Reinventing the Millennium

On March 2, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, employees of Yike and Guohao.com returned to work one after another. Compared with other Internet companies that are still showing the power of layoffs, even Guohao.com, which the media said has "no future", has remained strong. .

Not only are there no layoffs, they are continuing to recruit people, and the remuneration is also top-notch in the industry.

However, whether it is Yike Technology, which claims to be "the combination of the Internet and music", or Guanhao.com, which is "the online combination of the Internet and medical pre-diagnosis", both of them are somewhat atypical Internet companies.

You might say that they are not Internet companies, but they are indeed related to the Internet. You might say that they are, but they always feel that they are very different from mainstream Internet companies.

But perhaps it is this difference that gives them a different color in this wave of Internet bubbles.

After receiving a call from Su Wei, the HR director of Yike, Zhang Shenghui, the former Sina Wireless project manager, reviewed his impressions of Yike and Guohao.com and gave a relatively positive conclusion.

He hopes such complimentary comments will bring good news to his new job.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Shenghui hurried to the 23rd floor of Hang Lung in Shanghai and entered Yike Technology. He first communicated with Director Su Wei and then waited in the President's Office to meet with Yike President Fang Zhuo.

At 3:30, Zhang Shenghui opened the door to the CEO's office and saw a young man and three white foreigners.

Oh, I've seen his picture on the news. This extraordinary person is Fang Zhuo.

Zhang Shenghui stood up quickly and waited for the conversation between the CEO and the white people to end with a smile.

The three white men were chattering, and so was the president.

Judging from the frequency of speaking to each other, Zhang Shenghui felt that Mr. Fang's English must be very good. Then, he watched the president shake hands with the three white men one by one, and the latter turned and left the office.

Zhang Shenghui took a deep breath and knew that it was his turn.

"Hello, Mr. Fang, I am Zhang Shenghui, from Sina. This is my resume."

Fang Zhuo smiled at Zhang Shenghui, took the resume, and put it on the table without opening it. He gave Zhang Shenghui a cup of tea and motioned for the nervous former Sina employee to sit down: "Director Zhang, I won't introduce myself, um. , I saw your resume yesterday, Yike welcomes talents like you."

Zhang Shenghui relaxed a little. He submitted his resume years ago, and Yike's treatment was the best in the company.

"However, I still have a few questions to ask you." Fang Zhuo took a sip of tea and saw that the man in front of him looked nervous, and added, "These are a few additional questions. Don't worry, Director Zhang. I would like to represent Yike first welcomes you to join us."

Zhang Shenghui nodded and was ready. He didn't think this occasion would be an additional problem, and it might involve his future positioning in Yike.

"What do you think of Sina's current management? Since the founder left and current president Mao Daolin took over, how is Sina's situation?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Zhang Shenghui was a little confused and felt that he was probably in a warm-up session.

He thought for a while and decided that he could not speak ill of the previous company, so he replied cautiously: "The situation at Sina is not bad, um, Mr. Mao, um, is a very capable person."

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and heard that the other party's words were not sincere and said: "That's it, Director Zhang, Yike has set up a new investment company and intends to invest some money in Sina, so we are all talking about it now. I am looking for it personally." You understand the situation and there is no need to hide it.”

Zhang Shenghui understood, it turned out to be like this!

Then you can’t trick Mr. Fang!

This is our president, and the one named Mao is the former president!

He spoke again: "If that's the case, Mr. Fang, I'll tell you directly."

"Sina's current situation is a bit chaotic. President Mao has promoted many people from overseas and Hong Kong since he took over. Then, he also wants to promote some overseas projects. Well, many people have criticized this."

"I don't know what happened later, but the overseas project was stopped."

Fang Zhuo nodded and sighed: "People's hearts are at odds, which will harm the interests of shareholders."

Zhang Shenghui nodded silently. Mr. Fang was very forward-looking and already stood on the standpoint of shareholders.

Fang Zhuo asked again: "What is the relationship between President Mao Daolin and CEO Wang Yan? Who usually takes the lead?"

"Mr. Mao, he has promoted many people, and we all feel that a lot of Mr. Wang's authority has been taken away." Zhang Shenghui recalled, and continued, "Mr. Mao studied abroad and worked well in overseas companies. He is more trustworthy overseas. Mr. Wang is different in that way. Although he also studied and graduated outside, he returned to China very early."

Fang Zhuo nodded and asked: "What do you think internally about the share exchange cooperation between Sun TV and Sina?"

