Eric was stunned. He had not expected Boss Pei to say such a thing.
How could I do that?
Eric knew very well that there were many objective factors in his failure. Sometimes, he was dragged down by the higher-ups. Sometimes, it was because IOI's game was indeed different from GOG's … but no matter what, a loss was a loss!
He was completely defeated by Boss Pei, the kind that was beaten up in fancy ways.
What's more, Tengda was full of talents. GOG was such an awesome game. Boss Pei could not personally handle the version update, numerical balance, operation activities, e-sports competitions, and so on. These tasks were all handled by Tengda's internal employees.
These employees could not be underestimated even if Boss Pei's huge role was excluded!
Why else would Tengda Games be the core department of the entire Tengda Corporation? Any one of them could open up a new industry and expand territory for Boss Pei's business empire.
In the end, Boss Pei was not satisfied with the person-in-charge of GOG? He even said that he wanted to change it a long time ago?
You want to give this position to me?
Eric felt that this was quite unreal. However, Boss Pei's expression seemed especially serious and not joking at all.
Thus, he really began to think about this possibility.
Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem when he saw Eric fall silent. "Aiya, I overlooked a problem."
"You're considered a senior executive of Dayak Corporation. Did you sign a non-competition agreement?
How much would I have to pay if I were to change jobs? "
It was fine if it was a small company, but large companies would basically sign non-competition agreements and confidentiality agreements with the senior executives to prevent malicious poaching by competitors.
The confidentiality agreement was easy to understand. It meant that even if employees left, they could not leak or take away the company's secrets. Otherwise, they would have to bear the corresponding responsibility.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a mess if the senior executives brought the company's secrets to the competitor's company when they changed jobs?
As for the non-competition agreement, it restricted similar things, but the specific content was different.
Generally speaking, the non-competition agreement was mainly targeted at key and indispensable senior executives. It restricted them from doing part-time jobs in the same business during their tenure and from joining competitors in the same field for a period of time after leaving.
Different companies had different rules for how long this' period of time 'was, but it was usually two years. After all, it was too short and meaningless.
Of course, the content of the agreement couldn't be too broad.
For example, if a company wrote in the non-compete agreement that employees were not allowed to join any domestic or foreign internet companies within two years after leaving their jobs, that would be too much. Because the concept of an internet company was too broad, wouldn't that mean that employees could not join any companies with code farmers?
Therefore, they would usually be specific to a specific field, such as social media, shopping websites, etc.
Game companies would often state that they were not allowed to join other game companies, nor were they allowed to establish a game company.
Or, he would clearly state that he was not allowed to join a few companies and clearly state the names of the companies. These companies were usually big companies in the industry. Although their main business was different, it was normal for them to have a competitive relationship.
After signing the non-compete agreement, the employee would be restricted, so the company must also give certain compensation: after the employee leaves, the company would continue to pay the employee monthly, usually more than 30% of the original fixed income, which could be regarded as the "hush money" and "compensation" to comply with the non-compete agreement.
If the company didn't pay for a few months, then the non-compete agreement would be invalid.
However, Dayak Corporation was a big company, and these aspects were definitely very formal.
If Eric really signed the non-compete agreement, that would be a little troublesome.
If he wanted to poach people, he would have to pay the liquidated damages. The situation of each company was different, but it would probably be at least a few million yuan.
The key was that the system might not allow Pei Qian to pay the money to poach people.
Eric nodded. "There is a non-compete agreement."
Pei Qian was a little troubled.
What should he do?
Should he let Eric talk to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation and cancel this non-compete agreement?
Wouldn't that be equivalent to telling others that he was going to jump ship to a competitor's company?
The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation were not stupid. How could they agree?
It was a little difficult.
Eric pondered for a moment and said, "However, if I really want to jump ship to Tengda, this non-compete agreement might not be able to restrict me."
Pei Qian: "?"
For a moment, he could not think of the background of the person who could say such a thing.
What, could the European judge be a relative of yours?
Seeing Boss Pei's slightly stunned expression, Eric knew that he must have misunderstood. He quickly explained, "Of course, I can't violate the contents of the non-compete agreement itself. However, if I want to jump ship to Tengda, I will not be restricted by this non-compete agreement."
"That's because Tengda does not meet the conditions of the non-compete agreement."
Pei Qian still did not understand.
Tengda's GOG and Finger Games' IOI were competing against each other. That was an iron-clad fact, right?
If Eric, the person-in-charge of IOI, jumped ship to GOG, wouldn't that trigger the non-compete agreement no matter how he looked at it?
