Hao Tai Hotel.
At 8 o 'clock sharp, Li Dong arrived first.
Li Dong was not in a hurry to enter the hotel. He stood outside the door.
Li Dong lit a cigarette and smoked as if there was no one else around.
In fact, there was a period of time when Li Dong had been quitting smoking. But these days, he was tired and needed tobacco to stimulate himself.
To meet Zhang Xiaolong, Li Dong needed to be in a better state of mind.
After a few puffs, the security guards at the hotel entrance wanted to say a few words. But seeing Li Dong's posture, the security guards retreated.
They did not know Li Dong, but Li Dong was surrounded by a large group of people. Even a fool would know that he was not an ordinary person.
With no one to disturb him, Li Dong quietly finished his cigarette.
At this time, Zhang Xiaolong and the others also arrived.
They came by taxi. As soon as they got off, they saw Li Dong and the others at the door.
Although Zhang Xiaolong was a technical staff, he was also a manager. He was not stupid.
Not only did Li Dong, the richest man in the world, come to the hotel personally, he even waited for him at the door.
Even if Brother Ma came, Li Dong would not wait downstairs.
Zhang Xiaolong was not stupid. He did not even bother to take his luggage. He hurried over and greeted, "General Manager Li, hello!"
Li Dong smiled and shook hands with him. Then he looked at the people behind him and said, "Let's not chat here. Let's go upstairs and talk."
…
Li Dong and Zhang Xiaolong walked in front. They chatted as they walked. Li Dong asked and Zhang Xiaolong answered.
At this time, Li Dong did not talk about business. He mainly asked about Zhang Xiaolong's arrangements.
Of course, Li Dong did not ignore the others. He greeted them one by one.
Soon, everyone arrived at the hotel room.
The room was booked by Zhang Xiaolong and the others. Far away was supposed to help them book the room, but they did not inform them before coming.
When they were about to board the plane, Zhang Xiaolong said that.
Otherwise, Li Dong wouldn't have known that he was coming.
In fact, Zhang Xiaolong was not short of money. In 2003, he sold Foxmail and received 12 million yuan. After that, he had been serving as an executive.
After all these years, he had a lot of extra money.
However, Zhang Xiaolong had made up his mind. If he didn't get the opportunity he wanted Far away, he would start a new business with a few partners. Therefore, he was very frugal when it came to spending money.
The room he booked was just an ordinary standard room.
They booked three rooms for six people.
The few of them casually entered a room. There were quite a lot of people around Li Dong. Bai Su, Tan Yong, two bodyguards, and Li Dong himself. That made a total of five people.
With the addition of Zhang Xiaolong's six people, the room suddenly became crowded with 11 people.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaolong awkwardly said, "The environment is simple and crude. General Manager Li, please excuse me."
Li Dong smiled and glanced at Tan Yong. Tan Yong immediately understood and went out with the two bodyguards.
Although it was still a little crowded with eight people, it was much better than before.
Seeing that everyone was standing, Li Dong smiled and said, "Sit down. Let's sit down and talk. Other than Old Zhang, I have seen you guys last time, but I haven't had any dealings with you. Let's not talk about anything else first. Welcome to Far Away. We are one family from now on! "
The few people who came with Zhang Xiaolong were slightly relieved.
Before coming, Zhang Xiaolong told them that Li Dong wanted him to bring some people over. A complete small team, Li Dong might be eager to accept it immediately.
But after all, they hadn't personally communicated with Far Away. They were really a little nervous.
What if they staked everything on one throw and Far Away didn't want them?
Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. Everyone would communicate in advance.
But this time, they really didn't communicate with Far Away.
First, Li Dong told Zhang Xiaolong before that he hoped Zhang Xiaolong could bring some people over.
Second, Zhang Xiaolong and the others Far Away had almost never interacted. Only Li Dong had interacted with him.
Third, Zhang Xiaolong was also weighing his position in Li Dong's heart after coming to Far Away.
Back then, when Li Dong headhunted him, he said it nicely.
If he came, he would be in charge of the Mobile Internet Group in the future.
But this kind of thing, Li Dong just said it casually, and it wasn't on the documents. How could he take it seriously?
This time, bringing a team over was also a test.
