What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 121 A Little Famous Scene

Working Emperor Tang Jun.

This is Liu Qiangdong’s introduction to this person.

In fact, this is not a high praise he wants to give, but the name of a biography published by Shencheng Literature and Art Publishing House last September was "Working Emperor Tang Jun".

Tang Jun is now the president of Xinhuadu Group. Last year, he was transferred from Shanda to Xinhuadu for a sky-high transfer fee of 10 billion yuan. Before Shanda, he served as the president of Microsoft China.

In addition to the title of "Working Emperor", he has also received widespread praise from the domestic media, known as the "No. 1 professional manager" and "China's No. 1 CEO."

Of course, this is also related to Tang Jun’s own high profile.

After he gained fame in China, he became keen on attending various public occasions and became the darling of universities, forums and evening parties, where he preached his legendary story of making a fortune, recounting the difficulties he faced in dropping out of school to work due to his family's poverty, studying abroad for a doctorate, and his glorious career working for Microsoft and Shanda.

Objectively speaking, these resumes from low to high are indeed very inspiring.

Unfortunately, his doctorate was fake, and the patented invention he used to prove his genius was also fake.

What's even more regrettable is that when his doctorate from Caltech was questioned, his first reaction was to use his degree from a fake university to prove himself, but the truth was soon and embarrassingly discovered.

Since then, despite his attempts, Tang Jun gradually disappeared.

This incident caused quite a stir at the time.

Yu Xing was deeply impressed by this, but the reason why he couldn't remember it when he was looking for Feng for Bai Xiaosheng was because... the information brought by the Internet was too fast and too dense, and the heroes in the world were like crucian carp crossing the river. The disappearance of such a small number of people would only make people surprised when they meet again.

"He must be very powerful." Yu Xing looked at Tang Jun from a distance and replied to Liu Qiangdong.

Liu Qiangdong just said "hmm" and didn't comment much on others.

Then he saw Yu Xing put down his backpack and took out a notebook from his bag.

"Mr. Yu, what are you going to do?" Liu Qiangdong was puzzled.

"To work." Yu Xing answered while taking out Bai Xiaosheng's work badge from his pocket.

Liu Qiangdong had a bad feeling: "Hey, Mr. Yu, hey, this meeting is in progress..."

"It doesn't matter to me whether there is a meeting or not. I am happy to see so many people here today." Yu Xing hung his company's work badge on his chest and said with a smile, "I hope everyone can get to know our website and see the vitality of our website."

Where does the vitality of a website begin?
It all started with the boss sneaking into meetings to promote the product.

Yu Xing came to Beijing this time with his third-in-command Zhong Zhiling, who will be personally responsible for the ground promotion of the Beijing Internet company for a period of time.

He originally wanted to invite Zhong Zhiling and the Beijing sales team to come in, but... after all, it was a summit meeting, so Liu Qiangdong indicated that he would only bring the young entrepreneur whom he admired very much.

So Yu Xing had to come by himself.

Now that you are here, you can’t leave empty-handed!

In addition to preparing to listen to Liu Qiangdong's insights on e-commerce and making him the first guest of the "Dialogue" column, Yu Xing's own goal was to bring 100 new users to the website. Of course, Tang Jun was an unexpected surprise.

The value of Tang Jun, the working emperor...

Yu Xing cannot be estimated for the time being, but it will undoubtedly quickly expand Bai Xiaosheng's fame.

Seeing that Mr. Yu was about to take action, Liu Qiangdong couldn't help but said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Hey, Mr. Yu, this situation..."

After all, I brought this person in under the name of JD.com.

"Don't worry, Mr. Liu, I'm not here to break the law. I'm wearing my work badge." Yu Xing smiled at Liu Qiangdong, "I just want to hear what the seniors think of our website."

Liu Qiangdong had no choice but to acquiesce, and he couldn't argue with this person in public...

Yu Xing smiled at Liu Qiangdong again and started to do marketing excitedly.

Last year, he discussed the company's positioning and business development direction with its second and third in command. One of the more important points was to target the middle and upper levels of each company because, when it comes to expanding personal connections, no matter whether they can do it or not, everyone likes to find someone who is better than themselves.

Yu Xing even returned to Jinling for this purpose, and obtained the contact information of many elites from last year's Internet conference, preparing to visit them in batches.

However, Bai Xiaosheng's continuous drainage was very effective, but he never found the time, so the matter was shelved.

What Yu Xing is considering now is to use "dialogue" to pick up the shelved target groups again. The underlying considerations have not changed.

