Public relations secret war between Internet giants (1)： ＂Public relations prince＂ comes out of Ali

Don’t know Zhou Huan.

There is neither WeChat nor personal contact, so I always wanted to be called "Duke of Zhou" when I wrote my draft, but when I started writing, I found that he had already had the reputation of "Duke Huan" and followed it with fear.

But presumably, the public relations and media in the internet circle are mostly aware of Huan Gong. Since December 7, 2015, Huan Gong was once fully responsible for the public relations department of Alibaba Group. In addition to continuing to directly lead the public relations team of the retail e-commerce business, the public relations teams of other business divisions of the Group reported to Huan Gong on the dotted line. However, just over two years later, Huan Gong suddenly broke with Ali, and joined Pinduoduo in mid-2018 to meet the brothers of the former public relations team.

At that time, Ali and Pinduoduo were engaged in fierce fighting. For quite some time, Huan Gong’s choice was the talk after dinner in the circle.

Huan Gong’s big trouble happened on January 4, 2021. At 1 am that day, a 23-year-old female employee in Pinduoduo died suddenly on the way to work. In the face of the sudden death of female employees, Pinduoduo’s series of crazy operations are jaw-dropping; But after Zhihu gave Pinduoduo a fatal blow, things became more and more magical.

As the head of public relations, Huan Gong is naturally at the forefront, and in successive disputes, he quietly left, and the public relations team with hundreds of people was collectively opened, which can’t help but sigh.

When I was out of Ali, I gave up a lot. I’m afraid I’ll worry about it and hate it. How many things do I want to talk about?

01 Quan Shuai Zhi Shuai

Be brave and know the machine, know people and make good use of them, which is handsome; Take charge of the three armed forces alone and display the general plan, which is actually handsome; Shock up and down, tune yin and yang, and make a decision, which is the right to be handsome.

No matter what the content of Ali’s public relations system is, we can’t bypass Wang Shuai. Ali’s public relations is brave and good at fighting, which can be called "the public relations team" by the outside world, and also originated from Wang Shuai.

Wang Shuai is not only the chairman of the marketing public relations committee of Alibaba Group, but also a partner of Alibaba Group. He is not a general Ali partner, because Wang Shuai has a higher level in the management sequence than many partners.

In other words, Wang Shuai can’t be simply regarded as the head of Ali’s public relations. He is a core participant in the strategic planning of Ali Group, and he helps the group’s strategy more by supervising the war and public relations, a Chinese-Taiwan department.

The existence of Wang Shuai naturally solved two major problems that public relations had to face:1. Internal status (whether there is a right to speak); 2, internal management (can you get the results, cut to the cake).

In most companies, anyone in the public relations department can bully, and from time to time, they have to "carry the pot" for the boss. It is light to get a few kicks, and it is normal to be stewed in a pot. But in Ali, public relations is a close comrade-in-arms of the bosses of all business lines, and even many business lines rely on public relations to break the game.

To put it bluntly:For anyone in Ali’s public relations, personal ability determines the foundation of their growth, Ali’s stage determines the space for them to move around, and Wang Shuai determines the upper limit of their development early..

Duke Huan is undoubtedly capable. In Ali, Huan Gong has the same scenery for a while, and he can also play games among partners. However, in Pinduoduo, although it is widely rumored that "Ali public relations saves Pinduoduo", Huan Gong and his defected No.100 brother not only took the blame, but were also accused of chopping.

This is probably the difference between having Wang Shuai in Ali and not having Wang Shuai in Pinduoduo.. I don’t know if all the students of Ali PR are aware of Wang Shuai’s real energy-probably not, because what they see every day is the other side of Quan Shuai.

02 the right to be handsome

Appoint officials because of their posts, follow the name and be responsible for the facts, hold the handle of killing, and teach the ministers the ability to exercise power.

