired an aunt to be responsible for the cleaning of the villa.
The chef and aunt in charge of making breakfast live in the servant's bedroom on the first floor, while Fang Bai lives on the second floor.
Servants' bedrooms are generally arranged on the first floor or basement of the villa and will not live on the same floor as the owner, but the elderly may live on the first floor.
The basement of a single-family villa generally has a patio for ventilation, so living is not a problem. If it is a terraced villa, maybe the basement is the first floor.
There were also several bodyguards who rented a house nearby. At night, two bodyguards went to Fang Bai's villa for night duty.
At ten o'clock at night,
Outside the window, the moon quietly climbed up the branches, casting a soft silver glow.
Fang Bai put down his book and looked at the carved and perfect beauty on the bed, and he was suddenly aroused.
She was wearing slightly see-through pajamas, like a lotus flower emerging from the water, elegant and bright, with little drops of rain and dew on the petals, making Fang Bai instantly intoxicated but unable to bear to destroy or pick them.
Qin Shuyu noticed Fang Bai's gaze, and her face and earlobes gradually turned red with embarrassment, but her eyes were still clear.
"Hey, why are you looking at me like this?"
Fang Bai didn't answer, just smiled slyly, walked to the window and pulled down the curtains.
After a while, the bed curtain fell silently and the bed light went out.
I don’t know how long it took, but the rain stopped outside the window and the thunder stopped.
A few hours later,
The morning sunlight shined through the gaps in the curtains and onto the faces of Fang Bai and Qin Shuyu. The two slowly opened their eyes, feeling the warm rays and the gentle breath of each other.
Qin Shuyu suddenly realized her situation, and a shy blush appeared on her face. She gently pulled the quilt and pushed Xang Bai shyly, signaling him to get up first.
It wasn't until Fang Bai walked into the bathroom with a smile that she slowly opened the quilt and looked for her clothes. She couldn't help complaining about Fang Bai for throwing things around, but at the same time she felt a little sweet.
After arranging her clothes, she walked gently to the window, opened the curtains, and the morning sunlight shone on her face. She took a deep breath and felt the fresh morning air.
In front of the window are several old trees with lush branches and leaves. Not far away is an artificial lake. In the early morning, the lake surface is glowing with light waves, which contrasts with the surrounding green trees.
The villa next door is also far away from this villa and has good privacy.
This morning, she will accompany Fang Bai to the Xinghai Square construction site for inspection.
After washing up, I went downstairs and walked into the dining room. The table was already covered with a sumptuous breakfast, including boiled eggs, porridge, fried dough sticks, steaming bread, a glass of fragrant milk, and some exquisite breakfast side dishes.
Fang Bai started to move his chopsticks after watching her sit down.
The two enjoyed the delicious breakfast quietly, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.
Qin Shuyu took a bite of the bread and praised: "Did you buy this bread outside? It's so delicious."
The aunt standing nearby heard Qin Shuyu's question and replied with a smile: "Madam, this is made by the chef himself. It is indeed delicious."
When Qin Shuyu came here for the second time, she was a little uncomfortable being called "Madam" by her aunt. It felt a bit like an ancient landowner's house.
"Aunt Wang, you have worked hard, sit down and eat together."
"Thank you, madam. We have already had our meal."
Under normal circumstances, servants will not dine with their masters, even if the master actively invites them. Aunt Wang, who has been a servant for several years, knows this very well.
The difference from before is that the husband and wife of this company are easy to talk to and the salary they pay is sufficient.
After breakfast, Fang Bai read newspapers and news for a while. When it was almost nine o'clock, he and Qin Shuyu left the villa. Two cars had parked at the door of the villa, and bodyguards were standing beside the cars waiting.
Ten minutes later, we arrived at the Xinghai Plaza construction site in XH District.
The construction progress is not fast, and foundation work is currently underway. The second phase of Xinghai Plaza in Wencheng will be put into use, and he is even more looking forward to it.
After only watching for about ten minutes, Fang Bai left and took Qin Shuyu to the city center for a stroll.
Now Fang Bai is a famous person in Shanghai, apparently the richest man. Under normal circumstances, he will not go shopping in the market. The main reason is that many citizens recognize him and they have to consider their own personal safety.
The business done by Xinghai Group does not conflict with local snakes in Shanghai, and Fang Bai does not enter messy places. Xinghai Group has many veterans, not to mention that Fang Bai is followed by seven or eight bodyguards. The local government is concerned. Generally, local snakes do not dare to mess with Fang. Cypress.
The next day, Fang Bai went to the company as usual and invested in the research and development of diesel engines.
There is already a foundation for small and medium-sized diesel engines, which can be developed by the technical department.
He now wants to develop 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder diesel engines for use in trucks.
Generally speaking, agricultural tractors use single-cylinder diesel engines, light trucks use 4-cylinder engines, and heavy trucks use 6-cylinder engines.
Under the same power, the more cylinders, the smaller the noise and vibration.
With the same number of cylinders, the greater the power, the greater the noise and vibration. This is why heavy trucks do not use 4 cylinders.
If a 4-cylinder, high-power diesel engine is used, the noise will be earth-shattering and the pollution will be huge.
The greater the number of diesel engine cylinders, the greater the technical difficulty. There are many factors to consider, which is a challenging task for Xinghai Group.
For Fang Bai, it was relatively difficult for him to redesign a 4-cylinder diesel engine.
In the final analysis, it is still better to purchase imported diesel engines such as Cummins and dismantle them. Through research, analysis and learning from the advantages of existing technology, some unnecessary difficulties and challenges can be avoided in the design process.
At the same time, for some necessary patented technologies, if it cannot be circumvented, purchasing the right to use them is a reasonable choice, so as to avoid the risk of intellectual property infringement.
Fang Bai's golden finger is not omnipotent. It can only analyze errors and omissions on the original design. In addition to correcting errors and omissions, it cannot further optimize.
If it is not an error or omission, Golden Finger cannot analyze it.
Time flies by and it’s December soon.
In November, VCD machine shipments declined, from 500,000 units in October to 400,000 units, with cumulative shipments reaching 1.8 million units.
Fang Bai knows that this is a normal phenomenon. There are only so many wealthy families. The market price of 3,500 yuan is not low, and some terminal vendors increase their prices.
He held a high-level meeting and decided to sell for another two months, increase sales rebates, and give away electrical appliances and more CDs.
In terms of computer sales, only more than 400 units were sold, while the factory output was more than 1,000 units.
Fangbai has no plans to expand production capacity and will just maintain the current production capacity.
On November 20, some thought also announced the successful development of the 586 computer, but it did not attract much attention. (End of chapter)