Reboot 2003

Chapter 357 007: Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages (two in one)

In the past six months... Chen Qin has become Young Master Chen, so naturally the company cannot be idle.

However, the company hired a new CEO, Li Kaifu, the former president of Google's Greater Tianchao District.

Although people change jobs a bit frequently and their political background is a bit unsatisfactory, in today's Silicon Valley cultural circle, this person is almost the best choice - considering that a large part of the international business will be integrated next, and the acquisition of SUN The progress is faster than expected, and the company's reorganization is imminent. From the perspective of the industry, there is basically no one with more qualifications than him.

So after meeting an executive of Galaxy Software at the airport one day before, Mr. Li Kaifu originally wanted to recruit people, but he was a little embarrassed after he was discovered. However, he unexpectedly received an invitation to join Galaxy Software and ate it with the board members. After the meal, the matter was hastily settled.

Then... half a year passed.

For a company that has just made a large-scale merger and acquisition, there should have been a long integration period. However, after all, Galaxy Software is on the rise and its financial situation is also very good, so the requirements will naturally be slightly higher.

Teacher Li Kaifu has done a great job. Not only has the company been integrated in an orderly manner, he has also immediately expanded its layout in the mobile phone field. Not only was it not enough to bring in a lot of direct people, but he also poached people from his peers, causing the industry to be in chaos. Jump.

The specific business is also doing quite well——

For example, in the field of chips, he plans to focus on the design field. In addition to continuing to develop multi-core CPUs, he has also integrated some design teams focusing on other categories of chips, and cooperated with GlobalFoundries to develop new packaging and testing technologies, which can be regarded as the acquisition of two The company's business is gradually getting back on track.

In the field of equipment, data centers are SUN's traditional business. After taking office, he emphasized the line of compatibility with Linux and shifted the overall field of cloud services. This sounds beautiful, but in fact it seems like a decision to shrink the front line.

However, SUN's server share has been shrinking. This decision itself is a wise choice, but it is afraid that customers and investors will be dissatisfied.

It's just that the overall market is recovering, and SUN was indeed about to go bankrupt before. It's a bit ignorant to worry about it now. Since then, the stock price has risen a lot, and no one seems to think there is any problem with this.

As for Internet services, they have not fallen behind... In terms of underlying technology, SUN Company and Academician Li began to build a development environment for Kaitian OS; although there was no money to be made, it was a key node in formulating various technical standards.

In terms of specific business, he plays the privacy card in the field of search engines and builds an open source search on the original basis to deal with his old employer Google. E-commerce is also very impressive, and he also does business such as sharing and group buying that everyone is speculating on. After its decline, it also directly acquired Amap, especially its advertising business. After Mr. Li came to power, it made rapid progress, and its profits increased several times in a few months.

All in all it was good.

Although these strategies themselves were directed before he came to power, many of them have nothing to do with the efforts of Mr. Li who woke up.

But firstly, no matter how good the strategy is, it still needs people to execute it. Secondly, the person who makes the decision, Mr. Chen, is actually an amateur and takes advantage of the rebirth. Some places are indeed unique in the world today, but he is not familiar with specific business. He doesn’t necessarily understand, and his specific management performance is probably not as good as Sun Xiaomei’s. If he were to do it by himself, he would probably not be as good as other professional executives.

And since there is nothing to criticize, the directors will naturally not restrict the decision-making power of the new Mr. Li - through complex reorganization, the modern company will gradually transform into a company that can conduct business activities in accordance with the company's articles of association. Commercial organizations, although actual control often requires some dark or rough methods to fight for each other under the table, at least on the surface, the current Galaxy Software has become a company that although it has major shareholders, it also owns A backdoor listed company with a complete and independent governance structure...

Of course, at least for Chen Qin, he has been reading the board of directors' reports, and he cannot lose control of the company. He even goes to see the company's code and product plans himself every now and then.

When he gets interested, he will also pull engineers from the corresponding department to listen to his instructions on the voice call. As a result, there are still many rumors that the new Mr. Li is a puppet on a string——

This is totally a rumor.

He's just a middle school student, it's great if he has such great abilities. When he bragged to people in the company and said, "If it doesn't work, I'll do it myself," of course it was just a joke. After all, even if he wanted to, he must have the ability.

Now he holds the company's equity and virtual assets, but those things are just a guarantee. In the past six months, he has been acting in accordance with the regulations, and has never used any of his big back-ups.

As for his personal relationship with Mr. Li... there is very little.

