0377 Non-compete agreements
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Song Hua smiled silently, and Yang Jinchang sat on the chair and shook in a small arc...... The expressions of the shareholders were different, and a trace of annoyance flashed in Wang Zuoyong's eyes, and he couldn't help but close his eyes and fall into silence.
Liang Zhiquan, who was sitting next to Zhai Yan, put forward a proposal: "If it is a project company, there is no obvious difference between the financial affairs being directly managed by Chenxing Mansion Express or being managed by Shangcheng Fangkai!" If it is a subsidiary specializing in real estate business, I think that an investment director can be set up under the financial department, and Wang Dong will send someone to be in charge! ”
Jian Chen smiled: "That's it! Lao Wang, you also said that you don't want to be famous, why not give up this false name to make real profits? ”
Wang Zuoyong nodded silently: "Yes!" ”
Just when Wang Zuoyong had just set the tone and was about to discuss further, the office door quietly opened, and Liang Zhiquan's secretary walked behind Liang Zhiquan in small steps and whispered a few words in his ear.
After listening to the secretary's words, Liang Zhiquan's face changed slightly, and he looked at Song Chen, while the other managers
Keeping his hand to his lips, Song Chen turned his chair and looked at Liang Zhiquan in a little surprise, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Xiang Yizhen, vice president and product management manager of Baidu, just submitted a letter of resignation to Zhu Tiejun, in addition to him, several people from Baidu's technical department also submitted their resignations, and it seems that there are headhunters operating in operation!"
Everyone's eyes were on Song Chen.
Although he had already known it in his heart, Song Chen's face still changed slightly, and he snorted softly: "It's really done!" ”
When the predecessor of Chenxing Holdings was Chenxing Computer System Co., Ltd., Xiang Yizhen joined Baidu, which was still a search engine department at that time, and he and Zhen Haomiao and other five or six engineers were the earliest core team of Baidu.
Zhen Haomiao graduated from a famous family and has more solid technical strength, so he has successively served as the deputy and manager of the technical research room, and then to the current technical president of Baidu; Xiang Yizhen also served as a search engine engineer and product management manager, and later added the position of vice president on this basis. If you work for a few more years and make outstanding achievements, the managers who played the world for Song Chen in the early days will add the word "senior" in front.
But, Xiang Yizhen seems to be unable to wait?
Wang Zuoyong stood up and said lightly: "Let's go here for today's meeting first!" ”
Wang Zuoyong knew that Song Chen must have something to discuss with Liang Zhiquan now, so he took the initiative to end the meeting, and the other shareholders all nodded, and then left together. Song Hua walked to the door and looked back at his son with a deep gaze that made it impossible to guess his thoughts, and he couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart.
After the other shareholders left, Song Chen said in a deep voice: "But all business departments with a high level of technology or confidentiality usually sign a non-compete agreement with us, and they can choose to leave, but they can't join competitors' companies, especially Tmall!" ”
Glancing at the thoughtful Zhai Yan, Liang Zhiquan muttered: "Mr. Song, if they join Tmall.com, we can only achieve the goal through litigation!" However, domestic business laws are not sound, and we should take into account that when you refer to a U.S. company, you only have a one-year term......"
"It's okay!" Song Chen stood up and came to the floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back, and said in a cold tone, "The Internet business does not mean that you can make it with money and experience and still occupy the market, unless Xiang Yizhen joins a competitor's company and can come up with refreshing search products, otherwise it is destined to eat dust behind Baidu!" ”
In later generations, Microsoft had the advantage of a large and monopoly operating system, and Yahoo also had a good foundation and brand influence...... However, it is such a combination of the two Internet giants, and it only allows Microsoft's search engine to gnaw a little bit from Google, which is far from comparable to Google's market share.
The first advantage is infinitely magnified in the Internet field, as long as he does not let go of "8848" has made irreparable mistakes in history, Song Chen is not worried about the competition to catch up!
"Compared to the experience of opening a search engine at the beginning...... Song Chen paused slightly, and sighed in a very worried tone: "I'm more worried about how much he knows about Baidu's long-term strategy?" Did Zhu Tiejun reveal any information to him? ”
The "terminal strategy" he planned for Baidu has involved four major products: input method, 36o security guard, antivirus software and browser, if you do not consider the establishment of another subsidiary, then the form of these business departments becomes part of Baidu!
