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The leader of Ziweiyun is Dr. Wang Jian. He established the entire team by himself. It took four years of hard work to achieve today's situation.

But Wang Jian is not a person who is greedy for power. He knows that he has a bad temper and lacks grasp of business and market, so he took the initiative to give up the position of president of Ziweiyun's domestic business to his deputy Zhou Feng. He is only responsible for technology and Product research and development.

It can also be seen from this that the power difference between Wang Jian and Kurian is not for himself.

Zhou Buqi said: "Wang Jian's team is not easy. It has suffered a lot in the past few years and has been under a lot of pressure. Now, Zi Weiyun seems to have succeeded, but this kind of meritorious team may become more important in the future." He couldn't bear to be demoted."

Shen Xiangyang took a deep breath, "Yes, that's the reason."

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "Dr. Wang Jian is a scientist, we can't ask too much from him. But we are the makers of corporate strategies, and we must be rational enough and not act on impulse. You also said that invention patents are the key to the future development of the cloud computing industry. Foundation. In many other fields, invention patents are almost always in the hands of Europe and the United States. Cloud computing is an emerging industry, and Ziweiyun has already taken the lead in the initial stage. Ziweiyun's future stamina must not be insufficient due to the lack of underlying technology. ."

Shen Xiangyang nodded, "No matter what, Kurian's idea is right. Ziweiyun's key research and development direction must focus on invention patents. If the domestic team cannot do it, we must rely on the team in Silicon Valley."

"It must be like this!"

Zhou Buqi recognized this decision very much.

But in this way, Zi Weiyun's domestic team status was downgraded. Previously, the core of Ziweiyun's strategy was domestic, with domestic as the main focus and foreign countries as the auxiliary.

But if Ziweiyun's technical direction is set at a higher level, and it will focus on invention patents in the future, then the subject and object will change.

Because the domestic team has the weakness of insufficient innovation in the research and development of invention patents, the task of developing invention patents for Ziweiyun can only fall on the shoulders of the overseas R\u0026D team led by Kurian.

This means that Zi Weiyun will be the main player overseas and the auxiliary player domestically.

Dr. Wang Jian may not care about personal honor or loss of power, but as the soul of the domestic team, he has to think about his brothers who are fighting against him.

Zi Weiyun was created by their team. It would indeed be unfair if its importance was downgraded.

But from the perspective of business management, the local part must be subordinate to the overall situation.

Whether it’s a domestic team or a foreign team, this is Ziweixing’s team. Whether it is domestic research results or foreign research results, these are the research results of Ziweixing.

Ziweixing only split its equity and has two sets of books. However, management, personnel, technology, products, markets and many other aspects are all shared, which is no different from before the split.

Even shareholders' equity has not changed.

From Dr. Wang Jian's point of view, his team's interests were damaged and his power was weakened. But from Zhou Buqi's point of view, there is actually no difference whether it is domestic or foreign-dominated. Whoever can create the greatest benefits for Ziweixing and accumulate the most underlying technology will be the winner!

In the past few years, Ziweixing has been weak and has not developed overseas markets. All hopes for the cloud computing business will fall on Dr. Wang Jian’s team.

It’s different now. Ziweixing’s overseas business has become stronger and stronger. Ziweiyun's early strategy was very successful. If you want to keep the fruits of success, you must have sufficient accumulation in the underlying technology.

In the previous life, Amazon Cloud's global market share was as high as 70%, and Alibaba Cloud was the second in the world. Many years later, Amazon Cloud is still No. 1 in the world, but its market share has dropped to 40%. Alibaba Cloud has been surpassed by Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud and dropped to No. 4 in the world.

Even TikTok stopped cooperating with Alibaba Cloud and chose Google Cloud instead.

Why is this happening?

The big reason is that the underlying technologies of Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud are more powerful. The best technology does not mean the best market. But the best technology means that there is potential for accumulation and development.

Ziwei Cloud wants to compete with international giants such as Amazon Cloud, Microsoft Cloud, and Google Cloud in the global market. Domestic technical teams alone are far from enough.

Giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google do not just rely on the R\u0026D teams in Silicon Valley. They have deployed R\u0026D centers around the world and rely on technical talents from all over the world for their own use.

It is definitely not possible for Ziweiyun to rely on Dr. Wang Jian’s team to build its business behind closed doors. It must be led by Kurian to embrace scientific and technological talents from all over the world with a more open attitude.

In this matter, Zhou Buqi must act quickly and decisively without mercy.

Shen Xiangyang said in embarrassment: "Let Wang Jian help Kurian? I'm afraid... even if he can accept it, it may be difficult for his team to accept it. In that team, Dr. Wang Jian is probably the best person in the world in their eyes." Good computer scientists.”

