Chapter 746: Spun off LinkedIn

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"Give him this information!"

Wendy nodded, took the information from Guo Shouyun's hand, and handed it to Anderson Cooper.

"This development plan for Twitter's business, you take it back and read it. Write me a summary after reading it. ”

"Yes!"

Twitter is one of the most common social channels on the Internet in later generations, and Guo Shouyun will naturally not forget it. Once Facebook and YouTube are on track, it's time to roll it out.

"Separate the blog business and forum business from LinkedIn and set up an independent Twitter business unit, under the three business departments of Twitter, blog, and forum, and the department head is Anderson Cooper!"

Compared to the surprise of Anderson Cooper's transition from head of department to the company's core management, John Belden, head of LinkedIn, was less happy. LinkedIn originally had eight core business units, but now the library and classroom have established a new 'online education division'; blogs and forums, plus the new Twitter business, have formed the 'Twitter division'.

So far, what remains of the entire LinkedIn is professional networking, headhunting and agency, and email. Earnings and power have plummeted, and anyone will be unhappy. But at a time of drastic changes within the company, the big boss obviously doesn't mind taking a dip on the company's internal personnel structure. In order to avoid losing this precious job, although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to oppose the decision of the big boss.

Guo Shouyun saw John Belden's dissatisfaction, but now was not the time to comfort this old minister. The resignation of Tim George and others has caused turmoil at Ruby's top management, but it has also given Guo Shouyun an opportunity to overhaul the company's management structure and personnel structure.

In the future, the head of each business unit will also serve as the company's executive president, directly responsible for the administrative management of each business department, and join the company's executive committee. … Since the independent subsidiary system has been changed to a business division system, finance and personnel are directly managed by the finance department and the personnel department of the head office. ”

Chief Financial Officer Dunko Verne and Chief Human Resources Officer Kelly Dorothy had a smile on their faces. The power in their hands increased.

At this point, Guo Shouyun's reform of the company's personnel structure and management system is basically over. The rest of the option rewards will take time to complete step by step.

Subsequently, after the 2004 year-end meeting of Ruby Company and the analysis meeting of the 2005 development goals under his chairmanship, Ruby really began to return to normalcy step by step. Eric Schmidt has lived up to his expectations, even if the company is now outside the company because of the departure of Tim George and others, the leakage of LinkedIn customer information, coupled with the push in the shadows, it looks stormy, but it has always been developing in the established direction of Guo Shouyun's plan.

The stability of the ruby company finally gave Guo Shouyun enough time to clean up the outside.

Tim George joins Excellence.com as Chairman and CEO. ”

took the document handed over by Wang Jue and looked at it, "Now he has finally achieved his goal and has monopolized the power." ”

The reason for Tim George's resignation is not difficult to guess. It's just that he is unwilling to be a second-in-command under Guo Shouyun. After getting along for more than five years, he asked himself to know the psychology of this old subordinate very well. But even if he understood, he could not solve this almost unsolvable contradiction.

Because Tim George is not Steve Jobs, let alone Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Guo Shouyun completely delegated them to manage Apple and Google because history has proven that they have enough strength and talent to lead the company to greatness. But Tim George clearly doesn't fall into the ranks.

Guo Shouyun can't hand over the ruby company to a person who he is not absolutely sure of to lead. And now although Ruby has established its hegemony in the field of Internet social networking, there is still the era of mobile Internet behind. In a period of drastic changes in the industry, once the pulse of the times is not accurate, then the huge company will also be eliminated. He didn't want Ruby to repeat Baidu's mistakes.

"Boss, I feel like we should sue Tim George, Christina. They had a non-compete agreement with us. Wu Xiaojing said.

"It's useless. Yesterday, I received a call from Eric, and their liquidated damages had already been sent to the company's finance department. Guo Shouyun shook his head.

Originally, the liquidated damages were not high, and there were so many big consortia behind it. One or two million dollars is not a problem at all.

"Any other news?"

"It is rumored that Excellence has reached out to the social field, second only to our yspace and friendster. However, no more detailed information has been released yet. ”

"Is Tim George going to make Excellence.com another ruby?" Guo Shouyun smiled with interest.

"Boss, should we fight back?" Wang Jue said with a tense face.

"Fight back? Guo Shouyun shook his head.

Although this news seemed terrible to outsiders, Guo Shouyun didn't care much about it. Because he knows very well that the Internet is a winner-takes-all industry. Ruby has established its own deep moat with many business synergies. As long as you don't make mistakes, you will attract more users step by step over time.

“… I know Tim George. He is indeed a good professional manager, but not a good strategist. It is good to use his ruby experience to manage the network of excellence, but 'those who learn from me live, those who resemble me die', the more like the network of excellence, the less likely it is to surpass us. ”

After a pause, "How much has LinkedIn's stock price fallen now?"

"At $393, the decline in LinkedIn shares has stopped after we started buying back shares. … By the way, this is what we saw in your mailbox this morning. ”

After taking the document and seeing the content on it, Guo Shouyun's eyes narrowed.

"Stan O'Neill asked me to attend Merrill Lynch's shareholder meeting!"

"Boss, you were rarely invited to Merrill Lynch's shareholder meetings in the past. Does he already know...?"

Wu Xiaojing didn't finish speaking, but the meaning of her words was already very clear.

Guo Shouyun pondered for a moment and then slowly shook his head, "I don't know, but I'll understand after I go." … Either way, it's an opportunity. It's also time to divert people's attention from rubies. When the news is made public, it will definitely be able to give those guys a big 'surprise'!"

It doesn't matter what medicine Stan O'Neill's gourd sells. Guo Shouyun, who has obtained absolute control of Merrill Lynch's board of directors, has won the battle!

"Jingle bell!"

At this moment, Guo Shouyun's mobile phone on the table suddenly rang.