Reboot 2003

Chapter 254 033: Negotiation breaks down (two in one)

The matter is indeed not complicated... In short, I didn't care for a few days, and Yahoo was frustrated again.

It's normal when you think about it. For such a big company, it can't even do SNS well?
Yahoo really can't do it well.

Just like its three brothers in the country, it is now running downhill. Its main business is getting worse day by day, and it cannot find any reliable growth points. It has no idea where the future will be...

Of course, it's not that I haven't thought of a way... After all, money has been spent and good projects have been found.

But you can't make anything with money, and you can't buy measurable performance by investing money... In its original position, Yahoo has been doing business for 20 years since the turn of the millennium, and its biggest achievement is the purchase of Google and Alibaba. Stocks are really disappointing.

Today's Yahoo is of course different from what it was in history - due to a series of butterfly effects, their base in China is much larger than in history, and they seem to be working hard to get bigger.

Unfortunately, in the end, we chose the wrong direction - Yahoo recently launched a "Yahoo relationship" ambitiously. In conjunction with the copycat cloud server, it was handed over to Kuaikan Media. As a result, the Yahoo relationship was half-dead as soon as it went online. Kuaikan Media, which had just made some progress, was also dragged into the water.

At this moment, Chen Qin was chatting with Zhou Hongyi, CEO of Kuaikan, about the company's current situation. He felt very happy when he heard this. Mr. Zhou, who was supposed to have just founded 360 in the past two years and had the highlight of his life, was now replaced by Kuaikan. Looking at the double mess between the media and Yahoo, it is certainly quite miserable when you think about it.

But it’s one thing to say that a dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. He is unlucky. Now in such a bad time, instead of staying in the company to clean up the mess, he went to a small place like Longshan to find A Yue. I don’t know the reason. , but you can probably guess some...

Chen Qin tried to ask: "Boss Zhou, now that the company is in trouble, shouldn't we do something for the company?"

As he spoke, Chen Qin observed the other party's reaction. Zhou Hongyi didn't realize it yet and said casually: "It's not a big deal. After Miss Gu arrives, the main thing is to talk to Miss Gu about the future of the company. After all, she is also a director of the company. "

"Anyway, she put a lot of effort into making this game." Chen Qin said, seeming to have some vague implicit meaning, "Although doing business is all about money, she also has considerations other than money. Well."

Zhou Hongyi hesitated to speak and suddenly took a serious look at him, but the young man in front of him just looked at him with a smile and did not explain what he meant.

Then the air became awkward, and the two people, one large and one small, fell into silence in the cubicle of the small tea house.

If you don't have anything to say, then let's leave it alone, and Chen Qin didn't look for another topic.I don't know what Zhou Hongyi discovered, but he has already guessed the other party's intention.

After waiting for a long time, A Yue didn't come again.Zhou Hongyi was sitting in his seat, playing with the tea cup in some boredom, and did not call herself. Chen Qin still did not ask about this matter, and called her to urge her:

"Hey, Ayue, where have you been?"

But Ah Yue seemed a little weird today.

When she called back to urge her, Ah Yue said she was coming and whispered: "Chen Qin, are you talking to Uncle Zhou?"

"if not?"

Ah Yue said to him mysteriously: "I'll be here soon. Just chat with him as usual. Be careful not to go to a place with few people with him."

Chen Qin felt more and more strange, but Zhou Hongyi was sitting across from him, so he couldn't ask more questions.

So I waited like this. The station was not far from the studio and where A Yue lived. It only took a few minutes to get there by bus, and it only took about [-] minutes to walk at most.

Ah Yue took more than 40 minutes to arrive today.

When she arrived, Ah Yue was alone, wearing fairly formal casual clothes. She came in and bowed to Zhou Hongyi before sitting next to Chen Qin...

Then he asked kindly: "Uncle Zhou, I went to pay you New Year greetings during the Chinese New Year, but you were not there. When did you come back?"

She greeted her warmly, but before the conversation could begin, she asked again: "By the way, Uncle Zhou, I see our company's stock has dropped a lot recently. Your sudden visit to Longshan may have something to do with it." ?”

