What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 251 Stealing a Home
WeChat is growing quietly on campus.

As for how it is growing, Liu Jiankai believes that this requires an on-site visit.

Not only did he go to the campus himself, he also arranged for his subordinates to go to different schools to collect information, and pay attention to news about WeChat in online forums.

I have reviewed the reviews on the Android App Market and iOS Store, and 90% of them are positive. However, it is difficult to estimate the user scale, and it can only be roughly divided into a flexible range such as "hundreds of thousands".

Liu Jiankai knew that WeChat’s market competition was to enter from campus, and he also knew that this growth from campus was the key to evaluating WeChat at this stage.

So, after three days of careful visits...

"Let's try the WeChat company. It's hard to estimate."

There are many traces of WeChat on campus. When asked, many students have also downloaded the software, but they are still at a loss when it comes to the specific digital level.

Liu Jiankai's secretary was somewhat helpless: "Didn't Mr. Yu refuse to tell me? I don't understand why he has to keep it secret."

"He doesn't necessarily have to choose from these three. I suspect he may have already contacted other institutions." Liu Jiankai shook his head and said, "After all, we were not optimistic about WeChat before."

The secretary asked, "How do we get Mr. Yu to say it?"

"The user figures are not in his hands alone." Liu Jiankai had an idea. "We will go to his house when he is not at the company and say that we have reached a certain financing intention with Mr. Yu. We will then use market competition to trick him. Mr. Yu is like a fox, and those in the technical field are not that cunning."

The secretary clapped his thighs and said, "Okay!
Two days later, Liu Jiankai confirmed through WeChat that Yu Xing was not in the company today. He quickly led his secretary downstairs and confirmed that his Mercedes-Benz car had disappeared. He then went upstairs in a grand manner.

"Hey, Director Tan." Liu Jiankai walked slowly at the entrance of the fourth floor, but he quickened his pace when he saw the Deputy Director of Technology Tan Ruize, who he had talked to last time, and greeted him naturally, then smiled helplessly, "You're early. Director Yu will be back for a while."

Tan Ruize looked at the outspoken vice president of Capital Today with some hesitation on his face.

At this time, Liu Jiankai's secretary added: "Mr. Liu, I'll call Mr. Yu to see if he can come back early to discuss financing. WeChat's recent growth is really good."

Then he picked up his cell phone and walked outside to pretend to make a call.

Liu Jiankai didn't give Tan Ruize time to react, and said with emotion: "It's not easy. Mr. Yu told me about the growth of WeChat and the pressure from Penguin and Fetion. Oh, it's not easy. Oh, it's great. Now we can work together well."

Tan Ruize does resonate with the feeling that "it's not easy". He spent almost all the six months from March to September working overtime. WeChat is not a big company, and the pressure from funding and the market can often be passed on to the technical team.

At least, as one of the technical leaders, he was under a lot of pressure.

Tan Ruize sighed: "Yes, the pressure is great, but Mr. Yu is under the greatest pressure. Fortunately..."

Liu Jiankai's heart skipped a beat when he heard these two words.

"Fortunately, people upstairs also helped." Tan Ruize said, "We also temporarily borrowed people from the sixth floor to do the market this time."

Liu Jiankai rolled his eyes and said seriously, "Yes, we are all brother companies. When WeChat's current campus strategy slows down, we can also introduce workplace users from Bai Xiaosheng. With this combination, we expect to have one next month..."

He did not mention a specific number here, but gave a natural pause by lowering his head to take out a cigarette.

Liu Jiankai took out a cigarette, handed one to the deputy director first, then took one for himself. He was quite disappointed when he didn't hear Tan Ruize respond, so he had to signal them to move aside before lighting up.

However, as soon as he lit the cigarette and held it in his mouth, specific numbers popped out of Tan Ruize's mouth.

Tan Ruize took a puff of his cigarette and said thoughtfully, "I feel that even if we add in Bai Xiaosheng's users, it will be hard to break through 300 million by the end of next month."

Liu Jiankai was stunned. Duo Shao?

The goal at the end of next month is to win the championship?

As soon as he opened his mouth, the cigarette fell out.

But Liu Jiankai couldn't care less about smoking now. He made a bold estimate in his mind and asked bluntly, "How much is it now?!"

Tan Ruize answered subconsciously: "105." Liu Jiankai couldn't even control his expression this time, and stared at the deputy technical director in front of him in amazement.

Tan Ruize looked at this person's reaction in confusion and gradually felt that something was not right.

He hesitated with a mixture of pain and caution: "Mr. Yu... did Mr. Yu tell you?"

Liu Jiankai bent down to pick up the cigarette he had just dropped, brushed off the ashes, and took a puff. "Some have said it."

Tan Ruize was silent for three seconds: "Anything else?"

"Others will tell me." Liu Jiankai said this deliberately, "Calculated this way, from the launch on July 7th to now, the average daily increase of WeChat is only 5. Oh, that's average. The price Mr. Yu offered me is too high."

Tan Ruize is an expert in technology, but now that the vice president has tricked him into revealing the number of users and he has been provoked by this, he immediately becomes at a loss as to what to do.

His face flushed a little, and he was afraid of delaying Mr. Yu and the company's business, so he argued: "You can't calculate it like this. Our average for the past half month is 3!"

While smoking, Liu Jiankai had quickly calculated the user growth in his mind. In the first half of September, the number of users increased by nearly 60, while it was about 40 before. In addition, the target for the next month and a half within WeChat has been set at around 300 million, which proves that the company is confident in maintaining the current growth rate.

The natural growth of 40 in the previous month was already pretty good, and the performance in the past half month was even more amazing, which is enough to prove that the market really recognizes this thing.

0→6000+→3.8.

Liu Jiankai seemed to have automatically generated a PPT in his mind, and the data curve on it also showed a clear upward trend.

He didn't even want to smoke. Looking at the lovely technical deputy director in front of him, he could only say four words: "My god!"

Liu Jiankai shook his hand vigorously: "Let's go, let's go, see you later, Director Tan!"

Tan Ruize watched the vice president of Today Capital disappear in a hurry, and gradually felt something was wrong for the second time...

this……

"I shouldn't be talking about this."

Tan Ruize spoke to himself firmly. These were the things that President Yu had emphasized several times that needed to be kept confidential.

But, everyone left...

Tan Ruize suddenly felt sad, as if every time he had an argument with someone, he didn't know how to respond, and only thought of the perfect counterattack when he got home and lay in bed at night.

He silently took out his cell phone and called his boss, reporting the painful changes in Today Capital.

After listening to the whole process, Yu Xing said with a smile: "Mr. Tan, you are too easily deceived."

Tan Ruize: “…”

"Forget it, it's okay. Don't take it personally. He used my endorsement and didn't give you time to react. His words were still vague, but they all sounded right. Well, no wonder he contacted me on WeChat before. He was well prepared." Yu Xing saw through it at a glance, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't be there all the time. You can't guard against thieves all the time.

"What should we do now?" Tan Ruize was still uneasy.

"You are good at technology, so just do what you are good at. They are so deliberate because they want to know the effect of the products you developed." Yu Xing smiled and said, "It's okay. The increase this month has put us on the right track. They just want to give us money."

Tan Ruize breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Xing hung up the phone and thought about Liu Jiankai who had sneaked into the house by smelling the scent, and laughed twice.

In fact, when the data for the first week of September came out, he immediately calmed down. This performance, which was different from the previous two months, was enough to prove that the short-selling trap taking advantage of the development of mobile Internet had already taken shape.

(End of this chapter)