What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 234 Expectations
Li Shanyou's impression of Yu Xing changed three times.

At first it was the reckless behavior on the show, then it was the adherence to principles when they contacted each other again, and now... it seems to be the adherence to principles while rushing recklessly.

I didn't feel much of a problem before I started working, but after I started I felt a little uneasy.

Fortunately, this feeling changed to surprised appreciation after I learned about the progress of WeChat development.

WeChat Company held a rather comprehensive summary meeting. The technical director, deputy director, and team leaders all appeared in the conference room. By the way, Li Shanyou's identity as vice president was also introduced to everyone.

Although there was some minor disturbance when he left the previous company, this group of technical people obviously didn't care much about that little thing. Instead, they felt that this person had extensive experience in business operations and looked like someone who could control the situation.

Li Shanyou is very humble. After his conversation with Mr. Yu - let's call it "communication" - he adjusted his mindset. He came here to try new things, to observe and see if there are any new ways to play in the mobile Internet project.

However, as he listened to everyone's clear and organized reports, he felt as if he was attending a technical meeting at a large company.

What does it feel like to be a big factory...

It feels even more professional than Ku6.com!

No, not just Cool6...

Li Shanyou is the founder of Ku6.com, but before starting his own business, he was the senior vice president of Sohu. Although Sohu was a bit out of date at that time, it was still considered a major Internet company.

"We have basically completed the basic framework of the user management module in the past two weeks. The focus of the next two weeks is to implement the underlying communication protocol of the message transmission module. Regarding this, our team still plans to use a custom protocol, that is, to develop a custom application layer protocol based on TCP." Song Xinlei, the leader of the application layer team, talked about the work progress and plans of her team, "This will enable more complex business logic and better message management."

Seeing that her boss was listening carefully, she explained briefly: "The message will include information such as message length, sender ID, receiver ID, timestamp, etc. If we transmit voice in the future, we can use UDP protocol again, but we have to wait until our previous project is basically completed before we can continue to consider it."

Different message types require adapted protocols. Text messages use TCP to ensure their reliable transmission, and voice messages can use UDP. The upper-level application layer protocol is then used to perform packet loss retransmission, out-of-order reordering, flow control and other processing to make up for its own shortcomings.

Yu Xing nodded, reached out to tick the document, and marked the next work goal with an arrow.

He had already obtained the main work information and materials before this meeting, and had also had them processed and annotated by his secretary Lin Lingling, so he had a general understanding of what everyone was doing.

I don’t know how to develop specific technologies, but knowing the progress and the stuck step allows me to coordinate relevant resources to overcome them, and I also have a clear idea of ​​the company’s approximate position.

After establishing the system architecture design, WeChat divided the development work into five major teams: data layer, service layer, application layer, presentation layer, and infrastructure layer.

The technical director and deputy director are responsible for overall coordination and tackling key issues. Teams in different directions have team leaders and set development expectations in different categories. Feedback and review are conducted every one or two weeks to further identify problems and correct plans.

To a certain extent, Yu Xing is still determining the abilities of different people based on their performance. For example, although the technical director Ge Zhijie cannot handle pressure and wants to quit at any time, and the deputy director Tan Ruize also has opinions about him from time to time, when it comes to software development, the former is obviously more confident than the latter.

This kind of confidence may be able to be demonstrated in a short period of time, but as the development work progresses, the real skills cannot be concealed.

The meeting lasted for half a day, and finally a time target for internal testing was revised. According to the current progress, the current stage of work is expected to be completed by the end of May or early June.

Although it claims to be a competitor to QQ, the product developed by WeChat does not actually have complicated functions. It is just a simple information communication, and the estimated scale does not put too high demands on the system.

Regarding this point, Yu Xing refuted the opinions from the development team last week and insisted on making products with simple functions. In addition to the difficulty of the development work, an important reason is that only distinctive products can be quickly remembered by the market.

WeChat later added many functions, but that was after it had consolidated its market share. If we blindly match QQ's fancy functions right from the start, it would cause trouble for our initial work.

Yu Xing was very sure of this and insisted on his opinion.

"Mr. Li, how are you? Let's go to the cafeteria to eat." Yu Xing stretched and greeted Li Shanyou who was in deep thought.

