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In the past two years, Baidu has made great adjustments in terms of personnel.

The main reason is that Li Yanhong felt that those people who started his business with him were a little behind the times, and their level was not enough, so they had to give up their positions to newcomers.

This idea is correct.

When a company develops to a certain scale, many founders can't keep up with their abilities. They either prefer to stay in a low position and become a middle-level leader, or they have to leave.

For Baidu, the problem arises.

The other founders are leaving. Will Li Yanhong's wife leave?

Mom-and-pop shops are already taboo.

What's more, it doesn't make sense for your wife not to leave when everyone else has left.

The result is that everyone has to go.

A bunch of envious pits were vacated.

Li Yanhong's personal management style is soft, and his main energy is on grasping technology instead of managing personnel, which will inevitably lead to intensified internal fighting, and factional struggles within the company will intensify.

What's more serious is that with the collective departure of the old group of founders, Baidu's entrepreneurial spirit has also been lost. The newcomers don't have stocks at the start-up stage in their hands, and they don't have enough wealth to hang around, so they can only think about making money. They want to earn options by boosting their performance, which will inevitably lead Baidu to be mercenary, as long as it can make money, it will take on any job.

And there is a chain reaction.

Therefore, when analyzing business cases, we will find that among the large enterprises in the world, there are very few technical talents to manage the enterprise. Even if there are a few individuals, the capital side will coordinate well and match him with a management expert as the president.

In the past few years, Baidu has done very well, because Li Yanhong also has such a helper beside him, which is his wife.

But now she's gone.

The balance is broken.

Li Yanhong is obviously not aware of this, and is still vigorously promoting the plan to replace the old and the new. In March of this year, Baidu's new CFO took office; in April, a new COO took office.

Now, there is only one CTO left.

In the internal technical field, the battle between the two factions has also resulted. One group won a complete victory, and the other group lost completely, and they were packaged and sold to Ziweixing.

It seems that the winning party will become the new CTO.

But hearing Xu Liangjie's tone, it seemed that there was another mystery.

Xu Liangjie said: "It seems to be airborne!"

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes lit up.

Xu Liangjie nodded, more cautiously, "I've heard several executives say that they all mean this, and it seems to be true."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "The airborne is right, which shows that Li Yanhong is still not confused. This kind of person who takes the company's interests as a trifle and does not hesitate to take the position at all costs can't be reused. If this is promoted internally, isn't it Encourage internal fighting? It will further intensify workplace disputes within Baidu."

Xu Liangjie didn't pay attention to this aspect, "Do you know Harbor?"

"Gangwan..." Of course Zhou Buqi knew that Zhou Shaoning of Ziweixing Electronics had often recruited people from here, "I know, it was acquired by Huawei. At that time, many people in Gangwan didn't want to go to Chinese, so they left and joined Ziweixing. Electronic."

Xu Liangjie nodded, "Huawei is willing to let ordinary engineers go, but not the most powerful ones."

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "Li Yinan?"

Xu Liangjie said: "Well, since Gangwan was acquired by Huawei in June 2006, Li Yinan has returned to Huawei as the chief scientist."

"I know."

"Li Yinan is a technical genius with a really high level. He quickly helped Huawei solve many technical problems. Although he had a betrayal experience, Boss Ren loves talent very much. In order to win him over, he wanted him to take over."

Zhou Buqu shook his head, "It's difficult. Boss Ren has such a bearing, but other executives can't. Especially Li Yinan is a pure scientist. I heard that his emotional intelligence is as weak as a child. This kind of person can't manage the company."

Xu Liangjie smiled, "That's almost what it means. The management is against it, and Boss Ren can't help it. Li Yinan felt that everyone rejected him, so he took the initiative to apply for a foreign transfer. He went to Shanghai to manage the terminal business and set up a chip design department. .”

"Then what?"

Zhou Buqi didn't understand what he wanted to express.

Xu Liangjie turned his head and took a deep look at him, "Huawei acquired Gangwan in June 2006. According to the acquisition agreement, Li Yinan was required to work at Huawei for two years. In the current situation, it is impossible for Li Yinan to stay at Huawei. He will leave Huawei at the beginning of this month."

Zhou Buqi looked at him suspiciously, and with a startled expression, he said in surprise, "No way? What do you mean... Li Yanhong wants to invite Li Yinan to be Baidu's CTO?"

Xu Liangjie said: "That's what I heard."

"Isn't that appropriate?" Zhou Buqi frowned, a little puzzled, "Mr. Li Yinan is a scientist in the field of telecommunications and communication. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most powerful expert in this field in China. But Baidu is an Internet company. These are completely two technical directions.”

Xu Liangjie smiled, "He is a technical genius, so he has mastered it."

Zhou Buqi pouted, disapproving.