At this time, the two had already entered the cloud computing building, and there was a security check at the door. Because the underlying technology of cloud computing is not only software technology and operating system, but also includes hardware sensors, memory, computing equipment, servers, displays, etc., the confidentiality standards are higher.

After passing the security check, the two were about to get on the elevator. Zhou Buqi looked at him with a smile, "How about you go to the United States?"

"I?"

Shen Xiangyang was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Buqi said: "How about transferring Wang Jian's job and letting him be the CTO of Ziweixing?"

Shen Xiangyang is now the CTO of Ziweixing, and he is full of doubts in his heart. "Of course it is possible for him to take over this job. He is very motivated and has developed Ziweiyun. He has made outstanding achievements and everyone will respect him." "

Letting him step down as CTO of Ziweixing is actually nothing.

Generally speaking, the CTO in a company is the person with the highest authority in the technical field. But Ziweixing is different and is divided into three parts.

Part of it is artificial intelligence technology, which is handled by Shen Xiangyang.

Part of it is cloud computing technology, which was previously handled by Wang Jianlai. Even if Shen Xiangyang is the CTO, he cannot make technical requirements for Wang Jian. Wang Jian is the chief scientist of Ziweiyun and he is fully responsible.

The last part is the main responsibility of the CTO, who will be responsible for the guidance of all business technologies in the company except the two core businesses of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. This part of the work is not difficult for scientists of Shen Xiangyang and Wang Jian's level. Except for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, Ziweixing’s other business lines actually don’t have any world-class technologies to offer.

There is absolutely no problem in letting Wang Jianlai take over the position of CTO. Moreover, he was originally Ziweiyun's chief scientist. After becoming CTO, he can also coordinate Ziwei's business and cloud technology, which is even more appropriate.

Shen Xiangyang continued: "Ziweixing's domestic business will gradually move to the cloud. It would be more suitable for Wang Jianlai to be the domestic CTO to guide this part of the work than me."

"Then it's settled!" Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Let Wang Jian be the CTO, and Zhou Feng be the president of the cloud computing business, accepting Kurian's technical project assignments."

Shen Xiangyang nodded and said: "Well, this arrangement can indeed solve the current conflict. Dr. Wang Jian has been promoted, and the morale of him and his team can be guaranteed. Zhou Feng is very young. In the past, he served as Wang Jian's deputy, and in the future he will serve as Kurian's deputy. He can accept it as a deputy. Wang Jian has been promoted, the team has stabilized, Kurian’s requirements have been met, and all parties are satisfied.”

Then, I became suspicious in my heart.

What's going on?

Sacrifice me to fulfill all of them?

Boss Zhou can't do such immoral things, right?

Seeing his strange look, Zhou Buqi guessed what he was thinking and said with a smile: "Old Shen, you are the scientist I rely on most, more important than Wang Jian, Kurian and others, why are you so nervous?"

Shen Xiangyang shook his head, "It's not nervous, it's strange. Ziweixing International's CTO Remi, I think he is completely suitable for that job. Moreover, Ziweixing International just changed the president of the cloud computing business within a few months, and Xu Liangjie was replaced. Arrangements have been made to take care of personnel affairs, and it is not appropriate to touch senior executives again in a short period of time."

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "I don't want a second Kurian to appear."

"Um?"

Shen Xiangyang was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding.

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "The CTO is responsible for the daily technical business of Ziweixing and Ziweixing International. In addition, the artificial intelligence and cloud computing business also have to have a person in charge. Dr. Wang Jian has no experience of studying abroad or working overseas. It is inappropriate for him to lead Ziweiyun’s global business due to his lack of experience. Although Zhou Feng returned from studying in the United States, he is too young and has no authority and appeal in Silicon Valley. We can only place our hopes on Kurian. To outsiders. We must prevent this kind of thing from happening again. Lao Shen, you are different. You are a celebrity in Silicon Valley and a technological founder in the field of artificial intelligence. The scientific and technological talents in this field around the world are your disciples..."

"No, no..." Shen Xiangyang waved his hands quickly, startled by this tall hat, "It's not that exaggerated. Artificial intelligence is a huge and complex industry. I have only made some minor contributions."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "You are so humble. I have met many people in Silicon Valley, whether it is Microsoft, Google, Apple, or IBM. They all admit that the number one person in the field of artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley over the years is you Shen Xiangyang, the second person is Lu Qi. You both work at Ziweixing, and they both say that Ziweixing will have great development in the field of artificial intelligence in the future."

Shen Xiangyang said modestly: "It's all courtesy of my colleagues. Throughout Silicon Valley, there are at least dozens of scientists in the field of artificial intelligence who have made greater contributions in this field than me. They have more invention patents."

Zhou Buqi snorted: "So what? They are outsiders, you are one of our own!"