Zhang Yiming continued to brainwash.

When the amount of data on a website increases, a distributed database reading system is no longer enough, and a more complex distributed server cluster is needed.

However, even with a distributed cluster, the speed is still very slow.

This requires distributed caching technology and distributed web page block loading technology.

Zhou Buqi blinked, "Have you not done these two projects before? Three of them were approved at once."

Zhang Yiming said: "Yes, distributed caching is the project applied for by Micropoint Search, and distributed web page block loading technology is the project applied for by Friends.com. The other is distributed rendering of Micropoint Browser."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

With distributed technology, it seems that the entire company's website architecture system will change.

Zhang Yiming added: "Moreover, a big tree attracts trouble. As the scale of the website becomes larger and larger, we need a strong security team to ensure that the website can be well defended when it is attacked, as well as to prevent spam, malicious advertisements and

Distribution of malicious programs.”

"Do you still need a distributed firewall?"

"right."

"Is the R&D center doing it?"

"Yes, that's what I mean. The R&D center is indeed working on some technologies, such as distributed storage and distributed reading, all for databases, and Yang Zhenkun is taking the lead. But there are still many projects that are not related to the database.

It’s so close that there must be another team to do it in a unified manner.”

"unified?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows and immediately caught his words.

Zhang Yiming sighed and said: "Some time ago, you approved 100 million and passed three projects. But I greatly underestimated the difficulty of the project. Although distributed papers are published one after another abroad, even the master-slave relationship

The basic models have been proposed, but they are not popular enough. All articles are in English. Domestic programmers do not know enough about distribution. Recruitment is very difficult."

"So we need to concentrate on doing big things?"

"Well, that can only be like this. Integrate all distributed projects, find a technical leader, and let a dedicated team do it. At the beginning, it may be necessary to train new engineers before they get started."

Zhang Yiming is delegating power.

It's purely for the benefit of the company.

Take the initiative to release the distributed projects of Friends.com, gather superior forces, and make better use of company resources to do this. Instead of fighting independently, causing serious waste.

Zhou Buqi pondered for a moment, "How is Cheng Binghao's level?"

"Very high!"

"Does he understand distribution?"

"Of course, he is the chief technology officer! Here at the headquarters, he is the one who leads the senior technicians to learn foreign cutting-edge technologies, including distributed technology. I will ask him a lot of questions I don't understand."

Zhang Yiming turned his head with a surprised look on his face, as if he couldn't understand why he asked this.

Zhou Buqi was a little helpless.

I thought it was not me who was paranoid. That Cheng Binghao had never even gone to college. He was a high school graduate. He relied entirely on self-study to improve his personal skills. In the past, the company was small and the technical difficulty was low. He would definitely be qualified as CTO.

But now that Ziweixing is getting bigger and bigger, and the technical difficulty is getting higher and higher, his level may not be up to par.

Zhou Buqi asked: "Cheng Binghao or Xu Liangjie, who is better?"

Zhang Yiming said: "That must be Xu Liangjie."

Zhou Buqi asked again: "Then do you think Cheng Binghao can be responsible for these things?"

Zhang Yiming smiled and said: "Yes, it has to be him, unless Yang Zhenkun is called over. But I heard that Yang Zhenkun's management level... is not very high. He is a technical talent."

Cheng Binghao is the chief technology officer. He leads many high-end algorithm projects of Ziweixing and is in charge of six or seven R&D projects, such as recommendation algorithms, crawler algorithms, search algorithms, uncertainty algorithms, data processing algorithms, etc.

None of these algorithms are geared toward a specific department.

Instead, it is oriented to all business groups under Ziweixing, including Friends Network, Micropoint Search, School Network, and even Job Search Network, Embarrassing Encyclopedia, and Micropoint Security Center.

The pattern is very clear.

It is very consistent with the corporate structure of "big R&D, small skin".

Business groups such as Friends Network, Weidian, and Xiaonei Network are all equivalent to "small skins", and the technical business projects that Cheng Binghao is responsible for are "big R&D", which is a R&D headquarters that provides advanced technical algorithms.

If several projects of distributed systems are also assigned to Cheng Binghao, then the attribute of "big research and development" will become more and more obvious.

Zhou Buqi's thinking immediately diverged and he thought of a higher level.

It's not that his level is higher than Zhang Yiming's, but because the positions of the two sides are different, and often the butt determines the head.

For example, in the internal training class of Ziwei Lecture Hall, He Yang talked many times about how to promote subordinates?

In fact, it's very simple, just boldly put him in a higher position.

In a lower position, it seems that the abilities he displayed cannot control a higher position. But as soon as he is placed in a higher position and has a higher position vision, his way of thinking will change.

Zhou Buqi said: "If this is the case, I think we can set up a new department - Ziweixing Engineering Academy, and let Cheng Binghao serve as the first president."

The engineering academy and the R&D academy are different.