Li Shanyou's attention was drawn back, and he asked in surprise: "You still have a cafeteria?"

Yu Xing nodded and said, "Of course."

Ten minutes later, Li Shanyou sat in the Shaxian Hotel and said with a smile, "Is this the company's cafeteria?"

"It's true. We have a long-term partnership and I just record it in the account as meal allowance." Yu Xing said seriously.

Li Shanyou: “…”

He reluctantly accepted this statement, and then asked curiously: "Mr. Yu, I remember that you studied medicine. This morning's meeting made me feel that you also know a lot about technology."

Yu Xing glanced at the vice president and said, "Boss Li, our company is still in its infancy and you are a senior, so don't try to flatter me."

"I..." Li Shanyou almost couldn't catch his breath and said angrily, "I won't do that!"

"Then I don't understand as much as you say. Oh, the materials I read are all annotated versions, which have been processed by the secretary." Yu Xing explained, and then said, "From the beginning of the year to now, it has been more than a month. I often communicate with them. I will think about it when I have nothing to do. It's okay to chat for a few minutes. For an amateur like you, it seems like the real thing."

Li Shanyou had to admit that he was indeed an amateur.

Yu Xing smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I think it's quite... interesting for someone like you who studied mathematics to work in an Internet company."

Li Shanyou graduated from Nankai University with a degree in mathematics, but became a senior vice president in an Internet company like Sohu.

"Of course the company needs technology, but it's not the only thing," Li Shanyou said. "It's like the options. When the company starts market operations, the team responsible for this part should also get some."

Yu Xing nodded slightly: "We'll talk about this later. Market operation is not very difficult. I think the most difficult part is the technical part."

Li Shanyou was a little surprised and glanced at Yu Xing, feeling that he was serious.

He thought for a moment and said, "The development of a mobile phone software... Well, it can be seen that the company has indeed paid enough attention to this aspect of development."

Yu Xing understood what Li Shanyou meant and explained, "It is not difficult to develop ordinary software, but it is very difficult to develop software that can support one million, two million or even tens of millions of users."

Li Shanyou smiled and said, "Ten thousand users is not difficult, but one million users is very difficult. As for ten million users... even Penguin would be moved by it."

"If we can't even move the penguins, then why did we choose this direction?" Yu Xing said with a smile, "We chose this direction just to win against the penguins once."

Li Shanyou put down his chopsticks: "If you say that, I can't eat anymore. Do you really want to win?" Yu Xing changed his words: "It's okay to lose without looking too bad."

Li Shanyou commented: "This is also a very high standard."

"Let's just do it and see. The overall progress is actually going smoothly now." Yu Xing mentioned the specific time again, "We can try preliminary market operations in May or June."

Li Shanyou said "hmm", thinking about the development progress he noticed in the meeting this morning, and seeing the young man who was seeking his own destruction in front of him, he couldn't help but shook his head and said objectively: "You are still quite crazy."

"It's okay. Most of the money comes from venture capital anyway." Yu Xing said with a smile.

Li Shanshan kindly reminded: "Mr. Yu, venture capitalists must be responsible for the funds they raise. After all, this money will have an impact."

"If it really doesn't work, if WeChat's financing fails, I will then release more shares of Bai Xiaosheng's financing, which can be regarded as a disguised compensation. In short, there is a way to deal with it." Yu Xing has a complete set of rhetoric.

Li Shanyou thought for a moment and expressed his interest in the development of Bai Xiaosheng: "Bai Xiaosheng has a good positioning and is developing very well now, but I don't see that they have developed more revenue-generating businesses, which seems a bit wasteful. How many users do you have now?"

Yu Xing replied: "Last week it exceeded 260 million."

Li Shanyou said in amazement: "These 260 million users are all working users. We can definitely make a computer game like Kaixin.com."

Kaixin.com, founded in 08, created popular games such as stealing vegetables and grabbing parking spaces.

"We can do it, but this kind of game is quite rampant." Yu Xing said without hesitation, "Moreover, I think we can continue to fully explore our positioning. Vertical segmentation is not just talk, we must be vertical enough. If we can fully explore this area, we will probably consider how to add new revenue businesses. The current recruitment business is enough for us to make profits in the future."

