Relying on the conquest alone, it is naturally impossible to continuously deliver cash flow to Huanyu Technology.

Of course, in fact, Huanyu Technology is not only a battle, he also has several online games.

However, there are too many places to use money now, even if online games make money every day, Chen Yu still feels stretched.

Especially in the chip area.

And if you want to build a lithography machine, then the funds required are even greater.

Chen Yu studied it, and the investment in lithography machines started at least 10 billion yuan.

However, it is impossible for Chen Yu to only invest all the funds of Huanyu Technology in online games. : :

He also has a money-making project, Friends.com.

All right.

In fact, Friends.com is not making money now, and after Chen Yu instructed Wang Chang to attach himself to the United States, he is actually in a state of losing money.

But it doesn't matter if you lose money, you are losing money on this side, but the number of users is growing.

After several rounds of riotous operations, after Friends snatched the Facebook domain name and launched a counterattack on Facebook by college students, Friends has become the second social networking site in the United States.

Although it is still not comparable to Facebook for the time being, many capitals have taken a fancy to Friends.

than Bain Capital before that.

Because of the agreement with Bain Capital, Huanyu Technology agreed to Bain Capital's investment.

However, social networks are growing just too fast.

In this kind of people-to-person communication, countless people see the potential of social networks.

Following Bain Capital, SoftBank, Sequoia, Tiger Fund...... and so on are interested in investing in the friend network.

For this capital, Chen Yu did not refuse.

But the price, then Chen Yu can decide.

"Mr. Chen Yu, how are you thinking about it?"

"I could consider investing in some of these companies, but their offer is too low. ”

As the head of Bain Capital China, who was one of the first to invest in the Friends Network, John personally came to Chen Yu's office to discuss the next investment issues.

Although the social network is not very technical, it is a very lucrative project.

At present, it has a friend network with 30 million registrations, and has become a sweet spot for many capitals.

"Mr. Chen Yu, the valuation of $500 million is already very high. You know, Facebook is only $1 billion. ”

"I don't think we're worse than Facebook. ”

"But judging from the number of registrations and active users, there is still a lot of gap between Friends and Facebook for the time being. ”

"Then wait until we get past Facebook. ”

"Mr. Chen Yu, I think you should consider it as soon as possible. You know, by receiving their funds, you will be able to surpass Facebook faster. ”

"That's just as well. However, you can quote back in a month. ”

Before the friend network, Chen Yu had always let Wang Chang be in charge.

But now, Chen Yu will be personally in charge.

He had to quickly grow his friend's network and surpass Facebook in one fell swoop.

Of course, surpassing Facebook is not the goal.

The social network that Chen Yu wants to do is to spread all over the world.

......

"Wang Chang, tomorrow I will come to the United States. ”

"Mr. Chen, are you coming to the United States?"

"Hmm. ”

"Tourist or?"

"How could I be in the mood to travel, that John came to me and said that our friend was only valued at $500 million, and I was not very happy, so I had to come here in person. ”

"Mr. Chen, I ......"

Receiving Chen Yu's call, Wang Chang was a little embarrassed.

Looking at Huanyu Technology, the business performance she is responsible for is average.

"Okay, I'm not here to blame you, we started social networks later than Facebook, and we are not fighting in our own country, of course, we will not be able to surpass Facebook for a while. However, although we started late, as long as we use the right strategy, it is not impossible. ”

"That's it, we'll see you tomorrow. ”

Without saying much, Chen Yu arranged it at the headquarters and set off for the United States.

Speaking of rice country, Chen Yu is still here for the first time.

However, although Chen Yu came for the first time, when he settled, Wang Chang and other American teams had already greeted Chen Yu at the airport.

When Chen Yu walked into the friend network in the United States, that is, the branch of Huanyu Technology, Chen Yu looked at it, and then said: "It looks good, at least it looks decent." ”

"Mr. Chen, when we first arrived in the United States, we were not familiar with this place at all. Doing business has also encountered a series of troubles, but fortunately, I have become familiar with it during this period of time. And recruited a lot of industry elites here, our business development is on the right track. ”

Seeing Chen Yu's smiling face, Wang Chang breathed a sigh of relief.

She once thought that Chen Yu thought she was incompetent.

"Mr. Chen, I have already arranged a hotel for you, you have just come to the United States, let's take a rest first. ”

"It's okay, I'm already resting on the plane, and I'll go to the hotel after recognizing someone. ”

"Okay. ”

On the first day to the United States, Chen Yu did not have too many arrangements.

