Chapter 41 Let’s cooperate

Chapter 41 Let’s cooperate

Chapter 41 Let’s cooperate

It was not until the girls finished their rehearsal that Zhao Jingsheng first saw An Rusong standing at the door. He waved seductively and said, "Rusong, when did you get here?"

"It's been a while, Brother Jingsheng," An Rushong walked into the dance studio, bowed to him from a distance and said.

"Oh," Zhao Jingsheng's forehead was sweating. He walked to the clothes rack on the side, took a towel, wiped the sweat off his face, and said complacently, "So did you watch Huixiu and the others practice? How did you feel about it?"

"Clap!"

An Rusong clapped his hands in admiration and said, "Great! It feels not only lively, but also powerful."

"Haha, you have good taste!" Zhao Jingsheng's face was even more proud, but he did not forget that this song was provided by An Rushong's "friend", so he praised again, "Of course, your friend's song is also very good, um~~~ what is your friend's name?"

"Wen Taizhen," An Rushong glanced at Zhao Chenghao, and seeing that this guy was winking at him, he said with a clear conscience.

"Yes, yes, Wen Taizhen," Zhao Jingsheng nodded and said, "Very good, tell him that I want this song."

He turned his head to look at Zhao Chenghao and said, "Chenghao, I'll leave the payment to you. We'll offer a high price, but anything under 20 million won is fine."

2000 million won per song, considering that "Wen Taizhen" is still a newcomer, this price is not low.

"Okay, brother, just leave this matter to me," Zhao Chenghao agreed and turned to walk towards the door.

"Rusong, quickly negotiate the purchase of the song with your friend," Zhao Jingsheng urged An Rusong, "Don't delay, or someone else will buy it first, understand?"

"Don't worry, Brother Jingsheng, I know what to do," An Rushong said hurriedly.

Zhao Jingsheng then stopped paying attention to him and turned to the girls and said, "Okay, okay, continue rehearsing."

Zhao Chenghao obviously didn't want to stay here. He put his arm around An Rusong's shoulders and walked out of the dance studio. He walked quickly to the stairs and looked back. Seeing that the door of the dance studio had been closed, he clenched his fist and hit An Rusong in the chest, saying, "You really surprised me."

An Rusong smiled calmly and replied: "I told you, you have to have faith in me."

"I have confidence, I have confidence, of course I have confidence," Zhao Chenghao pulled him downstairs. When they reached the second floor, he changed the subject and said, "You don't need me to tell you. I have more and more confidence in you now."

After a pause, he said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to start a company called T, and that it would definitely make money?"

"It's an IT company," An Rushong said for him.

"Yes, an IT company," Zhao Chenghao nodded. "I've thought about it. Let's do as you say. Tell me how much money we need to invest."

"Are you sure you want to join in?" An Rushong slowed down, turned his head and asked him.

"Of course," Zhao Chenghao pushed him forward, but continued, "I am very sure now."

"Okay, let's do some calculations first," An Rushong nodded and followed him into the office on the second floor.

At the desk in the office, An Rusong took a pen and pulled out a stack of note paper. Then, he first wrote the word "manpower" on the note paper.

"You need to arrange someone to handle the company's formalities. My advice to you is to find a more reliable lawyer or law firm to handle it," he said, tapping the notepad with the tip of his pen.

"It's best not to go to Uncle Taian," he emphasized, "You know why, unless you want to hand this business over to Liu Taihe as well."

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool," Zhao Chenghao muttered, and pointed at the note pad, motioning him to continue.

"When starting a company, you have to solve the problem of manpower first," An Rusong continued, "and for an IT company like ours, the most important manpower is programmers. I already have a project I want to do, so based on this, my idea is that the company should first recruit six experienced programmers."

"Programmer? Is the salary high?" Zhao Chenghao asked.

"If you want to find a good one, you have to pay a high salary," An Rusong nodded. "If you hire someone domestically, not counting benefits like health insurance, pensions, and paid annual leave, the monthly salary alone would be more than 600 million won per person." "So expensive?" Zhao Chenghao took a breath and said, "7000 million won a year just for salary?"

An Rusong nodded first, then said: "So, I suggest you find an agent, get six E-7 visas, and go to Russia to recruit people. The salary there is low. The monthly salary of programmers of the same level or even better will not exceed 300 million won.

