Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo's visit to the school network was the official signal for it to start a war with QQ alumni.

The web server suddenly became wealthy.

Recruitment, which had been stalled for more than a month, has restarted.

Operations and content teams from Sina will settle in in the early stage.

There are close discussions on the online marketing and promotion plan of the school network.

Although the original senior management of Xiaonei.com felt a little uncomfortable with this unfamiliar situation, founder Wang Xing welcomed it and believed that this put the website on the fast track in the right direction.

However, he also maintained his persistence on certain major strategies.

Wang Gaofei, one of the people in charge from Sina, was very dissatisfied with this. The two argued several times and finally brought the matter to Mr. Fang.

The dispute is not complicated.

Wang Gaofei and others believe that Xiaonei.com can make a profit as soon as possible and develop and generate revenue at the same time. At the very least, it can develop the traditional advertising revenue business of the Internet.

Wang Xing believes that the current situation does not require consideration of income for the time being. Development is the main or even only goal during this period. Xiaonei.com must successfully survive the competition with Penguin.

Both sides have written documents, and both have been brought to Sina's internal discussion meetings.

Since Fang Zhuo came to the capital, in addition to listening to the Sina blog business and meeting the person in charge of the email business who was included under his command, he also inevitably met with the relevant leaders because of the renewed dispute between Taiwanese journalists.

The last time Taiwan reporters took action against SMIC, the final settlement had many administrative factors mediating it.

Unexpectedly, after Taiwan Journal changed the management this time, the other party would rudely and unreasonably tear up the settlement agreement, as if they would not give up until the goal was achieved.

On the occasion of this special situation, ice cores, which have received many preferential policies and have registration implications, are becoming more and more important in some aspects.

Although I don’t know what direction this dispute between Taiji and SMIC will take, the four words “Be Prepared for Any Disaster” have become more and more firmly attached to Bing Xin.

Fang Zhuo listened to Sina, met with leaders, and met friends in the capital. After a while, he still focused on Sina and Xiaonei.com, and hosted a series of meetings.

Although it was an internal meeting of Sina, Wang Xing's appearance in the meeting room did not surprise many people.

Everyone is aware of the recent friction with Penguin, and they also know that the most violent conflict lies in social networks, while others such as portals and e-commerce have become much milder due to various factors.

Sina internally knew that a group of colleagues had been transferred to Xiaonei.com, and that Xiaonei.com, under the leadership of Mr. Fang, would receive important investment and compete. They summarized the situation on Xiaonei.com as "Mr. Fang's agent war."

As an aid worker, Wang Gaofei is still very confident in his report.

However, when the meeting reached the stage of discussing the school network development strategy, he watched Mr. Fang open his documents and frowned.

Wang Gaofei's heart became tense.

"Who wrote this? Oh, I saw it."

Wang Gaofei was ready to stand up and make a statement, but was not named.

Fang Zhuo quickly picked up another document, looking at the conclusion first, then the reasons, and finally the signature. This one was from Wang Xing.

He made the decision directly without any hesitation: "Compete for users and expand scale. Revenue issues are not considered at this stage."

Wang Xing came to attend the meeting today, and he also made considerable psychological preparations. Although Xiaonei.com will implement AB shares to guarantee decision-making power, AB shares are not omnipotent. Sina’s mature team, investment from several institutions, and follow-up intentions , these can have a substantial impact to a large extent.

However, Wang Xing was also not named and had no chance to state his more specific considerations.

He watched Mr. Fang finish speaking. There seemed to be only one option in the conference room. It was as if Wang Gaofei had no strong suggestions before, and the strategy was decided with one word.

But the atmosphere of the meeting was not rigid. After Fang Zhuo finished speaking, he naturally turned the topic to "competing for users" and "expanding scale." Everyone, including Wang Gaofei, actively offered suggestions. It seemed that they "didn't consider it" from beginning to end. Revenue Issues” side.

Wang Xing felt that it was weird and weird but also somewhat logical.

Compared to the meeting he attended in Shencheng Yike, the general attitude of the other party here seemed to be more...more convincing.

This was the first meeting that Wang Xing attended at Sina. When the meeting ended in the evening, he was unexpectedly left to accept a temporary interview from Sina Portal, which involved the development of domestic social networks, and it was Mr. He Fang. Let’s accept the communication under the camera together.

To be honest, Wang Xing has occasionally thought about similar topics, but he has no system and no experience in facing the media.

After he sat down, he was quite nervous: "Mr. Fang, do you have any question papers?"

"Just answer whatever you want, don't worry, the main thing is to cut my content. I want to advocate for the emergence of an Eastern-style Facebook in China, and be optimistic about the significance and prospects of this social network." Fang Zhuo comforted him calmly. .

Wang Xing was indeed comforted. He was just a nobody and would not attract any attention.

However, Mr. Fang’s choice of words is also very interesting, advocating...

If we go by the attention that Mr. Fang can attract in the Internet industry, will the judgment he gave in this interview arouse more intense competition between QQ alumni and the school network?

Wang Xing soon witnessed Mr. Fang’s advocacy.

Let’s talk about the great development of this social network in the future.

