We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

In Principal Dong's office, only Principal Dong, Teacher Chen, a vice principal, Wang Xiangjun and his secretary were there.

After the welcome, the group of people could no longer gather together like the village aunties to eat melon seeds and listen to the gossips of the Zhang family and Li family. Instead, they all returned to their respective posts and did what they were supposed to do.

And inside the office, the greetings continued.

"Mr. Wang's fire is of high quality and looks exquisite."

Looking at the lighter that Wang Xiangjun used to light his cigarette, Principal Dong could not help but say a few words of praise.

"This? It's a custom-made Zippo model, issued by the company. Only people within the Far East department can have it, and the color used is also Far East Purple."

Wang Xiangjun was not showing off, but just following the topic. In his opinion, there was nothing to show off about a lighter.

In fact, he didn't know that this Far Eastern purple Zippo engraved with golden bauhinia patterns has become a symbol of status.

There are many Far Eastern Purple Zippo, and anyone with a certain level of experience in the Far East can get one. However, it is precisely because of this reason that Far Eastern Purple Zippo is in short supply on the black market, and has been sold for thousands of dollars.

Many business owners, especially those on the mainland, like this lighter and it is seen as a status symbol.

In addition, some foreign collectors are also willing to buy them at high prices, especially after the Far East stopped issuing this type of lighter.

The 1990s was the time when Zippo was hit hard. What was popular in the West at that time? Disposable lighters, which many smokers bought for one dollar each and were given as a free gift when they bought a whole pack of cigarettes.

Don't underestimate this thing. It is serious high-tech nowadays. There are no more than five countries in the world that can produce this kind of lighter.

As for the price, the cheapest one starts at ten dollars.

But this thing has been developed by some people in Wenzhou, and the price has been reduced to about two dollars. But what's the point of being cheap? You can't sell it.

For a two-dollar lighter, the United States can never reduce the cost to this level even if you beat them to death.

As a result, Western lighter manufacturers not only filed lawsuits to protect their rights and prevent your lighters from being sold, but they also actually enacted legislation this year.

They just found a few fire cases and then said that Wenzhou's lighters have safety hazards, and the lack of child locks can cause fires, etc.

The final result is that even if Wenzhou's lighter manufacturers develop low-cost lighters, it will be useless and they can only sell them in the mainland.

Internationally, they are tools of exploitation by capitalists and have become their OEM factories. Although the prices of lighters in Europe and the United States have become cheaper, they are still more than seven or eight US dollars.

Disposable lighters have become cheaper, but Zippo is having a harder time.

Two years ago, YDD officially acquired 33% of the shares of this historic and most prestigious lighter brand and became the decision-maker of Zippo.

After the acquisition, YDD began to steer Zippo towards the direction of affordable luxury, which is YDD’s strength.

Telling stories and talking about history, now Zippo has changed from a consumer product to a gift, as if it is a sin for a woman not to give her man a Zippo lighter.

Of course, the super-high-traffic YDD of the Far East was not spared. A batch of Far East Purple was produced and given to the middle and senior management of the Far East for use, and then widely publicized that this is what a successful man should use.

YDD was indeed a success. Although Zippo's sales did not increase much, its profits increased significantly.

The production cost of a Zippo lighter is actually very low. If the outer shell is not made of special materials, the factory cost is only around ten or twenty dollars.

But what about the price? The price of Zippo, which is on the YDD list, has soared by 130% in two years, which means that a lighter that cost $100 before joining the YDD now costs $230, which is making a lot of money out of high-income people around the world.

Not only Zippo, but also low-end brands have been developed through the Far East industrial chain system.

Relying on the price advantage of OEM in Wenzhou, Zippo also entered the disposable lighter market. Although this area is now high-tech, Luo Nianzhong knows that there will be no follow-up development.

Fortunately, Zippo does not have a factory and all products are outsourced, so it can withdraw at any time.

The lighter business is not a business that does not make a lot of money. If Zippo can cooperate with the mainland and build a super large lighter industrial park, it can monopolize the global market and make huge profits.

Not to mention that a lighter in China still sells for several dollars, and the profit is not small, and the bulk of it comes from advertising. Unfortunately, no one sees this now.

The lighter was the starting point of the conversation, and then the two sides talked about everything from lighters to tea to domestic technological development, and then got into the formal topic.

"Boss Wang, regarding the winter recruitment you mentioned, our Xidian University will definitely fully cooperate, but I don't know how many people will be hired?"

