Reborn since 1993

Chapter 647 The scapegoat

Tang Jun is a very controversial person. He is known as the "working emperor" and many issues, including his academic qualifications, have always loomed over him.

But on the other hand, the beginning of domestic professional managers in the past life also started with Tang Jun, who became well-known.

Tang Jun's abilities are indeed outstanding. He has made achievements in Microsoft, Shanda and Xinhuadu. He helped Shanda and Xinhuadu to complete their IPOs, making Shanda's boss the richest man in China, and helped Xinhuadu's owner to become the richest man in southern Fujian.

The most important thing is that Tang Jun is extremely good at hype. He writes books, participates in TV shows, and hosts shows. At his peak, his fame is greater than that of ordinary stars. Whichever company he comes to, he can bring huge fame.

Tang Jun is also good at making big promises. When he was at Shanda, he declared that he wanted to become the Disney of the Internet, and he almost lured all the American investors into joining the fray!

Li Dongling wanted Tang Jun to take over the Himalaya Radio business, but he did not expect him to do it for long. Tang Jun was not a professional manager who was willing to be an employee all his life.

Looking at his career as a professional manager, he basically changed jobs every three to five years on average, but his value increased the more he changed jobs.

Similarly, as long as Tang Jun can hold on to Himalaya Internet Radio until the Nasdaq bubble bursts, and can use his hype skills to push up Feiyan Technology's stock price, then he will have fulfilled Li Dongling's request of him!
The next few years were the most frenetic time for the global Internet. A trader who was good at speculation could drive the stock price of an Internet company to the sky.

Li Dongling also needs to, after Feiyan Technology's stock price soars, he will slowly start to cash out. Naturally, the higher the stock price of Feiyan Technology, the better.

After hearing the name mentioned by Li Dongling, Yao Luoying thought for a moment and said, "Then when Feiyan Technology goes public, if we can attract Tang Jun, Lao Fu will be the general manager in charge of the hardware business, and Tang Jun will be in charge of the Himalaya Radio business!"

If this happens, Feiyan Technology will enter an era of two decision-makers in the next few years!
Feiyan Technology's hardware businesses such as mini radios and car radios are responsible for making money, which makes Feiyan Technology's data look quite impressive.

Himalaya Radio is the one that took the stage to perform, and it claims to be an Internet company called Feiyan Technology.

Think about it, with the popularity of the Internet company, plus the revenue brought by the mini radio, Feiyan Technology will become one of the most profitable companies in the Internet industry. Don’t worry about where the money comes from, just say whether it has made money!

Isn’t the stock price of Feiyan Technology just soaring to the sky?

After the Internet bubble burst, Li Dongling and Dongling Hi-Tech had completed cashing out. It would take many years for the Nasdaq stock price to rise again.

As for Tang Jun, it was probably time for him to look for another employer. Li Dongling didn't mind giving him a generous bonus to help him achieve his title of working emperor.

After all, after the bursting of the Internet bubble, someone had to take the blame for the stock price avalanche. It was better to let Tang Jun take the blame than for the major shareholders. So it was worth giving Tang Jun some "blame fee" for this.

After a few years, when the Nasdaq market is doing well, I will find a famous professional manager to manage Himalaya Radio, and I will be able to reap another harvest by repeating the cycle...

After all, the bad ones are the professional managers of Feiyan Technology, and have nothing to do with the major shareholders. This is the same principle as the ancient people who often scolded the eunuchs around the emperor for being bad. It is the eunuchs who are bad, so how can the emperor be bad?

It is better to let professional managers take the blame than to let the major shareholders be scolded. The bad thing about the bosses of domestic A-share companies is that they are too greedy.

Internet companies like those listed on NASDAQ will choose a scapegoat to stand on the stage, and major shareholders will not easily take the lead.

Just like a professional football team, the coach and general manager are often blamed. As long as the team owner himself does not take the initiative to speak out in the media and blatantly show micromanagement, few fans will scold the team owner.

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"Ah"

Tang Jun, who was working overtime in the Microsoft office, couldn't help but sneeze. He didn't know if the temperature in Seattle had dropped today. He had already sneezed several times in a row.

Tang Jun is now a department manager at Microsoft and has several engineers under him. He is mainly responsible for developing multi-language general modules for the Windows NT system, the predecessor of the XP system.

That is to say, after buying a computer and turning it on, you can choose multiple languages ​​such as Chinese, English, Japanese, etc. This universal module allows Microsoft to open the system to users around the world at the same time, without the need to develop a language version, which would take several months.

This set of universal modules for multi-language development models was proposed by Tang Jun. As he was able to rise from Microsoft, Tang Jun is definitely quite capable.

Tang Jun comes from a technical background and his academic qualifications overseas are questionable, but in China, as a college student in the 1980s, he is very qualified.

