My Age of Investment

After receiving Xia Jingxing's instruction, Hainei.com immediately launched a large-scale poaching operation.

Huang Xin contacted a number of top headhunting companies in China and placed an unprecedented large order in the domestic game industry, requiring the headhunting companies to focus on the three companies Shanda, Ninetowns, and Penguin, and to uproot the entire team and department.

Driven by the power of money, a large number of headhunters poured into Modu and Pengcheng, tried their best to contact candidates one by one, and then, with their three-inch tongue, described to the candidates a beautiful career blueprint after joining Haineiwang.

First, Hainei.com is about to enter the field of online games, but there is a serious shortage of game operation talents, and those who join at this time will definitely be reused.

Second, the company has not yet been listed, the option incentive plan is very generous, the valuation has a lot of room to rise, and financial freedom is close at hand.

Third, Mr. Xia has a great talent and strategy, and he is invincible. No matter which industry he enters, he can change the world of any industry.

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In addition to these pies drawn, Hainei.com also provided the most realistic salary conditions. After the job-hopping, the original salary will be increased by 50% to double the salary. In the future, the salary will be adjusted depending on the performance.

Shanda, Ninetowns, and Penguin were all listed in 2004. Although there are option incentives after listing, they are definitely not as good as before listing.

Moreover, the three companies have been developing for several years, one radish and one pit, there are only so many good positions, and they have already been filled.

As a result, a large number of middle-level and grass-roots business backbones of the three companies are tempted by the olive branch thrown by Haineiwang, and they are ready to go north for a while.

What's more, under the instigation of headhunters, considering the need to gain a foothold in the new company, he simply resigned with the entire department as a basis for promotion.

Facing the flood of resignation letters, the management of the three companies were immediately dumbfounded.

After they reacted, they immediately began to use various means to retain talents, such as raising wages, drawing cakes, talking about life and ideals, legal intimidation...

The three companies were messed up for a while.

These employees usually look ordinary, they are just screws on the precision machine of the company, but no matter how good or popular the game is, it still needs these screws to operate, and if they leave on a large scale suddenly, the game operation will be in chaos .

If the entire department is empty, the game may be directly paralyzed, and when a replacement is found,

The permanent damage to the game has been irreparable.

Regardless of the considerations, they must keep this group of employees, at least part of them, to barely hold on to the game.

After a while of flying around, a large number of employees of the three companies still left and left.

Although some employees were retained, the cost was very high.

The salary of the game operation has been raised, should other departments, such as the research and development department, increase their salaries?

As a result, the salary systems of the three companies have been disrupted to varying degrees, adding a lot of costs.

The most important thing is that there is still a feeling of being slapped in the face by the overseas network.

Against this background, Shanda, Ninetowns, and Penguin, who had briefly cooperated in South Korea, met secretly once in Shanghai.

"What did I say, Haineiwang, the ambitious people, everyone didn't believe it at first, but now you see it, if we don't turn the Chinese online game industry upside down, our richest man will not let it go."

Liu Zhiping sneered again and again, because his heart was on fire, the tone of his conversation with Tang Jun and Zhu Jun was not so polite.

"Mr. Liu, there is no need to be sarcastic here. I know you are angry with us for giving up the bid for Neople at the last minute."

Tang Jun forced a smile on his face, "I have to admit this, it is indeed our misjudgment.

But then again, hundreds of millions of dollars is not a small amount after all. Even if we end up participating in the bidding, can we beat Envision Capital and Hainei.com? "

"At least Haineiwang and Vision Capital can spend hundreds of millions of dollars more." Liu Zhiping said coldly, "If you don't weaken the opponent's strength, then they can calmly free up their hands and use this money to dig Our corner."

Tang Jun didn't know how to answer the question for a while. This time Shanda was poached the worst. Dozens of middle-level and key employees were poached. series of questions.

Zhu Jun said lightly: "It's better not to say those useless words, we came to the meeting today to discuss how to solve the problem."

