Chapter 338 Talents are rare and must be fought for
The reporter frowned and said: "In that case, doesn't all the money for tree planting come from Ruixiang? Will this bring operational burdens to Ruixiang? I heard that Ruixiang has not made a profit so far?"
The reporter's series of questions confused Zhang Yida. He waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, the money for tree planting does come from Ruixiang and our partners.
But users also play a very important role. They use their actual actions to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment.
Ruixiang encourages users to care for the environment by issuing electronic certificates of recognition for tree planting to users.
This is actually a kind of participation of shareholders, users, Ruixiang and our partners.
As for the operational burden it brings, that won’t happen. Although Ruixiang has not yet made large-scale profits, there is still no big problem if it pays out tens of millions or 100 million a year.”
Ruixiang is not a listed company and does not need to announce financial reports to the outside world. Therefore, except for shareholders, many people in the outside world do not know that Ruixiang has made a small profit.
Zhang Yida also doesn't like to publish financial reports. These days, keeping a low profile is the way to go.
The reporter captured the information contained in Zhang Yida's words and asked: "Has five thousandths of Ruixiang's annual revenue reached 100 million yuan? Has the revenue reached 20 billion yuan?"
"Yes, our revenue this year is expected to be over 20 billion!"
In fact, internal revenue was expected to exceed 30 billion yuan, but Zhang Yida still underreported some amounts.
Zhang Yida will never disclose specific financial data, such as the revenue of each specific business.
Because if it is used for detailed analysis by competitors, it will still have some adverse effects on Ruixiang.
It is still okay to report the total revenue. After all, it is too low-key and it will still have an impact on corporate brand promotion.
"Mr. Zhang, I heard that Ruixiang Forest has been online for a year and a half, and Leech Financial also launched Leech Forest last month. Is there any connection between the two of you?"
The reporter is here to stir up trouble again. It’s really not a big deal to watch the fun!
Zhang Yida chuckled and said, "It's for public welfare! Of course, the more people participating, the better. We also welcome latecomers to join us!"
The reporter's eyes lit up, wasn't the "latecomer" he was referring to Leech Financial Services Group?
He felt that Zhang Yida was still too reserved. Would it be better to just say "plagiarism"?
It's not exciting at all, and the press release doesn't even make it eye-catching.
Reporters didn't dare to add fuel to the fire. Huxiu.com's corpse was not even cold yet. They knew how sinister the seemingly harmless man in front of them was.
"Mr. Zhang, I see that Ruixiang Forest has a "stealing energy" gameplay, which is a bit like Happy Farm, which was very popular on the Internet back then.
Friends can steal energy from each other, isn’t this strengthening the social relationship chain?”
Zhang Yida took a deep look at the reporter and said to himself: Are you a spy sent by Ah Li? You want to sow discord between me and Brother Xiao Ma.
"No, it just makes the game more interesting. Collect energy by yourself, that's a stand-alone game.
A group of people steal energy from each other, that's an online game. Online games are definitely more fun, aren't they?"
The reporter whose "conspiracy" failed smiled and added: "Can't all the 400 million users of Tounronghui send and receive text, pictures, files and other information to each other?
Sometimes I don’t even use WeChat to chat with my friends because the function is too cumbersome.
We just like to use the simpler TouRongHui to send messages and chat with each other.”
Zhang Yida was convinced that this man was a spy sent by Ah Li.
Now that Ahri has been offended, it's not a good time to fall out with Penguin.
He quickly said to the reporter: "Thank you and your friends for your support. In fact, Touronghui adds this communication function to facilitate transfers between users.
There is a communication function, so the transfer will not go wrong, and it mainly serves a user-friendly function."
After answering the reporter's question, Zhang Yida quickly said, fearing that he would cause trouble again: "The next reporter..."
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Recently, a piece of news came out of Silicon Valley that made the Chinese Internet and technology circles crazy.
Lu Qi, resigned from Microsoft!
Lu Qi, who has served as vice president of Yahoo and vice president of Microsoft, is considered the highest-ranking mainland Chinese in Silicon Valley technology companies.
It is sad to say that a vice president is the light of the Chinese people.
Indians, after all, have a CEO, Pichai, the top leader of Google who became popular around the world last year.
Sundar Pichai's English name is Sundar Pichai, so Chinese netizens named him "Brother Pichai" based on the pinyin.
Brother Pichai is indeed awesome, at least his leadership ability is better than that of Lu Qi, which is generally recognized.
Of course, Lu Qi is not bad, at least Zhang Yida is attracted to him.
When China's major Internet companies were ready to "poach people" in Silicon Valley, Zhang Yida also boarded a flight to the United States.
After arriving in the United States, Zhang Yida, accompanied by Yuan Zheng, carried gifts to a villa and knocked on Lu Qi's door.
Lu Qi's wife opened the door and saw Yuan Zheng and a strange young man standing at the door.
She is no stranger to Yuan Zheng, because he is the founder of a technology company that has been booming in Silicon Valley in the past two years, and he has long been a Cisco executive.
"This is..." Mrs. Lu looked at Zhang Yida. She had settled in the United States for a long time and she really didn't know Zhang Yida, who was very famous in mainland China.
Yuan Zheng introduced: "This is Mr. Zhang Yida, the chairman of China Ruixiang Group, the chairman of Musical.ly and Green, and an investor in our Zoom company."
Mrs. Lu had never heard of Ruixiang Group, but she had heard of the latter two companies. They were both very popular companies in the United States, and she was even more surprised that they were investors in Zoom.
Combined with Zhang Yida's age of about 20 years old, she was deeply surprised.
