Chapter 492: Competitors
The student of Fudan was compared with Yu Wenfei, and it was Chen Tianqiao.
"Our senior, Chen Tianqiao, you also know, how is it compared to Yu Wenfei? Admitted to Fudan at the age of seventeen, Yu Wenfei seems to have studied in college at the age of nineteen. And it only took three years to graduate from college. The Shanda Group he founded does not need to be introduced by me, every day is making money, and the cash flow is unmatched by any Internet company in the country. Shanda is said to be listed this year, and after Shanda is listed, its market value will definitely be much higher than Facebook! ”
Of course, the students of Jiaotong University are not convinced, Chen Tianqiao is very good, but he has to compare with whom.
In 2002, he won the top prize in the national college entrance examination and scored more than a full score, which was the first and probably the only time in history. After entering the school, he founded Facebook in his freshman year, and after half a year, he had a market value of $4 billion! Do you need me to say more? Who is more powerful than Chen Tianqiao, as long as people who are not stupid can understand it. ”
The whole forum, all the posts today are about these, and everyone's enthusiasm is stimulated, and they are fighting for the honor of the school.
It seems that as long as you can defeat each other in the forum, then the school can crush each other......
And the real parties, whether Chen Tianqiao or Yu Wenfei, don't know these things at all.
They're all busy with their own business......
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Facebook raised $400 million, which is not a good thing for competitors in the circle.
Because this means that Facebook will have more "ammunition", and it will also further expand its lead, and it will be more difficult for competitors to catch up with Facebook in the future.
"How's the progress of our blog project team?" said Mr. Ding of NetEase, asking his right-hand man.
"It's almost done, and it's ready to go live. Now the project team is making the final improvements, because they have found that Facebook has quietly launched several new features, and we need to add them quickly. In addition, we are discussing how to promote the product. The assistant replied.
Mr. Ding frowned, his face full of bitterness, "Tell Mr. Hu that the project is suspended, and all the technical personnel of the project team will be transferred back to the game department!"
"Ah, Mr. Ding, what do you mean ......" The assistant was stunned.
"Yes, stop the blog project, we ...... Don't do it!" Mr. Ding said firmly.
He's a smart guy, even though he rushed in to see if he could cut a piece of cake.
But the development of the situation has exceeded his expectations, Facebook's advantage is getting bigger and bigger, and it has received a huge amount of venture capital, it is conceivable that next, in the field of blog sites, Facebook will hold high the "butcher's knife" and wipe out all competitors.
NetEase is a listed company with many shareholders, although they have complete control over the company, but they also have to consider being responsible for shareholders and stock prices.
Facebook can do its best to compete for the leading position of blog sites, but it can't, because NetEase's main business is not blogs, but portals and games!
Looking at Shanda's crazy money in the past two years, it is false to say that it is not popular, why Tencent and NetEase have coincidentally begun to increase investment in games this year, it is obviously stimulated by Shanda.
Mr. Ding's plan for NetEase will be to walk on two legs in the future, with portals and various Internet services as traffic entrances, and games will be a powerful traffic monetization channel.
Blog site ......
Forget it.
NetEase officially withdrew, and without Yuwenfei's knowledge, there was already one less competitor.
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"What! Facebook actually got 400 million dollars in venture capital? That's right, right? When did Facebook become so valuable?"
Sohu company, Mr. Zhang said with a shocked face.
"It's true, I confirmed it through friends in the circle, and SoftBank did invest $400 million. The valuation of Facebook is now 4 billion US dollars, that is, it exceeds the market value of us and Sina, and also exceeds the market value of all Internet companies in China!"
The company's CFO replied.
Mr. Zhang got up, walked around the spacious office twice, and then stopped and picked up the phone on the desk, "Inform Manager Wang of the blog project team to come to my office immediately!"
Not long after, Manager Wang, the head of the Sohu blog project team, hurriedly knocked on the door and walked in.
"Mr. Zhang, are you looking for me?"
"Sit down, Manager Wang, how is our blog project progressing, and when will it be launched?" Mr. Zhang asked with a blazing gaze at Manager Wang.
"Uh...... Let's have another week or so. Manager Wang replied.
