Chapter 841: Baidu's Turn
Influence and mutual influence, the confrontation between Zhou Shi and Bill Gaizi is hidden and not sharp, and they certainly not only exchange charity, but also many views on the future. Although the Internet is not a zero-sum market, there will certainly not be many companies that have developed to the top. Google, Microsoft, and F&F are all big obstacles in Yahoo's path. Of course, the competition between each other will not be bloody, but more about the choice of direction, that is, to induce the opponent to take the path that Yahoo did not choose. In the end, success depends half on strength and half on luck.
Microsoft acquired Nokia, and Zhou Shi certainly wanted them to increase their investment in smartphones, so that they could reduce their investment in cloud computing. The reason why Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, abandoned Nokia in his previous life, the signs of a power struggle are obvious. It's just that Nadella succeeded in the end, and the spy himself is not welcomed, so no one questions his exclusion of dissidents. Investing in cloud computing, mainly because he is the leader of this department, in order to consolidate his rule, he will naturally promote the descendant troops. The success of cloud computing has made Nadella brilliant, and it has once again made Microsoft brilliant.
It's not that Nadella is bad, but that location determines fate, and if Microsoft's cloud computing division changes leadership, and this leader also becomes Microsoft's new CEO, Nadella's success may be replicated. Of course, history doesn't have so many ifs and posses. What Zhou Shi wants to do is to deviate Microsoft from the track of cloud computing, as long as Microsoft is not fully developing the cloud computing business, he is confident that he will compete with Microsoft Google. After all, the search business has almost reached its peak, as evidenced by the inflection point in the search business of Google and Baidu in 2018. As long as you are on the right path, you can't beat Microsoft and Google in the first decade, and you can still crush your opponents with the wheel of history in the next decade.
In October, Chen Shouzong decided to leave in November, but Yahoo's idea of poaching Nadella from Microsoft did not come true, after all, until the last minute, Nadella did not have the opportunity to become the top company on the planet.
"Mr. Zhou, this month's Forbes Huaxia Rich Edition came out. Chen Wen pulled a husk pad and walked to Zhou Shi's side.
"They also ranked me on the Huaxia Rich List?, he was a little embarrassed, and directly crushed all the opponents in Huaxia.
"Yes, and Mr. Zhou's net worth has once again reached $40 billion, Wanda Boss ranks second, with a net worth of $14 billion, and Baidu Robin Lee ranks third with $11 billion. "Chen Wen
"Baidu's development is very good?" Zhou Shi
"After Baidu's failure to enter Japan and South Korea, it focused on Southeast Asia, the number of Internet users in Southeast Asia has grown rapidly in recent years, Baidu has invested a lot here, and has also put a lot of effort into staffing, which seems to have surpassed Yahoo Search's local market share. Moreover, Kangsheng Technology's CDN business has surpassed Wangsu Technology and become the leader in the domestic market. Baidu is preparing to privatize Kangsheng Technology to grow its cloud computing business. Overall, Baidu's management is stable and has great potential. "Chen Wen
MMP, why did Baidu grow quietly?
"I heard that Robin Lee often said in meetings that Baidu gathered the best group of people in China, but they were only an undergraduate, and he felt ashamed of himself. I also feel ashamed of Baidu's top management. "Chen Wen
"Baidu is just an undergraduate, who is it?" Zhou Shi asked strangely, this person is really powerful, is there any genius in China.
"......" Chen Wen didn't speak, just looked at Zhou Shi
"Me, I'm an undergraduate? Oh, no, I don't have any competition with Baidu, and it's not right, Yahoo is not as good as Baidu in China. "Zhou Shi
"It may be that Baidu's market value is not as good as Yahoo, Robin Lee's net worth is not as good as Zhou Shi, and Baidu does not have a good project like Time WeChat......" Chen Wen
"Hey~~" Zhou Shi, it seems that jealousy is the original sin and the driving force, the former little brother, now he can beat Baidu and Robin Li in all aspects, how to make him happy.
"You can't blame Robin Lee, a long-standing topic over the years is that Baidu investors and Robin Lee forced out Zhou Shi, who had just defeated Google Huaxia, and they let you out of Baidu on the eve of Baidu's listing on the grounds that they had low education and were not suitable to be an executive of a listed company in the United States. Many people say that you have not continued to cultivate because you were humiliated from Baidu in the first place......
Some people also say that you should thank Baidu for kicking you away, otherwise there would be no time for friends and husk nuts ......" Chen Wen
"Where did these rumors come from? It can't be a YY article on a literary site. Zhou Shi felt something was wrong no matter how he listened to it.
"There is a lot of news coming from the mouths of Baidu's internal departing employees, and none of us are contributing to it, but, Mr. Zhou, are these true?" Chen Wen explained
"I don't know~ I don't know, it doesn't sound like a problem, it just feels awkward, and there is some plausible feeling. "Zhou Shi
"If you stay in Baidu......" Chen Wen
"If I had stayed in Baidu, maybe Guoke would have been the first to launch before Apple's iPhone, the Android system might be Baidu's, maybe the friend network would no longer exist! Maybe time ......" Zhou Shi didn't continue, then what success is a matter of course, he just wanted to make money at the beginning, or be a successful investor, no need to work hard, or be the chairman of the company, don't care about anything. Now it's okay, everything has been done, the only regret is that he has become the chairman, and there are a lot of things, unless he is quite stupid.
"Mr. Zhou, can you tell us about your entrepreneurship and defeating Google at Baidu, many of us are curious. "Chen Wen
"There's nothing to say, at that time, it was mainly luck, people were very naïve!" Zhou Shi didn't want to say that he climbed on the table to learn Jackma's tragic experience of brainwashing employees, even now, his bragging level is still far inferior to Jackma.
"I wasn't as good as you thought at that time, otherwise why didn't many people follow me and leave Baidu! My success is largely due to choosing the right people on the right path and then sticking to it, following the changing trend of the times. "Zhou Shi
"Then ......" Chen Wen wanted to ask something, but in the end she didn't ask, Zhou Shi obviously didn't want to talk about it. Even when Zhou Shi was around, she was already very clear about Zhou Shi's industry, and she still felt very incredible. From Baidu, Time Games, YouTube, and now Yahoo, the whole process is full of legends. And Zhou Shi has achieved success in many aspects such as finance, the Internet, smart hardware, entertainment and sports, how can it be summed up with one or two simple reasons!