Chapter 38 The return of Wang Zhidong, the old hero of passive supplementary lessons

In 1984, Wang Zhidong bid farewell to his hometown Dongguan and set foot on the train going north.Wang Zhidong still clearly remembers: After the train arrived at the station, he took a bus No. 332, got off at a platform called Zhongguancun, and then walked to Peking University.Wang Zhidong memorized the three words "Zhongguancun".In the next five years, Wang Zhidong became a "little loser" in Zhongguancun who worked hard for a few small money, and his classmates laughed at him as "vulgar".Until 1989, he met Wang Xuan. In 1989, Wang Xuan was 52 years old. At the end of that year, Wang Xuan's Chinese character laser phototypesetting system won a big victory, and foreign phototypesetting systems were forced to withdraw from the Chinese market.Accidentally, Wang Zhidong made a second development of Wang Xuan's product, which alarmed Wang Xuan himself, so he specially sent someone to find Wang Zhidong and let him enter his Peking University Founder.Once, Wang Xuan asked Wang Zhidong: "If you can change my program, can you also change Microsoft's Windows system?" Wang Zhidong did it.Later, there was BDWin, which means the concept of Peking University's Chinese Windows, and was also nicknamed "Idiot Luck".

In 1991, Wang Zhidong left Founder and wrote "Chinese Star". In 1992, Wang Zhidong took this "Chinese Star" and co-founded a company with his friends, which is "Xintiandi Electronic Information Technology Research Institute, Haidian District, Beijing".The establishment of this company can be regarded as Wang Zhidong's first venture in a sense.The situation at that time was: there was no "Company Law" in China at that time, and companies could only be registered as collective ownership.When the company was established, other members agreed to register Chinese Star as a personal invention, and let Wang Zhidong act as the legal representative, but in the end, the simple and honest Wang Zhidong sincerely and modestly registered Chinese Star as the company's property.This small detail laid the groundwork for Wang Zhidong's later departure with "nothing left".Wang Zhidong served as the company's chief engineer and deputy general manager, in charge of technology, while his classmates were in charge of finance and personnel.Wang Zhidong's title of deputy general manager is useless, and what he does more is technology.This kind of job setting put Wang Zhidong in a rather passive position from the very beginning. As a talented software designer, what he needs is a quiet research atmosphere, but the company has always been a vanity fair, and Wang Zhidong put himself in a tree desire A place of stillness and wind.Of course this is all just speculation.

But now Wang Zhidong looks back, "Chinese Star was launched in 1992 and 1993, but Chinese Star is too much for me, it has a relatively large impact on my life and the computer industry." .Later, "Chinese Star" was sold all over the world. When Xintiandi sued an American company for infringement of "Chinese Star" products, the brand of "Chinese Star" was valued at 1.22 billion yuan.When he left Chinese Star, Wang Zhidong handed over the source code. This is the third time he has done so.To explain in his own words, it is "to protect the reputation of the world".Prior to this, Wang Zhidong left the source code for the first time out of respect for Wang Xuan and to repay his kindness when he came out of Professor Wang Xuan.When I left Peking University, out of my feelings for my alma mater, I left the source code for the second time.Wang Zhidong was only 26 years old when he handed over the source code for the third time, but this time, Wang Zhidong had a hard time.

The establishment of Sitong Lifang at the end of 1993 was a relatively important turning point for Wang Zhidong. It was his gradual transformation from a technician to a company manager or entrepreneur. The story between him and Duan Yongji began. His relationship with the Chinese Internet has also begun.Li Yuzhuo, China's No. 1 professional manager who served as vice president of Stone Group, senior vice president of Huawei, and general manager of Lide Huafu, made the following remarks to Duan Yongji in his book "My Cooperation and Conflict with Business Leaders" Evaluation, "a complex and changeable person, no one can evaluate him correctly; at that time, in the eyes of outsiders, Duan Yongji and I were hardcore; Duan Yongji's ability is recognized by everyone; The article is well written and the work is excellent."

Duan Yongji's Stone was listed in Hong Kong. In order to make a concept, he found Wang Zhidong.Wang Zhidong decided to cooperate with Stone, but required isolation, only accepting investment, and not entering Stone's management system. He wanted to use international practice and Silicon Valley model to manage.Wang Zhidong's "Sitong Lifang" is considered to be the first IT company in China to introduce venture capital.That investment came from three companies, a total of 6.5 million US dollars, accounting for 40% of the shares of Stone Lifang, the remaining shares of Stone accounted for 40%, and Wang Zhidong's management accounted for 20%.

