Who wants to take the civil service exam after being reborn?

Chapter 631 Everyone is "Waiting to Die"

I finally figured out why the company was "whipping" me.

Little Ma called Chen first. He didn't talk about the reply, but said with a smile, "Brother, do you know that our company has been having some problems lately?"

"what is the problem?"

Chen asked a question that he knew perfectly well.

"We were made to stand as punishment by the leaders of the Ministry of Culture..."

There was no negative emotion in Little Ma's tone; it sounded like a casual chat between friends.

"Standing as punishment" is a very vivid metaphor. For example, when a vice president of Tencent went to the capital to admit his mistake.

Typically, he would stand in front of a leader's mahogany desk, listening meekly to instructions, just like when he was a child being punished by his teacher.

Director Chen's acting was superb; even when he saw that Little Ma couldn't get to the point, he wasn't worried and offered heartfelt comfort:
"Mr. Ma, we need to look at this from a dialectical perspective. This is the inevitable process of compliance that the Chinese internet industry will undergo after its period of rapid, unregulated growth. Everyone is paying their dues for the past, and the leaders just want the industry to develop steadily and sustainably..."

After all, Pony Ma is a "programmer" by training, and his eloquence can't compare to that of Chen Zhe, who comes from a "civil servant" background.

Director Chen can boast for two hours without repeating himself, and although he is not a computer science major, he can talk about the industry's development in great detail.

Little Ma felt his arm was aching from holding up his phone, but he still hadn't managed to extract any useful information.

He simply asked directly, "Brother Chen, are you and Minister Yi on good terms?"

"me……"

If Chen were to start boasting wildly at this point, Little Ma might not believe him.

However, Director Chen smiled slightly and replied in a nonchalant manner, "It's alright."

This aroused Little Ma's suspicions, as he felt that Chen Zhe and the other party were very familiar with each other.

Filled with doubts, Pony Ma had no choice but to convene a management meeting to discuss how to respond.

Originally, company veterans like Liu Chengming were not very supportive of launching the "instant messaging software" project.

Now, facing a retrospective backlash, especially after the Ministry of Culture's announcement, the stock price has been falling for several days, and shareholders are complaining. This has given Liu Chengming the opportunity to continue denying the allegations.

"I have said before that the company should maintain a strategic focus, avoid spreading resources, and focus on developing its advantageous projects."

General Manager Liu stared at Zhang Xiaolong and said bluntly, "But some people insist on disregarding the overall situation and pushing forward recklessly for their own achievements, making the entire company pay the price for their personal recklessness!"

Zhang Xiaolong blushed, lowered his head, and didn't say a word.

He's not even qualified to attend meetings of this level now. He had hoped to use the new software to achieve a class leap, but now that political forces have been brought in, he's powerless except to hurl insults.

Little Ma scratched his cheek. Of course he understood. Old Liu was scolding others on the surface, but he was actually pointing at himself.

Without its own support, this project could not have been launched.

Another Tencent veteran, Xu Chengye, sensed Pony Ma's predicament and tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, Lao Liu, let's solve the problem first. What should we do now?"

"What else can be done?"

Liu Chengming stated bluntly, "Cancel the development of the instant messaging project! Blindly expanding will only dilute our core competitiveness. If we had focused on strengthening our core businesses in games and QQ, would we be in such a passive position today? I hope some people can seriously reflect on this and recognize what it truly means to be responsible to the company!"

"Wouldn't we suffer too much loss if we canceled?"

Martin, the company's executive director, neither criticized Zhang Xiaolong nor agreed with Liu Chengming's opinion. He simply stated the matter at hand: "If we give up after accumulating so many resources in the early stages and encounter setbacks, the morale of the engineers below will also be affected."

Martin is from Hong Kong, but he went to study in the United States at a very young age, so he often mixes English terms into his speech.

“Pony”.

Martin said to Little Ma, "Since we've brought in political forces to retroactively investigate, can we also find some leaders to offset the pressure brought by Minister Yi?"

Little Ma nodded, but he didn't have much confidence.

Tencent's core market is in the south, but within the province, Tencent seems unable to persuade its leaders to suppress Suhui. Suhui includes not only internet projects like Xuexi.com, Anju.com, and Mobile Assistant, but also an electronics factory in Baiyun District.

That's the "noble" real economy. In an era where the internet economy is still filled with "bubble rhetoric," a tangible physical factory is more favored by leaders.

As for Tencent's connections in the North, it's not that they don't exist, but they are relatively weak.

In fact, through this incident, Pony Ma also realized one of Tencent's weaknesses: the company has a strong "Hong Kong flavor" and a weak "Beijing-style fermented mung bean juice flavor".

Once this matter is resolved, we'll need to find some "Beijing bigwigs" to invest.

After the fruitless meeting, Ma Yun did not punish Zhang Xiaolong; instead, he comforted him.

However, it was also noted that the project has been temporarily suspended.

The leadership has already given a blatant warning: if this isn't taken seriously, next time it won't just be a 100,000 yuan fine and a written report that will suffice.

Let's find some connections to smooth things over with Minister Yi as soon as possible, and then restart the research and development!

Little Ma had a well-thought-out plan. He believed that as long as he paid a certain price, he was sure he could find a worthy opponent for Yi Boxiang.

After circling around the capital, no one was willing to "take the order".

what happened?

Is it an Elo mechanism?
Why is no one stepping forward?

Until a kind-hearted leader told him the truth.

"Let's talk about it in six months. Before Old Master Yi passed away, no one wanted to offend their family."

"I advise you to stay calm and not make any rash moves, lest you be taken away by Old Master Yi as well."

"It's only a few months. Let's take it slow and steady. Don't worry about how long it will last."

……

"I can wait, but I can't wait to go back in time!"

Little Ma was on the verge of tears.

No wonder they've been so focused on promoting the "reply" all this time; they must have known about it all along.

But if we let them promote it like this, will our new software be able to catch up in six months?

Besides, what if the old man is still being kept on an IV drip six months from now?
The fact that a dying man, almost unconscious, could decide the fate of a listed company with tens of thousands of employees filled Pony Ma with both helplessness and sorrow.

I'm actually going to "wait to die"!
Back on the other side, when Chen heard that Tencent had suspended the development of "instant messaging software", he was both happy and worried.

The good news is that [Reply] has at least gained several months of development time, and with the support of Youmi phones, it is highly likely to shake off the threat from Tencent.

In the rapidly developing internet industry, a few months is enough to establish the market landscape and create a generational gap between products.

The concern is that if the front door keeps out the wolf, the back door lets in the tiger. What should be done after the princess enters the scene?
Is it also "waiting to die"?

Speak of the devil, and he appears. Just as I was pondering this matter, my Youmi phone vibrated.

It's already mid-December, and 300,000 Youmi phones (including 100,000 Youmi Pro phones) have all been shipped back to mainland China from Foxconn.

Now, most of the senior executives and Chen Zhe's colleagues are using Ume1.

I glanced at the smooth, shiny full-screen display, which showed Yi Baoyu's new phone number in the capital.

If they call at this time, it's most likely to be a demand that Chen keep his promise.

Is it possible to avoid it?
Director Chen not only has no intention of avoiding the storm, but also wants to confront the storm raging over the three generations of princesses.

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