Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 168 Split and Cut
"Alan, I have two important tasks here that I need you to handle immediately."

"You will publish recruitment and cooperation information according to the requirements written here."

"You will be solely responsible for the recruitment. I have only one request, which is that if applicants are of equal ability, we should give priority to those from Stanford."

"After you have screened your partners, please report to me. I will evaluate them and then you can talk to me."

"Okay?"

Two hours later, Ethan Jones called his financial director, Alan Massey, into his office again and handed him the drafted document.

The sudden task made Alan Massey stunned. After he took the file and opened it, he nodded repeatedly at the concise words and straightforward requirements. "Okay, Boss, I'll do it right away."

Without hesitation, he turned and left.

A moment later, the third-floor conference room of Destiny Game was filled with employees, and a serious voice came from the mouth of Allen Massey at the front of the venue -

"Now, I want to announce an executive order from the president."

"From today on, our company's departmental structure will be adjusted..."

Since Julis Noble volunteered to go to Honko to enjoy freedom... No, that's not right! She wanted to go to Honko to exercise Ethan Jones's supervisory power in Nintendo Chip Company. So Ethan Jones, who couldn't find a suitable person to send, naturally agreed.

With her departure, the adjustment of the company's structure was naturally put on the agenda.

In fact, the department structure of Destiny Game has always been very messy. In order to save money, the department structure of the startup company was all a makeshift team.

When the company was small, it was acceptable to be disorganized, but it had to change after it became bigger. Clarifying job responsibilities and consolidating work responsibilities are things that all companies emphasize.

And under Ethan's thinking (for reference), the headquarters of Destiny Game will have five departments: administration, personnel, marketing, finance, and R&D.

There are no major changes in finance and R&D. The former is still controlled by Alan Massey, while the latter is divided into R&D 1 and R&D 2. R&D 1 will manage the company's hardware R&D, such as consoles and optical storage. The director is Evelyn Johnson, and there are no employees in the department for the time being. R&D 2 is responsible for software development or game development, led by Damio Dean, and has a large number of employees.

As for administration, personnel and marketing, it is actually a split of the original administrative department.

Previously, the administrative department led by Julis Noble could contact customers and receive guests. This combination of both civil and military functions was great, but it was too complicated. After the reorganization, the administrative department only retained its general functions and was only responsible for the management of the company's daily administrative affairs. Recruitment, training, and employee performance calculations were all handed over to the human resources department, while the customer contact and maintenance work that was originally their responsibility was now the responsibility of the newly established marketing department.

This disassembly is done for the sake of the future. Since the research and development of the home console has already begun, the sales of the corresponding products must also be launched. However, the sales of this thing are different from those of electronic arcade machines.

To make a simple analogy: the latter is B2B, Destiny Game sells its products to North American cinemas and small merchants in North American entertainment cities, which are also merchants. The amount and number of transactions involved in each transaction are relatively stable; while the former is B2C, Destiny Game needs to sell its products to North American consumers, and this involves the issue of distribution. It needs to negotiate with American electronics stores and large shopping malls to get those stores to put its products on the shelves.

The resulting tug-of-war is not something that an ordinary administrative clerk can handle. Communication with small electronic product stores in various places also requires large-scale ground promotion, which is actually to establish one's own sales network in North America, so a specialist must be found to do it.

Even if Julis Noble stayed, Ethan Jones would have carried out reforms. If Julis Noble left, Ethan Jones would not have to consider whether his actions would remove her power when carrying out the reforms.

Although Ethan has the final say in the Game of Fate, if Ethan cannot put himself in her shoes when Barbara, the amiable professor, shows her desires, then he should quit.

All of these were mentioned in the recruitment letter that Ethan gave to Allen Massey. In addition, he also needed a secretary who could help him collect various types of information, and the company also needed several drivers.

The partners he asked Alan Massey to look for involved two major aspects: legal affairs and finance. Although Stanford has provided legal support to their company in accordance with the student entrepreneurship plan in the past two years, when the negotiations for the real push began, Stanford's law school teachers would definitely not participate in the whole process. They did not have the time or energy. When freeloading did not work, it was inevitable to seek external cooperation.

