Chapter 564 Competition among Internet People in the New Era
Meng Caiyun's life experience is rather special, so some of her ideas cannot be used as a reference.
But Zhen Zhen felt that she was not a good person either. She was very harsh on Yaya, and focused on being pleasing to the eye. If Yaya dared to touch her, the foreign liquor would not be drunk into her stomach, but poured on Yaya's head.
You can’t tell the difference between the big and small kings, right? How dare you touch me?
It was a rare occasion for Wang Xiaoxiao to come to Wuyou Media. After finishing the work, the four girls had a meal. Seeing that it was still early, they thought about where to go and sit down.
"Why not go soak your feet?"
Nian Gao said excitedly: "I used to be very curious about why Liang Fei likes to soak her feet so much. Later, after going there twice, I realized that it is really cool. The environment is good, the TV screen is big, there are food and drinks, and there are little girls to relax your whole body. The price is not expensive. How great!"
Meng Caiyun suppressed a laugh and said, "Are you sure that the whole body relaxation mentioned by Mr. Liang is serious?"
"I trust Liang Fei more on this point."
Nian Gao patted Wang Xiaoxiao on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Really?"
"Hey, why did you suddenly cue me?" Wang Xiaoxiao said innocently, "Mr. Liang is very busy, and I barely get to see him all year round. How do I know if he's going to soak his feet or sing? Gaogao, you should ask Yu Yi, she's been pestering Mr. Liang all day long."
"oh."
"That's all?"
"Otherwise."
Zhen Zhen, who was walking behind, took Meng Caiyun's arm and asked in a low voice: "Nian Gao is now a legitimate wife, so it seems that there is no need to make any move."
Meng Caiyun thought to herself, you are really awesome, you talk nicely, why don’t you show me what you can do.
Foot bath shop
Several girls changed into their uniforms. Nian Gao put his white jade-like feet into the bathtub. The water was at a suitable temperature. He breathed a sigh of relief and suddenly asked, "When will Liang Fei go to the capital?"
Wang Xiaoxiao was talking to the technician, asking whether to add salt or ginger, and subconsciously answered: "Tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Xiaoxiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Nian Gao. Seeing that Nian Gao was smiling warmly, he immediately said, "This is what Mr. Xiao said casually. I just happened to hear it."
Nian Gao tilted his head: "Really?"
"Really?"
Wang Xiaoxiao calmed down, then winked at Nian Gao: "If you don't believe your good sister's words, who else can you believe?"
"Oh huhuhuhu, that's the truth!"
"Ohhhhhhh, huh?"
Nian Gao lay down and looked at Wang Xiaoxiao: "Why didn't I realize that you smile so wildly before? Smile again for me."
After saying that, she stretched out her finger and hooked Wang Xiaoxiao's chin. There was a big mature sister and a little cute sister. The big mature sister was strong and overbearing, while the little cute sister was slightly weak like a little white rabbit. She let Nian Gao's fingers play with her face at will and even reach into her clothes.
"Let my good sister see if you have grown up recently~~"
Zhen Zhen, who was playing with his phone on the side, climbed onto Meng Caiyun's massage bed and asked in a low voice: "Hey, tell me honestly, is Nian Gao planning to snatch women from Liang Fei? Is he trying to find another way?"
“…”
Just as Liang Fei's short video ship was setting sail, ByteDance, which had reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Kuaishou in the capital, was already in a state of panic.
"Liang Fei has taken action. He officially announced at an internal meeting that the short video APP will be launched next month!"
“What’s the name of the app?”
"Tik Tok, Mr. Zhang!"
After listening to his subordinate's report, Zhang Yiming looked at the secretary standing beside him in confusion. After a long silence, he made a decision: "Immediately conduct a qualification review of the entire company and check all employees. There must be a traitor!"
Is Liang Fei crazy? He's always ahead of me, and in the end, the names of their apps even collide with mine?
Isn’t it funny!
After the secretary agreed, he closed the office door, walked to Zhang Yiming and whispered, "Mr. Zhang, I think this matter is really strange, maybe the rumors are true!"
Zhang Yiming rubbed his face vigorously, put on his glasses again with some fatigue and asked, "What rumors?"
The secretary said mysteriously, "Liang Fei is weird. When he started WeChat at Minghai University, the functions were exactly the same, and even the names were the same. It is said that Mr. Ma thought that Liang Fei and he were destined to be together because of the name overlap. You know where Mr. Ma's hometown is. People there tend to believe this."
