In the past two years, domestic and foreign giants have invested massive budgets in the direction of magic coin mining.
Overseas, Apple, Tesla and Amazon are the three most crazy companies.
Apple's investment here is even more radical than Tesla's.
As for FB, FB has no money to open up new battlefields.
FB's stock price has been falling since before and after it changed its name to META. Don't give up on stocks that have started a downward channel.
At the same time, FB is losing ground in the VR market by Kechuang Future, giving up the mid-to-high-end market.
FB has ushered in its own Davis Double Click and no longer has the resources to compete with other giants in the next era of technological revolution.
For them, they can only hope that the world will change more slowly, giving FB a chance to keep up.
As for America's financial giants such as Goldman Sachs, ****, and Sequoia Capital, they will not do it themselves. They will choose to bet on both sides, the government and enterprises.
"Luo, congratulations, this is a new contract. Apple is willing to sign an unlimited contract with you."
"And this contract stipulates that Apple does not have the right to fire you freely as long as there are no particularly major contingencies."
Domestic labor contracts generally have a term of three years, although there are also contracts with no fixed term.
However, there is a big difference between American's open-ended contract and domestic open-ended contract.
Domestic indefinite-term contracts stipulate that employers cannot fire workers easily.
Many of Americen's labor contracts are indefinite-term contracts, but their indefinite-term contracts follow a free dismissal system.
Therefore, the stability is far less than that of China's indefinite-term contract.
Luo Shu's pupils dilated slightly after seeing it. He had been working at Amerikan for two years after graduating from a doctorate to a master's degree.
It has been a month since Apple’s magic coin team made new astronomical observations.
The personnel department suddenly approached him about re-signing the contract. Luo Shu thought about it for a moment and understood what was going on.
You must know that an indefinite-term contract with strong constraints is very rare, especially for a giant like Apple.
This means that even if you work hard every day, Apple will still support you.
Although wages can be reduced, the minimum wage in Apple's salary system is much higher than the average wage at Amerika.
On the surface, it is an out-and-out pie, although it does not fall from the sky, but is earned by Luo Shu's hard work.
"It seems that Apple has dug up the magic coin, and even if it hasn't, it has made great progress."
"No, we definitely found it. We made some discoveries before but fell short in the end, but we didn't get this kind of treatment."
When Apple failed repeatedly in the past, the head of their team complained a lot in front of them.
After the discovery of a planet with a blue star-like spectrum this time, the leader of their team only praised them at first.
During the following period, the person in charge was exceptionally taciturn.
Luo Shu now understands why. He probably signed a very high-level confidentiality agreement.
"Apple has definitely discovered the magic coin."
Luo Shu then thought: "Why didn't I hear any news?"
"Instead, you have to guess by yourself."
Luo Shu always feels that even though he works for Apple, he can still say that he is engaged in magic-related work when he goes out.
But he was just a screw and a tool that was not respected. This feeling made Luo Shu feel a little twisted inside.
Normally, he could hide his emotions with the material satisfaction brought by Apple's high salary, but under the impact of the news that Apple had mined Magic Coin, these emotions resurfaced in his subconscious.
I clearly made a certain contribution to this project, but I don’t even have the right to know.
If it weren't for signing a permanent labor agreement, I wouldn't even be able to detect any clues.
Luo Shu deeply felt that he was a peripheral member of the magic coin project and a tool man.
Luo Shu realized that this permanent labor contract was more of a constraint. Apple could not fire him at will, nor could he leave Apple at will.
He looked through it and sure enough, it was a ten-year non-competition agreement.
After signing this agreement, if he wanted to engage in related industry research after leaving Apple, he would have to spend ten years or pay a huge fine.
HR, who was sitting opposite Luo Shu, saw that Luo Shu did not sign the agreement without thinking like others.
"I need to think about it."
Instead, he remained silent at first, then picked up the contract and looked through it. HR also guessed:
"Luo, this is a good thing, and you know that the work you do is very confidential."
"Although I don't know what exactly you have discovered, but if you don't sign this contract, the federal staff who come to talk to you later will also ask you to sign other confidentiality agreements."
