Rebirth of the Wild Age

Song Weiyang's main purpose in coming to Beijing was to deal with Sohu's internal management issues.

Internet companies are different from traditional manufacturing companies. You can't solve them with a set of rules and regulations.

Song Weiyang called out Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming for dinner, and discussed the company's management model while drinking. In this regard, both Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming can only listen, because they are absolute novices and need to learn by doing.

To be honest, Zhang Chaoyang is a very big person, and the series of problems he exposed during his entrepreneurial period stemmed from the distrust of his opponents. I want to control everything in my heart. I am impatient when I see a mistake made by my men, and I have to go to battle to correct it myself. So he personally focused on which aspect, which can be done well, but other projects have collapsed, and the management company is like a mole.

Baidu's Li Yanhong knows how to delegate power, let his subordinates do their best, and can tolerate their mistakes. But Li Yanhong's methods are also very spicy. If you don't do it, you will be expelled. If you do it, you will be dismissed without any affection. The department or project director will get out of the way.

You can't talk about feelings with Li Yanhong, but you can talk with Zhang Chaoyang. This person is very old and likes to make friends.

After drinking a few cups of wine and putting his heart to heart, the contradiction between Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming was resolved.

Song Weiyang finally toasted: "From now on, Lao Zhang, you will be the general manager and chief engineer, and Ding Ming will be the vice president. The specific management responsibilities will be resolved by your own consultation. What is the point I want to say? It is the decision-making problem, Lao. Zhang, you must change it."

"You said, I'm listening." Zhang Chaoyang said.

"You are too democratic and too dictatorial," Song Weiyang said. "Even the daily hyperlink content of the website, you have to have a group meeting to discuss, and even involve the employees of the technical department. This is a bit too democratic. And dictatorship. What do you think can’t be changed no matter how reasonable others are, and a hutong has gone dark."

Zhang Chaoyang smiled awkwardly, he was indeed like this.

Song Weiyang said: “Take the conflict between you and Ding Ming as an example. Being a search engine is one of the main directions of the company’s development. There is no need to discuss it in front of all employees. Discuss it. This leads Ding Ming to oppose your opinion, making you faceless in front of employees, and inexplicably contradictory. Whenever you make a major decision, you should discuss with Ding Ming first, and then listen to the opinions of key employees. I need to tell them."

Zhang Chaoyang said: "The ideas of the bottom employees are also very important."

Song Weiyang shook his head and said: "Everyone has different knowledge, vision, standpoint, and identity, and their attitude towards the same thing is different. Each has its own ideas, and you cannot take care of everyone. And the more ideas you collect In fact, the more difficult it is to make a decision. It's like Cao Cao convened a meeting of military divisions before the war. Each division's strategy is different and it makes sense. Then who should you listen to?"

Ding Ming smiled and said, "Lao Zhang is actually quite assertive."

Song Weiyang said: "If you have any ideas or projects, don't rush to express your opinion. Discuss with Ding Ming and then with the key employees. If you have a disagreement, you can call me to discuss it. Don't worry, I will not interfere too much. No interest in managing specific affairs."

"I understand." Zhang Chaoyang nodded.

Ding Ming smiled and said, "Just say something clearly, come here and drink!"

Zhang Chaoyang poured a glass of beer on his neck and turned to the topic: "I heard from my former classmates that Bill Gates is coming to Tsinghua and Peking University to give a speech. Is the chairman interested in hearing it?"

"When?" Song Weiyang asked.

"A few days have passed." Zhang Chaoyang said.

"Then go take a look." Song Weiyang said.

Ding Ming said: "When the time comes, I will go there soon and help you occupy a seat."

Since 1993, Bill Gates has visited China every year. In order to promote IN95, he visited twice in 1995 or even a year. The first time I was interviewed by a big leader, and then I went to the northwest for a stroll; the second time I went to the south, young people in Huadu crowded around and squeezed the hotel door.

Last year, Bill Gates visited Shenghai and gave speeches at Fudan and Jiaotong University. Unfortunately, Song Weiyang was absent from school at the time and missed a good opportunity for face-to-face communication. This year, Bill Gates visited Beijing. He gave speeches at Tsinghua University and Peking University. It seemed to be to promote Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has just released a new version, including the old version, with a low global market share.

It's September, and school will start soon.

Lin Zhuoyun took Doudou back to school under the name of Sheng, while Song Weiyang stayed in the capital.

