Chapter 1927: Confession

"Don't agree?" Lao Yiyi asked as he entered Lao Ma's Peach Blossom Island.

"The conditions are pretty good. Lao Ma and I have discussed it more than once. It doesn't matter anything else, such as Yahoo China or hundreds of millions of dollars, as long as we can bring you and your team over, hehe, then We made a lot of money," Feng Yiping said.

"That is, everyone in the industry knows what you and your team have achieved in the past two years," Lao Ma also said.

Suddenly, Lao Zhou's old face, which had been tempered by decades of wind, frost, rain and snow, and could not change color even under the attack of swords, guns, swords and halberds, turned red in a rare way.

"I'm kidding. How can my ability to make trouble compare with yours? If there is anyone who is better than you two, it must be my ability to cause trouble."

This is one of the rare times when Lao Zhou can be so humble in front of his colleagues, "Not to mention other things, even in this perspective, I am far from the two of you."

"You are right to reject Yahoo, but I was stupid and thought I had really encountered something good,"

"Why do you say that?" Lao Ma personally brought him a cup of tea. "Yahoo is a benchmark company in the Internet field. Both its strength and corporate culture are world-class."

"Besides, judging from the performance from last year to now, Lao Zhou, you have successfully integrated Yahoo China,"

"Yes, they are indeed good. The main reason may be because of me. A country bumpkin like me who can't even speak English fluently may not be suitable for the world's number one Internet company like Yahoo,"

"So, the rumors in the market about the disharmony between you and Yahoo headquarters are true?" Lao Ma asked.

"It's not groundless. After joining the Yahoo system for more than a year, I deeply realized that multinational companies are not accustomed to the local environment in China. The huge cultural differences make communication extremely difficult. Sometimes I really feel , communicating with Yahoo’s upper management is a chicken-and-duck talk,”

"Since Mr. Feng has developed so well in the United States, you should have a deep understanding of this," Lao Zhou said.

"It should be said that even in Silicon Valley, because the companies are different, the way the companies and employees operate is also very different. However, you are right, the domestic team and the American team are very different in many aspects. "

His senior management team in the United States is actually the same as the one in China. The main job is to implement a series of decisions made by him. However, Yahoo seems to pursue the policy of letting the people below make decisions.

"It is also out of this consideration that whether it is business or team, we are very cautious in the integration of domestic and American. At present, the distinction is still relatively clear,"

"We have also hired many well-known experts to make adjustments separately. We hope that the teams on both sides can slowly align with each other, and then the two sides can integrate at a relatively intermediate location," Feng Yiping said in more detail.

"Your approach may seem conservative, but it's actually the right thing to do," Lao Zhou sighed. "To be honest, regarding the cultural conflict between our domestic team and the original Yahoo team, I didn't expect it to be so big,"

"Some reports say that I reject the returnees from the original Yahoo team. That's not true. I feel that I can't get along with some of the old Yahoo employees who were born and raised here,"

"Once, I directly asked a Yahoo engineer who grew up and studied in our country to complete a job, but he said that technically, the job I assigned could not be done,"

"Unlike you two, I am a hard-working person who understands technology. I know that technically speaking, that is not a problem, so why do people like this still exist? I naturally fired him,"

Lao Zhou obviously had a lot of grievances that he wanted to tell others. Now he finally met two people who had no conflict with him for the time being and were willing to listen to what he had to say. It seemed like he couldn't stop talking.

"I am the person in charge of Yahoo China after all. Logically speaking, I have the right to fire such an unqualified employee. However, one morning after I fired him, I received a letter from the human resources department of Yahoo's US headquarters. Harsh email,"

"The employee complained about me, and they are going to send someone to investigate whether I violated the principle of making Yahoo employees happy at work, and whether my move to fire him affected the work scope and work mood of Yahoo China employees,"

"In the United States, this is indeed the case," Feng Yiping said.

"I have experienced it too," Lao Ma said. After all, he had abolished so many overseas departments. The trouble and compensation still gave him a toothache when he thought about it.