After arranging the main affairs in the headquarters, Ethan quietly left the company and went to the Milpitas factory. When Thomas said that this place might have been targeted by someone, Ethan wanted to come here to see what the factory had become after he let it go.

"Oh Ethan, long time no see..."

As soon as I got out of the car, Michael Blanco, who was in charge of factory affairs, came to greet me.

Perhaps because of his stable job and happy life, he now looks a lot younger than before. His gray hair has regained its luster, and some strands have even turned golden.

"Everything is stable at the factory, and the number of employees is about to exceed 100."

"But unfortunately, the oldest batch has all left, and now I have become a long-time employee here."

Accompanied by Michael Blanco, Ethan toured the factory.

There are five factories standing on the vast land, with ten workshops evenly distributed among them. The employees in Workshop A produce the circuit motherboards of the electronic arcade machines according to the plate-making steps demonstrated by Evelyn before. After receiving the freshly-made motherboards, the employees in Workshop B solder the chips, memory and other major components onto the motherboards according to the requirements in the production manual. Since this work takes less time, after completion, they will also send the motherboard containing the game into the arcade case to complete the connection.

On the surface, the entire factory operates perfectly, but a closer look reveals that all the employees here are wearing the same camouflage uniforms.

Although this kind of attire is common in any factory because camouflage is strong and resistant to dirt, the faces of those people in their thirties can confirm something.

"Are these all veterans?"

Ethan asked in a low voice while greeting them with a smile.

"Yes." Michael Blanco nodded and said, "They are all veterans who came here after hearing the news. Most of them know each other, or... they brought each other here."

Then he explained: "This matter is actually quite complicated. Do you remember last Christmas? I said that some friends were not doing well. After learning that we had a stable job, they also wanted to come to work. At that time, you agreed, so I asked them to come."

"At first, our relationship was relatively simple, but later on, these people told me that they also had some friends who wanted to come and work here."

"I thought at first there would be only a few, so I agreed."

"But now, they have come one by one, and there are forty-seven of them."

"Perhaps it was because our presence frightened those children, so..."

“They just ran away.”

"But that's good too. Now that the staff is unified, it's easier to manage."

"Oh, by the way, the new guys asked me to ask you, after they have worked for a while, can they also enjoy the benefits of building houses? If so, they also want to stay."

Now, there are no hippies in the Milpitas factory in the game of Destiny.

Unlike those guys who were fired before, these people resigned voluntarily.

Although their reasons for resignation varied and involved many aspects, even Michael Blanco knew that the reasons on paper were false. The real reason was probably fear. They were afraid of the gathering of veterans and felt that they were no longer compatible here.

As for this behavior of gathering people together...

Ethan could understand, but he also had some headaches.

His original intention was to provide a decent job for the comrade-in-arms of the father of the original owner of this body, but now... why are there so many veterans gathered here?

Although from the current situation, these guys are working honestly.

But if all this were seen by outsiders, it would obviously not be right, right?

Not to mention that these guys have been to the battlefield, they must have some things that normal people in society don't have. Just the professional military training these guys have received is a bit outrageous.

Other people's factories are filled with poor people trying to make a living, but in his factory, the workers either know how to make an emergency landing with a helicopter or use a Batter to shoot birds?

Being stared at is the norm, and not being stared at is a surprise, right?
Special code!
"These people...should be fine, right?" After Ethan arrived at Michael Blanco's office, he asked his thoughts very carefully.

At the same time, he also spoke frankly:

"Michael, you are my father's comrades-in-arms. Because of this relationship, I will trust you unconditionally, but the others... I'll tell you the truth, they won't cause trouble for me, right?"

Michael Blanco understood Ethan's concerns and said with a smile: "Oh Ethan - don't worry, I have reviewed all the people who come to work here, and I have rejected those with PTSD." "I know this is your hard work, and I know that this is our home. So..."

"We won't mess around."

"Do not worry."

Seeing that Ethan didn't say anything, he patted his chest again and said, "Come on!"

"I'm watching them!"

"We are all poor people!"

"If anything really happens, I'll take responsibility!"

Ethan was relieved by Michael Blanco's serious attitude... No way!
After inspecting the factory, he returned home at night and decisively went to his sister's villa.

