Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: October 1, 2004}

{Location: Flower Planting-Special Zone}

October 1st was the National Day holiday, but Zhou Hongyi still hurried downstairs to the company early in the morning. At this time, there was no one in the entire CBD area, so he walked slower than usual.

Because he is still struggling with a question, that is, whether he should continue to work at Yahoo!

Speaking of which, he had no choice but to accept Yahoo America's acquisition of his 3721. Who said it was 120 million US dollars in acquisition funds, but in fact he only received 90 million.

But it doesn't matter, he can tolerate it.

After all, the main reason why he accepted Yahoo's acquisition in the United States was because the company that acquired 3721 was Yahoo, the same company that started from making website directories and then moved on to search engines.

What he values ​​​​is Yahoo's experience in search engines, which is what he has always wanted to do.

However, the situation after the acquisition was not as good as he imagined, because Yahoo Corporation would continue to hinder his development plan, and he would not be able to follow his established plan during the process of leading Yahoo Planting.

He persisted like this for almost a year, and finally brought a profit of 40 million US dollars to the company. But at this juncture, Yahoo Flower was actually sold by Yahoo America!

The miracle creator of the Internet acquired Yahoo from Yahoo America in the name of Emperor Penguin. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, I still can’t tell in the short time of these few days.

From Zhou Hongyi's point of view, he would not want to take a break even if it was a holiday these days. Because since the emperor penguin boss came to Yahoo to plant flowers, he was "forced" to deal with the content of the successive meetings in the past few days.

The young new owner's senses have undergone tremendous changes.

From the extreme rejection at the beginning, to the strong interest now. It only took three days to overturn the "grievances" of the past few months. It's incredible to think about it.

But these are just sensory issues, which are essentially different from the actual direction of his dream.

The current situation is that if there is no substantive content, his flower farming situation at Yahoo will still not change. So even if he has a strong interest in this young Internet legend creator, he cannot solve his problem.

Fundamental problem.

After all, even if that person controls the Bing search engine, he has only talked about some development plans for Bing search in recent days. But speaking of it, Bing is just Bing, so what does Yahoo have to do with them?

"Hongyi~~"

A crisp voice came from behind his head, causing Zhou Hongyi to stop. He could tell this familiar voice without turning around. It was Shen Jianming, the company's vice president, and the only woman among the company's top executives.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Hongyi turned around and watched Shen Jianming slowly walk up with a smile on his face. When the two of them almost reached a parallel line, he turned around and took another step.

"You came quite early today." Shen Jianming said with a smile.

"It's okay," Zhou Hongyi returned, "Besides, I have really gained a lot these past few days. I always wake up before 6 o'clock every day. I feel that I can still get a lot from Mr. Ning."

Shen Jianming smiled knowingly. Did she feel the same way these days? Although Mr. Ning was very young, he had a very unique understanding of the Internet, portals, and even Yahoo.

But in the past few days, it seems that Mr. Na Weining is just showing his muscles to them. Those various projects will indeed be of some help to Yahoo. But where and how these help will be implemented, there is still no specific

direction.

Thinking of this, Shen Jianming stopped his thoughts, smiled lightly and said, "You have indeed come early enough in the past few days, but Mr. Ning has already arrived."

Zhou Hongyi nodded, "I will be 10 minutes earlier than the day before these three days, but every time I go to the conference room, he is sitting in front of the computer and busy."

When he mentioned this, Zhou Hongyi still admired this young man's new club in his heart.

Yahoo employees go to work at 9:00, and their senior executives are used to arriving at 8:30. But these days, no matter how far he advances the time, the earliest time was around 7:30, and he was seen sitting in a meeting with his secretary.

room.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, a net worth of 5.6 billion US dollars is enough for him to squander freely at a young age. But this young man is different from all the young people he has seen, even better than those geniuses in the junior class, or those who have endured

The next generation, who have been influenced by their elders in the business world, have more vision and clearer goals than him.

But since he is a person with very clear goals, why has he only talked about the direction and planning of Emperor Penguin and even mentioned some detailed technologies in recent days, but not the direction of Yahoo's flower cultivation?

Zhou Hongyi could only sigh in his heart, raised his arm and took a look at the watch, and then smiled sarcastically at Shen Jianming, "It's only 7:20 and I met you, so you can imagine

How eager are you to understand what we plan to talk about today.”

"Of course, gmail email is currently the leader in the industry. If our Yahoo email can really get technical support from gmail, it will be just around the corner to break through NetEase email and become the first in the industry. So I thought about it, since Mr. Ning has not made any move

, why don’t I take the initiative to mention it.”