"Hello, I'm Yu Xing, the founder of Bai Xiaosheng. I just got the A round of financing and would like to invite you to try our website."

Yu Xing did not push forward, but temporarily just moved around the back row of the venue, and his opening remarks were also very direct.

Bai Xiaosheng is a small website, and everyone is stranger to each other. There is no business dealings or alumni friendship. Therefore, he thinks that making others aware of the company's future value as soon as possible may be able to impress people.

As expected, although such words were a bit utilitarian, they were rarely rejected, and instead received more inquiries out of curiosity.

"Bai Xiaosheng? It's a unique name. What's the Series A valuation?"

"You just got the Series A round. I seem to have heard of your website's name. Which company invested in it?"

"That's amazing. How much did you estimate you got for financing in this environment at the beginning of the year?"

While helping people with quick certification, Yu Xing did not hide the valuation: "The current valuation is 1000 million US dollars. Let's see if we can raise a B round of financing within this year."

Such responses resulted in a noticeable improvement in attitude.

Although it is an Internet summit forum, not all the attendees are bosses. Many of them are company executives.

Senior management and bosses are two different concepts. A startup company that no one has ever heard of has quietly obtained a valuation of tens of millions of dollars and is continuing to sprint for financing. This immediately aroused the interest of many people.

In particular, according to Yu Xing's explanation, the website is positioned as workplace social networking.

"Mr. Yu, workplace social networking is not a new concept. As far as I know, there have been many companies doing this in the past few years, but it has been relatively unpopular in the past two years. How did you get the financing?"

Questions were raised.

This also attracted many people whose accounts had just been quickly verified to come over.

Old concept, new company, the impact of the financial crisis is still there, this founder must have something.

"Well... Actually, it's hard for you to understand just from my point of view. So, let's do a small experiment. Go back and log in to our website with your own account, and then share it with your colleagues to see how well they retain it." Yu Xing first proposed the small experiment, and then said directly, "We have added a focus on workplace topics to the broader concept of social networking."

Someone asked: "How can this angle reach the user group?"

"I don't know if you have paid attention to the changes in the Internet marriage industry recently..."

Yu Xing observed the expressions of the people around him and estimated that most of them were not clear about it, but it was not their fault. Marriage websites were a mixture of the Internet and marriage, and were largely conducted offline, belonging to the pan-Internet. "Well, there are some scams in the Internet marriage industry, which has aroused discussion among our users. In addition, Ctrip's inappropriate move of laying off employees has also attracted the attention of our website users."

When Yu Xing mentioned Ctrip, some people's expressions clearly became more understanding.

He continued, "In addition, we pay more attention to the employment and internship of college students. These have helped our website gain a small amount of publicity and eventually successfully obtained financing."

"We have another setting that is quite attractive. If you are interested, you will definitely be able to see it once you browse the website."

Yu Xing regarded "anonymity" as a precondition to attract them to use the account.

After he talked about the company's financing, the B round plan within the year, and described the development angle, he heard everyone's enthusiastic support - of course, of course.

As for whether to log in or not...it doesn’t matter.

Yu Xing does not expect them to become a group of active users, but if a topic becomes contagious enough, perhaps they will remember that they have an account on this website.

He strolled around promoting the website with a smile on his face, and his success rate was quite high.

However, just as the meeting was about to begin, Yu Xing encountered a potential customer who had a strange reaction.

"Bai Xiaosheng? I've heard of him. Are you Yu Xing?"

When the middle-aged man heard Yu Xing's opening remarks, his expression was surprised, and then it turned into a half-smile.

Yu Xing nodded and said, "Yes, I am Yu Xing, who are you?"

The person in front of me has his work badge turned back to back, so I can’t see any company information.

"How much is Bai Xiaosheng's Series A estimated to be?" the middle-aged man asked a question that was not surprising.

Yu Xing told him the truth and hoped that he would register an account again.

The middle-aged man once again looked at the young entrepreneur in front of him, then at the way he held up his notebook, and said with a smile: "Don't you know who I am?"

Yu Xing was a little surprised. He kept thinking about it, but he still couldn't figure it out. He didn't know who this person was and how he had the confidence to let others know him.

He did not look down on heroes in the world, and said apologetically: "Hello, nice to meet you today. I am Yu Xing from Bai Xiaosheng, and you are..."

The middle-aged man shook hands with Yu Xing who extended his hand, and then he couldn't help but smile and said, "I am Lin Tinghan from Tianji.com."