Eric explained, "My situation is a little special."
"Actually, there is a non-compete agreement in both Dayak Corporation and Finger Games."
"The non-compete agreement in Finger Games clearly states that the senior management and core designers are not allowed to join any other games companies within two years after leaving. Of course, that includes Tengda."
"However, I am not considered an employee of Finger Games, so I did not sign this non-compete agreement with Finger Games."
"As for Dayak Corporation's non-compete agreement, the situation is different from Finger Games'."
"Dayak Corporation's main business is in the water, transportation, energy, media, and so on. It might have bought some games companies, but it is not considered a main business."
"What's more, I was originally in the media department. That's why my non-compete agreement says that I am not allowed to join other European and American media companies, as well as water, transportation, energy, and other companies that directly compete with Dayak Corporation."
"In addition, I am also not allowed to join some of the more famous international internet companies, such as a few large companies in Silicon Valley."
"This range is very broad, but Tengda is indeed not one of them …"
Pei Qian was shocked.
That could happen?
He thought about it carefully. It really did not seem to be affected!
In fact, there were some senior management in the country who jumped ship between major companies. However, as long as they signed a non-compete agreement, they would basically not be able to escape.
After all, it was easy to tell at a glance whether the two companies were competitors or not.
However, Eric's situation was obviously very special.
He was not originally in the game industry. Instead, he was in charge of some affairs in Dayak Corporation's media company.
After Dayak Corporation acquired Finger Games, they wanted to strengthen their control over Finger Games. On the other hand, they wanted to better expand IOI's business in the local server. That was why they had sent Eric to be the person-in-charge.
Eric might be in charge of the games business, but it was not written in his non-compete agreement.
For example, a company that developed cell phones would not specify in the non-compete agreement that they could not be designers in a game company. It would also not be written that they could not wash dishes or be waiters in restaurants.
That was because even if senior management wanted to jump ship, they would have to jump to their main business.
The so-called non-compete agreement was to hope that employees would not jump to the same industry and form a competitive relationship with themselves. It was also to prevent large companies from maliciously poaching each other and destroying the employment environment.
Wouldn't it be acting like a hooligan if they still did not let them work after changing industries? The law would not support them at all.
However, Eric had to change industries because of business expansion. That caused the content of the original non-compete agreement to not take effect …
Of course, this agreement also named many large companies in various fields, but Tengda was not among them.
That was because Tengda was a Chinese company. What's more, it had only really risen in the past two to three years. He had never heard of Dayak Corporation. How could he have the foresight to write Tengda's name in the non-compete agreement?
Pei Qian had not expected this to happen.
What's more, he suddenly realized that he and Eric were seriously discussing the possibility of job-hopping …
That made Eric fall silent. He felt that there was something wrong with this topic.
Perhaps it was because Boss Pei's thirst for talent was so obvious that Eric was unconsciously infected.
Pei Qian's voice suddenly became louder. "That's easy!"
"Brother Eric, when can you start working? It shouldn't take a few days for you to go back and complete the resignation procedures, right? "
Eric was a little shocked. There was no need to be so anxious, right?
Boss Pei was really not reserved. He did not have the airs of a leader at all.
However, wasn't that Boss Pei's personality charm?
Eric pondered for a moment before saying, "Boss Pei, this is too sudden. I'm not mentally prepared. Let me think about it carefully."
"What's more … if I really want to join Tengda, I have a small request."
"Can you poach Boss Zhao from Long Yu Corporation as well?"
"I have a good rapport with him. I hope to continue working with him."
"Of course, forget it if you think he is not capable enough, Boss Pei. What's more, Boss Zhao is probably carrying a non-compete agreement. This matter might not be easy to deal with. "
Pei Qian nodded immediately. "Alright! No problem! "
Pei Qian had a deep impression of Zhao Xuming.
He did not seem to have much ability. The only outstanding ability was that he did not take the blame.
Wouldn't the chances of incurring losses increase greatly if such a person could continue working with Eric?
At that time, Eric would be in charge of the overseas market while Zhao Xuming would be in charge of the domestic market. One would be in charge of the external and the other would be in charge of the internal.
Of course, if Zhao Xuming really had a non-compete agreement, Pei Qian really did not know how to resolve it.
He could only think of a way to see if he could reach some kind of cooperation with Long Yu Corporation and exchange Zhao Xuming.
If it really did not work, then forget it. He could only say that they were not fated.
It might not be perfect if there was only Eric, but it should be enough.
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