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Chapter 135 WPG0134: The words "interests" are everywhere! 154K [Subscribe]

The father and son had breakfast in the cafeteria before driving back to the R&D center.

Although the new factory and R&D center of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group are both located in the large area of Zhaoyushan Industrial Center, the new factory was built later, so it is not in the same area as the R&D center.

The distance between the two is about 500 meters. If you walk, it may take seven or eight minutes if you walk slowly, and three or four minutes if you walk quickly. It is not a very far distance.

When An Huchun and An Wuyang arrived at the R&D center, the center looked deserted except for two security guards.

There were already four cars parked in the open parking lot, obviously belonging to the four employees who remained on the job.

An Huchun parked the car and waited for An Wuyang to park his car as well. He said, "I have notified the four remaining staff members to go to the small conference room. Let's go there now."

"Okay." An Wuyang responded.

A moment later, the father and son came to the small conference room where four people were already waiting.

When An Huchun and An Wuyang walked in, the four of them stood up and greeted them.

"Good morning, Mr. An."

"Hello, Mr. An."

An Wuyang responded while quickly looking at the four people.

Two of them are middle-aged, and the other two look relatively young, but An Wuyang estimates that they should be close to thirty years old?

"Wuyang, let me introduce him to you." An Huchun began to introduce An Wuyang.

"This one is Zheng Bohong, a senior T2 technical expert, and next to him is Cheng Xiang, a T3 technical expert. They are both from the [Trauma Scar Repair R&D Team]," An Huchun introduced.

The annual salary of T2 senior technical experts is 200 million, and the annual salary of T3 technical experts is 100 million.

According to SK2's poaching offer, T3 technical experts could get an annual salary of 600 million if they chose to change jobs, and T2 senior technical experts could get an annual salary of over million. How come these two people didn't change jobs?

why?
"This is Li Zhengkai, a senior technical engineer at T5, and next to him is Zhu Yongheng, a technical engineer at T6. They are from the [Bitter Orange Blossom Essential Oil R&D Team]," An Huchun added.

Is there anyone in the bitter orange blossom essential oil research and development team who has not run away?

this.
Is it reasonable?
An Wuyang asked bluntly, "Engineer Li, Engineer Zhu, I'm curious, why didn't you change jobs?"

The turnover rate at Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group's R&D center has reached 90.9%, so An Wuyang naturally discussed the issue of job hopping openly.

An Wuyang added, "Based on the excellent quality of the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products, the premiums given to you by those well-known cosmetics brands will only be higher, right?"

Li Zhengkai responded candidly, "Yes, Mr. An guessed correctly."

"We originally had a T8-level employee named Jia Shiyu in our citrus essential oil R&D team. His previous monthly salary was 2 yuan. This time, SK2 gave him a salary premium of 400 million yuan a year!" Li Zhengkai added.

"In fact, Jia Shiyu had contacted us secretly a long time ago, hoping that Mr. Zhu and I would also join SK2, but we refused," Li Zhengkai added.

An Wuyang became even more curious. The salary premium for the members of the bitter orange blossom essential oil research and development team was so high. Wouldn’t Li Zhengkai and Zhu Yongheng be tempted?
"Then you guys..." An Wuyang looked at Li Zhengkai and only asked half of the question, but the meaning was expressed very completely.

Li Zhengkai responded, "I actually asked about the salary. My position level shows that I have access to much more information in the bitter orange blossom essential oil research and development team than Jia Shiyu. The other party is even willing to give me an annual salary of tens of millions."

"However, I still rejected the other party," Li Zhengkai added.

"There are three reasons," Li Zhengkai explained.

"First, the agreement offered by SK2 is very strict, including strict confidentiality clauses, non-compete agreements, and gambling-style R&D KPIs. Although on the surface it seems that the annual salary for switching jobs is more than million, in fact, if the KPI cannot be completed, you may not get the corresponding annual salary." Li Zhengkai explained in detail.

SK2 company is not a sucker. If it just spends tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to poach employees, then there is naturally no problem.

But if you spend tens of millions of dollars to poach talents, there must be benefits!

After all, no one's money comes from the wind.

"Secondly, in view of the success of the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products, Mr. An has decided to upgrade my position from T5 to T2 senior technical expert level, which means that I have received an annual salary of 200 million." Li Zhengkai added.

