Produced by Radar Finance Text | Meng Shuai Editor | Deep Sea "If I were not a judge, I would whip you today." Zhou Hongyi, who once shouted this sentence on the show, has now been commented by many netizens that his temper has become much gentler. At a recent event, Zhou Hongyi

Produced by Radar Finance Text | Edited by Meng Shuai | Deep Sea

"If I were not a judge, I would whip you today." Zhou Hongyi, who once shouted this sentence on the show, is now commented by many netizens that his temper has become gentle. few.

At a recent event, Zhou Hongyi shook hands with Fu Sheng, a former executive who created 360 Security Guard and was sued by the company. In another short video, Zhou Hongyi also behaved quite calmly in the face of Luo Zhenyu, who had publicly "bombarded" him on the show.

Not long ago, Cheng Qian, a well-known business interview IP manager born in the 1990s, had a personality collapse show, which also won a lot of favor for Zhou Hongyi. Even though he was offended by Cheng Qian's curse words, Zhou Hongyi did not get angry because of it. Instead, he invited the other party to participate in his speech event. With his recent performance in many public occasions, Zhou Hongyi has attracted strong fans, and his Douyin account has gained more than 600,000 followers in the past month.

Compared with the above-mentioned figures, Zhou Hongyi has also had confrontations with more important bosses. Baidu Robin Li, Tencent Ma Huateng, and Xiaomi Lei Jun have all been involved in disputes with Zhou Hongyi. After fighting again and again, Zhou Hongyi was also given the title of "Red Cannon" by the outside world. However, as the years go by, Zhou Hongyi has tempered his sharp edges and gradually become an "Uncle in Red" with a softer personality.

"The Great Reconciliation of the Century", Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng shook hands and said

"There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests." This famous saying, originally used to describe the relationship between countries, was placed in the world of business The same applies to . Big bosses who were once at war with each other are now able to communicate calmly together.

turned the time back many years ago, when Fu Sheng was a member of Zhou Hongyi's company. As early as 2003, Fu Sheng joined Zhou Hongyi’s 3721 Company. Later, 3721 Company was acquired by Yahoo. Fu Sheng joined Qihoo 360 founded by Zhou Hongyi in 2005 and led the team to create 360 ​​Security Guard, a star product in the field of Internet security. During his tenure, Fu Sheng planned and promoted many important functions of 360 Security Guard, including plug-in detection, Trojan detection, vulnerability repair, installation essentials, and 360 Secure Browser.

However, as Zhou Hongyi's right-hand man, Fu Sheng eventually parted ways with Zhou Hongyi. In 2008, Fu Sheng left Qihoo and was invited by Zhang Ying of Matrix Partners China to join Matrix Partners China. The following year, Fu Sheng started his own business and became the chairman and CEO of Keniu Image.

Since then, the conflict between Fu Sheng and 360 has continued to intensify. In October 2010, Fu Sheng posted on Weibo that 360 Software Manager had removed the downloads of Keniu products such as Keniu Image and Keniu Antivirus. Perhaps because Fu Sheng once again got involved in the security field after running away, the relationship between Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng became more tense.

In September 2011, Qihoo 360 sued Fu Sheng, a former executive of the company, in the Hong Kong High Court, claiming that Fu Sheng and the company he founded, Keniu Technology, used Qihoo's confidential information to develop computer security software Keniu free anti-virus. Qihoo also claimed that Fu Sheng violated confidentiality obligations and poached Qihoo 360 engineers. It also stated that Qihoo 360 has the right to repurchase the 200,000 Qihoo shares obtained by Fu Sheng at a price of 1 yuan.

Regarding Qihoo 360’s accusations, Fu Sheng responded that he had never obtained Qihoo’s equity or stock account, and Qihoo’s claims about redemption were completely deceiving the public. Secondly, Keniu Antivirus is a product developed after I left 360 for more than 20 months. It uses Kaspersky technology. It is purely a deliberate smear claim that it stole 360 ​​technology.

In addition, Fu Sheng also mentioned on Weibo that Qihoo used deception, coercion, tracking and other means to force many resigned employees, including me, to sign extremely unequal separation agreements, which was quite gangster style.