Zhou Hongyi didn't know how to answer for a while, but Ah Yue didn't give him any time to speak, and continued: "If it's for the company, then just say anything if you have anything! We have become part of the company." , since the company is in trouble, now is the time to contribute to the company!"

Before he had time to see Zhou Hongyi's reaction, Chen Qin was the first to stop listening.

At the moment, Zhou Hongyi didn't care that Zhou Hongyi felt strange, and hurriedly pulled Ayue to the restroom of the tea room...

After entering the bathroom, Chen Qin closed the door with his backhand. Ah Yue was a little confused: "What's wrong? I said it well..."

Chen Qin turned around and asked her, "What nonsense are you talking about all of a sudden?"

A Yue thought that Chen Qin didn't notice, and was a little proud: "I was testing him!"

He patiently explained: "He didn't dare to come to Longshan before, and I didn't see anyone else when I went to visit. But this time he suddenly came in person without saying anything in advance. I think he was just showing off his hospitality for nothing. Traitor is a thief, I deliberately tested him..."

Chen Qin asked, "Do you know what he is here for?"

"Anyway, it's definitely not good." Ah Yue said with certainty, "The company's stock price has dropped so much, maybe they want to frame me and blame me."

Chen Qin was helpless: "You have so many resources in your hands and you are the producer of a popular game. He will only offend you when he is full and holding on."

He then told her patiently: "Besides, private companies don't like to blame others. As long as the company is losing money, no matter who the blame falls on, everyone will have to pay for the lost money together. Now that the company's stock has fallen so much, As the general manager, he has to think of some solutions. What do you think he will do now that the company is like this?"

Ah Yue really never thought about this question: "What will I do?"

"Now the advertisements are running, the product is released, and "Three Kingdoms Generals" is also online, but their Yahoo relationship is completely useless." Chen Qin said, "Now he can ignore everything else. His biggest task is to let others use them. of Yahoo connections.”

A Yue nodded: "So he came to find me?"

At this time, she came to her senses: "By the way, I have long thought that their move to set up a separate server was stupid. So, is he here to lift the server isolation?"

"If it's for this, he can just call you. Is there any need to run over here?" Chen Qin put forward his guess, "I guess he wants your game to be removed from Weibo. From now on, I will only keep a login entrance for my relationship with Yahoo."

A Yue didn't understand for a moment: "What about the previous players?"

"It's just to force former players to make a choice. Either they can't use social functions in the future, or they can switch to Yahoo's SNS. Anyway, your game has not been charged. There is nothing wrong with this in terms of rules, and one game account can be used by several people." The social functions correspond..."

Only then did Ah Yue understand what was going on. She seemed to be thinking about it seriously: "How can this be done? Players will be very angry, right? Besides, the only way our game can get new players is because the players themselves attract new players on Weibo... "

"Your game has millions of registered players at home and abroad. Although most of the players are actually from Weibo, and the number of core players has never been very large, in terms of volume, it is actually already a It’s a project we can look at,” Chen Qin said. “Even if it stops growing in the future, he can divert 10% of it to Yahoo!, which will give investors an explanation.”

Only then did Ah Yue understand the logic of what Chen Qin said and began to think seriously.

Chen Qin asked her to think about it carefully, and Ah Yue nodded, but then said: "But... I also have something that I didn't have time to tell you... When I went out just now, I took a call from Aunt Lu. "

Chen Qin didn't remember the name: "Who is Aunt Lu?"

A Yue said: "It was the aunt who drove us when we went to Lin'an that time."

Chen Qin reacted after hearing this: "Is she from the classmates association?"

"Yes." Ah Yue came over and whispered to Chen Qin, "She didn't know where she got the news. She knew that Uncle Zhou was coming to see me. Although he hadn't come yet, he called me temporarily..." Chen Qin Qin was curious: "So?"

"She said that Uncle Zhou's plan is likely to be detrimental to me." A Yue said seriously, "but she will help me make connections and contact Uncle Ma's shareholder representatives to vote for me."