"Third, Wugengtian and Mr. An have a very good reputation, and the working atmosphere is also very good. I joined Wugengtian for internship when I was a junior. I like Wugengtian very much, so I am willing to stay and work at Wugengtian." Li Zhengkai added.

An Wuyang listened to Li Zhengkai's three reasons. If it were the previous An Wuyang, he might have referred to the third one, but now after experiencing the layoffs in the new factory and the poaching incident at the R&D center, An Wuyang's mentality and thoughts have been transformed.

If we look beyond the fog to the essence of the three reasons given by Li Zhengkai, we will find that two words are revealed in every word - interests!
All the reasons are about weighing the pros and cons and considering the gains and losses!

Isn’t the annual salary of tens of millions offered by SK2 company good?
it is good!
But behind the tens of millions of annual salaries are strict confidentiality clauses and non-compete agreements, and even gambling-style R&D KPIs, which are not good!
After all, confidentiality clauses and non-compete agreements are just small things, but gambling-style R&D KPIs are a big problem.

How can we guarantee something like research and development?
Li Zhengkai has been a member of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group for ten years. He joined Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group as an internship in his junior year and has been in the bitter orange blossom essential oil research and development team for more than seven years.

It took more than seven years for the bitter orange blossom essential oil research and development team to finally develop results.
At least that's the case on the surface!

Li Zhengkai worked at Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group for such a long time before he achieved results. Who can guarantee that he can quickly achieve R&D results after joining SK2?
In addition, An Huchun added another chip and promoted Li Zhengkai, who was originally at the T5 level, directly to the T2 level. His original annual salary of only more than 200 yuan suddenly soared to more than million yuan. What else could Li Zhengkai be dissatisfied with?
As for the third reason, it is just an emotional card played after considering the interests of the first and second reasons.

Now that the interests have been determined, of course we have to talk about feelings!

After all, everyone wants to save face to a certain extent.

Zhu Yongheng continued, "My situation is similar to Brother Kai's. I also like Wugengtian very much. I have been a member of Wugengtian for seven years. After I joined Wugengtian, I worked in the research and development team of bitter orange flower essential oil. I am reluctant to leave Wugengtian."

"Also, thank you Mr. An for upgrading my position to T3. From now on, I will also be a guy with an annual salary of one million, and I can speak louder on the Internet in the future." Zhu Yongheng said jokingly. This guy is only 28 years old this year, so his personality is more lively. He even likes to fight with keyboard warriors on the Internet.

Now that he has been blessed with an annual salary of one million, he has already figured out how to fight keyboard warriors!
Is it easy to earn a million dollars a year in today’s era?
If it's on the Internet, it's easy!
First, there are people who are just starting out with an annual salary of one million yuan on Bihu, and then there are people who make over ten thousand yuan per hour on DouLe short videos. For an annual salary of one million yuan in the Internet industry, isn’t it enough to just have hands?

However, in the real world, it is extremely difficult to earn a million-dollar annual salary, so high that it is almost impossible for ordinary people to achieve.

A former richest man, Mr. Ma, once said: If you want to earn a million dollars a year, then do what a million dollars a year should do.

Many people don’t understand this sentence. What should you do with a million-dollar annual salary?
However, anyone who does not understand this sentence actually knows that it is difficult for this person to earn a million dollars a year.

What the former richest man meant by this statement is that there is a salary ceiling for some jobs and it is impossible to break through the shackles of a million-dollar annual salary.

For common physical and service jobs, it is basically impossible to earn an annual salary of one million, and this is the case anywhere in the world.

Taking the common accounting work as an example, can the annual salary in this industry reach one million?
The answer is yes.

However, the problem is that it is extremely difficult to earn a million per year in accounting.

The annual income ceiling of an ordinary CPA, or certified public accountant, in Shengqing is about 30 yuan. If it is in the four first-tier cities, it will be slightly higher, but not too high. It is almost impossible to exceed 50 years' annual salary.

If you want to earn a million dollars a year through accounting, you must move into management, such as becoming a chief financial officer (CFO).

But can ordinary people do it?
Another example is a job that "ordinary people" can do with an annual salary of one million - programmer.

In the eyes of ordinary people, programmers should have high-paying jobs, right?
However, only the programmers themselves know how difficult it is for them to earn an annual salary of one million!
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of people with an annual salary of one million yuan accounts for only about 5% of the total population.

Such statistics are actually inaccurate because many people without income are not included in the statistics.

