Chapter 228 Decision Making (5k)
I was obviously very confident when communicating on the phone...
I was very stunning when I met and chatted...
The honeymoon period has just begun...
Yu Xing felt his scalp numb when Ge Zhijie''s performance. The core of the incubation project is to "fight with fast and slow". If this continues, what else can I fight?
He did not immediately express his dissatisfaction, but thought carefully about how to deal with such a thing.
Judging from previous exchanges, Ge Zhijie''s technical ability is enough, and the company needs this. As for his suspected unstable mood...
Yu Xing thought about it and first chatted with the two programmers recruited by Baidu and NetEase, and then confirmed his understanding with Bai Xiaosheng''s employees. First, he tried to confirm a safe technical route. For example, compared with the system architecture mentioned by Ge Zhijie, WeChat seems to be able to use a combination of hierarchical architecture and distributed design.
Although the former can theoretically have higher advantages such as scalability, maintainability and technological diversity, it...
"Mr. Yu, it''s not that I don''t want to support Ge Zhijie''s idea, but shouldn''t we consider the competition with Penguin when developing such software? We shouldn''t have so much time and resources to promote technology, right? Alibaba is now practicing in this area in China. This concept of calling it a microservice architecture is good, but I don''t think it is really suitable for us."
"This kind of development is very difficult. We do not have this experience. We rashly try to split a large system into multiple microservices. Development and maintenance are problems. I just think about it and feel a headache. Cross-service business logic coordination will be very complicated, and data consistency must be maintained..."
Tan Ruize, who had disagreements and quarrels with Ge Zhijie before, gave a very firm opinion. His proposal was to combine hierarchical architecture and distributed approach.
Yu Xing was not impatient and asked the employee from NetEase’s opinion: “Combining hierarchical architecture and distributed approach is not the only solution now, right?”
"Yes, but compared to what Ge Zhijie wants to do, this has been much more restrained." Tan Ruize talked, "Mr. Yu, what kind of system architecture to choose, we have to use it according to the characteristics of the software. Once a software like WeChat is successful, it will not have few functions, the user scale will not be small, the data volume will be large, and the real-time requirements will be high."
"We divided the system functions from the beginning, including presentation layer, business logic layer, data access layer, etc., so that the structure is clear and easier to maintain and expand. Different levels can also be developed and maintained by different teams."
"I don''t know if software like WeChat can achieve success in the market, but I think it''s better to consider improving the system''s concurrent processing capabilities. Distributed architectures can meet such needs."
"This is a long story to say. Mr. Yu, I will sort out all these into a report tonight and I will give it to you tomorrow."
"In short, I think Ge Zhijie''s idea is too advanced. Other architectures on the market are easy to develop and deploy single units. However, with more WeChat functions, the code complexity will increase sharply. The later modification function may affect the stability of the system and it is not easy to meet the needs in high concurrency scenarios."
"If you use the master-slave architecture, its data synchronization may be delayed, which is not conducive to real-time chat on WeChat. If you do a simple hierarchical architecture, it does not have distributed support. Once you need to process high concurrency and large-scale user data, performance bottlenecks may soon appear."
Yu Xing digested this information, thought about it and asked, "As you said, if you only have a hierarchical architecture, according to the current conventional situation, how large the size of the user will encounter a performance bottleneck?"
"This has something to do with whether the business logic is complicated, um..." Tan Ruize thought about it for a while and said, "From a vague point, it may be easy to encounter bottlenecks for 300,000 to 500,000 yuan. This is the requirement of instant communication. The system must have the ability to process a large number of requests at the same time in a short period of time."
He said seriously: "Otherwise, the two products, QQ will not be stuck, and ours will be used to use cards, so how can we compete?"
Yu Xing was activated by listening to Tan Ruize''s words. Has MiTalk encountered such a problem?
It launched the voice function earlier than WeChat, which attracted fans, but it often went down and seriously affected the user experience.
The experience of this product is definitely very important, and Penguin has made QQ the first in China, and its experience and ability to deal with this aspect are of no exception.
