He was looking for another media person so that he could interview Xu Yong.
The content of the interview was about the search engine, bidding rankings, and Baidu's recent business, Baidu Music.
Xu Yong was on Baidu's side most of the time. After all, he was Baidu's COO. No matter how much he disliked Li Yanhong, he would not say these things in public. However, Xu Yong was also a perfectionist. Or rather, it could not be said that he was a perfectionist. Xu Yong was more of a dreamer. During the interview, Xu Yong also reflected on some issues related to the bidding rankings and Baidu Music.
Finally, the interview ended.
The media person was very satisfied with Xu Yong's interview.
He felt that Xu Yong was a responsible person with a conscience.
At the same time, he also looked forward to Baidu making some changes in the future.
Of course, Chen Yu was also very satisfied with this interview.
Although Xu Yong still insisted on Baidu's position in this interview, what did Li Yanhong think of this interview?
One had to know that Li Yanhong was not an idealist.
He was a realist.
Li Yanhong was not flamboyant or exaggerated. He was very rational.
Rationality allowed him to keep a clear head and at the same time, it made him more pragmatic.
He knew clearly what Baidu needed.
Baidu needed the market, but it also needed to make money.
What would Li Yanhong think if he saw this interview?
…
"Yan Hong, you're sighing again. Hasn't the piracy problem been solved?"
"I'm not sighing about the piracy, but Old Xu."
"What's the problem with Old Xu?"
"There was no problem before, but that might not be the case now."
Li Yanhong said to his wife, Ma Dongming, "Old Xu is too idealistic. He pursues absolute fairness in everything. However, there is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world. If the company doesn't use some tricks in its operations, how can it compete with others? "
"It seems like you and Old Xu have a disagreement."
Ma Dongming was Li Yanhong's wife and one of the founders of Baidu.
The two met while studying in the US and got married.
"There's a big disagreement. Previously, it was about the bidding rankings. Now, Old Xu has a problem with Baidu Music."
"This is also because of the recent piracy incident. The higher-ups have been investigating the company, and Old Xu is under a lot of pressure."
"This is not a problem of pressure. I think Old Xu is leaning towards Huanyu Technologies. Old Xu is not competent for the COO job."
"Yan Hong, calm down. Back then, it was Xu Yong who invited us back to China to start a business."
"I know …"
Li Yanhong wanted to continue, but in the end, he stopped.
In any case, Xu Yong had been Li Yanhong's good friend for many years, and he had contributed greatly to the establishment of the company.
"Let's not talk about this.
Not wanting to continue discussing this topic, Li Yanhong changed the topic and said, "Dong Ming, what do you think of Huanyu Technology?"
"Huanyu Technologies is a company with a long-term vision. Many of their strategies are different from most companies."
"Not just them. In fact, Huanyu Technologies is the same company as Baidu. It's just that they are better at packaging. "
Li Yanhong had studied Huanyu Technologies before.
On the surface, Huanyu Technologies had a good reputation. However, in the dark, Huanyu Technologies had a lot of tricks up their sleeves.
Competing with Penguin, poaching NetEase, and creating a legend that was exactly the same as Sheng Shengda's.
These methods were very shameless.
And this time, they even used justice and fairness to suppress Baidu.
This made Li Yanhong very angry.
"In this case, we should learn from Huanyu Technologies in terms of packaging."
"You're right. In terms of packaging corporate image, we should really learn from Huanyu Technology in the future."
Li Yanhong also nodded.
"Let me take this call."
Suddenly, Li Yanhong received a phone call.
"Boss Lee, Manager Xu was interviewed by Mango TV."
"Didn't I tell him not to accept interviews at this time … Did the interview go out?"
"Okay, I got it."
After hanging up the phone, Li Yanhong turned on his computer and searched for the video of Xu Yong's interview.
After watching the video, Li Yanhong took three deep breaths.
"Dongming, it's not that I don't remember my friendship with Old Xu, but I really don't think Old Xu is suitable for the COO position."