"Mr. Zhu is right, Mr. Liu, there is no need to hold on to the past."

Liu Zhiping glanced at Tang Jun who was speaking, and nodded lightly, but he was sneering in his heart. Last time it was Penguin who first proposed an alliance, but this time the meeting was initiated by Shanda.

No need to think about the reason, Shanda finally began to pay attention to the threat posed by Haineiwang.

"Hainei.com did not abide by the rules of the game, and recklessly poached talents in the industry, making the entire industry a mess.

We, Shanda, and you, Ninetowns and Penguin, as the largest game companies in the industry, should join hands and call on more peers in the industry to join us. Let's all sign an agreement not to poach corners from each other, and aim the guns at the same time. Those unruly businesses. "

Zhu Jun and Liu Zhiping remained silent, and did not express their opinions hastily.

Seeing this, Tang Jun said indifferently, "I'm not self-deprecating, the capital strength of our several companies is not as strong as Haineiwang and the vision capital behind it.

This time, Haineiwang can unscrupulously spend money to recruit people and disrupt the industry. Next time, it can buy or represent excellent overseas game products at sky-high prices.

Two, we must not be careless! We must pay attention to the threat posed by the intranet. "

"The agreement or something, let's think about it in the long run!"

Liu Zhiping smiled, "Penguin is not a big company in the field of online games. Even Haineiwang looks down on us, and only poached a dozen employees from our company."

Tang Jun's eyes flickered, and he kept guessing in his heart, could it be that he wanted to ask for some benefits?

Liu Zhiping didn't want to ask for any benefits, and it was impossible for Shanda to directly give them, this competitor, any benefits.

It's just that seeing the menace of Hainei.com and the blessing of strong capital, everyone is working together.

When the sky fell, naturally there was a tall man to support it.

And Shanda is the tall one.

But in Liu Zhiping's view, this tall man is too conservative and too cowardly. Now that the domestic and foreign networks are all over the place, they only have a non-poaching agreement in the industry, which is neither deterrent nor enough to give domestic Net real hit.

From Liu Zhiping's point of view, he hopes to see Shanda and Haineiwang make a real fight, consume Haineiwang's strength, and attract Haineiwang's attention, so that Penguin will have a chance to fish in troubled waters.

To be honest, Liu Zhiping was also very distressed when he saw Haineiwang and Xia Jingxing being so powerful. There were too few cards in his hand to fight against such a powerful opponent, so he could only look for allies.

After all, we can't really just sit back and watch Hainei.com grow stronger day by day. If the social business is fed back after the domestic online game business has achieved great success, it will definitely not be good news for Penguin.

Because Penguin’s own strategy is to monetize the business through the game business, and then feed back the social business.

Now Hainei.com has embarked on the same development path as Penguin. It is clear that they want to rob them of their Dao fruit and cut off their way. How can they bear it.

Liu Zhiping still has a strong strategic vision, and he can see the power of social + games at a glance, and the relationship between the two complements each other. In the previous life, Penguin had mastered the cash cow of the game in order to continue to invest abroad and widen the moat.

Although Liu Zhiping still doesn't know what the failure of the trip to South Korea means, he can clearly feel that the threat of Haineiwang to penguins is becoming bigger and bigger.

Penguin can tolerate Shanda being the leader in games, but it must not tolerate Haineiwang becoming the leader in games, because Shanda does not do social networking, while Haineiwang does social networking.

When Liu Zhiping finished expressing his position, Zhu Jun lazily said: "What kind of non-poaching agreement is signed! After signing, everyone will only stare at the domestic Internet to poach?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun sneered, "If you want me to say, Haineiwang is a layman in online games, otherwise why would we need to recruit our people?"

Tang Jun heard Zhu Jun's implication, and simply pointed out: "This mutual non-poaching agreement does not mean that the personnel flow between our companies is absolutely prohibited.