Now that I am making competitors, how big the user scale needs to be to achieve the minimum sniping effect... The number that Yu Xing expected is ultimately tens of millions, that is, there are at least 10 million users when it was sold.
This way, it can not only sell at a price, but also truly have an impact on the penguin.
Of course, you must make a foundation, the more the better.
Yu Xing hesitated for a while and asked, "I listen to this... How big is the team that requires to do development like this?"
"Mr. Yu, I''ll do the calculations for you. It takes three to five people to do the overall organization design and technical selection. The front end is for Android, iOS and Symbian. Each platform requires five to eight people. The backend is responsible for implementing WeChat''s business logic. Here we have to do the development and data management of distributed systems. I don''t know if fifteen people can stop it. Yes, there are also the adaptation and optimization of the mobile terminal. I feel that there are five people. In addition, tests on functions, performance, compatibility, etc...." Tan Ruize made a careful calculation with his finger.
Yu Xing couldn''t help but interrupt, "You wrote all the details in the evening report. How many people are there in the overall size?"
Tan Ruize thought silently and quickly gave the answer: "80 to 120 people."
Yu Xing frowned. Before considering the development background of Zhang Xiaolong''s team, the team expected to be around 20 people, and the core team was Ge Zhijie''s five people. Now, the scale has expanded too quickly.
But he thought about it again and said that this should be correct.
Product development is not difficult, but the difficulty is the support for the product behind it.
Zhang Xiaolong and the others encountered only a small problem in this regard. Penguin can quickly provide support after confirmation. If it wants to start from scratch, it needs to make technical plans in this regard. However, as soon as the company was established, the number of employees was about to catch up with Bai Xiaosheng, who had been working for a year and a half.
Seeing that Mr. Yu was considering, Tan Ruize added: "Penguin''s system architecture is also similar, and its user scale is larger and adopts more architectural designs. Since the product needs to be benchmarked against Penguin, we should learn from it in this regard."
It is hard for Yu Xing to disagree.
He pondered for a while and said, "Then you give me the report tomorrow morning, and we will try to determine the direction and budget within two days."
Tan Ruize was surprised. He said that these were indeed what he thought about after careful consideration, and it was worthy of his treatment, but he did not expect such a direct response.
What should the leader be like?
Is this a good deal?
Although Mr. Yu did not agree immediately, his attitude was quite clear.
Tan Ruize was both surprised and excited.
"I can understand Ge Zhijie''s idea now, and so do your idea, but we need to find the most suitable realistic path under the pressure of competition among giants." Yu Xing expressed his position, "Since we want to do it, we will do the best things within our ability, and then see what it will be like."
The best within the range of ability!
Yu Xing didn''t hesitate too much. He was already more inclined to Tan Ruize''s idea because...
Well, the system architecture of Penguin, a core business, is very convincing.
Regardless of the number of users, product functions, or system stability, giants naturally have the technical foundation of giants. Considering that an emerging application is not really a big devil like QQ with hundreds of millions of users, the effect of preparation in advance may be able to support this early competition.
Yu Xing has a account in his mind. Even according to Tan Ruize''s estimated upper limit, the salary expenditure of 120 people will not exceed 15 million within one year, while WeChat''s account now has 20 million.
As long as WeChat companies can make some hope, intermediate financing can support the necessary investment.
Output exceeds input, this is a profitable account.
What''s more, there is also an opportunity to cross the mountain.
After initially taking a tendency that night, Yu Xing compiled a recording of the conversation with Tan Ruize and used the main technical parts to seek the opinions of Bai Xiaosheng programmers.
There is no doubt that Bai Xiaosheng''s programmers have a big gap with Tan Ruize and Ge Zhijie who were invited at a high price, but they can also provide indirect evidence.
In the end, Yu Xing got a feeling.
Ge Zhijie is a radical, while Tan Ruize is a less radical.
The next morning, at 8:30, Yu Xing invited Ge Zhijie to his office and tried to solve some of his ideological pressure. He first raised three questions.
