Chapter 692 Wu Xifan
Except for Li Yanhong, all of Baidu’s original entrepreneurial team are gone.
Wu Xifan can be the person in charge of a subsidiary, but is not suitable for managing the increasingly large Hongmeng.
This is why Xu Liang put him in charge of the strategic planning department.
Not long.
Xie Wen knocked on the door and walked in.
"It seems you got the news?"
"Mr. Xu, do you want to fire Wu Xifan?"
Xu Liang nodded.
“Don’t you think he should be fired?”
"Old Wu's ability is indeed lacking, but as a veteran of the company, he has worked hard over the past five years and made great contributions to Hongmeng Games and the development of Hongmeng.
If he is fired like this, I am afraid it will hurt the company. "Lao Xie, I understand your concerns, but some people's hearts are no longer here, and there is no point in forcing them to stay."
As he said, he handed over the photos taken by Jiang Xiaoyang. passed.
“Let’s take a look.
This was given to me by the CEO of a company invested by Hanhua, who reciprocated the favor. ”
Xie Wen picked it up and took a look, and was shocked.
In the photo, Wu Xifan was chatting and laughing with Lenovo’s Liu Chuanzhi, and Duan Yongji, Shi Dazhu and other core figures of the Taishan Society were standing next to him.
He knew very well that the big boss didn't like the people in the Taishan Club, and he still had old grudges with Duan Yongji and others.
Wu Xifan secretly contacted these people just to give the big boss eye drops. >
No wonder he was fired.
"Please forward these photos to Wu Xifan. As an old employee of Hongmeng, I don't want the trouble to be too ugly. Let him find a better reason to resign."
"I Got it. Now that Lao Wu has left, who will be in charge of the strategic planning department? "
"What do you think?"
"How about he join the company? Although it is not as early as Lao Wu, it is only one year later, and from the Xiangjiang subsidiary to the German subsidiary, both positions are doing well
In addition, as a Chinese, he has extensive overseas study and management experience, and is proficient in English, German and Japanese.
In the future, it will be relatively easy to coordinate with subsidiaries in China and various countries. "
Xu Liang nodded.
"Let Havertz go to the vacant head of the German subsidiary. ”
Haverts’ full name is Gerd Havertz. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Munich and a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.
He joined the Hongmeng German subsidiary in 2002. Due to his outstanding abilities, he was promoted to the executive vice president of the Hongmeng German subsidiary.
There are about 90 senior management talents of this level in Hongmeng, and Xu Liang cherishes them all.
Xie Wen nodded after thinking for a moment.
"Then I will do it right away."
"Xu Liang nodded."
After Xie Wen left, Xu Liang got up and walked to the window. He now likes to overlook the entire city. The vast world makes it easier for him to relax and think quickly.
“After Netcom and NetEase go public, we will consider cleaning up a group of people.”
Xu Liang said.
When a person has a lot of wealth, it is difficult to stay hungry for wealth.
Without this huge driving force, it would be easy to muddle through the work.
Slowly forming a big company disease.
In order to ensure the company's continued and healthy development, these senior executives with huge wealth and lack of motivation are regularly cleared out and their positions are given to young people who are more eager to succeed.
Only by ensuring the flow of personnel throughout the company can Hongmeng have a more brilliant future.
Wu Xifan’s resignation not only caused a sensation within Hongmeng, but also had a great impact on the outside world.
After all, Hongmeng is no longer Wu Xia Amon, but the largest technology company in China and the largest Internet company in the world.
Wu Xifan is one of the seven core leaders of Hongmeng.
His departure triggered a series of speculations about Hongmeng’s internal turmoil.
The media even openly reported that Hongmeng was in a power struggle, and Wu Xifan failed to take sides, and was finally kicked out.
In response to such reports, Hongmeng’s Legal Department did not hesitate to send a lawyer’s letter directly.
But it was beyond everyone’s expectations.
Wu Xifan took the initiative to make it public on his blog.
I left Hongmeng because of personal development. There was no internal struggle and no issue of taking sides.
Let netizens and media not speculate casually.
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“Haha, what am I saying? Young people are uncertain. Before success, they can still suppress their inner desires, be modest and prudent, and work hard.
After achieving certain achievements, they began to become proud and complacent and kill the heroes. "
Duan Yongji's face was glowing, and he looked like he had the pearls of wisdom in his hand.
"Brother Duan is right. Even company veterans like Mr. Wu have made great contributions to the development of Hongmeng. Anyone can be fired. I think the person named Xu is a rabbit whose tail can’t grow. "Shi Dazhu echoed.
Liu Chuanzhi looked at Wu Xifan who looked gloomy next to him.
"Brother Wu, Xu Liang doesn't cherish you, but the door of our association is always open to you.
As long as you are willing to come over, I will immediately make you the vice president of Lenovo, fully responsible for the formation and development of the game department. And how about giving you 200 million Huaxia coins to play online games? ”
With the booming development of China’s online game market, almost all companies are greedy for the huge profits.
