After seeing off Bill Dye and his entourage, a somewhat weary Nick returned to his office. However, Nick hadn't rested for long before Tyler, Zack, and Sarah walked in together, as if they had planned it.
"You're here, have a seat!" Nick wasn't particularly surprised to see them enter. After all, everyone was well aware of Bill Dye's purpose for coming. So, after seeing off the delegation, they were eager to hear Nick's thoughts.
After everyone was seated in the office's lounge area, a secretary's office staff member promptly served coffee.
Nick then got up from behind his desk, walked to an empty sofa in the lounge area, sat down, and lit a cigarette, saying, "Have you all read that document? Tell me your thoughts."
Hearing his words, everyone exchanged glances, finally focusing their attention on Zack. Zack smiled at this, then began, "The city's determination this time is significant. From this document, it's truly not easy to offer so many preferential and concessionary terms.
Compared to the tax incentives and reductions, I actually value the sustained and long-term nature of the relevant support policies more, which is crucial for our company's development.
Of course, the preferential conditions offered by other places are also good, and some geographical advantages and related conditions in Beijing and Los Angeles are even better than these.
However, for the present and a considerable period in the future, Texas is still more suitable for us.
As the saying goes, 'better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.' Here, we are unique, naturally favored and loved. If we go elsewhere, the competition will be fierce, and we won't seem as important."
Hearing his words, Giovanni, the Director of the Marketing Department, shook his head and said, "You can't say that. Texas still can't compare to the advantages of first-tier developed cities like Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Let's not even talk about the generous policies; just the geographical and economic advantages and the rich resources in those places are superior.
That's why those big companies are flocking there. If we want to become an international big company, just staying in Texas isn't enough."
No sooner had Giovanni finished speaking than Sarah couldn't help but retort, "With the internet and transportation facilities so developed now, choosing where to be is the same. I think the key, as Director Zack said, is to have a stable development environment, and in that regard, Texas is very good.
Moreover, the operating costs and infrastructure construction costs here are all more advantageous than in other places. More importantly, if we really were to move and abandon this place, most of what we've accumulated would have to be given up, and we'd have to start anew in a new location, which would have a huge impact on the company's development."
After listening to the three, Nick nodded slightly, then looked at his Human Resources Director, Taylor, and asked, "Old Vivian, what do you think?"
Taylor smiled bitterly and shook his head when Nick asked the question, "I won't talk about other aspects; I'll just discuss my views on human resources.
Firstly, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, these four major tech hubs, are talent magnets. These four places not only gather a large number of excellent talents from all over the country but also attract many outstanding foreign talents to work there.
If we were to relocate there, it would be beneficial for us to attract excellent talents from across the country and even the world.
As for Texas, although it's somewhat less developed compared to these four places, it also has its advantages. Firstly, Texas has a high concentration of top-tier universities, with over 300,000 fresh graduates every year. Even if only one-tenth of them are outstanding talents, that's still over 30,000, which can fully meet our development needs.
Just as you said before, we need to strengthen the cultivation and retention of young talents. Compared to various outstanding talents who have experience in the workplace, these young talents fresh out of school have more potential for development, and their loyalty and cohesion are much stronger than those of others.
More importantly, the growth of an enterprise is bound to have its own talent training base. Every enterprise has universities with in-depth cooperation in talent, just like your school, Mr. Nicholas, which is one of the universities favored by major tech giants.
In Texas, we have a natural local advantage, one could say we sit on a huge treasure trove of talent. With our excellent conditions, I think attracting these talents to stay with our company and in Texas is absolutely no problem.
So I think instead of going out to search everywhere, it's better to stay here and slowly discover them. The suggestion you made earlier about strengthening school-enterprise cooperation is very good."
"What does the finance department think?" Nick smiled after hearing him, then turned to Giovanni.
Giovanni shook her head slightly and said, "I have no objections; the tax incentives in this document are indeed generous. However, how long such generous conditions can be maintained, I'm afraid no one can guarantee."
Giovanni voiced her concerns. Indeed, as their company developed faster and its revenue scale grew larger, it was hard to guarantee that these conditions wouldn't change. Even if Bill Dye could maintain them, what about his subsequent successors?
Tyler finally spoke up at this point, "That's right, comparatively, I also agree with Old Zack's view. Tax reduction measures are temporary, but the relevant preferential support policies are long-term.
We've already settled down in Texas, with so many people, it's basically impossible to move easily.
Besides, a hundred acres of land, that's an opportunity for us. The company's scale is getting larger and larger, and the current office environment and conditions are increasingly unable to meet our needs. It's time to consider the construction of our headquarters."
Tyler's words made Nick laugh. Nick stubbed out the cigarette in his hand and said, "It's said to be a hundred acres, but in reality, it's only about eighty acres. You'll have even less to use for construction, so don't get your hopes up.
Besides, we're not those internet companies; do you really think building just one high-rise building will satisfy us?
In the future, not only will our company's various departmental administrative bodies expand, but our research and development institutions and laboratories will also expand.
You have to remember, we are a technology company, and R&D institutions are our foundation. Such high-rise business districts are not suitable for us.
In comparison, what I value more are the preferential conditions given to us. As you all said before, a stable and comfortable environment is more suitable for our development.
Even though Texas is not as flashy as New York or Silicon Valley, it has a natural fertile ground for our development, which is the large number of high-quality reserve talents in these universities.
This is the fundamental basis for the development of a technology enterprise."