As soon as Li Mu said he was more optimistic about himself, Leader Lei knew what Li Mu meant.
It seems that Li Mu covets the security software market and is very ambitious.
Thinking about it more carefully, he was somewhat disdainful of his optimistic remarks about Kingsoft's future just now, which seems to indicate that he has his own plans for the security software market.
This is not a good sign.
It can even be said that it is the worst signal I have received recently.
Even though Zhuo Zhuo was shocked like this by Taobao, he didn't feel panic in his heart.
However, Li Mu vaguely revealed his intention to make security software, which made him feel extremely nervous.
Among Kingsoft's major product lines, security software and word processing software are the top priorities. If there is a problem with the anti-virus software, it will be really fatal.
no way.
In today's era of China Internet, companies can put it bluntly that they are just trying to incubate a nest of various poultry eggs. Li Mu has skipped this stage directly. With a hammer in hand, it seems that it is no problem to smash anyone who wants to. .
Leader Lei was silent for a moment and asked Li Mu seriously: "Mr. Li is also planning to enter the security software market?"
Li Mu smiled slightly: "I will definitely do it in the future."
Leader Lei took a deep breath and asked: "Excuse me, Mr. Li, what do you think of the future development space of the security software market?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "Mr. Lei, the security software market space will definitely become bigger and bigger, but the security software market in the future will definitely change its gameplay. There is no doubt about this. As for what kind of gameplay it will change, I still don't know what kind of gameplay it will use." Didn’t figure it out.”
Li Mu did not dare to underestimate the strength of Leader Lei. If he was told that the future development direction of the security market is free, he would not believe it, but he would think carefully about what he said. He is a great person himself. If he figured it out, He turned around and became Zhou Hongyi, which was really a shame.
Lei Jun felt even more uneasy. Li Mu said that he wanted to find a new way of playing, but then said that he didn't understand. Almost immediately, he could tell that he was deliberately concealing it. He must have a plan but didn't want to say it.
At this moment, Li Mu suddenly looked at Leader Lei and asked him with a smile: "Mr. Lei, are you interested in jumping out of the security software circle and doing something bigger?"
Leader Lei looked at Li Mu in surprise: "What are the bigger things?"
"E-commerce." Li Mu said with a smile: "Zhuo Excellence has no future, and Jinshan's future is still very unclear. Instead of doing this, it is better to join Taobao, and together with Mr. Liu and me, let's do something bigger."
Liu Edong was secretly sending text messages. When he heard this sentence, he put down his phone temporarily, raised his head and said to Master Lei: "Mr. Lei, Taobao is currently vigorously recruiting high-quality partners. If you are interested, Mr. Li and I are looking forward to you." Can join.”
Leader Lei himself has product and e-commerce genes, but he is really buried in the field of security software. Although he will take the initiative to jump out of the security software well as the landscape continues to improve in the future, that will only happen many years later. .
If we can pull him out of Jinshan at this time, put him on Taobao first so that he can play e-commerce as soon as possible. In the future, before the window of the hardware market, especially the smartphone market, opens, we can pull him out to make hardware. At that time He will definitely be able to use his skills and routines when operating Xiaomi.
At this time, Leader Lei never thought that Li Mu would actually want to poach him. It was the first time he met him. Why did he invite him to join Taobao so directly? What does he like about himself
However, although Leader Lei was confused, he was still somewhat excited. In any case, this was Li Mu's recognition of himself. Although he was much younger than him, he was the biggest one in the Internet industry and could get His recognition is naturally something to be proud of.
Thinking of this, Leader Lei did not think about it carefully and first asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li and Mr. Liu, do you think I am suitable for Taobao as a platform?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "It's suitable. What's not suitable? I know Joyo.com is your hard work, and you must be more inclined to the e-commerce industry. In this case, why not directly join the best e-commerce company in China?"
After saying that, Li Mu added: "Just now, your own estimate of Kingsoft's future was only 'continuous growth' and 'getting higher and higher', but everyone knows that the hardware base of the Internet industry has been growing, and the number of users has also been growing. Growth is a general dividend for the industry as a whole. In this case, most companies can achieve 'continuous growth' and 'get higher and higher', so according to the estimates made for Kingsoft, it is enough to show your interest in In fact, I don’t have much confidence in Jinshan’s future.”
Leader Lei hesitated for a moment, smiled awkwardly, and said, "It's not that I don't have much confidence, I'm just making a relatively conservative estimate."
Li Mu nodded, accepting the words of Leader Lei, and then said: "Unlike you, Mr. Lei, my estimate of Taobao's future is just five words - 'leapfrog growth', maybe in In the golden stage of Taobao's development, the valuation can double every few months, so for you, it is actually a question of whether to take a plane or a train. A plane may not be more comfortable than a train, but at least it is faster. Much more!"