In February, 2021, in response to the discussion on Alibaba’s intranet triggered by To Ali, Wang Shuai published a post entitled "Some Thoughts on Everyone’s Discussion", put forward the theory of "three tens of millions" and talked about "price and value are inconsistent". Teacher Ma replied to praise "good writing, true feelings of writing" and was put on the top.

But there are also some replies that the style of painting is like this:

"I don’t understand"

"Is there a class representative to sum it up?"

"a little profound"

"The prose is well written."

……

Talking about this phenomenon, Ali, a former public relations student, joked: "After the arrangement of Shuai Zong, we often have to think about it. What does it mean? Do you follow the original words, or do you have other deep meanings? "

Is it necessary to guess? Yes!

"Wang Shuai doesn’t like others to change his meaning." Many senior media reporters who have been docking Ali for a long time have affirmed this.

Wang Shuai is a man with a wide range of interests. He dabbles in poetry, books, paintings, wine, rock and roll, etc., and naturally speaks and acts like a scholar. This is understandable, Wang Shuai’s personal charm itself is very commendable.However, when Ali’s public relations classmates began to guess Wang Shuai’s mind, and who guessed more accurately and who had the advantage, and when the guess was accurate, everything changed..

Coincidentally, although Wang Shuai is in a high position, he is very emotional and close to the people. He doesn’t put on airs at ordinary times, and he is also willing to interact with his classmates. From time to time, he plans to eat and sing K. Many students in the public relations system can easily get in touch with Wang Shuai directly if they want to. So some students deliberately attract attention, some students move their homes to Hangzhou, and some students play emotional cards privately …

"At the grass-roots level, involution is really serious. The high P class Committee is similar. " More than one Ali public relations classmate expressed emotion.

Having worked in Ali’s public relations system for so many years, Huan Gong should know Wang Shuai, otherwise he could not have once become "Prince Ali’s public relations".He knows Wang Shuai, but he may not know what Wang Shuai really means.

03 the love of the superior

Give it to you, it is yours; No, you can’t take it.

There are two sections of Qing history that are very interesting and can be used as mirrors.

In the first year of Jiaqing (1796), Emperor Qianlong passed the throne to his son Jiaqing. It was not until the fourth year of Jiaqing (1799) that Jiaqing dismissed He Shen from office and put him in prison. Fifteen days after the death of Emperor Qianlong, Jiaqing gave He Shen suicide.

In 1898, Emperor Guangxu implemented the "Reform Movement of 1898", but it was resisted by Empress Dowager Cixi, who imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai. The whole reform lasted only 103 days, which was called "Hundred Days Reform".

On December 7, 2015, Huan Gong took full charge of the public relations department of Alibaba Group. After a while, this position became the general manager of Alibaba’s public and customer communication department. In June 2017, Huan Gong took over the public relations work of Alibaba Pictures brand market, and the time was limited. Huan Gong soon left Ali to join Pinduoduo, and he was in a competitive position.

Professionals who are familiar with HR rules should understand that there is room for communication in non-competition agreements. In 2017, Kyle, the former general manager of Sohu Video Copyright Film and Television Center, was arbitrated at a high price for allegedly violating the prohibition of business strife. Zhang Chaoyang once said that "this is a question of rules, and the question of rules is not a small problem"; But Kyle cried to Zhang, playing the emotional card, and Zhang, the good man, was gently put down.

As I said before, Wang Shuai is also very emotional. Ali’s public relations department also has employees who have left their jobs and are engaged in competition. Wang Shuai, who is affectionate and righteous, naturally won’t make it difficult for his former subordinates.

As long as they bow their heads.

Many students bowed their heads. Some of their competitions have changed from year to year, and most of them have turned a blind eye.

But Huan Gong went to Pinduoduo with a competitive career.

Some former comrades-in-arms of Huan Gong said with emotion: "According to his character, it is hard to imagine that he would cry and ask for help."

The wind turned into a sigh, and he forgot the smoke in the water. Out of Ali, into a lot, refused to bow, rushed into a bigger storm vortex.

(To be continued)