Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 779
Facing the arrogant and unreasonable Audrey Morley, Xiong Minghua was exhausted physically and mentally.

In the company, the two of them didn't get along with each other, and they didn't like each other for a long time. Coupled with Baipi's unique arrogance, Xiong Minghua was very disgusted.

Now Lu Yiming even threw an olive branch at him, so he didn't get used to it, and said directly: "Since you think it's my fault, then I'll resign."

When he said this, several people in the office were shocked.

Chen Yongzheng looked at Xiong Minghua in surprise, and persuaded him, "Don't be impulsive, everything is easy to discuss."

Luo Chuan also said: "Yeah, if you encounter a problem, just solve it, but you don't have to resign directly. Failure is not terrible, the worst thing is to start all over again."

In their view, being able to serve as an executive at Microsoft is already the ultimate form of a worker. If they resign from Microsoft, they don't know how many years it will take before they can return to such a position.

After getting along for a period of time, Chen Yongzheng still admired Xiong Minghua very much. He immediately came to Xiong Minghua and said in a low voice: "It won't cause trouble to the point of resignation. At most, it will be a scapegoat and you will be punished. Don't be impulsive." .”

However, Xiong Minghua was so determined that he didn't even think about it, so he blurted out: "Forget it, if you're not happy with what you're doing, it's better to change jobs. I won't be annoyed by it."

Chen Yongzheng said helplessly: "How can you guarantee your life in such a hasty resignation? Can you find a better job than now?"

"Yes." Xiong Minghua said without thinking.

Chen Yongzheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "So sure? Where do you want to go?"

"Yixun."

"what?"

Chen Yongzheng was dumbfounded.

Not only Chen Yongzheng was dumbfounded, but Luo Chuan also felt incredible. ?
"What do you mean? Isn't Yixun engaged in QQ? You just joined because you can't beat it?"

Xiong Minghua didn't bother to explain so much, and said immediately: "You think it is. Okay, I'll go first, and I will hand in the resignation report later."

"Hey you..."

Luo Chuan wanted to say something more, but Chen Yongzheng stopped him and said, "Okay, needless to say, it's useless to talk so much. I guess that guy Lu Yiming came to him and promised some benefits. Lu Yiming said Isn't that what guys like to do?"

After a while, after sending Audrey Morley away, Chen Yongzheng got in touch with Lu Yiming, and after reporting himself as his family, he got down to business.

"Mr. Lu, are you being so unkind? Why did you come to me to poach people at this critical moment?"

Lu Yiming said with a smile: "Anyway, MSN will close sooner or later, and Mr. Xiong will be useless if he stays at Microsoft. Why don't he switch to Yixun Technology, so that everyone can have a bright future, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Regarding Lu Yiming's remarks, Chen Yongzheng was speechless.Although he was also very displeased with Audrey Morley's superior attitude, after all, he is still an executive of Microsoft and still in charge of MSN, so he said angrily: "Mr. Lu, is your conclusion a bit too far?" early?"

Lu Yiming said: "It doesn't matter anymore, it's the truth anyway, it's the same anytime you say it."

"you……"

Facing Lu Yiming's thick skin, Chen Yongzheng had no choice but to hang up the phone angrily.

When Luo Yunchuan saw Chen Yongzheng's expression, he knew that there must be nothing to talk about.He said with a sad face: "What should we do? Now is the critical moment. Where do you think we can find a technical expert? The Gong Xiaofeng that Mo Li brought didn't understand technology at all. I don’t even know what to say if I can beat QQ. We can’t even play with the richest man in marketing.”

Chen Yongzheng shook his head and sighed, "Xiong Minghua has already quit, MSN is probably hopeless."

For Xia Guo's market, Chen Yongzheng still sees it very clearly. Now QQ has become a big trend. Whether it is work, life or entertainment, it has crushed MSN in various social fields.

Even if Microsoft has a big business, it can drag on for a few years, but what's the use of keeping half-dead projects?

The point is that the people sent by the headquarters can't solve the problem at all.