It's just to restrain everyone not to poach corners maliciously. If someone wants to change jobs, let's say hello in advance, so that everyone can make corresponding preparations so as not to be in a hurry.

This is by no means a method Shanda came up with to consolidate its own position, but a plan formulated for the healthy and orderly development of the industry. "

Zhu Jun smiled, looked at Liu Zhiping and said, "Why do I feel that this has nothing to do with us? No matter how aggressive the domestic Internet is, it won't rule the game industry, right?"

Liu Zhiping nodded in agreement, "Yes, I also think that the form of this plan is bigger than the practical significance. The rise of domestic online games is the industry leader who bears the brunt, and has little to do with our small company."

Tang Jun finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said with a straight face: "There are no eggs under the nest!"

He looked at Jun Zhu and asked, "If Hainei.com buys Blizzard, can you still sit on the gold mountain of "World of Warcraft" and count your money? Can you still play the team with peace of mind?"

After finishing speaking, before Zhu Jun could answer, Tang Jun looked at Liu Zhiping again and said, "You penguins are the same. I know what penguins are most worried about. You are worried that Hainei.com will make a lot of money in the game industry. After gaining a firm foothold, socialize with you. The business is slowly consuming, and even kills QQ!"

Liu Zhiping's little thought was exposed mercilessly, but his face remained as usual, not flustered at all.

On the contrary, Zhu Jun was a little flustered, Ninetowns could succeed, he knew exactly what to rely on.

Shanda only relied on one "Legend" to win the world back then, but after so many years of development, it has long since gotten rid of its dependence on a single game.

On the contrary, Ninetowns is almost tied to World of Warcraft. Jun Zhu can't imagine what catastrophic consequences will happen if he loses the agency right of World of Warcraft in the mainland.

With the strength of Envision Capital, it is possible to acquire Blizzard. It only depends on whether Xia Jingxing has any ideas in this regard.

Tang Jun smiled and said: "Now you know I'm not scaremongering, right? Mr. Xia is too famous, just sneezes, we may all be blown away."

Zhu Jun and Liu Zhiping were silent for a while.

After thinking about it, Liu Zhiping also knew that it was impossible to completely use Shanda as a weapon, because no one present was a fool. He simply pointed out: "A mutual non-poaching agreement is just a tickle for Hainei."

"But it's a good start!"

Tang Jun smiled and said, "Next, everyone can speak out together and resist "industry disruptors" and "barbarians".

In the future, if Hainei.com plans to make any major moves, or promote "Dungeon and Warriors", everyone can work together to suppress it. "

Just as Penguin is worried that Hainei.com will make a fortune in online games, Shanda is also a little worried. It is not that DNF may become popular, but that Hainei.com will make a miracle and continue to spend money to enter the game industry, eventually taking Shanda's game leader. status.

The incident of being poached, and the unscrupulousness of the domestic network, made Shanda more vigilant, and thinking about Xia Jingxing's industry, strength, and personality, Chen Tianqiao couldn't sit still at all.

There was another incident that impressed Chen Tianqiao before. Shanda wanted to acquire Sina, and Envision Capital came to intervene, but left before the dust settled.

At first, Chen Tianqiao laughed at Xia Jingxing, thinking that the latter was timid, but it turned out that he was not timid at all, but acted after planning, and his control of the situation had reached a peak level.

This kind of person suddenly wants to be his opponent, no matter how confident Chen Tianqiao is, he still has to deal with it with full energy.

Tang Jun smiled and said: "I know that you two may still have doubts, and you don't fully believe what I said, but right now we are just forming a loose "sea alliance", so there is no need to worry about it so much.

Next, we can continue to wait and see the next development strategy of Hainei.com, and formulate more cooperation plans according to the situation. What do you think? "

Liu Zhiping and Zhu Jun looked at each other and nodded.

"Okay, it's settled, let's also stage a three-hero war against Lu Bu!"