Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 833 Lu Qi Unleashes His Power: The Vision of a Smart Economy

"Project Sword is a special mission. It's May 5th now, and I'm giving you almost four months. I'm not aiming for speed, but rather for 'stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness'."

Keep track of my progress every week.

His internal codename was 'D-Boy'.

Decades ago there was a "little boy," a code name that aptly referred to a dangerous boy.

However, upon hearing this name, Xu Chaojun, born in 80, suddenly recalled the animated series "Tekkaman Blade" that he had watched as a child.

The scenes inside were very explicit and violent, with fights and brawls all over the screen, and people were either bleeding or dead. Female characters would often strip naked at the drop of a hat, and there were also scenes of magical girls transforming into beautiful girls. This had a great shock on Xu Chaojun's young mind, who was still a flower of the motherland at the time.

Although the occasion was somewhat inappropriate, Xu Chaojun couldn't help but tentatively ask, "That 'D-Boy' who can unleash the cosmic whirlwind?"

Chen Mo laughed heartily, "You have a real childhood! That's right~ After the system goes live at the end of August, we'll start connecting with business data, and we'll conduct a 'test run' before the end of the year!"

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Finally, Chen Mo stared into Xu Chaojun's eyes and asked, "Chaojun, do you think what I did was right?"

Xu Chaojun met Chen Mo's gaze and said frankly, "There is never any right or wrong in this world, only different positions. I only know that I will stand wherever the boss stands!"

Chen Mo patted him on the shoulder, "Go!"

Looking at the assistance plans that had been in place during the day, Chen Mo sighed.

He used to think that the direction was right, but the execution was the problem. But what if it is?
He wouldn't trust anyone in this world except himself.

Sometimes Chen Mo realized that he wasn't living for himself either.
Hopefully, this 'button' will never be pressed.

Lu Qi has been busy for the past six months.

He was a smart man and knew that the boss's "Go Ashore - Strengthening Plan" required the group's vast resources as a foundation.

As a subordinate, the most important thing to do is to share the leader's burdens and be quick to respond to the boss's urgent needs.

That is to take over all group affairs to free up the boss's energy, while making business development even better than before.

At the same time, he is also a capable person.

Since taking over as CEO of Beyond Group at the beginning of the year, I have felt like I am walking on thin ice: I must live up to Chen Mo's trust, be worthy of the hundreds of millions in annual salary and bonuses, and not let down the expectations of all employees.

Chen Mo set a target of 50% for the group's overall growth, but he set a target of 100% for himself.

He set a personal goal of doubling the speed of the previous year each year, a goal he never told anyone.

Only by consistently exceeding expectations can a qualified professional manager possess the necessary qualities and abilities.

After three months of investigation, Lu Qi discovered that the Beyond Group possessed a tremendous amount of energy that shocked even him.

From business groups to employees, everyone is clearly aware of the long-term, medium-term, and short-term goals.

Only with such a clear goal orientation and concerted efforts can the giant ship on the other side be propelled forward wave after wave, like waves crashing against the shore.

The source of this power is the model of "each doing their best, learning something, and getting something for their labor" on the other side.

Often, even without his intervention, this behemoth can operate smoothly, thanks to the solid foundation Chen Mo laid over the past few years.

What shocked Lu Qi even more was that he calculated through his own model that even if he did nothing all year, the group would still have a 74.5% probability of achieving a 50% growth rate due to inertia.

Therefore, the more this was the case, the less Lu Qi dared to act rashly. He knew that meddlesome matters he didn't understand would only lead to more mistakes.

It's like when a player finally makes a name for himself in the NBA, only to be recalled by some leader to play in some lousy game on home soil. This kind of "young people's future is a future, but our future isn't a future either?" has precedents before.

This kind of behavior, similar to being admitted to Peking University but being forced by parents to return to their hometown to farm after only a few days of classes, will be criticized.
The entire group remained unchanged, except for the change of CEO, which caused the business to decline. Using the method of controlling variables, we can determine where the problem lies.

If that were the case, Lu Qi would be too ashamed to stay on the other side and would have resigned long ago.

Previously, he served as a senior advisor at Tianji Pavilion, observing the operation of various businesses on the other side from an outsider's perspective.

Becoming CEO gave him a completely new understanding of the business, thanks to the shift in perspective.

Therefore, for the first three months of the year, Lu Qi made no adjustments whatsoever, simply listening more, observing more, and speaking less or even not speaking at all.

Bring your laptop to work alongside the heads of various business departments to understand their development history, plans, and team processes. Then, summarize your understanding and align your insights with those of the responsible persons, which often sparks inspiration.

With him acting as a central figure, the biggest problem is that cognitive biases between superiors and subordinates can hinder business operations; this is a major taboo in management.

Therefore, during the breaks between each departmental rotations, Lu Qi would compile and summarize his understanding of the business and send it to Chen Mo for comments and corrections.

In this way, with a half-month cycle, Lu Qi went through all the business groups in the group in just three months.

The document he compiled could be printed out and published as a book titled "An Overview of the Business of Beyond Group"—this was his assignment.

Last month, Lu Qi, who had fully grasped the business of Beyond Group, officially emerged from seclusion. Combining his rich management experience and strategic vision accumulated at Microsoft, he began to create a new strategic upgrade plan for Beyond that integrates Chinese and Western approaches. This inevitably involved confirming the specific implementation and details with various departments again. For a period of time, he even held remote video conferences with Zhou Shouzi, a situation that lasted for a whole month.