"Hello, Mr. Zhang, are you here to see my husband?" Mrs. Lu asked.
"Yes! Hello, Mrs. Lu, excuse me, we are here to visit Dr. Lu."
Zhang Yida behaved very humbly and politely. After all, if he wants to recruit people, his family's perception of him is still very important.
"Please come in quickly!"
Mrs. Lu called Zhang Yida and the others into the living room, poured them two cups of coffee, and then went upstairs to call Lu Qi.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Yuan Zheng said: "Mr. Zhang, you will have to work harder later.
Lu Qi is very opinionated, and when it comes to his career future, I can't convince him."
"clear!"
Zhang Yida smiled and said: "I am very grateful to you for bringing me to visit him! I will also try my best to persuade Dr. Lu.
Anyway, whether it works or not, thank you very much!”
"It doesn't have to be like this, it's just a little effort!"
It was really easy, as they were all hanging out in the Chinese circles in Silicon Valley. Yuan Zheng had known Lu Qi for a long time, and the relationship between them was very good.
Lu Qi was reading in the study when he heard from his wife that Yuan Zheng came to visit him with Zhang Yida.
I was surprised for a moment, but soon guessed Zhang Yida's intention.
I am afraid that Chinese Internet companies have received the news of my resignation from Microsoft and come to poach me.
He has also heard about Zhang Yida, who is a Zuckerberg type of person.
Putting down the book, Lu Qi followed his wife downstairs. He also wanted to meet Zhang Yida and see what was so special about this young man.
Seeing Lu Qi walking down the stairs, Zhang Yida got up from the sofa and hurried up to greet him. He stretched out his hand to shake Lu Qi's hand and said with a smile: "Dr. Lu, I hope you'll forgive me for coming uninvited!"
Lu Qi was wearing a T-shirt, had a slim figure, and wore black-rimmed glasses, just like a university teacher. This was Zhang Yida's first impression of him.
"Mr. Zhang, I have heard of your name for a long time. Green and Musical.ly are both very good products!"
While Zhang Yida was observing Lu Qi, the latter was also observing him.
Sophisticated and mature far beyond his peers, these are the two characteristics of Zhang Yida that Lu Qi has observed so far.
Lu Qi greeted Yuan Zheng a few more words, and the three of them sat on the sofa and started talking about business.
"With Dr. Lu's departure, there will no longer be any top Chinese professional managers in Silicon Valley!" Yuan Zheng sighed with emotion.
"There are talented people in the country, and soon there will be people who will replace me or even surpass me." Lu Qi was neither happy nor sad, and could not see the impact and psychological fluctuations caused by leaving Microsoft.
"It's difficult!"
Yuan Zheng spoke very directly, and then said: "Now Indians have CEOs of the five major technology companies, and the Chinese don't know when they will wait?"
"Indians have been colonized for hundreds of years, and some aspects of their culture have become very close to and even consistent with the West.
To give a simple example, Chinese leaders place more emphasis on inner cultivation, while Indian leaders pay more attention to conveying values, cultivating communication skills, influence, and understanding of business, which are closer to the Western definition of leadership."
Lu Qi answered while secretly observing Zhang Yida.
He saw that Zhang Yida neither had any mood swings because of being "snubbed" by him, nor did he interrupt or intervene in the conversation between him and Yuan Zheng. He just listened quietly to the side like a bystander.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think is the reason why the number of Chinese CEOs in Silicon Valley is far lower than that of Indian CEOs?"
Faced with Lu Qi's sudden question, Zhang Yida acted very calmly and smiled slightly at the two of them:
“First of all, I have never worked in Silicon Valley, so my perspective on issues may be somewhat different from the two of you.
I agree with Dr. Lu’s cultural theory, but at the same time I have some own understandings!”
"I'd like to hear the details!" Lu Qi was very interested, especially wanting to see what Zhang Yida's excellence was.
"From the perspective of national conditions, India has very solidified classes due to its caste system.
Good talents, such as Pichai...it is impossible for elites like Pichai to be willing to stay in India and do nothing for the rest of their lives!"
"Haha, Pichai, this translation is very Chinese!" Yuan Zheng laughed at the side.
Lu Qi had a faint smile on his face and waved his hand for Zhang Yida to continue speaking.
Zhang Yida continued: "China is different. What we advocate is "Princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind!"
Here, I would like to thank Chen Sheng, Wu Guang and other leaders of the first generation of peasant uprisings in China.
Otherwise, according to the tone of the Warring States Period, the "blood theory" is likely to continue and turn China into another India.
I’m going too far, let’s get to the point!
The Internet wave broke out in China in the late 1990s, giving high-level intellectuals and scientific and technological talents the opportunity to change their own destiny.
Brother Robin Li gave up his high-paying job in the United States and returned to China to found Qiandu; Bonima also grew from an ordinary coder to a technology giant.
Jack Ma is even more amazing. From an ordinary university teacher who almost failed to pass the undergraduate degree, he became an entrepreneurial leader.
This kind of entrepreneurial soil can only be provided by China and the United States. China's market is large enough and liberalized enough. The liberalization here means that state-owned enterprises have not appeared. Otherwise, it may be a different scene today.
The United States, on the other hand, has a rich heritage, a technological heritage.
Therefore, my point of view is: the best talents in India have come to work in Silicon Valley, while the best talents in China are still starting their own businesses in China.
Note that the talents here refer not only to technical personnel, but also to business talents with leadership abilities!"
Lu Qi and Yuan Zheng didn't speak, silently digesting the content of Zhang Yida's words.