October 19,
Penguin Computer Systems Co., Ltd. announced two personnel changes on its intranet:
Zhang Long, the former Penguin Project R&D Department Manager, resigned due to personal reasons, and Zhang Shun, the former Penguin Operations Department Deputy Director, was transferred to the Project Department Manager.
Wang Bo, the former project manager of the Penguin War Investment Department, violated company regulations and was suspected of destroying company data, so he was fired.
Zhang Long is the operator of Penguin QQ Mailbox and QQ Pets. Along with Zhang Long are four members of his original team.
Compared with Wang Bo's peaceful departure, Zhang Long's departure from Penguin caused a stir not only on the intranet, but also on social IT.
An author named Wei Ran of "Minbao" commented, "Will the frustrated hero just disappear?" 》Comments on Zhang Long again.
It is stated that Zhang Long is very likely to have disagreements with Pony Ma, leading to his resignation. The departure of the leadership team may be the result of a compromise between Penguin and Zhang Long.
Zhang Long successfully operated qq mailbox in Penguin, making qq mailbox far more popular than 163 mailbox, making it one of Penguin's most successful projects.
Its influence in the domestic IT community is, to a certain extent, equivalent to Mr. Ma’s influence in the business community in the future.
This is a leading figure of the old era. The domestic media has always set the tone for Zhang Long as a failed genius, a subversive, and a person who goes his own way.
In 2000, Wei Ran published a commentary, "Free Software Hungry and Spreading Impulsiveness", which stated that the foxmail developed by Zhang Long had no commercial value, which also caused public opinion to basically criticize Zhang Long. At the same time, it left behind the stereotype of a frustrated genius.
Zhang Long's resignation on this day seemed to prove Wei Ran's point of view.
Zhang Long is no longer one of the top ten IT engineers in China. He continued to be buried after Penguin acquired Foxmail.
This time, he may leave the company because he disagrees with Penguin's philosophy.
No one pays attention to which company Zhang Long, who is over 40 years old, will find a job.
Leaving Penguin obviously means that Zhang Long, who has reached a trough, has no chance to turn around again.
Basically, domestic media and newspapers all have the same evaluation.
Compared with the heated discussion on the Internet, Shencheng is somewhat calm.
A bus arrived at the airport.
A man with black-rimmed glasses and elegance that seemed to be synonymous with him was already waiting.
Zhang Long and four members of his team stepped off the bus. When they saw him, they smiled decently: "pony."
"Really decided to leave?" Brother Ma adjusted his glasses and asked softly.
Zhang Long nodded: "It's good to leave. It won't be difficult for you to leave."
"I can bear the pressure for you for a period of time. If the project is completed, I can keep it." Xiao Ma said.
Zhang Long smiled and shook his head: "Actually, I'm not sure whether it can be done. If Penguin Wireless can't let go and do it on its own, it will definitely be targeted by Telecom. My opinion, Mr. Ma, is to transfer the server and give up at the same time." That project, redo the Penguin mobile version.”
"Are you really optimistic about the mobile Internet market?" Xiao Ma frowned.
"It's not optimistic, but a trend. The PC market has gradually become saturated, but the mobile phone market has not. Apple has already given an example. I think you should pay attention to pony." Zhang Long said this in a serious tone.
Brother Ma thought for a moment, and finally nodded to Zhang Long: "I will seriously consider it."
Zhang Long: "Well, thank you Mr. Ma for your cultivation over the past five years."
"You know I haven't done anything to help you." Xiao Ma smiled and shook his head: "Penguin's plate is too big, so it's really not suitable for you, but I really don't understand why you want to chase the waves."
"Because of the promise." Zhang Long said.
"promise?"
"pony."
"Um?"
"If possible, try to scan and get the patent. This is my advice as a friend rather than a resigned employee." Zhang Long said.
Brother Ma took a deep look at Zhang Long and smiled: "If possible, I hope we will not become competitors."
Then, he patted Zhang Long heavily on the shoulder: "Brother Zhang, goodbye."
"Goodbye."
.....
Hongseong International Airport, 3 p.m.
Zhou Yan, Fang Bo and Xu Mei greeted them at the exit.
Zhang Long and four members of his team walked out of the airport and saw a group of four people at a glance.
One of the members was a little surprised: "Boss, why are Brother Fang and Sister Mei here?"