Basically, they met once or twice, and Mr. Li probably still doesn’t know what kind of company San Diego is. I only know that most of the original executives have joined the board of directors, but they have also given guarantees that they will cooperate with his management and work...

Over the past six months, the company's stock price has been rising steadily, and now it has almost recovered the original purchase price. Mr. Li obviously contributed a lot.

Within the company, the new Mr. Li is also very popular, and everyone is willing to cooperate with his work...

Although sometimes I see some strange things - for example, the new Mr. Li likes to be in the limelight. Before he came here, he wrote books every day to teach young people to work hard. Now he has not lost this hobby at all. He goes to the university every day to teach young people People give him chicken soup and say that successful people sleep four or five hours a day... which makes even the low-level programmers dislike him.

As for the senior management, I was quite satisfied with him, but I don’t know if it was a habit he brought from Google or Microsoft. He could write a dozen pages of technical reports on a very simple matter, and he was still doing it. Efforts were made to add this system to the performance system, which made everyone a little speechless. Did the business that was originally good have reached this point?

Now I see this man acting like a monster in the company every day, especially since GlobalFoundries has started to take over various projects recently... See these two taking turns on TV, chatting about their fortune history while playing chicken blood, it is Chen Qin also felt that his business had become a bit abstract at some point...

But after all, everything is on the right track, and compared to having to argue with people every day, it's really better to continue being the eldest son of the Chen family.

So just think about those minor issues and get over them.

But...but today is different.

In this less eye-catching corner, the department that was promised to be handled well was abolished by the new CEO.

This is already a bit inappropriate. After all, this is not a trivial matter - this is not only a decision made by the board of directors, but the people below should not violate it. For the long-term development of the company, it is not Chen Qin's own hobby that makes him so decisive.

The dividends of advertising media can be enjoyed for a while, but growth will eventually come to an end. What will happen in the future? Content is king, not just words.

And coincidentally, A Yue happened to have heard about this incident and knew that people from the original department had been roped in by the new president to invest in the entertainment industry.

Chen Qin got angry after hearing this, and immediately went to find other people to confirm. The answer he got was indeed similar to his guess, and it was quite a coincidence - when Ayue took Aunt Yu to the audition, in fact, it was originally It seemed that he had lost the election, but because he, Mr. Chen, told him that it was said that the people over there were good at handling things, he directly overstepped his authority and moved Aunt Yu to another group.

After learning about it, Chen Qin became even more angry.

After all... although the other party was quite considerate, he didn't ask the other party to give special preferential treatment to the woman named Yu.

And if there is really a shortage of people and people are transferred, that is understandable.

But traditional film and television has a bright future.

On one side is the blue ocean market with huge potential; on the other side is the red ocean market with fierce competition and chaos.

Although it is not impossible to make money... it is not difficult for investors to put aside the colorful marketing information and conduct a serious industry evaluation. It is also the most basic professional quality as an investor.

From this perspective, as a content industry, there is probably no comparison between film and television and games.

Not to mention that in 2023, the global music and film and television industries combined will account for less than a quarter of games. Huayi Brothers, the domestic entertainment industry leader that went public this year, will probably have to sell shares in mobile game companies to support its performance in the next two years.

Now that I have been reborn in 2023 and come back to play traditional film and television, more than twenty years of Internet experience have been transferred to a dog. Even if ordinary people are not born again, they don’t know the future direction of the industry.

But in Chen Tianjiao's second year as Legend, his company's revenue was higher than the national box office of Tianchao.

And now the new Mr. Li has transferred people from Game Box to invest in the entertainment industry...

You rely on company resources to become a star, right?

Chen Qin was a little angry, and the more he thought about it on the way, the angrier he became.

Back home, in front of the printing factory compound, Lao Chen and Principal Lu lit cigarettes, not knowing what they were talking about.

When Chen Qin came home, Lao Chen's eyes widened: "Where have you been? You're still beating your parents at school. I think you're getting better and better!"

Although he said this, his expression no longer looked angry. Instead, his eyebrows were smiling, and he was in a good mood for some reason.

Principal Lu helped to smooth things over: "Middle school students of this age should be more lively. It's all over anyway..."

It's a bit outrageous to say that, would middle school students beat their parents if they are lively and active?

Neither of them seemed to take this matter seriously. After saying a few words, Lao Chen asked, "Have you eaten? Let's go directly to the hotel to eat."

"I still have something to do."

Chen Qin didn't have time to go to any messy social events with them, so he went home and turned on the computer as soon as he walked in.