Faced with the lawsuit from his former club, Fu Sheng said with emotion, "You don't have to use gangster tricks to fight against gangsters, otherwise you will become a gangster while fighting; when playing football with opponents, you still have to kick the ball in. Put the lawsuit As long as the matter is made clear, they will never be allowed to frame it. You must control your emotions and be able to tolerate any personal grievances." In the many years of entrepreneurship after

, Fu Sheng became the "top leader" of Cheetah Mobile. This company was renamed from the merger of Kingsoft Security and Keniu Imaging. The former also allowed Fu Sheng to work with The relationship between Lei Jun and Lei Jun is getting closer. Lei Jun, who is regarded by the outside world as one of Fu Sheng's noble men, once gave Fu Sheng a very high evaluation, "I have met many capable people, but the only one who has real determination and perseverance and a real entrepreneurial spirit is Fu Sheng."

It is worth noting that according to media reports, the relationship between Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng may have eased before they shared the stage. At the Second World Internet Conference, Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng participated in a forum speech at the same time; after the Fourth World Internet Conference, 58 Group CEO Yao Jinbo organized the third Internet celebrity dinner, and Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng appeared in the same photo In the group photo, Didi founder Cheng Wei is separated between the two.

Attending the event with Fu Sheng on the same stage this time, Zhou Hongyi bluntly said that after listening to Fu Sheng's speech, he felt that he had made great progress compared to the 17-year-old Fu Sheng or the 34-year-old Fu Sheng. In Zhou Hongyi's view, digging up old memories is meaningless. Living in the past is meaningless and meaningless. The past is no longer a problem, we have to look forward.

Zhou Hongyi believes that after many years, people’s cognition has been constantly improving. When Fu Sheng was young, he was very angry and made some mistakes. His perception may not be the same as now. But now that they have experienced the iron fist of life, Fu Sheng and everyone's understanding of the present has changed a lot.

In addition, Zhou Hongyi also had more in-depth communication and exchanges with Fu Sheng at the business level, such as giving suggestions to Fu Sheng's large models and asking about the latest progress of his robot business. But Zhou Hongyi also said, "Originally, if he (Fu Sheng) wanted to focus on one thing (large-model enterprise applications or robots), I would vote for both. If he does both, I might not vote for him."

is similar to a smile. The scene of grudges also appeared in a video shared by Zhou Hongyi on the short video platform on January 20. In this video, Zhou Hongyi chatted with Luo Jisiwei and Luo Zhenyu, the founder of Get app, but Luo Zhenyu actually publicly challenged Zhou Hongyi during the controversy between Zhou Hongyi and Fu Sheng many years ago.

At that time, Luo Zhenyu pointed the finger at Zhou Hongyi and his company in a program, "You are a listed company, and you are talking to a former executive who has left the house, how can you throw moral dirt at him?" "I have never stood on Fu Sheng's side, I have only stood firmly on the opposite side of Zhou Hongyi."

Luo Zhenyu also said in the program, "It is not my invention to say that Zhou Hongyi is a gangster. This is almost the IT world. consensus". In Luo Zhenyu's eyes, one thing Zhou Hongyi and his 360 company do in China's healthy and positive business market is to constantly use morality to criticize others.

was on the same stage with Zhou Hongyi this time. Luo Zhenyu felt that Zhou Hongyi's temper had improved in recent years. In this regard, Zhou Hongyi explained that one may be because hormone levels decrease as we get older; the other may be that after experiencing a lot, we can see some things clearly. Some things feel like a big deal when they are not over, but when they are over, they look back and are just a small thing.

In this conversation with Luo Zhenyu, Zhou Hongyi also mentioned Fu Sheng, who originally hated him the most, "He (Fu Sheng) hated me to such an extent that I never scolded him." "Fu Sheng also You have always had to admit that you are my disciple." In addition, Zhou Hongyi also announced in advance that he would be on the same stage with Fu Sheng in this video.

invited Cheng Qian to give a speech, saying that he did not dare to educate young people

In addition to the above mentioned, Zhou Hongyi's recent exposure and attention on the Internet are quite high.

The 2023 Feng Ma Niu year-end show that just came to an end not long ago. The confrontation between "Red Cannon" Zhou Hongyi and Cheng Qian, a well-known business interview manager born in the 90s, at the round table forum also attracted many netizens to watch on the Internet. .

