What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 551 Faction
Since Liu Chiping arrived in Lingang, his attitude has been low.

Although he is almost one of the best professional managers in China, the word "almost" is largely due to Yu Xing's bleeding of Tencent in the mobile internet era.

With such a prestigious reputation in the industry, the fact that he arrived in Lingang and parachuted into Mus in such a tumultuous manner presents a challenge in how he will proceed with his work.

Liu Chiping was willing to come to Hong Kong to start a new business, not to watch the two bosses fight. Of course, looking back, it was not bad to see the two of them like this.

He is a very perceptive person. He had prior knowledge of the opposing side, and now he had direct communication with President Yu. In addition, he had observed the carbon and silicon data over the past few days, so he had a general idea in mind.

Interestingly, Liu Chiping stepped down from Tencent because the company needed to change, to increase investment in technology research and development, and to learn from Alibaba and Silicon Carbon's organizational structure experience that was more conducive to development in the mobile Internet era. And now he has directly entered such a system.

Based on Liu Chiping's current observations and understanding, Lingang Silicon Carbon's architecture is naturally a front-end + middle platform. The front-end business includes Douyin, MusVid, Latest Hot Topics, Yiqi Karaoke, and WiFi Master Key. The latter is further divided into a small middle platform and a large middle platform. The small middle platform is responsible for the specific needs of the front-end business scenarios. For example, Douyin needs video editing tools, and Yiqi Karaoke needs vocal training tools. As for the large middle platform, it is the central system for the company's general capabilities.

Whether it's the standardized output of underlying technologies or the management and use of overall data, it all requires the empowerment of this large middle platform. This large middle platform is further divided into the user middle platform, the algorithm middle platform, and the engineering middle platform, which correspond to traffic, distribution, and infrastructure, respectively.

Based on this architecture, although MusVid exists as an independent entity, it is unable to operate the entire business without the support of the middle platform.

Lingang Silicon Carbon does not publicize its internal organizational structure and even intentionally hides it.

Once Liu Chiping is within this system, it becomes easier for him to observe and figure things out, and then consider his future positioning.

Carbon Silicon Data has brought in many technical talents from Baidu, including Yang Zhenyuan and Zhai Yifei, who are more technically inclined. They can be considered Baidu's internal faction within Carbon Silicon Data. On the other hand, there is the core faction represented by Zhong and Lü, and then there are the backbone forces that are not systematically organized around these two factions.

Liu Chiping was not surprised that there were factions within the silicon carbon industry; on the contrary, he felt that it was quite simple.

With such keen observation and reflection on both things and people, he quickly identified a crucial link in the future development of silicon carbon data, which also suited his position within the company.

Liu Chiping did not discuss these observations with President Yu at the company, but instead chose a suitable private occasion while his wife was on her way.

Tang Man-yee arrived here two days after her husband arrived in Lingang. She is a Christian and can help her husband's career. She used to organize gatherings of Hong Kong socialites and attend charity events.

Upon arriving in Lingang, Tang Minyi quickly found a suitable connection, becoming close friends with Xu Xin, a well-known investor she had known before, and they became mahjong partners. She then met Liu Wanying of Red Falcon Capital.

Tang Minyi was curious about the low-key Liu Wanying. After meeting her, she realized that her name was well-chosen, as she did indeed have a heroic air about her.

She knew that Xu Xin and Liu Wanying were both successful women with their own careers, and she was aware of her own shortcomings in this area. Sometimes when she heard them chatting about their ideas for a project while playing mahjong, she would not speak up or participate. However, this restrained approach actually helped her to integrate further.

On Sunday night, we had a small gathering for both card games and dinner.

When Yu Xing and Liu Chiping arrived, the card game was still going on, which provided a good opportunity for them to talk.

While playing mahjong at the table, Lü Haiying couldn't help but prick up her ears upon hearing a few keywords. She then urged her husband, Zhong Zhiling, "Zhiling, Zhiling, come on, come on! They're all too smart. I can't beat them. I need to change my mindset."

Zhong Zhiling took over the position with a smile.

Lu Haiying poured herself a cup of tea and slowly sat down on the sofa next to her senior brother, just in time to hear the crucial part.

“The development of silicon carbon data is very rapid, but there is a large area that needs to be improved in the future.” Liu Chiping naturally noticed Lü Haiying’s approach, smiled at her and said, “Silicon carbon still needs more efforts in the large-scale reuse of commercial capabilities.”

Currently, Carbon Silicon Data mainly relies on advertising to monetize traffic. This is mainly based on the latest hot topics. Douyin and Mus have not yet promoted commercialization, but some supporting infrastructure has been laid. For example, "Jiepay Ruitong", which Carbon Silicon acquired, has now been renamed Carbon Silicon Payment.

