Chapter 28: Liu Qingli's Strategic Vision

Su Xin had posted recruitment advertisements on the three largest internet recruitment platforms, and after looking through them one by one, he discovered five top-tier talents whose resumes were no less impressive than Liu Qingli's.

Two of them had experience serving as executives at well-known internet companies, while the other three primarily had management experience in other industries; furthermore, all five could report for duty at any time and were willing to work and live in Tianjing long-term.

But the only problem was that all five were a bit old; the youngest was forty-six, and the oldest was fifty-eight.

It wasn't that he looked down on older management talent, but he had a stereotype in his heart, always feeling that those high-level managers who had been grinding away in large enterprises for decades were all cunning old foxes.

Their abilities were very strong, their methods were very numerous, and their connections were certainly very extensive.

But precisely because of this, those people would also have many ulterior motives; seeing that he, the boss, was young, they might harbor crooked thoughts under the temptation of huge profits, or they might have ways to deceive him, the boss, and steal company interests through various means.

Su Xin did not want to have to engage in internal power struggles while considering the company's development.

Although he possessed Super Intelligence in the Godspeed state, it did not mean he could see through the human heart, nor did it mean he possessed super emotional intelligence to instantly spot others' lies and conspiracies.

Therefore, he did not want to take these risks to go find those old foxes who were skilled at calculation.

Of course, this was just his stereotype, but in Su Xin's view, with him there, the company's technical strength would certainly be able to lead the industry by a wide margin, and he could guarantee a continuous stream of high-tech innovations; the company would have no worries about development at all.

Therefore, while the ability of executives was also important, it was not the top priority; what was more important was that they be trustworthy, preferably young people with simple resumes who hadn't been too battered by society and whose minds were relatively pure.

Filtering according to these criteria.

Either they were young management talents with no outstanding experience, or they were older executives with management experience at large companies.

"If only there were more executives as young, potential-filled, and capable as Liu Qingli, and who happened to be unemployed, that would be great."

Su Xin sighed softly.

After Liu Qingli finished her shower and applied a facial mask, she went into the study; after picking up her phone, the first thing she saw was Su Xin's reply, and she clicked on it with delight.

But upon seeing it, her face fell, and she muttered to herself in disbelief:

"Are you kidding me? Rejected?!"

"Even a top-tier talent like me got rejected; what kind of executive does this kid Su Xin want to find? Does he want to recruit the founders of Penguin and Ali to work for him?"

She carefully finished reading the paragraph Su Xin sent, and only then did she know the reason she had been rejected.

"Charging fees in one month; I see this prompt on the Tiantian Assistant indeed."

"Before officially charging fees, one should indeed first build the company team preliminarily; only then can it be better operated and maintained."

Liu Qingli began to ponder intently.

She did not want to miss this rare opportunity, because she could see the potential of Tianqi Technology, and even more so, she could see the potential of Su Xin.

However, she could not forcibly resign and join Tianqi Technology in less than thirty days; if she did that, not only would she have to pay a high penalty for breach of contract, but she might also be suspected of breaking the law.

After all, executives are different from ordinary employees; they often hold some company secrets and cannot just jump ship whenever they want.

"Got it!"

After thinking for a long time, Liu Qingli's eyes suddenly lit up, and she picked up her phone again to make a voice call to Su Xin.

"Hello, classmate Su Xin, I am Liu Qingli, the one you saved that day."

"Hello."

"Regarding your reply, I have thought about it seriously and came up with a plan; I can help you build the team preliminarily before I officially join. Look, can you give me a chance?"

"You can tell me about it."

"Okay, I've thought about it; with the scale of Tianqi Technology, currently we only need to build the general framework of the company and set up various functional departments; it doesn't require overly complex management."

"For classmate Su Xin, the biggest trouble right now might be human resources; you don't have the time and energy to personally interview and recruit so many people. As it happens, I have a good friend who is also a top-tier talent; she previously served as a Human Resources Director at a company and resigned a month ago to travel. I can recommend her to submit her resume to you; it will definitely satisfy you."

"Once my friend joins, she can take full responsibility for the recruitment work of all other departments."

"Then I will remotely direct the operation of the entire company. After all, the company has just been built, internal affairs are very simple, and the product is only Tiantian Assistant; there is no worry about promotion, and even less worry about maintenance. I can finish handling all affairs in at most one or two hours after work every day."

"Of course, even if there are urgent matters that need me to handle, you can call me at any time. After all, after I resign, I only need to wait for the handover and won't have such busy affairs anymore."

Liu Qingli said a great deal, and after thinking about it at the end, she added another sentence:

"By the way, I still have three days of annual leave; if there is any important matter that requires me to show up in person, I can take leave and go to Tianjing to handle it."

Su Xin was silent for a moment, seemingly thinking, and soon he spoke:

"Tell me, what ideas do you have for the development plan of Tianqi Technology over the next half year?"

Liu Qingli clearly had been mentally prepared for a long time and said without hesitation: "I am not yet sure what the boss's R&D capability is, so I will tentatively consider it only based on the flagship product, Tiantian Assistant."

"In my view, the development strategy for the next half year can be generally divided into three steps."

"The first step, I presume the boss has already considered, is to promote the software, increase the number of users as much as possible, and charge users a membership fee monthly. Of course, the specific fee needs careful market research. Currently, standing from the perspective of users and the company, I feel that the price point of 20 yuan per month is relatively reasonable."

"The second step, we can integrate a large number of common functions into Tiantian Assistant, from small things like alarms, calculators, and notepads, to larger things like input methods, email, and mobile managers, developing Tiantian Assistant into a platform-based, scaled, and essential software that everyone must have and everyone must use."

"Although Tiantian Assistant can now open those software programs to control them, it is ultimately not as convenient as having them built-in. For example, with a notepad, if a user wants to record something temporarily, they originally need to use voice to call Tiantian Assistant to open the notepad software, and then manually input."

"But after Tiantian Assistant integrates the input method and notepad functions, the user only needs to say what they want to record, and Tiantian Assistant will record it directly, skipping the cumbersome steps in between."

"Take the calculator for another example; if you ask any arithmetic, Tiantian Assistant can answer directly without needing to open the calculator first to calculate."

"All these things, although they are just basic small functions, as long as there are enough of them and they are comprehensive enough, coupled with the practicality of Tiantian Assistant itself, it can completely change users' mobile phone usage habits bit by bit, letting everyone gradually get used to the existence of Tiantian Assistant, greatly enhancing user stickiness, and making them unable to leave it forever."

"With the power of Tiantian Assistant, coupled with our active promotion, I believe it will become popular across the country in a few months, and having over 100 million users will not be a problem. And after user stickiness is enhanced, it is even very likely to develop into a core software that everyone must have, similar to WeChat."