After lunch, Makino Technology's motorcade carried the young British royal family to Makino Technology. At this time, everyone at Makino Technology was ready and made all preparations.
Li Mu gave William a very high courtesy. All the company's leaders above the director level accompanied him on the tour. William could visit any department of Makino Technology. At the same time, Li Mu personally acted as the docent to explain each department to William. And the composition and significance of each sector of business.
YY reporters follow the entire process and all photos can be released directly. Videos can only be released to the outside world after being reviewed by the internal control department to ensure that no confidentiality has been leaked.
At this time, Makino Technology has not yet built its own office building and industrial park. Thousands of people live in a 16-story office building in Zhongguancun. The companies in the building have moved out one after another in the past year. This is why Makino Technology continues to The result of hard work.
In order to persuade those companies to leave, Makino Technology paid out nearly 10 million yuan in relocation subsidies to other companies. This seemed like a big deal to outsiders, but in Li Mu's eyes it was very worthwhile.
Although Makino Technology took over the entire building, it did not invest heavily in renovations. This is also what Li Mu personally meant. On the one hand, large-scale renovations will greatly affect work. On the other hand, renovations will inevitably bring pollution. He does not want employees to work there. Offices with excessive formaldehyde risk their lives.
When William first came to Makino Technology, he didn't even expect that such an ordinary office building would be the headquarters of the Internet company with the largest market value in the world. He couldn't even believe that many products were produced in this building. It closely connects Internet users all over the world.
If the Internet is a link connecting the world, then this is the hub of this link. In the past, the Internet was based on the transmission of information, and because of Makino Technology, the current Internet has established a global social and information The basis of interaction.
Information transmission and information interaction are two completely different concepts. In the earliest days of the Internet, email could be used to transmit information in network environments around the world, but that was just information transmission. Even in the early days of MSN and QQ, the Internet It is still point-to-point small-scale information transmission. Only when Makino Technology truly implements the global group social model, the Internet truly enters the era of information interaction.
Li Mu asked William: "Which product of Makino Technology impressed you the most? We can go to that department to take a look first."
William said almost without thinking: "The thing that impressed me the most was YY. I still can't forget the shock when I used the group chat function in YY for the first time. It was as if instant messaging had suddenly entered a new era. For the first time, all the people were chatting together at the same time. A large number of people pushed it in front of me, which can be said to be an epoch-making impact for me."
As he spoke, William said with a serious face: "Actually, I am deeply impressed by every product of Makino Technology. Apart from YY, what I am most interested in is Twitter, which is now further connecting the world."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Then I will take you to the YY Business Department first. That is also the largest team of Makino Technology."
The YY business department of Makino Technology occupies two floors, of which product technology and various research and development alone account for more than half. After greeting the employees of Makino Technology humbly, he asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, YY business There are so many employees in the department, what kind of work are they doing?”
Li Mu explained: "More than half of them are R&D personnel, and the rest are operations personnel and other support personnel. We also have a customer service center with nearly a thousand people, but the customer service center is not built here. It is in another of our offices. site."
William asked with great interest: "Can I ask, what are the R&D personnel mainly developing? Is it developing a new version? Or a new function?"
Li Mu said: "A small number of R&D personnel are developing new versions and new product features, while the majority of R&D personnel are actually developing lower-level things."
William said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Li, I know only a little about this aspect, so I don't quite understand. What is the lower level thing you are talking about?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "For example, we are not building one building now, but building countless buildings around the world, so what we are really working on is developing a system that is more scientific, safer, more effective and more efficient." There are cost-effective construction solutions, for example, we must start from the most basic cement and steel bars and continuously optimize them. Only in this way can we make the high-rise buildings we build around the world fast and stable."
As he spoke, Li Mu added: "Look at YY, a product that has grown from a few hundred daily active users to over 100 million daily active users around the world. This is not only a quantitative change, but also a qualitative change. We have established a global A large number of data processing centers are designed to provide support for such a huge Internet product. If our underlying architecture personnel can reduce the per capita data processing requirements of our products by 10%, it will have a great impact on the development of our entire business and other aspects of the company. There will be huge benefits to the long-term development of the business.”
