Chapter 1143 Three Experimental Products

Japan's tech industry is dead.

At least that's the case in the IT industry.

This morning, Zhou Buqi took a quick look at 7-8 companies, including Yahoo Japan, NTT, Lotte, NEC and other big companies. It can only be said that they made huge mistakes in terms of concept logic.

The technology industry all over the world regards "code farmers" as treasures and the core assets of a company. A vice president dare not talk back to the big boss, but the bottom-level code farmers have such confidence.

Google and Facebook in foreign countries, Ziweixing and Baidu in China really give the code farmers a high level, and all the best policies in the company are first oriented to this group of people.

Japan is different. Code farmers are all cannon fodder and are considered blue-collar jobs.

Then there is the cultivation of talents.

In China, big companies such as Ziweixing and Baidu are very strict when recruiting technical talents. 4-5 rounds of interviews are considered rare, and many important positions require 5-7 rounds of interviews.

It is to select the best and most suitable people for the company, so that everyone can develop and make progress together.

Japan is different. There are not even a few formal universities named after the Department of Computer Science. When applying for a job, the interview is very simple, with a few simple algorithms and data structures, you can pass the admission.

Especially English.

Any graduate who can speak relatively fluent English can walk proudly, and will be highly valued by the leaders... As long as you can speak English, you can get along like a fish in water in the Japanese IT circle.

All in all, it is lack of talents, backward technology, poor English, and lack of progress.

A few years ago, the domestic IT industry had just been established, and Japan was at the forefront, leading in all aspects. But now in 2008, the Internet industry has been overtaken by China, and the software industry is stronger than China, but the successor is weak, and sooner or later it will be over.

In such a situation, the plan of Ziweixing Japan Research Institute is in vain.

However, Zhou Buqi was very happy.

Japan's IT industry is short of talents. Relying on the first-mover advantage, it can produce a number of localized and influential websites, and then rely on the characteristics of localization to compete with foreign giants.

However, this is a technology industry after all.

With the passage of time, those local websites will inevitably gradually out of date, with backward technology and slow iteration... Japan's Internet market will eventually be completely occupied by foreign giants.

Ziweixing will unswervingly develop the Japanese market and hold this market in its hands!

Japanese technology companies like to come to China to dispatch outsourcing tasks, and Ziweixing takes the initiative to go to Japan to develop the Internet... The combination of the two, as long as it works properly, the relationship between Japan and China can become the relationship between Europe and Silicon Valley-the back garden.

The domestic productivity is too strong, all walks of life are experiencing overcapacity, and so is the Internet industry. If Japan can be developed into the back garden of the domestic IT industry, the excess capacity can be exported without wasting.

If this wave of plans can be made, Ziweixing will be of great merit.

After returning to China, Zhou Buqi got off the plane and took a special car to go back to the company.

All the way in a hurry.

Back at the company, first listen to the reports from He Yang, Zhang Yiming and Meng Houkun.

First ruled out is Zhang Hongguang.

The research institute is not located in the Sohu Building, and there is a geographical separation, as well as a business separation, so relevant materials cannot be passed on at all. And Shen Xiangyang also assured that he believed in Zhang Hongguang's character, even if he really knew about the "Magic Reform Helo Project" from some channels, he would not reveal anything to Baidu.

He Yang also believed in this point of view. He didn't believe in Zhang Hongguang's character, but in his ability.

If they change jobs, they will secretly report the old company's business secrets to the new company... It is impossible for such a person to become a core executive in a large company.

For Zhang Hongguang's personal interests and career planning considerations, it is impossible for Zhang Hongguang to speak ill of his old club in front of his new club and lower his own level.

Second, there is the decision-making committee.

It should be fine.

Meng Houkun talked to everyone one by one, and they all made sure that the corresponding documents were not seen by the secretary. Many people didn't even get the document at all, and only knew a simple strategic concept.

Members of the decision-making committee are at least M6 executives.

If executives of this level will tip off other companies, then Ziwei Star's corporate cohesion will fail too much.

The third is the chairman's office.

Confidential documents have always been handled only by Ning Yaxian, and there is a high probability that they can be ruled out.

He Yang said: "From this point of view, it should not be our side."

Zhang Yiming agrees with this point of view, "Self-examination is the right thing to do. If the self-examination is correct, you can go outside to look for the cause with confidence. If it is an external cause, it should be in two directions, YY and 51."

Meng Houkun laughed, "Needless to say, it must be 51! The company is like a leak, and it can't hide any secrets. We can know what's going on inside them, and companies like Alibaba, Penguin, and Baidu can definitely find out. Forget, Baidu just poached the CTO of 51 a few months ago."

Zhou Buqi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "If it's 51, then you can rest assured. They don't know about the plan to change Helo, and they are working on Rainbow Helo wholeheartedly."

