Chapter 727 It Makes Sense

"Let me tell you a story first." Fan Wubing said with a slight smile.

"Of course that's good." Everyone was still looking forward to Fan Wubing's story. After all, I have never heard Fan Wubing tell stories to employees before, and even the company's top executives have never had this honor.

The first thing the vice president and HR manager thought of was the main reason why Fan Wubing was so cheerful this time. Or was it because the beautiful and lovely Miss Ziqi was with him?

Fan Wubing thought for a moment and then told a story he had seen.

There was an old man walking on a country road with his pet dog, looking at the scenery along the road. Suddenly the old man realized that he had passed away. He didn't know where the road was going and just walked forward in confusion.

After walking for a while, I saw a tall marble wall in front of me. In the middle of the wall was a colorful arch decorated with various jewelry. The road in front of the door was paved with gold bricks.

The old man was so excited that he thought he had finally arrived in heaven. He walked up to the door with his dog and met the caretaker.

"Is this paradise?" the old man asked.

"Yes sir," the porter replied.

"That's great. There must be water in there, right? We've traveled a long way."

"Of course, come in. I'll give you water right away." The gatekeeper slowly opened the door.

"Can my friend come in with me?" the old man asked, pointing to the dog.

"Sorry. We don't allow pets here."

The old man was silent for a while, thinking that the dog had been loyal to him for many years and he could not abandon it like this. He thanked the caretaker and left "Paradise" and continued on with the dog.

After a long journey, the old man saw a broken wooden door on the side of the road. There was a bumpy dirt road leading to the wooden door.

The old man took his dog over and saw a man reading under a tree.

"Excuse me," the old man said to the reader, "Do you have any water here? We are very thirsty."

"Of course there is a tap over there so you can drink to your heart's content." The reader pointed to the door and said.

"Can my friend come in?" the old man asked, pointing to his dog.

"welcome.

"said the reader.

The old man entered the gate with his dog. There was a bowl next to the old-fashioned faucet. The old man first filled a bowl with water so that the dog could drink it to his heart's content, then he filled it up again and drank enough for himself. Satisfied, they left the faucet and returned to the reader.

"What is this place?" the old man asked.

"This is heaven." The reader replied.

"Well this is weird. This doesn't look like anything at all and we just passed through heaven."

"Are you talking about the place with golden floors and beautiful arches?"

"It's very beautiful out there."

"I tell you what, it was hell."

"I see. Then why don't you mind them stealing the name of heaven?"

"Of course not. They saved us a lot of time and picked out those who abandoned their conscience and principles for their own interests." The reader replied with a slight smile.

After listening to Fan Wubing's story, everyone seemed to have some enlightenment, but they still didn't grasp some of the essence. So everyone focused their attention on Fan Wubing.

Fan Wubing looked at the three people in the room, raised his cup, asked them to take a sip, and then explained slowly, "What is the most important thing for a company?"

"make money."

"Talent."

"manage."

"market."

"——"

The three people cited many examples. Fan Wubing nodded and said with a smile, "These are all very important, but I think if I could sum it up with a more accurate word, it would be highly loyal talents."

Seeing that everyone was still thinking about it, Fan Wubing explained, "During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was so miserable. Why was he able to occupy Western Shu and become the emperor of three parts of the world? Isn't it because he had a group of people like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang and other loyal subordinates. No matter where he fled, these people would always try their best to follow him and eventually achieve the hegemony of three parts of the world. This principle can also be applied to a large enterprise. We need talents, but talents are mobile. We cannot guarantee that the company's talents will always serve us, so what we need most is loyal employees who have a high sense of belonging to the company. This is our most valuable asset. With these people, we can create it at any time. One business miracle after another has happened. As for those who were tempted and left halfway, we can only say that they chose a different path from us. Their departure is not necessarily a loss for our company and weeds out a group of people who are not determined. The employees have retained a group of loyal talents, which is equivalent to optimizing the selection. Don’t you think this is a good thing?”

After hearing what Fan Wubing said, the vice president and the HR manager couldn't help but admire Fan Wubing. It was obviously a very annoying thing, but when Fan Wubing said this, it became the company's natural choice of survival of the fittest. Mr. Fan's way of thinking is indeed very different from ordinary people.