If you have no idea how difficult it is to earn a million-dollar annual salary, then think about your relatives and friends around you. How many of them have earned a million-dollar annual salary?

So for Zhu Yongheng, he thinks that an annual salary of one million is already very impressive, and in fact it is indeed very impressive.

After listening to what Li Zhengkai and Zhu Yongheng said, An Wuyang understood why they chose to stay in Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group. He then looked at Zheng Bohong, a senior technical expert in T2, and Cheng Xiang, a T3 technical expert.

Why didn't these two old employees, who had reached T2 and T3 levels in the R&D center of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group, choose to change jobs?
"Engineer Zheng, Engineer Cheng, what are your reasons?" An Wuyang asked bluntly.

Before, when An Wuyang was facing Li Shiyu and Zhu Guanghao, he could always be very tactful and express himself in a roundabout way, even confusing Li Shiyu and Zhu Guanghao, but this time he expressed his meaning directly.

This is because An Wuyang has different attitudes when facing different people.

After all, the specific things are different and the identities of the objects are different, so what’s wrong with having different attitudes?
Just like the goddess has different attitudes towards the lickers and the male gods!
Aren’t you also indifferent when facing people you don’t like?

Facing An Wuyang's question, Zheng Bohong did not answer, but asked, "Mr. An, do you know how long our [Trauma Scar Repair R&D Team] has been established?"

An Wuyang thought about it carefully before responding, "It should have been a long time ago. I remember that your group was established when I was very young."

Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group is older than An Wuyang
To be precise, the age of Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group is even older than Anhuchun.

When An Wuyang was a child, he often came to Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group. At that time, the R&D center was still located in the headquarters.

Zheng Bohong answered affirmatively, "Yes, our group has been established for a long time, and it has been ten years now."

"Mr. An, you asked me why I stayed. I actually only have one reason, and that is that in the past ten years, the trauma scar repair research and development team has not achieved any effective results, but the group still has no plans to lay off employees," Zheng Bohong responded.

Hey!
This trauma scar repair R&D team has been slacking off for ten years?

Zheng Bohong added, "This is not to say that our trauma scar repair R&D team has cheated R&D funds for ten years, but that we have been constantly trying and erroring, and constantly eliminating wrong results."

"Thank you again, Mr. An, for your trust in us. I really can't imagine any other company where I can get such treatment," Zheng Bohong sighed.

Cheng Xiang seconded, "Yes, Master and I have the same idea."

"It's not that our trauma scar repair R&D team didn't work hard, it's just that we were unlucky and didn't get any results," Cheng Xiang added.

Zheng Bohong added, "Actually, I'm not optimistic about what will happen to those guys after they change jobs."

"It is impossible for those large international companies to do charity. I guess their purpose of poaching our employees this time is to do something bad to our group and disrupt our research and development progress." Zheng Bohong made a speculative analysis.

An Wuyang nodded slightly. Isn’t that what those big companies think?
As the saying goes: It hurts more when you make money than when I lose money!

Those big companies that are trying to poach employees from Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group have this idea: if they can't get the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products, then they will get the people who are developing the Ningzhi Ruoxue series of products!
Cheng Xiang hesitated for a moment before speaking hesitantly, "Director An, I want to ask, if those brothers who left want to come back, then..."

An Huchun frowned. He was indeed a capitalist at the philanthropist level, but it was also difficult for him to accept betrayal.

At least in An Huchun's opinion, the collective job-hopping of employees in the R&D center this time was a betrayal of Wu Gengtian.

An Huchun answered negatively, "People should accept the consequences of their choices."

"The group has decided to recruit and train new employees," An Huchun added.

In fact, there was one more thing An Huchun didn't say, which is that most of the employees in the R&D center are not indispensable, and Wugengtian Pharmaceutical Group can completely recruit new people to replace them.

After all, that group of old employees have been working for so long without any results. We can even draw a prize when recruiting new employees. What if we can recruit a good one?
When An Wuyang heard An Huchun's answer, he felt a little relieved. He was originally worried that An Huchun would be kind again, but now it seems that An Huchun also has a temper.

At the beginning, An Huchun had a glimmer of hope in front of Li Wenya and An Wuyang. He also expected that the R&D personnel in the R&D center would remember their old friendship and thus refuse the temptation of high salaries. But who knew that the turnover rate of the R&D center was as high as 90.9%?
So no wonder An Huchun also has a temper!

(End of this chapter)