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Leader Lei ate this meal a little absent-mindedly.
His mind was a little confused. He originally thought he was here to discuss the sale of Joyo.com, but it turned out that the other party wanted to take over even him.
As the CEO of Kingsoft, he was originally very confident about Kingsoft's future development direction, but today he was suddenly poured cold water on by Li Mu. The first thing that can be determined is that Li Mu is interested in making security software, which is consistent with Kingsoft. There will be a direct conflict; secondly, Li Mu must have an extraordinary idea, and I am afraid that once he takes action, it will directly disrupt the rhythm of the entire industry; finally, once Li Mu takes action, Jinshan's future will inevitably be even more confused.
Leader Lei’s biggest goal now is to lead Kingsoft to go public. After the successful listing, he will retire and no longer stay at Kingsoft to do what he is really interested in. However, the difficulties of Kingsoft’s listing have always been considerable, not to mention Li Mu. Let him realize today that because Li Mu is eyeing the company, the possibility of Jinshan going public may be greatly reduced.
Li Mu's general idea is also very simple. If Leader Lei is willing to join Taobao, the books, audio and video should be left to him. Liu Edong will focus on logistics construction in the future, so there must be strong people to share the operation work of Taobao. Leader Lei is definitely the one. A good choice. Although this person has not systematically played in mature e-commerce, his strength may bring him more fresh inspiration.
After Lei Jiaozhu joined, he would look for Zhou Hongyi next and vote for him to make free security software. In this way, I dare not say that he would be running on the dead money, but the possibility of going public would be even smaller.
At the same time, free security software seizes user desktops and software distribution, and cooperates with YY to seize user traffic and usage time. In this case, the basic market will be more stable.
After Taobao becomes a real giant, Master Lei can step aside and do what he is best at doing—making hardware.
The mobile phone industry will be a huge market in the future. Whether it is software or hardware, Li Mu must lay out it in advance, and Master Lei is the perfect candidate to lay out the hardware.
Of course, this is just the plan that Li Mu feels is ideal. In addition, he also has his own backup plan. It doesn't matter if Leader Lei is unwilling to join Taobao. He will still find Zhou Hongyi and invest a huge sum of money in him, so that he can directly transfer the free money to him. If the security software comes out, Kingsoft will definitely be in trouble, but there is nothing you can do about it. As long as you decide to enter the field of security software, Kingsoft will definitely be greatly implicated.
Li Mu is not targeting Jinshan, but he is targeting Zhou Hongyi in advance. He cannot wait for Zhou Hongyi to become awesome before investing in him to make security software. By then, he will probably become another stubborn young man like the king of Meituan. Li Mu does not want to raise him. Tigers are infested.
When he said goodbye to Leader Lei, Li Mu had not received any definite reply from Leader Lei, but before leaving, Leader Lei promised him that he would contact Li Mu as soon as he had any news or made any decision.
After Master Lei left, Li Mu did not get into Wang Yuanlang's car, but got into Liu Eodong's car.
Li Mu briefly discussed his thoughts with Liu Eodong in the car. If Lei Jun was willing to join, he would be his right-hand man for the first two years, and then he would free him to try other new fields after two years.
Liu Edong really needed an experienced person to help him at the moment, so while driving Li Mu back, he asked him: "Lei Jun is the CEO of Jinshan. It is said that he still has about 15 points of shares. Do you think we can dig it out?" him?"
Li Mu said: "Lei is always a smart man, and he will definitely weigh the pros and cons carefully. Kingsoft's net assets are actually only tens of millions. When the market prospects are promising, the valuation is only a few hundred million; but with Makino Technology With Taobao’s current industry influence, as long as I make some random moves against Kingsoft, Kingsoft’s market prospects and valuations will immediately fall. By then, I may not be able to cash out much of my 15% stake, so I might as well cash out quickly now. , it’s easy to clean up and leave the house.”
With that said, Li Mu said confidently: "I think he will definitely be interested. It won't be long before he will come to me to discuss the specific conditions for joining."
Liu Edong nodded and said to Li Mu, "Oh, by the way, there's something. Lao Chen sent me a text message while we were eating just now."
"Chen Tong?" Li Mu frowned and asked him, "What is this old man busy with recently?"
"I'm not busy with anything." Liu Edong shrugged and said, "I've been trying to find a suitable platform since I came out of Sina, but the YY portal is now too powerful, and YY123 is fully diverting traffic. Now no new companies are willing to get involved in the portal. He never found the right opportunity."
With that said, Liu Edong waved his hand and said: "Let's get down to business. Lao Chen sent this text message to ask me to ask you if there are any positions available for him at Makino Technology now?"
Li Mula was happy, raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes, if he really considers joining Makino Technology, you can let him receive reports from Makino Technology next week."
(End of chapter)