He Yang nodded and said, "Well, the 'Magic Change Helo Plan' has not been officially launched, and there are still variables here. Let Baidu know about this plan in advance, maybe it will fish in troubled waters."

Meng Houkun said: "I don't think it's that complicated. Baidu must have gotten the letter from 51. 51 signed a contract with us to legalize Rainbow Helo, and there is a possibility of commercial operation. Let Baidu check it out." I saw an opportunity for social software. Don’t forget, Baidu just made a big move!”

"what?"

"Baidu has it!"

"Baidu's e-commerce platform? Is it online?"

"Yes, it will be officially launched on September 1st."

"It's not surprising."

Zhou Buqi suddenly realized.

Baidu has it, it is Baidu's Taobao. If you want to be an e-commerce company, you must first have a product that allows buyers and sellers to communicate with each other. This is why Baidu launched Baidu Hi half a year ago.

On the one hand, it is to socialize, and on the other hand, it is to prepare for e-commerce.

However, Baidu Hi did very unsuccessfully.

Under the double pressure of QQ and Helo, he was less successful than in his previous life.

Except when it first appeared, many people tried it for a period of time out of curiosity, and soon gave up. Now, except for Baidu's own people, almost no one uses this product.

The promotion of Baidu Hi is not open, and the promotion of Baidu You is even more difficult.

If you want to use Baidu, you must first have Baidu Hi, you must have a chat tool, and you must register with Baifubao... The whole process is very cumbersome.

Compared to the convenience of shopping on Taobao, going to Baidu Youah is really laborious.

Penguin pats can also rely on QQ to communicate.

If Baidu takes the initiative to choose a strong man to break his wrist, give up its own Baidu Hi, and turn to Baidu Helo, and use Helo's strong and rich user relationship to facilitate shopping on Baidu Youah, it can greatly improve the user experience.

Well, this should be the truth.

Li Yanhong heard the news from 51 that Rainbow Helo has reached a cooperation with Ziweixing and has become a legal product, which can even be developed commercially.

51 is ok, so should Baidu, right?

In the past, Li Yanhong might have called Zhou Buqi directly to discuss this matter. However, recently, Baidu just poached Zhang Hongguang from Ziweixing, which made him have the audacity to call Zhou Buqi, so he had to submit an application in the form of a formal company letter.

This led to some internal speculation.

Zhou Buqi knew what he was thinking, and felt more at ease, "Okay, I'll take care of this matter, and I'll talk to Boss Li."

Zhang Yiming was more sensitive and frowned slightly, "You want to promote Baidu Helo?"

Zhou Buqi froze for a moment, "Is there a problem?"

Zhang Yiming said: "That's Baidu. It has huge traffic. There is still a gap of 16 points in our micro-dot search. Now the magic reform Helo is still in the planning stage, and we should focus on experiments. Baidu Helo... Will it be too big?"

The meaning is very simple, whether it is Rainbow Helo or YY version of Helo, behind them are small companies with limited capabilities.

These two modified Helos are within the controllable range.

Ziweixing is easier to manage.

If something goes wrong, the impact is limited.

Based on these two samples, some strategic adjustments can be made to avoid backlash. If the effect is not good, quickly stop and abandon the plan. If the effect is good, it will be further promoted and opened to large companies.

Baidu is a big company.

If Baidu Helo is too successful, Baidu Helo becomes a major product, and Helo becomes a niche product, it will be miserable. At that time, the contract has been signed and has legal effect. If forced to breach the contract, the reputation of the industry will also be bad.

Zhou Buqi was foresighted and relaxed, and smiled: "Don't worry, I know it! The current Baidu is more famous than it is. The reputation is loud, and the level is just like that. Boss Li is good at technology, but not good at business planning. Point. We are doing cloud computing, they are doing box computing, how absurd do you think? He is doing e-commerce, not Lao Ma’s opponent. He is doing social networking, and he can’t be successful. Baidu Helo will not have any future.”

"Is it arbitrary?"

"Trust my judgment!"

Zhou Buqi is decisive.

It's hard for others to say much.

As long as Boss Zhou becomes confident, everyone will be happy. As long as he is very confident in things, he is almost not at fault.

Zhang Yiming was very happy and said with a smile: "If this is the case, Baidu Helo can become an important experimental product of our 'Magic Transformation Helo Project'. 51 and YY are small companies, and our accumulated operating experience is not enough. Cooperation with Baidu Yes, there is a great supplement. The triangle relationship is the most stable, rainbow Helo, YY version Helo, Baidu Helo, three experimental samples, enough!"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "Okay, that's it. By the way, the plan of the Japanese Research Institute has been cancelled. There is a shortage of talents and no successors there, so there is no major development. In the future, we still have to rely on domestic technology to help them. OK."