Before coming, Wang Xiangjun's secretary had already communicated the purpose of his visit with the school. This time Wang Xiangjun returned to his alma mater for two reasons, one was to donate money to express gratitude, and the other was to recruit people.

The reason for the greeting is that this is held exclusively for Far East Communications recruitment, which is different from the previous ones.

Nowadays, university recruitment is very mature for rabbits, but it is all summer recruitment, which is the graduation season.

At that time, major foreign companies, state-owned enterprises and national departments will all recruit, but most of them will be for top students and key universities.

Ordinary schools? Just wait for the assignment.

Now that the graduation season has just passed and the school season has just begun, it will take another eight or nine months to wait for the summer recruitment. In order to grab talents in advance and fill the major companies here in large numbers, the Far East Department has launched a winter recruitment.

Wait half a semester? The students have already made up their minds, so why wait half a semester?

Moreover, Luo Nianzhong knew that half a year in advance was meaningless, as students would start internships in their senior year.

"Does Principal Dong think we have recruited too many people?"

This time, Far East Communications is going to recruit about 600 people in Xi'an. This number does not include talents from the society, but only talents from major universities.

There are many universities in Xi'an and its surrounding provinces and cities, but there are only so many top ones, not to mention those with matching majors.

Xidian University is Wang Xiangjun's focus this time, so according to his idea, at least 150 to 200 people will be recruited here, and this part does not include those who are studying for a master's degree. He thought the other party thought he had recruited too many people.

"No, no, no, Mr. Wang, you misunderstood," Principal Dong waved his hands quickly. "What I mean is, if possible, could your company hire more people?"

Seeing Wang Xiangjun frowning, Principal Dong said quickly, "I know the level of these students in our school best. They will definitely not be a burden to your company. I hope Mr. Wang can help these younger students."

Wang Xiangjun thought, "Because of that policy?"

Principal Dong nodded.

Next year is 1996. For other people, 96 is just 96, but for college students, it is a year of major turning point because the government no longer provides job assignments.

Why were college students envied by everyone in the past? Apart from their abilities, the most important thing was that they were paid by the government.

Job assignment is guaranteed after graduation, so you don’t have to worry about finding a job at all.

But things will be different in the future because there will be policies from above.

Starting next year, the state will no longer assign jobs to graduates below junior college level.

Although it is only a pilot project and has not been completely stopped, it has also cost lives. Everyone can see that this is a trend and it will inevitably be completely stopped in the future.

Students from top universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University don’t have to worry, as the country will definitely not reject any talent. But for 211 universities like Xidian University, it is very embarrassing.

Are there guaranteed job placements? We cannot say no, because each department needs talent and fresh blood, but it will definitely not be all-inclusive like it is now.

Add to that the many positions occupied by people with connections, and there are even fewer places available for 211 universities.

This is no small matter. If the school can solve this problem and enable all its graduates to find jobs smoothly, it will have an immeasurable impact on the improvement of Xidian University's status.

No one is guaranteed a job, but other people's graduates are basically hired, but you still need to find a job by yourself. If you are a student, which university would you choose?

Moreover, now a large number of talents from Xi'an Electronics have entered Far East Communications, and their chances of promotion in the future will undoubtedly be much greater. When they become middle-level managers, which school's candidates will they consider first?

Wang Xiangjun understood, thought about it for a while, looked at Dong Xiao’s hopeful eyes, and finally shook his head.

"Sorry, this number has already been decided."

Principal Dong was very disappointed and asked Wang Xiangjun to keep winking at Lao Chen while drinking tea.

Old Chen was very hesitant and didn't want to put pressure on his favorite student, but when he thought about the students who would soon graduate and become unemployed, he finally spoke up.

“Xiang Jun, these students are all good kids, very demanding and capable.

If you can, please help.”

Wang Xiangjun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Teacher, I want to do it too, but it's already been decided and there's really nothing I can do about it."

"Oh," Principal Dong sighed repeatedly, his body bent a lot.

Wang Xiangjun was puzzled by this, and asked, "Principal Dong, logically speaking, our graduates have no shortage of jobs, so why do they insist on joining Far East Communications?"

"Yes, there is no shortage of jobs, but who wouldn't want them to develop on a better stage?"

With the recruitment of Xidian University, these students will never lack jobs. There are so many students and so many enterprises, institutions and research institutes in the entire Northwest.

