For Schwarzenegger and his campaign team, Makino Technology is like a huge gold mine that has just been discovered, which has great appeal to them.
However, Schwarzenegger also had a headache at the same time. He knew that Makino Technology was an inexhaustible gold mine, and he knew that he had only dug the tip of the iceberg and had already reaped huge rewards. If he continued to dig deeper, he could The benefits will be greater, but how to continue has become Schwarzenegger's biggest worry now.
Just when he and his team were at a loss to find a breakthrough, Schwarzenegger suddenly received a call.
This call was from Lin Qingya.
Schwarzenegger picked up the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He pressed the answer button and then immediately asked: "Hello, who is this?"
Lin Qingya said in fluent English: "Is this Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger?"
"It's me." Schwarzenegger responded and asked, "You are?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "Hello, Mr. Schwarzenegger, I am Lin Qingya, the vice president of Makino Technology."
Schwarzenegger had never heard of Lin Qingya's name, but when he heard that she was the vice president of Makino Technology, he suddenly became excited and said hurriedly: "Hello, Ms. Lin! I am very happy to receive your call."
Lin Qingya said: "Mr. Schwarzenegger, Mr. Li from Makino Technology has just given me instructions to communicate with you on some matters, but some matters need to be communicated in person, so I wonder if it will be convenient for you in the near future?"
"Convenient! I can do it anytime!"
Schwarzenegger's recent schedule is actually very full. Even the president of a listed company cannot be busier than a candidate participating in the election.
During the critical period of the campaign, there is at least one public event every day, either giving a speech, participating in an event, participating in a TV show, charity event, or even visiting a kindergarten, primary school, or middle school to express condolences;
In addition to public activities, you also need to pay close attention to various data with your campaign team every day, where the support rate is high and where the support rate is low, where are the competitors' strengths and where are the competitors' weaknesses;
More importantly, candidates need to maintain close communication with the parties behind them and the bosses behind the campaign, and they even have to constantly look for new campaign support for themselves.
In this state, even if there was no time slot for a twenty-minute chat in the coffee shop, Schwarzenegger told Lin Qingya without hesitation that all his time slots were unconditionally open to her. This shows that he How much do you value Makino Technology
Lin Qingya also heard the sincerity in Schwarzenegger's answer, so she asked: "Mr. Schwarzenegger, are you in California now?"
"I'm here," Schwarzenegger blurted out: "I'm in Sacramento now, my campaign base is here."
After that, Schwarzenegger asked Lin Qingya: "Where is Miss Lin now? Is she in Silicon Valley?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said, "Yes, I'm in Silicon Valley."
Schwarzenegger asked again: "What time does Ms. Lin think is appropriate to meet? I can go to Silicon Valley to meet you."
Lin Qingya said: "That's right, our President Li wants me to try to meet with you as soon as possible, so if there is no problem with your time, we will make an appointment tonight. If your time is not convenient, then we will change it to another time." time."
Schwarzenegger said without thinking: "I have no problem with my time, so let's make an appointment tonight? See you in Silicon Valley?"
Lin Qingya said: "Let's choose a compromise place, so that it will be more convenient for both parties and have more time."
Schwarzenegger said, "Then choose Stockton. It's about the same distance from us, and it's a smaller place that doesn't get that much attention. A good friend of mine has a restaurant there, and we can meet there." .”
Lin Qingya immediately said cheerfully: "Then at seven o'clock in the evening, Stockton, please arrange for someone to send me the specific address. Thank you."
Schwarzenegger's campaign adviser saw that he had ended the call with Lin Qingya and hurriedly stepped forward to remind him: "Sir, we have an appointment with Sackman for dinner tonight. He is interested in an additional $1 million in campaign sponsorship this time. This is a very generous grant. If I turn down his meeting, I'm afraid it will affect the implementation of this million... "
Schwarzenegger waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. The most important thing for us now is to finalize cooperation with Makino Technology. Makino Technology has the highest priority. In front of it, everything else can be pushed to the back. You tell me." Sackman, just say that I have something to do and can only change it to tomorrow night. If he has any objections, forget it."
…
After hanging up the phone, Lin Qingya immediately picked up the landline phone on the table and dialed a four-digit internal number.
As soon as the call was connected, Lin Qingya said, "Let Lu Xue come to my office."
In less than a minute, a pretty girl wearing a business suit knocked on the door and entered Lin Qingya's office.
This girl was a top student personally recruited from the China Foreign Affairs University by Lin Qingya in the early days of joining Makino Technology.
