In the past two years, domestic and foreign giants have been investing huge sums of budgets in the area of magoin mining.
Among foreign companies, Apple, Tesla, and Amazon are the most aggressive.
Apple's investment here is even more aggressive than Tesla's.
As for Facebook, it doesn't have the money to open up new battlefields.
Facebook's stock price fell steadily before and after it changed its name to Meta. Don't rush to call the bottom of a stock that has entered a downward trend.
Meanwhile, Facebook has been steadily losing ground in the VR market to Kechuang Future, surrendering the mid-to-high-end market.
Facebook has experienced its own Davis Double Play, and no longer has the resources to compete with other giants in the next era of technological revolution.
For them, all they can do is hope that the world changes slowly, giving Facebook a chance to catch up.
As for American financial giants like Goldman Sachs, FX, and Sequoia Capital, they won't get involved themselves; they'll choose to hedge their bets with both the government and corporations.
"Luo, congratulations. This is a new contract. Apple is willing to sign an indefinite contract with you."
"And this contract stipulates that unless there are any major unforeseen circumstances, Apple has no right to fire you at will."
In China, labor contracts are generally for a term of three years, although there are also indefinite-term contracts.
However, there are significant differences between open-ended contracts in America and those in China.
In China, indefinite-term contracts stipulate that employers cannot easily dismiss employees.
Many labor contracts in America are open-ended, but they are subject to the free dismissal policy.
Therefore, its stability is far inferior to that of China's indefinite-term contracts.
Luo Shu's pupils dilated slightly upon seeing this. She had been working for two years after graduating with a PhD from America and transferring to a Master's program.
It has been a month since Apple’s magoin team made new astronomical observations.
When HR suddenly approached him to discuss renegotiating the contract, Luo Shu quickly realized what was going on.
It's important to understand that contracts with strong binding constraints and no fixed term are extremely rare, especially for giants like Apple.
This means that even if you slack off every day, Apple still has to support you.
Although salaries can be reduced, the minimum wage in Apple's compensation system is still significantly higher than the average wage in America.
On the surface, it's a real windfall, though it didn't fall from the sky; it was earned through Luo Shu's hard work.
"It seems that Apple has made great progress in finding magoin, or at least made significant progress in finding it."
"No, we definitely dug it up. We didn't get this kind of treatment when we made a discovery before but failed in the end."
When Apple repeatedly failed to achieve its goals, the team leader often complained to them.
After the discovery of the planet with a blue-star-like spectrum, the team leader initially only praised them.
During the period that followed, the person in charge became unusually taciturn.
Luo Shu now understands why; it's probably because they signed a very high-level confidentiality agreement.
"Apple has definitely found a magoin."
Luo Shu suddenly realized, "Why haven't I heard a single word about this?"
"Instead, you have to guess."
Luo Shu always felt that although he worked for Apple, he could also say that he was a person engaged in magic-related work.
But being just a cog in the machine, and a disrespected tool, made Luo Shu feel somewhat awkward.
Normally, he could mask his emotions with the material satisfaction brought by Apple's high salary, but the shock of Apple poaching magoin brought these emotions back to his subconscious.
I clearly made some contributions to this project, but I don't even have the right to know about it.
If it weren't for the requirement to sign a permanent employment agreement, I wouldn't have been able to detect even the slightest clue.
Luo Shu felt deeply that she was an outsider to the magoin project, a mere tool.
Luo Shu realized that this permanent employment contract was more of a constraint; Apple could not fire him at will, and he could not leave Apple at will.
He looked it over and sure enough, it was a ten-year non-compete agreement.
After signing this agreement, if he wants to pursue research in the relevant industry after leaving Apple, he will either have to spend the next ten years or pay a huge fine.
The HR person sitting opposite Luo Shu noticed that Luo Shu didn't sign the agreement without thinking like the others.
"I need to think about it."
Instead, he remained silent at first, then picked up the contract and looked through it. The HR person guessed what was going on.
“Luo, that’s a good thing, and you know the work you do is highly confidential.”
"Although I don't know what you've discovered, if you don't sign this contract, the federal staff who come to talk to you later will make you sign other confidentiality agreements."
The HR person lowered their voice and said, "And you won't be able to return to your country in the short term."
"You can only stay in America and return to China once the secrecy surrounding this matter has lessened."
"In America, if you're looking for a job in this field, you definitely won't get into the American government. As for other companies, Apple's environment is definitely the best."
The HR person and Luo Shu were friends who would chat occasionally, and the HR person also knew the general content of Luo Shu's job.
So he kindly advised him.
After listening, Luo Shu nodded with a hint of gratitude, then secretly observed her surroundings.
Sure enough, there was a white man diagonally behind HR, reading a newspaper while occasionally glancing over here.
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