Chapter 141: Multitasking

On the last day of July, the summer atmosphere was hot and dull, without a trace of coolness.

However, the afternoon sky in Peking suddenly turned gloomy, and dark clouds surged in from all directions like a mighty army, quickly blocking out the dazzling sunlight.

With a low thunder exploding in the distant sky, the summer rainstorm finally arrived as promised.

The heavy rain was pouring down, hitting the window glass of Song Ci's office, making a crackling sound.

At this time, Song Ci summoned several senior group executives including Zhang Yong and Wang Jing, as well as some technical backbones of the company to explain something.

Because it was an impromptu meeting, Song Ci called everyone to his office for a short meeting, and the originally spacious office was suddenly full.

A young technician sitting in the corner was quick-witted and cleverly stepped forward to close the window to prevent rain from splashing into the office.

Wang Jing was holding a document and reporting the latest data of TT Voice. After the product was launched, it was widely praised and the number of users grew rapidly.

After the report, Wang Jing was worried and said anxiously: "Mr. Song, the latest news is that Penguin is also developing a similar product and is imitating us to optimize QQ Voice. It is expected that the new version will be online before the end of the year."

Song Ci stared at the computer screen in front of him, listening to the report while typing on the keyboard and chatting with Liu Shishi. He was online on QQ just now, and when Miss Liu saw that he was online on QQ, she started chatting with him.

Ding ding twice, Miss Liu sent two photos on QQ. Song Ci clicked them and saw that they were two makeup photos of his girlfriend, Mu Nianci.

Her hair was tied up in a high bun with a few strands of hair falling on her cheeks. Her complexion was soft and her makeup was graceful and elegant. She was wearing a simple pink dress, which was light and graceful, and she looked gentle and tender.

The other face was pretty, with long hair draped over the shoulders, eyebrows as dark as distant ink, slightly parted red lips, and slightly upturned eyes with a hint of stubbornness and tenderness. She held a sword in her hand and her clothes fluttered.

Lion kk: Does it look good, Yi Yi?

Song Ci smiled knowingly and nodded slightly. Xiao Qingmei's ancient costume was absolutely stunning, fresh and refined, gentle yet tenacious beauty.

Reciting poems and writing essays: They are beautiful, so beautiful, as beautiful as a cold Song Dynasty poem.

Liu Shishi, who was far away in Hengdian, made a shy expression. The young man was too good at praising people. She had to borrow this sentence and add it when the company issued a press release.

Wang Jing saw the chairman busy typing on the keyboard with a gentle smile on his face, and did not respond to her. She wondered what the boss was busy with. After a while, she still did not see Song Ci express his opinion, so she asked, "Boss Song, are you listening?"

Song Ci gathered his thoughts and paid more attention to the scene. He quickly replied, "I'm listening. It's okay, Sister Jing. We can't stop Penguin from developing similar products. We will do differentiated competition as planned at the beginning of the year. TT Voice will focus on serving game users first."

Wang Jing sighed, not very optimistic: "Okay, I understand."

Reciting poems and writing essays: No martial arts training today?

Song Ci was doing two things at once. After sending a new message, he looked up at the executives and technicians in the office and said with a smile:

"Everyone, have you thought about the questions I assigned to the group's half-yearly meeting last week? Since the new century, the Internet industry has developed rapidly. So for Internet companies like us, what is the most valuable?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment when they heard this. They had no idea what the chairman was up to. Why did he call everyone over just to ask this question?

The meeting room was a little quiet for a while, and Song Ci did not rush anyone, as if to give everyone time to prepare.

Lion KK: The martial arts training has ended. I will take a rest today. Tomorrow, August 1st, the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will officially start. I practiced wire hanging this time. I was so tired.

Poetry: You must pay attention to safety when hanging on wires. Since you don't have to train today, you should have a good rest and recharge your energy. Is it going well in Hengdian during this period? Are the actors in the crew easy to get along with?

Lion KK: It went smoothly. I basically stayed with Sister Yichen. She was a very nice person. She treated us to dinner on the first day we came to Hengdian.

Poetry and Fu: You have only known each other for a few days and you are already saying she is good. The real sister can get you, the fake sister, to accept her with just one meal?

Lion KK: Oh, dear, don't say that. Sister Yichen and I are friends now. Yiyi, wait a moment, I'll copy the photos of everyone on the computer and send them to you.

