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Time flying, Ji is a technical master now. As chief engineer of the company, his extraordinary technical ability witnessed the company's development. However, he felt ever uneasy. As he had immersed himself in technical matters, Ji was convinced that the technical gap in front of them had been widened rather than narrowed over these years. And he knew clearly that the company was still busy carrying boxes all the time. Even when they occasionally did R&D, it was actually imitations of existing technology. Despite all the facts, Ji tried to look on the bright side. That the strategy of "market for technology" was a losing proposition is a general consensus. And independent innovation was highly valued by today's society and the industry.

Therefore, when the CEO asked Ji to have a chat this time, he was really excited. As he entered the CEO's office, the boss began gushing with ecstasy. "As you know, innovation has never been as important as it is today, particularly for IT firms like ours. The Board has decided to build our company into an epitome of innovation, and make technical elites like you the benchmark of innovation." Ji was delighted and thought his day had finally arrived.

Unexpectedly, the boss began to work in a request for Ji's another promotion. "Management expects you to be the CIO," said the boss.

Ji, no longer an idealistic, enthusiastic young man, replied calmly, "You know I'm not suitable for management."

"The municipal government recently published a new policy, stressing support for innovative businesses", the boss added. "We've decided to comply with that by firstly setting up a proper management team."

Ji deciphered the profound meaning between the lines and instantly felt thorns in his side. Sorrow welled up in his heart, and once again he sensed an unavoidable sense of fate.

"Let me think about it", Ji muttered, and then escaped from the office. In depressed retrospection, he saw himself promoted twice in the name of innovation - department manager and now CIO. Now he pondered, "At least both promotions seem to prove a growing importance of innovation. Maybe it's not that bad to take this position of 'innovation CIO'."

附中文原文：CIO故事之十六：提拔

从CEO办公室走出来，季超的心头十分憋闷，不知谁将一把转椅放在过道，他忍不住上前踹了一脚，以舒解心中的郁闷。

其 实，季超本该喜出望外，因为CEO跟他谈的是提拔之事。这对于很多人而言，绝对是好事，但季超心里却是一百个不愿意。这次跟好几年前他经历过的那件事几乎 一模一样。那时，季超加盟这家IT企业不久，老板就找他谈话，要提拔他为部门经理。面对摆在面前的“升官发财”，季超一点都不动心，出于对自己的了解，他 很清楚自己适合做什么、不适合干什么。他非常平静地对老板说：“我这个人性格内向，一向不擅长跟人打交道，真的不适合做管理工作，我只愿意踏踏实实地做技 术。”

老板一幅非常了然的神情，向季超解释道：“公司决定申请政府的科技创新基金，希望你担当申请项目的技术负责人。”其实，老板并不是不了解季超的短板，之所以委以季超“官职”，一是因为他学历高，二是因为他有专利和论文。

季超忍不住问了一句：“用什么项目申请？”老板告诉他，用蓝旗——公司自主研发的Linux。

那时的季超尚年轻气盛，听到“蓝旗”二字，忍不住说：“就这东西还申请创新基金？三两个人从网上下载一个现成的Linux版本，三修两改就号称拥有自主知识产权，不仅违反Linux的许可，简直有些糊弄人！”

话 至此，季超情绪有些激动，“为什么非要挂创新之名来忽悠？咱们公司明明只有代理外国产品的能力，业务也就是‘搬箱子’而已，却要粉饰为全面解决方案、美化 为高科技成果。凭这些怎么能忽悠到政府的科技创新基金呢？”他接着说：“的确大把的IT公司都是‘搬箱子的’，大家之间只有规模不同，没有本质差异，那为 什么我们不能老老实实地承认，硬要贴上各种创新的标签？我们落后、我们缺乏技术含量，这并不可怕，但用这样的方式来‘创新’，才真的可怕！”

话 说完了，季超站起来正要愤然离开，老板把他叫住了，老板和颜悦色地对他说：“我们公司创办时间不长，正是为了你这样的优秀人才能得到持续发展，我们才更需 要多渠道筹措资金，需要政府无偿拨给的创新基金。”最后，老板表示，如果季超不愿意从事管理工作，他可以暂时当个挂名经理，仍旧从事他喜欢的技术工作。

经过老板的精心运作，公司终于获得了政府创新基金的重点扶持，150万元资金分批到位。在此期间，季超一直挂着“技术部经理”的名，待资金全部到位后，在他的坚决要求下，这个挂名才取掉，他终于又安心回到了技术工程师的岗位。

几 年过去了，季超早已从公司的技术骨干“升级”为技术元老。作为公司的首席工程师，他以自己不俗的技术成果，见证了公司的发展。不过，这几年懊恼的感觉也一 直伴随着他——埋头技术的他深深感到我们的技术差距不是缩小了，而是扩大了，大家还在忙着“搬箱子”，好容易研发点什么，也缺乏创意，总是亦步亦趋地跟着 别人，进行抄袭和模仿。一旦业界出现一个新概念，大家就会一拥而上，把它变成一个大筐，争先恐后地把金子和垃圾都往里装。但好在还有让季超欣喜的事，毕竟 大家都已经认识到“拿市场换技术”的结果是市场和技术的双输，自主创新的呼声日益得到社会和企业的认同。

因此，今天CEO找他谈话的时 候，季超起初很兴奋。他一进CEO的办公室，老板的兴奋溢于言表，说：“如今，创新之风日劲，IT企业更要充当创新的急先锋，董事会决定把我们公司打造为 自主创新的典范，把你这样的技术精英树立为创新的榜样。”一直有着技术情结的季超闻听此话，非常高兴，觉得自己终于可以施展一番拳脚了。

但是老板话锋一转，说：“所以公司希望你担任CIO一职。”

季超不再是当年那个急躁的小青年，他淡淡地说：“你是知道的，我不适合管理岗位。”

老板说：“市里最近出台了新政策，要重点扶持一批创新型企业。我们决定首先从公司高管的团队建设上，符合市里的精神。”

老板的话说得很含蓄、很委婉，但季超还是听出了其中的深长意味，觉得如芒在刺。他心头拥起一股强烈的悲哀，觉得神圣的东西再次遭到了庸俗的亵渎。

季超对老板嘟囔了一句“我再考虑考虑”，就逃也似地离开了老板的办公室。他沮丧地想，藉着创新的名义，他得到了两次提拔——当年是部门经理，现在是CIO。他有些阿Q地想：“从今昔两个职位看，创新的确是越来越重要了。我到底接不接这个‘创新’CIO呢？”