Chapter 1103 Confess
"Didn't agree?" Lao Zhou asked when he entered Lao Ma's Peach Blossom Island.
"The conditions are pretty good. Lao Ma and I have discussed it more than once. No matter what other things are, Yahoo China, hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't matter. As long as we can bring you, Zhou, and your team together, hehe, then we will make a big profit," said Feng Yiping.
"That is, everyone in the circle knows the achievements you and your team have made in the past two years," said Lao Ma.
Suddenly, Lao Zhou's old face, which was cultivated by decades of baptism of wind, frost, rain and snow, turned red with the attack of swords, guns, swords and halberds.
"Just, my little tricks are not comparable to you. If there is someone who is outstanding than you, it must be my ability to cause trouble,"
This is really a time when the young Zhou youngster was so humble in front of his colleagues. "If you don't say anything else, even in this view, I am far from the two of you."
"You are right to reject Yahoo. I'm stupid and thought it was really a good thing,"
"Why do you say that?" Lao Ma personally brought him a cup of tea. "Yahoo is a benchmark enterprise in the Internet field. Whether it is in all aspects of strength or corporate culture, it is world-class."
"Besides, judging from last year to the present performance, Lao Zhou, you have successfully integrated Yahoo China,"
"Yes, they are really good. If you want to say it, the main reason may be that I am a rustic guy who doesn't even speak English well may not be suitable for a world-class Internet company like Yahoo,"
"So, are the rumors in the market about the disagreement between you and Yahoo headquarters true?" Lao Ma asked.
"It's not groundless. In the past year since I joined the Yahoo system, I have deeply realized the various disagreements of multinational companies in China. The huge cultural differences have made communication extremely difficult. Sometimes I really feel that communicating with Yahoo's upper class is just a chat with the same people,"
"Since you have developed so well in the United States, you should have a deep understanding of this," said Lao Zhou.
"It should be said that in Silicon Valley, because of different companies, the way companies and employees act are also very different. However, you are right. There are big differences between domestic teams and American teams in many ways,"
His executive team in the United States is actually the same as in China. His main job is to implement a series of decisions, but Yahoo seems to be pursuing the decisions of the people below.
"It is also for this consideration. Whether it is business or team, we are very cautious in the integration between China and the United States. At present, we are roughly clear in terms of divisions."
"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 in a relatively middle area," Feng Yiping said in a more detailed manner.
"You seem conservative in your handling of this, but it is actually right," Lao Zhou sighed. "To be honest, I didn't expect that the conflict caused by culture between this team in our country and the team left by Yahoo would be so big."
"Some reports say that I reject the returnees in the Yahoo team, which is not true. I think I can't get along with some of the native Yahoo employees,"
“Once, I gave a direct explanation to a Yahoo engineer who grew up and studied in our country and asked him to do a job, but he said that technically, the job I assigned could not be done,” he said.
"I am a hard-working person who understands technology. I know that from a technical perspective, that's not a problem. Why do you still keep such a person? I naturally drove him away."
Old Zhou obviously felt a lot of grievances and wanted to tell others that now he finally met two people who had no conflict with him for the time being. He was willing to listen to him, and he couldn't stop talking.
"After all, I am the head of Yahoo China. Logically, I have the right to fire an unqualified employee like this. However, one morning after I fired him, I received a stern-worded email from the Human Resources Department of Yahoo's U.S. headquarters."
"The employee complained to me and they wanted to send someone to investigate whether I violated the principle of making Yahoo employees work happily. Did my move to fire him affect the scope of work and mood of Yahoo Chinese employees?"
"In the United States, this is indeed the case," said Feng Yiping.
"I have also experienced it," said Lao Ma. After all, he had laid off so many overseas departments. The troubles and compensations made him feel a toothache when he thinks about it.
"But this is in China," said Lao Zhou. "What I cannot accept most is that in the end, the employee I fired was not only not fired, but was also transferred to Yahoo's US headquarters to earn US dollars. Think about it, what else should I do?"
If this is the case, it will be detrimental to his leadership over Yahoo China.
"This really doesn't take your position into consideration," said Lao Ma.
This gave Feng Yiping a new understanding of Yahoo. Yahoo's US headquarters was too arrogant and he did not care about the personal feelings of an important regional head like Lao Zhou.
"It doesn't matter. The key is communication. How to say it? Let's give an example. In China, we told the boss that I'm hungry and want to eat steak. The boss may take us to eat the refried pork. This is actually not bad, right?"
"But if I say to Yahoo headquarters that I am hungry, then I have to submit a lot of reports to many departments, repeatedly explaining the causes and consequences of being hungry, and why I want to eat steak and eat steak, will it violate local customs... In short, there are a lot of desk work that will make people feel desperate,"
"And then in the end, they might bring me a full table of Man and Han banquets, but by then, I'd been starved to death eight times."
"Haha," Lao Ma and Feng Yiping couldn't help laughing.
Feng Yiping felt that Lao Zhou was not involved in the IT industry. If he had the chance in the future, he might not be able to make a living in the Guo Degang industry.
"I believe you can also see that my days at Yahoo have already begun to count down," said Lao Zhou.
"It's quite a sigh. According to the usual concept, Yahoo and I should still be in the honeymoon period. To this point, I think there must be my personal reasons. I am more suitable to be an entrepreneur rather than a professional manager, especially a professional manager in a multinational company."
Lao Zhou is indeed a meticulous person. Without knowing whether Feng Yiping and Lao Ma want to recruit him, his words actually blocked this possibility.
"We believe that your decision must be correct," said Lao Ma.
"Lao Zhou, if you have financial needs, don't forget me. I have several funds under my name, who invest in domestic startups. As long as Lao Zhou, you dare to launch a project, I will dare to invest."
Feng Yiping has not thought about recruiting Lao Zhou, but since he said that he is more suitable to be an entrepreneur, he obviously can't come. Since that's the case, it's good to invest in him in the future.
"This is naturally good, then I'm worth the trip," Lao Zhou couldn't help laughing.
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"I think we can set up an investment department," said Lao Ma after sending off Lao Zhou by Feng Yiping.
He is not short of money now.
"Of course we set up a department like this, but Vincent, Mr. King, you and me form a committee to make the final decision,"
"It should be like this," Lao Ma nodded
"There is another thing. Regarding the name, I think I will put it in the first place. The reason why I want to add Jiasheng is because Jiasheng still has a certain reputation in China. I hope this can bring some help to our new company,"
"You are too modest. Jiasheng is not only in China, but also in the world, but also in a well-known company. It is called Jiasheng Ali. I agree very much," said Lao Ma.
"The reason why I said that I should make a decision first is that I have to do a survey as soon as possible and let users portray Jiasheng. If in their impression, Jiasheng is a relatively traditional company, adding her to Alibaba may not necessarily bring positive gains," Feng Yiping explained.
"You're still considerate in Yiping," Lao Ma thought for a while before he figured out the obstacles.
At least for now, e-commerce is still mainly targeting consumers who are younger, more trendy and dare to accept new things.
If the brand Jiasheng does not appear young in the minds of consumers, it really needs to be carefully considered whether it needs to be added.
"Everything goes well in the United States," Lao Ma sent Feng Yiping downstairs.
"Thank you, please give me yourselves," Feng Yiping whispered, "Don't worry about Jerry's feelings, the better it can develop,"
"Haha, since you ask, we can only do it,"
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Chapter completed!