Rebirth: I Want to Surf

The soup is milky white, pork belly, chicken and various nourishing herbs are rolling in the pot.

Liu Qiangdong ate a mouthful of pork belly and found it tender, crisp and chewy. He nodded and said, "The mall was established during the SARS period, and it has been 10 years this year. It has more than 30,000 employees and distribution stations in 1,214 districts and counties across the country. I am confident that this year's sales will exceed 100 billion!

To be honest, I used to dare to fight and fight hard, and I had a strong sense of personal heroism, but I think that when a company reaches this scale, it is already the limit of my personal heroism.

The mall has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and I realized my lack of management. I need a rigorous and scientific system to lead the company.

It is all external rhetoric to say to let shareholders see that the company can operate normally without our company. In fact, I really want to study management and carry out internal reforms.

I have a lot of ideas, the most basic one is decentralization. "

"Delegation?"

"Yes, I have completed the layout of the executives, and there are competent talents for each item. I decided to implement a two-level decision-making system and the 8150 principle."

"What is 8150?" Yinyin asked.

"It means that the number of subordinates directly reported by each manager should not be less than 8. If there are less than 8, the number of middle-level managers should be reduced. Only when there are more than 15 subordinates who directly report to one person, can the company allow another manager at the same management level.

50 refers to the grassroots employees of the same type of work, and only if there are more than 50 people can consider setting up a second team leader. For example, packers, if there are no more than 50 packers in a shift, only one packing supervisor is allowed..."

Liu Qiangdong paused, and said: "This set of things, just let me verify when I go abroad to see if it works. If not, I will study and study again."

"..."

Yao Yuan listened carefully, and asked, "I understand this, but at the executive level, are you sure there are qualified candidates?"

"Of course, some were recruited with high salaries, and some were brought out by me, such as Wang Xiaosong in charge of communications procurement, Yan Xiaobing in charge of home appliances, Li University in charge of technology, Xu Lei in charge of marketing..."

"Wait!"

Yao Yuan suddenly heard a familiar name and said, "Xu Lei?"

"What's the matter? Mrs. Xu Xin introduced him. He is very capable. He used to be on a B2C website that sells shoes, and he increased the daily order by 5,000 orders in just half a year. Now he is a general of mine and is fully responsible for the marketing work."

"Uh, it's okay, you continue!"

But at this moment, Yao Yuan listened to Balabala's heart-to-heart talk, and also understood his thoughts, that is, the company is getting bigger and bigger, and it is a bit powerless, and wants to replace his "dictatorial" management with systems and senior talents.

After Liu Qiangdong finished speaking, he drank another glass of wine, looked at Yao Yuan and wanted to hear his opinion.

"I think..."

Yao Yuan considered his vocabulary and said: "It is good to improve the system and cultivate executives, but I suggest that you don't lose the so-called individual heroism."

"Why is that?" Dongzi wondered.

"The style of a company must have the imprint of the character of its head. The mall has always been daring and unambiguous. This is the imprint of your brand."

"However, with the current e-commerce situation, we and Ali have already divided the market, and I don't think we will need to act like a reckless hero in the future."

"Don't talk too early, how do you know there is no third mountain?"

It's hard for Yao Yuan to explain, because everyone thought this way back then, but they were all shocked when a Pinduoduo was killed in a click.

"and……"

He paused and said, "How do you ensure that everyone's business philosophy is consistent with yours?"

"Um?"

Liu Qiangdong was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Tell me specifically."

"You suffered a lot when you were a child, and you know the needs of the people at the bottom, and you are kind to employees and couriers. You pay attention to user-centered, high-quality products, and high-level services.

Who made these?

Isn't it the result of your personal heroism? Isn't it because you said one thing and one thing that made the mall look like this?

If you assign affairs to senior executives, and even step back one day and change to a CEO, will he still follow your path? What if he is sent by the elite, the goods are getting more and more expensive, the service is getting worse, the delivery is getting slower and slower, and the customer service is still cursing..."

"All right! All right!"

Dongzi's blood pressure went up, and he said, "Why did I retreat to the second line for no reason?"

"I'm just making an analogy. Your personal characteristics must never be lost. It must be imprinted on the mall. Let's put it this way, we are all dog capitalists. If we hang street lights in the future, the old horse will definitely hang on top.

The two of us may be different, and there may be a small bench to step on..."

"..."

There was a moment of silence, Dongzi was thinking about his words, and Yao Yuan was also thinking.

There are different opinions on the reasons why Liu Qiangdong retired in later generations. One of the more widely spread sayings is that he was set up by someone to kick him out. But what the real reason is, no one knows.

Anyway, Yao Yuan definitely wants to protect him!

Those big factories have long been firmly tied to their founders, Ma Yun’s Ali, Pony’s Tencent, Dongzi’s JD, Lei Jun’s Xiaomi... Can you imagine what a company would be like without them?

Maybe it's still a big factory and still making money, but it doesn't have that quality anymore.

After a while, Liu Qiangdong said very seriously: "I will carefully consider what you said. What you said makes sense. I really can't guarantee that they will follow my route."

"That's good, don't talk about it, come and drink!"

The two drank a glass of white wine and drank it with their necks back. Yinyin also drank a glass of beer and asked, "Brother Dong, which university do you want to go to?"

"Columbia University!"

"Yo, we used to go shopping when we were in New York. It's a nice place."

"Not as good as Beijing University of Science and Technology?" Liu Qiangdong joked.

"What's wrong with Beijing University of Science and Technology? I'm proud of my alma mater. When [Yuzi Street] goes public, I'll also donate to my alma mater!"

"Speaking of which, how is your [Grapefruit Street]?"

"Fortunately, we are also preparing for this year and plan to go public next year, but the current valuation is not high, maybe 2 billion US dollars."

"Okay, you still have a community, and you can do it for a long time."

Liu Qiangdong turned to Yao Yuan and asked, "I don't think the Maiwo community seems to be very lively, and you didn't participate in the New Year's Eve."

"On this trend, the comprehensive community is abolished, and the vertical category can still be done in the future..."

Yao Yuan didn't want to talk about this, because he had feelings after all, so he drank another sip of wine, and suddenly said, "You said that you are already 39 years old, and you are still on your own, and you don't want to get married?"

"What's the difference with age, and I'm so busy, so the relationship has to be fate... What are you laughing at?"

"Hey, what are you laughing at?"

"What's so funny?"

Liu Qiangdong looked at Yao Yuan, who suddenly laughed, inexplicably, and a little angry, because the grandson must have thought of nothing good.

"it's okay no problem……"

Yao Yuan stopped smiling, and said solemnly: "I heard that there are quite a lot of international students in Colombia, all of whom are high-level intellectuals, and they are also beautiful. Maybe your old tree will bloom for a second time~"

(besides……)