Ye Tianming has always kept the office space he had previously scouted for Li Mu. It covers an area of about seventy square meters and is divided into three rooms of different sizes, large, medium and small.
One of them occupies half of the area. It is a fairly open office area. Currently, there are six workstations very sparsely arranged, but it can accommodate at least ten people to work. In addition, there is another office with more than 20 people. A small conference room with an area of square meters, and an independent office with an area of more than 10 square meters.
Li Mu called the owners of several resumes at nine o'clock in the morning to inform them of the interview. Among the four people, except Kong Lingyu, who had a mobile phone, the others all had paging numbers, so it was a bit troublesome to notify them.
The first person Li Mu notified was Kong Lingyu, a web development programmer from China Yahoo. Kong Lingyu had not gotten up yet when he received the call. When he heard that there was an interview, he was very cautious at first and asked about the person's background, because he had been Many companies invited me for interviews, but only after I went there did I realize that the other company was not a serious Internet company at all. Many people hired web developers just to build a corporate page, which made Kong Lingyu very depressed.
He always thought that as a second-tier city, although Jinling was not as big as Yanjing, its development speed should not be much slower than that of Yanjing. However, after returning, he realized that Jinling was still a barren land for the Internet.
Apart from some local forums and local chat rooms, Jinling has no newer Internet products. Not to mention the portal website, its own website home is a unique thing.
On the phone, Kong Lingyu asked Li Mu in great detail: "What is your company's core business in the Internet field?"
Li Mubian said: "Our company's current core positioning is to develop an online music listening and downloading website."
"Audition website?" Kong Lingyu asked, already somewhat interested. At least it was in the category of real Internet business.
Li Mu explained: “You can think of it as a portal with music as its core.”
Kong Lingyu still knows a little about audition websites. There are many online audition websites now, and he often listens to songs on similar websites when he surfs the Internet.
"Okay." Kong Lingyu agreed without much thought and said, "Please tell me the time and place."
"I will text you the address later. The time will be today. The sooner the better."
Later, Li Mu received calls back from other people one after another, and the interview time was finalized one after another.
In order not to make Li Mu look too shabby during the interview, Ye Tianming immediately found the employee responsible for the management of the building, and in less than an hour, he provided Li Mu with the desks and reception rooms needed for the office and conference room. Office furniture such as sofas and conference tables.
It seems like that's what happened, but Li Mu didn't even have time to register a company. He originally wanted to register the company first, but after thinking about it, he forgot it. Most of the websites now are personal websites. There is no need to specialize in the website. Register a company.
Kong Lingyu arrived at 11 o'clock in the morning. He was surprised when he found this office building. This is considered a first-tier office building in Jinling. Companies that can rent workplaces here should still have certain financial resources.
However, after seeing Li Mu, his surprise was several times stronger than before he entered the door!
"You shouldn't be twenty yet, right?" This was the first thing Kong Lingyu asked after seeing Li Mu.
"That's right." Li Mu didn't hide anything and nodded: "I haven't gone to college yet. It will be September this year."
Kong Lingyu is a person who thinks very much about the Internet. He knows several rules in the Internet field. One is that ability does not depend on age, and the other is that awesomeness does not depend on the source.
So Kong Lingyu curiously asked Li Mu: "Since you are going to college soon, why do you still want to start a business in the Internet field?"
Li Mu said calmly: "I went to college offline and started a business online. There is no conflict between the two."
Online and offline are still a new term. Kong Lingyu's eyes couldn't help but shine: "You are right. Besides, you do have a lot of spare time after going to college."
Li Mu nodded and went straight to the point: "Let's get down to business. I read your resume and it is more in line with my current needs. I hope to have a technical director to help me with the development of Yiting and after the development is launched. Maintenance, in addition, the server and testing parts also need to be coordinated by a technical director.”
Kong Lingyu asked: “What does partial development mean?”
"I have started developing it myself, and it is about 20% completed so far. However, I really don't have time to do it, so I hope that a technical director will be responsible for me and lead other technical staff to develop all the website according to my requirements. solve."
Kong Lingyu was even more surprised. It was not new for an eighteen-year-old boy to start a business. Judging from the fact that he could rent such a place before his project was launched, he was probably a second-generation rich man.
However, it is really rare in China for an 18-year-old boy to be able to develop web pages. After all, domestic high schools have not yet fully popularized computer courses. Even if high school students want to learn programming, they may not have the right opportunities.
Li Mu saw some doubts in his expression, so he took his notebook, showed him his unfinished project, and said, "You can take a rough look. This is just a preliminary background logic."
Kong Lingyu took the computer in surprise and flipped through a few pages of code. His view of Li Mu immediately changed dramatically.
Code is a boring thing, but it is also an art, an art that is close to mathematics.
For example, a certain function on the program is a mathematical problem. Different technicians have different ways of solving the problem. Not everyone can solve the problem, and not everyone has the most labor-saving solution. Therefore, programmers see better code, just like mathematicians see better ways to solve problems, and they can immediately see the other person's level.
Kong Lingyu just looked at a few pages of code and felt that Li Mu's web programming skills were even higher than his own. If he were asked to write code according to the same requirements, even if he could write it out, it would probably be twice as long!
The length of the code not only represents the programmer's mastery of technology, but also represents the programmer's logical ability. For developers, the most important thing is logic.
The simpler, more direct, and clearer the logic of the code, the more it represents the other party's strength, even talent and attainments.
"Excuse me, where did you learn programming? Your level is far above mine. In my opinion, it is like CET-4, which is the same as the English level of Americans. The gap is too big."
"It's not that outrageous." Li Mu waved his hand: "The most important thing about code is not the writing, but the thinking before writing. It's like translating. If I ask you to translate 'How are you?', how will you translate it?"
"How-are-you." Kong Lingyu blurted out.
Li Mu opened a document on the computer and said, "Type it out."
Kong Lingyu immediately typed the nine letters "How-are-you" on the document.
Li Mu smiled and pulled the computer to his side, typing as he spoke: "If it were me, I would write like this, please take a look."
After speaking, Li Mu handed what he wrote to Kong Lingyu.
Kong Lingyu took one look and was shocked. What Li Mu wrote was actually: "How-r-u"
There are only five letters.
"This..." Kong Lingyu was a little confused.
Li Mu smiled and said: "The pronunciation of r is the same as are, and the pronunciation of u is the same as you, so this is enough for the other party to understand."
Only then did Kong Lingyu realize that this was the case! Computer language actually has a lot in common with human language. A programmer is a translator, translating human language into computer language and letting the computer understand it. People who are proficient in language and can think will use the simplest and most direct way to make the other party understand. This is the essence of programming.
Kong Lingyu was even more impressed with Li Mu. He vaguely felt that Li Mu should have had overseas study experience or studied with overseas programming masters. Otherwise, he would not have such a deep understanding of programming.
Li Mu's metaphor also bypassed Kong Lingyu's previous questions. He told Kong Lingyu his general plan for making YiTing. After finishing speaking, he said with confidence: "The era of online listening has not really come yet, and the era of MP3 popularization has not yet come. It’s not there yet. If we do a good job in this business now, we may have the opportunity to become Baidu or Yahoo in the field of online music in the future.”
Although Kong Lingyu doesn't know when MP3 will become popular, he agrees with Li Mu's point of view that online music is a convenient service provided by the Internet for netizens. More and more people will definitely have demand for this in the future. By establishing a foothold in the field, you can be prepared to meet the big wave of demand.
(End of chapter)