What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 97 The mountains will not change and the river will turn.

The Internet spreads information quickly!
Although he already had this understanding, Yu Xing couldn't help but sigh as he watched the number of Bai Xiaosheng's user registrations continue to rise.

From the launch on the 21st to the meeting on the 26th, the number of users of Bai Xiaosheng doubled from 26587 to 58145 in five days, which means an average increase of 6312 users per day.

6300+ a day!

Two days is equivalent to a month's work!
Moreover, there is a threshold for registration on Bai Xiaosheng, which requires users to undergo real-name authentication.

Even in this situation, there is still so much growth every day, which makes everyone in the company extremely happy.

The beating from the chairman was not in vain!

Yu Xing and his colleagues reviewed the data of the past five days and made their own work plans.

"Our website must emphasize our position on the homepage. One reason is that I call out to the media and the public that we are an 'independent third party'. This is the logical basis for our website's existence in the Internet industry, and it is something we must insist on. Otherwise, the vitality of the website itself will soon disappear."

"Another thing is to protect user information and never disclose it to the public. This should also be clearly marked. This is how we gain the trust of our users."

One is the positioning in the industry, and the other is the commitment to users.

As a small website, Bai Xiaosheng will be questioned on both points. At the same time, although the number of users is set as the initial goal, user activity is also a dimension that needs to be considered.

If a user is only registered but not active, there is not much difference between that and not being registered.

Lv Haiying, who was attending the meeting, said at this time: "Brother, since our early goals have been achieved ahead of schedule, we can now conduct small-scale tests on the title and anonymity functions."

Bai Xiaosheng has not yet enabled the anonymous function. 5 is a watershed. It is necessary to contact investors and formally build an important part of workplace topics.

Yu Xing nodded and agreed, "Yes, both functions can be launched. We have a much larger base of workplace users than when we first started. Now we have to keep them. Facts have proved that the bombardment of the Internet dating industry is successful and effective."

"This is a certain degree of verification of our workplace topic."

"The anonymity feature is likely to catalyze a series of small, continuous 'bombardments'."

"The Internet spreads information very quickly, and this continuous bombardment will definitely have the effect of attracting users."

There is no need to use a pseudonym when expressing praise, just post directly. However, any anonymous comments made under a pseudonym are most likely complaints or criticisms, which are similar to Yu Xing's criticism of Internet dating and marriage.

Yu Xing's bombardment had a significant effect in attracting traffic, but it was impossible for him to come out and bombard once a week, and he did not have so much material.

Therefore, the anonymous function mobilizes the masses, and countless "Yu Xing" in the workplace use their own bombardment materials.

At this time, Kong Huilin, who came to work today and happened to catch the meeting, asked a question: "Mr. Yu, is the use of this anonymous function..."

She considered it for a moment: "It's a bit easy to get hurt by mistake?"

Yu Xing was not angry when faced with such questions about the basic settings. He patiently explained: "First of all, we need to understand where our website stands. Compared with powerful companies and professional legal affairs, individuals are weak. Our existence is the collection of many individuals."

“Why do I emphasize and insist on not accepting investment from Internet companies, and not accepting investment from Penguin and Alibaba, which have excellent resources, even though they didn’t say they would invest, is because if we want to succeed, we must get recognition from many individuals.”

“Is it the weak individuals who are more likely to hurt the strong companies, or vice versa? I think the answer to this question is obvious.”

"Secondly, as a platform, we do have to take some responsibility for user speech and have a mechanism to constrain it."

“At first glance, it seems that being anonymous means you have nothing to fear, but in fact, our constraints are already implicit in the threshold.”

"If users want to be anonymous, they must have two-factor authentication of their real name and work. They are anonymous to the outside companies, not to our platform."

"He will understand that we can hold him accountable, which is an invisible constraint in itself."

Yu Xing concluded: "So, the topic has come back to the point where we need to provide users with a trustworthy reputation. They need to believe that we can protect information and prevent outside companies from interfering. Only in this way can they provide the most attractive topics under constraints."

This set of settings interacts with each other.

Hearing this, Lv Haiying said with some realization: "Brother Feng was beaten this time, our website did not compromise this time, and the words released by Senior Brother through the media are all to establish an image in the eyes of users."

Zhong Zhiling suddenly had a thought that he didn't respect his senior brother. Could it be that his senior brother asked someone to beat up Song Yufeng?

