"Xiao Ren, if I hadn't witnessed and experienced it with my own eyes, I couldn't believe that you had such achievements in just one year after starting your business. What a hero. ”

Sitting in Ren Pingsheng's chairman's office on the top floor of the Wanyou Building, Lei Jun said with emotion.

Prior to this, Lei Jun, accompanied by Ren Pingsheng, visited the two companies of Universal Games and YY Voice, and saw that these two companies were thriving under the leadership of Ren Pingsheng.

"Brother Lei, you have won the prize, this speed is nothing in the Internet world. ”

Ren Pingsheng said with a smile, took out the iced Coke specially prepared for Lei Jun, and handed it over.

Shi Jinzhu's journey, half a year earlier than Wanyou, has now entered the pre-IPO stage, and Candle Dragon's "Perfect World" has also submitted an IPO application and has entered the waiting list...... This is an era of flowers and fires, and the excess of currencies issued by governments has caused a serious surplus of capital, and all capital is seeking investment opportunities and wants to share a place in this feast of wealth. ”

Lei Jun took a sip of Coke, nodded and said:

"Jinshan got up early in the morning in office software, game software, anti-virus software, etc., but rushed to a late set, the main reason is the lack of capital to help, relying solely on the company's self-hematopoietic function, self-circulation development, it seems to be very inspirational, but in fact it is not so good. Jinshan's delay in listing over the years has not only been surpassed by competitors one by one, but also dampened the enthusiasm of those old employees and affected the overall development of the company. ”

Ren Pingsheng also drank Coke, spread his hands and said:

"This is the theory of the trend, to do anything, we must look at the direction of the wind, to see the trend, if you keep up with the trend, do it with half the effort, if you don't see the trend, force it, most likely will not succeed. Going with the flow is more important than any wisdom and effort. ”

Lei Jun sighed and said:

"That's right, it's just that it took me sixteen years to understand what you said. These sixteen years have been very costly. ”

It is difficult for Ren Pingsheng to understand Lei Jun's feelings, since 1992, after the 22-year-old Lei Jun joined the Golden Shirt, all his personal experiences are associated with the Golden Shirt. Especially since he became CEO in 1998, Lei Jun has led Kingsoft through ups and downs, experienced five listing difficulties in 8 years, and worked hard to bring Kingsoft from a small workshop barely making ends meet to a listed company with international influence.

But in the process, Lei Jun also missed many opportunities.

Including portals, instant messaging, e-commerce and other fields, Lei Jun found business opportunities early and intervened, but they failed to stick to it because of Jinshan Company's main business and personal reasons, and these areas that he missed back then have developed independently, and have cultivated a large number of trendsetters in the Internet industry.

And Lei Jun paid the price of sixteen years, and only achieved the listing of Jinshan.

Therefore, Lei Jun's move to announce his resignation a month after Jinshan's listing did not seem surprising at all.

From the successful thank-you dinner for Jinshan's listing, he could see that Lei Jun's mental state was not quite the same, just like a runner who had just finished running 10,000 meters, and suddenly felt that there was nothing in front of him, and the fatigue of being forced to persist before would exponentially eat him.

It is precisely because of this "physical and mental exhaustion" that Lei Jun chose to leave Jinshan.

But although Lei Jun took off the burden of Jinshan, his whole person had not yet come out of that sense of exhaustion.

It's human nature, and whoever you are, when you find that the career you've spent sixteen years building has only limited value to you, you're going to have a wrong understanding of yourself.

Just like Ren Ping's previous life, when he spent ten years stumbling on his official career, he finally realized that what he was pursuing was just a mirror, and the disillusionment of shattered dreams was a big blow.

Some people will give up on themselves, some will go with the flow, some will take risks, and many more will live the rest of their lives like walking dead.

The dream is beautiful, the reality is cruel, even Lei Jun has to face the cruel reality.

Fortunately, Ren Pingsheng had the opportunity to be reborn, and he changed his fate.

But not everyone has such an opportunity, and now Lei Jun is also at such a critical point, and he needs an external force to push him.

Becoming a Buddha and becoming a demon is just a thought.