Waiting for Bill Gates' speech is just incidental, he still has to stare at the China Science and Technology R&D Center to set up the shelf. At the same time, PHS will soon be on the market, and there is no difficulty in assembling products.

Song Weiyang talked to the leaders of Telecom several times in Beijing, and agreed to open the PHS service in Zhejiang Province, Hu Jian and Xikang within a year, and then to the Hubei and Northeast regions. According to the faintly revealed by the leader of the telecommunications department, due to mobile obstruction, PHS cannot land in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai for the time being, and even Guangdong Province cannot fully enter it. It can only open a sub-base to test the waters in the special zone.

After repeated discussions, under the insistence of Song Weiyang, Telecom decided to add a Jinling. During the same period, there were Linzhou, Huzhou, Xiamen, Rongcheng, Shancheng, and Wen. The seven cities will open PHS together in October.

This thing does not need to build too high a signal tower, just set up an antenna on the top of the cell, so that it can radiate the surrounding area, and each city can install more antennas.

Obtaining the promise from the telecommunications leader, Song Weiyang immediately called Shenzhou Technology Company to arrange the publicity work there. The core members of the propaganda team were also transferred from Xifeng. Yang Xin, Zheng Xuehong, and Chen Tao were very upset about this. One general manager, one in charge of personnel, and another in charge of public relations and publicity, Song Weiyang is digging their corners.

As for the mobile phone sales channels, you don't need to worry about it, and you can directly sell them to the local telecommunication bureaus.

In a flash, more than half a month passed, and Bill Gates finally came.

Ding Ming paid 600 yuan out of his pocket and planned to let Tsinghua students help occupy three seats. Who knew that the speech was actually given on the open space in the school.

The lecture site was full of pits, crowded with people everywhere, and even many students were lying on the trees. As soon as Bill Gates showed up, he greeted the students' exclaims, and many company owners in Zhongguancun also came to watch the excitement.

Bill Gates was besieged for several minutes, and the enthusiastic students were finally persuaded by school leaders.

This guy stood on a high stool and began to speak in English: "I am very happy to be a guest in China again, and I am very honored to be able to communicate with the teachers and students of Tsinghua University... Microsoft's computing vision is global computing. We believe that computers The link to the Internet will make the world smaller and have a positive impact on many aspects. It will build understanding among people, share research successes in key scientific fields including medical care, and allow global commerce to function well. All this is already being promoted...We have been very lucky to recruit a large number of talents from Tsinghua, and our core talents come from Tsinghua."

The lecture time is not long, only about 40 minutes, and there are only three contents: one is to introduce Microsoft's achievements, the other is to look forward to the prospects of computers and the Internet, and the third is to flatter Tsinghua and encourage Tsinghua students to work at Microsoft.

In particular, the last point is particularly useful for Tsinghua students, and at the same time, the favorability of Bill Gates and Microsoft has greatly increased.

"The following is free communication and ease, everyone can ask me some questions," Bill Gates laughed, "I try to answer as much as possible, I hope it can be helpful to everyone."

The scene was in a mess, hands were raised everywhere, and various questions were raised in a mess.

Bill Gates randomly picked a closer one and shouted: "Please be quiet, everyone, one by one, this classmate, please ask questions."

The student said: "Mr. Bill Gates, as everyone knows, you started your business before you graduated from college. Now China is full of opportunities, and the high-tech industry is booming. Should we continue to study or drop out to do business?"

Bill Gates said: "I don't recommend dropping out of school to start a business, but I don't want to study **** campus~www.wuxiamtl.com~ You should learn professional knowledge while understanding industry trends, and it would be better if you can use your spare time to do some projects. If the project fails, you can get exercise. If the project is successful, you can make a choice as appropriate. It is not too late to drop out of school and start a business. This classmate asks a question."

The named student asked: "I am 19 years old and will graduate next year with a bachelor's degree. How can I start my career?"

Bill Gates said: "I remember that the undergraduate program in China is four years. You can graduate at 20, which shows that you are a genius. As long as you concentrate and work hard, it is not difficult for a genius to do anything. You should ask yourself what you want to do. , And then find a correct direction, give yourself a position, and then learn in the struggle, continue to strengthen yourself, continue to learn lessons, success is only one step away from you. Okay, next one, the student wearing a hat, please ask questions. "

Song Weiyang was huddled in the crowd, wearing a sun hat, chatting with Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming without a word.

"Old Song, I call you, you are wearing a hat," Ding Ming said.

Song Weiyang looked up at Bill Gates, with a dazed expression: "Huh?"

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