He shook off the unrealistic thoughts and said with a half-smile: "So, having strong bones is still very important."

So, the company really needs a performing artist with style.

Yu Xing nodded and made a small suggestion: "We can give this title to Brother Feng first, and let him post in the hospital to give users an adaptation period and a sense of freshness. What do you think of the title of 'Steel Chairman'?"

The jokes previously used on Song Yufeng had already been widely circulated, so he thought he could promote it in this joking way.

Everyone in the conference room thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "This is good, this is good!"

"I plan to contact investors before the end of the year, that is, before the Chinese New Year in January next year. Originally, I estimated that we could reach 1 users by February at the latest, so we would have more time." Yu Xing smiled, "But now, the schedule is a bit tight."

His conversation with the second-in-command, third-in-command and chairman was in January, but the company did not make such a firm decision, so the itinerary was appropriately adjusted.

Yu Xing tapped the table with his knuckles to remind everyone to pay attention to what he was going to say next: "To be honest, our company is hiring people and doing field sales. Even though we got the angel round, we still have financial pressure."

"But if we get Series A funding, our development in the next 1-2 years won't be too constrained."

"The Internet industry is growing very quickly."

“As long as we can raise money in the A round, the company’s internal bonus options can be put on the agenda.”

Yu Xing's words cheered everyone up.

Finally, he looked around at his colleagues and said with a smile, "I can say today that the company is aiming for an IPO. It may take three years, or five years. For your own future, you still need to be more attentive."

At this moment, "more trouble" has taken on a more glittering embodiment.

Bai Xiaosheng’s first mid- and high-level meeting ended.

After everyone else left, Lv Haiying expressed her feelings: "Brother, this company does things more meticulously."

She had followed her senior brother all the way here, and knew very well what Guiai.com was like before.

Don’t talk about building cohesion, talking about company foundations, analyzing business futures, just move forward after being given high commissions!

Bai Xiaosheng thinks otherwise.

Lu Haiying could feel that her senior brother was more focused on his work.

Yu Xing rubbed his face and replied, "It's not possible to be meticulous. We have to sum up our experience and lessons and make timely adjustments. Times change very quickly, and so do our competitors."

He looked at Lv Haiying and Zhong Zhiling and smiled: "We have to sort out the logic and do everything we can, so that we can convince investors as much as possible. Only when investors' money arrives can we build our moat."

Money is still needed, and money is needed to further expand the user base, which in turn further expands workplace topics.

Yu Xing didn’t know if his competitors would learn from him, but he knew that if he could quickly build a moat of scale and reputation, it would be difficult for the competitors to succeed. No business model is mysterious.

If there are similar competitors, it will be difficult for them to catch up with Bai Xiaosheng who has entered the fast lane if they cannot accept investment from large companies. If they accept investment and resources from large companies...

Yu Xing had talked about this before, it was a destruction of the foundation of one's self.

The existence of large companies is bound to be more strongly questioned by users.

Under such circumstances, the company's own employees dare not criticize their own large company, and other factories will certainly not sit idly by and watch their employees go to other companies' homes to criticize them.

Therefore, this is a good vertical field with natural restrictions on the intervention of large companies.

The big companies are unable to do it and it is even difficult to invest, so naturally it is the small people like Yu Xing who come to have a small piece of the pie.

Compared with competing with large companies, Bai Xiaosheng can foresee a much more relaxed competitive environment.

"Brother Xing, I was originally planning to go to Yangcheng tomorrow." Zhong Zhiling said hesitantly, "The current situation..."

He was a little worried that when he returned from Guangzhou, his base would be destroyed.

Yu Xing waved his hand: "Are you still worried that we will be beaten to death? Think about it, what role can you play in the company? One more person to be beaten? If you can do a good job in the field promotion, our company's operations will be smoother."

The users obtained through field promotion are equivalent to on-site dual authentication of real name and work, which is much easier than online at the current stage.

When Zhong Zhiling heard this, he thought it made sense.

He nodded solemnly: "Then I will go to Yangcheng tomorrow and take people to visit NetEase first."

NetEase's headquarters is right there. The unpleasantness of the last time with Guiai.com has disappeared in the common interests this time. It is obvious that "NetEase Dating" wants to take advantage of the situation to develop.

Yu Xing said "hmm", agreeing with this choice.