If Li Dong didn't have any grudges, it meant that Li Dong really wanted to help him gain a foothold. Otherwise, why did Li Dong headhunt him?
Luckily, he brought people over, and Li Dong's attitude was good.
In fact, Zhang Xiaolong was thinking too much. Li Dong couldn't wait for him to bring some people over.
These people were his old buddies. In his previous life, the development of WeChat was not just a single person's credit. It was the entire team.
Far Away did not lack people, and they did not lack technical talents either.
But since Zhang Xiaolong was here, the original team could work better together and reduce the run-in period.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, when a newcomer joined the company, just the break-in period alone would delay them for a few months.
Everyone sat down, and Zhang Xiaolong introduced his team to Li Dong.
Including Zhang Xiaolong, there were six people in the team, four men and two women.
All of them were from the QQ Mail R&D team. Zhang Xiaolong was the CEO, and the other five were technical staff. One was in charge of product planning, the other was in charge of terminal development, and the last was in charge of marketing.
Overall, this team was not complete.
This was inevitable as Zhang Xiaolong did not have the ability to take the R&D team with him.
There were over a hundred employees there, and only a few of them were willing to jump ship with him.
Although there were not many of them, most of them were elites of the R&D team.
People who dared to throw everything away and give up on a stable job would not dare to do something like this without some ability.
After Zhang Xiaolong finished his introduction, Li Dong couldn't help but laugh. "You took away all the elites, and Pony is hopping mad?"
Zhang Xiaolong laughed awkwardly.
Leading a team away from their original employer was not something to be proud of, and it was easy to be criticized.
Although Li Dong's words were a joke, it still made them feel a little awkward.
Li Dong also noticed it and smiled. "It's only right for people to climb higher. If one day, someone can give the Far Away employees better development, better pay, and a brighter future, I will be more than happy. Tencent doesn't value you, but Far Away values you. There's no need to hold back. Right now, the best way for you to show your worth is to achieve something greater than Tencent. Use the facts to tell them that they underestimated you and wasted your abilities. That's the way to prove yourself. "
Zhang Xiaolong nodded slightly, acknowledging Li Dong's words.
But even so, Zhang Xiaolong still took the initiative to ask, "General Manager Li, what's next …"
He didn't finish his sentence. Naturally, he was asking about their next arrangements and what their tasks were.
Li Dong came here to talk about this.
After he finished, Li Dong said, "From now on, you are the Vice President of the Far Away Mobile Group."
The Mobile Internet Group's CEO was Wang Junyu. He was very young and had a thin resume.
Zhang Xiaolong's resume was much better than his, and he was also much older than him.
But as a newcomer, no matter how capable he was, Li Dong wouldn't let him take over immediately.
Far Away Technology Group had a total of seven major business groups.
Other than Liu Hong, the next was the CEO of the business group. Li Dong had previously said that he would hand over the mobile business to Zhang Xiaolong.
But how long that would take would depend on whether Zhang Xiaolong was willing to work hard.
Zhang Xiaolong obviously understood this point.
The Vice President of the business group was not a low starting point.
Zhang Xiaolong was very satisfied, and so were the team members he brought.
But everyone felt that Far Away was too casual. The Vice President of the business group was appointed by Li Dong in such a situation!
No wonder the outside world said that Li Dong was the one and only dictator Far Away. He was a very domineering person.
Tencent, the appointment of such a senior executive would definitely be decided by the board of directors.
After that, there would be an official appointment document. Far Away was better. Li Dong settled it with just one sentence.
Li Dong didn't care what they thought and continued, "Because all of you are new here and unfamiliar with the place, I won't divide you into groups. Next, all of you will form your own team. At this stage, there isn't much to do in the mobile business group. It's just a pea pod for the mobile business group to manage. It's not a lie to say that it's an empty shell. And all of you are here to fill this gap. "
Zhang Xiaolong didn't know why Li Dong poached him. Develop a PP mailbox?
Not likely!
If it was really a PP mailbox, Li Dong wouldn't need to poach him.
If it wasn't a mailbox, what else could it be?
Something to do with the mobile internet?
Zhang Xiaolong wasn't such a muddle-headed person to jump ship without even knowing what he was doing.
The key was that the person in front of him wasn't ordinary.
He was Li Dong!
