Chapter 501: President's Assistant (Patreon)

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At South China University of Technology, the Intelligent Mechanics Laboratory was finally established.

Sun Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the Real World, starting from scratch and building one's own research strength from nothing was not an easy task.

It wasn't like playing a management game. Talented researchers with capabilities were either already absorbed by the country's research institutions or major universities, or they were enjoying high salaries in other giant corporations.

Of course, there were certainly those who were not achieving their aspirations, but they were the minority.

Finding and recruiting these talents from the vast sea of people was not an easy task.

Currently, Sun Cheng had already begun to use his financial power to poach talents from domestic companies and university research institutions. In the future, he planned to use Decepticon to sort and select information from the internet to consider recruiting a large number of high-level talents from overseas.

However, for now, he had just taken the first step, and the results were not particularly good.

For instance, the talents that Sun Cheng was currently focusing on poaching were in the fields of cloud storage, microelectronics, and semiconductors. However, because storage technology and cloud technology were among the most profitable sunrise industries in the world, the monopolization of talent within the industry was very severe. Competing for talent was extremely challenging.

The top talents in these fields were mostly concentrated in the United States, and even the second-tier talents were the gold mines of developed countries.

China's cloud technology was decent, with a gap between it and the top-tier giants in the United States. It was the kind of gap that could potentially be bridged with some effort in the coming years.

On the other hand, in the fields of microelectronics and semiconductors, due to the technological blockade and suppression from Europe and the United States, China had always lagged behind as a second-tier player.

Not to mention competing with the United States, China was also not on par with some semiconductor and microelectronics companies in Europe, Japan, and other places.

Of course, the domestic situation wasn't entirely without advantages!

Thanks to the "Industrial Nationalism Theory" proposed by the first democratically elected president during the early years of the Republic of China, the country had been persistently promoting the "Industrialization Policy" from the Xinhai Revolution to the present day for over a hundred years. Even though it lagged behind in many areas, the industrial system was exceptionally complete.

While the Soviet Union fell into an economic crisis and global contraction, and the United States began to transfer labor-intensive and pollution-intensive industries abroad, China gradually solidified its position as the only country in the world with a complete industrial system.

Because of this, there were still talents in the field of microelectronics and semiconductors in the country, although most of them were already absorbed by major companies and research institutions.

Despite offering attractive compensation, Sun Cheng faced the challenge of "non-compete agreements" imposed by many companies. Moreover, most Chinese people were more risk-averse compared to their European and American counterparts. Despite having gathered a good amount of talent information from online sources with the help of Revenge, the number of individuals willing to leave their current positions and join Cybertron Technology was relatively small.

Otherwise, Sun Cheng wouldn't have offered such generous terms just to affiliate the laboratory with South China University of Technology until he built up his own research team.

Without cultivating his own research team, it was a prudent decision to utilize the research capabilities of South China University of Technology by paying a price and possibly even cultivating talents for himself. It seemed like a win-win situation.

After coordinating with South China University of Technology for the subsequent steps, Sun Cheng didn't personally involve himself anymore. He clearly communicated the requirements and instructions before handing over the task to a newly recruited PR department manager.

By the way, in recent days, feeling like he might be under scrutiny, Sun Cheng had become extremely cautious. He would return to his residence on time in the evenings and spend most of his time within the company, portraying the image of a diligent entrepreneur.

During these days, Sun Cheng finally found time to address the shortcomings of the company.

"Cybertron Technology," as per its official registration information, was now officially renamed as the "Cybertron Technology Group."

Transitioning from a startup to a group might sound simple but was actually quite complicated.

Sun Cheng needed to establish the core business that would serve as the primary focus of the company group.

Fortunately, he had been clear about his direction from the beginning, so this step wasn't too burdensome for him.

For the foreseeable future, the main business of the "Cybertron Technology Group" would undoubtedly be storage technology. Even products like the "Cybertron Cloud Disk" were introduced merely as advertisements for the storage technology that Sun Cheng had brought back from the "Transformers Universe." Despite the current emphasis on affordability, the low cost translated into significant profits.

Moreover, when the time came for Sun Cheng to topple the three major storage giants, he would have the final say on whether prices increased or not.

Hence, for a long period ahead, the "Cybertron Technology Group" would focus on the entire industrial chain of storage technology.

Apart from that, the company's original projects, such as online storage, cloud storage, cloud technology, intelligent voice recognition, system optimization, and others, were all spun off into subsidiary companies. These subsidiaries had independent operational rights, while research-oriented finances would be provided by the group.

However, this transformation from a company to a group instantly revealed the shortage of manpower at "Cybertron Technology."

In recent days, many company executives, including Sun Cheng himself, were all busy with the same task: conducting interviews.

The supervisors were responsible for interviewing recent college graduates attracted by various promotions and some technical professionals who had been working for two to three years but were now dissatisfied with their current jobs and compensation.

As for Sun Cheng, he was in charge of interviewing self-recommended career managers and senior talents recommended by headhunting companies with whom he had negotiated substantial fees.

On this day, after spending six or seven hours interviewing three senior managers capable of becoming the future COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the "Cybertron Technology Group," who were recommended by headhunting companies, Sun Cheng stretched lazily. He was considering whether to leave a bit later when suddenly, the phone on his desk rang.

He picked up the receiver; it was an internal call.

"President Sun, this is the Human Resources Department. We were just screening resumes for potential candidates when we came across an exceptionally outstanding one. After preliminary verification, we've confirmed that the candidate's resume and work experience are authentic. However, the position the candidate is interested in isn't on our recruitment list. Therefore, Manager Huang needs to consult with you about whether we should consider it."

"A self-recommendation, huh…"

In these days, Sun Cheng had also interviewed several senior managers who were optimistic about the future prospects of the "Cybertron Technology Group." These individuals had taken the initiative to apply after learning about the recruitment, so he didn't have a strong reaction when he received the internal call from the Human Resources Department.

However, if the Human Resources Department deemed the candidate outstanding, he couldn't help but feel curious. "Bring me the resume to have a look. Oh, by the way, what position is the candidate applying for?"

"President's Assistant!"

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