William nodded lightly and sighed: "I rarely see large-scale Internet companies in the UK. There are relatively few Internet companies in the UK itself. In addition, there is rarely such a high-tech atmosphere, so the development of the UK's Internet industry is still limited. The overall situation is a bit slow, but the Internet is developing at such a rapid pace that I am really worried that British Internet practitioners will be completely abandoned by the Internet trend due to a temporary slowdown."
With that said, William asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I wonder if I could trouble you to provide some support and training for British Internet practitioners in the future?"
Li Mu smiled and asked: "I wonder what kind of support and training Prince William would like us to provide to British Internet practitioners?"
William said: "Although I don't understand the Internet, from my point of view, the two most important points in any industry are model and resources, so I wonder if you can provide some help in these two aspects?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Although models are very important, models require everyone to use their brains to think about it. At this point, it is difficult for me to help other entrepreneurs think about it. Entrepreneurs need to think hard on their own to learn from the existing Internet In the business model, we are looking for new models or new variants, but in terms of resources, I can provide some preferential policies."
With that said, Li Mu added: "Let's see, Makino Technology can hold an Internet entrepreneurship project competition in the UK and use 10 million pounds to establish an Internet venture capital fund in the UK. Anyone who wins the ranking in the entrepreneurship competition can We received an angel round investment from Makino Technology. At the same time, Makino Technology currently has the largest data processing center in the UK. We can provide services for free or below cost to the companies that have won the ranking, to further reduce their cost of starting a business. .”
William's request was actually arranged for him by Li Mu in advance.
Li Mu tailored a motivational package for William's visit to Makino Technology. The packaging method was called: Learn from Makino Technology's advanced Internet thinking, and hoped that Makino Technology could help local Internet companies in the UK to a certain extent.
Li Mu needs to give William enough positive influence. If he only visits for personal purposes, it will be difficult to improve his personal influence. However, if he visits in a private capacity, he will do so with the intention of benefiting the country and the people. The fundamental motivation is that his image in the eyes of other people in his country and even around the world will naturally be much higher.
Moreover, Li Mu will not let William come to China with an empty gun. After this core package is thrown out, Li Mu must "provide certain support and assistance to local Internet companies in the UK at Prince William's request." This will also give William It gives people a targeted impression, which can be said to be helping people to the end and sending Buddha to the West.
He set up a venture capital fund with 10 million pounds, held an entrepreneurial competition, and also provided other resource discounts. It can be said that Li Mu has indeed given William a lot of face. If nothing else, William has already contributed to the British Internet industry through his own efforts. A very considerable benefit was obtained.
As for Li Mu, it seems like he did something wrong in this matter, but in fact Li Mu himself will benefit a lot from it.
Entrepreneurship competitions, like talent shows, are an opportunity to find good projects. Not only do you need to select and promote good projects, you also need to invest the money in your venture capital funds. In this way, the chance of success is higher than normal. It needs to be bigger. If it is made into several companies, it will not only recover the cost, but also have huge profit margins.
The reason why talent shows have been popular for a long time is actually similar to entrepreneurship competitions. The organizers not only want to earn ratings and attract attention, but also to sign potential artists. The so-called I will make you famous, and you will help me make money. Basically, it is like this logic.
However, for Li Mu, Prince William's visit to Makino Technology is not only a great gift from him, but the aura of William will naturally add points to Makino Technology.
William's visit was carefully created by Li Mu for Makino Technology, an opportunity to promote itself in the European market and enhance user recognition.
From a global perspective, Makino Technology's popularity is obviously greater than that of William, so Makino Technology's news push has made people all over China and even around the world who don't know the British royal family or William know him;
But speaking from Europe alone, Prince William and the Windsor family behind him are far more famous and loved by the public than Makino Technology and any other company.
Li Mu now wants to tightly bind the Windsor family together through cooperation with William, which will give Makino Technology a bunch of powerful wings for its development in Europe!
(End of chapter)