Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3080 Disappointment

In the 1970s and 1980s, Silicon Valley had unimaginable creativity and explosive power.

There is no difference between big companies and small companies.

Even a giant company can be defeated by a startup. Innovation represents everything. As long as there is innovation, there will be success. This atmosphere makes Silicon Valley full of vitality and quickly completes the transformation of mankind to the silicon-based era.

But in the 1990s, the innovation trend began to decline. The culprit was Microsoft, which, after becoming a large company, began to resort to copying and mergers and acquisitions, severely undermining the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies.

If these two methods don't work, they can also rely on their monopoly position to "interfere", for example, IE has never been able to deal with Netscape Navigator, so they can directly let the Windows system report errors to Netscape Navigator. A company that could have competed with Microsoft was defeated overnight.

Since then, Silicon Valley has entered the era of giants.

It is extremely difficult for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises to compete with giants. This has led to a decline in innovation drive, and many commentators believe that Silicon Valley is dead.

  However, what does the survival of Silicon Valley have to do with Zhou Buqi?

Even Kurian is an outsider.

He doesn't care either.

Zhou Buqi then asked: "There is also a criticism in Silicon Valley that innovation is dead and plagiarism is everywhere."

“I think that’s a good thing,” Kurian said.

"Good thing?"

Zhou Buqi glanced at him.

Kurian laughed and said, "Plagiarism is very common in Silicon Valley, but many large companies are very shy and cover up when plagiarizing. While plagiarizing, they are also trying to protect their own reputation and prove that they did not plagiarize. This may be partly due to internal self-restraint, but also largely due to external supervision and criticism. These external pressures make many people unable to let go when plagiarizing."

Zhou Buqi immediately understood what he meant, "Can you let go?"

Kurian said calmly: "I think a company is the best company as long as it can abide by the bottom line of the law."

"Correct!"

Zhou Buqi felt more at ease.

This is the benefit of choosing an Indian as CEO.

  No pressure, no burden; thick skin, able to bear pressure. They are all low castes in Indian society, and have worked their way up from the bottom. What kind of hardships have they not experienced? What does a little external pressure matter to them?

But it’s different for many white Americans.

He has lived a wealthy life since childhood.

They have also been influenced by a whole set of American values.

So much so that when they plagiarize, they are a little bit hesitant. They want to plagiarize but dare not copy exactly. They want to plagiarize but also try hard to keep the gold flakes on their faces. They want to have both the substance and the appearance, and want to give the outside world the impression that "I am original and not plagiarizing".

It is much more difficult for this kind of plagiarism to defeat the original when it is both legitimate and restrictive.

In comparison, the plagiarism on the domestic Internet is much more blatant, and they are not polite at all. They just plagiarize pixel by pixel. Isn't it just to be scolded? How can you lose a piece of meat by being scolded? The winner is to kill the competitors and dominate the market.

Clearly, Kurian is not American.

Or perhaps he understood Boss Zhou's inclinations and knew what development path Ziweixing International should take in the future.

Kurian smiled and said: "It is not shameful to copy, but failure is shameful. Didn't the newly released iPhone 6 copy the Aster series of Asda and use a large screen? I remember that when Steve Jobs was alive a few years ago, he kept saying that large-screen mobile phones could not be made. It was an aesthetic defect. But the market will not give you artistic persistence. Compromise is a higher level of art."

Zhou Buqi was afraid that he would go too far, so he said, "Nowadays, Silicon Valley is full of integrated plagiarism, and integration itself is also a kind of innovation. We still have to strike a balance between plagiarism and mergers and acquisitions. Acquisitions don't cost much, and if there is a choice, mergers and acquisitions are also a good choice. If the cost is not high, spending a few more dollars is better than being criticized by the outside world." Kurian said, "But if you are determined to plagiarize, you must be firm! I think it is not appropriate to give such a task to white people. They lack flexible thinking and firm beliefs, and their stress resistance is too poor. They will go to see a psychologist at the slightest criticism from the outside world. They are too fragile. This kind of task should be handed over to Indians or Chinese."

Zhou Buqi said: "Indians and Chinese are the cornerstone of Ziweixing International's human resources, and they are crucial!"

Kurian smiled and said, "Whether Indian or Chinese, they are all minorities. More than half of the employees in the company are minorities, which gives us more room for public opinion in the general trend of diversity."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Then you should be prepared. Um... Is LinkedIn's integration being reported to you?"

Kurian said, "LinkedIn users are highly compatible with many of Ziwei Cloud's SaaS products. After integrating LinkedIn, our cloud computing business can be elevated to a new level. The reason why I am confident in competing with Microsoft Cloud and do not have to worry about Microsoft Cloud in terms of software services is mainly because we have LinkedIn."

Zhou Buqi said, "Then do this job as soon as possible. At the same time, you should communicate more with Lu Qi, attend more CEO meetings, understand his working methods, and understand the various businesses in the company from a global perspective. You still have a year of transition period, and time is very tight. This is a very difficult task, but I believe you can do it well! I have thought about it for a long time, and I think you are the best candidate for CEO."

"Sure! I can!"

Kurian was inevitably moved. He had no idea that Boss Zhou had other considerations beyond business. He just thought that the boss gave him unlimited trust and support. He gave up many outstanding Chinese executives, such as Tang Binchen and Xu Liangjie, who had fought with him to conquer the world, but he did not choose them. Instead, he chose himself.

  What an honor is this?

Even if it is out of gratitude for his trust, I must do this job well! I can't let him down!

……

Baoshan had a caesarean section and stayed in the hospital for 5 days.

I was finally discharged from the hospital today.

Dad has left to watch Manchester United's game in England, but mom and sister are still here. Dad can't be blamed for this. There is no other way. The current situation of the Zhou family is a bit special. Although he is the biological father, it is not convenient for him to stay here.

He hasn't lived in his home during the few days he's been in the United States.

Found a hotel outside.

Zhou Buqi was too embarrassed to ask, and his daughter-in-law was too embarrassed to point it out. His mother and sister didn't care and sent him to live in a hotel. There were too many women in the family, each one was more beautiful than the other. They often wore suspenders and nightgowns at home, and almost every day they would change into swimsuits to swim in the big swimming pool.

In this situation, it is really inconvenient for outsiders to be present.

There is no way, even if he is my biological father, he is still a foreigner.

Dad's passing actually made everyone feel more comfortable.

Naturally, her mother and sister had no such reservations and happily took Baoshan and the child home. Zhou Nan even held a wedding party to welcome her nephew home. She also applied to name her nephew, but Aunt Xue righteously rejected her request, saying that this was a boy and naming was a man's decision.

Zhou Nan thought that Aunt Xue was really well taken care of, and then he asked with interest, lowering his voice, "Aunt Xue, has there been any... anything between you and my brother?"

"No." Aunt Xue pinched her arm lightly and said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense."

Zhou Nan blinked, not quite believing it. "Really? Not even once?"

"Really? Your brother treats me as an elder, unlike Wang Yanan. Don't make random guesses."

Aunt Xue sighed and felt helpless.

Now it's like I've fallen into the Yellow River and can't be washed clean.

The whole family is making wild guesses like this, which really is a waste of all my resistance and perseverance over the years.