Although these more than 80 people were full of expectations for Haobo Technology, they did not have any hope in their hearts. However, for their current predicament, the best solution was to join Haobo Technology. After all, it was bigger than Sina and was the leader in the instant messaging field.
Lu Nan, shouldering the expectations of more than 80 people, went to the office of his immediate superior Han Cheng and told him the situation. Han Cheng was very surprised to hear that Sina had cut UC and immediately said, "Come on, follow me to Mr. Guo's office."
Guo Kaiyu was also very happy after hearing this. He didn't expect that Sina really disbanded UC under pressure. This was good news for Haobo Technology. It not only eliminated a potential rival, but also highlighted the influence of Haobo Technology. As for the more than 80 former QQ employees, Guo Kaiyu naturally wanted to recruit them, but it still depended on Zhou Hao's opinion. It seemed that Xu Bin offended Zhou Hao last time. Who knows what Zhou Hao thinks now?
Zhou Hao was not in the company today. When Guo Kaiyu called him, he was on Taobao. Things were going very smoothly for Haobo Technology recently, and most of his energy was focused on Taobao.
Zhou Hao was very happy when he received Guo Kaiyu's call and learned that Sina had cut off UC and surrendered to Haobo Technology. Before Guo Kaiyu mentioned the more than 80 former QQ employees, Zhou Hao took the initiative to ask: "How is the UC team now? Those who left QQ should have been laid off, right?"
Guo Kaiyu said, "I was just about to report to you. Lu Nan reported that more than 80 people were laid off. Xu Bin left early because he received a 500,000 yuan signing fee from Sina. Now everyone else wants to join Haobo Technology, so he asked Lu Nan to act as a matchmaker to see what we think. That's why I called you to ask."
Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Do you even need to ask? Except for Xu Bin, we want all the others. Let them start work immediately."
Guo Kaiyu didn't expect Zhou Hao to be so straightforward, and subconsciously asked: "Boss, you have no problem with them, right?"
Zhou Hao said: "Of course they have opinions. They chose Sina over Haobo Technology, which proves that they have poor vision. But since they are in the technology field, it doesn't matter whether they have vision or not. What matters is good technology."
Guo Kaiyu admired Zhou Hao even more. After all, a boss worth billions would be a little frustrated to be rejected by a team. He was really worried that Zhou Hao would not want these people, but unexpectedly, Zhou Hao accepted them without hesitation. It can be seen that although he is worth billions, he is not inflated and looks at things very objectively.
However, Zhou Hao added, "Now that these people have joined, their treatment will not be the same as the offer we gave them before. All of their salaries will be reduced by 20% based on their salaries at Tencent Training, and all of them will be classified as basic R&D personnel. They will not be allowed to touch our core business in the short term."
In fact, Zhou Hao had thought about this problem a long time ago. He knew clearly that as long as he was there, no matter whether UC went online or not or when it went online, the final outcome would be death. So this team would be laid off by Sina sooner or later, and by then he would give them a new offer, which was 80% of their previous salary. It was up to you to come or not. You had rejected Haobo Technology, and still wanted to get the previous salary. That was wishful thinking. We are all adults and must bear the consequences of our decisions.
Guo Kaiyu had no objection to Zhou Hao's decision. He also felt that these people should pay the price for their rashness, so he immediately conveyed 80% of Zhou Hao's salary to Lu Nan and asked him to pass it on to his former colleagues. In addition, Guo Kaiyu said: "This is Mr. Zhou's decision, so tell them that there is no room for bargaining. If they don't want to accept it, forget it. If they are willing to accept it, they can come to work tomorrow."
Lu Nan nodded and said, "Then I'll give them a reply right away. An 80% salary is good, and I believe they won't refuse it."
It was just as Lu Nan expected. These former QQ employees who had just been fired by Sina did not refuse, and they had no reason to refuse. The salary was a little lower, but at least it was much better than those who had just been laid off by Tencent. Of course, it could not be compared with the salary Sina gave in the beginning. Sina was so bad, they could not compare with Sina's salary.
