Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 476 Only My Will Is Here
"Whose idea was this?" Li Yan asked.

This was really Sun Miao’s idea.

His initial thought was that although many of Li Yan's requirements could not be truly met for the time being, it would not be a problem to make a boss-only version for Li Yan to use first.

It was indeed completely disregarding the "information cocoon" that Li Yan mentioned, and completely ignoring the fact that this behavior, without clear notification, would lead Li Yan to misjudge.

"I didn't think it through, Mr. Li."

"What do you think the problem is?"

“We shouldn’t create new experiences with algorithms that haven’t been validated by big data without explaining why…”

"Is this the problem?" Li Yan's expression turned ugly.

"I shouldn't flatter."

...Li Yan suddenly felt speechless. For a moment he even doubted his own judgment on employing people.

Doesn’t Sun Miao have some ideas?

Why do I look like... a fool now?

"Wake up, Brother Miao," Li Yan said anxiously, "You must be smart or sincere to be in this position. If you are neither smart nor sincere, why would I need you?"

"Boss Li!" Sun Miao said this with great emotion. "I do have a lot of thoughts recently. It's mainly because Tianya has a high reputation, which makes me feel a little stressed. Although I have always insisted on the direction you gave me, there are too many people in the company, and many times I can't pass it on. I insist in vain, but I can't help but lose some of my prestige..."

Li Yan's expression eased a little.

Anyway, no matter how good Sun Miao is, he can't be considered a "smart man" in Li Yan's eyes, so sincerity is a must.

After listening to Sun Miao's vague complaints, Li Yan softened his tone and asked again:
"So, what do you think the problem is?"

After Sun Miao finished speaking, his chaotic mind seemed to clear up a lot:
“The question should be…how to create new experiences?”

"Your reaction is interesting. You asked me about it?" Li Yan couldn't help laughing. "Okay, then I probably know why. You, you just decided on a special edition, but you didn't even review how to make it?"

Sun Miao was speechless for a moment.

"Oh... I'm afraid this specific idea wasn't decided by you either."

"It's Tianya."

Li Yan frowned.

"It was my idea to give you the test version. Tianya has a great influence in the R&D department, and now he seems to be suppressing Shuyun. So now he will be present at every meeting with the R&D technical department. How to proceed with this test version will be mainly determined by him."

"Shu Yun is already suppressed, let alone Luo Fei, who has little presence in the first place."

"Yes."

Li Yan stood up, walked to Sun Miao, and patted him on the shoulder, "You are being used as a gun."

Sun Miao looked unhappy, and he realized it.

"Take a look," Li Yan walked to the desk and turned the computer around. "These codes are completely customized according to what some people understand as 'Li Yan's personal preferences'. They are not 'algorithms' at all."

Sun Miao's face became even uglier. Judging from his expression, this matter was not even what he expected.

"I told Youkan to set up two push modes, one is to follow the timeline of self-media bloggers, and the other is the user's personal viewing tendency. The timeline is normal, but the viewing tendency of this person, it is really amazing that he can start pushing information related to Huazhong University of Science and Technology just because I went to Huazhong University of Science and Technology. At first, I was worried that it might use information from other platforms of Super Life Circle, such as WeChat chat content, and I was entangled in whether this approach could be taken. As a result, when I took a look at the code, wow..."

Sun Miao's breathing became rapid.

"Someone is updating it in real time in the background. This thing was pushed into my hands manually!"

"…I, really didn't know I did that. I failed in my duty."

"He's still derelict in his duty and doesn't even know he's being played to death. I was wondering why the latest smart push notifications are so smart and why all the operations are so smooth. Look at the code, even apps like Ele.ba Che Lai La add my address by default so accurately, and there's actually someone updating me in real time in the background!"

Li Yan's voice became louder.

"These people are spying on me! Although I used a work machine to run this trial version, I was surprised that they used such a low-level method."

"I'll ask Tianya for clarification."

"Ask clearly." Li Yan snorted coldly, "Zhao Tianya is just using your 'flattering' method to unite with you to suppress Shuyun. Shuyun is a pure technical person, he will definitely not agree with Zhao Tianya's way of thinking."

"I don't agree either."

“You don’t even know that in the eyes of others it is tacit approval.”

Sun Miao is quiet.

"Think about it yourself," Li Yan knocked on the table, "If I was really busy studying, paid less attention to things here, didn't disassemble the code, or trusted you too much, what would happen?"

