Song Weiyang's main purpose in coming to Beijing was to deal with the internal management of Sohu.

Internet companies are different from traditional manufacturing companies, and you can't solve them by setting a single rule and regulations.

Song Weiyang called Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming out for dinner, and discussed the company's management model while drinking. In this regard, Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming can only listen, because they are absolute novices, and everything needs to be learned by doing.

To tell the truth, Zhang Chaoyang is a very generous person, and a series of problems exposed during his entrepreneurial period all stem from distrust of his subordinates. I want to control everything, and I am impatient when I see my subordinates making mistakes, so I have to go into battle to correct them myself. So he personally took charge of which aspects and which aspects could be done well, but the other projects collapsed, and the management company was like whack-a-mole.

Baidu's Li Yanhong knows how to delegate power, let his subordinates do their best, and tolerate his subordinates' mistakes. But Li Yanhong's methods are also very spicy, if you don't do it, you will be fired, and if you do it, you will be fired, and if you say that the department or project director will get out.

You can't talk about feelings with Li Yanhong, but you can talk to Zhang Chaoyang. This man is very nostalgic and likes to make friends.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the contradiction between Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming was resolved.

Song Weiyang finally raised his glass and said: "In the future, Lao Zhang, you are the general manager and chief engineer, and Ding Ming is the vice president." The specific management responsibilities are to be resolved by yourself. What is the point I want to make? That is, the issue of decision-making, Lao Zhang, you have to change it. ”

"You say, I'll listen. Zhang Chaoyang said.

"You're too democratic, you're too authoritarian," Mr. Song said, "and it's a bit too democratic that you have to have a collective meeting to discuss the content of the hyperlinks to the website every day, even involving employees from the technical department." And what about dictatorship? What you believe in, no matter how reasonable others are, cannot be changed, and an alley goes to the dark. ”

Zhang Chaoyang smiled awkwardly, he was indeed like this.

Song Weiyang said: "Take the conflict between you and Ding Ming this time. Being a search engine is one of the general directions of the company's development, and there is no need to discuss it in front of all employees, and it is not necessary to discuss it with Ding Ming in advance. This led to Ding Ming's opposition to your opinions, which made you very faceless in front of the employees, and inexplicably caused contradictions. For all major decisions, you should discuss with Ding Ming first, and then listen to the opinions of key employees, and there is no need for low-level employees to talk to them. ”

Zhang Chaoyang said: "The ideas of the employees at the bottom are also very important. ”

Song Weiyang shook his head and said: "Everyone's knowledge, vision, position and identity are different, and their attitude towards the same thing is different. Everyone has their own ideas, and you can't take care of everyone. And the more ideas you gather, the harder it is to make decisions. It's like Cao Cao called a meeting of military advisors before the war, and each military advisor's strategy is different, and it makes sense, so who should you listen to?"

Ding Ming smiled: "Lao Zhang is actually quite assertive. ”

Song Weiyang said: "If you have any ideas and projects, don't be in a hurry to express your position first. Discuss with Ding Ming, and then discuss with key employees, there is really a disagreement, and then call me to discuss. Rest assured, I don't get too involved and I'm not interested in managing specific matters. ”

"I understand. Zhang Chaoyang nodded.

Ding Ming smiled: "It's good to make things clear, come on, drink!"

Zhang Chaoyang raised his neck and poured a glass of beer, changed the topic and said: "I heard from my former classmates that Bill Gates is coming to Tsinghua University and Peking University to give a speech, is the chairman interested in listening to it?"

"When?" Song Weiyang asked.

"It's not been a few days. Zhang Chaoyang said.

"Then go check it out. Song Weiyang said.

Ding Ming said: "When the time comes, I will go over early to help you occupy a seat." ”

Since 1993, Bill Gates has visited China every year, and in order to promote IN95, he even came twice a year in 1995. The first time he was received by the big leaders, and then he went to the northwest for a walk, and the second time he went to the south, the young people of Huadu rushed to watch, and the hotel gate was crowded.

Last year, Bill Gates visited Sheng Hai to give speeches at Fudan and Jiaotong University, but unfortunately Song Weiyang was absent from school at that time and missed a good opportunity for face-to-face communication. This year, Bill Gates visited Beijing and gave speeches at Tsinghua University and Peking University, seemingly to promote Internet Explorer, which has just released a new version, and the global market share, including the old version, is not very high.

It's September, and school is about to start.

Lin Zhuoyun took Doudou back to Shenghai to sign up for school, while Song Weiyang stayed in the capital.

