Lei Junbao changes

Chapter 4 "Suddenly one day I want to understand that I am a pig"

Before leaving Jinshan, Lei Jun chatted with Wang Chuan once, "He told me, do you believe that I can still build such a big company after five years?"

After leaving Jinshan, Lei Jun did not "retire" as he said to the outside world, but started a "long test" that lasted for three years.This journey of forbearance that is crucial to Lei Jun is extremely personal and inconspicuous, so that the outside world is more willing to pay attention to the two bright periods of his career, the "starting point" of his journey Jinshan and the "end point" Xiaomi.

"Lei Jun's real change is that he left Jinshan and went out to invest. Before that, you can say that Lei Jun didn't know much about the Internet, but after that, Lei Jun became an Internet expert." Zhou Hongyi said that in the past, Lei Jun was taken over by Jinshan The burden dragged on. "I think he may have been depressed or unhappy when he left Jinshan, but this setback did not knock him down, but gave him a chance to jump out and reflect on himself. Once he understands the 'Tao' of the Internet, The 'skills' that Lei Jun has accumulated over the past few years will come into play immediately."

This kind of rebirth is not so much caused by the improvement of the standard, but by the change of mentality—Lei Jun was finally able to relax, stay away from daily chores, inject more of his talents into angel investment, and use this to master his own A set of common sense—the seven-character formula of "Internet thinking" in his mouth later: focus, extreme, word of mouth, and speed.

In 2005, he had cash after selling Joyo shares, and invested in more than 20 companies, including Lakala, Duwan YY, Letao.com, and Vancl Eslite.These enterprises focus on three areas: mobile Internet, e-commerce and online community.During this process, Lei Jun completed the accumulation of resources and knowledge.According to his own statement: "I want to do mobile Internet, but I don't understand it, and I have to pay tuition if I don't understand it. The best way is to see how others do it. After reading it on UCweb, I have a clear understanding of this industry. gone."

When meeting with Lei Jun again, Shang Jin obviously felt that the topics of communication between the two were much broader, and Lei Jun frequently talked about his research and understanding of the Internet. "Boss Lei (in the past) was still very concerned about cross-level constraints. He didn't want to talk with an old Jinshan colleague outside the scope of Jinshan's business. He was also worried that we would not focus (focus), and that we would get our minds wild. "Shang Jin believes that after he no longer served as CEO of Jinshan, Lei Jun's boss temperament came out. "We at Jinshan felt that Lei was always the boss, but at that time he was definitely not. His strings were very tight, and he respected the board of directors very much, even to the point where we felt unnecessary."

One day in 2008, Lei Jun went to see Wang Chuan for skiing, and the two chatted while taking the cable car.In just a few months, Wang Chuan discovered that Lei Jun's pattern had changed, and his vision had broadened from "looking at things with a microscope" to "looking at things with a telescope." "I told him at the time that your level has improved by an order of magnitude. He Said that he used to keep his head up and look at the road, thinking that he was looking up at the road, but in fact he still kept his head down to do things, his thinking was based on Jinshan.”

"Jinshan is a company with strong management. He gave an order to go east. If you have an idea, you think it should go west. If you have an opinion, you should reserve it first and talk about it after doing it." Wang Chuan said, "Investment, just It’s just that you watch others do it, the so-called ‘help without causing trouble, and stay within your position’. I think he will be more tolerant of other people’s ideas after becoming a venture capitalist.”

Li Xueling, CEO of Huanju Times, said: "He used to do things with his hands on (doing things by himself), but now he is not so hands on. When investing, he had to let go, and he gradually realized that he could let go."

Lei Jun let go not only of his work, but also of himself in a sense.Feng Xin remembered that Lei Jun had a little habit of tearing paper in Jinshan—find a piece of paper, tear it back and forth until it was the smallest—he had to hold things in his hand all the time to deal with. "Lei Jun is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. No matter how polite he is on the surface, you can always feel that he wants to achieve the goal at that time. It is very obvious. Even because of this reason, you can see that he is not relaxing every minute. Now , When there is something unrelated to the main business in the middle, he can devote himself to it and enjoy it for a while. For example, when he was speaking on the stage (Xiaomi press conference), he was suddenly very relaxed, and now he can stop himself."

Lei Jun told Wang Chuan that one day he suddenly realized that he was a pig, and everything went smoothly from then on.

When he was in Jinshan, Lei Jun had very high expectations for himself, and he would constantly set high demands on himself, and mobilize everyone to meet them. If they couldn’t meet them, he would be very frustrated. “Now I see myself as a pig. Just relax." Wang Chuan said.

"He used to be Zhu Xi, but now he is Wang Yangming." Bi Shengli counted several Jinshan products that didn't grow up. "When many companies didn't know how to make online games, the eldest brother (referring to Lei Jun) had already made "Swordsman Love". When Zhou Hongyi didn't know what antivirus software was, Kingsoft Antivirus had already monopolized the Chinese market. But why didn't these products come out? From the root cause, I don’t understand human desires too much. Human desires are greedy for cheap, Zhou Hongyi made the anti-virus software free, between charging and free, human desires must go to free.”

"Now every time Xiaomi releases the best configuration in the world, it only sells for 1999. It is cost-effective, and this is a kind of human desire." Bi Sheng said.

(End of this chapter)