On November 12, a person familiar with Tencent dismissed external rumors of "50% layoffs" as completely untrue. During Tencent's 28th anniversary Linktime online livestream, management expressed its determination to accelerate organizational transformation and stressed that this transformation differs from the "cost reduction and efficiency improvement" drive of several years ago: the previous effort was relatively passive and focused more on "cutting costs," whereas this one is a proactive move for the AI era, focused more on "improving efficiency," aimed at inspiring teams to create new value and encouraging frontline employees to take initiative, while also promoting a flatter, more agile middle-management layer. To support this transformation, the company needs to proactively explore new approaches and new frontiers internally: 50% of staff are like the army, responsible for defending their territory and doing existing core business well through efficiency gains; the other 50% are like the navy, riding the wave, exploring AI Native and expanding new development space. This is a redeployment of the company's resources to adapt to the AI era, and may also be the source of the misreading behind the "50% layoffs" rumor.