After arriving in America, Tang Jun established three companies, but none of them were well-known. Later, he joined Microsoft. However, Tang Jun was ready to make some moves. He was not the kind of person who would stay under someone else's control for a long time. He heard that Microsoft was preparing to establish the Microsoft Greater China Technology Center in mainland China.

Tang Jun had some ideas about the position of general manager of Microsoft Greater China Technology Center. He felt that in America, he was probably at most a department manager, which was a nice way of putting it. In reality, he was just a technical supervisor.

As for what he said in his previous life, that if he didn't leave Microsoft, Bill Gates would choose him to take over Microsoft, that's basically nonsense, so just listen to it.

Seeing that he couldn't make a name for himself at Microsoft's headquarters in America, Tang Jun wanted to take advantage of Microsoft's plan to build a technology center in Shanghai to return to China. Tang Jun would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. He was unwilling to be an unknown person!

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The plane landed at the New York airport. When Li Dongling and others got off the plane, Zhou Hualiang, Larson, Himalaya Radio director Lu Kui and others were already waiting there.

"Li, welcome back to New York. I have prepared a grand listing party for Feiyan Technology!"

When Larson saw Li Dongling, he could hardly hide his excitement, because the listing of Feiyan Technology also brought him huge profits.

Feiyan Technology's legal affairs were handed over to Larson's law firm. Being able to receive a legal order from a listed company instantly raised the status of Larson's law firm, which also meant that he would be able to get large orders in the future.

Similarly, Larson also obtained 0.2% of Feiyan Technology's shares. It may not seem like much, but the identity of a shareholder of a Nasdaq-listed company will help Larson much more than he imagined. This means that he is qualified to enter the American upper class society!
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Zhou Hualiang and others, Li Dongling glanced at Larson and said, "There will be opportunities after Feiyan Technology goes public. It's better not to open the champagne now!"

"Li, don't worry. Feiyan Technology is the hottest topic in New York right now. Feiyan Technology's publicly issued stocks are being snapped up in New York!"

Larson thought Li Dongling was worried about the stock price of Feiyan Technology after its listing, so he flattered Li Dongling.

Li Dongling looked at Zhou Hualiang, who nodded slightly. It was obvious that what Larson said was true. The stocks issued by Feiyan Technology were very popular.

Li Dongling and Yao Luoying cooperated with the reporters and media on the scene and took a few photos before getting in the car and leaving.

These media and reporters were all invited by Zhou Hualiang, Citigroup and Sequoia Capital to advertise for Feiyan Technology. Tomorrow, Yao Luoying's figure will appear in New York media newspapers and magazines, with the news headline "The Queen of Internet Arrives in New York"!

In the car, Zhou Hualiang said to Li Dongling, "Dickson from Citi and Moritz from Sequoia Capital will be here tonight."

Li Dongling nodded. The people from Citi and Sequoia Capital came here to discuss with Li Dongling about the listing of Feiyan Technology. This required Li Dongling, the major shareholder, to cooperate with them.

Last time, Li Dongling and his friends stayed in a villa in New York. Li Dongling had no plans to buy real estate, luxury cars or anything like that in America.

Even those that he used were rented in the name of Dongling Hi-Tech North America Headquarters or Feiyan Technology. Li Dongling only had the right to use these rented villas, luxury cars, yachts, etc. for 24 hours.

Anyway, the revenue and profits of Tanglin Hi-Tech North America in America are transferred to Tanglin Hi-Tech Harbor City headquarters every month. Even if they are not transferred back to the headquarters, they are transferred to an account in the Cayman Islands. The money will not be kept in a bank account in America.

The rest of the Dongling Hi-Tech headquarters building, office equipment, vehicles, warehouses, etc. are also rented. The main purpose is to just walk away and they will never be taken advantage of by some Capitol Hill tycoon in the United States.

Larson did not organize a big party. Instead, Li Dongling held a small dinner in the villa with Yao Luoying, Zhou Hualiang, Larson and others, as well as Moritz and Dixon.

"The current Internet market is very good, and it is the best time for Feiyan Technology to go public!"

Dixon took a few bites, then put down his cutlery, picked up the brandy and started drinking. It was obvious that the people who came here today did not come for this meal.

Moritz also smiled and said, "Feiyan Technology is much more popular than we expected. I have to say that the podcasts signed by Himalaya Radio are indeed very influential!"

When Feiyan Technology was on roadshow, every time it arrived at a place, it would bring in the famous local podcasters signed by Himalaya Radio to promote Feiyan Technology.

Especially the flat-Earth leader Jory Kings, who has a large number of followers in America and overseas. His speaking out for Feiyan Technology is more effective than advertising.

(End of this chapter)