Chapter 107: The Boss's Taboo (I)
In the company, the boss is the boss, and the wage earner is the wage earner, even if you are the general manager, you still have to listen to the chairman. In the eyes of many people in Zhongguancun, Lifang is definitely a freak, the chairman is like a part-time worker, and the general manager is like the chairman and general manager.
Li Jiaming, who doesn't usually show up in the company, does look like a part-time worker, without the consciousness of a chairman. General manager Wang Zhidong drove a Cadillac Deville of more than one million, and Li Jiaming, as the chairman of Lifang, rode a little sheep ridden by a woman, and only drove the old 'Fukang' when it was windy and rainy. This is nothing, what makes many bosses laugh at it is that this kid is like a migrant worker, often helping his employees to work, such as moving computers, moving computer desks, and doing rough work to be a top three.
Today's boss, which one doesn't want to save face? Drive a Mercedes-Benz and bring a beautiful secretary, this is all standard!
But no one dares to underestimate this freak company, because its chairman is Li Jiaming, the second thousand-year-old man, and the general manager is the famous Wang Zhidong.
It is worth at least 200 million US dollars, and although the largest shareholder is Deng Hao of real estate, Li Jiaming's kid also has at least 10 percent of the shares, right? Not to mention that kid is really capable, because he has been commended by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee for comprehensively reporting on this year's flood fighting and disaster relief and publicizing the deeds of advanced figures, that is, Li Jiaming single-handedly commanded.
Not to mention Wang Zhidong, if the programmers in Zhongguancun want to make a ranking, they are definitely the top two, and the only one who may be ranked in front of him is the boss of Jinshan Company, Qiu Bojun. The QQ software made by Lifang is easier to use, and the users have to reach 2 million, and it is all Wang Zhidong's awesomeness! After making QQ, he has made QQ music, which can be listened to and downloaded for free online, which is simply the public enemy of all CD and tape pirates!
Now people in the industry in Zhongguancun are beginning to believe that Lifang Company will develop at such a speed, and I am afraid that it will be the second one. Provided, of course, that they can find a reliable profit model as they do.
Yes, the key is to find a profit model!
This is the most uncomfortable thing for Wang Zhidong, he made QQ 2 million users in three months, occupying 70% of the domestic market share, and he has been fighting backwards step by step, but he is still worried about this profit model. What particularly annoyed him was Li Jiaming, as the chairman of the company, the helmsman he had high hopes for, seemed to have forgotten the agreement between the two at the beginning.
At the head of the natural disaster, Li Jiaming ran back to command the report, and Wang Zhidong had no opinion. If one side is in trouble, of course, it needs support from all sides, and of course it is necessary to have money to contribute and make a strong contribution, but the flood water can't recede, and stay in the Liberian side to find a way, right? If it weren't for him to help find a profit model, and manage it so well, he might have taken the initiative to retreat to the position of assistant?
As soon as Li Jiaming, who had not shown up for a long time, appeared in the company, Wang Zhidong, who had just written an all-night program to breathe, was so angry that he stood in the big office and complained in front of everyone.
This is not what the company's second-in-command should say or do, especially in front of so many employees, Li Jiaming, who was unhappy, interrupted: "Senior, you haven't been home for a few days?"
"How many days? I don't know? Leave this alone, have you figured out a way? Now there are 2.1 million!"
Li Jiaming, who didn't have a good face, pushed open his office door and said coldly: "It's not enough!"
"It's not enough, Jiaming, we occupy more than 70 percent of the market! Let me tell you, this market cannot be monopolized!"
Oh, what are you angry with him? This is a programmer man, who only writes programs in his head, and is not an old fox like Lao Zhang. It's still not enough, Li Jiaming, who was smiling, closed the door, walked to the map on the wall, slid his fingers from Chuangui to Inner Mongolia, shook his head and said: "Senior, at least these provincial capitals must all be connected to the network, and the number of users will reach the level of 30 million, so that our company can consider profits." ”
"You've got a profit model in mind?"
No wonder people are in such a hurry, just relying on "Richrinter" to eat the old book, there are so many pirated copies outside, how can a company with dozens of people bear it? But Li Jiaming shook his head and said: "Not yet, senior, you are too anxious." It was also a year before I stumbled upon an online advertisement. ”
"Is it okay for half a year? The company still has 1.2 million US dollars, plus copyright income, it will last for half a year at most!"
I didn't expect that such a small piece of software would become a gold-swallowing beast when it reached the million-level level. Hehe, seniors are still too conservative, extending from provincial capitals to regions and then to counties, the number of users will increase at a geometric exponential rate. Just these 1.2 million US dollars, do you want to last for half a year?
"It's okay, I've prepared another $5 million, and I'll lend you $2 million in financing when the time comes, and promise that your shares won't go down. ”
This kid has found a profit model, but he just won't say it first. Alas, this is a preparation to squeeze the 20% stake of the former employee, and I am afraid that he will not stop if he does not dilute the 20% to negligible.
