Chapter 1 I know more about technology than Cheng Wei
After the senior sister left Beijing, the first thing Lin Yi did was to go to his CTO to check the development progress of the "Wanli Travel" app.
He didn't make any unexplained surprise attack. He made an appointment with Wang Kai in advance and arrived on time, where he met the entire technical team.
Except for Wang Kai, who was interviewed by him and his senior sister, he had only seen the resumes and information of the rest. Today was the first time they met in person, so it was inevitable for everyone to introduce each other.
There are not many people in the entire team. When Wang Kai submitted the list, Lin Yi had already seen it. It would be enough to meet the needs of app development, and there was no need to spend too much money to get more places. This shows that this CTO still has a sense of proportion in doing things.
Most of this team are Wang Kai's former employees at Xiong Factory. Of course, Wang Kai has not really dug up the corners of his old club.
Xiong Factory's talent and technology reserves will certainly not have any impact on the business, not to mention that he still saved some seeds and added some manpower from other places.
In short, Lin Yi is generally satisfied with this team. For a start-up company, it can be said to have "strong technical power".
Lin Yi carefully wrote down their names. At this stage of development, the boss should still know every employee well.
As for their impression of Lin Yi, for the time being, they only have the impression of "extremely young".
After getting to know each other, Lin Yi began to care about business, while the others continued to work, and Wang Kai reported to him the progress during this period.
Lin listened and observed other people's work. In fact, he and Wang Kai had been in constant phone contact, so he kept the general progress of the development in his mind.
After reading it this time, I feel more relieved. I am a programmer and I will not be fooled in this regard.
As a boss, you should express your feelings when you meet your subordinates for the first time, especially since these people have been struggling to meet the deadline for a long time, so Lin Yikang waved his hand generously:
"I'll treat you to supper tonight!"
"oh!"
All the people under his command cheered with joy. Only Wang Kai pushed up his glasses and had a dull expression, but he did not express any objection.
He had already made a decision silently in his mind. Anyway, Lin Yi set the construction period himself. The time wasted eating late night snacks today will only allow these people to work overtime tomorrow to get back.
The atmosphere when having late-night snacks is more lively than at Wang Kai's house. After all, writing code every day for a month is still very expensive, so it's good to go out and get some fresh air.
After it was over, everyone else dispersed, and Lin Yize walked with his CTO on the midnight streets.
He first expressed his condolences: "I have worked hard during this period. Not only did I pull up the team, but the progress of the development has not dropped. Now I am very sure that I and my senior sister did not find the wrong person at that time."
Wang Kai did not get carried away because of these two sentences, but simply replied: "Yes, I promised you that the product's scheduled launch time in early September will never be delayed. Do you have any comments after reading it today?"
"temporarily unavailable."
Lin Yi waved his hand to indicate that he should not be too nervous, "I believe our product has surpassed our first competitor after its launch, which is currently the market leader in Beijing, namely Dudu Taxi."
He thought of something funny and shared it with Wang Kai.
"As far as I know, when I started my own taxi-hailing business last year, because Cheng Wei was a salesman from a factory and knew nothing about technology, and it would cost money to build his own team, he found someone to outsource the development of the app."
"As a result, after waiting hard for two or three months, he finally took out the finished product and found that the response rate was only 50%."
"The most embarrassing thing is that at that time, Cheng Wei went to give a presentation to the leaders of the Beijing Transportation Commission in order to gain policy support. During the presentation, his cell phone did not ring. He was silent for more than 20 seconds and almost couldn't get off the stage."
Lin Yi imagined the scene and felt embarrassed for Cheng Wei.
After scoffing twice, he continued: "So when Cheng Wei went out to do app demonstrations, he had to bring at least two mobile phones, and he would take whichever one rang."
Wang Kai laughed after hearing this: "Who did you outsource to make this product? Even Professor Li Feifei's graduate students would not dare to use this kind of thing for business. It sounds like they were defrauded of money?"
Lin Yi revealed the mystery to him: "Cheng Wei originally thought this effect was normal, but he didn't know until later that the first version of the app he spent 80,000 yuan to buy taxis was created by a Chinese
It was created by a professional teacher and a dozen students."
"Well, to be precise, it's less than 80,000 yuan. Because he was not satisfied with the product, he withheld the final payment."
Although Wang Kai is also listening to the story, his responsibility is still more concerned with the technology itself.
"The current version of Dudu Taxi must have been reworked later. We studied it before we started, and there are no major problems."
Lin nodded and told him: "Later, Cheng Wei found a reliable CTO and spent several months rebuilding the entire app's architecture through in-app updates."
"This is one of the reasons why I am confident that he will be as good as him in terms of product even though he is one year ahead of us."
He turned around and looked at himself: "The man Cheng Wei found is called Zhang Bo. Like you, he is from Xiong Factory. Have you met him before?"
Wang Kai shook his head: "I don't know."
Lin Yi didn't ask any more questions. Xiong Factory, one of the three giants, was already a giant. It was normal for many employees not to know each other.
He said optimistically: "I think although a year has passed, the bugs in the early versions may not have been left there. I think our products should be able to surpass them after they are launched. You are more confident than your former colleagues."
Do it better?”
Wang Kai was very confident: "Don't worry, when you go to the Transportation Committee with the app I made, you will never be left standing on the stage without making any noise."
"Hahaha!"
The two of them were cheating there, and Cheng Wei felt relieved. In fact, Lin Yi was very relaxed. In this regard, he believed that he would not be fooled as easily as Cheng Wei.
After laughing, Wang Kai remembered and asked: "Lin Yi, why are you so familiar with Dudu taxis?"
The competition for taxi-hailing software started last year. After receiving US$15 million in Series B financing in the first half of this year, Dudu Taxi currently ranks first in this field. It and its founder Cheng Wei are no longer
Considered a nobody.
However, so far, the outside world doesn't know much about Cheng Wei and Dudu Taxi. Counting the press releases he bought during the summer vacation, Lin Yiyi himself is even more famous than him.
Of course Lin Yi couldn't tell the truth, but he had a very reasonable explanation.
"Wang Xing told me that after Cheng Wei came up with the software, he was the first to show it to him, and he only got two words from Wang Xing: garbage."
Wang Xing did find him twice after each group acquired Yiyi Takeout.com, mainly to talk about the takeout business. The two sides could barely be considered friends.
However, what Lin Yi said to Wang Kai now seemed to suggest that "I know Wang Xing very well and we talk about everything." He already understood that he needed to show some mystery in front of his subordinates.
Wang Kai did not doubt this, but said very matter-of-factly: "If this is really the case, it is indeed rubbish."
Lin Yi did not bury Cheng Wei, whom he had not yet met, and thought to himself:
To be number one in the capital with such a rubbish app, that man should still have two skills, right?