"Well, it's quite strange. Anyway, I heard from other colleagues that in actual work, the business of Sun TV and Sina is not easy to integrate and it is very laborious." Zhang Shenghui explained, "Moreover, Mr. Mao's work is more illusory. Some incidents were reported but no response was received.”

Fang Zhuo frowned: "The business is difficult to integrate and the work style is flawed. How can we protect the interests of shareholders?"

Zhang Shenghui already started to complain when he said this: "Mr. Mao said he has a 'central kitchen' management concept! We don't even understand what a 'central kitchen' is..."

Fang Zhuo ignored this and asked: "What does Chairman Duan Yongji think of Mao Daolin and Wang Yan? As far as I know, Wang Yan is Duan Yongji's person?"

"I don't know about that. Mr. Wang is indeed close to Mr. Duan. They were both from Sitong Company before." Zhang Shenghui shook his head.

"As for the share exchange between Sun TV and Sina, this is led by Mao Daolin, but it must be agreed through high-level consultation. As the current major shareholder, Duan Yongji must nod." Fang Zhuo analyzed, "Mao Daolin now promotes overseas returnees to send Fen. Wang Yan’s rights, and the latter belongs to the major shareholder Duan Yongji, who do you think will take the blame after the failure of Sun TV’s business?”

Zhang Shenghui was stunned. He had never considered this. Why would he consider this at work...

Fang Zhuo continued, minding his own business: "With Wang Zhidong driven away, Sina's equity has been dispersed. Mao Daolin, who has been temporarily launched, faces a fragile balance. The employees he promotes cannot be recognized within the company, and the business he promotes cannot be seen." As a result, well, do you think Wang Yan, who has had his power taken away, will tolerate it?"

Zhang Shenghui was confused, what was he going to do? Do you want to invest in Sina?

He shook his head subconsciously, and then remembered the chat he had heard from his colleagues in the company earlier: "Well, Mr. Wang is indeed quite tolerant. Anyway, Sina is quite chaotic now, and I heard a lot of complaints before I left."

Fang Zhuo pondered for a few seconds. This has confirmed a lot of news. At present, in addition to Duan Yongji, the major shareholder who serves as chairman, there are also factions representing North American investment institutions. The current president Mao Daolin should be here. .

In addition, Taiwanese investors also have seats on the board of directors.

Well, Sina was formed by the merger of Sitong Lifang and Huayuan Information Network. As the founder of Sitong Company, Duan Yongji has direct relatives in Sina. He should be called the Sitong faction.

Sitong, North America, and Taiwanese companies.

And, there should be the voice of management.

Fang Zhuo thought about it for a while and came up with some ideas for dealing with it. He drank tea and said with a smile: "Director Zhang, thank you for the information. I see on your resume that you are working for Sina's wireless value-added project. Now this project It should be developing well, right?"

"The company is relatively unstable. I came out because the scale of the wireless project was cut off." Zhang Shenghui told the truth.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Fang suddenly slapped the table.

"This is really harming the interests of shareholders!" Fang Zhuo said angrily.

Zhang Shenghui was shocked and felt that there must be something special about successful people, and this was more or less like a cat pie.

Fang Zhuo shook his head and sighed, remembering the name Mao Daolin more firmly.

He felt that the atmosphere in the office was a little too serious, so he took another sip of tea and decided to end the meeting with a casual chat: "Director Zhang, I am very optimistic about the wireless value-added business. Unfortunately, well, who is your boss at Sina? He was also laid off. Did it fall?"

"It's Vice President Wang Gaofei. He's still at Sina." Zhang Shenghui replied.

Fang Zhuo nodded and was about to continue talking when he suddenly stopped and said to himself: "Wang Gaofei? A Jia?"

Zhang Shenghui was puzzled: "What kind of folder?"

"It's nothing." Fang Zhuo waved his hand, stood up and said, "Director Zhang has helped me a lot. If I have any questions about Yike Investment in Sina, I may trouble you."

"It's okay, it's okay." Zhang Shenghui felt much better when he complained about his ex in front of his current wife.

"Well, Mr. Su is still waiting for you in the office. You have to complete some entry procedures. In the future, I hope that Director Zhang and Yi Ke can make progress together." Fang Zhuo shook Zhang Shenghui's hand hard.

Zhang Shenghui quickly expressed his position before walking out of the president's office.

He went to the bathroom first, washed his face and calmed down for a while. He felt that Mr. Fang was very cautious in doing things. He actually inquired about information before investing. He was really first-hand.