Chen Yongzheng pinched his brows and said: "Let's take a step and see, anyway, I have nothing to do."

Luo Chuan said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Your words make me want to quit."

What they didn't expect was that because of Xiong Minghua's departure, many technical products and marketing backbones were soon poached by Yixun from the MSN project department.

Originally, these talents were all the top elites that Microsoft had worked so hard to recruit in Xia Guo over the years, and they were all at the level of one in a million.

After absorbing this group of talents, Yixun soon made a major revision to QQ, the style became simpler, and functions such as winks were added, and the product functions became more excellent.

Xiong Minghua's job-hopping to Yixun was quickly caught by keen media reporters. They were all very interested in it and came to interview Xiong Minghua one after another.

"Mr. Xiong, it's really hard to imagine that you don't sit in the position of a Microsoft executive, and you jump to a company like Yixun. Although Yixun is a company owned by Lu's richest man, it has also created a hot product like QQ. , but in any case, Yixun’s size cannot be compared with Microsoft. May I ask what prompted you to make such a definition?”

With a smile on his face, Xiong Minghua answered the reporter's question without hesitation: "Every company has its own characteristics. It is actually very undesirable to blindly pursue large companies or multinational companies. Moreover, I believe that In the near future, IXun will also become a world-class platform, and I can even boldly predict that IXun will become the largest social software company in the world."

A reporter didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and asked directly: "I heard that Mr. Xiong was in charge of the MSN project at Microsoft before. Now you, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, have chosen to leave. Do you think MSN is over?"

This question is so simple and straightforward, full of gunpowder.Although Xiong Minghua has now moved to Yixun, he still feels very annoyed by this problem. He feels that MSN is a project he has handled after all, so it is tantamount to denying the value of the project.But he thought of Audrey Morley's face again, so he gritted his teeth and said, "In my opinion, MSN is indeed dead."

The reporter was stunned by this answer.

It is said that straight men in science and engineering, this guy dug a hole for you and you really jumped into it?

The reporter became even more excited, and asked aggressively, "Mr. Xiong, why did you say that? Do you have any basis?"

Xiong Minghua said calmly and expressionlessly: "There is no basis. In the face of QQ's all-round attack, MSN's defeat is only a matter of time. Now it is nothing more than a dying struggle, not to mention that in my opinion, MSN is actually very dead. injustice."

One big melon after another, the reporters were shaking with excitement, wishing to pass a cigarette to Xiong Minghua, a boss who dared to say anything.

How brave!
However, the reporters were still not satisfied. They continued to question Xiong Minghua: "MSN is dead. Whose problem is it? Is it the technicians or the company's top management?"

Xiong Minghua said: "For the MSN project, for a super giant like Microsoft, chatting and social networking are not its focus, and products in this field cannot become the core system platform that leads the entire IT industry. From the beginning to the end, MSN is nothing more than Microsoft. A small pawn in many future layouts. For MSN, Microsoft has never invested enough resources and attention.”

In front of the reporter, Xiong Minghua began to review the whole incident seriously. He was not trying to throw the blame, but told the details of the mistakes Microsoft made in the MSN project. He talked eloquently: " The careless attitude and rigid operating mechanism made it impossible to escape the fate of extinction in the glorious MSN. Moreover, Microsoft's authorization of MSN is very problematic."

This topic immediately threw all the responsibility on Microsoft.

Reporters expressed shock again. After all, how could Microsoft make a mistake?What about a big company.

In the eyes of ordinary people, big companies are good at everything, have the most forward-looking vision, have a lot of cash in their hands, and have countless talents. Logically speaking, they will always be at the forefront of technological innovation, which is perfect. , it is impossible to make mistakes.

In fact, the probability and frequency of mistakes made by large companies is much higher than that of small companies.I don't know how many projects are abolished every year.Just because the company is large enough, there are enough trial and error costs, and those stillborn projects have no chance to meet consumers.And those small companies are small in size and can't stand any storms at all, so they are more cautious in project selection, and they will be even less likely to make mistakes.