Song Ci shook her head slightly. What a lovely silly girl. When you have ability and background, everyone around you is a good person. You also helped Hu Ge get the leading male role in "Oranges Born in Huainan". The Tang people must worship you.

Liu Shishi went to copy the photos. No one was talking during this time of chatting, so Song Ci started to point out the topic: "Lao Zhang, how about you start by saying something?"

Zhang Yong and Wang Jing were sitting across from Song Ci across the desk. When they heard the chairman calling their names, they smiled and said, "Let the youngster come first!" He vaguely understood Song Ci's intention. He had to cooperate with the chairman to finish this big show. It would be meaningless to announce the answer right away.

"Then let me say a few words. If there is anything wrong, please correct me, Mr. Song."

Yang Junfeng, president of Toutiao.com, started the discussion by saying, "I think the most important thing for an Internet technology company like ours is talent. We need professional and technical talents to develop products one after another to meet market demand and ensure that the company keeps moving forward."

Song Ci nodded. Yang Junfeng's answer was standard and unoriginal, but it couldn't be said to be wrong. Talent was indeed important, but he asked what was the most valuable to the company! "Anyone else wants to say something?"

"Chairman, I think core products are the most valuable. Toutiao and TD gaming platform are the most valuable in our company, and QQ is the most valuable among Penguin. Internet companies are all asset-light, and the most valuable and core essence is the products. The products with the most users are the most valuable." The next speaker was the company's chief security technician.

Once someone started talking, everyone started to speak out and some even had heated discussions on the spot. The office was bustling with activity.

"Okay, be quiet. If you want to speak, please speak one by one. It's not appropriate to make a noise in President Song's office." Zhang Yong shouted loudly when he saw the noise in the office.

The scene fell into complete silence. Song Ci looked around and asked, "Does anyone else want to say something?"

After waiting for a while and no one spoke, Song Ci asked his right-hand man, "Lao Zhang, what do you think is the most valuable thing about Internet companies?"

Zhang Yong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, thinking of the three research centers that the chairman had always been thinking about, and guessed: "Data?!"

Song Ci couldn't help but applaud and laughed, "Yes, since the Internet era, the most valuable thing is data! The company's next core development strategy is also an important technology that will allow us to remain invincible in the next few decades, big data!"

A new term was passionately mentioned by Song Ci. Everyone was confused and didn't understand the significance of the data the chairman mentioned. Is studying those common data in daily life the company's core strategy for the future?

Zhang Yong had heard Song Ci mention the term "big data" many times, but he didn't quite understand the details. After all, he was not a technical person, so he spoke on behalf of everyone: "Chairman, please give us some advice and explain to us what big data is."

Song Ci pondered for a moment, thinking about how to express the meaning of big data more intuitively: "Let me give you an example. As portal websites, why does Toutiao's advertising revenue far exceed that of Sohu, Sina, and NetEase?"

As the first person in charge of Toutiao.com, Yang Junfeng naturally knew the reason and answered without hesitation: "Because the backend of Toutiao.com will push advertisements for similar products based on the number of user clicks.

For example, if a netizen clicks on the lifestyle and leisure section of Toutiao.com and has viewed several pages related to fishing, we will push fishing gear ads to him. Our advertising delivery efficiency is higher, so product owners are more willing to place ads on Toutiao.com.”

Song Ci nodded: "Yes, this is the basic application of data. Toutiao.com was able to surpass the old three and become the largest portal in China because we have a higher utilization rate of data, and we use big data technology."

At this point, Song Ci paused for a moment to give everyone present some time to think and digest what he had said. Just then, Liu Shishi sent over a dozen more photos, all of which were makeup photos and group photos of several leading actors of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

One of the photos shows Miss Liu and Lin Yichen standing shoulder to shoulder, head to head, pouting and looking cute together. It is very adorable, and Song Ci couldn't help but smile when he saw it.

I immediately typed a compliment: "Beautiful, the most beautiful Mu Nianci, better than the previous ones."

Liu Shishi was sitting in front of the computer in the dormitory, smiling happily: "Hehe, keep a low profile! By the way, Mr. Song, are you going to visit the crew during the summer vacation?

Reciting poems and writing essays: Whether you come or not depends on whether you can meet one of my requests!

Lion KK: What kind of request? It feels like you are up to something bad again!