HR lowered his voice and said: "And you won't be able to return to China in the short term."
"You can only stay in Amerikan and wait until the confidentiality of this matter is reduced before you can return to China."
"In Americen, if you work in this direction, the Americen government will definitely not be able to get in. As for comparisons with other companies, Apple's environment is definitely the best."
HR and Luo Shu are friends who occasionally chat, and he also knows the general content of Luo Shu's work.
So he persuaded me with good words.
After hearing this, Luo Shu nodded slightly gratefully, and then secretly observed his surroundings.
Sure enough, there was a white man diagonally behind HR, reading the newspaper in his hand and paying attention here from time to time.
"Daniel, thank you, but at least let me think about it now."
A thought quickly emerged in Luo Shu's mind: there is no free lunch in the world.
Another thought: The gift given by fate has already been secretly marked with a price.
The words of the Austrian writer Zweig in "The Beheaded Queen" have always been regarded as a guideline by some people.
Luo Shu had always believed that this was the idle moaning of a loser, the self-comfort of those who had experienced the peak of life and then fell to the bottom and could not stand up.
But he didn't expect that one day he would feel so deeply about this passage.
Apple's position is high-paying and easy-going. After he came here, he always felt that he was a blessing in disguise and became a Silicon Valley elite.
I just didn't expect that the price to pay for this gift is freedom, a certain degree of freedom.
"Okay, I'll sign."
Having experienced the feeling of being taken away by Amerikan's federal workers, Luo Shu didn't want to experience this feeling again.
At the same time, he also knew that he had no room for resistance.
After signing, HR patted him on the shoulder:
“This contract must be signed by everyone in the magic coin project.”
"After signing, you can go and change your h1b visa to a green card."
"If you want to change your nationality to Amerikan, I think the Amerikan government will open certain doors for you."
The H1B visa is a temporary work visa. Most of the people who stay and work here after studying in Amerikan sign H1B.
This visa can only engage in professional jobs. For example, those who study finance can only engage in finance.
Like Luo Shu, who was born in astronomy, he could only work in astronomy.
If it hadn't been for the emergence of Magic Coin, it would have been extremely difficult for him to find a job other than teaching at Amerikan.
H1B is issued for three years and can be renewed at most once. If you have not obtained a green card for more than six years, you will face the risk of being deported.
If someone had told Luo Shu that he could get a green card when he first came to America, he would have been happy for a long time.
But now that he was told that he could get a green card at any time, and that Amerikan would help him speed up the process, Luo Shu realized that this was a constraint.
An alternative way of restricting freedom.
After hr left, the man sitting behind hr stood up and sat in front of Luo Shu. He took out a stack of documents and handed them to Luo Shu:
"Hello, Mr. Luo, I am a federal employee, and this is my ID."
"There is a confidentiality agreement here that you need to sign. To be precise, it is not a need, but a must."
"In addition, please pay attention to your words and deeds in the future, and do not disclose anything about your work situation and work content at Apple."
"If you conceal your identity from the public, Apple will make arrangements for you in the future. You cannot mention your specific work content on any social media."
After Luo Shu read it, there was one sentence in the agreement that particularly caught his attention, which roughly meant: No one is allowed to return to the country without approval from the American side.
He thought not to sign, but knew he had no room for bargaining.
After signing the contract, Luo Shu, who had never smoked, went to the convenience store downstairs to buy a pack of Marlboros and took a deep breath: "Oh~"
"People in the arena involuntarily."
In the smoke, Luo Shu remembered that his fate should have changed dramatically at the Mauna Kea Observatory.
Originally, he would return to China after completing his PhD in astronomy at Amerikan and become an astronomy-related researcher.
Once the gears of destiny start turning, they can never go back to their original trajectory.
After Luo Shu returned to the apartment he rented in Austin, he reviewed it carefully:
The reason why Amerikan did not sign an agreement with them before was that he had a certain degree of freedom in his research.
You must know that he can still communicate with classmates outside at his workstation.
The level of confidentiality is gradually increasing.
Previously, only when entering the astronomical observation area was communication isolation from the outside world carried out.
Later, as soon as I started working, I would be isolated from the outside world.