As soon as the keyboard was set, the duty manager who called Manjun on the spot made an Internet phone call: "How come our Game Box people were transferred to the entertainment industry? I want to talk to the people on the board of directors now, and I also called Mr. Li here. …”

A news came out that Mr. Li was not there. He was said to have gone to attend a seminar elsewhere.

But when Mr. Li took office, he brought with him a large group of cronies and old subordinates, including a manager in charge of investment relations who was very well-informed. He probably felt that this matter was unusual and came to ask for information in advance.

"Director Chen, this matter is a misunderstanding..."

"Where is the misunderstanding? Then why did you say the person who brought the box is gone?"

"Only a temporary secondment..."

"Are you sure it's a secondment? If I find out it's not a secondment, will you be responsible?"

Investors facing IR are generally a bit coaxing. Although investors of listed companies are asset owners, the company has the right to refuse disclosure requirements for some sensitive information.

But after all, Chen Qin is not an ordinary investor. He is also an important member of the board of directors. After thinking about it for a while, he randomly sent another master over: "Director Chen, the thing is like this. This matter is indeed the decision of our executive committee. Now it is not the decision of our executive committee." I haven’t had time to report to the board of directors yet…”

Chen Qin said patiently: "Then you report to me now."

The other person also wanted to do Tai Chi: "Sorry, Director Chen, according to the company's articles of association, we will give you a reasonable answer at the board of directors meeting early next month. Of course, if you are anxious, before then we..."

Chen Qin became even more angry: "I'm not asking you to explain why everyone is gone, but you have to get approval from the board of directors before transferring departments. Now tell me the articles of association. The company's articles of association are the box strategy, which is a resolution unanimously agreed by the board of directors. , what do you want to report next month, a resignation report?”

The second master couldn't stand it anymore, but Mr. Li hadn't come yet. Anyway, the third master came——

"Director Chen, you may not know the direction of the domestic wind. The current environment is not friendly to this, so we are now concentrating on the global market. The domestic boxes currently mainly play a role in guiding the wind direction..."

Chen Qin said in surprise: "What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't the purpose of starting a company to make money? Who told you that domestic boxes must guide the direction of the wind?"

As for Gu Zuo, he said: "It's not that there is no profit expectation, but after all, the profit of the game is only so much, and our company's product line is relatively long. We think its use in other aspects may be more important..."

Chen Qin scolded: "Microsoft doesn't even dislike games so much. It's not a game console that lets you make mobile games, but you still picked it up for me. Get out of here tomorrow!"

The master didn't know how to answer. At this time, Manjun's manager who was watching quickly reminded him privately: "Director Chen, he is the consultant brought by Mr. Li."

"Then tell Mr. Li to let him go." Chen Qin said, then added, "I mean tell Mr. Li to let these people go."

"Yes."

Manager Manjun went to work honestly. Chen Qin pushed the keyboard. The people on the new board of directors didn't know the name of the company anymore. They just heard it from the inspirational essay.

Think about it too.

Although middle school students will look forward to growth and the future, there are only so many things a person can do. Catching up on a trend is probably enough to last a lifetime.

But this opportunity often comes at a price -

While riding the tide of the times, you must also bear the darkness and pressure behind the industry. Just like what the new Mr. Li said, successful people may need to sleep only four hours a day, and they also need to calm down. After many years of hard study and training, it seems only natural that you will gain something if you pay the price.

But the reality of the industry is otherwise.

Finance professionals can easily earn hundreds of thousands with just a click of the mouse, while migrant workers only earn one or two hundred for a day's hard work. The gaming industry may make a lot of money, and from a business perspective it is no worse than elsewhere, but to be pointed out by a group of inexplicable parents, it's probably really hard. shameful.

In contrast, occupying channels for advertising is not that troublesome. As long as there are users, the money will automatically be in your account, and you can't stop it.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Since the business at hand is okay, he is probably too lazy to do such dirty work... Teacher Li Kaifu talks about enduring hardship, but in the end he still cannot avoid it!

Thinking of this, Chen Qin was not angry anymore, but afterward, while eating, he thought to himself that the new CEO still needs to be beaten. I said that after being so kind in the past six months, something seems to be missing.

At this time, grandma asked: "Did you just meet your dad outside the door? They seem to be going to a restaurant."

"We met," Chen Qin plucked at the meat in the bowl, "By the way, what kind of restaurant are they going to go to?"

Grandma said with a smile: "It is said that the order volume doubled again yesterday, and I am planning to ask the few guys hired by Principal Lu to have a celebration banquet together."

(End of this chapter)