On the other side, Gu Heng and Chen Jiming were also chatting.

"Xiao Gu, it's not easy to date you now. ”

Chen Jiming looked at the face in front of him that had gradually faded into greenness, and was a little embarrassed.

I still remember that two years ago, when I first met Gu Heng, the other party was just a young man who had just started a business, if he hadn't accidentally seen the operation mode of Meituan on campus and became interested, he wouldn't have known that there was such a person, and he happened to know his daughter.

Now, in just two years, the other party has become the head of the top enterprise in Xiangshi, and the Hengchuang created by it occupies a pivotal position in the emerging Internet industry, which can be called a terrifying future.

"Where, it's just that I'm usually busy, so I don't invite people to participate in some of the usual events. ”

Gu Heng was polite on his lips, but he was a little unhappy in his heart.

He knew what Chen Jiming's purpose was to invite him at the end of the party this time, because just a few days ago, Huatian announced in a high-profile manner that he would take Hunan Province as the base point and cut into the low-end hotel market.

And if I remember correctly, Chen Jiming proposed this idea two years ago, and at that time proposed that he wanted to reach some cooperation intentions with Meituan on campus.

An issue was proposed, and it took two years to finally pass the resolution, how much interest could Gu Heng have?

With the passage of time, Meituan, which was originally expected to have certain expectations, has been temporarily put aside due to the company's too many projects and the development time is not yet mature, and the market scope is still limited to colleges and universities in Xiangshi, providing students with some group purchase and ordering, singing K, renting bicycles and other businesses.

In other words, the development of Meituan is not the focus of Hengchuang's current layout. Hengchuang's primary goal now is to expand the pillars of Renren and YY voice, and the extension of some tentacles is also to serve these two pillars.

As for Meituan, it has not yet been included in the strategic development level.

This also means that even if Huatian wants to reach some cooperation intentions with Meituan, he has not touched Gu Heng too much.

Of course, this is an idea that came from Gu Heng's own position, but for Chen Jiming, it is another consideration.

Chen Jiming asked someone to send a short written report, handed it to Gu Heng, and said: "Xiao Gu, help me see, this is Huatian's strategic deployment for cutting into the low-end hotel market, help refer to it." ”

The use of the word "reference" shows that Chen Jiming puts Gu Heng on an equal footing.

Gu Heng also sighed a little emotionally, two years ago, also in Huatian, because he had seen some reports of Chen Jiming on the Internet in his previous life, he had some admiration for successful people, and asked this senior in the shopping mall for some business ideas.

And now, the two sides are standing on an equal level, and they can only sigh at the miracle of fate.

Gu Heng took the information, there was no accident, and he saw the words Meituan from it.

Obviously, Chen Jiming's interests are based on his own considerations, and some take it for granted that Hengchuang now has a huge traffic platform, and if it develops Meituan, it should be able to expand to other provinces and cities in the province soon. At that time, Huatian will focus on low-end hotels suitable for college students and professionals, and with the help of this platform, it should be able to open up the situation very well.

At the same time, the report also pointed out that with the help of Huatian's brand influence, Meituan can also better open up the market and attract more merchants to settle in.

To be honest, after Gu Heng read it, he was faintly disappointed in his heart.

There is disappointment in Huatian, a nationally renowned state-owned enterprise, and there is also a little disappointment in Chen Jiming, the head of the company.

There are many reasons for this:

First: A project that was intended to be carried out two years ago has only now been approved and entered the implementation stage, and the administrative efficiency is too touching. This is also a common problem of many enterprises today, not only state-owned enterprises, but also some private enterprises that still follow the business philosophy of the world.

Second: Today's Huatian has a great influence, and its five-star hotels not only have chain operations in many big cities across the country, but also have received foreign presidents.

Unfortunately, with so many resources, in today's era of opportunities, the pace of pioneering and enterprising is far from matching the resources and capabilities it has, and it is also a big failure.

Just like the wave of the Internet in the new era, those state-owned enterprises after restructuring have a great first-mover advantage, but none of them really seize the opportunity, and the last achievements are some private enterprises.

Third: I feel better about myself, still immersed in the glorious resume of the last century, thinking that the market will revolve around me, so I miss a lot of opportunities.

Just like this report, it clearly takes into account its own interests, but does not take into account the interests of Hengchuang.

To put it bluntly, Meituan is not the focus of Hengchuang's current development, even if Huatian's past is brilliant, just relying on those things in the report, I want to impress Hengchuang to adjust its strategic layout, is it possible?

After all, it's not two years ago, and Meituan will be able to develop, which is a layout point that can be looked forward to for Gu Heng, whose future career line is not clear. But now, that's all in the past.

