Wang Ziru: I will send greetings to Dong Mingzhu during holidays. This is my senior and mentor.

In a recent interview, Wang Ziru said frankly that she was grateful to Dong Mingzhu for helping her in the past. "Since I left Gree, I feel that Mr. Dong is my senior and my mentor." Wang Ziru said.

Wang Ziru said frankly that even before he joined Gree and was only a supplier, he had benefited a lot from Mr. Dong’s guidance on business insights and life experience. Lei Jun was also an important guide in the formation of his business knowledge. Those personal experiences he shared with him in his early years still have a profound impact to this day.

Although they have moved on separately, the mentor-disciple friendship still continues warmly - "I will send greetings to Mr. Dong during the holidays."

In 2021, Wang Ziru resigned from his position at ZEALER, his own technology media (which had received investment from Lei Jun, Tencent, etc.) to join Gree. It is said that his annual salary exceeds 3 million yuan, but Gree's financial reports have never disclosed its executive compensation.

As for why Wang Ziru resigned, according to Gree insiders, as the person in charge of channel reform, the "cloud network batch" model he promoted directly impacted the interests of traditional dealers and "offended many people."