When QQ defeated all its competitors and occupied 90% of the market, he led the rise of PP and took 30% of QQ's market share.
When Taobao defeated eBay and dominated Asia, his Far Away Mall was just established and it quickly overtook Taobao.
Then, Far Away's Weibo outshone others.
Such a legendary person, even if he was ridiculously young, Zhang Xiaolong had to admit that such a person was too attractive.
Back in Yang Cheng, Li Dong hadn't even explained it clearly, and he had agreed in a muddled manner.
Thinking about it, Zhang Xiaolong felt that he was rash but he didn't regret it.
Now that Li Dong asked him to fill the gap in the mobile business group, Zhang Xiaolong thought for a while and said, "General Manager Li means that our future direction is the mobile internet? Our main research and development direction is the development of the PP mobile web? "
Li Dong shook his head. He wasn't here to improve the PP mobile client.
Li Dong didn't know much about professional knowledge, but he didn't care if he knew or not. He just wanted to explain it and these people would understand.
Thinking about this, Li Dong said, "I'm not here to build a second QQ mobile client. There's no point in putting in a lot of effort on this. If we can think of it, Tencent can think of it too. In the next three to five years, the mobile internet will definitely be popular. Anyone with a good eye would be able to sense this. If we want to surpass Tencent, it's too difficult to just work on the original foundation. I want to start all over again and build a new mobile communication software. "
Zhang Xiaolong was slightly surprised. Was there any point in building a new mobile communication software?
Just as he was feeling doubtful, Li Dong continued, "Previously, IM was built on the foundation of the PC client. But I think the PC client will decline sooner or later."
Zhang Xiaolong had to interrupt. "General Manager Li, isn't this a little too arbitrary?"
Many people hadn't thought about the decline of the PC client.
Even if they thought about it, they didn't think it would happen so soon.
Zhang Xiaolong didn't agree with Li Dong saying that the PC client would decline.
In 2008, 3G, the concept of the mobile internet, and smartphones were introduced.
But at this time, even if everyone knew that these things would develop, not many people expected it to develop so quickly.
In just a few years, mobile phones replaced computers. This was something that almost no one expected.
Li Dong laughed. "Let's not talk about the decline of the PC client. Do you agree with the rise of the mobile internet?"
Zhang Xiaolong thought for a moment and nodded slowly.
This could not be denied, nor could it be denied.
Those who were in this line of work should be able to tell that the mobile internet was indeed showing signs of rising.
"Since you agree with this, then there's no problem. The new mobile communication software I'm talking about is built on this foundation. The purpose of me asking you to come is to develop a communication software that is completely suitable for mobile devices. "
"Completely suitable for mobile devices?"
Zhang Xiaolong murmured. QQ and PP actually had mobile applications.
But these were built on the original foundation and developed from the PC client. Their foundation was still the same.
To say that it was completely suitable for mobile devices was not necessarily true.
Zhang Xiaolong didn't ask any questions. He waited for Li Dong to continue.
Li Dong didn't disappoint him. He continued, "The current PP, QQ, and MSN are all based on the PC client. The social circle is wide and bloated.
The social relevance is not high, the content is not accurate, and it's not concise and real-time enough.
The completely mobile-based communication software I'm talking about is to fill in these blank areas.
Based on the mobile phone's address book, the social interaction is simplified, so that it has a simple user experience and a real friend network.
Based on the local address book, it can directly establish a connection with the contacts.
On this basis, it can achieve free text messaging, call stickers, personal status synchronization, and other functions.
When the mobile internet is popular, the relationship chain will precipitate on the mobile phone, achieving a seamless link between the real world and the virtual world, making the mobile terminal a new social node … "
Li Dong said a lot, but it was not a complete system.
But Zhang Xiaolong understood, and the people he brought with him understood as well.
The only one who didn't quite understand was probably Bai Su.
It wasn't that she was stupid. It was mainly because Li Dong's words were vague and there was no real reference. It was difficult for her to imagine what kind of software it was.
It was okay for Bai Su not to understand. She stole a glance at the others and saw that they were all thoughtful and immersed in Li Dong's words.
Bai Su suddenly felt a little proud. Li Dong was not a professional, but he was able to fool these professionals with a few words. He was indeed the boss.
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