"But this is China," Lao Zhou said. "What I can't accept the most is that in the end, the employee I fired not only was not fired, but was also transferred to Yahoo's US headquarters to earn US dollars. Think about it, this What else are you asking me to do?”

If this is the case, it will indeed be detrimental to his leadership of Yahoo China.

"This really doesn't take your position into consideration," Lao Ma said.

This gave Feng Yiping a new understanding of Yahoo. Yahoo's US headquarters was too arrogant and had no regard for the personal feelings of an important regional leader like Lao Zhou.

"In fact, it doesn't matter. The key is communication. How should I put it? For example, in China, if we tell the boss that I am hungry and want to eat steak, the boss may take us to eat twice-cooked pork. This is actually not bad, right? ,"

“But if I say to Yahoo headquarters that I am hungry, then I first have to submit many reports to many departments, repeatedly stating the causes and consequences of being hungry, and why I want to eat steak. Will eating steak violate local laws? Customs..., in short, a lot of desk work that can make people feel hopeless,"

"Then in the end, they might bring me a full banquet, but by then, I would have starved to death eight times,"

"Haha," Lao Ma and Feng Yiping couldn't help laughing.

Feng Yiping felt that Lao Zhou just didn't want to work in the IT field. If there was a chance in the future, he might not be able to make a living in Guo Degang's field.

"I believe you can also see that the countdown to my days at Yahoo has begun," Lao Zhou said.

"It's quite sad to say it. According to the common concept, Yahoo and I should still be in the honeymoon period now. We have reached this point. I think there must be my own personal reasons. I am still more suitable to be an entrepreneur. Rather than a professional manager, especially a professional manager from a multinational company,"

Lao Zhou is indeed a thoughtful person. Without being sure whether Feng Yiping and Lao Ma intend to recruit him, his words actually blocked this possibility.

"We believe that your decision must be correct," Lao Ma said.

"Old Zhou, you will start a business in the future. If you need funds, don't forget me. I have several funds under my name and specialize in investing in domestic start-up companies. As long as you dare to launch a project, Old Zhou, I will dare to invest."

It is not that Feng Yiping has never thought about recruiting Lao Zhou, but since he has said that he is more suitable to be an entrepreneur, it is obviously reluctant to come. In this case, it will not be bad to invest in him in the future.

"Of course that's good, then my trip is well worth it," Lao Zhou couldn't help but laugh.

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"I think we can also set up an investment department?" Inspired by Feng Yiping, Lao Ma said after seeing off Lao Zhou.

Now he is not short of money either.

"Of course, we can set up such a department, but Vincent, Mr. Jin, you and I will form a committee to make the final decision,"

"That's what it should be," Lao Ma nodded.

"One more thing, regarding the name, I think we'll have to make do with it for now. The reason why I want to add Jiasheng is because after all, Jiasheng still has a certain reputation in China. I hope this can give our new The company has brought certain benefits,”

"You are too modest. Jiasheng is not only a well-known company in China but also in the world, called Jiasheng Alibaba. I totally agree," Lao Ma said.

"The reason why I say I'm making do with it first is that I want to do a survey as soon as possible and ask users to give a portrait of Jiasheng. If in their impression, Jiasheng is a more traditional company, then add her in front of Ali. It may not necessarily bring positive gains," Feng Yiping explained.

"Yiping, you are still thoughtful," Lao Ma thought for a while and figured out the problem.

At least for now, e-commerce is still mainly targeting consumers who are younger, more trendy, and dare to accept new things.

If the Jiasheng brand does not appear young in the minds of consumers, then it really needs to be carefully considered whether to add it.

"Everything goes well in the United States," Lao Ma sent Feng Yiping downstairs.

"Thank you, I'll leave this to you," Feng Yiping said in a low voice, "Don't worry about Jerry's feelings, we can develop as well as we can," Feng Yiping said in a low voice.

"Haha, since you ask so, then we have to do it,"