Xu Liangjie knew that Boss Zhou didn't understand technology, so he explained to him: "The Internet is now more and more developed towards mobile devices, and the future technology trend should be the combination of Internet and mobile communications. Boss Li is a scientist. Clearly see the development direction of world technology."

"There's a reason."

Zhou Buqi nodded, agreeing with his statement.

I was secretly surprised.

It seems that there are not a few people who see the mobile Internet trend coming!

No one at this level is an idiot.

Earlier, Ali launched mobile phone Alipay, and later Lei Jun posted on Weibo that "there is a huge wave of entrepreneurial opportunities in the mobile Internet". Now even Li Yanhong is also deploying mobile Internet in the technical field.

There is nothing to say about the strategic vision.

However, there is a problem with picking people's eyes.

The mobile Internet does require the combination of Internet technology and wireless communication technology, but it is important to distinguish between primary and secondary! It must be based on Internet technology and supplemented by communication technology.

It is true that Li Yinan is a technical genius, but he is a great master of communication technology. Even if he has dabbled in Internet technology, he will definitely not reach the level of being Baidu's CTO.

Zhou Buqi sighed, "I have a big problem with this person, that is, the heart of a Bodhisattva, so kind!"

"Um?"

"Mr. Li's human vision is really bad. He can make accurate judgments on future business trends. However, business development needs to be driven by people. If you use the wrong person, no matter how good your vision is, it will be in vain."

"Then what to do?"

"What can we do? You can't do nothing, can you?" Zhou Buqi had a compassionate look on his face, thinking that he was the reincarnation of Avalokitesvara, and he had a bodhi heart, "Let's take action and snatch Li Yinan here! Let him help Ziweixing Electronics Making mobile phones is his direction. It can also be regarded as helping Baidu resolve a period of employment crisis."

Xu Liangjie smiled without saying a word.

Such a familiar taste!

Boss Zhou is really powerful. He is clearly interested in technical geniuses and wants to cut him off halfway, but he can always give arguments of righteousness and benevolence.

Mr. Li didn't know if he would vomit blood in anger.

Well, with the help of Li Yinan, Ziweixing Electronics' mobile phone business can reach a new height, and at least a series of technical problems will be resolved.

Test the waters this year and take off next year.

Zhou Buqi's face darkened suddenly, and he narrowed his eyes, "Li Yinan hasn't left Huawei yet, even if Li Yanhong really wants to find him, he's only in private contact. This should be regarded as a company secret, why would I tell you?"

Xu Liangjie said with a smile: "You are an expert, you come to analyze and analyze?"

Zhou Buqi was amused.

Then he sighed lightly.

The reason behind this is not difficult to analyze.

This is a blatant workplace struggle!

There must be some people who don't want Li Yinan to take over the position, and then tip off the news, hoping that Ziweixing can cut off and poach Li Yinan away... At that time, Baidu's CTO position may be able to be promoted internally.

What a jerk!

Completely disregarding the interests of the company, using the power given to him by the company as a tool to fight for power, not thinking about creating wealth for the company, only thinking about superiors, and even selling important information about the company!

This also reminded Zhou Buqi.

Ziwei Star also has many company secrets, including commercial secrets, technical secrets, and some important information on finance, personnel, and equity structure.

Ordinary employees can't do it, they can't sell it if they want to, and they have no power in their hands.

If you don't have the right, you can't master the real secrets.

At most, I say the wrong thing occasionally, and I can't make a principled mistake.

Those who can really sell company secrets are often those who occupy important positions. Only when they have power in their hands can they have room for rent-seeking.

However, when many companies manage, they are extremely restrictive to ordinary employees, so strict that they are almost oppressive, but they do not supervise enough the management that holds power in important positions.

It's completely reversed!

Unsupervised power is bound to cause problems, and Baidu's series of incidents is a bloody lesson.

Zhou Buqi felt that he needed to have a good talk with Meng Houkun when he went back, tell him about Baidu, and make a general plan for Jinyiwei's rules and regulations.

Check-in, dress codes, late arrivals and early departures for ordinary employees... don't worry about these small things.

If you make this mistake a hundred times, it won't matter much.

Just let the HR department take care of it.

Jinyiwei's supervision and investigation targets should focus on the management in those key positions. The greater the power in hand, the more resources you have, and the more funds you have in circulation, the more stringent supervision must be imposed on such people.

Once people at this level make mistakes, it will really hurt the company.

Go back to the company and go up the stairs.

Xu Liangjie asked again: "How to deal with the 5 million?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Give me the money directly."

Xu Liangjie tentatively said: "Should we disclose the news and let those people in the pyramid project know the truth? Our acquisition of this project is not for 1 yuan, but for 5 million."

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "Let's keep it a secret. He managed to put on a play, so there's no need to expose him. Baidu..." Then he sighed, "The towering trees rot first from the inside, and now Baidu is very It's dangerous, let's not add fuel to the fire."

Xu Liangjie smiled, "Sure enough, he has the heart of a Bodhisattva."