Lu Xue gave up the career of a civil servant and even gave up the possibility of becoming a diplomat and chose to join Makino Technology, largely because of her affirmation of the 3321 scholarship fund at the time. However, Lin Qingya saw the unique advantages in her. He has always kept her by his side and trained her step by step. When Makino Technology entered North America, Lin Qingya brought her along with her.
Because of her talent and intelligence, and her solid foundation of knowledge and logical thinking ability in school, Lu Xue made rapid progress. Moreover, she was born in the China Foreign Affairs University. Students who graduated from the China Foreign Affairs University have one thing in common, no matter which industry they go to. The characteristic is that English is excellent.
The English proficiency of students at the Foreign Affairs University is generally much better than that at the School of Foreign Languages, and they have a very in-depth understanding of Western politics, society and culture, so they are more comfortable in the United States.
As soon as Lu Xue entered Lin Qingya's office, she asked, "Mr. Lin, are you looking for me?"
Lin Qingya nodded and said, "Mr. Li just called me and assigned a very important task. This task requires an interface person. I hope you will take on this role."
Lu Xue didn't ask what the mission was. She nodded without hesitation and said, "No problem. Mr. Lin, please give me your instructions."
This is how high-end talents do things. When the leader assigns a task, no matter what it is or why, he should take it upon himself first.
The first reaction many people will make at a time like this is to ask: “What kind of mission is it?”
But with just this sentence, he immediately showed his timidity.
Under normal circumstances, if the leader trusts a person and gives him a task, the leader first thinks that he can definitely do it. Since the leader thinks so, why should he doubt himself
Lin Qingya was very satisfied with Lu Xue's attitude in doing things and said, "Schwarzenegger, you know, right?"
Lu Xue nodded: "Of course."
Lin Qingya added: "Do you know what Schwarzenegger is doing recently?"
Lu Xue smiled and said: "I know, he is running for governor of California."
Lin Qingya asked: "What do you think his chances of success are?"
Lu Xue thought for a while and said: "If the campaign team is professional enough and performs stably, then Schwarzenegger has at least a 70% chance of being elected."
Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Li wants to help Schwarzenegger win the election."
Lu Xue nodded slightly and said, "No wonder our Twitter was channeling traffic to Schwarzenegger as soon as it was launched."
Lin Qingya asked curiously: "How did you know about this?" Lin Qingya was puzzled in her heart. Even Lin Qingya had just heard from Li Mu's phone call about Twitter's temporary change of algorithm for Schwarzenegger. Knowing this, how did Lu Xue know
Lu Xue explained with a smile: "I have just been paying attention to the content and hot topics on Twitter, and then I found that Schwarzenegger appeared in the "Your friends are also following" position. I didn't find it strange at first. , but as I browsed the Twitter page a lot, Schwarzenegger soon reappeared. At that time, I paid more attention and took a look at Schwarzenegger's homepage, and found that his fans were growing at an unusually fast rate. So I realized that we might be helping them divert traffic, otherwise, with the Internet foundation of Schwarzenegger and his staff, they should not be able to crack our algorithms and bugs."
Lin Qingya praised: "The analysis is very good. You have analyzed the basic situation."
After saying that, Lin Qingya added: "Mr. Li now wants to strengthen cooperation with Schwarzenegger. He needs someone who is capable and trustworthy to temporarily join Schwarzenegger's campaign team and take over the role of communication link between the two parties. I think There is no one more suitable than you, so what do you mean?”
Lu Xue smiled and said: "Of course I have no objection. I will implement whatever the company arranges. You just need to tell me when to go there."
Lin Qingya said: "We will leave for Stockton later. Schwarzenegger will rush there from Sacramento to meet us. After the meeting, I will introduce you to him and give you full authority to represent Makino Technology. Power, if Schwarzenegger has no objection, then you should go and take up the post as soon as possible."
Lu Xue nodded and said simply: "Okay, I will follow the company's arrangements."
Lin Qingya added: "Schwarzenegger's campaign base should be in Sacramento, where the state capital is, so from next until October, you will probably spend most of your time in Sacramento, and the company will arrange a job for you. A driver, a car and a personal assistant will provide you with accommodation, meals and other expenses in a five-star hotel in Sacramento. Your salary will be doubled during this period, and the excess will be counted as your travel allowance.”
Lu Xue smiled slightly and thanked: "Thank you, Mr. Lin. The biggest feature of our company is generosity..."
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "This is Mr. Li's consistent purpose."
Sorry for not updating last night, I will update it today.
(End of chapter)