"..."Sun Miao didn't dare to say it.

"I'm the kind of person who would be pleased by such low-level means as yours!" Li Yan knocked on the table quickly, like beating a drum on Sun Miao's heart.

"The people below probably...don't think so."

"No?" Li Yan raised her voice, "They are exactly the ones who think so! Among the employees, you guys are the ones who respect me the most, because you are the only ones who know best who has helped Future Technology get to where it is today."

"It's you."

Sun Miao had absolutely no intention of flattering anyone when he said this.

"Many employees don't know that I am very mysterious in their eyes. All my images are ultimately created by the management and some messy gossip." Li Yan sighed, "If this kind of saying that flattery is effective is allowed to prevail, it will have a big impact on my prestige."

"I really didn't expect there would be such serious consequences..."

"That's not serious. I'll go through each department and everyone will be convinced."

...Sun Miao smiled and remained silent.

"Tianya's methods are quite good," Li Yan began to talk to himself, "This can even affect my relationship with Shuyun, and can also send some messages to some ministers that 'you should flatter'."

Li Yan said as she walked to the coffee table and poured herself a glass of... fruity sparkling water, adding two clear ice cubes.

"Tianya has not reported to me yet."

"If he comes to report, it would be considered overstepping his authority."

"If you can't handle it, don't treat him as your subordinate." Li Yan laughed, "Come on, let him come with Liwei and Shuyun."

The sight of the four of them standing in front of Li Yan's office was really a bit funny.

Liu Liwei and Bai Shuyun both had three parts of resentment and seven parts of grievance on their faces, but they had to control their emotions and remain calm.

Sun Miao looked a little confused and a little uneasy. Zhao Tianya, who looked very decent, looked relaxed and even smiled slightly, as if he had known this day would come, or even "had been waiting for this day for a long time".

Damn, you are so righteous.

Li Yan enthusiastically invited everyone to sit around the coffee table, and even rarely made them...sparkling water.

"It's hot, let's not drink tea. Even Tianya, the oldest, is not over 40. If he doesn't care about his health, drink something cool."

Bai Shuyun and Liu Liwei frowned and looked at each other.

What’s going on? Could it be that Mr. Li was really fooled by Sun Miao and Zhao Tianya’s flattering garbage?
"My time and everyone's time are both precious, so I won't waste any more words. I asked everyone to come here today because I want to exchange ideas on the future development direction of the Super Life Circle."

The four people had different expressions.

"I heard that Tianya has had a lot of influence in our company recently and has a lot of different ideas, so I called him over to hear what you think."

"I don't deserve it, Mr. Li." Zhao Tianya remained the same as always, appearing to be steady, reliable and trustworthy.

After a few words of conversation that didn't have much substance, Li Yan asked the first question that made everyone's expressions change suddenly:
"The bus is here and you're hungry, right? Do you think we should go for the 'high quality' route?"

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Once these words came out, everyone understood.

Li Yan had no intention of putting on a show at all.

He knew everything, but it was difficult for him to judge how to view the "different opinions" raised by Zhao Tianya and his group.

As expected, Zhao Tianya was the first to speak:

"Mr. Li, I think the time to pursue the quality route has passed. We didn't adopt the strategy of burning money at the beginning, so we couldn't expand quickly. We had to pursue the quality route. Now that the prospect of monopoly is there, it is not necessary to pursue the high-quality route, and the cost-effectiveness is very low."

Li Yan didn't say anything.

"In particular, Mr. Li, you have already said that one of the subsequent goals is to expand. How can we expand by quality? Of course, we have to go by quantity. First, we have to win over all the users we should win, and then we can slowly upgrade the quality."

"Let's talk about the problem first, then the solution." Li Yan said, "Tianya, the Youkan platform has been gaining momentum recently. I heard that you have some special insights as well?"

“It’s not my personal opinion, it’s just a collection of everyone’s opinions.”

"When it comes to decision-making, the opinions of the group are not as important as the individual opinions of the elite."

To Sun Miao and the other two, this sentence sounded like an expression of dissatisfaction with Zhao Tianya's using public opinions to put pressure on him. But to Zhao Tianya, it sounded like Li Yan hoped that he could take up the responsibility of expressing his stance.

So the four of them felt quite comfortable after listening to it.

"Mr. Li, I think the threshold for video production in Youkan should be lowered. Even a few seconds of meaningless video can be uploaded."

"It's okay now." Li Yan said expressionlessly.

