Baidu's last chief technology officer was one of the founders, Liu Jianguo, who was an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at Peking University. His research interests include real-time systems, computer networks, and distributed fields.

He was promoted from vice president focusing on technology to chief technology officer mainly because of his research in the distributed field.

However, he resigned less than a year after taking office.

The level is not enough!

He officially left Baidu in December 2006.

Since then, Baidu's CTO position has been vacated. On the one hand, it has internal organization, and on the other hand, it has poached people from Microsoft Research, forming two groups of technical teams.

Everyone wants to grab that spot, and the factional struggle in the workplace intensifies.

It can be seen that Mr. Li made serious mistakes in personnel management.

He is indecisive and lacks a bit of "willful" courage.

In management, it is not terrible to make wrong decisions in many cases. The most terrible thing is not to make decisions. The position of CTO has been vacant for almost two years and has not been filled. No matter what, choose one temporarily first and don't intensify internal conflicts.

There are factional conflicts.

Now finally something went wrong.

The entire Pyramid Project team is leaving.

One side defeated the other with an overwhelming advantage, and the balance was completely broken.

If you lose your balance, it will be too dangerous.

Doesn’t it mean that Baidu’s technology business can only be firmly locked in the winner’s side from now on? Can a colleague who has a competitive relationship be squeezed out without regard to the interests of the company? If such a person is in power, will he truly consider the interests of the company? Absolutely

If personal interests are greater than the interests of the company, a large number of cronies will be cultivated.

Zhou Buqi stayed out of the matter and was keenly aware that something was wrong.

I don’t know if Li Yanhong can feel it “when he is in this mountain”.

After listening to He Yang's report, Zhou Buqi called Li Yanhong and asked unabashedly: "Old Li, are you going to give up on your pyramid project?"

"yes."

"What a shame."

"The economic situation is not good, Baidu's stock price is under great pressure, and investors hope to reduce unnecessary research and development expenditures."

Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Investors? Aren't they Americans? Kill two birds with one stone! Allowing you to cut R&D expenses will not only stabilize Baidu's stock price, but also curb domestic technological development."

Li Yanhong said with a smile: "This is very fitting for your status as a college student."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Do you really want to give up?"

Li Yanhong said: "Well, the board of directors has made a decision and preparations are underway."

Zhou Buqi said: "This project started at the end of 2006, right?"

"The project should be established earlier. My last CTO resigned because he couldn't push this project forward."

"Two whole years of research and effort!"

Li Yanhong was helpless, "There is nothing we can do about it."

Zhou Buqi frowned and said: "So many scientists gave up the results of their two years of hard work. Are those people going to resign?"

Li Yanhong was silent.

Not just resignations, but layoffs.

"How many people are there?"

"Nearly a hundred people."

"The severance package alone is worth tens of millions, right?"

"Huh?" Li Yanhong raised her eyebrows, "Is there something in your words?"

Zhou Buqi said grandly: "You know, I am a person who loves ancient roads and is loyal. If you have difficulties over there, I can't just stand by and watch. Let me help you!"

Li Yanhong is angry and funny.

What the hell!

Come again!

This is not the first time this has happened.

This bastard wants to take over again!

In the past, Ziweixing was still very weak, and it was understandable that it would take over deals from everywhere. Now that Ziweixing has become a big company, it still resorts to such shameless tactics.

Um……

It’s not impossible!

If Baidu cuts off the pyramid project, it will need to pay a large sum of severance pay to these resigned employees. However, the severance pay can be avoided in another way.

Package the pyramid project and sell it to Ziweixing!

There is no layoff process.

Not only did he save a severance pay, but he also received an additional amount of money from Ziweixing.

The only drawback…

Baidu needs to transfer all relevant technical achievements of the Pyramid Project to Ziweixing.

Although this project was abandoned, many technologies are universal and can serve as technical reserves for the research and development of other projects. These are Baidu's intellectual property rights and have all been patented.

Give it to Ziweixing?

Does it count as capitalizing on the enemy?

Zhou Buqi said: "Lao Li, it's not easy to research something in China. Don't harm others and not benefit yourself. You'd rather throw it away than share it with your peers. Silicon Valley can do this because they have the talent advantage all over the world. What do we have?

Without careful calculation, how can we compete with them?"

Li Yanhong was a little reluctant, "This is a failed project."

Zhou Buqi said: "Even if you fail, you still have experience and lessons from failure. These are valuable."

Li Yanhong was silent for a long time and sighed, "Oh, I know what you mean. I am a technical person, and I am more unwilling than you. I feel more distressed than anyone else about the axing of this project. When I started this project,

I wanted to compete with Google, but I didn’t expect..."

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "Yes, it's not as good as Google, it's not as good as Baidu, and it's not as good as Ziweixing. Because of this, we need to have some exchanges in technology and join forces."

Li Yanhong laughed angrily and said, "What you say is better than what you sing!"

Zhou Buqi said calmly: "My chief technology officer is Shen Xiangyang. He was previously the dean of Microsoft Research. After you laid off employees, he could still take over those people with a wave of his hand."

"Um."

Li Yanhong agrees with this statement.

The lowest level of engineers participating in the pyramid project is P4, and there are a large number of P7 and P8 level scientists. Such people would definitely not be willing to go to ordinary companies.

After leaving Baidu, the most likely option is to go to Ziweixing.

They are all in the capital, so there is no need to change the living circle, which is very convenient.

In the previous life, many of this group of people were recruited by Alibaba Cloud's Wang Jian after they resigned. He was the former executive vice president of Microsoft Research. Then, this group of people became the core team of Alibaba Cloud.

Li Yanhong pondered for a long time, "Let's meet and talk."

Zhou Buqi said cheerfully: "Okay, I have something to do in the afternoon, I will bring someone to see you tomorrow morning!"

Hang up the phone.

Zhou Buqi was very happy.

Looks like a lot of fun!

There is no need to doubt Boss Li's belief in technology. He once wanted to compete with Google, which was very ambitious. When the Pyramid Project was cut off, those front-line scientists were very distressed, and Boss Li was also heartbroken.

What should I do if I have no money to support my son?

Giving your son to a wealthy family is also a good choice.

When Ning Yaxian saw him resting his legs on the desk and relaxing on the executive chair, she felt a little dumbfounded. She went over to sort out the documents that he had soiled and asked curiously: "Is there anything you can do this afternoon? Is there anything on the agenda?

There are arrangements."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Date!"

"Who is it?"

"Your sister."

"Really?" Ning Yaxian was a little surprised, "She agrees?"

Zhou Buqi hummed, "What's the point of disagreeing? I took action myself, but there's still something I can't do? Did she tell you about the last time I went to the art exhibition with her?"

Ning Yaxian pursed her lips, "I didn't tell you, you were hiding it from me."

Zhou Buqi chuckled, "I held her hand."
To be continued...