In this explosive roundtable forum, Cheng Qian, who prides himself on being a young man, was suppressed by the aura of Zhou Hongyi, the Internet's "old gunner". Cheng Qian complained about his "grievance" that he carefully prepared the manuscript, but the boss was "laughing and laughing". Not only did it not win a lot of recognition for him, but Cheng Qian's curse-like conclusion during the roundtable session was even criticized by the outside world. Insufficient and disgraceful.

Afterwards, the video of this event was widely circulated on the Internet. The elite, gentleman, intellectual, and high-end persona that Cheng Qian had carefully created on social platforms collapsed due to this turmoil. Faced with the controversy following this incident, Cheng Qian posted a video on social platforms to apologize for his words and deeds.

However, Zhou Hongyi seemed quite generous to Cheng Qian's apology, "It's normal for young people to make mistakes. Who doesn't make mistakes? I still often feel that I am stupid. Being able to realize this means that I have made progress." It’s not a big deal, and there is no need to apologize. As long as you sincerely review your mistakes and let yourself grow and change, you can turn bad things into good things.”

As an "old Jianghu" who is well versed in Internet traffic passwords, Zhou Hongyi obviously will not let go of the opportunity to be hit by the traffic. After Cheng Qian apologized, Zhou Hongyi announced on his social media account that he would host a live broadcast on January 12, and the main content of this live broadcast will focus on how to give a speech.

What’s interesting is that when Zhou Hongyi’s “Red Dressed Open Class” officially started, Cheng Qian, who had been at odds with Zhou Hongyi before, unexpectedly appeared in the audience, and he also wore the same color as the “Red Dressed Leader” red top.

"The person wearing red clothes has not tempered his personality for so long, so I don't have any hope that his personality will converge in 2024. But for the person wearing conservative colors, I hope he will live longer, be healthier, and Forever." Compared with the previous concluding remarks at the roundtable forum, Cheng Qian's attendance at the event and his appearance in a red top made the speech more dramatic.

However, Cheng Qian, who seemed to have carefully prepared his clothes, did not seize this opportunity to reverse the public opinion. Zhou Hongyi specifically cue Cheng Qian at the end of his speech and gave him a chance to ask questions. After Cheng Qian took the microphone, he said that he was in the right place today. His problems had been put on the table. Mr. Zhou (Zhou Hongyi) had left him plenty of face. "My strategy is to join if you can't beat them."

After Cheng Qian finished his speech, Zhou Hongyi then replied, "If it hadn't been for the farce that night, there might not have been this speech today. Second, you don't need to join us. The business I do is the same as yours." Businesses do not compete with each other." Zhou Hongyi also said to Cheng Qian, "I think for you, there is no need to apologize. This kind of thing is very common compared to the mistakes I have made before. Maybe you will make similar mistakes in the future."

In Zhou Hongyi's view, he feels that apologies are not that important. The apology may be to calm the public's reaction. The most important thing is whether he can truly review the situation and know how to improve from the bottom of his heart, thereby turning mistakes into opportunities. .

Compared with the older generation of entrepreneurs, Zhou Hongyi even joked to himself, "I don't dare to educate you more, because now that I have more education, everyone will say that he has a daddy feel, and young people are disgusted. Dong Mingzhu tried to educate young people. I’ve also been pk, so I don’t dare to educate you. Today I just want to communicate with you, and I also want to know a feedback. I hope you won’t flatter me, and I hope you will feel after hearing it that it can be as effective as what I said.”

From "Red Cannon" to "Red Uncle"

Radar Finance found that Zhou Hongyi had "fights" with many big guys in the past.Luo Zhenyu described in a program: "Zhou Hongyi is a fighter in the industry. In Jack Ma's words, he is a shepherd dog. He bites whatever he catches... almost all Chinese Internet companies have bitten him."

In 2003, Zhou Hongyi also When 3721 started its business, it had a confrontation with Baidu founder Robin Li. At that time, Robin Li took Zhou Hongyi to court. Baidu said that since it launched the Soba software, it discovered that 3721 had loaded functions in its network real-name software to specifically delete and disrupt the operation of Baidu Soba, causing all computers with 3721 network real-name software to be unable to run the Baidu Soba software normally. .

