Li Mu came from a technical background in his previous life, so he did not know much about content operations. However, he had heard of Chen Tong's name. He could be said to be the mainstay of the entire Xinlang in terms of content operations. If he could really poach this person, Li Mu's portal plan would be a success. He would definitely be the Chief Content Operations Officer. This person was capable enough, and he could be used for at least until after 2010.
Therefore, Li Mu called Liu Xiaodong and asked if he knew Chen Tong. Liu Xiaodong's answer was, "I've seen him before, but I'm not familiar with him."
Chen Tong was not young. He was already in his thirties this year, a few years older than Liu Xiaodong. The two had met at an alumni gathering and knew each other, but they were not friends.
However, since they were alumni, it was very convenient. Even if they were not familiar with each other, they would definitely be able to find a third person to matchmake them. Therefore, when Liu Xiaodong heard about Li Mu's request, he immediately agreed to this matter. He was going to find alumni who were familiar with both of them to help matchmake them, and then slowly test the waters.
Li Mu was slightly relieved. Chen Tong had worked in Xinlang for nearly 20 years in his previous life, but he was forced to leave in the end. This showed that this person was very determined. It would be very difficult to poach such a person, and the success rate was not high. Therefore, he could only use a roundabout way to save the country. He would let Liu Xiaodong help test the waters, and then look for a gap between him and Xinlang to make a fuss.
Xinlang did not give up on being a UC, so Li Mu treated it as one of his next major enemies. Liu Xuebin wanted to embrace Xinlang and become enemies with Makino Technology again. Li Mu would also treat him as the next target to destroy. He was now giving this team a real way out. If they did not want it, then he would give them a real dead end. This time, he would not give them a choice.
Li Mu's idea was to get rid of Xinlang's core business first, so he must focus on the portal. As for the portal, Li Mu had to make it the first in the country. Before the arrival of the mobile internet, a portal with a huge amount of traffic was still very significant.
As for the navigation station, Li Mu would definitely make a move. He was determined to get Hao123.
After entrusting Chen Tong's matter to Liu Xiaodong, Li Mu called Chen Hui to his office and told Chen Hui about the specific situation that he had just discussed with Liu Xuebin.
Even a geek like Chen Hui could tell that there was something fishy going on. In his opinion, there was no need for Liu Xuebin to make the meeting with Li Mu so awkward. Even if Li Mu was determined to go to Sin-Lang, he shouldn't have done something like that. However, Chen Hui couldn't understand why Liu Xuebin would do that.
Li Mu said, "Pay attention to what he tells others about his conversation with me after he goes back. I suspect that Xinlang gave him a high personal promise. If he attributes the failure of the negotiation to Muye Technology, then my guess will be correct."
Chen Hui nodded and asked Li Mu, "If Mr. Liu really accepted some benefits from Xinlang, what should we do? Mr. Liu is very popular in our big team. If he speaks up for Xinlang, most people will choose to follow him. "
Li Mu said, "It's his freedom to go where he wants to go. It's your team's freedom to choose to follow him or the team. We don't need to care too much about this. Those who join us are comrades, those who join a third party are friends, and those who join an opponent are opponents. Since they are opponents, everyone should compete reasonably and legally."
Chen Hui did not say anything more. He said to Li Mu, "Then I'll go back and pay attention."
On the night of Liu Xuebin's departure from Muye Technology, he sent a message to his colleagues in the YY group chat. His explanation was: "Sina has been very straightforward. They've already promised us a premium salary and relocation allowance. All we need to do is sign the contract. However, Muye Technology is too insincere. They've only offered us the original salary standard. Moreover, the leader of Muye Technology is too arrogant. He doesn't really look up to the QQ team. Therefore, after the QQ team moves over, they will also be suppressed and led by the original YY team.
Such a strong contrast immediately gave the QQ team members a clear answer in their hearts. Even if the treatment was the same, they would not be willing to join Makino Technology as a defeated general. This was because they instinctively felt that they would be looked down upon if they went to Makino Technology. This made them feel uncomfortable when they thought about it.
Moreover, the treatment in Xinlang was much better than that of Makino Technology. If the 30% premium was placed in the original Tencent, it would be impossible to increase it within a year or two. So now, everyone was suddenly enlightened and felt that they had seen new hope.
Most people did not consider a long-term problem. That was, whether there was a future for them to go to Xinlang and help Xinlang with its instant messaging software. Makino Technology's rhythm of destroying QQ could be said to be overwhelming. Once Makino Technology revealed its fangs, it would basically not give QQ any chance to resist. They had already suffered a crushing defeat once. What right did they have to go to Xinlang to fight against Makino Technology again?