Now, although it is only through a soft constraint such as a confidentiality agreement, he is required not to disclose the content of his work.
But Luo Shu glanced at the iPhone in his hand and the MacBook on the table. There was also an Apple TV in the living room.
Luo Shu knew that as long as he revealed something that should not be revealed to others, especially his classmates and friends in China, Apple and Amerikan officials would definitely know it as soon as possible.
Luo Shu also knew that even if he changed to a Samsung mobile phone or even rice, he would not be able to avoid it.
The reason why confidentiality requirements were low before was because there was not much progress.
Confidentiality requirements are gradually increasing with the progress of magic coin mining.
Especially after the magic coin was mined, the confidentiality requirements were raised to a limit.
Although Luo Shu is only a peripheral researcher on this project, he still has some knowledge.
He only knew the part he was responsible for, and did not know the full picture of Apple’s astronomical observation strategy.
But Luo Shu knows, for example, which specific phenomena may lead to planets with intelligent life, and which indicators Apple pays special attention to in its internal astronomical observation strategy.
These are only a small part of the magic coin system engineering, but they are of high value.
If Luo Shu could return to China, giants such as Huawei, Goosechang, and Ali would be willing to pay him millions in salary.
If the news that Apple has mined Magic Coin is confirmed, the salary will increase by dozens of percentage points.
After Luo Shu thought about it carefully, he knew that he would not want to return to China in a short time.
"Oh, if I had known I would have returned home as soon as possible."
"The pay at Amliken is higher and the work intensity is far less intense than at domestic Internet companies."
"If I was just an ordinary programmer, the environment in Silicon Valley would obviously be better than that in Zhongguancun."
"The problem is that due to the nature of the work, I can't get into the core research group at Amerikan."
"I'm just doing odd jobs on the outside, and I'm taking away my freedom."
Luo Shu chose to join Apple and engage in magic coin mining, largely because he was interested in magic and the coordinate system of the universe.
Little did he know that mining in reality is completely different from what he thought he was doing.
Every day is astronomical observation, paying attention to characteristic values. Sometimes the above-mentioned observation strategy is formulated for the near future, and it is implemented according to the above-mentioned strategy.
Luo Shu had no right to know why he did this and the logic behind it.
In other words, he thought that by participating in system engineering, he would have the opportunity to come into contact with magic, but in fact, he was participating in system engineering, but in the form of screws.
Fortunately, he likes to be more serious and doesn't just bury his head in the work at hand and muddle along every day.
Luo Shu would take the initiative to think about the logic behind the observation strategy, and then verify his opinions side by side during work reports with the person in charge and internal work meetings.
The further back, the closer Luo Shu's thinking came to the thinking logic of the person in charge.
You must know that the person in charge of the astronomical observation group is an old friend of Dr. Luo Shu's mentor, and he is a giant in the field of astronomy.
Luo Shu's progress is not unsatisfactory. If he returns to China, he can definitely join a big factory and stand alone in the field of astronomical observation of the magic coin project.
"Alas, I died before I left the army."
"But can I use futureverse to deliver the message?"
Luo Shu was pacing back and forth in the room and accidentally noticed a futureverse produced by Kechuang Future in his room.
“Boss Zheng and Americen’s Liang Zi say that Kechuang Biotechnology and Kechuang Future have almost no investment in American.”
“The channel for brain-computer connection to VR is most likely not controlled by Amerikan.”
"If I communicate with others or even transfer files here, will Amerikan be able to detect it?"
"Actually, we just need to make sure that the futureverse is not affected by Amerikan."
"But the problem is that futureverse can enter the Amerikan market, which means there is a compromise."
This kind of compromise is necessary, just like when Apple enters China, it makes sense to put iCloud data in China.
Regardless of whether it is China or America, they cannot tolerate the data of their subordinates being taken away by foreign countries.
These data are valuable. Take Apple’s data as an example. This data is large enough to analyze the behavior of Chinese people.
"It's definitely not possible for me to directly deliver news to others through the futureverse. If it's exposed, it'll be over."
"But I can slowly test Americen's bottom line and their monitoring capabilities."
