has cooperated with Baidu for many years, but Zhao Zejun has only come to Baidu's headquarters a handful.

Every time he came, when he passed by the big paw sign at the door of Baidu, Lao Zhao was in a trance.

In his previous life, he was out of reach, one of the holy places of the Internet in his imagination, and in this life, he has been able to look at it at a level level, and even here, most of the time, he can get VIP treatment that surpasses that of ordinary collaborators.

However, only 'most of the time', not all.

For example, today, Baidu's attitude towards Zhao Zejun is obviously much colder.

In the past, it was not Li Yanhong's secretary who greeted him, but also the company's vice president-level executives, real high-level executives. If it was a secretary, he would be greeted downstairs directly, and once Li Yanhong himself even personally took his deputy downstairs to greet him.

Of course, Li Yanhong went to Zelianke, and Zhao Zejun personally greeted him every time, and once he even welcomed him to the airport.

Today, however, the gate was not even entered.

The security guard stopped first, and after verifying the identity, a female assistant who didn't know Zhao Zejun at all took the group to Baidu's reception room without even making tea.

Then I sat in the reception room for more than an hour.

"Mr. Zhao!" Li Yanhong strode in from outside the door, with a smile on his face, "I'm slacking, I'm slacking, the new assistant doesn't understand anything." Come on, come on, come to my office and talk. ”

Zhao Zejun didn't move, he also had a smile on his face, and said: "Mr. Li, you are not at all grandiose, and it is completely inconsistent with your identity." ”

Li Yanhong was stunned, how could he say it so directly?

Then he smiled playfully: "Then you say, how should I give you a horse?" ”

"If it's me......"

Zhao Zejun pretended to think about it for a few seconds, and then said seriously: "I will put a big ding at the door of the company, boil it full of boiling water, if you come here and can't convince me, I will cook you and show others my firm position." ”

"You, you really don't have any forgiveness at all......

Li Yanhong laughed: "Okay, okay, I want to deviate from this matter, I apologize to you." Or you go downstairs again, and I'll greet you again. ”

"Not really." Zhao Zejun got up and smiled.

Li Yanhong is deliberately cold, what is the purpose, Zhao Zejun can also guess one or two.

This is a temptation that is not light or heavy, and the routine is more old-fashioned and vulgar, but it works.

If you feel out of shape because of this, whether you are angry or deliberately pretend that you don't care, it means that you don't have enough confidence in the trip.

His lack of confidence will directly affect the final result of this trip, Li Yanhong's attitude towards himself and Baidu's attitude towards Zelianke.

Haha laughed and made a harmless joke, that is, to express his dissatisfaction, without too much blame, to show understanding, this is the best way to deal with it.

didn't really 'do it again', and Li Yanhong came to his office alone, Li Yanhong waved his hand to let the secretary go out and close the door, and personally made a cup of tea, which can be regarded as 'apologizing' for the little episode just now.

There were no outsiders, Li Yanhong showed a more relaxed side, wearing a shirt, sitting on the desk with his arms crossed, and said: "Do you know that Tencent and Ali are coming?" ”

Zhao Zejun held the tea and blew the foam on it, and said, "Do I know, they will all come, there is no difference, it's just that they came one step earlier than me." ”

Li Yanhong saw Zhao Zejun drinking tea, shook his head helplessly, and said: "At your age, you are still an Internet entrepreneur, I really have never seen a second person who likes to drink tea instead of coffee." ”

On Li Yanhong's table, there is a coffee cup, and he usually drinks coffee.

"Coffee and tea can't go together, but coffee drinkers and tea drinkers may not be in the same way."

Zhao Zejun put down the teacup and said, "Mr. Li, let's talk, what are you going to do with me?" ”

"You don't want to hear how Tencent and Baidu talked to me?" Li Yanhong asked with interest.

Zhao Zejun stretched out his hands: "How else can you talk, you don't have to say it, I know everything." ”

"Oh?" Li Yanhong smiled: "Then you might as well tell me, I really don't believe that you can know what conversation is happening in my office thousands of miles away." ”

Zhao Zejun said lightly: "I don't know the specifics, but if I think about it, it's nothing more than three points." First, to suppress others. There are four Skynet Alliances, Zelianke is the weakest, Tencent and Ali have stood aside, at this time Baidu joins again, three to one, there is no doubt about victory, in turn, Baidu and Zelianke wear a pair of pants, 2 to 2, the best result is also a lose-lose situation. Isn't it? ”

"The second and third will be said together." Li Yanhong nodded.