“We need to continue to consolidate and develop around the core of ‘workplace content and topic platform’. Those games seem to be social games that suit our group, but in fact they are somewhat different from our positioning.”

"Penguin faces the challenge of shifting from PC to mobile, and so do small websites like us, so there is no rush for others."

Li Shanyou thought about these words and said with some appreciation: "It is really rare to be able to maintain restraint."

"Don't worry about Bai Xiao's birth. Just think about WeChat. Time will pass quickly." Yu Xing took a sip of soup and calculated, "It will be less than two months at the earliest."

In less than two months, we will really be entering the market, and then we will see what kind of death it will be.

When Li Shanyou thought of this, he felt a long-lost feeling of nervousness or excitement in his heart.

He lowered his head and took a few bites of the rice, and commented: "Mr. Yu, even if WeChat will die, you must maintain your current awesomeness. Don't be afraid, you will miss it in the future."

"Haha, I didn't say I was afraid." Yu Xing laughed, "I'm not afraid of death, so why should I be afraid of death?"

This is the truth, the mountain is waiting for us.

Li Shanyou nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, that's it, that's the spirit."

It's this kind of reckless spirit of the number one internet person. No matter what happens, just rush ahead.

……

Yu Xing still needs to communicate with the new vice president regarding WeChat’s marketing strategy.

However, he hadn't had a rest since the beginning of the Chinese New Year and had been working non-stop. He really couldn't take it anymore, so he gave himself a day off.

Although it was a holiday, I still spent half the morning reviewing documents from the two companies, and only spent the afternoon with Xiaoying.

The two didn't talk about work, but just found an old Cantonese movie "Black Gold". Although they had both seen it, they still watched it together with gusto.

Yu Xing's Cantonese was not very standard, and he was corrected on several pronunciations by the more proficient Liu Wanying.

The dinner was very casual, just two simple fried dishes and some porridge, and then it was time for lovers to relax.

After a long time, Yu Xing pinched Xiaoying with an unsatisfied look on his face and made a small request: "Hongshun should leave another two million US dollars in reserve for WeChat."

"No, this part of the money is already quite a lot. Whether it is for the use of funds by Guoshanfeng or the rules of Hongshun Investment, we can't keep it anymore. If you want to find money, then find a way to find institutions in the market." Liu Wanying flatly refused.

Yu Xing exerted a little force in his hand: "Ah, I want the money to make the short selling of Guoshanfeng more secure. If WeChat fails on the way, there will be no more to come."

Liu Wanying slapped Yu Xing's hand away and still refused: "You're asking investors for money like this? Business is business!"

Yu Xing came over and said, "Don't be so heartless. Do you want me to go out and ask other investors?"

Liu Wanying said angrily and amusedly, "You are such a person without principles. Why are you using the beauty trick for the sake of the company?"

"Don't slander me, I have a good relationship with investors." Yu Xing made a solemn statement.

Liu Wanying just shook her head, sticking to her bottom line and refusing to accept such pillow talk.

Yu Xing was helpless and silently calculated the funds available to the company. Currently, 300 million US dollars had been received, and Hongxuan still had 500 million US dollars to go. The total of 800 million US dollars was already considerable for a startup company.

However, I felt a little nervous about having to go into marketing with $800 million in two months.

After much deliberation, Yu Xing finally decided to talk about the significance of WeChat's expansion into a large company. He successfully sacrificed himself, and in the end, Hongshun promised to give him another $100 as a reserve.

"One million, this is the last money I have. There is no more, no more." Liu Wanying said lazily, "You paid for options, took funds, and sacrificed yourself. If WeChat company still doesn't make a splash, then it's really fate."

Yu Xing smiled and stretched out his hand, inviting Xiaoying, who looked a little panicked, "I am doing this of my own accord. Watch me kill everyone without leaving a single piece of armor, and then die a tragic death."

Liu Wanying was killed without a single trace of her life, and another 50 US dollars was taken away from her in the dark.

She swore that she would never listen to the pillow talk again, and she really couldn't bear to continue like this.

(End of this chapter)