Once it is known, even the fur will have a negative impact on his plans - this is what Song Chen is worried about.
"Do you want to approve the resignation letter of Xiang Yizhen and others?" Liang Zhiquan asked.
Baidu's personnel and financial power was originally directly managed by the headquarters, but considering the needs of Baidu's growth and the power structure of the parent company, the parent company returned the personnel power to Baidu at the end of last year, but it still has reservations, and Zhu Tiejun and other high-level executives only have the right to appoint personnel below the middle level.
"How can people not approve their resignation? If it's not a competitor's means, if it's Ma Yun's strategy, can you keep people and hearts? Picking up the Wen Jiàn placed in front of the table and holding it to his chest, Zhai Yan stood up and said lightly.
Coming to Song Chen's side, Zhai Yan said softly: "No matter if Xiang Yizhen knows your plan or not, before they reveal that they are working for Ma Yun or other competitors, we can only approve it and wait and see!" ”
"What if?" Song Chen asked casually without looking back.
Zhai Yan said solemnly: "Then we can only see the truth with them in court, even if the government does not interfere and the agreement is in hand, we can win against each other!" ”
Seeing that Song Chen was silent again, Zhai Yan continued: "Ah Chen! From the moment Baidu rejected Tmall, it must be a matter for Ma Yun to consider his own technology! In today's China, most of the most mature and powerful talent is concentrated in Baidu, so Tmall is definitely not the only competitor who is spying on us, so you don't need to worry too much about it! Like you said, even if Jack Ma now comes up with a mature search product, Baidu's position is still unshakable! What we have to do now is to communicate with Zhu Tiejun: How many Baidu's core secrets has Xiang Yizhen come into contact with! If Xiang Yizhen has a complete understanding of Baidu's strategy for the next few years, then we need to use our connections to get the court to make a judgment in our favor! ”
Liang Zhiquan groaned: "Will there be a problem? The United States believes in the principle of freedom of contract, and in long-term practice, the principle of estoppel of promise has been formed in US contract law, even if there is no objective standard for the consideration compensation agreed in the contract, as long as the contract is signed, the contract will still be established and effective. This is different from China's contract law, which stipulates that if the terms of the contract are obviously unfair or violate the principle of good faith, etc., you can apply for revocation or modification! ”
Zhai Yan turned her head and smiled slightly, and said to Liang Zhiquan with deep meaning: "Mr. Liang, you also said that it is the United States, but you still don't understand, this is China!" ”
Looking at the Yangtze River outside Jiangcheng, Song Chen said leisurely: "It also takes a lot of money and time to open a search engine...... At this juncture, hey, hey! ”
Song Chen's sudden sneer made Liang Zhiquan shudder. At the same time, he was also curious:
What does "this dangkou" in Song Chen's mouth refer to?
……
This time, Zeng Qian didn't bring it over, which made Song Chen feel very inconvenient, because when there was a meeting, Song Chen would hand over his mobile phone to Zeng Qian or Fan Xue, and neither of them was there, so Song Chen had to turn off the phone and take it with him, so he also missed the first-hand news.
After the meeting ended, Song Chen turned on his mobile phone and made a call to Zhu Tiejun first, who was anxiously waiting for the call, and heard Song Chen's voice, not to mention how relaxed it was.
Software engineers and designers have always been Song Chen's favorite departments, and now that there is such a big thing in the technical department, Zhu Tiejun is very worried that he will be suspected by Song Chen, especially not long ago, he has been accompanied by scandals, and some people have conclusively claimed that someone has offered tens of millions of annual salaries to let him change jobs, and he had to issue a strict order not to allow employees to talk about things unrelated to work when they are working.
"Did you mention the 'terminal plan' that you mentioned, especially these key employees who have left the company?"
In any case, Song Chen called and took the initiative to inquire, which made Zhu Tiejun breathe a sigh of relief, what he was most afraid of was that Song Chen would deal with it silently, so that he would be more worried about his status.
