In the European and American media industry, there has always been an unspoken rule that investments must be transparent. The 20 million investment was indeed enough to attract the attention of Longteng Group.
Mr. Ma thought to himself, regardless of whether Longteng Group came for Dailusi Media or for Penguin Technology's newly developed products, they must be on high alert for this meeting.
"We'll meet force with force and water with earth. Our company didn't collapse even in its most difficult times. Now that we've secured investment and a large company has contacted us, it must be either an opportunity or a crisis," Mr. Ma told everyone.
The busy pace in the Penguin Technology Company office did not stop because of the phone call from Longteng Group.
After securing investment, the tech company went into full operation and began hiring for all positions.
Xia Chunxue, a newly hired HR specialist, was asked by her boss to interview new employees before she even passed her probation period.
Xia Chunxue from the Human Resources Department interviewed people from several departments non-stop, and she was exhausted.
Boss Ma instructed, "No one without work experience!"
“We are a small company to begin with, and now we are offering double the industry average salary in order to find experienced and talented people.”
"Our company has low trial-and-error costs. People who come in just to gain experience and get paid are immediately rejected during the interview stage."
Xia Chunxue quickly nodded, "I understand."
"By the way, the company has a lot of employees lately, and the cubicles are not enough. Contact the workers as soon as possible and have them rearrange the office area to add some cubicles."
Boss Ma continued, "The tea area only has a few kettles, which is really too meager. Have the people from the market purchasing department go to the Guomao Market and buy a few kilograms of tea."
"OK."
"Also," Mr. Ma instructed while patrolling the company's grounds, "have all the new employees change into work uniforms, not casual clothes, so that it looks like a proper company."
"clear."
At this moment, several young people gathered at the company's reception desk: "Hello, we're here to apply for a job."
"Go ahead and get busy," Boss Ma instructed.
After arranging a meeting with QQ Penguin Technology Company, Chen Dong and his entourage personally visited the QQ company.
While Mr. Ma was flattered, he also sensed a strange atmosphere about how things were developing.
A few days ago, Longteng Company proposed a meeting. He thought it was just senior executives from the business department or project department coming to discuss things. He didn't expect that the top executive of Longteng Group would personally come, and he was accompanied by senior executives such as Annie Lin Zhiyuan.
This is already the highest level of treatment for Tencent.
"Mr. Chen Dong, please come in!"
"Mr. Ma, it seems your little company is doing very well these days." Chen Dong looked at the people coming and going in the small offices.
Because Tencent has been recruiting during this period, many of the people walking around were interviewees, while others were new employees visiting and getting familiar with the various departments.
Some were workers who came in to renovate and adjust their workstations, while others were busy in the tea area preparing to install equipment.
Mr. Ma chuckled and said, "Not at all, our little company can't compare to Longteng Group."
"It's just that every department in the company is expanding right now, so this small office looks a bit too cluttered."
When Zhong Xinxin saw that Long Teng and his group had already entered Boss Ma's office, she quickly asked the newly hired secretary to pour tea.
Da Yu casually pushed the secretary aside and said to Zhong Xinxin, "She just came in and is clumsy. What if she goes in and offends the big boss? Let me handle it."
Mr. Da took the tea set from his secretary and turned to go to the tea area.
“People from Longteng Group always love to show off as soon as they arrive.” Seeing his overly attentive attitude, Zhong Xinxin rolled her eyes and muttered, “Do you think their big boss would even notice you?”
After muttering a curse under her breath, Zhong Xinxin turned to her secretary and said, "Alright, there's nothing for you to do here. Go and familiarize yourself with your work. You don't need to pour tea."
"Thank you, Sister Xin."
Inside the office, Mr. Ma cut to the chase, asking, "What project of our company has Longteng taken a liking to? Are you here for a collaboration?"
Annie curled the corners of her lips into a smile and whispered, "Besides QQ, does your company have any other projects?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Ma was speechless.
He knew that Longteng and his team were looking down on his company because it was too small. Even with a 20 million investment, he only had QQ as a project.
"To be honest, we came here specifically for QQ," Chen Dong admitted.
Mr. Ma glanced at the group of people; these were all senior executives of Longteng, and they were already well-known in the industry.
Mr. Ma looked regretful and said, "But we have already signed an agreement with Dailusi Company for the QQ dating software project. The agreement states that, apart from me, they have absolute say in the development of the QQ product."
"The development direction of QQ, as well as its functional design, and even the interface modules and chat windows, must be approved by Dailusi Company before they can be finalized."
"If QQ software is to accept investment from other companies, we must get the approval of Dailusi Media before we can begin the next step of cooperation."
These are all old rules in the investment world, and Chen Dong and his team are naturally well aware of them.
Mr. Ma looked at Chen Dong and said, "It seems we are not destined to cooperate this time. If Longteng Group is interested in Penguin Technology, we can focus on our new project."
“Our new project has…” Mr. Ma was about to start introducing it when Chen Dong immediately raised his hand to stop him.
"Mr. Ma, we're here today specifically for QQ," he emphasized once again.
“We’re a step too late this time. We also know that after accepting investment from Dailusi Media, your company really has no say in the project.”
"However, please don't misunderstand. We are not trying to interfere and disrupt your company's cooperation with Dairus. There are many forms of cooperation, not just transactions of money and power."
At this moment, General Manager Yu entered the conference room and served tea to the distinguished guest.
Chen Dong stopped talking as soon as he saw someone come in.
Mr. Da quietly served tea and water to the company's executives, his attitude very amiable.
“What I value is your company’s development philosophy,” Chen Dong continued.
Mr. Ma looked at him with confusion, and Chen Dong began to explain: "If our cooperation involves money, we do need to inform Dailusi Company in advance."
"But we can also collaborate in areas that don't involve money."
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