"You have to keep these Mu Nianci costumes. When I come to Hengdian, wear them for me tonight. The CEO of the investment company wants to audition."

Song Ci looked at the photo of Liu Shishi, who had a slender figure and beautiful features, and was lost in thought for a moment. He quickly typed a sentence and then said:

"In the information age, whenever users go online, they leave traces and data. We collect this data, centrally count, classify and analyze it, and we can summarize the user's preferences and habits. After in-depth mining, we can use this data in a targeted and efficient manner."

Liu Shishi didn't respond for a while, whether because she was shy or busy. The executives and technicians present listened with great interest. Some nodded in agreement, while others pondered and involuntarily brought themselves into the era of big data described in the Song Dynasty poem.

Song Ci was full of energy and spoke at length: "Big data, in simple terms, is massive, high-growth and diverse information assets. It is not just a huge collection of data, but also contains countless values ​​and opportunities.

Big data is scalable, with a huge amount of data that can cover all aspects of a company's business; it is high-speed, with data generated and processed extremely quickly, and can reflect market dynamics and user behavior in real time; it is also diverse, including structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, such as text, images, audio, etc.

Song Ci spoke eloquently and explained the background, meaning and importance of the development of big data in one go.

Wang Jing, who had been silent for a long time, was the first to applaud. Everyone immediately reacted and followed suit, applauding and praising, and were impressed by Song Ci's foresight.

Wang Jing stared at the handsome face so close to her, thinking that Boss Song's legend was still continuing, and said loudly:

“The chairman’s introduction to big data just now was very exciting. I think everyone should clearly understand the value of big data.

This is not only an innovative advancement of the group's technology, but also the key to the company's future strategic transformation. Mr. Song, big data is so important, should we set up a separate department to operate it? "

Zhang Yong glanced at Wang Jing inconspicuously. COO, is trying to seize the leading position in the company's future use of big data!

Song Ci understood Wang Jing's idea, shook his head and ordered: "The next step for the group is to set up a big data research center, which I will be personally responsible for. The data resources of all departments of the group must be integrated and configured by the research center to optimize and improve data utilization.

I called all the technical backbones here today to let you know the core focus of the company's next development. All departments should do a good job of data copying, replication and dynamic monitoring, and also come up with a rectification plan for efficient data utilization. "

"Mr. Song, the company may be under some financial pressure. There is no budget reserved for building a big data research center in the major financial project plan at the beginning of this year." Zhang Yong frowned slightly. When the director first proposed the big data research and development plan, he promised that he would solve the funding problem.

Song Ci stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Yong and said, "I'll take care of the funding issue. I'll talk to you alone after the meeting." The nearly 300 million US dollars he earned from World Cup betting came in handy at this moment. It was more than enough to lay a foundation in the early stage and build a big data research framework.

Seeing that Song Ci had his own considerations, Zhang Yong nodded and said no more.

Song Ci gave a few more instructions, repeatedly emphasizing the importance of big data to the company's future development, and then asked everyone to leave, leaving only Zhang Yong and Wang Jing. It would be enough for the three giants to reach a consensus on the important matters of Tengda Group.

The QQ icon on the screen flashed. Liu Shishi, who had waited for a long time without replying to the message, sent a few more pictures. Song Ci glanced at it and found that the style of the pictures sent this time was very different from the previous ones.

Liu Shishi was wearing ancient costume, with her hair slightly messy and fluttering, which seemed to stir people's hearts. Her shoulders were half naked, and her skin as delicate as white jade exuded an attractive luster under the dim light.

Her figure is exquisitely proportioned, her slender waist seems so thin that it seems as if it can be grasped with one hand, and her eyes seem to contain a pool of spring water, the ripples of light are full of charm and style.

Lion KK: I asked Yuanyuan to take this photo for me. It’s a collector’s edition exclusively for Mr. Song.

Song Ci's blood boiled and his face flushed. His desire was so strong that he wanted to fly to Hengdian and kill his girlfriend right there. Oh no, my childhood sweetheart knows how to control men now!

Lion KK: Chairman Song, do you want me to wear this for the audition?

Reciting poems and composing essays: This set and the previous ones are both required!

Song Ci's thoughts are flying and he is typing away on the keyboard. Only children make choices, adults naturally want them all!

(End of this chapter)