The times are changing, the competition model of shopping malls, business philosophy and many other things are changing, Chen Jiming can be said to be a model of successful people in the last century, but in the new wave of the times, some of his concepts have not changed, which is Gu Heng is more disappointed.

This is not because of the expansion of the mentality of status promotion, but the change of perspective of looking at problems after the vision and knowledge have been expanded.

He remembered that Chen Jiming said two years ago that in doing business in China, connections are particularly important, and learning how to deal with interpersonal relationships is equivalent to half the success of business.

At the time, he felt that it made sense.

Because Huaguo has been talking about harmony and wealth for thousands of years, if there are not enough connections in all aspects, it is estimated that it will be difficult to do business. Because everyone is making friends, having treats, drinking, and making friends, maybe some joints will be opened, and if you don't do this, you may be treated differently.

Now, Gu Heng doesn't agree with these remarks that he once felt was right.

The things that have been handed down from ancient times are not necessarily all right, and they may also be dross, but because they have not been swept away thoroughly, they have always been used. For example, everyone always subconsciously curries favor with officials, because Sergeant Shinong is the first in line, but they forget that this country claims that officials are servants of the people, and this is still written in primary school textbooks.

It's just that many people think that this is right and are doing it that way, so some public servants who should be doing things in a down-to-earth way also feel that they should be like this, and they should be superior to others. As a result, the great man's efforts to sweep away these remnants of the dregs were all in vain, and the bureaucratic habits of the feudal era, and other remnants of the dross, took root in the new society.

What the great man failed to do with the general trend of the founding of the country, Gu Heng certainly didn't think that he had the ability to change some thoughts that everyone had been imperceptibly influenced, or that had taken root in their minds.

But as his knowledge expanded, his knowledge increased, and in his continuous experience, he corrected some of his previous thoughts.

Just like the network resources that Chen Jiming believes in, it does make some sense at first hearing, but when you think about it carefully, it is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

If a company does not think about how to improve product quality, after-sales service, and open up the market, but invests more resources in opening up relationships and making contacts, it is a pathology.

In the last century, when all the economy was dominated by the government, this kind of operation might be able to work, and maybe it would be able to live a more nourishing life. But in the era of market economy, it is undoubtedly a chronic suicide to think so.

At the end of the last century, the people of the whole country were all manufactured by state-owned enterprises in terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and so on.

In addition to this, state-owned enterprises and factories also have many resources such as factories, skilled workers, technical experts, and advanced equipment imported with valuable foreign exchange.

Resources and connections are available, but in the end, after the structural reform, the situation of many state-owned enterprises has not improved, but has deteriorated, and even many factories cannot afford to pay wages, resulting in a huge wave of layoffs, and there is a wail.

This is enough to illustrate that connections and resources are not necessary for success.

When everybody talks about relationships, it's bound to lead to this kind of culture, and as a result, it's the same within the company. Those who do practical things are not taken seriously, and those who are sloppy and slap horses are on the top, and even pull some of the same people into the factory, such an enterprise, in the market competition after the reform, how to win?

Therefore, efforts to enhance market competitiveness, that is, product quality, is the real core competitiveness.

If the price of the same product is lower than others, and the quality is better than others, you are afraid that there will be no market? At that time, it is not you who go to the market, but the market will take the initiative to come to you. On the contrary, even if you are a relative of the boss of the purchaser, it is useless, would people rather drag their own company down than buy your high-priced and low-quality products?

Of course, seeing through but not breaking it, not going against the trend, this is Gu Heng's wisdom in doing things.

In this era of handover and change of the old and new economic systems, he can't change other people's minds, and he doesn't want to stand up as an alternative, so he has to be with the light, and the relationship that should be maintained is also maintained as much as possible, at least through the motions.

But that's only the external principle, and the purity of the team within the company is what he always emphasized.

Don't talk about interpersonal relationships, don't talk about relationships, the capable go up, and the mediocre go down, this is the only standard set by Gu Heng for the company's internal personnel appointment.

He vigorously promoted the construction of the company's system, strived to maximize the company's operational efficiency with the most scientific management system, put an end to the problem of internal personnel corruption, strictly prohibited nepotism, and even set up a special supervision department.

These measures are all for the sake of purifying the team.

Although it is inevitable that with the expansion of the team, the disease of large companies will inevitably be carried out, but always pay attention to internal construction issues, at least to ensure a more lasting vitality.

These changes in concepts are also the main reason why when they first met, Chen Jiming said that it was more difficult to invite Gu Heng now.

Because now, many times, he doesn't want to, and he doesn't need to deliberately maintain some unnecessary networks, so what everyone sees is that his youth is swelling with pride, please don't move.

And in fact, he just attended some banquets and invitations with a much less frequency, put in the company system management, and study to recharge more time.