Fang Zhuo in the President's Office pulled out a stack of documents after the new employee left. This is a summary of Sina's recent information and company actions. Currently, Sina is going to make structural adjustments and establish Sina.com (com) and Sina Enterprise Services (net). , Sina Hotline (Online) three independent business entities.

This kind of structural adjustment almost symbolizes that the business merger between Sina and Sun TV has no place. It can be said that the operation of spending a lot of cash and exchanging shares during the Internet bubble last year has faced failure.

While Sina is laying off employees, it is also spending money. No wonder its stock price is not good.

Fang Zhuo picked up the pen, sketched, and compared the information.

Then, he picked up the phone and found the number of CCTV producer Hu Meng and dialed it.

"Sister Hu, hey, it's me. Happy New Year. No, no. I'm not busy. I don't want to worry about our show."

"Yes, but I would like to ask. I heard that several senior executives of Internet companies were invited to be guests this year? Who are they?"

"Oh, the three major listed companies are really famous, oh, Ding Lei from NetEase, Zhang Chaoyang from Sohu, and Wang Yan from Sina."

"Yes, no need, Sister Hu, you are too troublesome and don't even care about the little things between me and Sina. It's okay, it's okay. I actually appreciate Sina very much, and I just happened to take this opportunity to explain it to the people at Sina. Just put me and Sina in the same venue, no need to avoid them."

"Okay, Sister Hu, I'll treat you to dinner when I get to the capital. Don't say goodbye. I have to treat you. How can I let you treat me, Sister Hu?"

"Definitely, okay, let's meet and talk back."

Fang Zhuo smiled and hung up the phone, but he didn't expect that Wang Yan from Sina would still have time to attend CCTV programs.

Oh, yes, it makes sense that it is precisely because of the decentralization that we have a leisurely mind.

But why did the two people from NetEase and Sohu also go?

Who is the serious CEO going to be on the show? How can you protect the interests of shareholders like this!

Fang Zhuo decided to express this opinion face to face when he met these three people.

That night, after a busy day and thinking about Sina's board of directors seat, Fang Zhuocai received a call from New York as soon as he got home.

Yu Hong, who has been in New York for two days, is already at work. She is slightly limited by her untrained speaking skills, but she has no problem communicating with her employees. These people are not doing anything wrong. Everyone is trying their best to make things better. There are more M1s and P1s on the market.

Compared with doing business in China, people have a natural internal driving force when doing business abroad.

"Everything is fine. I'm forcing myself to improve my speaking skills, otherwise it would be weird to always have a translator."

Yu Hong's voice sounded a little distorted on the phone, but her energy was no different.

Fang Zhuo feels that from a certain perspective, Xiao Yu and Xiao Zhou are the same. The former is depressed about family relationships, while the latter is frustrated in love. Both of them have transferred their emotions to work.

"Is Kroger okay?" Fang Zhuo waved his hand to the family in the living room, indicating that he should go to the study to make a call first.

"No problem. Kroger's current channel is the most stable. Our P1 sales in a single week have exceeded M1. Feedback on the price has come out, but customers really feel that there is a lack of music management software." Yu Hong said.

Fang Zhuo thought for a while and said, "Please wait for me to confirm the news. In a few days, we can announce the launch of iMusic on the website, but its launch also means that we may have to face a lawsuit."

"We have to take this step after all. Isn't Apple's lawsuit very lively?" Yu Hong was not afraid. "Didn't you find a law firm? I saw a lot of lawyer business cards in your office."

She paused and then said: "One more thing. Someone from the Anliang Chamber of Commerce came to the company and asked about your itinerary. I saw that the person who came was quite vicious."

"A vicious look? Haha, it's okay. Don't worry. They are just petty and afraid that I will run away." Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "If you or the company encounter any trouble, you can ask them. Everyone said that they owe money. It’s the uncle, we are the uncle now.”

Yu Hong responded and asked: "Is the domestic market okay? When do you plan to arrive in New York?"

"It's still a holiday in China. In New York, wait until I negotiate with two organizations in Xiangjiang and then explore the path of Sina's board of directors. It should be fine next month." Fang Zhuo calculated the time in his mind.

"Okay, then I will prepare for Mr. Fang's inspection in New York." Yu Hong pretended to be serious, "I must satisfy Mr. Fang."

Fang Zhuo raised the corner of his mouth: "Okay, Xiao Yu."