Chapter 351 Little Red Stick is Here
Li Xuelin, born in 1973, graduated from the Philosophy Department of Renmin University. He worked as a reporter and editor-in-chief of NetEase. After leaving NetEase, he founded YY and became his own boss.
He has a very close relationship with Lei Jun, and has admitted many times in public and private that Lei Jun's role as a mentor is indispensable in the development of his career.
Liang Fei's evaluation of Li Xuelin is that if he loses weight, he should be a handsome and elegant middle-aged man.
In short, before Liang Fei's Banana Live appeared, Joyy, or YY, was going smoothly and YY Live was also very successful. Of course, it was actually half a beat slower than Liang Fei.
This is how Internet companies are, one step slow, every step slow.
The first time Li Xuelin heard of Liang Fei's name was during a private gathering with friends. A big shot told him in a joking tone that the red-shirted guy from 360 was severely cheated by a Mingda student in collaboration with Penguin.
Although this incident was full of coincidences and the penguin did not gain much, Liang Fei did indeed soar to success.
Reality is always more dramatic than fiction.
After understanding what happened, it was found that not only Li Xuelin, but also a number of Internet bosses and even many bigwigs from other industries had shown a strong interest in Liang Fei. This is why Penguin was willing to give Liang Fei a one-time venture capital of 100 million US dollars, and did not even encounter much resistance internally.
Because even if Penguin Technologies doesn't give, Xu Guyong can come up with the money. There are even many big guys who are willing to spend some money to see if they can cultivate a new Internet star.
At first, Li Xuelin just thought that a new genius was about to appear in the world, but he didn't care much about it because he was a genius himself.
But the good times didn’t last long. This unknown guy’s business was getting bigger and bigger, and it had begun to threaten his own base.
Yangcheng, the headquarters of YY
Li Xuelin sat in the main seat in the conference room, watching his subordinates use PPT to introduce Liang Fei in detail.
A female executive in a dress, with a dignified appearance and a graceful figure, held a laser pen in her hand and circled Liang Fei's photo: "Liang Fei, male, 22 years old, a senior student at the School of Communication Engineering of Minghai University, studied under Vice President Ren Tianxing, and has a close relationship with the former president of Minghai University, Yu Xiangdong. Including the previously crude WeChat and campus delivery, and even the subsequent Banana Live and Rose Book, all have received full support from Minghai University."
"At the same time, he has a close personal relationship with Penguin Yangcheng CEO Zhang Xiaohu. Rumor has it that Zhang Xiaohu goes to Minghai every month to attend the gatherings organized by Liang Fei."
Li Xuelin narrowed his eyes slightly, interrupted his subordinate and asked, "There was a platform war a while ago, Liang Fei won, has there been any news from Penguin that it will make additional investments?"
The executive in charge of external affairs nodded and said, "Yes, but Liang Feiwan declined."
"Why?" Li Xuelin asked curiously, while looking at the female executive who was doing intelligence analysis.
The female executive pressed the laser pointer in her hand, and Xu Guyong's photo switched to the screen: "Xu Guyong, male, 35 years old, from the northwest. His father is Xu Zhaohui, who was just released from prison a while ago. The family has a huge network of people and influence in the northwest, and is well-funded. The family's main business is resource industry, with coal mining as its pillar."
All the senior executives took a deep breath when they looked at the mines owned by Xu Guyong on the PPT page.
This is all real money. The market value bubble of Internet companies cannot be compared with it.
The female executive stood in a very lazy posture with her hands behind her back and her high heels slightly tilted up. She looked at Li Xuelin and the other executives and said, "Liang Fei's first 5 million start-up capital came from Xu Guyong. His investment company in Minghai became famous because of his successful investment in Liang Fei. He was able to accurately become Liang Fei's first investor and continue to increase his investment, which shows that this gentleman has a very advanced vision."
"Mr. Li, all the CEOs, this is the source of Liang Fei's current funds and technology. The report is complete."
After saying that, the female executive sat down.
Li Xuelin lowered his head to wipe his glasses, blew on the lenses, put them back on, crossed his hands, and looked at his subordinates: "How about such a young, promising, and decisive college student? Tell us about your ideas and strategies."
An executive vice president thought for a moment and said to everyone, "He made the live broadcast industry a success. Almost all the current mainstream gameplays came from Banana Live. And according to the first wave of anchors who followed Liang Fei, these gameplays were all thought up by Liang Fei himself and then passed on to them."
"A female anchor once asked Liang Fei, why do men like black stockings?"
"Liang Fei replied that men just like black stockings."
As they were talking, many male executives present couldn't help but glance at Lydia's slender calves wrapped in black stockings under her black hip skirt.
The executive vice president looked at Li Xuelin and said, "Mr. Li, this shows that he has done no market research at all, and has no other messy data to support it. He just knows, I mean, he..."
"He's a genius." Li Xuelin interrupted the executive vice president, "So there's no way to deal with him?"
After that, everyone looked at the outstanding female executive again: “Lidya, what do you think?”
The female executive was taking off her coat, revealing a white silk shirt. She smiled brilliantly and stood up. "Liang Fei's way of getting started wasn't pretty. I can make a breakthrough in this area. I'll start by ruining Banana Live's reputation. In real-life business wars, there are only so many tricks."
Li Xuelin couldn't help but roll his eyes at Lidya: "I say , we are such a big company, the leader in the industry, how can we use our past stains to bully a college student?"
Lidya was obviously quite well-known, and she spoke freely: “Mr. Li, if we continue like this, we will no longer be the leader in the industry. To be honest, we are no longer the leader now.”
Li Xuelin: “…”
After thinking for a while, Li Xuelin looked at everyone: "Minghai University, Northwest tycoons, Penguin Technology, Liang Fei, and three giants standing behind him..."
"Boss Li, I have additional information."
Lydia stood up and added, "Minghai University has changed its president. The new president seems to have no interest in investing in Liang Fei. The help that Vice President Ren Tianxing can provide is very limited to Liang Fei at the moment. Therefore, Minghai University can no longer be counted as a resource for Liang Fei."
"You don't understand the new Principal Xu."
Li Xuelin looked at Lydia: "He is a person who attaches great importance to image and dignity. If Liang Fei suffers a lot of criticism outside, for the reputation of Minghai University, he will stand up and use the power and resources in his hands to support Liang Fei. This is China, Lydia, we believe in sharing weal and woe together."
Lydia's mature, Western-style face showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, and she bowed slightly: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, I didn't do my job well."
Li Xuelin smiled and waved his hands: "But your idea is right. The industry trend is changing rapidly. As for the live broadcast platform that has anchors as its core strategic opportunity, as long as we put a little pressure on them, we can seize the opportunity to pursue the victory. Lydia, come up with a plan. I want Banana Live to spend at least 10 million on public relations fees in the next three months."
"clear!"
Lightyear Technology
Looking at some text messages sent by the Public Relations Department, Liang Fei moved the mouse and sneered as he read.
"Rubbish!"
Jin Jiaer, standing aside, also said angrily: "They are really rubbish!"
Liang Fei looked up at Jin Jiaer and said, "You think so too, right? The work ability of our company's public relations department is really rubbish. They haven't made an effective rebuttal yet!"
Jin Jiaer: “…”
"Wouldn't their conscience hurt if they slandered the city's three best students like this?"
Throwing away the mouse, Liang Fei sneered, "Huanju is planning to go public next year, I'll make his plan go down the drain!"