"Second, with the temptation of profit, the two of them can give, of course, more than my family can give Baidu; Thirdly, the three of you, especially Baidu and Tencent, have been working together for a long time and have no major conflicts of interest. In the past few years, Zelianke has been running too fast, stealing everyone's limelight and market, the three of you work together to reoccupy the Internet highland, so that Zelianke continues to be a little brother, serving you before and after the saddle, it must be a very wonderful scene. ”

When Zhao Zejun spoke, Li Yanhong kept looking at Zhao Zejun with a smile until he finished speaking, and finally laughed again: "Sometimes I wonder if you are an alien, whether you have superpowers or something." ”

"Lobbying, since ancient times, is nothing more than these words." Zhao Zejun said.

"Yes, that's about what you said."

Li Yanhong nodded, then restrained his smile and said, "Although it is old-fashioned, it is very practical." I have to admit that these words of theirs are very reasonable and tempting. From an entrepreneur's point of view, these words were enough to tempt me to get Baidu to join them. ”

Zhao Zejun rolled his eyelids and said casually: "Oh? Then you go. ”

Li Yanhong didn't expect such a big thing to be killed, Zhao Zejun would be like a child quarreling and angry, and he would come up with such a sentence and be stunned.

Zhao Zejun's eyelids flickered: "Look, didn't you go, you also tested me, and now you are drinking tea with me here, and even taking time to listen to me repeat these words you have already heard." That means you haven't made up your mind yet. ”

said, sighing, "Mr. Li, it's not the first time we've worked together, can't we be honest." ”

Li Yanhong didn't smile this time, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "You must know that this time, it is not an ordinary project-level cooperation, or even a comprehensive cooperation of the company, but a team that wants to take practical actions, which will directly affect the pattern of the domestic Internet for many years to come." Even, there may be the decline and fall of giants. Baidu has always been good at its own good, and at this juncture, it is natural to be cautious. ”

After speaking, he shrugged his shoulders and made a relaxed action: "You forced me to stand in line, but have you thought about it, Baidu's business is the most upstream, and there is no conflict with you, I can completely ignore the side and be alone." ”

"Caution is necessary, but excessive caution can lead to self-restraint."

Zhao Zejun was not polite at all, and his wording was a little fierce, saying: "It is precisely because Baidu has always been cautious that it is unique in the search engine in the world, and also because of caution, Baidu has made no achievements in other fields." The only big data is that I did it with Baidu. ”

can achieve Li Yanhong's position, all of them are guys who have super confidence in themselves, and they were stabbed a few times in front of Zhao Zejun, Li Yanhong's face was a little ugly, and the corners of his mouth moved, but he didn't refute it immediately.

Zhao Zejun was expressionless and continued to mock, "Mr. Li, of course you can continue to be cautious, watch from the sidelines, and watch the three of us fight." In the end, no matter who wins or loses, Baidu will not suffer, but in the same way, Baidu will not benefit. Competition is the biggest driving force for the development of enterprises, and when this battle is over, Baidu will be completely left behind by the winners. How long, five, ten years will it take to have such a chance for the top Internet giants to start a war and profit from it? If you are left alone, the final result can only be eliminated by the times. ”

"And what do I get out of it?" Li Yanhong asked.

Zhao Zejun said: "This time, it seems to be because of the competition in the third-party payment market, but in fact, it is not the first battle for the layout of Internet companies in the financial industry." I was in finance, and Alibaba and Tencent immediately followed, and they would rather turn their faces than grab the market, which has already shown this. ”

"I can tell you clearly that Baidu has no plans to lay out the financial market in a short period of time." Li Yanhong said.

Zhao Zejun pondered for a few seconds and continued: "Mr. Li, no one knows what the future market will look like, but it is certain that the integration of finance and the Internet, since the magic box has been opened, will never end hastily. Even if Baidu is still not ready to get involved in the financial industry, it doesn't need to find a partner with the ability to do so and make a long-term plan. Enter, can get a piece of the financial industry, retreat, at least to ensure that their own enterprises, in the future will not have financial shortcomings. ”

"Even so, you just said those three reasons, because the situation is in favor of the situation, Baidu should not choose Zelianke."

Li Yanhong paused, "Zelian Keze Pay's first-mover advantage has not yet reached a completely irreparable stage, in fact, Alipay's market share is still ahead, and the three of us can catch up in a period of time, or even ......."

He rolled his eyelids and glanced at Zhao Zejun: "Even, ban Zelianke on the Internet." ”

Zhao Zejun sneered all the way when he entered the door, and Li Yanhong was not polite to him.

"Blocking, this is angry talk, Internet companies have reached our point, and no one can block anyone. It's nothing more than a scramble. Of course, I admit that if three families fight one, Zelianke is very risky, it will hurt its muscles and bones, and it will eventually suffer a big loss. After all, this is not a landlord, and I can still have 8 more cards. ”

After speaking, he picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, felt a little cold, put down the teacup again, raised his head, and asked Li Yanhong calmly: "But Mr. Li, do you think doing this is really good for Baidu?" ”