Chapter 109: Yukio Kawashima
Du Jiayi didn't have enough energy to take care of his father's affairs, and Yijia Media ran into some trouble.
SoftBank Japan's headquarters dispatched an executive director to Yijia Media, nominally to supervise and guide Yijia Media's listing, but in essence, it was an external manifestation of the headquarters' struggle for power.
The Greater China Branch of the capital gave Yijia Media a warning very early, especially Sato Hidetada, who was very clear that it was people from the hostile camp who were sent over, which more or less made Du Jiayi a little guarded.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, let alone a super group as big as a software bank. Very early senators, later professional managers. Even those from different regions, such as North America, Greater China, and Europe, can easily form factions.
Hidetada Sato's ability to take charge in Greater China is not only due to the support of SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son, but also his own outstanding ability. However, Sato took the place of someone else's position, and he moved his whole body with one shot, which inevitably touched the interests of some factions.
The $200 million investment in a media company has caused a lot of controversy at the headquarters, and most of the top management thinks it's not worth it. It's not that Yijia Media isn't worth the price, but the rate of return is not enough.
SoftBank often invests tens of millions of dollars in exchange for one-third or even more of the shares. However, Yijia Media invested 200 million yuan, and also helped acquire the most important competitor in the north, Focus Media, and SoftBank only accounted for more than 20% of the shares.
If it weren't for Son's pressure, the board would have intended to vote on Sato's recall. Although Son Masayoshi stopped the internal attack on Sato, he could not stop the executive director sent by the headquarters. This is a company rule, and no matter how much Son protects Sato, he can't take the lead in violating the company's rules.
Yukio Kawashima, who was sent by the Japanese headquarters, was a very early veteran, but because of the problem of ability, he has never been able to go out and take charge of himself, and he basically serves as a high-level officer at the headquarters.
Japan has a difficult company system to understand, that is, people are basically not fired, and many large companies have even set up leisure offices to house employees who are useless but do not lay off. This has also caused many Japanese companies to be overburdened, and it has also caused excessive work pressure on employees.
SoftBank is not as good as other centuries-old companies, and it does not have such a heavy burden of employees, so it is not a problem to raise some idlers. Yukio Kawashima thought that he would just drink tea and read the newspaper every day, but who would have thought that he suddenly received an order to be transferred.
Outside the transfer!
Transferring with the task of the headquarters is equivalent to the fattest errand, not only the local branch will be well entertained, but also many cooperative companies will give a lot of benefits.
Going to a company as an executive director?
That would be better, and there is no clamping of the local branch, as the executive director of SoftBank dispatch, Kawashima thought. It's not like you can do whatever you want!
Yukio Kawashima was full of joy and fantasized about how much he should charge, but he didn't expect that when he arrived at the magic capital airport, there was not even a person to pick him up.
"Bagalaru!" Kawashima said angrily.
The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.
Kawashima has been planning in his heart for a long time how to put on a majestic show, and who would have thought that the plane would be cold.
"Mr. Kawashima, it may be that there is a problem with our communication, I will contact Yijia Media Company again!" The interpreter who came from the Japanese headquarters wiped the sweat beads from his forehead and said.
The translator is just an intern at SoftBank, and he hasn't officially joined the company yet, so if he doesn't serve Kawashima well, the company will be ruined.
"Yijia Media Company?" The translator called the front desk of Yijia Media.
"Appointment?" The interpreter was puzzled for a moment, "I didn't have an appointment, but we were dispatched ...... SoftBank Japan headquarters."
The interpreter stopped abruptly as he spoke.
"What's wrong?" Kawashima asked.
"The other end hung up the phone!"
Kawashima gasped twice: "Is there an address?" Let's go! ”
Being so snubbed, Kawashima felt that he was being humiliated, and the whole person was already on the verge of exploding.
The interpreter hailed a taxi.
Taxi drivers are a very monotonous profession, which also develops their good chatting temperament. It's okay to hold back for a day without talking, but if you don't talk for a whole year or month, everyone will go crazy.
"Quite a little brother, from the north?"
The driver listened to the address given by the interpreter and distinguished the accent. Running taxis, people from all over the world have seen a lot, and I haven't heard the accent anywhere. Unfortunately, when the translator was learning Chinese, he did not find a good teacher, the accent was a little mixed, and the driver did not distinguish the place at the first time.
"No-no-" the interpreter denied, "I'm ......"
"What nonsense are you talking to him!" Kawashima said unhappily.
Kawashima was already in a bad mood, and the translator chattering with the driver over there made him even more irritable.
"I'm rubbing! Jap! ”
It may be that I watched too many anti-Japanese dramas, and the driver could tell Kawashima's nationality as soon as he heard it.
