Chapter 60 Mike's Gift

Chapter 60 Mike's Gift

Chapter 60 Mike's Gift

After entering the office, I first turned on the computer on the desk, then made myself a cup of instant coffee. Then I sat down at the desk, plugged the mobile disk I carried with me every day into the computer, and called out a document file stored in it.

Two days ago, I received a call from Park Sang-hee in Ulsan, saying that the recruitment was already in sight. He found two Russians who had just entered the country by speedboat. Both of them had come from Moscow to the Far East and planned to go to Japan via South Korea.

Both of them have a bachelor's degree in computer technology from Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University. The reason they want to go to Japan is that they heard that computer-related jobs there pay well.

In the past two years, Russians' income has been growing year by year. Earlier this year, the Russian Ministry of Finance released data showing that the annual per capita income has exceeded $9000. However, this number is too exaggerated. The statistics given by the International Monetary Fund are that the annual per capita income is 13527.4 rubles, which is about $554 when converted into US dollars.

Also in the past two years, international Internet technology has developed rapidly, and the concept of a global village has been put forward. Through the Internet, people can quickly obtain information from all over the world. Therefore, those who are better at computer technology naturally have a full understanding of the state of the world.

As a result, Russia's talent in the computer field began to drain away rapidly. Almost all of the top talents were poached by large Western companies. As for those with less ability, they were also looking for various ways to leave Russia and make a living in foreign countries.

The two Russians that Park Sang-hee mentioned came to Korea by "speedboat," which means they came illegally. There is a 90-day visa exemption between Korea and Russia, but the two people still came illegally, which means that the stories behind these two people are more complicated.

However, for An Rusong, these are not important. He only needs to recruit people who can work for him. As for what stories the other party has, he doesn't care. Even if they have killed people, so what? This is South Korea, not Russia. These guys who left their hometowns are like fish out of water. No matter how many thorns they have, they still have to coil up honestly.

Furthermore, according to Park Sang-hee, the conditions offered by the two Russians were a monthly salary of no less than US$2000, free food and accommodation, and that they would also be required to obtain an E-7-1 visa for them to stay in South Korea.

The two Russians guaranteed that if An Rushong could accept this condition, they could also contact a few friends.

A monthly salary of 200 US dollars is about million won per month. This salary is not low, but it is generally in line with An Rusong's expectations. At present, a key issue is how long the two parties can sign the contract.

An Rushong hopes to sign a long-term agreement with the other party, for example, more than three years. After all, this job itself is long-term in nature. He cannot use these programmers for a year and then hire new ones. If so, he will no longer be a company, but a new employee training center.

But after thinking about it carefully, An Rusong was too lazy to make such an agreement. Talent is always mobile. If the company treats people well, they will naturally not choose to leave. Otherwise, even if they sign an agreement, they will still leave.

In the past two days, An Rusong has been working on dividing the code writing work of the entire program into blocks. His plan is to break down the entire instant messaging software into six functional blocks, and then assign these six blocks to different people to work on, while he himself will be responsible for the overall work.

According to An Rushong's idea, he planned to use one and a half months to develop a simplified version of the "NGN" communication software after recruiting people. It would not need to have too many functions, it would only need to be able to realize instant messaging and group functions.

Once this function is realized, he will put the Korean and Japanese versions of the software online, mainly providing download links on the two portals of Yahoo Korea and Yahoo Japan.

During this stage, in order to attract the first batch of users, he will put advertisements on the plug-in version of Dihuo 2.0, and require all plug-in customer service to establish customer groups on the "NGN" software, using plug-in lotteries, discounts, new version experience qualifications and other methods to attract the early users of "NGN".

During the first phase of software promotion, the company will focus on developing subsequent service projects, such as improving the interface and user experience, pictures and emoticons, file transfer, remote control, etc. All these functions must be possessed by "NGN".

An Rushong has great ambitions. An instant messaging software is not the end of his plan. On the contrary, it can only be regarded as a starting point. In his career plan, what is really waiting for him to build is an ecological closed loop based on the Internet.