Chen Qin didn't understand what they meant for a while: "Although Alibaba also has equity, they are only directors, and directors cannot directly intervene in the company's daily operations. How can they control this matter?"

"They told me to follow Uncle Zhou's words." A Yue whispered, "If Uncle Zhou messes up, we will collect evidence and ask for the re-election of the general manager at the shareholders' meeting. Aunt Lu also said that they will Supporting the Gu family to fight against Yahoo is a good thing for my family."

"This."

Chen Qin originally wanted to go back, but after hearing what A Yue said, he had nothing to say for a while.

I have to say... it's probably a poisonous plan.

With A Yue's help, collect evidence of Zhou Hongyi's wrong decisions, and then force the palace and try to seize power - now Kuaikan Media and Yahoo are the major shareholders accounting for more than 50% of the shares. Their status is very stable, but if they fall into this trick , even if the CEO cannot be re-elected, it can still put a lot of pressure on Yahoo.

"Then what should I do?" A Yue asked in a low voice, "Actually, I don't know what to do. I know Aunt Lu and the others have their own purposes, but Uncle Zhou's doing this will definitely be detrimental to the company."

Chen Qin thought for a while and sighed, look at the media...it's really a little devil, but considering it from A Yue's perspective, it's really not a bad thing.

Then he asked: "Then you will oppose him changing the game operating platform no matter what?"

A Yue nodded: "Yes!"

"It doesn't matter if you fall out with Yahoo?"

"Ok!"

Ah Yue responded and asked, "What's next?"

Chen Qin didn't answer, but just asked: "Don't you already know what to do?"

Ah Yue seemed to understand something and didn't ask any more questions; after a while, the two left the bathroom and returned to the teahouse.

He didn't stay in the bathroom for long. After returning, Zhou Hongyi seemed to have prepared some words. As Chen Qin had guessed, he began to tell A Yue about the company's current predicament and the difficulties he encountered recently when he got involved in social SNS.In order to alleviate the predicament, Zhou Hongyi wants to close "Friends Brawl" to Yahoo! This may cause the game studio to suffer some losses and also cause resentment among players, but it will be very helpful to the company's SNS project. For this reason, the company I am also willing to provide some compensation...

Then Ah Yue refused directly.

She was clearly very talkative just now, but she seemed to have suddenly changed her mind.Zhou Hongyi didn't know what they said when they went to the bathroom just now, so she could only try to explain: "Miss Gu, I know you are very sentimental about your work, but we can guarantee that this will not affect your game operations, and the company can still invest More resources…”

"Uncle Zhou." A Yue said seriously, "I am not unwilling to do this for the sake of game operation. In fact, when I started making this game, the purpose was to help my father's company get out of the quagmire. I have already said that, if it is For the sake of the company, I can play my games for free."

Zhou Hongyi was very happy after hearing this: "That should be just right..."

"It's not just right." Ah Yue said, "The reason why I didn't agree to sign a contract with the company at the beginning was because I felt that the decision made at that time was not beneficial to the company at all. Even if it was for the future of the company, I couldn't agree to your conditions. "

As she said that, she added: "It's the same now."

Zhou Hongyi hesitated and said: "But this is the result of unanimous discussion by the company's management at a meeting. Now we want to ask for your opinion..."

Ah Yue said: "My opinion is that it won't work like this."

Zhou Hongyi was a little depressed and said with a wry smile: "We are all really thinking about the future of the company. Miss Gu, we have taken good care of your mood. The board of directors elected me to be CEO. It is my job to plan for the future of the company. , you have to believe me..."

But he actually didn't seriously consider the opinion of this junior high school girl who knew how to play games. However, A Yue was mentally prepared for this and just said:
"If you, as CEO, want to save the company's stock price like this, then I will complain to the board of directors." A Yue stood up and told him, "I don't believe what purpose you and Yahoo have. In order to keep dad's original company, At least I can’t let you continue to act recklessly in a place I understand.”