Waiting for Bill Gates's speech is just incidental, he still has to stare at the Shenzhou Science and Technology R&D Center to set up the shelf. At the same time, PHS is also about to be listed, and there is no difficulty in assembling the product.

Song Weiyang talked with the leaders of China Telecom several times in the capital, and agreed to open PHS services in Zhejiang Province, Hujian and Xikang within a year, followed by Lianghu and Northeast China. According to a vague disclosure by a leader of the telecommunications department, due to the obstruction of mobile movement, PHS cannot land in Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai for the time being, and even Guangdong Province cannot fully enter the country, so it can only open a sub-base in the special zone to test the waters.

After repeated discussions, at the insistence of Song Weiyang, Telecom decided to add a Jinling, and the cities in the same period are Linzhou, Huzhou, Xiamen, Rongcheng, Shancheng, Wenshi, and seven cities will open PHS together in October.

This thing doesn't need to build a signal tower that is too high, just set up an antenna on the roof of the residential building, and it can radiate the surrounding area, and each city can set up more antennas.

After receiving the promise of the telecom leaders, Song Weiyang immediately called and instructed Shenzhou Technology Company to arrange the publicity work as soon as possible. The core personnel of the propaganda team are also transferred from Xifeng, Yang Xin, Zheng Xuehong and Chen Tao are very unhappy about this, a general manager, a person in charge of personnel, and a person in charge of public relations and publicity, Song Weiyang is digging their corners.

As for the mobile phone sales channel, you don't need to think about it, you can directly consign it to the local telecommunications bureaus.

More than half a month has passed, and Bill Gates is finally here.

Ding Ming paid 600 yuan out of his own pocket and planned to let Tsinghua students help occupy three seats, but who knew that the speech was actually held in the open space of the school.

The speech site was full of pits and valleys, crowded with people everywhere, and even many students were lying on trees. As soon as Bill Gates appeared, he was greeted with bursts of exclamations from the students, and many company bosses in Zhongguancun also came to see the excitement.

Bill Gates was surrounded for several minutes, and the enthusiastic students were finally persuaded to leave by the school leaders.

The guy stood on a high stool and began to speak in English: "I am very happy to be a guest in China again, and I am very honored to be able to communicate with the teachers and students of Tsinghua University...... Microsoft's vision of computing is global computing, and we believe that the connection of computers to the Internet will make the world smaller and have a positive impact on many aspects, building understanding among people, sharing research successes in key scientific areas, including medicine, and allowing global business to function well, and the Internet is already driving all of this...... We have been very fortunate to recruit a large number of talents from Tsinghua University, and our core talents come from Tsinghua University. ”

The speech was not long, only about 40 minutes, and there were only three contents: one was to introduce Microsoft's achievements, the second was to look forward to the prospects of computers and the Internet, and the third was to pat Tsinghua University on the back and encourage Tsinghua students to work at Microsoft.

In particular, the last point is particularly useful to Tsinghua students, and at the same time, it also greatly increases the favorability of Bill Gates and Microsoft.

"Here's a free exchange relief, you can ask me some questions," Bill Gates laughed, "I try to answer them, I hope it can be helpful to everyone." ”

The scene was a mess, there were hands raised everywhere, and all kinds of questions were raised in a mess.

Bill Gates casually picked a closer one and shouted: "Everyone, please be quiet first, come one by one, this classmate, please ask questions." ”

The student said, "Mr. Bill Gates, as we all know, you went to start a business before you graduated from college. Now that China is full of opportunities and the high-tech industry is booming, should we continue our education or drop out of school to start a business?"

Bill Gates said: "I don't recommend dropping out of school to start a business, but I also don't want to die on campus. You should learn professional knowledge while understanding the industry dynamics, and it is better to be able to use your spare time to do some projects. If the project fails, you can get a workout. If the project is successful, you can make a choice at your discretion, and it's not too late to drop out of school and start a business. The classmate asked. ”

The named student asked, "I'm 19 years old and I'll graduate next year, how can I start my career?"

Bill Gates said: "I remember that China's undergraduate program is four years, and if you can graduate at the age of 20, it means that you are a genius." As long as you concentrate and persist in struggle, it is not difficult for a genius to do anything. You should ask yourself what you want to do, then find a direction, give yourself a position, and then learn in the struggle, keep strengthening yourself, keep learning lessons, and success is only one step away from you. Okay, next, this student in a hat, please ask a question. ”

Song Weiyang was huddled in the crowd, wearing a sun hat, chatting with Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming without a word.

"Old Song, call you, just you wear a hat. Ding Ming said.

Song Weiyang looked up at Bill Gates, looking confused: "Huh?"

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