He said categorically: "You told me at the beginning that there is no need to disclose it to others for the time being, so even the main person in charge, Mr. Zhen, does not know the secret, Xiang Zhen, I am even more unlikely to say it to him!" ”
Song Chen breathed a sigh of relief, and then groaned: "Before approving Xiang Yizhen's resignation report, I want to ask your opinion, will Xiang Yizhen pose a threat to Baidu?" ”
After all, Zhu Tiejun is a person in the industry, and he is the direct operator of Baidu's engine algorithm, he knows Baidu's strength better than Song Chen, so he said in a deep voice: "Although Baidu does not dare to guarantee that it will monopolize China's search engine market in the future, but under the formation of technical and market barriers, I believe that Baidu will have no rival!" I think that no matter whether the person behind the poaching is Tmall or not, under the pressure of Baidu, it is unlikely that the comprehensive search engine will be exhibited, and it is more of a vertical search engine. ”
Baidu's opening of a professional search engine is not the result of Zhu Tiejun's temporary guarantee, but a project that has been in action for a long time, such as the search engine used by 8848 and Taobao is the solution provided by Baidu, which is the subdivided search engine technology!
"Excellent! Let's do this first, I'll talk about what to do when I go back to Dongou! Song Chen nodded in satisfaction, and then hung up the phone.
On March 12th, just when the news of the personnel turmoil in Chenxing House Express gradually subsided, the news of the resignation of several middle and high-level technical personnel of Baidu such as Xiang Yizhen made public opinion even more uproar! Just when people were speculating whether Xiang Yizhen's resignation was boring, Xiang Yizhen really joined Tmall as people speculated.
This news caused Baidu to make the most fierce opposition, and almost not long before Tsai Chongxin filed a lawsuit against Tmall in the Dongou Court in the Dongou Court, accusing Xiang Yizhenwei's seven technical employees of violating their non-compete agreement with Baidu!
Although Jiang Zheng did not do superfluous public relations, the agreement was placed there in a serious manner after all, coupled with the status and influence of Chenxing Holdings, so the Dongou Court did not hesitate to issue an injunction to Xiang Yizhenwei's employees, prohibiting them from working in any technical research and management on Tmall.com!
As soon as the news came out, both China's public opinion media and foreign science and technology newspapers and periodicals attached great importance to it.
Not to mention in modern history, China, especially since the reform and opening up, has never had a company like Song Chen who pays attention to technology and talents, and has not produced more than 1,000 patents in the two years since its birth like a subsidiary of Chen Galaxy, and has steadily reserved the patent pool, and at the same time has not forgotten to apply for patents in European and American countries.
The technical, design and management talents who joined Chenxing Holdings were required to sign a non-compete agreement from the moment they stepped into Chenxing Company! It should be said that the reason why Ma Yun has prepared a large amount of funds to poach people is not obvious is that the non-compete agreement has played a considerable deterrent role!
The "official-oriented" thinking hidden by the Chinese for thousands of years makes them envy the identity and status of civil servants, but they do not want to deal with them, especially in the courts, so most of the employees who have agreements refuse the temptation of Tmall!
For this reason, Ma Yun had to personally come forward to recruit Xiang Yizhen, and was willing to solve the key shackles of the non-compete agreement for Xiang Yizhen!
This lawsuit, Tmall's legal counsel Jian yì delayed time, which is also the most common means of commercial disputes at home and abroad, a commercial lawsuit cost countless years of mutual attack and no result is not nothing, but Ma Yun refused!
Song Chen has political allies behind him, and it is impossible for Ma Yun not to know, once the "top" is pressed down, the things that were originally ignored will be even greater for Tmall.com! So Ma Yun's decision is to be "private"!
Just when Song Chen finished arranging the urgent delivery of Chenxing's house and was about to leave for Dongou with his mother and wife, Ma Yun and several senior managers of Tmall.com came to negotiate in person!
And, March is coming to an end, and more than ten days later, the listed and all listed companies are about to usher in the first financial report of the 2ooo year!
No one knows how much impact the first financial report of the millennium will have on the global Internet landscape, even Song Chen has woken up in hindsight: it turned out that it was not only Microsoft's upcoming monopoly spin-off and the Federal Reserve's fifth interest rate hike that triggered the Nasdaq stock market crash, but the first quarter financial reports of these companies, including 8848, Ctrip and Chenxing Network!
At the moment, his headache is not the meeting with Ma Yun, nor the personnel turmoil in Baidu, nor the upcoming NASDAQ stock market crash, but a sentence whispered by Zhai Yan in his ear:
"I want a baby!" (To be continued...!)