That's right, Li Jiaming hit this idea, and he was not afraid to tell Wang Zhidong.
"Senior, I'm doing things fairly. People used to do it, so I left 20% for them, but that was only worth a few million. After rounds of financing, although the proportion of shares was compressed, the overall price went all the way up, and the company did not treat them badly. ”
That's right, although this guy is a little ruthless, he is still kind. At least they didn't buy the company, and after kicking out Chen Tong and them, they came back to themselves and the people who stayed.
"You're the chairman, as long as you find a way. ”
The senior is a kind person, and he shouldn't spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Li Jiaming smiled silently, but called Zhao Dahe and Gong Liang into the office from the big office, and then took out a handwritten plan from his backpack.
"Senior, Dahe, Ah Liang, I have an idea, everyone help come up with an idea, I want to make an enterprise version of the internal instant messaging tool.
You see, for example, there are more than 700 employees, divided into three cities, different departments. They usually use telephones for communication and faxes for sending documents, which are too expensive, and they are worried about leaking secrets when they use QQ. If we build an in-house instant messenger, will they pay for it?"
Who would be short of tens of thousands of yuan for an enterprise that can afford to use a computer? Wang Zhidong read the thin plan at a glance and threw it to his right-hand man, Zhao Dahe, and said excitedly: "No problem! We will be able to get it out in one month at most!"
A cow is a cow, and he dares to guarantee a month what others can't do for a few months, but Li Jiaming dares to guarantee that it will definitely be improved on the basis of QQ.
"Senior, not for a month, but at least six months!"
If anyone thinks of this idea, his company is still playing a fart? Gong Liang, who was in a hurry, hurriedly said: "Dong Li, this matter is fast!"
"Don't worry, I have estimated that there are almost no companies that use computers for all employees at the prefectural and municipal levels, and even if others think of this idea, it will not be developed in a few months. ”
This is a lucrative business, Wang Zhidong nodded again and again. Piracy is so rampant now that the hasty release of this software will only cheapen those unscrupulous pirates.
"Senior, piracy can't be eradicated, we can only find a way to suppress it, let's discuss and discuss, and see if there is a way?"
Wang Zhidong suddenly remembered Li Jiaming's glorious achievements, and whispered: "You want to drag Lenovo in again?"
The inch is short, the senior is really awesome in technology, but he is really not very good at doing business.
"Seniors, we can't rely on others, we have to rely on ourselves to establish promotion channels. ”
Li Jiaming glanced at Gong Liang strangely, and called him in, just because he liked to make it in front of him, and wanted to mix sand in this monolithic team, but he didn't expect this kid to see this.
"Ah Liang, what else?"
Gong Liang, who was too young, glanced at Wang Zhidong, and saw that he was not dissatisfied, so he hurriedly added: "I think that we can't improve on the basis of QQ this time, but should start from the source code and write it from scratch, and we have to make sure that we have complete intellectual property rights." ”
"Why?"
No, it always relies on 'take-it-or-leave-it', and the company can't really develop. In addition, the central government is negotiating with the governments of Europe and the United States to join the TO, and sooner or later it will enact legislation to protect intellectual property rights. Although it will certainly not be strictly implemented in China, it is a threshold that must be crossed for Internet companies that want to go public in the United States.
'Papapa', Li Jiaming applauded lightly, Gong Liang, who was praised, turned red, and said embarrassedly: "This is all said by the senior, he has been writing the source code, and wants to revise QQ into an instant messaging software with complete intellectual property rights, so as not to be criticized in the future." ”
The working atmosphere of Lifang is really good, but Li Jiaming, who is used to checking and balancing his subordinates, is still firmly mixing sand into it. The most taboo thing to be a boss is to have people under him hold a group, even if Wang Zhidong is willing to assist, Li Jiaming will find a way to divide his team so that he can control it. Liberia forced Sitong to sell its shares cheaply, but it didn't take long for this matter to happen, and Li Jiaming would not let this threat exist again.
"Ah Liang, if you are asked to be in charge of this, how much time will it take?"
Writing from scratch from source and bypassing ICQ's patent traps is a lot of work. After carefully estimating for a while, Gong Liang affirmed: "Three months, give me three months, I will definitely be able to write it!"
Bypassing the patent trap is much more difficult than the first person to write it, and a small man dares to boast about such a mouth, Wang Zhidong is worthy of being a figure that Dr. Lao Zhang is afraid of.
"Okay, if you can come up with a way to suppress the pirates as much as possible, I'll let you take the lead." ”
The source code was written by Wang Zhidong, but Gong Liang was asked to take the lead in writing the software?
Wang Zhidong, who has long said that it doesn't matter if he is the second child, Zhao Dahe, who usually considers himself the third oldest in the company, has an extremely wonderful face, doesn't this encourage the junior generation to seize power?