After he described the situation clearly, Evelin’s brow furrowed deeply.

“I think I understand why if you just swear at someone in the media they’ll come after us.”

"Me too." Ethan shrugged.

“Didn’t you know about this before?” Evelin asked doubtfully.

"Blame it on me, blame it on me. I always have an inexplicable trust in my own people."

Ethan raised his hands and took the initiative to admit his mistake.

This action made Evelin glare at him with her eyes, "So what do you want to do now?"

Ethan said, "How about removing the factory from the company?"

"Is this possible? Does that factory have the ability to survive on its own?" Evelyn expressed doubt.

"It's probably impossible to maintain a normal life at the moment, but it should be possible in the future," Ethan replied.

After seeing the single staff structure of his own factory, Ethan immediately came up with the idea of ​​splitting it up. The reason was simple: it was simply inappropriate to have such a factory under the name of a game company.

When the number of veterans who have fought in the battlefield is almost enough to fill a platoon...

He said he had no ideas, but no one believed him!
Since it is not suitable, then peel it off, but the difficulty of peeling it off is...

Yes, but not too much.

At present, the main product produced by the factory is their electronic arcade machines. Relying on this alone, the employees can survive, but the factory will definitely not be able to make a profit. Even if the production of home consoles is handed over to them in the future, the factory can only maintain a break-even point without dividing the equity. If it wants to survive, it can only expand its business externally.

At present, no external business can be found, but since it can keep those employees alive in their current state, the split should not be a big problem.

And after Ethan expressed his thoughts, Evelin pondered for a moment and said, “Tear it down!”

"We can support a dozen people, and we can support 20 or 30 people, but the current growth rate is too fast. We are also struggling with such endless growth."

"At the same time, to show our concern for them, we also offer a portion of equity as an incentive. How about 15 points? Michael gets five points alone, and the others share ten points. In the next five years, as long as they can achieve profits other than the business we provide, they can be cashed out according to the time limit."

"We can give them a decent life, but they have to contribute themselves."

"If they really can't make it through, then at most you can just introduce an Apple business to them, and absolutely nothing else, let them talk about it themselves!"

“Oh, by the way, the team members in our factory are my father’s old employees, right?”

"You ask Thomas to take them back. Many of them are old and want to look after the farm until they retire."

"Okay~" Ethan felt that his sister's idea was fine, and he didn't care about the factory shares because the most valuable thing in the entire company was the game, and everything else was just a small matter.

However, even if the two major shareholders of the company reached an agreement, the split of the factory would not be carried out so quickly. After all, Ethan had just asked Michael whether the factory was safe.

In his opinion, it is better to give specific information when new products are produced.

Give everyone some buffer time.

This decision also made Ethan shake his head with some emotion, "I thought I could support it for a lifetime."

"But I didn't expect..."

"Humans are such strange creatures."

As Ethan sighed, time quietly came to October.

Since he released the news of seeking cooperation, many accounting firms and law firms have submitted their cooperation proposals to them. After some comparison, Ethan chose Morrison and Foerster, a law firm headquartered in San Francisco, to serve him, and for finance, he chose Deloitte.

With the finalization of these two collaborations, Ethan always felt that his company had entered a new era.

Before, it was just for fun, but now...

"It looks a bit like that!"

Sitting in the office, he was happily spinning his pen.

At the same time, someone knocked on the office door. After a call to come in, Allen Massey, who was probably providing the last cross-border service, walked in.

"Boss, we have almost finished preparing for the recruitment of your secretary."

"After two rounds of interviews, we have identified three candidates."

“Here are their resumes.”

"Do you think you need to meet in person?"

This news made Ethan very happy, and when he took a look...

The first guy is a beautiful sister!

The second guy is also a beautiful sister!
And the third one...

Tsk~Why is he a bald head?

Just as Ethan was about to throw the third person's resume into the trash can, the round cheeks gave him a sense of familiarity. He frowned and took a look. What a guy!
He's from Harvard!
"Uh...are they all in California?"

“In Palo Alto.”

"Then let this bald head come over."

"Is he the only one?"

"Yes, just him."

(End of this chapter)