Yu Xing immediately understood upon hearing this, and then asked more directly, "Are you interested in this direction?"

He didn't mention Mus development, which Liu Chiping is now responsible for.

At that moment, Liu Chiping realized the difference between Yu and Pony; at Tencent, sometimes you need to pull them apart first.

He calmly said, "When I consider the future of MUS, I still feel that it needs to have its own self-sustaining mechanism, which in turn depends on the preparations made by Carbon Silicon Data. Carbon Silicon's middleware capability needs to be like building blocks that can be placed there and called upon in the shortest possible time."

"Just like you said, Mr. Yu, small companies need to outpace giants with speed. The accumulation of this advantage is crucial to their future survival."

Yu Xing turned to look at Lü Haiying: "Xiaoying, what are your thoughts?" Lü Haiying smiled and said: "Is this a meeting or just casual conversation? Commercialization is something we need to do. There's no rush this year. I think we can try to build it up next year. President Liu, do you have any personnel recommendations?"

She is also very direct.

Liu Chiping thought that Xing Hongyu could be transferred to Silicon Carbon Data as an advisor, as a job rotation, so that he could continue to serve Mus with this experience in the future. However, he did not expect that President Yu and President Lü would be so direct. He subconsciously felt that he could not be in such a hurry, so he said: "I have not considered this. I just look at the development of Silicon Carbon. I feel that the scale and speed of the mobile market are very fast."

Lü Haiying smiled and nodded again: "We can gain some experience domestically first, and then let President Liu take it abroad for testing."

Liu Chiping also laughed: "It's not really a test. Douyin's development is faster than Mus's, and we definitely need to learn from this experience."

Yu Xing, who was observing, did not say anything. After listening for a few more minutes, he said, "We'll try to have a plan before next year's Spring Festival. The development is indeed fast. If Chiping needs people, just say so, and I'll go play a couple of rounds."

Liu Chiping agreed and continued to communicate with Lü Haiying, a key figure in the faction.

Today's card games and dinner parties both involved families.

Yu Xing switched places with Xiao Ying, and after playing only a few cards, he heard Li Song, who was standing behind Xu Xin watching the game, sighing.

“I haven’t heard anything about Shanfeng in a long time,” Li Song said. “Hey, I’ve been researching domestic stocks lately, and I really hope the short sellers will come and mess with the domestic market.”

Yu Xing glanced at him and said, "You've been holding back, Mr. Li. Did you actually do the short selling you mentioned last time?"

Li Song chuckled and said, "I was just saying, I wouldn't actually do that."

He is currently screening securities lending targets, but LeEco is not on the list because it has not yet been included in the scope of securities lending. There will be an announcement this month to expand the scope of securities lending, at which time we can see if it will be added to the new list.

Even if LeEco doesn't make the list, it won't stop "Real Research" from shorting the company. This could indirectly extend the attack to Coolpad Group, which is listed in Hong Kong and is a bigger target.

Li Song heard a rumor that LeEco and Coolpad were going to have a major collaboration. If it didn't work out, he would just consider it practice for shorting the stock.

As he was thinking this, he suddenly said, seemingly casually, "Mr. Yu, LeEco has so many businesses now. They're making music, sports, and even cars. I heard they're going to collaborate with Coolpad. Have you heard about this?"

Yu Xing simply replied, "Yes, that's true."

Li Song's eyes widened: "Really? How will we cooperate?"

Yu Xing said with a smile, "If I don't tell you, I'm afraid you'll learn from Shan Feng and start shorting stocks."

Li Song was both annoyed and guilty: "President Yu, you're trying to frame me like this... you're trying to frame me like this."

He patted Xu Xin on the shoulder: "Honey, look at President Yu. Now that Kyushu is selling well, he's got a lot of swagger."

Xu Xin hummed in agreement: "If it doesn't have a grand presence, then it's a waste of money. The carbon and silicon business has been really good this year."

She pondered intently, hesitated for a moment, and then played an East Wind card.

Yu Xing pushed the cards aside and laughed, "Thank you, Mr. Xu. East Wind, I won."

Xu Xin patted her husband's shoulder and said, "With you interfering, I didn't want to play this card!"

Li Song had no choice but to stay put: "You're an investor, you should be helping people out. Time to eat, time to eat, I'm starving."

The card game ended, and the dinner began.

Late that night, Li Song and Xu Xin, who had just had a few drinks, hadn't gotten home yet when they suddenly saw a message from Guo Shanfeng, which immediately cheered them up.

—The long-silent king of short sellers has released a short-selling report targeting Toshiba.

(End of this chapter)