"Oh... I mean, high-quality content is not popular with the masses. The cost-effectiveness of high-quality content output is particularly low. Your current thinking is too balanced between low-quality videos and high-quality output. I think we should directly abandon the high-quality content section and keep only one 'long video' category at most. Obviously, the recent data explosion is due to the spread of short videos. Thanks to our ultra-high compression algorithm, this kind of vague and meaningless but brainwashing video has a strong spread power, which is very helpful for us to eat up the sinking market."

Zhao Tianya became excited as he spoke. "The spending power of this market is very terrifying. Mr. Li, I know your business philosophy is to make small profits but quick turnover. By taking over the lower-tier markets, we will have a very large consumer group."

"Go on." Li Yan smiled.

Zhao Tianya, who did not have much experience in interacting with Li Yan, became even more excited, and did not notice how subtle the expressions of the three ministers next to him who had interacted with him many times were.

When Li Yan truly recognizes you, her expression is usually serious or she is laughing heartily.

This kind of restrained smile...most likely means nothing good.

"This consumer group is very high-quality." Zhao Tianya stood up and said, "They will be brainwashed by these meaningless short videos, which means they have no ability to think independently. Once they believe in some short video bloggers, the effect of an advertisement is completely equivalent to brainwashing. This group of people will definitely be obsessed, and I don't know how much wealth will be harvested by then. Mr. Li, listen to me, I'm afraid your money can increase by another order of magnitude."

At this point, Zhao Tianya's eyes widened, and he looked like a propaganda poster from the 1980s, "This is what we call making money!"

"Including the 'artificial special supply' in the super life circle, it's also to brainwash me, right?" Li Yan smiled and drank a glass of juice.

Zhao Tianya's expression froze for a moment.

Damn it, I misjudged it. I thought Li Yan was affirming him. After all this time, she still wants to settle the score?

"Specially supplied by humans?"

"Don't struggle like that in front of me. It's ugly." Li Yan said calmly, "It's just what it is. It's necessary to talk about it. Otherwise, I won't even bother to answer your questions."

"… Special artificial supply, maybe I should ask Mr. Sun about this?"

Li Yan didn't even look at Sun Miao. No matter what, she still had to give Sun Miao the trust she deserved at this time.

So Sun Miao didn't rush to say anything and just looked at Zhao Tianya.

"Oh... that might be due to a miscommunication when we were implementing the work. What I meant when I communicated with Mr. Sun was that we would try our best to meet your requirements on the special edition. After all, some requirements cannot be met in a short time when it comes to such a large amount of data. It's like giving you a demo to see the effect."

Li Yan kept smiling and drank juice.

"Maybe, other people can't even do this, and in order to let you see the effect, they take an unconventional approach."

"Including you." Li Yan said, "Take an unconventional approach."

After hearing this characterization, Zhao Tianya's face turned cold.

The nature of today's trip is just to settle accounts.

"I'm too lazy to say too much," Li Yan looked at Zhao Tianya and said loudly, "In the future of technology exchanges, opinions must be supported by evidence. I don't have the same opinion. If you say it's okay, prove why it's okay. If you say it's not okay, prove why it's not okay. We have proven that quality crushes companies that rely on quantity with the two platforms Ele.ba and Chelaila. Now you tell me that quantity is the right thing to do, you need to provide more solid evidence."

Zhao Tianya hesitated to speak.

"The same goes for Youkan. I know what you said about the advantages of short videos, and moving forward together is all about that. But you vetoed the output of high-quality content, and you need to give me a more sufficient reason."

"I think my reasons are sufficient." Zhao Tianya said.

"Cost-effective, right?" Li Yan smiled. "Tianya, you still have to think about a question: 'What is the purpose of future technology?'"

“Companies are all about making money.”

"No."

"Mr. Li, this is not a matter of whether you say it or not. Everyone joins the company to..."

"This is my company." Li Yan's voice changed. "Zhao Tianya, everyone joins the company to make money. That is their own business as an individual. I only care about giving me the salary and performance that I think is appropriate. If you think it matches your needs, you can stay. If it doesn't, you can leave. I won't force you to stay.

“Future technology is designed to make everyone’s life better, to create more value, and to have higher-level pursuits beyond making money. If you can only consider making money for yourself, then don’t jump out and express your opinions.

"You have to understand one thing, there is no one else's will here, only my will. Whatever I want this company to be, it must be what it is."

(End of this chapter)