Now, everyone has just arrived in Beijing and they are unemployed again. Thinking back to the last time they lost their jobs, they are afraid. So, after Lu Nan told them about Haobo Technology’s decision, this group of people not only did not hesitate, but were very grateful to make the decision to join Haobo Technology.
Without exception, more than 80 people accepted Haobo Technology's conditions and were willing to join Haobo Technology.
Therefore, Guo Kaiyu immediately communicated with Lu Yatong and asked her to arrange for the onboarding of more than 80 people.
Lu Yatong immediately arranged for the Human Resources Department to arrive early tomorrow to complete the onboarding procedures for these more than 80 people. She also asked the Human Resources Department to arrange workstations, purchase office supplies, etc.
More than eighty people finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were full of worries just now, but now they were chatting and laughing and taking their things home. To them, their mood at the moment had nothing to do with getting off work. They just changed the place of work tomorrow. The salary was a little lower, but it was acceptable. More importantly, they were going to join one of the largest companies in the domestic Internet field. A large platform means higher stability and broader development space. The current lower salary is nothing.
The other employees of Sina looked at the team members who were indignant and worried just now with great surprise. Now they went out, relaxed and in high spirits. No one knew what happened in between, but it could be seen that they were in a good mood. They were still talking and laughing when they left. The contrast was so great that it made people confused.
Sina took the initiative to cut off UC and ceded land and paid compensation to Haobo Technology. UC was dead in the womb. Sina wasted so much effort, but it died before it even came out. Their move quickly spread throughout the industry. This time no one accused Sina of being too cowardly, because from Sina's plummeting stock price, it can be seen that Sina is already powerless and has no other choice but to compromise with Haobo Technology.
However, for Sina, this is also their only way of survival under extreme desperation. Although it is painful, Sina's senior management also understands the principle of keeping the green mountains there so that there will be no shortage of firewood.
Seeing that Sina took the initiative to make concessions, Zhou Hao, in a good mood, also decided to express his opinion.
So, at six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, he asked Guo Kaiyu to remove the blocking of Sina keywords and links in pp products. The blocking logic, which was hailed as the most despicable and unsolvable in the industry, was finally suspended, but no one knew who would be the next to enjoy this blocking treatment?
Although the keyword blocking has been lifted, Sina's previous navigation links on pp123 have not been restored. After all, the nature of pp123 is different from the blocking within the pp product. The latter is Zhou Hao's punishment on Sina. Since Sina has taken the initiative to show goodwill, he naturally has to cancel the punishment. However, the former is Haobo Technology's resource, and resources are not given casually. Zhou Hao wants to send a signal in the industry to let those who used to look down on navigation websites see how great the influence of the traffic overlord is.
When Sina's top management found out that Haobo Technology's products led by pp had lifted the block on Sina and its domain name, they all breathed a sigh of relief. The previous market reaction was so lacking in confidence, on the one hand because Sina's traffic dropped sharply, and on the other hand because they had angered a powerful opponent like Haobo Technology. Now that Haobo Technology has lifted the block, it can at least release to the outside world: Haobo Technology is no longer targeting Sina, and the conflict between the two parties has been resolved.
Sure enough, Haobo Technology's move was reflected in Sina's stock price when Nasdaq opened at 1.28:1.38. Sina's stock price opened high at $1.40, and then slowly rose, reaching $ at the close, almost reaching the $ threshold. Even so, it gave Sina a break.
After heaving a sigh of relief, the next thing to deal with is pp123. The role of pp123 is now very obvious, and people in the industry have a new understanding of it. pp123 occupies more than 95% of the market share in the field of navigation websites, so Sina must regain pp123's traffic. If Zhou Hao is unwilling to give it, then it can only buy it with money...
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