On May 9th, Lu Qi knocked on Chen Mo's office door with a brand-new plan.

If other people come to see Chen Mo, they need to make an appointment, but he is not among them!

"Come in!" Chen Mo's fingers didn't stop typing, but he stopped when he saw Lu Qi enter. "Oh? Doctor's here. What's up?"

Lu Qi expertly plugged in his laptop and projected the screen: "This is the group's strategic upgrade plan for the next three years. Please confirm."

"Okay, you tell me and I'll listen."

With Lu Qi's explanation, Chen Mo understood the overall framework of the plan.

Beyond Group's Strategic Upgrade Plan – Reconstructing the Growth Engine of a Trillion-Dollar Tech Giant Based on "AI + Ecosystem"
I. Strategic Positioning: Building an Intelligent Economy
Core objectives:

Achieve a compound annual growth rate of 50% (revenue is projected to reach 1 trillion by 2020).

AI penetration rate exceeds 40% (intelligent transformation of all business lines)
Global revenue now accounts for 35% of total revenue (breaking through the US/European markets).

II. Organizational Restructuring

The current structure will be integrated into three major business groups:
Intelligent platform cluster (WeChat, cloud computing, AI)

Digital content group (games, ByteDance, Beyond Video...)

Smart service group (Ele.me, taxi services, Gaode Maps, etc.)

Management implements a dual-reporting system: business line CEO + functional CTO.
An "AI Committee" was established, personally led by Lu Qi, with mandatory participation from CTOs of all business lines.
III. Business Integration: The World's Largest Interactive Entertainment Ecosystem, Reconstructing a "Super Gateway" to Local Life

IV. Data Platform.
V. Risk Management.

After listening to Lu Qi's overall introduction, Chen Mo could see from it the 'three surgical scalpels' Lu Qi was offering to the behemoth that was the Other Shore.

The first approach: Use AI as the infrastructure for all business operations to drive soft growth.

The second approach is matrix-style integration, where various businesses work together to form a closed-loop ecosystem, such as WeChat + cloud + content, or local life services.
The third strategy: establish a global presence by replicating the overseas model and opening up the European and American markets.

What Lu Qi just described was only the core framework of this plan. The specific implementation is broken down into three phases to be executed sequentially, and is divided according to hierarchy, with detailed assignments to departments and personnel.
This proposal alone is worth more than 100 million. Chen Mo secretly sighed that he hadn't chosen the wrong person. Even if he had written it himself, it wouldn't have been any better.

Lu Qi has a thorough understanding of every business, with comprehensive consideration of business planning, technology-driven development, organizational adjustments, and even risk control. He has a complete domestic and international layout, and he has also brought in the management experience of technology giants while preserving the core foundation of the other side, which is truly remarkable.

This plan can be considered Lu Qi's first assignment since taking office as CEO five months ago, and Chen Mo is very satisfied with it!
However, he still offered some specific suggestions for certain modules. For example, as AI is implemented, labor costs will gradually decrease, and the customer service team will be the first to be affected. It is necessary to prepare a "fresh blood" plan in advance to facilitate the secondary training of optimized employees and their free transfer to other high-growth businesses.

For example, business collaboration doesn't necessarily have to be horizontal; there can be plenty of room for vertical collaboration as well.

Chen Mo cited Ele.me as an example, stating that this year it will focus on group buying, travel, and ticketing, and can integrate with WeChat's nine-square grid, Douyin, JD.com, and other platforms to become traffic entry points.

For example, if you see a nearby restaurant on Douyin (TikTok) and get hungry, you can directly click to be redirected to the corresponding store on Ele.me to place an order, and enjoy your meal in about half an hour. This can meet the diverse needs of users.
"In addition, we've set a few goals for this year," Chen Mo added.

"Tell me, I'll write it down!"

"We need to see growth potential in WeChat Work and WeChat Pay so that Zhang Xiaolong's team can take action; I've talked to Zhang Xuhao about Ele.me's group-buying business before, and we want to take half of Meituan's market share and then go public; Douyin is still missing a cross-platform livestreamer, so keep an eye out for them."

"I'll follow up and implement it!" Lu Qi noted it down one by one.

"Furthermore, Doctor, don't just focus on the group itself; you should also pay attention to the other businesses as well."

"understand!"

Lu Qi nodded. He knew that with great power came great responsibility, but also great rewards and benefits. After all, Chen Mo was never a stingy boss.

The fact that no core executives of the company have left in the years since its establishment is enough to prove this point.

"I'll go back and revise it. Please confirm again tomorrow. If there are no problems, we'll proceed!"

"Ok!"

The next day, the strategic upgrade plan for the Beyond Group over the next three years was approved.

This also means that the other side will also undergo a brand new change.

After Chen Mo finalized the general direction, LeEco also made the final payment.

Three days later, he received a call from Zhang Changfa, "Boss, the turtle has surfaced and looks like it's going to dive."

"Have they sent someone to notify them?"

"Okay, as mentioned before, we'll synchronize with them immediately. What's next?"

Chen Mo's lips curled into a smile, "Let's watch the show!"

(End of this chapter)