After getting to know the company's employees, Chen Yu returned to the hotel.

Although he had rested on the plane, after all, there was still a time difference, and Chen Yu still had to adapt for a few days.

Almost three days later, Chen Yu was able to adapt to the jet lag, and he held a company meeting.

However, Chen Yu did not directly say the company's specific arrangements and corresponding strategies when he held a company meeting.

Chen Yu put aside an Internet topic.

This topic suddenly made everyone talk freely.

Everyone has a lot of insights about the Internet.

The heads of each section also elaborated on their views on the Internet.

Some people think that the reason why the Internet is fascinating is because the Internet is virtual, and everyone can go online and do whatever they want.

It is also said that the Internet provides convenient conditions for communication, so there are now social networks, instant messaging, search engines...... Wait a minute.

For these, Chen Yu agrees.

From their answers, Chen Yu also saw that they had a good understanding of the Internet.

It is precisely because of their understanding of the Internet that they have been performing well in the friend network.

Although Chen Yu is not particularly satisfied, this is from his point of view.

For them, who are not open and can't predict the future, they have actually done a great job.

"Next, we have a formal meeting. ”

Sitting in the middle, Chen Yu said: "Wang Chang, you can tell me about the current specific situation of our friend network. ”

"Mr. Chen, Friends Network is a social network that expands based on student groups. At present, the number of registrations has exceeded 30 million, but there is still a gap between Facebook and Facebook. Our goal now is to continue to expand our student body and unite global colleges and high school students to become the world's largest social networking site for students......"

If it was before, Chen Yu would approve of Wang Chang's approach.

But now, Chen Yu shook his head and said: "The student body is too small, and if you want to make it bigger, you must absorb everyone in the world." ”

"Mr. Chen, we have also taken it into consideration. Once we've done all of the student groups around the world, we'll be open to the public. ”

"But there's a problem, what about the opposition of the student body?"

Chen Yu asked rhetorically.

You know, that's how Facebook was opposed by the student body at that time.

They started with Harvard University as their main station, and then slowly moved to other universities.

When they had almost done enough to make a series of college student groups, they thought of expanding to the general public.

But unfortunately, a group of students have been opposed, believing that Facebook should not be promoted to the public.

To this end, the friend network also took the opportunity to launch at this time.

Although the strategy at the time seemed to be successful.

Friends have gone online, and Facebook has been restricted.

But now, because it was only targeted to play students, the current friend network has also been restricted.

If the network of friends also wants to expand at this time, then he vows to be resisted by the student group like Facebook.

Moreover, at that time, Friends.com was advertising, and they were only for students.

It would be a joke if this were extended to society.

"For the time being, we don't think about the rest of the story. ”

Wang Chang apparently didn't think about how to reverse the notion that students were on leave.

Or rather, it's not the time yet.

The main task now is to expand the market and include all groups of students from all over the world into the entire website.

"I think that's our top priority. ”

Chen Yu shook his head: "At present, Facebook has almost completed the distribution of global universities, and we have only completed half of it. Sooner or later, we will face the same problem of expanding our positioning, just like Facebook. If we don't do it now, when we succeed in all the universities, then we will face even more resistance. Just like Facebook, they all have some of them now who don't know how to break through. ”

Facebook was also seriously damaged because of a resistance from a student group last time.

They want to expand their users, but they are afraid that the student population will resist again.

You know, the last time the student group resisted, then it became a friend network.

Again, I can't figure out that the friend network can catch up with them faster.

"Mr. Chen, we have investigated, and it is difficult for the current student group to accept users in society. They think that the network of friends has to be their group of students. ”

Deputy General Manager Xu Anhua said.

She's been thinking about that all the time.

If you don't expand the scale of users, even if you are the first in the world, then his users are those people.

He's only targeting students, he's not really social.

In true socialization, he needs not only students, but all the people who live on earth in all their ways.

Only in this way will the whole social network continue to layer up and show greater charm.

"And what if they invite other friends to join themselves?"

"We've tried, and they'll only invite groups that are students like them. ”

"If we change the way and change this invitation to a game, and invite friends to join through the game, ......what do you think?"

There are always more solutions than difficulties.

In his previous life, Facebook could solve the positioning of the student group, and Chen Yu could do the same.

And his way, that is, through the game.

However, his game is not a big game, but a small game.