Lei Junbao changes

Chapter 1 Preface
From the starting point of Jinshan to the end point of Xiaomi, from the success of a young man to the late bloomer, from Zhu Xi to Wang Yangming, Lei Jun reflashed an operating system for himself.

December 2009, 12, snowy night, opposite Beijing Yanshan Hotel, Lounge Cafe.In hindsight, this was the eve of the transformation of a depressed old IT man into an upstart.

That night, Lei Jun asked his friends to drink, Bi Sheng, Li Wanqiang, Li Xueling and other former Jinshan employees and friends were on the list.That night, Lei Jun spent the night in a state of sadness, frustration, and conflicts. While sighing, he downed bottle after bottle of Heineken beer.A group of people are drinking more and more. At 11:40, Lei Jun said that today is his [-]th birthday.Bi Sheng recalled that the tone of the conversation at the time was reflection: "(Lei Jun) was wrong in talking about his life as a model worker? Reflecting on his career for so many years, from the philosophy of leadership to the philosophy of doing things, is there anything wrong?"

The party is coming to an end, everyone said that they are 40 years old, let's sum it up.Lei Jun left a sentence: "Go with the trend, don't go against it."

Everyone took a taxi home at the fork in Shuangyushu Contemporary Mall.

This year, Lei Jun, who has retired from Jinshan, found the "potential" he wanted: mobile Internet.He saw smartphones as a huge opportunity.

Lei Jun was an angel investor at the time, and at first he wanted to invest in Huang Zhang. Huang Zhang had only a junior high school education, and was known for his craftsmanship, low-key behavior and paranoia. The Meizu mobile phone he created had many fans in China.The two had frequent contacts at one time, and their relationship was unprecedentedly close around 2010.

Wang Chuan, the co-founder of Xiaomi, said that Lei Jun and Huang Zhang were sincere to each other. Huang Zhang shared his experience in making mobile phones, and Lei Jun taught Huang Zhang all the rules of software, Internet and company operation. At one time, he was willing to bet all his wealth on Meizu.

"Investing in Meizu, he was very enthusiastic at the beginning. He admired Huang Zhang very much, just like falling in love. When you appreciate it, you can only see the advantages. Huang Zhang has huge advantages and huge disadvantages. But a company needs you in a certain way It is particularly strong, and the others cannot be weak."

Wang Chuan recalled to the "People" reporter that he once advised Lei Jun to be cautious: I said you can control it?He said that if he voted, he would resign himself to fate. (Investing in Meizu) is basically his family property. I said I opposed it, and he said that he would not lose money. I said that not losing money and wasting opportunities are two different concepts. "

In Wang Chuan's view, the reason why Lei Jun did not invest in Meizu in the end was that the two had huge differences in their views on talents.

The core is two things: Lei Jun told Huang Zhang that a senior executive of Meizu has strong software and hardware, but he doesn’t have a penny share, so he is easily poached by others. Lei Jun was shocked by Huang Zhang’s answer, “He was Poached me to be able to do it myself”; Lei Jun spent several months persuading Huang Zhang to switch from the Windows Phone mobile phone system to the Android mobile phone system, and introduced Lin Bin, the vice president of Google’s China Engineering Research Institute, to him, hoping that Huang Zhang would get 5% of the share The shares were given to Lin Bin to attract Lin Bin to join, but Huang Zhang disagreed.

In the 22 years since his debut, Lei Jun has long been famous all over the world, but it was here that he gained real phenomenal influence. He decided to do it himself.

Lei Jun turned to invite Lin Bin to co-found Xiaomi, which became a key point.Li Wanqiang from Jinshan, Huang Jiangji from Microsoft, Hong Feng from Google, Zhou Guangping from Motorola, Liu De from the Industrial Design Department of Beijing University of Science and Technology, and Wang Chuan from Duokan joined in one after another. Old friends.

Lei Jun promised these partners: Xiaomi will be his last venture.Lin Bin asked him suspiciously, are you serious?Your shares in Xiaomi are not as high as in YY.Lei Jun said, alas, I didn't think about it, otherwise I would buy some more. "In order to dispel everyone's worries, he spent about 3900 million yuan to buy a part of the shares, and the shares surpassed other partners." Wang Chuan said, "He didn't value the interests of Xiaomi, and he distributed the company to everyone. .He didn’t prove himself as Jinshan, he hoped to have a chance to prove himself successfully.”

(End of this chapter)