Lenovo is the same, but there are not many elites in China who understand Internet game development. Among companies such as Hongmeng, NetEase, Shanda, and The9, especially Hongmeng, the world's top twelve game studios have successively launched "Legend" and "Legend" in recent years. "Miracle MU", "Tianlong Babu", "Tianxia", "Bubble Hall", "King of Fighters Online", "Warcraft 3" and other games that have huge influence in the world. Although Hongmeng has not been listed on the market. Relationship, game revenue has never been announced to the public.
However, many institutions predict that Hongmeng Games’ annual revenue has exceeded US$1.5 billion, including peripherals.
Exceeding Sony and Nintendo, it is now the largest game company in the world.
The most important reason why Hongmeng can develop so fast without raising much financing is the huge returns from the gaming industry.
This has long made big companies at home and abroad drool with envy.
It’s just that Hongmeng has always been generous with elite talents in its key departments.
The core R&D personnel of each of its major games basically have options awarded by the company.
Plus a non-competition agreement.
Making it difficult for them to be poached.
However, the reform of Hongmeng in 2004, which separated Hongmeng Games and included it into Hongmeng Entertainment, touched the interests of many people.
Especially Wu Xifan.
On the surface, as the head of the strategic planning department, he can coordinate all issues within the company.
But the actual power is not as good as Hongmeng Games.
In the strategic planning department, he is just a referee.
But he is the number one player in Hongmeng Games.
Which one is more important is clear at a glance.
Liu Chuanzhi, a cunning old man, also noticed this change and decisively began to contact Wu Xifan secretly.
He has a transcendent status in the domestic business community and has deep connections, and he quickly achieved his goal.
Wu Xifan was indeed very uncomfortable with his new position as he expected.
However, the other party did not agree before.
After all, although Lenovo is developing well, its international reputation and profitability are far behind Hongmeng.
Wu Xifan would of course hesitate to give up Hongmeng, which has a market value of more than 60 billion U.S. dollars, and marry Lenovo, which has a market value of less than 5 billion U.S. dollars.
But what made Liu Chuanzhi overjoyed was that he was actually fired directly by Xu Liang?
This was a pie from heaven, it hit him on the head.
How could Liu Chuanzhi not be surprised?
Therefore, he deliberately mobilized his personal network and gathered all the Taishan Club members in Beijing to support Wu Xifan and invite him to join the Taishan Club.
"Mr. Liu, thank you for your consideration, but I signed a non-competition agreement when I joined the company. I cannot engage in work related to online games and the Internet within a year.
I'm afraid I can only reject you with regret," Wu Xifan said.
Of course Liu Chuanzhi knew about the non-competition agreement.
"It doesn't matter, we can cooperate again in a year. As long as Mr. Wu is willing, Lenovo's door is always open for you."
Looking at the sincere Liu Chuanzhi, Wu Xifan could not help but think of the heartless Xu Liang.
I felt angry instantly.
“Thanks to Mr. Liu’s respect, I will definitely join Lenovo as soon as the non-competition agreement is over.”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was extremely envious.
Wu Xifan is recognized in the circle as China's top game development and operation talent. He has planned the development and marketing of a series of popular games such as "Tianxia" and "Bubble Hall".
Obtaining him is equivalent to having half a foot in the field of online games.
"Haha, good, good, good. Today, Mr. Wu joins us. In the future, Lenovo will definitely become a top company spanning IT and online games.
Here, let me toast you with this glass of wine."< br>
Liu Chuanzhi’s face was filled with excitement.
Of course Wu Xifan would not deny face, and the two briefly touched each other.
Although Duan Yongji, Shi Yuzhu, and Li Yanhong's eyes were red with envy, they also knew that compared to Lenovo, their respective companies were far behind.
Even if you open your mouth, you can't attract Wu Xifan, the golden phoenix.
"Mr. Wu, would you like Baidu to help you break the news? So that more people can see Xu Liang's true face."
Liu Yanhong said.
Baidu is also a small player in the online game industry. Although it is not as good as Hongmeng and NetEase, with its strong technical capabilities, it has also developed two small popular online games in the past two years.
The strength is similar to that of Shanda and The9.
Now that I am taking the initiative to speak, of course I hope that I can sell Wu Xifan well and retain a good relationship for the future.
"Thank you, but no need.
Although he is unjust, I can't be unkind."
Wu Xifan's eyes flickered.
"Mr. Wu Gaoyi, I, Shi Dazhu, have always admired you as a good man who knows how to repay kindness. Let's keep in touch in the future."
"Okay."
Liu Chuanzhi smiled, but never said anything. Open your mouth.
Of course he could see the little thoughts of Liu Yanhong and Shi Dazhu.
I’m too lazy to expose them.
With Lenovo's size and abundant funds, coupled with Wu Xifan's talent, it will certainly be able to make great achievements in the field of online games.
No one can take away this cash cow by then.
What a pity they don’t know is.
Wu Xifan has never been responsible for the development of specific games. The reason why "Legend", "Miracle MU" and "Bubble Hall" are popular is due to the memory of Xu Liang's previous life and the personal writing Game planning.
Fundamentally speaking, Wu Xifan is just a professional manager who is familiar with the online game market.
(End of this chapter)