Zhou Hongyi didn't think there was any problem at this time. Just then, the company's call came. Zhou Hongyi's expression changed after he heard it, and he finally understood something. He looked at A Yue in front of him suspiciously, but as the CEO, he was not someone else's. Toys were related to decision-making power, and he could not give in under any circumstances. But at this point in the negotiation, he had completely lost his room for maneuver...

Seeing that this company that had nothing to do with him was once again in chaos, Chen Qin felt no fluctuation in his heart at this moment.

But he couldn't laugh either... Time continued to pass, the happy winter vacation was over, and these messy things came back to haunt him.

Look, the media is in a mess now. This matter has nothing to do with Chen Qin. He just needs to try to avoid speaking from a position and not directly provide A Yue with suggestions that harm his competitors.

However, Ah Yue made such big news this time. Although she knew what she was doing, she obviously didn't understand the meaning of impeachment of the CEO. Now that she was involved here, she began to take the initiative to understand these things. The causal context behind it.

A few days later, Longshan No. [-] Middle School started school.

The cold winter vacation and chaotic traffic made this holiday a bit unsatisfactory for most people. On the first day of school, after the class meeting, Lao Qiu specially called Ayue out to talk for a while. He now knew that his class There is a very special student in the school. Of course, he has no idea of ​​doing anything special yet. He is just a little curious. Why does such a young lady with extraordinary background and magical powers go all the way to Longshan to attend middle school?
Chen Qin also wanted to talk to her about this matter. Rich people don't have to go to some aristocratic school or bring a bunch of drivers and bodyguards when they go out, but modern society is indeed not that safe yet. Not only does A Yue have money at home, but she also wants to talk to her about this matter. Now she is still involved in these company struggles. Her aunt was with her at the end of last semester, and she is alone again this semester. This is really weird.

But at the same time, he didn't have much time to care about others. After all, Chen Qin also had his own things to consider.

It stands to reason... With so much money now, maybe you can do whatever you want.

But because of his previous plan, he still has something to pursue - the thing that needs his most attention at the moment is Kaitian OS...

This is a training plan. On the one hand, it doesn't make much sense to defeat Google, and on the other hand, losing won't have much impact. It's just because he doesn't understand technology, so he can only go to Mr. Li.

After doing research for half a month, Mr. Li now has a plan. In the end, the money he wants is not much, tens of millions for the full payment... which feels a bit conservative.

But the reason why there is so little money is because Mr. Li actually attracted state investment.Now that Kaitian OS has just been established, it needs manpower and needs to invest in research and development as soon as possible. Time is very tight, so Mr. Li mobilized his contacts and brought in some projects with national backgrounds.

Not only are there companies that are willing to work, but there are also projects that are willing to invest.

This was originally a good thing, but when Chen Qin looked at the email sent by Mr. Li, he became vaguely worried. He looked out the window and frowned, thinking wildly.

At this moment, A-Yue came back. She had just returned from Lao Qiu's office, but before she could sit down, she hurriedly spoke to Chen Qin: "By the way, Chen Qin... I was in the office just now, and suddenly I remembered something."

"what?"

"Our games are placed on the company's cloud server. Does this mean that the company controls the fate of our games? When the last resort comes, no matter how much we object, the company will always have a way to control our games?"

There have been a lot of questions like this for A Yue recently, but this is a bit unfounded. Chen Qin casually gave her some popular science: "That's right, but it's just a game. If we can make a good product, it will be right." Everyone has benefits, and things like fighting among each other usually don't happen. And since they agreed to let you take charge of this project, they generally won't go back on it easily, so you don't have to worry so much. "

However, Ah Yue sat down and said seriously: "I'm not talking about our game, I'm talking about something else. I just suddenly remembered it."

Chen Qin didn't know what she was talking about yet: "Is there anything else?"

A Yue said seriously: "I suddenly thought recently that if Yahoo's cloud server is ready, will Uncle Ma Yun's Alibaba also move to Yahoo's cloud server? No wonder Aunt Lu and the others have been teasing me to deal with it recently. As for the company, actually they don’t want to help me, but they want to disrupt Yahoo’s cloud server!”

(End of this chapter)