Vol 5 Chapter 1103: Talk

"Didn't agree?" Lao Zhou asked when he entered Lao Ma's Peach Blossom Island.

"The conditions are pretty good. I have discussed with Lao Ma more than once. No matter what else, Yahoo China, hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn’t matter. As long as you and your team can be brought together, Lao Zhou, hehe, then We will make big profits," Feng Yiping said.

"That is, everyone in the circle knows the achievements of you and your team in the past two years," Lao Ma also said.

Suddenly, Lao Zhou's old face, which had been baptized by decades of wind, frost, rain and snow, became a rare red face under the attack of swords, guns and swords.

"I'm just kidding, how can I compare to you with my little sniper ability, if I really stand out from the two of you, then it must be my ability to cause trouble,"

This is really a time when a young and old Zhou can be so humble in front of his peers, "Not to mention other things, even in this perspective, I am a far cry from the two."

"You are right to reject Yahoo, but I am stupid, thinking that something good has happened,"

"Why do you say that?" Lao Ma offered him a cup of tea in person. "Yahoo is a benchmark company in the Internet field. Both its strengths and corporate culture are world-class."

"Furthermore, from last year to the present performance, Lao Zhou, you have successfully integrated Yahoo China."

"Yes, they are really good. I want to say that the main reason may be me. I am such a soft-shelled turtle who is not even fluent, and it may be really not suitable for the world's number one Internet company like Yahoo."

"So, the rumors in the market about the discord between you and Yahoo headquarters are true?" Ma asked.

"It's not groundless. In the past year or so after joining the Yahoo system, I have deeply experienced the dissatisfaction of multinational companies in China. The huge cultural differences make communication extremely difficult. Sometimes I really feel that Communicating with the upper level of Yahoo is just talking with the same duck."

"Since Feng, you have developed so well in the United States, you should have a deep understanding of this," Lao Zhou said.

"It should be said that in Silicon Valley, because the company is different, the way companies and employees act is very different. However, you are right. The domestic team and the American team are very different in many aspects. "

In fact, his senior management team in the United States is the same as that in China. The main job is to implement a series of decisions made by him. However, Yahoo seems to pursue the decision of the people below.

"It is also out of this consideration. Whether it is a business or a team, we are very cautious in terms of the integration of domestic and American. At present, it is still relatively clear."

"We have also hired many well-known experts to make adjustments separately. We hope that the teams on both sides can slowly look at each other, and then the two sides can merge in a relatively intermediate location," Feng Yiping said in a more detailed manner.

"You seem to be conservative in handling it this way, but it's actually right," Lao Zhou sighed. "To be honest, with regard to the cultural conflict between our domestic team and the original team left by Yahoo, I didn't expect it to be so big."

"Some reports say that I reject the returnees from the original Yahoo team. It's really not. I don't think I can get along with some old Yahoo employees who are born and raised."

"Once, I directly confessed to a Yahoo engineer who grew up and studied in our country and asked him to complete a job, but he said that technically speaking, the job I assigned could not be done."

"Unlike you two, I'm a hard-working person who understands technology. I know that technically speaking, that's not a problem. Why do you keep such a person? I naturally drove him."

Lao Zhou obviously had a lot of grievances and wanted to talk to people. Now he finally met two people who were not in conflict with him for the time being, and were willing to listen to him. Together, they seemed to be unable to stop.

"I am the person in charge of Yahoo China. It stands to reason that I have the right to expel such an unqualified employee. However, one morning after I fired him, I received a word from the Human Resources Department of Yahoo's US headquarters. Stern mail,"

"The employee complained to me and they want to send someone to investigate whether I violated the principle of making Yahoo employees work happily. Did my move to fire him affect the scope and mood of Yahoo China employees?"

"In the United States, it is true," Feng Yiping said.

"I also have experience," said Lao Ma. He used to abolish so many overseas departments after all, and the troubles and compensations still make him feel toothache when thinking about it.

"But this is in China," Lao Zhou said. "The most unacceptable thing for me is that in the end, the employee I fired, not only was not fired, but was also transferred to Yahoo's US headquarters to earn US dollars. Think about it. What do you tell me to do?"

If this is the case, it is indeed not conducive to his leadership of Yahoo China.

"It really doesn't take your position into consideration," Lao Ma said.

This gave Feng Yiping a new understanding of Yahoo. Yahoo's US headquarters was too arrogant. He didn't even care about the personal feelings of the person in charge of such an important area as Lao Zhou.

"It doesn't really matter. The key is communication. How to say it, for example, in China, we told the boss, I am hungry and want to eat steak, the boss may take us to eat twice-cooked pork, which is actually not bad, right? ,"

"But if I tell Yahoo headquarters that I am hungry, then I first have to submit a lot of reports to many departments, repeatedly stating the cause and effect of being hungry, and why I want to eat steak. Will eating steak violate local regulations? Customs..., in short, a lot of desperate desk work,"

"Then in the end, they might bring me a full table of man and man, but by then, I would have starved to death eight times."

"Haha," both Lao Ma and Feng Yiping couldn't help laughing.

Feng Yiping feels that Lao Zhou just quit the IT line. If there is a chance in the future, he might not be able to eat in Guo Degang's line.

"I believe you can also tell that my days at Yahoo have already started the countdown," Lao Zhou said.

"It's quite embarrassing to say that, according to the usual concept, Yahoo and I should be still in the honeymoon period. I think that there must be my personal reasons. I am more suitable to be an entrepreneur. Not a professional manager, especially a professional manager of a multinational company,"

Lao Zhou is indeed a thoughtful person. He was not sure whether Feng Yiping and Lao Ma had the intention to recruit him. His words actually blocked this possibility.

"We believe that your decision must be correct," Lao Ma said.

"Lao Zhou, you will start a business in the future. In case you have funding needs, don't forget me. I have a few funds under my name that invest full-time in domestic startup companies. As long as you dare to launch a project in Lao Zhou, I will dare to invest."

It's not that Feng Yiping has never thought about recruiting Lao Zhou, but since he has said that he is more suitable to be an entrepreneur, he obviously can't come. If this is the case, it will be good to invest in him in the future.

"This is naturally good, UU reading www.uukanshu.com then I am not worth the trip," Lao Zhou couldn't help laughing.

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"I think we can also set up an investment department?" Inspired by Feng Yiping, Lao Ma said after sending away Lao Zhou.

Now he is not short of money.

"Naturally, we can set up such a department, but Vincent, President Kim, you and I form a committee to make the final decision."

"That's right," Lao Ma nodded

"There is one more thing. Regarding the name, I think it will be done first. The reason why I want to add Jiasheng is because Jiasheng still has a certain name in China. I hope this will give us a new The company brings certain benefits,"

"You are too modest. Jiasheng is not only in China, but also in the world. It is also a well-known company called Jiasheng Ali. I agree very much," said Lao Ma.

"The reason why I say it is the first thing, I think about doing a survey as soon as possible, let users give a portrait of Jiasheng, if in their impression, Jiasheng is a more traditional company, then add her in front of Ali, It really doesn't necessarily bring positive gains," Feng Yiping explained.

"It's better to be considerate," Lao Ma thought for a while, and then understood the implications.

At least for now, e-commerce is still mainly targeting consumers who are relatively young, trendy, and dare to accept new things.

If the Jiasheng brand does not appear young in the eyes of consumers, then it really needs to be carefully considered whether it should be added.

"Everything went well in the U.S.," Lao Ma sent Feng Yiping downstairs.

"Thank you, I beg you," Feng Yiping whispered, "Don't worry about Jerry's feelings, you can develop as well as you can."

"Haha, since you ask so, then we can only do it,"