Shen Jianming then smiled and said, "As for you, haven't you always admired Google and Bing search? After knowing that Bing is a company owned by Mr. Ning, the opportunity to learn from Bing at such a close distance is right in front of you. And Ning

You always have detailed plans for search engines. Isn’t this what you have always wanted to do? Why don’t you try to take it a step further?”

Zhou Hongyi shrugged helplessly, but suddenly realized that this action seemed to be influenced by the young new owner.

Smiling helplessly, Zhou Hongyi could only shake his head gently and said, "I'm afraid that no matter how much I think, I will face the same situation as when I faced Yahoo America."

As the vice president of the company, doesn’t Shen Jianming know what situation Zhou Hongyi faced before?

But at their level, there are many things that would be nice to know.

Some things still need to be figured out by oneself.

Shen Jianming kept taking steps forward, and after walking out for a long time, he said quietly, "In the face of the dream you insist on, face is not so important. Sometimes if you don't give it a try, how will you know the result?"

?So if you don’t try it, how will you know?”

After saying that, Shen Jianming stepped into the elevator first.

Zhou Hongyi behind him looked at her deeply.

I was still frowning when I walked to the elevator.

…

Ning Zimo saw a few people walking in after he answered, looked up at the clock on the wall and smiled, "It's only 7:25, why are the four of you here?"

"Mr. Ning, you are already in place, how can we professional managers dare to fall behind?"

Shen Jianming made his voice heard first. As the only woman in the senior team, it would be easier to talk about this kind of topic.

"Sit down," Ning Zimo nodded to a few people, then turned to the people around him, "This is Luo Shuohan, the financial manager of our Emperor Penguin... Shuohan, these are the vice presidents of Yahoo Flower Planting -

-Li Junling; Cao Guangrong, Vice President of Human Resources and Administration of Yahoo Flowers; Shen Jianming, Vice President of Yahoo Flowers. And Zhou Hongyi, our CEO of Yahoo Flowers.”

After Zhou Hongyi nodded to Luo Shuohan, he sat on the stool.

Regarding the sudden appearance of the financial manager, Zhou Hongyi couldn't figure out what the new owner was thinking.

What is this for?

Doing financial reckoning?

Ning Zimo looked at the expressions of the four people opposite him one by one, but he just raised his chin at Dong Qianqian beside him.

Dong Qianqian stood up knowingly and walked over holding some information.

As the information in her hand was distributed to the four people, Ning Zimo's voice also reached the ears of several people.

"When I met Jerry in the United States in June last year, I also met a person named Ma Yun, who is now the founder of Ali Baba."

Ning Zimo glanced at a few people, stretched out his hand to signal them to put down their materials first, and then continued, "I remember that day was June 9, 2003, and an idea came to my mind that day, and then...

I have been constantly improving this idea in the past year. This idea is now firmly established, that is, I will acquire Yahoo Flowers this year.”

June 9, 2003?

Skype was not for sale at that time!

But this person was already thinking about acquiring Yahoo Flowers at that time?

What is the makeup of his brain?

Zhou Hongyi was very surprised.

"After more than a year of improvement, coupled with the development status of Yahoo Flowers that I learned from you when I was chatting with you about the development of Emperor Penguins in the past few days, this lets me know that I have been preparing for more than a year.

They all still hit the spot.”

Ning Zimo raised the information in his hand while speaking, and took out what appeared to be a copy and said to everyone, "Before I acquired Yahoo Planting Flowers, I asked our Emperor Penguin's Cho, Xi Dan, to collect everyone's resume. So.

, after seeing everyone’s past development path and your achievements in Yahoo!, I quite agree with it.”

When a man who created a fortune of 5.6 billion recognized a group of people who created a fortune of 40 million, Zhou Hongyi could only smile bitterly in his heart.

"For this recognition, I have come up with something substantial. And the one you each got is the tup virtual equity recognition letter that I will sign with you after the changes in Yahoo!"

Zhou Hongyi was surprised to open the information in his hand and saw the words "Yahoo Planting Tup Virtual Equity Certificate" on the inner cover at a glance.

"Today, based on my understanding of Yahoo Flower, I will formally discuss with you the next specific development direction of Yahoo Flower. The endorsement of this development direction is part of the virtual equity in your hands and part of the tup bonus virtual equity.

"

Ning Zimo smiled and said, "One side is the goal, and the other side is the direction. As long as we determine these things today, you will decide whether to implement this plan in the next step. If it is possible, then we will work together. If not

Okay, I also hope everyone has a good time together."

Zhou Hongyi sat firmly on the stool, and he felt that several partners around him were looking at him.

He also felt strange that this new owner wouldn't start targeting him now, right?