Xiong Minghua's words made the reporter feel unbelievable: "No way? Ordinary people would try to avoid these mistakes. How could a company as big as Microsoft make such low-level mistakes?"

Xiong Minghua said lightly: "Microsoft is a company, and the people who run this company are also real people, so of course Microsoft will make mistakes. Why should I talk about the issue of authorization? This authorization is not only about management authorization and marketing. The localization of marketing, and most importantly, the localization of products, gives the local product team enough authority to modify the product.”

"On Wednesday last week, because of problems with the location and form of the advertisement, an employee wrote an email to me, which was later transferred to Xiangjiang (the location of Microsoft Greater China), and then to London (Microsoft Asia Pacific headquarters) , and finally transferred to the headquarters, so that a week passed, almost a circle around the earth, and the problem was not solved in the end, so we had to find a way to compromise on our own. "

"With such efficiency, how can we compete with QQ, which is united as one?"

Nowadays, there are not many multinational companies in Xia Kingdom, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to get in touch with these things.In the eyes of ordinary people, these world-class companies, super-scale multinational companies, have a beautifying filter.It's as if many people mentioned the beautiful country, whether it's here or there.

In the eyes of ordinary people, don't multinational companies know how to do things that I, an ordinary person, know how to do?There are so many top talents in their company, can't they see it?

In fact, being able to see and being able to do it are two different things.Just like the example Xiong Minghua mentioned.Don't you all know that the Internet is changing rapidly and opportunities are fleeting?In fact, everyone knows it.The key is that those who can do things have no right to do it, and the day lily will be completely cold by the time this authorization is obtained.

Xiong Minghua's words stunned countless reporters. It was the first time they knew that the internal management of multinational companies was so bureaucratic.

No wonder it is said that it is difficult for a ship to turn around. This kind of process of asking for instructions for everything is obviously unable to cope with the complicated market situation in the Internet industry.

Soon, the content of Xiong Minghua's interview appeared in the newspapers, and it was through the newspapers that people got a glimpse of the operation of a big company for the first time.

It is very unreasonable and inhumane. This is everyone's evaluation of these so-called big companies after reading the report.

As the saying goes, those who don't know have no fear. Many people who read the report feel that such a stupid management can do it by me.

On the other hand, after the newspaper was published, it somehow appeared on Bill Gates' desk.After reading the report, Bill Gates was very upset, and he called Lu Yiming directly: "It's fine if you poach my people, but you still arrange me in the newspaper. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Facing Bill Gates, Lu Yiming also felt very helpless, and said with a wry smile: "You have to believe me, those words are really what Xiong Minghua wanted to say, not my instruction."

However, Bill Gates felt that he knew Lu Yiming quite well, so he naturally dismissed Lu Yiming's defense: "You have a bad stomach, and you still want to wrong Xiong Minghua?"

When Lu Yiming heard this, he immediately became unhappy, and immediately argued loudly: "Your words are meaningless, why do I have a bad stomach, I have always demanded myself with very high moral standards, okay? "

Bill Gates sneered at this: "Do you believe this yourself?"

Lu Yiming said: "Okay, I know you are very unhappy, you just lost to me again, what's the big deal? You are the richest man in the world, so be generous, why don't you have any structure?"

Bill Gates was in a hurry: "Who said I lost? MSN hasn't lost yet, okay? The big deal is not to go to Xiaguo to compete with you. Anyway, your QQ can't enter the United States. When the time comes, we will rule the river. Your QQ is domineering in the Xia Kingdom, and my MSN is popular in the entire Western world."

Lu Yiming said with a smile: "My QQ is really difficult, but the cake of social software, I am afraid that it will not fall into the hands of MSN in the end."

Bill Gates suddenly felt his scalp tingle, and said angrily: "You bastard, how can you say that? Except for being tricked by your tricks in Xia Kingdom, MSN has no rivals in other parts of the world." !"

Lu Yiming couldn't help laughing: "Are you so confident?"

(End of this chapter)