In the end, Li Yinan did not stay at Huawei or go out to start a business, but joined Baidu and became the new chief technology officer of Baidu. Robin Li, CEO of Baidu, introduced the arrival of Li Yinan to employees with the word "legend", which shows his respect for Li Yinan.
So, what is the ultimate reason to attract Li Yinan to join Baidu? Let's look at a description:
"In the memory of many Huawei people, Li Yinan before 1998 was a big boy with scientific genius and mental retardation. At that time, 27-year-old Li Yinan was already Huawei's vice president in charge of technology development. High-intensity work and long-term lack of physical exercise make Li Yinan dark and thin, wearing a pair of glasses with high myopia. From a technical background, he always speaks straight and bookish, and has no concept of being a man at all. " (Excerpted from Cheng Dongsheng's "Huawei Truth" by Liu Lili)
How similar is this description to the following description of Jun Yu, vice president of Baidu products?
"1999, Jun Yu was obsessed with the use and research of search engines all the time, read all the articles about search engines he could find in Chinese and English, and expressed his views on the search engine forum. Many critical articles about Baidu were transferred to technicians by Wang Zhanyi, the current product marketing director of Baidu. In 2000, Jun Yu wrote a very unprofessional application letter, except for his resume, which contained only one paragraph: I am crazy about search. As long as I do search, I don't care about the region (no matter how far apart I am, I don't care about the position (no matter how high or low it is, it is related to search), and I don't care about the salary (maintaining my local food, clothing, housing and transportation is the bottom line). (Excerpted from Global Entrepreneur and Luo Yan's Business Elite under 40 in China)
Finally, Yu Jun, a frank person, joined Baidu in May, 20001year, and gradually rose from product manager to senior manager, director, chief product architect and even vice president of products, becoming one of Baidu's most powerful senior managers. Jun Yu himself has become one of the most typical representatives of Baidu's minimalist culture.
Genius needs a group to accommodate genius. It seems that the ultimate motivation for Li Yinan to join Baidu is cultural factors, and Baidu's simple culture finally attracted Li Yinan to join.
654381October 6th, Baidu announced the appointment of Li Yinan, chief scientist of Huawei, as chief technology officer of Baidu, with immediate effect. Dr. Zhang Shuping, chief scientist of Baidu, Jun Yu, vice president of products, Guo Dan and Cui Shanshan, senior technical directors all report to Li Yinan, while Li Yinan reports directly to Li Yanhong.
In this regard, Sohu IT learned exclusively from friends close to Li Yinan that Li Yinan returned to Huawei as the chief telecommunications scientist two years ago (June 2006) and soon became the vice president of Huawei's terminal business unit, mainly responsible for the research and development and production of mobile phone chips. He has been doing this job for two years. During this period, he just disappeared out of thin air, and there was no news in the telecom circle, which led Huawei insiders to suspect that he might have gone abroad or left Huawei.
Genius is frustrated because it chooses the wrong competitor.
When Li Yinan was young, he was admitted to the junior class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and got a master's degree. After graduation, he joined Huawei and started his magical career.
Within half a year, he was promoted to deputy general manager of Huawei Central Research Department, and two years later, he was promoted to chief engineer/president of Huawei Central Research Department. At the age of 26, he became the vice president of Huawei and managed a team of more than 5,000 people.
In 2000, inspired by Huawei's internal entrepreneurial concept, Li Yinan founded Harbor Company and served as CEO. In a short period of time, he made the annual income of Harbor Network exceed 2 billion yuan and developed many competitive products. Until 2006, his company was so large that both domestic telecom giants and Huawei, his old club, were afraid.
It is precisely because of the strong market position and industry influence of its leading enterprises that Huawei and Gangwan had an intellectual property dispute and finally reached a compromise on June 6, 2006. Huawei finally acquired Harbour Network. Li Yinan was also forced to return to Huawei to become the chief telecommunications scientist.
In this regard, Huawei insiders commented on Li Yinan today, saying that Li Yinan is not only a technical genius, but also has good management ability and market activity ability. Although he founded Harbor Network but was eventually acquired by Huawei, it was not a successful case on the surface, but his process was vigorous. This person told Sohu IT that Li Yinan's failure in starting a business was mainly because he chose the wrong competitor, and his choice to compete with Huawei was doomed.
Huawei is a possible successor.
When Huawei insiders heard that Li Yinan had quit Baidu, they were very surprised. They told Sohu IT that after returning to Huawei, Huawei was very kind to him, especially Ren, who shared his heart and gave him many opportunities. However, despite Ren's generosity, other executives may stay away from him, especially when there are rumors that he may become Ren's successor, and most executives may realize the great threat.
In this case, Li Yinan chose to leave Huawei headquarters and work as the vice president of Huawei Shanghai Company, mainly responsible for the research and development of mobile phone chips.
Although this position is very suitable for him, because the domestic mobile phone terminal market is very depressed in recent years, the obscure work behind it cannot be better reflected.
In this regard, Huawei insiders believe that it is a very suitable choice for Li Yinan to leave Huawei and join Baidu. For him, after the failure of the harbor, there is no need to start a business rashly. After choosing Baidu, he should not easily return to the communication industry, because the Internet has more room for development.
Choose the internet
For Li Yinan's choice of Baidu, many people in the industry don't understand this behavior, don't know how Baidu can provide enough development space for Li Yinan, and don't understand how Li Yinan can play his "genius" value through Baidu.
In this regard, Baidu founder Li Yanhong said: "Mr. Li Yinan has rich experience in managing large technical teams. He is not only a top expert in the field of telecommunications infrastructure, but also has a good understanding and profound insight into the product and technology trends in the Internet field. "
In fact, some people close to Li Yinan believe that the development trend of Internet and communication must be convergence. For example, Google, the world's largest search engine company, has taken many measures to try to occupy mobile Internet terminals, such as launching Android mobile operating system and developing browsers suitable for mobile terminals, and traditional IT companies such as Intel and Apple are keen on mobile terminals, all of which indicate that the future terminals will be products of various technologies and applications.
Since Li Yinan has a very deep accumulation in the fields of communication transmission and mobile phone chips, joining an Internet company is undoubtedly the best choice for integrating IT, communication and the Internet. This person also believes that Li Yanhong chose Li Yinan not only because the post of chief technology officer of Baidu has been vacant for one year, but also because Baidu has a more far-reaching strategic plan, and perhaps Li Yinan is one of the key figures. The source pointed out that in the future, mobile phone terminals will become a contact tool that people can't leave. People can transmit information, surf the Internet and realize most of their needs on their mobile phones. Therefore, it should not be underestimated that Baidu will definitely learn from giants such as Google and explore the site of handheld terminals.