Of course, it is a bit early to talk about these things now, just as you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

After working in the office for half the morning, just before eleven-thirty, An Rushong felt his neck sore and was about to turn off the computer and go home when his cell phone next to the monitor suddenly rang.

After saving the document he had just prepared, An Rushong took the phone and took a look. After seeing "Mike" marked on the caller ID, he answered the call without hesitation.

"Hey, Ann, hello, this is Mike," Mike on the phone sounded quite enthusiastic. Of course, he had reason to be enthusiastic. After all, the 2 screaming chicken toys he ordered from An Rushong, although not enough to make him much money, were enough to prove that it was a good deal.

"Hello Mike, it's nice to hear from you," An Rusong put the phone between his shoulder and ear, freeing his hands to clean the table, "How are you doing recently?"

"Not bad," Mike said with a smile, "How about you, my friend."

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine." After closing the computer, An Rusong picked up the phone again and said, "Are you still in the United States now?" "No, no, no, that's why I called you," Mike said, "I'm back in Seoul. I just came back this morning. I have a new order for you, so I hope to meet you as soon as possible and have a good talk."

After a pause, he continued, "Also, I brought you a gift, and I hope to hand it to you personally."

"No problem, Mike, how about lunch today?" An Rusong said cheerfully, "I can treat you to lunch. According to our custom, this is called a welcoming party."

As soon as he finished saying this, he realized that he was a bit abrupt. After all, he had just arrived in Seoul, and after traveling for more than ten hours, he needed to rest.

However, what he didn't expect was that the other party agreed very readily and even specified the style of lunch, saying that he wanted to eat authentic Korean food.

After agreeing on a meeting place with the other party, An Rushong put away his hard drive, got up and left the office.

After leaving the company, he drove straight to Apgujeong. The restaurant Mike specified was near Exit 3 of Roode. He didn't know the place and had to look for it. The worst thing was that it was the weekend and the streets were full of people.

An Rushong mixed in the crowd and wandered around until almost half past twelve when he finally found the Korean restaurant that Mike mentioned.

When An Rushong walked into this not-so-big restaurant, Mike had already sat down at a booth in the lobby. When he saw An Rushong coming in from outside, he stood up and waved at him vigorously.

"Sorry, Mike," An Rusong walked over quickly, stretched out his hand to the other party from a distance, and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

"It's okay, Ann," Mike shook his hand and said with a smile, "It's my responsibility. I didn't expect there would be so many people here today. My God, it seems like all the people in Korea have gathered here."

"It will be fine once you get used to it," An Rushong smiled and invited the other party to sit down again.

"This is a gift I brought you, I hope you like it," Mike said as he handed over a very exquisite package box as soon as he sat down.

"Oh, an iPhone?" An Rushong couldn't help laughing when he saw the eye-catching and familiar logo on the box.

"Oh, my Ann, you actually know the iPhone?" Mike was very surprised to hear him blurt out the name of iPhone.

This is not surprising, as the iPhone of this era is completely different from the iPhone of later generations. After all, at the beginning of this year, this first generation of Apple's mobile phone was just launched. Not to mention competing with big brands like Motorola and Nokia, it couldn't even sell globally.

From the launch to now, in six months, less than 600,000 units have been sold. This is the result of the first generation of Apple. Most importantly, the appearance design of the first generation of Apple is really not very good.

In his previous life, An Rushong was not an Apple fan. His requirement for a mobile phone was that it just needed to be usable. He neither pursued fashion nor trends.

However, when he saw this gift, an idea flashed through An Rushong's mind. He remembered that after the first generation of Apple came out, Apple's stock seemed to have skyrocketed for a while.

"The launch of the iPhone is a big deal in the technology industry," An Rusong said with a smile, suppressing the urge in his heart. "There are so many related reports on the Internet. It's hard for me not to pay attention to it."

After saying this, he paused, picked up the phone box that the other party had just handed over, shook it, and said, "Thank you for your gift, I like it very much."

"You're welcome," Mike smiled, "You treated me to lunch after all."

"Ah, speaking of lunch. How rude." An Rusong laughed, patted his forehead and said, "Let's order first."

(End of this chapter)