Zhang Yiming grew up in a scholarly family, without superstition. He didn't believe this at all, and suddenly found it funny: "You also believe that Liang Fei can take away people's luck?"
"I didn't believe it at first, but here are the facts."
The secretary frowned and said worriedly, "He was able to take away our application and product name today, and who knows what he will do tomorrow. Mr. Zhang, we are too passive now!"
What’s the point of saying this now!
The two companies tried their best to catch up, and the subsidiary responsible for short video research and development was almost merged into one office, but they still couldn't catch up with Liang Fei. They could obviously rely on Toutiao's super algorithm and model to overtake others, but in the end they found that Liang Fei's preparations were not bad at all. He just didn't have Toutiao's massive user traffic, but so what?
Seizing the market is the most important thing.
Zhang Yiming frowned, called the head of the public relations department in, and asked, "Have you figured out the target users of Liang Fei's short videos?"
The secretary stood aside and shook his head slightly, thinking that Mr. Zhang would never give up until he reached the Yellow River.
I've said it before, he can take away other people's luck, I have to believe it.
The head of the public relations department blinked and opened his mouth to speak, but finally sighed: "Mr. Zhang, you may not want to hear it."
Zhang Yiming, who was full of intellectual aura, glared and shouted, "I want to listen!"
"OK!"
The head of the public relations department immediately straightened his back: "According to the data and intelligence collected by various parties, we have also contacted several well-informed people privately, and we can confirm that Liang Fei's early targets are music and celebrity social networking. In simple terms, he uses exquisite handsome men and beautiful women, camera movements, filters, special effects and other means to present gorgeous content."
"This type of product will be very attractive to college students and young people. In other words, Mr. Zhang and Liang Fei have already grasped the largest potential market of smartphone users."
Zhang Yiming: “…”
I looked up at the secretary, and the secretary spread his hands, with an expression that said: You see, I was right.
After a long silence, Zhang Yiming finally said, "Call everyone to a meeting."
Meeting Room
The executives of ByteDance were giving advice and suggestions, all with frowns on their faces and some smoking, without caring at all that there were female executives present. At this point, who would still talk about decency?
"Mr. Zhang, I think it's time to sign a new agreement with Kuaishou. We can use our algorithms and Toutiao's user base, plus the lower-tier markets that Kuaishou has chosen in the early stages, so that we can have a chance to compete with Liang Fei."
As soon as this was said, someone immediately refuted: "You also said that Kuaishou chooses the grassroots and sinking market. Your energetic boys and girls read the headlines. Do you think the boy who shakes his flower hand will have the headlines installed on his phone?"
In fact, Douyin and Kuaishou are two incompatible products. Although both are short videos, the matrices are completely different. Douyin focuses on consumer experience and meets users' needs for fashion, coolness, and youth, while Kuaishou emphasizes diversity and being down-to-earth. One gradually develops into media, and the other becomes a community.
That’s why there is a saying that Douyin in the south and Kuaishou in the north, which is somewhat biased.
But they will eventually penetrate into the opponent's territory, so a strange phenomenon often occurs: users who could only see funny videos and borderline women suddenly see a video of an old lady dancing.
“…”
The room was in a mess. Some people even said that they should just invest in Kuaishou instead of making short videos themselves. Instead, they could just make headlines, create a video portal, and then develop artificial intelligence to find another way out.
"Alright!" Zhang Yiming could no longer bear it. He finally understood what Xiao Ma Ge had been talking about before, that the people who can make the final decisions are the unique ones, and the rest are all rotten fish and shrimps who can only fill in the numbers and cannot be entrusted with important tasks.
No wonder Pony Ma scolds those elite executives for not doing their jobs in the office every day. Zhang Yiming used to think that his people were avant-garde and not complacent, and much better than Penguin Technologies. Now it seems that they are all birds of a feather.
When the meeting room quieted down, Zhang Yiming announced: "I have decided to continue to invest in research and development, and strive for excellence. Liang Fei, a kid who started out by playing live streaming, knows what algorithms and big data are, and what real traffic in the era is. I have made up my mind, so don't say anything!"
"Mr. Zhang?"
"I've already said it, don't try to persuade me!"
"No, Mr. Zhang, someone from Lightyear Technology is here."
