Chapter 3079: Pragmatism

"ah?"

Kurian had vaguely guessed something.

Zhou Buqi said: "I have decided to recommend you to join the board of directors as executive director."

Of course Kurian was very happy, but he was embarrassed to show too much excitement and said: "Then I will definitely be able to perform my work responsibilities better."

Zhou Buqi added: "You replaced Tang Binchen."

"ah?"

Kurian instantly understood what this arrangement meant.

It's really hard to hide this excited state.

His fists were clenched tightly.

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "Next, the board of directors may make a series of adjustments. To adjust the positions of several directors, Tang Binchen and Xu Liangjie will withdraw from the board of directors. There is a high probability that Yang Zhiyuan will also withdraw. I hope you can take his place." Tang Binchen became the executive director representing the company’s business.”

Kurian asked: “Is the company’s strategy going to undergo a major adjustment?”

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "There will be no adjustment in strategy, mainly in the atmosphere. The current atmosphere in Silicon Valley... you know, our board of directors needs to be more diverse and we need to introduce two or three new female directors."

Kurian was convinced and said: "It's true, this is the trouble Nadella has encountered recently!"

"oh?"

"Many women at Microsoft are protesting, saying that their pay is lower than men in the same position. Many outside women's organizations are also responding, demanding equal pay for equal work at Microsoft."

"How did they do it?"

Zhou Buqi had already promoted equal pay for equal work in Ziweixing International, Ziweixing Global, and Ziweixing Digital Media six months ago.

In fact, it is impossible for companies like Microsoft, Google, and Ziweixing to pay women lower wages because they discriminate against women.

It’s because of work output.

Women have maternity leave, and they also have menstrual leave every month. When they have their menstrual leave, their working conditions will be bad and their workload will often be reduced. When the company arranges work, many stressful emergency tasks will also try to take care of female employees, which undoubtedly increases management costs.

If a man works lazily for a quarter of a month, his salary will inevitably be less than that of other male employees in similar jobs.

However, modern civilization cannot always distinguish the social value between men and women for physiological reasons.

Equal pay for equal work has become a trend.

In the past few years, Microsoft has been run by Ballmer. His ideas are a bit old-school and traditional, and are somewhat incompatible with the current social trends.

Kurian said: "Nardella has been publicly apologizing, saying that Microsoft will resolve these matters in the shortest possible time. Microsoft's temperament is a bit old. If Nadella wants to lead Microsoft to rejuvenate, he has to take action from the other side."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "So being a CEO at Microsoft is much more difficult than being a CEO at Ziweixing International!"

"It's true."

Kurian is in a good mood and has entered the board of directors, which shows that he has taken the lead in the competition for the position.

The next step, shouldn't it be...

Zhou Buqi didn't let him guess, and asked in a consulting tone: "How is it? Do you want to accept this challenge?"

"Challenge?" Kurian was slightly startled, "What challenge?"

Zhou Buqi said: "The CEO of Ziweixing International."

"ah?"

Kurian was shocked.

He thought about promotion.

After all, Lu Qi is not young anymore. After promoting the listing of Ziweixing International, he has achieved success and it is time to consider the next step of retirement. However, Lu Qi is only the president of the company, and Boss Zhou is the CEO.

Kurian thought that the most he could do was win the competition and replace Lu Qi as the company's president.

Unexpectedly, the position offered by the big boss was CEO!

Zhou Buqi said: "By next summer, Lu Qi will retire. At the same time, I will also give up the position of CEO. Aren't you competing with Nadella? He is already the CEO of Microsoft. I have no reason not to support you." . In my opinion, you are more powerful than him! If you want, you can be the CEO!"

"You...what about you?"

Kurian was a little unbelievable.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "I am the chairman. I will not leave the company. I will still participate in discussions on some important matters as before. I just hope that you can take on more responsibilities. We can use a A more pragmatic philosophy to drive the company forward.”

In this regard, Indians and Chinese are similar, both are pragmatic.

Unlike those white Americans who are vain all day long, with ideals, longings, visions, and changing the world... It is a good thing to have ideals, but you cannot just focus on ideals and ignore the balance with reality.

Many giant companies can be said to have very strong foundations and unimaginable business cornerstones.

The reason why the stock price cannot take off is that it is often too "virtual".

By replacing the CEO with an Indian, we can tap the maximum value of the existing business in a down-to-earth manner.

Ziweixing International's existing business is already strong enough.

Helo, Ucgram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Bitcoin trading platform Bitpay, Yahoo, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, Twitch, Shopify, Reddit, Quora, Steam, and the "Ever" series of EverNote, EverBook, EverDrive, EverZoom, Eversite and other products.

There are also two core businesses: cloud computing and artificial intelligence!

In addition, we have just completed the acquisition of two online education websites, Coursera and Lynda.

These products still have huge potential that can be deeply explored.

Zhou Buqi has already built the early stage shelves perfectly.

In the next ten years, except for the short video business that needs to be won and the long video business that needs to be explored, there is almost no need to advance other businesses. Able to operate these existing businesses stably, develop them, and demonstrate their existing value...

Judging from this kind of business combination, it is not surprising that the market value will reach US$2 trillion in ten years.

Kurian said: "If you are willing to give me such an opportunity, I...of course I am willing! I can give everything I have, and I will never betray your trust!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "I have a few points to ask you about. In my opinion, the core strategy of Ziweixing International in the next ten years is pragmatism. What do you think of pragmatism?"

"Well, pragmatic." Kurian nodded. "Actually, I have been paying attention to Nadella recently. I am analyzing his strategy for reforming Microsoft. In my opinion, his core spirit is pragmatism. ”

This time it came to Zhou Buqi's heart. He had not studied Nadella's strategy, but this was the result of his analysis. "How do you say it?"

Kurian said: "After he became the CEO of Microsoft, he made a lot of changes in personnel. These personnel changes basically have one direction, which is pragmatism. He did not use those controversial and creative people. Instead, we selected a large number of mature and stable executives.”

"Um."

"My analysis is that Nadella's strategy is one. He wants to use a more open spirit to release the businesses of Microsoft in the past. He is not in a hurry to find new changes and new businesses. He wants to use new ideas to The potential of those businesses in the past has been unlocked.”

"I think that's the right way to go."

Zhou Buqi quite recognized Nadella's philosophy, and his foresight also told him that Nadella's strategy was right. Because of Nadella's choices, Microsoft's innovation and scientific research capabilities have become weaker. It can no longer even conduct self-research on artificial intelligence, and must rely on openAI.

This behavior is really a bit embarrassing.

A company as big as Microsoft cannot do it on its own, so it has to rely on an external company.

But what's the use of face?

This is the advantage of Indian-origin executives. Don't worry about those who are vain. A pragmatic spirit explores the value of its own business and relies on openAI for innovation, allowing Microsoft to secure its No. 1 spot in the world.

Zhou Buqi said: "In the past, Microsoft was too closed and operated with the concept of a traditional software company. The value of many businesses was not explored. In fact, Ziweixing International's business also contains huge value. If we can With a good business portfolio and good coordination between different businesses, there will also be greater room for growth.”

Kurian said confidently: "I believe our growth potential will be greater than that of Microsoft! If nothing else, I have calculated that according to our growth model, Ziweiyun's revenue will be in eight years Reaching US$100 billion, Microsoft Cloud is only 30% of ours at most.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Many people are criticizing now, saying that Silicon Valley is dead. What do you think?"

Kurian said: "Those must be the remarks of some critics who are trapped in the whirlpool of idealism, not entrepreneurs. Providing jobs and creating wealth are the most important responsibilities of entrepreneurs."