Yu Xing was stunned. Wow... the product was promoted to the boss of a friendly competitor!
Lin Tinghan looked at Yu Xing's stunned expression and said with a playful smile: "Boss Yu, you are so funny!"

Yu Xing shrugged. This was indeed quite funny. He could only say, "Hello, Mr. Lin. This is fate. I heard that a career network was incubated within Tianji.com. I was still discussing your emergence in Shencheng yesterday."

Lin Tinghan nodded and asked, "So, Mr. Yu, do you think Bai Xiaosheng can still get the B round this year?"

Yu Xing asked in surprise: "Why not?"

Lin Tinghan did not engage in verbal argument, but just smiled and blessed the young man: "Then I hope you will be successful."

Yu Xing looked at his back as he left and felt that Bai Xiaosheng was the one who fell behind.

Well, the other party is indeed very confident.

Yu Xing knew Lin Tinghan. He knew that he had been the vice president of Sina and had also worked for Motorola and Apple, so he must have outstanding abilities and resources.

But, having said that, even so, didn’t Tianji.com still have to sell itself out?

As the saying goes, those who are like me will die.

Since the newly launched workplace website is very similar to Baixiaosheng, let’s see if the former can find topics that have the same traffic-generating effect.

If it can't find it, the more similar it is, the faster it will die.

Yu Xing withdrew his gaze, not being affected by this person, and continued with his own field promotion work.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the annual Internet summit was officially held. The theme was to conduct a comprehensive review of the issues, current situation and development in the new economy field and hot industry areas throughout the year in 08.

Yu Xing sat next to Liu Qiangdong and soon found Tang Jun, who was still sitting quite close to the front. Surprisingly, he saw Lin Tinghan from Tianji.com sitting right behind Tang Jun, and the two of them were communicating in between speeches on the stage.

Lin Tinghan went to Stanford University to pursue a degree, so it can't be this kind of overseas relationship, right?

The problem is, the working emperor is fake...

Yu Xing didn't know what the relationship between the two men was, nor did he pay attention to the speeches on the stage. He was already thinking about how to better bring down the emperor.

Suddenly, he saw Tang Jun took the microphone.

"The impact of the financial crisis is huge. In fact, I don't recommend that you start a business at this time." Tang Jun said in response to the interactive question, "But if you really find a good direction, well, I know that many people are always used to being on the road no matter how they fail or succeed, such as Lin Tinghan behind me."

"But he is different. He has extensive business experience. He chose a vertically segmented field. This start-up reflects his rich experience. So, I support his entrepreneurship and hope he can succeed."

"However, for those young people without experience, it is better to be steady now. Otherwise, how can they compete with old birds like Lin Tinghan? Think about it, in a large market like social networking, it is very difficult. If you don't have a long period of experience, it will be absolutely difficult to break through."

"I believe that the investors present here have the same judgment. Especially at times like this, we need entrepreneurial teams with more investment experience."

Tang Jun talked about his views on entrepreneurship and also supported Lin Tinghan.

The host on the stage waited until Tang Jun finished speaking, then looked around the venue and asked with a smile, "Does anyone else have any thoughts on this topic?"

Yu Xing raised his hands high. This wave, this wave, whatever you want will come true.

Liu Qiangdong was a little stunned. What was he doing again?

Soon, the microphone came from the aisle.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yu Xing. I just started my own business last year." Yu Xing took the microphone and said, "I don't know what you think. I can only speak for myself. I created a website. Like Mr. Lin mentioned by Mr. Tang just now, I also do workplace social networking."

"Qia Qia, I don't have much entrepreneurial experience, but I have a question. Mr. Tang said that social networking is difficult and requires a lot of experience. However, Mr. Tang has no experience in social networking in the past. How can he make such a confident evaluation?"

After Yu Xing's remarks, everyone present felt as if there was some tension. Did Tang Jun's words just now have a hidden meaning?
Tang Jun in the front row hooked his finger, took the microphone again, turned around and glanced at the young man behind him, and replied with a smile: "Because, I am a working emperor."

Such a confident and domineering answer won everyone's applause.

Yu Xing also clapped along with the applause, as if he was also impressed.

He gave a thumbs up to the working emperor in front of him, then sat down, knowing that everyone liked the great scholar's debate.

A reporter took pictures of Tang Jun's confident answer and the young man being impressed, and felt that this was a small famous scene. If Lin Tinghan really succeeded and this young man really failed.

(End of this chapter)