And this time, it will be Ren Pingsheng who will play the role of this external promoter.

Ren Pingsheng took out the second bottle of Coke and handed it over.

"Brother Lei, what is your dream?"

Lei Jun just took the Coke and was about to open the buckle, but Ren Pingsheng's very bland question was like an electric shock, which made Lei Jun shake all over, and the fingers holding the buckle froze, and the bottle of Coke was not opened.

Lei Jun held a Coke in his hand, his brows furrowed, as if he was caught in a memory.

The room fell silent, so quiet that you could hear the sound of pins falling on the floor.

Ren Pingsheng did not interrupt the silence, he sat peacefully on the sofa, waiting for Lei Jun's answer.

After a long time, Lei Jun said slowly:

"I went to Wuhan University in 1988, when Wuhan University was the pioneer of national education reform, and was the first to implement the credit system and free course selection system. At that time, I had nothing to do, so I spent all day in the library, and one day I read a book called "The Fire of Silicon Valley", which tells the story of Steve Jobs's entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. ”

"It was the 80s, I was just a farmer's child, except for Wuhan University, I had never been to further places, but I saw how on the other side of the ocean, this man named Jobs, through his own business, opened the era of personal computers, and how he changed the whole world through his own innovation. ”

Lei Jun held the glass of Coke in his hand, and his eyes were full of memories.

"After reading that book, it was like a fire burning in my heart, and the excitement could not be calmed down for a long time, and then I walked around the big playground of Wuhan University, and from that day on, I really had a dream of life from there. ”

"I thought, I want to run a great business, I want to make the world different because of me, I want more people to live better because of my business. ”

Ren Pingsheng asked appropriately:

"And now, have you changed your mind?"

Lei Jun raised his head slowly, his eyes were extremely persistent, and he said solemnly:

"This dream, I have never changed. ”

Ren Pingsheng saw the sincerity in Lei Jun's eyes, just like his heartfelt words.

Such a Lei Jun is the Lei Jun that Ren Pingsheng knew, and he was also the Lei Jun he admired in his previous life.

Only those who stick to their dreams can achieve greatness.

Ren Pingsheng clapped lightly with both hands, and said with a smile:

"It is well said that to do things is to have a beginning and an end, and since we have a dream, we have to make it happen. ”

Lei Jun's eyes lit up, then turned a little dim, and he hesitated a little:

"I'm in my forties, the first half of the Internet is over, and there are not many opportunities left for me, so it's too late to talk about my dreams. ”

Ren Pingsheng shook his head, he stood up and paced indoors:

"Historically, there have been many examples of late bloomers. Liu Bang was only a pavilion chief before he was forty-eight years old, and it took seven years after the uprising to become emperor; Liu Bei had been under the fence for the first half of his life, but he shined in the second half of his life and created the great cause of Shu Han. Around us, Yang Chenghui was also in his forties when he founded Lianxiang, and Ren Zhengfei of Huawei also started his business at the age of forty-three, and it is not too late to be forty years old. ”

Looking at Lei Jun's gradually brightening eyes, Ren Pingsheng stood in front of him, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, looked at him with the most determined eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Now is the best era, the rise of great powers and industrial upgrading have come, the second half of your life has just begun, there are still a lot of opportunities, a wide blue ocean is waiting for us to open up, this is the time to seize the wind, take advantage of the situation, how can it be late?"

"Second half, tuyere, blue ocean ......"

Lei Jun muttered these words to himself, and his eyes were already full of confidence again.

After Ren Pingsheng's guidance and encouragement, Lei Jun gradually got out of the fatigue caused by Jinshan's frustration, and he began to seriously think about what he should do in the second half of his life, and how to realize his original dream.

"Xiao Ren, where do you think the next outlet is?"

Ren Pingsheng finally smiled, and all his efforts finally paid off.

Today will not only be the most important turning point in Lei Jun's life, but will also write a strong chapter in the history of China's information industry.

Because, a new era is about to begin.

Ren Pingsheng slowly walked to the window, looked up at the blue sky outside the window, turned around and said five words:

"Mobile Internet. ”

。 Sogou