Li Yanhong was a very low-key person.
He didn't like to accept interviews.
An interview like this shouldn't be accepted at this critical time.
Although Li Yanhong saw that Xu Yong was mostly protecting the company, Li Yanhong could see that Xu Yong's views were very different from his.
The next day, Baidu held a meeting.
The meeting was hosted by Li Yanhong.
Li Yanhong began to adjust the company's personnel structure. He changed Xu Yong's position from COO to CSO's Chief Strategy Officer. Although there didn't seem to be any changes, the CSO's Chief Strategy Officer was just a consultant position. He didn't have much power and wasn't in charge.
Xu Yong was shocked.
The other employees in the company were also puzzled.
However, this was an order from the chairman and CEO, Li Yanhong. No one objected to it.
"Li Yanhong, is this all you've got?"
After the meeting, Xu Yong questioned Li Yanhong.
"This isn't a method. I think you don't have the same mindset as the company. Therefore, I won't be in charge of operations for the time being."
"You mean I don't have the same mindset as you."
"You can say that. The company can only have one leader, and I can only lead it."
"Very good."
Xu Yong wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Then it seems like there's no point for me to stay in Baidu."
"Up to you. However, you can't transfer your shares to others before it's listed. "
"Don't worry. I was the one who suggested the creation of Baidu. I have deeper feelings for Baidu than you do."
"Thank you."
After a personnel change, Xu Yong, one of the founders of Baidu, resigned.
…
"Boss Chen, Xu Yong resigned from Baidu."
"So fast."
"It was just on the news."
"That's great."
Although he knew that Xu Yong would leave, he didn't expect it to come early.
"Boss Chen, I'm a little scared of you."
"Why are you scared of me?"
"If you didn't send someone to interview Xu Yong, he wouldn't have resigned."
"This has nothing to do with me."
Chen Yu shook his head. "Xu Yong and Li Yanhong have a lot of conflicts. Even if I didn't do anything, Xu Yong might have resigned."
At most, Chen Yu gave him a push.
"Contact Xu Yong. I want to see him."
"Yes."
Don't ask why he wanted to see Xu Yong?
Zhang Jianming naturally knew.
Why did Chen Yu put in so much effort to make Xu Yong and Li Yanhong fall out?
Wasn't it because of the search engine?
Huanyu Technologies didn't have search engine technology, but Baidu had it.
However, Baidu wouldn't give their technology to Huanyu Technologies. If he could get Xu Yong, there would be hope.
"Boss Chen, I've contacted Xu Yong. He said that he also wants to meet you."
"It can't be …"
Chen Yu was a little surprised.
He didn't expect Xu Yong to also want to meet him.
But wasn't this better?
Since that was the case, he should get to know him.
…
"You're Chen Yu?"
Baidu's headquarters was in Yanjing. In order to meet Xu Yong, Chen Yu specially flew to Yanjing.
Xu Yong was a little surprised to see Chen Yu for the first time.
He didn't expect Chen Yu to be so young.
"It's incredible. You remind me of Yang Zhiyuan. However, you're even younger than Yang Zhiyuan when he founded Yahoo. "
Yang Zhiyuan was the founder of Yahoo.
He was 26 years old when he founded Yahoo.
"Mr. Xu, you're flattering me. Silicon Valley is a magical place. It gave birth to Yahoo, Apple, and many other famous companies … and it also gave birth to Baidu."
"I know why Huanyu Technologies is so powerful. It's because you're at the helm. However, I have nothing to do with Baidu now. "
"This is also why I want to meet you, Mr. Xu."
"You want to invite me to join Huanyu Technologies?"
Chen Yu didn't say why he wanted to meet Xu Yong, but Xu Yong seemed to have guessed it.
"How did you know, Mr. Xu?"
Chen Yu was a little surprised.
"It's not difficult. Baidu wants to do instant messaging. I'm thinking, doesn't Huanyu Technologies want to do search engine as well?"
"Hahaha … Mr. Xu, you have sharp eyes."