The executives in the office looked at the assistant who came in to report. Zhang Yiming also looked over in disbelief: "What did you say?"
The assistant was a little nervous: "Uh, really, someone from Lightyear Technology is here, right in the lobby downstairs."
"who?"
"Liang Fei, he came in person."
Liang Fei is here. What is he doing here at this critical moment? Is he coming to laugh at us? That’s too much. There is no grudge between the two families, so it shouldn’t happen, right?
Zhang Yiming asked his assistant: "Did Liang Fei explain the purpose of his visit?"
The assistant shook his head and replied, "No, Mr. Liang just said that he was on a business trip to the capital, and when he passed by our place, he found the feng shui very good, so he came to visit us on a whim. If you don't have time, forget it..."
What does it mean?
Zhang Yiming thought about it and decided to meet Liang Fei to find out if this person was really as evil as the rumors said.
"Boss, you can't do that!"
The secretary hurriedly stopped Zhang Yiming and said in a low voice: "You haven't met Liang Fei, but your luck has been taken away. If you meet and shake hands, he might suck away all the remaining luck!"
"Are you annoying?"
Zhang Yiming said angrily: "It's fine if you just say something weird like this, but you take it seriously. He has been the CEO of Penguin Technology for such a long time. Has Penguin Technology collapsed?"
The secretary was an honest man, a quality that Zhang Yiming had admired before. He said sincerely, "Penguin Technology cannot collapse now. At most, we can reorganize and replace people, but our company doesn't seem to be too big to fail yet, so Mr. Zhang, you have to be vigilant."
"Get out of here!"
Zhang Yiming was furious and, despite his secretary's pleading, he asked his assistant to invite Liang Fei and others to his office.
Liang Fei came to the capital this time mainly to pay a visit to Yu Xiangdong, the former president of Minghai University. President Yu is now the second-in-command of a powerful department in the capital. For a cadre of his age, there is still a lot of room for advancement and a bright future.
If he returns to his hometown someday, he might become a provincial governor, and his position might even be higher than Ding Dehong.
As the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father. All students of Minghai University are Yu Xiangdong's students, so he is the father of the students. Liang Fei thinks that having more fathers means having more paths, and there is definitely no harm in recognizing this father.
It’s a pity that Old Yu doesn’t have a beautiful daughter, otherwise Liang Fei feels that her relationship with him could be closer.
As usual, he went out with a small entourage, only bringing Tang Ruijie with him. The two of them sat in the office and looked around, waiting for Zhang Yiming to arrive.
Tang Ruijie whispered to Liang Fei, "Boss Liang, when I went upstairs just now, I found that the variety of snacks in their leisure area is richer than that in our company. There are many flavors of potato chips that I have never tried before."
"This does need to be improved." Liang Fei nodded slightly, "Please remember this and bring it up with Mr. Zhang from the Administration Department later."
“The gym also has more equipment than we do.”
"Yes, we programmers have a lot of work pressure and sit for long periods of time. Sitting for a long time is very harmful to men's health. Let's add a few more treadmills."
"Mr. Liang, the land for their building is also very expensive!"
“…”
He couldn't afford it. The title deed of the Light Year Building was still mortgaged in the bank. Liang Fei was making money from his left hand and spending it on his right hand. He looked very rich, but actually, not a penny belonged to him.
Alas, for the sake of career and appearance, the real estate market has started to boom in the past two years, with housing prices soaring everywhere. The era when a school district house in a first-tier city is comparable to the annual profit of a listed company has officially arrived.
It's a pity to be rich, but fortunately, when Banana Live was making money, the housing prices were not that outrageous, so Liang Fei just bought a few buildings for the sake of his intention. If he goes bankrupt one day, it would be quite comfortable to collect rent.
The ByteDance administrative staff who was serving tea and water to Liang Fei listened to the conversation and wondered if these two were here for research.
Also, the legendary Liang Fei, turns out to be even more handsome in person than in the photo!
The door opened, and Zhang Yiming, who had arrived late, forced himself to smile and took the initiative to step forward and shake hands with Liang Fei: "Mr. Liang, I have heard of your name for a long time. You are indeed extraordinary and handsome."
Liang Fei said a few polite words: "I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Zhang?"
"Don't bother me. Come on, stop standing and sit down."
Zhang Yiming sat on another sofa, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Liang has set up a new company, focusing on short videos. What a coincidence, I am also doing it, so we will be competitors in the future."