"Mr. Ge, do you think the WeChat company, which we have just established less than a month ago, is a big company?"
"Mr. Ge, do you think our technical strength can be comparable to Alibaba, which explores the cutting-edge of technology?"
"Mr. Ge, do you think the company''s funds can support these?" Ge Zhijie remained silent, his face starting to look a little bad.
After a while, he gave his own idea: "This is the foundation for laying the framework for competing with Penguin products. It may indeed require some exploration, but I have been trying to communicate with people from Alibaba these two days. Maybe I can find a few people who have experience and abilities in this area."
"Mr. Ge, we cannot reserve so much time to explore. We need to come up with a set of effective solutions as much as possible." Yu Xing pointed out the problem. "Our main contradiction at present is to take advantage of the fact that the Penguin has not yet made any efforts on the mobile terminal to rush forward for a while. The longer this rush forward, the more we have hope of success."
"If it can succeed, it will be not too late to explore the other way around. Let''s take Alibaba as you mentioned. It has only started exploring in the past two years. Why did it do these things when it was not established?"
"These are all the same. We cannot be obsessed with the magic of the cutting-edge technology."
Ge Zhijie was criticized for a few words like this, and his unstable emotions began to move again.
"Mr. Ge, don''t resign." Yu Xing noticed a trace of signs, stopped it first, then talked about his experience, and said sincerely, "Mr. Ge, you also know that I am a medical student. We have a concept called ''evidence-based medicine'', which says that it is necessary to combine the doctor''s personal experience with the best current research, and then consider the patient''s wishes to formulate the most suitable plan."
"In terms of experience, it depends on the experience of you people. In terms of best research, we should not look at Alibaba in China, but on the penguin that is doing instant messaging..."
After saying this, Yu Xing handed over the report that Tan Ruize wrote overnight. The above explained Penguin''s system architecture design, and compared the advantages and disadvantages of various architectures, as well as the current situation of WeChat companies.
I have to say that Tan Ruize''s profound statement will break his impression of programmers.
"Mr. Yu, do you think he is more correct, right?" Ge Zhijie gave this sentence after reading it.
"WeChat company needs a direction that is more suitable for the current stage. As for whether his suggestions are more correct, I hope Mr. Ge can communicate with him carefully before giving me an answer." Yu Xing said this, continuing the third factor that he didn''t mention just now, "How the company develops, it also depends on my willingness. Mr. Ge, you must fully consider my willingness to invest, so that we can walk the fastest road."
Ge Zhijie looked at Mr. Yu in front of him, and his expression was still not very good.
Yu Xing did not persuade him like in the previous few days, but said, "Mr. Ge, the initial stage of the company is to ''go to be able to go''. Tan Ruize will be our technical deputy director from today."
"I feel uncomfortable..." Ge Zhijie wanted to resign again after a fluctuation of his emotions.
Yu Xing directly interrupted: "Mr. Ge, the company is recruiting people, and Bai Xiaosheng''s recruitment team is also helping to recruit people, but some people reported that Baidu''s technology is not very good, so I suggest that I recruit from companies such as NetEase, Huawei, Alibaba, etc."
Ge Zhijie laughed disdainfully, thinking that this might be true, but it is more likely that it was Mr. Yu''s provocation.
"You have to prove something before quitting, right? Even if I spend my first 20 million budget?" Yu Xing shook his head slightly, showing some disdain, "It seems that Tan Ruize at least dares to spend money and dares to ask me for a budget."
Yu Xing seemed to have found the second person to enter the honeymoon period.
He saw Ge Zhijie not speaking and continued, "Mr. Ge, we signed the contract in black and white before, but if you are really afraid of Penguin, I understand. If you think clearly and leave as long as you want, then let Tan Ruize be the technical director. I think he himself doesn''t feel inferior to you."
Ge Zhijie put down the report and glanced at Mr. Yu: "Okay, Mr. Yu, you have the courage to pay, but others have no reason not to spend it. Pressure is pressure. Everyone who faces penguins has pressure. I still think microservices will be a better and longer-term choice, but since you say that, then do it like this."