It is because of such a magnanimous idea that Fan's Investment Group was able to achieve what it is today. The two people looked at Fan Wubing with a lot of admiration in their eyes.

However, Zi Qi felt that the example given by Fan Wubing still had some flaws, so she asked, "It's fine if they choose a wrong development path, but if they get better development, doesn't it mean that you Is the example given wrong?"

Fan Wubing smiled after hearing what Ziqi said and said, "Well, that's right. Being a host requires the ability to ask new questions at any time. If they perform better, I certainly won't be jealous. After all, they are all people who have walked out of our Fan Investment Group. Their success also shows that the experience they have gained in our company is useful. But you should notice that the new company they invested in is an unknown Internet company."

"Since it can obtain 20 million US dollars in financing, it means that this Internet company may not be mediocre, right?" Ziqi naturally refused to let go of this question, "Or maybe one day this will be another Yahoo or Amazon website? By then, these people will be called billionaires, and the salaries they are getting now are also very considerable."

The vice president and the human resources manager were a little worried about Ziqi's counterattack. Mr. Fan is just giving an example. Miss Ziqi, why do you have to be so fussy? There is no way that there can be a completely suitable example to illustrate what the environment we are in now is like? It's almost enough! Will Mr. Fan like you more if you make things difficult for him?

In the eyes of the executives of the entire Fan Investment Group, there is really no girl who can match Fan Wubing. Even Mr. Fan’s childhood fiancée, Miss Shen Ying, who is known as a child prodigy, cannot be compared with Mr. Fan. Therefore, seeing Ziqi ruthlessly confronting Fan Wubing, the two of them felt uncomfortable.

"It is precisely because they chose to invest in the Internet industry that I assert that they have embarked on a very bleak development path." Fan Wubing said seriously, "Don’t look at the current hot Internet industry, but the bubble is too big and it will collapse sooner or later. These people chose an industry that will have problems sooner or later. What good results do you think they can get? At most, they can survive until the end of next year. The Internet industry’s big layoffs are coming."

In 1993, Yang Zhiyuan, who was studying for a doctorate at Stanford University, founded Yahoo Search. By 1998, the total revenue reached 200 million US dollars and the total profit was 25 million US dollars. After entering 1999, the stock market value was close to 38 billion US dollars, surpassing Boeing.

In 1999, Bezos, who was 31 years old, decided to sell products on the Internet and the Amazon website was born. By 1999, Amazon.com had become the world's third largest book seller with 4.5 million long-term customers. So far, its revenue has reached 356 million US dollars. From its public listing in 1997 to the end of 1998, its stock price soared 23 times.

Netscape, a company that had not made a penny in less than two years from its establishment to its listing, stood opposite the giant Microsoft! Some people even defined it as follows after comparing Yahoo and Boeing: three years of Internet economy is equal to seventy years of industrial economy!

The Internet has made people's dreams come true. The myth of getting rich overnight created by the Internet has attracted thousands of followers, and the increasing number of Internet users seems to have determined that its subsequent development space will always be unlimited.

Therefore, this bubble demonstration effect quickly spread to China. Sohu, which only made a profit of 400,000 US dollars, was snatched by various media. So far, few Internet companies have come forward to claim that they have made profits by investing in the Internet.

However, with the collapse of the Nasdaq stock market represented by technology stocks in the year 2000 and the bursting of the Internet bubble, the global Internet industry has entered a severe winter. The domino effect has led to the overall decline of the IT industry and the market has been sluggish.

According to ebmergers statistics, since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, at least 5,000 Internet companies have been acquired or closed in the world in one year.

The subsequent layoffs spread like a plague in American high-tech companies. Moreover, the layoffs soon radiated from the bottom of the high-tech food chain to the top. This is the result of the overheated stock market and the blind pursuit of development by high-tech companies in recent years.

Fan Wubing felt sorry for his employees who left. After a year, they will experience the hardships of society. At that time, not only the Internet industry will face large layoffs, but talents in the whole society will also start to worry about finding jobs.

"Generally speaking, people will become more mature only after experiencing many setbacks." Fan Wubing finally said to the HR manager, "But if they are desperate at that time, I hope you can take the initiative to contact them and give them a chance. I believe they will learn a lot after such things."

The HR manager nodded and agreed, but he felt a little skeptical in his heart, but he just listened to the boss's words.