Although Kawashima didn't hear what the driver meant, it didn't feel like luxury, so he asked sharply: "What did he say?" ”
The translator suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and he really didn't dare to translate directly to Kawashima. The translator was more fond of Chinese culture when he was in college, and probably understood that the driver blurted out not necessarily an insult, but a customary title.
He ...... He said he knew our nationality. ”
Although Kawashima had doubts in his heart, he couldn't understand Chinese after all, and he fell silent in disbelief.
There's nothing to say to the Japanese!
The driver also kept his mouth shut.
"Ahh The devil doesn't even give a tip, doesn't it mean that foreigners are used to tipping? The driver took advantage of Kawashima's inattention when he got out of the car and spat on it.
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"If the Aegis Security Guard can be launched as scheduled, it will be able to gain a large number of users in a short period of time."
After Du Jiayi checked the project team of Aegis Security Guard, he said to Xue Ruqian.
At the beginning of the acquisition of Aegis Security Guard, the most important thing was to bring super technical talents like Xue Ruqian into his command. Yijia Network has a lot of software engineers, but none have the technology of Xue Ruqian.
With Xue Ruqian in charge, at least the security of Yijia's network server is guaranteed.
The establishment of the project team of Aegis Security Guardian is just incidental, and it can't be abandoned there after acquiring a company.
Make the most of it!
Du Jiayi simply took out the idea of Qihoo Security Guard in another world.
"We don't charge anything, the main thing is free!" Du Jiayi said triumphantly.
"Free is often the most expensive!" Xue Ruqian said coldly.
Xue Ruqian didn't have any ambition, just thought about living a comfortable life, and his immediate wish was to hire a nanny for his wife, so that he would have to do housework when he went home. But just because Xue Ruqian's goal is small, you can't doubt his professionalism. Du Jiayi's free strategy was punctured by Xue Ruqian as soon as he said it.
"That's right! Free ones tend to be the most expensive! Du Jiayi said with a smile, "Chinese people are used to free in the era of rampant piracy. Antiviruses are basically based on a fee-based strategy, but it's clear that they don't make money on individual users. ”
"Basically, the money earned by the enterprise feeds back personal anti-virus safety."
"Since many individual users use pirated copies, we simply give them free copies. In the field of antivirus, our free strategy is enough to get us out of the encirclement in a short period of time. ”
"At the end of the day, the Internet is a competition for users. Communication, shopping, search, the needs of users can catalyze giants, Yijia Weibo focuses on social networking, but it is not enough to break the deadlock. The sooner Aegis Security Guard goes online, the more it will be able to help Weibo gain a large user base and build our unique functional circle. ”
Xue Ruqian weighed Du Jiayi's idea in his heart, he used to think more about technology, and after becoming the person in charge of Aegis Security Guard, he needed to pay more attention to the market.
"What about profit? Take the free road, it's hard to make a profit! ”
"With users and traffic, you don't have to be afraid that you won't be able to monetize!"
The last thing Du Jiayi worries about is monetization, and in another world, many companies have a lot of experience to offer.
"Free is just to have a large number of users, after getting enough users, according to the different needs of users, we can also set up charging items."
First it's free, then it's charged, it looks like a hooligan, but the paid program provides a personalized upgrade service. If you don't want to pay for it, just use the public version, which is enough to protect the security of the computer.
"The most important thing is that after the security guard occupies the individual market, it is easy to push back to the enterprise user market. The enterprise marketplace can't be free, so it's a very high source of profits. ”
Du Jiayi's expectation for Aegis security is far from being an auxiliary software that can only be used to clean up rogue software and fill vulnerabilities. Instead, when it occupies enough market, it opens its fangs and eliminates all the old antivirus companies as the main antivirus protection tools.
Of course, there will be a gap in the launch time, and what you need to do when you first launch is to keep a low profile and sneak into the village. When the antivirus company in the market notices that something is wrong, Aegis Security Guard can launch the antivirus function.
Cunning!
This is Xue Ruqian's evaluation of Du Jiayi.
However, in business, small tricks are harmless, the key is to have Xue Ruqian's technology pass, and the follow-up anti-virus function can defeat competitors.
If the product doesn't protect the computer, the free strategy is useless, and users may be reluctant to install it, even if it's backwards.
"Therefore, the task of the project team is very heavy, and in addition to the auxiliary functions mentioned earlier, it also has to arrange for the development of some anti-virus functions."
Yijia Group is growing rapidly, and even if it recruits a large number of new employees, it is not enough to support a new round of growth. While the university recruitment season is not over, Yijia Group also intends to seize more graduates.
There are Yijia Media and Yijia Weibo in the group, which are far from being matched by many companies in terms of publicity capabilities. The key is the cultivation of talents, and the improvement of quality is far better than the accumulation of quantity.