Zhang Long didn't expect Zhou Yan to come to pick him up in person, so he smiled and said, "Their hometown is in Hongcheng, so of course they also joined Zhulang."
"It's so embarrassing that you're still hiding it from us now."
Another member curled his lips and cursed at Fang Bo not far away: "Bald Bo, that's not interesting enough."
Fang Bo and Xu Mei looked at each other, feeling helpless. He touched his head and walked over with a laugh: "I'm sorry."
"Boss." Fang Bo greeted Zhang Long again.
Xu Mei also came over: "Boss."
Zhang Long nodded: "Our team is together again."
"Yes." Fang Bo was also a little excited: "I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to work on a project with my brothers."
"Not interesting enough."
"It's just not interesting enough!"
"It's so uninteresting."
Several people looked at each other, and then smiled at each other.
Zhou Yan walked over, smiled and extended his hand to Zhang Long: "Brother Zhang, welcome."
Zhang Long and Zhou Yan shook hands: "It's been a long time."
...
Zhang Long brought a total of four members, namely Huang Shan, Su Shuo, Li Tian and Xu Chengli, all senior software engineers.
They originally followed Zhang Long, but now they left Penguin with Zhang Long and jumped to Zhulang.
Afterwards, Zhou Yan also formally signed an entry contract with Zhang Long and others.
Zhang Long serves as the manager of the operations department of Zhulang Technology and the vice president of Zhulang Technology. He holds 5% of the shares of Zhulang Technology. This was also agreed at the time. Once Zhang Long joins the company, Zhou Yan will give him the shares.
It is unreasonable to poach the future Vice President of Penguin without paying some price.
The arrival of Zhang Long’s team also means that Zhulang Technology’s operations are on the right track.
As a technology company started by college students, operational issues are an obvious shortcoming.
The only one who has experience in this area is Zhou Yan.
However, it is impossible for Zhou Yan to devote all his energy to it, and Zhou Yan actually lacks experience in technical operations.
Zhang Long's team can join Zhulang, which is equivalent to perfectly filling this shortcoming.
Zhou Yan can also play his role better in other aspects.
Afterwards, Zhou Yan also made a clear division of tasks for the newly established operations department of Zhulang Technology.
For the Home app, the operations department and Zhou Wan’s R&D department jointly participate in the optimization, improvement and upgrade of the program, as well as data stability.
As for Kuaiyong App, which is temporarily useless compared to Jiayuan App, the operation department will carry out software optimization and program improvement. The task is not heavy. Before receiving traffic support from major Internet companies, it only needs to optimize and upgrade the software step by step.
The main focus is still on the operation of the home app.
Previously, Zhulang Technology only had two senior engineers, and the rest were basically an amateur team composed of students.
Now that Zhang Long is here, it can be said that Zhulang’s technical team has been qualitatively improved.
The value of one expert engineer and six senior engineers is not just talk.
Running a home app is indeed overkill.
Who is Zhulang Technology? At present, it can only take advantage of Jiayuan App, and Zhang Long is also happy to relax.
However, Zhang Long is still unsure about whether Kuaiyong app can get traffic support from domestic Internet companies.
After all, although Zhulang has an excellent team and a home app that is popular in major universities, compared with Penguin and Alibaba, it is still not good enough. Scanning the patents currently does not receive much attention in Penguin, and Zhang Long also did not pay much attention after his resignation. I'm too lazy to bother with it, but scanning patents in exchange for promotional resources probably won't work.
Because this patent authorization was bought by Penguin with real money, it is impossible to negotiate any conditions.
Zhang Long knew that Zhou Yan wanted to create the largest mobile application market. On this point, he and Zhou Yan had the same idea.
However, he really couldn't imagine that other than scanning the patents, what other bargaining chips could be used to allow Zhulang and these companies to change their promotional resources.
It wasn't until Zhang Long saw a series of Double Eleven trademarks that Zhou Yan brought over that he couldn't laugh or cry.
"Brother Zhou Yan, how much hatred do you have against Ali?"
Zhang Long said helplessly that he understood Zhou Yan's plan the moment he saw these trademarks.
Who would have thought that someone would take advantage of the upcoming Double Eleven and directly register the Double Eleven trademarks.
Zhou Yan smiled: "Just in case, if this Double Eleven event becomes popular, then we will really make a profit."
Zhang Long smiled and shook his head: "So Zhou Yan, you want to use these trademarks in exchange for Alibaba's promotional resources?"