The R&D institute is a blind man groping for an elephant, a fish in troubled waters. He doesn’t know anything, and he rushes forward like a bet on what to do and how to do it... There is no clue about everything, and the probability of failure is extremely high. This is groping for the future through technology.

Exploration of commercial applications.

The probability of failure of the Engineering Academy is very low. It is engaged in project engineering. There is demand first, and then the project is launched. It is an exploration of current commercial applications, and it is engaged in plug-and-play products.

It is "Little Skin" that submits the technical requirements, and then the Engineering Academy does related product research and development based on the front-end needs. It is equivalent to Ziweixing's "big R&D" headquarters.

Zhang Yiming immediately understood what he meant and was a little surprised, "Are you saying that all general product algorithms should be handed over to this engineering institute?"

Zhou Buqi shook his head, "It has been concluded before that the strategy of 'big R&D, small skin' is too aggressive. Even if it is to be done, it must be done slowly and step by step. Ziweixing Engineering Institute is an attempt. No.

All global technical products should be handed over to the Academy of Engineering, but some high-end technical algorithms should be handed over to the Academy of Engineering, such as distributed algorithms, calculation algorithms, and data processing algorithms. Some small functions and technologies should still maintain the status quo.

, don’t move too much.”

"this……"

Zhang Yiming hesitated slightly.

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Yiming coughed slightly and felt a little embarrassed, "If this engineering institute is established, all high-end algorithm products of Ziweixing are put here and Cheng Binghao takes the lead... This workload is not small, and the technical directions involved are too many and complex.

I feel...he may not be able to do it."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily: "Didn't you say he is competent?"

Zhang Yiming said: "I said that he can do the job by bringing all the distributed cities together. If we build an engineering institute with such a strong concentration, it will involve too many things. The current model is that Cheng Binghao is responsible for part of the high-end technology. Some are led by Xu Liangjie, and some are decentralized to various business groups. Cheng Binghao is best at search-related algorithms. He is good at data processing, crawler algorithms and distribution, but not necessarily others."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Then let's go step by step. First, put some advanced algorithms that Cheng Binghao is good at in the engineering academy. Later, we will slowly put all the advanced algorithms in, and then gradually put in the middle and low-end ones that can be used universally." We will also let go of our technical products and implement the strategy of 'big research and development'."

Zhang Yiming blinked, suddenly thought of something, and lowered his voice, "I heard that Xu Liangjie is going to do something big? He wants to recruit Shen Xiangyang?"

"That's the plan."

"I dug him here, what are you doing?"

"Ziweixing R&D Institute focuses on the general direction of artificial intelligence. I heard that Silicon Valley has been doing this for many years, and many in China are lagging behind."

Zhang Yiming deeply agreed, "Well, this direction is very good. However, he is the dean of Microsoft R&D Institute. If we recruit him to be the dean of Ziweixing R&D Institute, isn't it a bit overkill?"

"Um?"

"How big is the scale of Microsoft Asia R&D Institute? There are R&D centers in China, Japan and South Korea with thousands of R&D personnel. Our MSI R&D Institute is still an empty shell. It may not be so attractive."

Zhou Buqi didn't think so, he was full of confidence, "Don't you think Ziweixing has become the national backbone of the Internet industry? Ideals are the most attractive."

Zhang Yiming smiled and said: "That's what I say, but you can't always take advantage of the big picture. The actual benefits must be given more. In my opinion... If we can really recruit him, we can let him serve as the dean of the two academies. We will wait for future research and development The scale of the Academy and the Academy of Engineering has increased, and the workload has exceeded the standard, so I will resign."

"Let's talk about it then!"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand.

The interests involved in this matter, corporate management structure, organizational appointments, business and technology allocation... are very complicated. It must be approved by the decision-making committee and the whole team must work together to promote it forcefully.

Otherwise, just because Boss Zhou has made a decision, but his senior executives do not agree with it deep down, the policy will not be implemented and will become a dead letter.

For example, Baidu’s boss Li has repeatedly stated that he will restrict medical advertising, and he also swore a solemn guarantee that Baidu will not only not advertise fake medicines, but it will not even advertise real medicines!

But once the decision was made, it couldn't be pushed forward at all.

All senior executives under my command need KPI assessment.

So many profitable projects have been cut off, and what should executives do if their KPIs fail to meet the standards? What should they do if the stock price collapses? Whose responsibility is this?

If interests are higher than corporate culture, this kind of thing will definitely happen.

In this regard, Alibaba has done the best. For example, Boss Ma once hired an investment expert to serve as Alibaba's vice president in charge of investment. After a few years, the investment was a great success and he made a lot of money.

But Boss Ma always criticized him, and eventually he couldn't bear it anymore and fired him.

Because in Boss Ma's view, Ali's investment behavior must be in line with Ali's strategy and corporate culture. Investing for the sake of making money is what capital does, not Ali's mission.
Chapter completed!