Yu Xing said "yes".
"I''ll go find Tan Ruize." Ge Zhijie took a step and said again, "I''ll go and notify him to be the deputy technical director."
Yu Xing answered one word: "Okay."
The President''s Office is quiet again.
Yu Xing picked up the report and couldn''t help frowning. He really couldn''t understand Ge Zhijie''s emotions. If he chose again now, he really felt that Tan Ruize seemed to be more suitable.
But then I thought about it...
Don’t Tan Ruize have other problems, right?
Those who work on technology always have to return to the technical level to speak, and these can be verified quickly with time.
Yu Xing called the secretary in and asked him to go downstairs to coordinate the recruitment of WeChat companies. He happened to place an order from Bai Xiaosheng, so he could find candidates quickly and efficiently.
As noon approached, Yu Xing was still thinking about the development of WeChat. A number that he had almost never contacted appeared on the phone, Li Shanyou from Ku6.com.
"Hey, Mr. Yu, I wish you a wish for your old age." Li Shanyou smiled and greeted.
When "You''re the One" was first recorded, Yu Xing and Li Shanyou were next to each other, and it was normal to communicate with each other, but they didn''t have much close relationship.
So, Yu Xing was a little puzzled by his sudden call, and only after a few greetings did he know the purpose of his visit.
"I watched the program that just aired, and President Yu was still talking about me." Li Shanyou''s laughter faded a little, "Mr. Yu''s news is very informative."
Yu Xing was a little surprised and said frankly: "Mr. Li, I don''t know what you mean. I haven''t recorded a show for a long time, so I feel a little moved when I haven''t seen many familiar people."
Li Shanyou on the other end of the phone was a little suspicious of such a remark, but after thinking for a few seconds, he chose to believe it, and sighed, "Mr. Yu, I am leaving from Ku6.com. I thought you had already received the news, and then I mentioned me like that."
Yu Xing was amused and crying: "I really don''t have this."
"Aren''t you Bai Xiaosheng?" Li Shanyou said.
Yu Xing replied, "It''s not that long..."
Li Shanyou was silent for a while and said, "Mr. Yu, I have a ruthless request. I originally thought you had found conflicts within our company. Alas, since there is no, I also called. If the news of me leaving Ku6 one day comes out, I hope Bai Xiaosheng will not make a big fuss and will not describe the conflict between me and Shanda."
Cool6.com was acquired by Shanda in 2009 and was immediately injected into Huayou Century, which was listed on the Nasdaq, achieving a curved listing.
When Yu Xing heard this request, he could only respond regretfully: "Mr. Li, do you know what kind of person I am?"
Li Shanyou: “…”
It seems that some of the entrusted things are not human!
He could only say, "Then please don''t distort the truth and don''t distort the facts."
Yu Xing promised: "This is certain, of course, if this matter is irreversible, I think, Mr. Li, you will make a better result by posting a post on the forum yourself. What do you think?"
Li Shanyou pondered for a moment, but felt that this was right, so he answered: "Okay, let me speak out when I officially resign, so as not to be unreasonably speculated."
Yu Xing asked at this time: "Even you have resigned, then does Shanda have any plans to lay off employees in the future?"
Li Shanyou''s scalp was a little numb: "I probably can''t decide this anymore."
Yu Xing no longer asked more and only gave blessings: "Mr. Li, leaving Ku6 may not be a bad thing. I hope you will start a new journey this year."
Li Shanyou thanked for his blessings. After finishing the call, he held his cell phone. He was stunned for a while and realized that he had not achieved his goal at all. Instead, he wanted to post on Bai Xiaosheng...
He shook his head, only helplessness and sigh.
Yu Xing on the other end thought about the call for a while, not thinking that this was a big deal, but he still instructed the secretary.
"Follow the situation of Xiaku6.com, there seems to be changes in the near future."
Don’t let go of big things, and don’t miss small things.
Wechat needs to be expanded, and Bai Xiaosheng must continue to develop.
(This chapter ends)