Chen Yu didn't deny it. He nodded and said, "Yes, I'm here to invite you to join Huanyu Technologies."
"Sorry, I refuse."
"Mr. Xu, don't refuse so quickly. Let me finish first."
"Okay."
Xu Yong nodded and said, "Go ahead."
"As long as you join Huanyu Technologies, you'll be in charge of the search engine business. You'll only need to be responsible to me."
"This isn't too tempting. In Baidu, I'm only below Li Yanhong. Also, I still have Baidu shares. Next year, Baidu will be listed. Under normal circumstances, I should be able to achieve financial freedom. "
"Secondly, we don't do competitive bidding."
Chen Yu didn't refute. Xu Yong was telling the truth.
"Competitive bidding might not be that bad. As long as we strictly review it, there won't be any problems."
"Mr. Xu, aren't you very opposed to competitive bidding?"
"I'm against it. I'm just against the lax review mechanism. However, competitive bidding does have an advantage in advertising. Am I so naive that I won't allow the company to make money?"
"It seems that the public's introduction of you is wrong."
Chen Yu smiled bitterly.
"The public may think that I'm an idealist, right?"
Chen Yu nodded.
"Of course, in a way, I am. Baidu can have Yan Hong alone. It doesn't make much of a difference whether I'm there or not. Also, I think that Yan Hong is more capable than me. He can do better at Baidu. "
"I didn't expect Mr. Xu to speak up for Li Yanhong."
"How should I put it? He didn't do anything wrong to me. We just have different ideals. However, I'm actually a biology student. I'm more interested in life technology than search engines. I won't enter search engines in the future. I'm sorry to disappoint Boss Chen. "
"I hope Mr. Xu will reconsider."
Chen Yu was a little depressed.
After so long, he didn't expect Xu Yong to be uninterested in search engines.
If Xu Yong wasn't interested, how could he continue to do search?
"Boss Chen, you don't have to be disappointed. In fact, even if you hired me, I might not be able to do well in search engines. I'm sure you've studied Baidu. Baidu's Super Connection technology came from Yan Hong's patent. This is the world's top search technology. I'm no match for Yan Hong in terms of technology. "
"That's not necessarily true. Technology can be a powerful weapon for a company, but it can also limit a company's development."
Chen Yu didn't expect Xu Yong to surpass Baidu in terms of technology just by hiring him.
There weren't many companies in the country that could surpass Baidu in terms of search engines. It was almost impossible to find one.
However, if the technology didn't change and they didn't know how to adapt, they might not be the best in the industry even if they had the technology.
Just like in the mobile Internet era in his previous life, Baidu lost more than half of the mobile search market.
"Now that you mention it, I'm really impressed by Huanyu Technologies."
"Hehe, Mr. Xu, are you trying to say that Huanyu Technologies doesn't have any technology, but we've made so much money?"
"Hahaha …"
Xu Yong laughed. "Boss Chen, you're my type. If I knew you before Baidu, I might have worked with you in search engines."
"Don't. I was still a kid at that time. It would be strange if you worked with me in search engines."
"That's true …"
"Alright, Mr. Xu, I won't bother you anymore."
It seemed that Xu Yong really didn't want to work in search engines. Chen Yu had to think of another way.
"Wait …"
"What's wrong, Mr. Xu, have you thought it through?"
"What do you mean by that? I really don't know how to work in search engines. However, if I don't do it, I can recommend someone to you. "
"Who?"
"Wang Xiaochuan."
"Wang Xiaochuan from Sohu?"
"I think he interned at Sohu before. Hehe, do you know him?"
"I know him, I know him. Thank you, Mr. Xu."
Xu Yong didn't mention it. Chen Yu almost forgot that there was another amazing person in the search industry.
This person was Wang Xiaochuan.
Of course, many people might not know his name.
However, everyone probably knew his Sohu input method.
At the moment, Wang Xiaochuan probably wasn't in an important position. Sohu input method hadn't appeared yet.
He could poach him.
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