What they saw now was that Xinlang was giving them better treatment, but they did not fully consider whether Xinlang could achieve success in their career. They did not consider where they would go if Xinlang failed. Although the salary was increased by 30%, who knew how long they would last for?
Blindly job-hopping based on salary without considering the overall strength and development prospects of the other company was a big taboo, especially when joining a newly established department of a company. For a company, doing a new business was just an experiment. The company still had its own existing business to support it. In this case, if the new business attempt failed, the worst that could happen was to give up. The new business team would be disbanded on the spot and cut losses in time. It would not cause much harm to the overall foundation of the company. However, the employees who job-hopped for the new business would suffer heavy losses. They could at most get a month or half a month's salary as compensation, but it would be a huge stain on their career.
For Li Mu, recruiting the former QQ team members with the original salary was already very generous. After all, YY was the absolute number one in the industry. At present, in the domestic instant messaging industry, it had more than 95% of the market share. If they joined Makino Technology, their salary might not be as high as Xinlang, but it was much more stable and had more room for development. If they could not see this, then there was nothing they could do.
If they were laid off by Xinlang in the future, then their work experience over the past few years would have two consecutive stains on it. It would be even more difficult for them to find a suitable job. At that time, Li Mu would still open the door to these people, but the offer would only be 80% of the salary they received during the training period. Moreover, he would completely isolate them from the core department and let them do the lowest level coding jobs. If they wanted to do it, they could do it.
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Liu Yidong quickly contacted Chen Tong through an old schoolmate he had a good relationship with. The old schoolmate organized a meal, and Liu Yidong and Chen Tong sat together for a meal. After the meal, Liu Yidong said to Li Mu, "Chen Tong is a very idealistic person, and he has poured a lot of effort into Xinlang. I think his feelings for Xinlang will probably be very difficult to poach."
Li Mu said, "I don't believe it. In this world, other than family, no other feelings are truly stable. If love is f * cking unreliable, then what's an employment relationship?"
Liu Yidong smiled and said, "It's easy for you to say. Take your subordinates, Kong Lingyu and Lin Ching-ah, for example. These two people trust you, and you also trust them. You're even willing to give them the authority to do what they want to try. Moreover, they've achieved a certain level of results with you, and you've also given them a considerable salary and options. Tell me, if someone wanted to poach them now, would they be able to?"
Li Mu said, "It's definitely possible, but it depends on how and under what conditions. What moves a person isn't necessarily money, nor is it necessarily sincerity. It might be a thought, a vision, or a perfect display of self-image. Even those lovers whose love is stronger than gold will be stunned by a passerby at some point in time and be moved. Otherwise, how do you think those unbreakable relationships would end up with a third party?"
Liu Yidong asked Li Mu, "You've said so much, so how exactly are you planning to poach him?"
Li Mu said frankly, "I haven't thought about it yet."
Liu Qiangdong said, "Nonsense."
Li Mu asked him, "Did the two of you talk about your views on the internet industry when you were eating? Did he talk about his ambitions in the internet industry?"
"Yes." Liu Yidong said, "He's very persistent about the portal. He believes that it's the most crucial link for people to go online and understand the world. That's why he really wants to be the best news portal in the country. He's been working hard towards this goal for so many years in Xinlang. He treats Xinlang like his own child."
Li Mu nodded and thought to himself, "He treats Xinlang like his own child, right? Alright, then I'll start with his child first."
Li Mu looked for Kong Lingyu and made a small technical request. In the future, the YY server would have to screen the URL links sent by users.
While screening the URL, there were also two supporting functions to be developed. The first was to develop a URL source authentication for different websites. They were the green list, the white list, and the red list. If it was a website on the green list, when users sent the URL of the website in YY, it would give a corresponding notification to remind the user that the website had passed the authentication and was very safe. If it was a white list website, it would give the user a vague notification that the source was unknown and let the user decide whether to open it or not. If it was a red list website, it would directly indicate that it was a dangerous website and let the user be careful.
The second supporting function was to have the function to block all the links to specific websites. For example, if he wanted to block Xinlang in the entire YY, then users would not be able to post the URL of Xinlang in YY chat, group chat, space, diary, game chat, or any other place where information could be posted. As long as it was posted, the system would directly block it.
Kong Lingyu said, "The idea of the green list, white list, and red list is very good. It can help users mark out a lot of websites with viruses and pranks. It will greatly increase the safety of users online, but won't the blocking function affect the user experience? Also, will it violate industry ethics to do so? "
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