Hao Ren stood in the office of Thunder Tech. Three people who sort of owned this company were sitting before him as if he was their grandfather. Klaus asked, "Mister Hao, the operating system you have can rise to the sky very quickly, why are you bringing it to us? I mean, wouldn't it be good for you to go to some big company, they have better money and better resources than we do, right?"
The young man nodded and said, "Mister Klaus, what you said is correct, but those people who thrive on monopoly will not give me a free hand of operation. I don't want to stop at some mediocre level designation. I have an aim and for that I need a lot of money. Why would I use a crutch when I can create a company of my own?"
Klaus and the other two nodded. Jian Koji, the second person said, "Sir, can you tell us, what do you need us for? I mean, you are a skilled programmer yourself, and you definitely have money, what do you need us for?"
Hao Ren smiled and said, "I am just twenty-two years old, and my major is finance and business management. I do not have expertise in tech. The operating system was something I bought from a group of people who just wish for everyone to experience better technology. The only condition they mentioned was that I cannot charge any money for this initial version of operating system from anyone.
I would need developers like you for that. The money I have is from my investment returns, not from my family. The major reason I choose you guys is because you all come from grassroot families like mine and wish to make it big."
The three people were surprised and Hao Ren admittedly said, "Yes, I investigated you guys, but nothing too personal. Just to get an idea of your character. You can't expect me to invest millions in a student start up on a whim, right?"
Klaus and the two nodded, as the former asked, "So, you said you wish to buy us out for two million yuan, and then give us a stable job in your company, can you elaborate that?"
Hao Ren nodded and said, "I will give you two million to close down your company, and come work for me. I am willing to provide you three a salary of 10,000 yuan every month with two holidays a week. Your main job will be to maintain the sever and come up with ideas to upgrade the operating system. You will be team leaders and you will be responsible for the technical development in various aspect.
In addition, you each will have five percent share in annual profit. What do you think?"
Klaus and the two exchanged gazes and nodded, "We agree!"
They replied in unison. Hao Ren stood up and shook hands with them. He plugged in his mobile with the computer and deleted the Operating system with the help of Xiao Mei. Then he said, "Klaus, complete the formalities for shutting down the office here, I will rent another place. Also, deal with your educational formalities by tomorrow. Is that right?
I will send you the soft copy of the employment agreement in a bit. You three can sign and return it back to me."
Klaus and the two nodded, they were excited to get a two million pay out. They have already told Hao Ren that the money will be deposited in their joint account and they wanted 2 million after tax deduction. Hao Ren had no problem with this.
He came out of the office building with the three people and under their shocked gazes he got in the car and left the premises. He said, "Xiao Mei, can you make an employment agreement for the three of them? Also, make it so that they cannot leak any of the work details after they start working for me, but do not exploit them."
Xiao Mei replied, "Understood, Boss."
Hao Ren drove the car quickly and headed back to his home, he had an appointment with a law firm that will help him deal with cooperate issues like registering company. Although he could have done it by himself, but it was very time consuming for him. He decided to hire a temporary agent who would finish all the process for him and he would pay the agent a commission.
He did not go through Han Lingshi to get a quick appointment. He began to abuse the artificial intelligence at his hand, by putting himself on the list. He met the agent in a cafe, and provided him with a copy of his identification documents.
The agent said, "Sir, you will need to come over and sign the registration once things are done."
Hao Ren nodded in agreement and then he set off to cook something for Han Lingshi. Although their conversation yesterday was weird, when he sent her a greeting in the morning, Han Lingshi talked as if nothing was wrong between them.
The young man thought he was brooding too deep into the matter. He was quick in his task today, he came to the office and served the food to Han Lingshi. Maria was also there, and pouted, "Can you not bring me a portion too?"
Hao Ren did not even glance at her and said, "Lingshi, I am going, I have an appointment at the Industry and commercial license office."
The next second, Klaus's voice sounded, "Mister Hao, we have selected six of our close friends as per your instruction, when can they join us officially?"
Hao Ren said, "You can bring them over tomorrow, I will send you the location."
Klaus thanked him and said, "Sir, umm, I know that you are providing us a high salary, but all of us are in senior year, and since we all have accepted the employment offers, they won't let us stay in the dorms. So, the new ones wanted to ask if you could provide us accommodation too?"
Hao Ren realized that he had to do this, and he said, "Give me a week, I will find you guys a place close to the office area."
Klaus agreed and disconnected. Hao Ren leaned back in his couch and said, "Xiao Mei, what is your estimate? How many people will download the OS?"
Xiao Mei replied, "The conservative estimate is fifty thousand people."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Can you design a software that could detect game cheats?"
Xiao Mei replied positively, and Hao Ren continued, "Alright, I will leave you to handle the server from the company tomorrow morning, the next thing that you have to do is to scavenge the best digital office tools, photo processing, and cheat detection software, and then create a more optimized and efficient version for the Horizon extension package. These programs would only work with our OS.
Alright?"
Xiao Mei replied, "I have taken a note, boss."
...
The night passed quickly, in the morning, Hao Ren arrived at the office space he had rented in the commercial complex in the capital. The office was located at the seventeenth floor of the Rubicon Trade Tower.
This building was one of the premium places and the rent for the office space was Fifty thousand yuan every month. Hao Ren had leased the place for six months. He came to the office, and his charm gathered a lot of attention from the other people, however, they did not bother with him.
The young man was waiting for his employees to come over with the equipment from their office. Hao Ren called for an woodworker and had him carve a customized plaque that said, 'Thunder Technology.'
At nine in the morning, nine young men and women arrived at the place. They were shocked to see the place. There were a total of seven men and two women excluding Hao Ren. After a brief introduction, Hao Ren looked at Klaus and handed him a card. He said, "You have six computer systems here. Buy three more, and upgrade yours to better configuration.
However, these configurations must not be pointless, I do not want to waste money."
Klaus nodded, and Hao Ren said, "Buy a server for the company to keep the digital data safe and accessible. Okay?"
Klaus nodded and Hao Ren said, "There is three million yuan in this card, please spend wisely."
The young people were shocked, and wanted to talk more to Hao Ren but a mechanical voice echoed in his mind, *Ding, it is detected that your wife has met an accident and she is currently in the Holy Mother hospital. She is being surrounded by the bike rider's family. Rescue her and get rewards, Host.*
Hao Ren said, "I will talk to you later, Klaus, get to work, I need to be somewhere."
He dashed away in a flurry, the happiness of kick starting his company had came to a temporary pause.