He smiled and said, "Okay, I feel at ease with you two, one of you will promote outside and the other will stay at the headquarters. It's just that I don't know if this investor... is easy to talk to."

Zhong Zhiling glanced at his senior brother and asked tentatively, "Brother Xing, you don't really want to find Xu Xin, do you?"

Yu Xing answered seriously: "Yes, I just have some connection with her."

Zhong Zhiling’s mind was full of thoughts. How...how can one use one person to defeat another?

Lu Haiying also pursed her lips, thinking that other investors might be easy to talk to, but Xu Xin was definitely not easy to talk to, no matter how sincere he was.

They looked at each other and saw each other's surprise and confusion.

"Just give it a try. If it doesn't work, try another one." Yu Xing was calm, but what he was thinking about was the short-selling action he planned to carry out next month.

If the investors contacted before the New Year are not successful, it is fine if short selling can make money, as long as it can guarantee the operation of Bai Xiaosheng for a period of time in the future.

……

On December 12, near the end of the morning work, Jiao Shiqian, deputy director of Ctrip, opened the website of Bai Xiaosheng, skillfully clicked into the "Jianghu" section, and read the new victim cases with great interest.

Jiao Shiqian is an account personally certified by Bai Xiaosheng CEO.

He had browsed the website out of curiosity before, but never opened it again.

It was not until he heard Yu Xing blasting the Internet dating industry and his colleagues' discussions that Jiao Shiqian logged in using his account. However, he only browsed, did not post or comment, he just watched.

He thought this matter was quite interesting, but he didn't expect it to escalate.

It wasn't just a small website that fired shots at the industry; even well-known portals such as NetEase, Sohu, and Penguin reprinted the report.

How did Yu Xing do it?
Jiao Shiqian was surprised, but also gladly accepted the excitement he brought.

Work is so boring, it's always good to have something exciting to watch.

It was time to get off work, and Jiao Shiqian was just about to close the webpage when he suddenly saw a prompt on the small speaker of the internal message. Puzzled, he clicked on it and saw that it was an invitation for the internal test of the "anonymous function".

Do you really want to be anonymous? Why did you invite me?

I'm just here to watch the fun!
Jiao Shiqian was shocked and recalled the conversation with Yu Xing that night. This function really existed.

He stared at the description of the internal message and could only make out one sentence in the entire message - Hello, we invite you to become an insider!

Ah!
Jiao Shiqian resolutely deleted the message on the website, closed the webpage, and was determined not to become a traitor.

I'm a very promising deputy director, why would I play with you?
He moved the mouse, intending to remove the collection of this malicious website, but at the moment when he was about to click, his finger hesitated again.

Jiao Shiqian thought for a few seconds and decided to keep the website.

He wanted to see if there would be other insiders coming out to play, or if there would be insiders from other companies popping up.

The anonymity feature will definitely cause trouble.

Just don't get it on your own head.

……

On the evening of December 12, Xu Xin was sitting on the sofa at home, looking at her phone. When she heard the door open, she turned her head and smiled, "You're back. I have something interesting to share with you."

Li Song had a difficult day negotiating with investors today. When he heard his wife's words, he just said "hmm".

Xu Xin laughed and said, "The one who criticized your company, Yu Xing, sent me a text message today, wanting to meet me to talk about investment. Hahahaha."

She found this matter incredible.

After Xu Xin finished speaking, he couldn't help but burst out laughing and said, "What a coincidence! He definitely doesn't know about our relationship."

Li Song cursed and asked, "How did you respond?"

"I didn't pay any attention to him at all." Xu Xin put down his phone, "I just thought it was funny."

Li Song nodded, and just after taking two steps, he suddenly said: "No, he knows about our relationship. I mentioned you when I bought his company in Jinling last time."

Xu Xin was stunned. He knew the relationship?
She wondered, "Why did you mention me?"

"It was Liu Qiangdong from JD.com who called him, and I just mentioned it casually. Oh, maybe, I just mentioned it, and he probably didn't remember it." Li Song walked a few steps and poured a glass of water. "He has water in his brain, he is crazy!"

He raised his head and drank half a glass of water, still feeling quite annoyed: "This is what they call "the mountains don't move, the water moves". Young man, there is still a long way to go!"

Xu Xin glanced at his phone and shook his head. Young people indeed still have a long way to go.

(End of this chapter)