Second, Facebook in the East is at least as good as Sina in terms of market capitalization.

Third, the traffic in the Internet will gradually fragment and collapse due to the flourishing of industries.

Wang Xing heard the implicit meaning of these words. Is Facebook Oriental trying to impact the traffic occupied by Penguin?

can you? No?

Anyway, Mr. Fang spoke clearly and extremely seriously.

Wang Xing thought about it for a while and felt that his confidence was boosted. After seeing the reactions of various people after the interview was exposed, he further understood Mr. Fang's influence in the industry.

Many people, including many senior executives, are not thinking about whether Mr. Fang’s words are correct or not, but instead commenting on Mr. Fang’s behavior.

——No wonder Mr. Fang wants to lead the investment in the campus network. It turns out that the future of social networks is so bright.

——No wonder 5Q.com, Zhanzhu.com, QQ Alumni, and Xiaonei.com seem to have appeared overnight... The competition seems fierce, and risks and benefits coexist.

Just when Fang Zhuo's judgment that "an Eastern Facebook-style big company will emerge in China" was spread, Penguin and Thousand Oaks had not yet responded, and Sequoia Capital made the first call.

Zheng Lang, the vice president of Sequoia Capital, and Mr. Fang have known each other for a long time. He complained on the phone: "Mr. Fang, last time you asked about the situation of the school network, I told you the truth, and I told you truthfully that we would Switch to Zhanzuo.com.”

"That's good, you didn't leak a word. If you said you were going to invest on campus, we at Sequoia Capital wouldn't be so embarrassed, right?"

Fang Zhuo apologized slightly: "Mr. Zheng, I hadn't made a decision at that time. It was only the determination that followed a series of changes."

Zheng Lang complained: "You have the determination to 'just fuck the penguin', right?"

Fang Zhuo: "Huh?"

Zheng Lang did not explain this sentence.

"Just do penguin", the corporate culture circulated on the school network was initially a joke. Someone went to the president's office of the school network and saw this wording and privately laughed at Wang Xing for being arrogant and ignorant of the heights of the world.

However, when you know that this is Mr. Fang's inscription, you feel unruly and arrogant when you look at this word.

Fang Zhuo was not surprised that these four words were spread. Since he had written them down, he was not afraid of them.

He thought for a moment and felt that the changes before and after were indeed not beneficial to Sequoia Capital. He sincerely suggested: "Mr. Zheng, anyway, the seat-taking website has just been opened not long ago. Since you invested US$5 million in one go and took up so many shares, Since we have so much say, we might as well promote the sale to Xiaonei Network."

Zheng Lang pondered for a moment and became a little moved: "What's the price?"

"$6 million, fixed price." Fang Zhuo said.

Zheng Lang was surprised and said: "It's too low, it's too low. I just invested 5 million."

"You only invested 5 million, how can you compare with us, how can you compare with the Penguins? If you are determined to continue to invest 50 million, then just pretend that I didn't say anything." Fang Zhuo persuaded, "If the giants enter, the seat-occupying network will not Easy to do."

Zheng Lang pondered again and said slowly: "Mr. Fang, the prospect of social networks is very good. There is going to be an Eastern Facebook in China. The entry of giants proves that this track is great. The seat-sharing network has already gathered a very good team. We both have dreams and understand the pain points of users. To be honest, even if it is acquired, your price is really not very good. We can still go to Penguin."

Fang Zhuo was just about to speak when he suddenly felt that the words seemed familiar.

He said decisively: "Then you go find the penguin."

Immediately, Fang Zhuo ended the call.

But Zheng Lang immediately called back and complained: "Mr. Fang, why don't you give me any space?"

"One price." Fang Zhuo reiterated.

Zheng Lang continued to talk about the reasons, which were still nothing more than "the vision of a giant", "a bright future" and "that's what you said to the venture capital in the first place" and so on.

"Mr. Zheng, can you be the leader of Zhanzuo.com? If you can, for the sake of surrendering before you fight, and for the sake of Zhang Fan's team background, I will add another one million , the whole team must be working on the campus network." Fang Zhuo was still relieved.

"It's been eight lifetimes of bad luck. It's eight lifetimes of bad luck that Zhang Fan ran into you and Penguin when he was using the seat reservation network." Zheng Lang complained, and finally bargained, "As far as our friendship is concerned, do you really not care about our friendship at all?"

Fang Zhuoyan said concisely and to the point: "Now it is 6.5 million."

Zheng Lang said categorically: "7 million is 7 million. I will go to Zhang Fan now to explain my interests and wait for my good news."

Fang Zhuo put down the phone.

He also didn’t expect that Zhanzuo.com or Sequoia Capital’s will to resist would be so weak.

As for Zhang Fan's team, which has considerable background and ability, we can actually try to use it to prepare for the "happy network" of the school network.

In just two days, Sequoia Capital completed the work of the management of Zhanzuo.com. Don’t be vague and invest when you need to.

Do you really think that everyone is a king star and is so lucky to meet Mr. Fang?

Moreover, Wang Xing faced the entry of Penguins at that time.

Zhanzuo.com is now facing the entry of Penguin + Mr. Fang.

Bet, bet, bet early, be easy early.