Since Zhou Hongyi and Robin Li had not yet become big names in the Internet industry at that time, both parties even attended the lawsuit in person. In the court scenes restored by some media, the two "quarreled" directly face to face. During the mediation, the female judge asked Zhou Hongyi, "Baidu accused you of deleting their stuff, have you done it?" In response, Robin Li rushed to say that Zhou Hongyi had done it. Zhou Hongyi responded, "I did it, but he did it first. He did all the bad things I did!"

years later, the "300 War" broke out between Baidu and 360. Although the early grievances between Zhou Hongyi and Robin Li have been diluted by time, Baidu, run by Robin Li, and 360, run by Zhou Hongyi, are still facing each other on the large model track of artificial intelligence.

Another Internet giant that was once at odds with 360 was Tencent founded by Ma Huateng. Thinking about the "3q war" launched between 360 and Tencent, it can be said that it left an indelible mark on the development history of the Internet industry.

This war that shocked the Internet originated from the competition between the two star products. At that time, the security products developed by Tencent made 360 ​​aware of potential competitive risks. In September 2010, 360 released its newly developed "Privacy Protector", which specifically collects whether QQ software infringes on user privacy. Subsequently, QQ immediately pointed out that 360 Browser was suspected of using pornographic websites to promote it.

Since then, the two sides have taken turns to take action, and the "3q war" has continued to escalate, once reaching the point where users were asked to "choose one of the two." Ma Huateng said in an open letter, "This battle will continue. We firmly believe that we will win the support of users and win this battle."

Zhou Hongyi was not to be outdone, "Even if the rampant hegemony of Tencent has to overwhelm 360, 360 must also make this bully pay the price, which is why Tencent must return the right to know and choose to its hundreds of millions of users." It was not until 2014 that this four-year Internet war finally came to an end.

In addition to Baidu and Tencent, Lei Jun, who later became quite close to Fu Sheng, was also challenged by Zhou Hongyi. In 2012, Zhou Hongyi once challenged Lei Jun on Weibo, "I will meet and talk with you at Chaoyang Park at 10 a.m. next Monday." However, Lei Jun rejected Zhou Hongyi mercilessly, "What does he have to do to interview me? He thinks too highly of himself."

As for the title of "Red Cannon" given to him by the outside world, Zhou Hongyi actually responded on Weibo, "Originally, people called me Red Cannon. Now I am trying to be introspective, be kind to others, and create peace for the company. Development environment. I now have a very good relationship with the company I had conflicts with before." Now the nickname of Zhou Hongyi's Douyin account is prefixed with "Uncle in Red".

On the same occasion as Fu Sheng, Zhou Hongyi also admitted that he participated in this event for many reasons. The first is that both Fu Sheng and himself have changed a lot, and many things have become softer, so they need to look forward; the second is to listen to the development of big models with a learning attitude and support entrepreneurs; finally, he also has selfish motives, that is Come to attract fans.

Zhou Hongyi said with a smile that short videos and live broadcasts are no longer the original rules and models. Now is the era of Internet celebrities. Everyone should learn to be an Internet celebrity, so he also needs to cultivate his own Internet celebrity temperament and seize every opportunity to attract fans.

As Zhou Hongyi said, Zhou Hongyi, who is no longer as "sharp" as before, has indeed tasted the joy of gaining followers recently. Gray Dolphin data shows that in the past 30 days, Zhou Hongyi's Douyin account has gained more than 610,000 followers, and during this period Zhou Hongyi has experienced "reconciliation" with Cheng Qian, Luo Zhenyu, Fu Sheng and others.One of the reasons why Zhou Hongyi attracts fans may also have something to do with his softening personality. Some analysts at

believe that, on the one hand, with the growth of age and accumulation of life experience, Zhou Hongyi is obviously no longer the fiery "red cannon" back then. Rather than making enemies for himself, Zhou Hongyi is now more inclined to peace and cooperation, and his state of mind is no longer as susceptible to outside influence as before.

On the other hand, with the continuous changes in the Internet industry pattern in recent years, 360 Company, which once competed with Tencent and Baidu, is no longer as prosperous as it used to be. Compared with the star products that once included 360 Security Guard, 360’s new businesses including large models are now in urgent need of more exposure to the outside world. Therefore, Zhou Hongyi, who is the company’s spokesperson, naturally assumes the responsibility of serving the company. and the role of product platform, endorsement and promotion.

Zhou Hongyi has frequently appeared on major hot searches, which has indeed attracted a lot of traffic to himself, his company and its products. Zhou Hongyi is constantly active in the front line of company management and frequently attends major events, which fully reflects this Internet "veteran"'s determination to actively seek innovation and change.