But the current environment is like this, where there is either no work to do or the work is intermittent, and he doesn't want his students to waste their time in such a unit.

"Thank you for the compliment, President Dong. All the Far East companies are good. We dare not take big shots."

"That's right, that's right. The Far East-related enterprises are naturally excellent. If all these students could get jobs there, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"Principal Dong, you are doing this..."

I originally wanted to say that you are too greedy and want to go everywhere, but it is hard to say that.

"It would be good if half of them could go. I estimate that at least half of these younger students can be admitted."

"Hmm, hm?" Dong Xiao, who had been nodding out of habit, suddenly realized something was wrong. Are we talking about the same thing?

"Aren't we just going to recruit more than a hundred people?"

“Yes, we at Far East Communications are looking for 150 to 200 people, but there are other companies as well.

The major recruiter coming to our school this time is the Far East Group. Not to mention the various branches established here, the Far East Laboratory alone plans to recruit 300 people first.

In our northwest, is there any school better than Xidian University in the field of electronic information? So our school has already registered with them, and I also want to recruit more, but there is no way, the quotas have been reserved."

Wang Xiangjun didn’t want to recruit more people not because he was afraid that there were too many Xidian gang members in the company, but because he didn’t have that many talents to recruit.

Xidian University, although it is only a 211, no one would change to an ordinary 985.

Two electronics and one post are no joke. Among the five major bases laid out by the Far East System, Xi’an and Chengdu were chosen because of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Xidian University.

If you compare Xidian University and Beihang University, 9999 out of people will say that Beihang University absolutely beats Xidian University.

But people in the semiconductor industry don’t think so. Many people believe that Xidian University is more valuable than Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

This is also why it was said later that once you were admitted to Xidian University, you had one foot in the door of Huawei.

Speaking of microelectronics alone, the strongest in the country are the earliest 28 microelectronics normal colleges.

The strongest among the strong are the first nine universities that were evaluated in microelectronics. Among these nine, Xidian University is one, but your Beihang University has nothing to do with it.

Beihang University is one of the 19 universities that expanded later, and can be considered a latecomer. However, Beijing has better resources and is developing faster, so Xidian University is the older brother.

Even though they are 211, in the field of microelectronics, they have always been playing with a group of 985.

In terms of electronic science and technology, semiconductor giants believe that it is tied for first place with Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology.

Another point is that Xidian University is simple in terms of its majors.

We don't have liberal arts, so admissions are based on a lot of electronic admissions categories, and the emphasis is on specialization.

It is also because of this partial approach, foundation and teaching quality that the Far Eastern Department set its sights on Xidian University in Xi'an. Otherwise, why would Xidian University be among the first batch of Far Eastern interns? This has been a hallmark of Xidian University for so many years.

In order to avoid delaying the establishment of various companies due to the trouble of attracting talents, the Far East-related companies have already held a meeting. Let's first divide these talents and quickly build the company framework.

As for the future, it all depends on your ability.

Therefore, Wang Xiangjun did not understand why Principal Dong was worried about the graduates.

"Are you saying that the Far East Laboratory and other Far East-related companies will also come to our school to recruit people?"

"Uh" Wang Xiangjun was speechless. You don't know the feeling.

I've been talking to you about hips and elbows for a long time, and you're talking to me about JB head.

You just talked for a long time about the high and big stage, the best companies in the world, are you comparing us with those local state-owned enterprises?

I was quite happy originally, but now I feel insulted.

However, when Wang Xiangjun heard Principal Dong asking whether it was true or not, he nodded.

"That's great. I didn't expect that the Far East Laboratory would come to our school to recruit people."

Principal Dong stood up excitedly and walked around the office.

"We need to think about how to welcome them. It has to be grand. Should we hold a party or something like that?"

Wang Xiangjun sat there and rolled his eyes. He was like, "You're going to destroy the bridge after crossing it, right? Now that you have Xiao Tiantian, you're going to ignore me, Mrs. Niu, right?"

You can complain all you want, but please keep it to yourself. I'm still here.

The reason why Wang Xiangjun came in person this time was that he knew that no matter how good Far East Communications was, its status in the hearts of semiconductor talents would never be higher than that of Far East Laboratory, no matter how good it was in terms of reputation or treatment.

Not to mention the Far East Laboratory, he can't even compare with the Far East Chip, so he chooses to save some talents in advance, which requires the help of the school.