"Russians? Can they do it?" Zhao Chenghao asked suspiciously.

An Rusong was too lazy to answer his question, and just continued: "If we raise the salary to 400 million won per month and sign a 3-year contract at one time, we can even recruit very useful experts. Most importantly, by hiring Russians, we can save most of the welfare expenses."

In 2007, although Russia's economy recovered to a certain extent, it was still very weak overall. The per capita annual national income was only more than 500 US dollars, which is indeed incomparable with South Korea.

But in the field of computer technology, especially software development, Russia is world-class, and has a large number of talents in related fields. As for South Korea, although it is also good, the overall level is far behind.

The most important thing is that the salary gap between similar and same-level IT technicians in the two countries is too huge. From the perspective of cost-effectiveness, even if visas are processed for Russian employees and food and accommodation are arranged for them, the overall expenditure will be more than half less than directly hiring Koreans.

An Rushong is not a stingy person, but since he is doing business, saving costs and increasing profits are issues that a boss must consider.

Of course, in addition to saving costs, An Rushong also had another consideration when hiring Russian programmers, which was the issue of communication.

The possibility that a Russian programmer knows Korean is very small, but the possibility that he knows English is as high as 99%.

Zhao Chenghao didn't know English, let alone Russian, and neither did his subordinates. But for An Rusong, who could speak fluent English, he should be able to communicate smoothly with these Russian programmers. In this way, he could ensure that he had an absolute dominant position in the company's technical manpower control.

The reason why An Rushong laid this secret line in the company in advance was not because he did not trust Zhao Chenghao, but because he did not trust anyone.

After writing down the key points regarding human resources, An Rushong tore off a piece of note paper and handed it to Zhao Chenghao. Then, he wrote the word "equipment" on a new piece of note paper.

According to his requirements, the first batch of equipment purchased by the company should be divided into three categories, namely 12 desktop computers, 12 laptops, and two sets of department-level servers.

In order to avoid any problems, An Rushong specifically wrote out the basic configurations for three types of equipment. For example, the server should use DELL PowerEdge 2950, ​​the notebook should use ThinkPad T60p, and so on.

“If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools,” this will never change.

An Rusong had the technology in his hands, so why didn't the company do it itself, but had to involve Zhao Chenghao? The fundamental reason was that the initial investment for this thing was too large, and he simply couldn't afford it.

Even if they brought Zhao Chenghao on board, the two of them would not be able to hold on for long even if they exhausted all their family wealth. The only option was to seek financing after the company's instant messaging tool captured a certain market share and had a certain number of users.

It is not easy to set up an IT company. The issues involved are so complicated that An Rushong cannot work out a complete plan based on his imagination alone. He can only arrange whatever he can think of now. As for the problems that will be encountered in the future, he can only solve them one by one after encountering them.

I don't know if Zhao Chenghao was really serious about starting a company. During the whole process, he listened very carefully. Every time An Rushong filled a note, he reached out to take it and carefully put it together.

"Brother Chenghao, there is one thing I must remind you of," when An Rushong put down the pen in his hand, the light in the office had dimmed. He rubbed his sore and swollen temples, glanced at Zhao Chenghao who was sitting at the corner of the table, and said.

"What?" Zhao Chenghao raised his head and asked curiously.

"In the Internet industry, there is a term that is very familiar to people in the industry, called 'burning money'," said An Rusong. "There is a reality in this, that is, after an application is put into the market, the main goal in the early stage is to attract as many users as possible, rather than to achieve profitability quickly."

"I understand," Zhao Chenghao interrupted, "It's just like those paid games. They always have a free public beta at the beginning, and then they start charging for it when we get addicted to it."

"Haha, that's basically what I mean," An Rusong didn't explain it to him in detail, but just nodded and said, "Also, during the period of attracting users, the company not only did not make a profit, but also needed to continue to increase investment. This period is 'burning money'. If we can't hold on, we will go bankrupt."

"Then, do you have confidence?" Zhao Chenghao asked back.

"I am confident," An Rusong said frankly, "at least, I am confident that I can get sufficient financing when needed."

"If you have confidence, I have confidence." Zhao Chenghao hesitated for a moment and finally said.

(End of this chapter)