On December 1, 1998, at the Kempinski Hotel in Beijing, a press conference titled "Lifang set off Sina" made Wang Zhidong reach the peak - at that time Stone Lifang officially announced the marriage with "Huayuan" information.Wang Zhidong will be the president of the new company, and Jiang Fengnian will be the chairman. In June 2001, apart from the record high temperature in Beijing, the entanglement between Sina and Wang Zhidong was undoubtedly the hottest news.Capital and entrepreneurs, Internet and profitability, listed companies and the media public, the topics raised by the "Wang Zhidong incident" fully tested the imagination of the Chinese people, and at the same time taught a vivid lesson to the ancient country where the Internet flourished.Even today, the intricate "grievances and hatreds" are still as clear as yesterday, and Wang Zhidong, the founder of Sina, was forced out.

From the initial Chinese Star, to Peking University Xintiandi, and then to Sina, Wang Zhidong maintained his innocence, frankness, and shyness. Every time he left, it was a sad exit for him.In Wang Zhidong's own words, "I found the most difficult road to walk. Others may think the scenery is pretty good, but when I walked it, it was already a scar." "Sina's past, unless I write an autobiography in the future, I will thoroughly explain it. When I have time to write an autobiography, the parties can face it calmly." Although Wang Zhidong was treated unfairly, he still has no complaints or regrets , "In fact, I have always attached great importance to my reputation in the world. I think I should be a person who will not leave any handles to others in terms of professional ethics."This is exactly the style of an Internet "hero". In 2006, Wang Zhidong publicly accused Ma Huateng of being a "plagiarism king", which caused a ripple in the Internet world, but it was only a ripple.Perhaps it is precisely because of the tenacity in Wang Zhidong's character that he spent the first 5 years of loneliness in Click Technology with a very good attitude.

Wang Zhidong's click technology was established in 2001.From the initial collaborative software to the instant messaging platform Lava-Lava, Wang Zhidong, who is known as a technical genius and Zhongguancun science and technology myth, is he feeling the pulse of the development of China's Internet industry this time? Because in the field invaded by QQ Empire and MSN, The odds of a myth appearing again are low. At present, Wang Zhidong is concentrating on doing Lava-Lava OEM, which is considered by the industry to be the third road that Wang Zhidong has found for himself, a market segment in the field of instant messaging. Compared with QQ and MSN, Lava-Lava OEM is a relatively open platform. It targets many group users and can be opened again on this system.According to Wang Zhidong's vision, this instant messaging platform mainly cooperates with two types of partners: one is various value-added service providers, such as video conferencing, Internet fax, corporate SMS, instant translation, etc. Users will pay for whichever function they choose At this time, Lava-Lava seems to be a channel provider; the other type of partner is an application developer. For example, if a website needs to have the function of instant communication, you can take the Lava-Lava system and do it according to the characteristics of your own website. Customization, you can change the interface, change the name, and become more in line with your own website. At this time, Lava-Lava is like a tool.

Many people think that Wang Zhidong's entry into the field of instant messaging is "a thankless effort".Wang Zhidong admitted that QQ's position in the instant messaging market is almost unshakable, but he believes that the instant messaging field is a blue ocean, not a red ocean that cannot be entered as everyone thinks. "If you list the mainstream functions of instant messaging, almost no challenger can pass all of them." Wang Zhidong said, "This is the opportunity for Lava-Lava." When Lava-Lava launched the cooperation franchise strategy in June 2008, many people questioned whether the alliance-like cooperation would work. Half a year later, Lava-Lava grew rapidly, with registered users increasing from 18 million to 27 million and active users from 100 million. million increased to 2.1 million, which shows that the strategy of cooperation and franchise has worked.Perhaps Wang Zhidong has found the blue ocean of clicking technology.The outside world generally believes that the purpose of the alliance is obvious, which is to jointly fight against Tencent.In this regard, Wang Zhidong especially emphasized: "My competitors are not MSN or QQ. Maybe my allies have a competitive relationship with Tencent. Therefore, let the outside world think that our alliance is to jointly fight against Tencent."