Tang Ruijie felt that Zhang Yiming's tone of voice was strange, as if he was very indignant.
That’s too petty. The market belongs to everyone. Does that mean you can be the only one making short videos?
Liang Fei laughed and said, "I've heard about this too, Mr. Zhang. The algorithm behind your Toutiao is second to none and extremely powerful. The more high-quality and accurate content is pushed to users, the higher the user stickiness will be. This is definitely a killer."
Zhang Yiming smiled slightly and said, "I remember Mr. Liang has also been working on this. The Silicon Valley studio must have achieved fruitful results, right?"
"It's just talk after all. It can't compare to the excellent experience and talents that Mr. Zhang already has." Liang Fei shook his head and said with emotion, "So I was thinking, if Mr. Zhang is willing to entrust these things to me, then I will definitely be able to accomplish a great project and benefit users."
Zhang Yiming's smile froze as he looked at Liang Fei.
What does he mean?
"Mr. Zhang..." Liang Fei rubbed his hands, stood up and moved his butt closer to Zhang Yiming, "Have you ever thought about selling the company recently?"
“…”
Seeing that Zhang Yiming was silent, Liang Fei laughed and said, "Mr. Zhang, please don't be silent. I am just proposing a hypothesis, right? This hypothesis can be false, but it can also be true, right, Mr. Zhang?"
“…”
Zhang Yiming was extremely shocked, beyond words. This young man in front of him, he, he was here to buy him!
The secretary stood behind Zhang Yiming, looked up and sighed, "As expected, see, if you don't believe me and insist on coming to see Liang Fei, he is not trying to swallow up your luck, he wants to swallow up your entire being."
Zhang Yiming felt that Liang Fei was going too far, but looking at his sincere eyes and that pretty face that was flawless, he was not angry at all. He even wanted to hear what he had to say next.
“Here’s what I think: If you give me the technology, I’ll use it on Douyin, and combined with my own experience, I’ll definitely be able to grab most of the market before Kuaishou.”
After a pause, Liang Fei continued, "I also know that you, Mr. Zhang, have reached a strategic cooperation with Kuaishou, but you also know that the brand you have created and the target that Kuaishou wants are two completely different user markets. Even if they will inevitably compete with each other in the future, before that, if there is no basic market, everything is empty talk."
"With Kuaishou, you can only be passive, with me, we will work together to make Douyin a success."
Liang Fei finished speaking and smiled faintly, "It's too harsh to say it's an acquisition. This is definitely an in-depth cooperation, just like when I merged Banana Live and Cool Live, and now I'm integrating almost the entire live broadcast market. Today 's Banana Live is actually the fusion of the three most powerful live broadcast platforms. Last year's financial report of Banana Live was quite good."
"I think this model can be replicated. As long as the goals are consistent and the interests of both parties are guaranteed, then I think there is no cooperation that cannot be achieved and no suffering that cannot be solved."
Zhang Yiming did not give a direct answer, but asked: "Did Penguin Technology send you here?"
If they were really sent by Penguin Technologies, Zhang Yiming would have to call the Capital Dad. The Capital Dad also cares about local Internet companies. As long as ByteDance is unwilling, it will never sit idly by and watch all this happen.
"Absolutely not." Liang Fei shook his head. "This is my personal opinion. Of course, I also represent Light Year Technology."
Zhang Yiming obviously didn't believe it, and just said lightly: "You should know that this is almost impossible."
After that, Zhang Yiming didn't waste time talking to Liang Fei. He stood up and said, "Boss Liang, if you are free, let's have dinner together. If not, forget it. All the company executives are waiting in the conference room to see you."
Liang Fei immediately stood up and said, "How can I be so embarrassed? How about I go over and apologize to all the CEOs?"
“…”
You really want to announce your grand plan in public, right? I won’t agree!
After walking out of ByteDance's office building, Liang Fei looked up before getting into the car and shook his head helplessly: "Why are people so wary of each other? I really want everyone to get rich."
Tang Ruijie: “…”
Acquiring or investing in ByteDance and holding an absolute controlling stake is indeed difficult, but it does not seem to be completely impossible. The key is what kind of conditions can be put forward for the other party to agree to, and this requires finding professionals.
Which domestic Internet company is the best to invest in?
An elegant man wearing glasses involuntarily popped up in Liang Fei's mind.