Mr. Zhang frowned dissatisfiedly, "I remember the last weekly meeting, didn't you say that it was done, why is it another week now." ”
"Facebook has launched a few more small features, and we ...... We're adding these features as well. Manager Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
In Sohu, Mr. Zhang is still very majestic, and everyone says in private that your work ability can not be strong, and your work attitude can be bad, but you must know how to please Mr. Zhang.
"Speed up! If I don't have enough people, I'll send some more programmers. If you look at Facebook, it has achieved a valuation of $4 billion, which is worth more than our entire company! What does this mean? It shows that the blog site has a lot to offer! We must increase the investment of resources, and this year's focus will be on our blog site!" Mr. Zhang waved his arms vigorously and said loudly.
His choice is completely different from that of Mr. Ding, which means that he looks at the problem from a different angle, and the results are naturally different.
In the end, who is right and who is wrong, the question is not clear now, and it can only be left to time to prove......
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Facebook's biggest competitor is not the Sohu blog, which has not yet been launched, but the Sina blog, which has been operating for a while.
After learning that Facebook received $400 million in venture capital, Mr. Lin sat alone in the office and was silent for a long time.
He is not as pessimistic as Mr. Ding of Netease, nor is he as optimistic as Mr. Zhang of Sohu, because now he has no choice.
Sina Blog has been spun off to set up a separate company, and it has also taken a lot of money from the financiers behind it, and it must not be easily given up.
Although the gap from Facebook is getting bigger and bigger, Sina Blog also has merit, at least the number of registered users has exceeded 20 million.
This number may not be worth mentioning in front of Facebook, but it has to be compared with whom, 20 million users, in the domestic Internet industry, is definitely not a small number.
Mr. Lin is now thinking about whether he can take advantage of the opportunity for Facebook to bring the concept of a blog site to the fire, and then take the opportunity to raise a large amount of money!
Although Sina Blog is not the first in the industry, it is also the second......
Sina Blog has launched financing again, and it is definitely not as good as Facebook, and it is impossible to get 400 million US dollars in venture capital, but can the industry boss get 400 million, and the second can get 100 million?
If you really can't even get 100 million, then 50 million is always okay.
You know, there are many VCs who have taken a fancy to the blog industry, but they have no opportunity to invest in Facebook.
Then Sina Blog has become their best choice.
In the investment banking circle, this is called "gambling track"!
If you look at the blog industry as a track, then Facebook is far ahead of the track, Sina Blog is in second place, and the rest of the competitors are far behind.
This course is not a 100-meter sprint, but a marathon, and being in first place now does not mean that you can stay first all the time.
Therefore, some VCs will choose to invest in the second and third places, hoping that these temporarily lagging companies can bring miracles and surpass the first players before reaching the finish line.
"Mr. Li, you come to my office, and we will discuss the issue of refinancing Sina Blog. ”
Mr. Lin took out the phone and made a call to the company's CFO.
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Competitors have their own choices, and Yu Wenfei is busy with other things at this time.
"Mr. Fei, do you have time in the afternoon, the chess and card game project team has already taken out the product, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, we are ready to have a meeting in the No. 1 conference room, and everyone will discuss this product. If there is no problem, my side will arrange for it to be launched as soon as possible. ”
On the phone, it was Cai Congxin's voice.
This made Yu Wenfei a little surprised, he didn't expect Lu Qi's team to be so efficient, how long has it been, and the finished product has been taken out?
"Okay, I'll get over it. He said casually.
In the afternoon, in the company's large conference room, Lu Qi stood in front of the projection and was demonstrating the chess and card game platform to everyone.
"We referred to the two platforms of Lianzhong and Winger, and optimized the UI, and in terms of game types, we chose chess, Go, and military chess with the widest audience. And, of course, mahjong and poker. As for the charging system, this has not been considered yet, maybe it would be better to adopt a membership system, just like Lianzhong. ”
Yu Wenfei tilted his head and looked at the display on the projection seriously.
It's okay on the big frame, this yet-to-be-named chess and card game platform continues the style of Facebook, the interface looks simple and generous, the colors are refreshing, the function buttons are eye-catching and easy to use, and the user experience is good.
However, if you follow this, it is just an upgraded version of Lianzhong, and it cannot be called a subversion of the board game platform industry.
The effect that Yu Wenfei wants is not like this, what he wants is that in the future, as long as it is the industry that Facebook has entered, it will subvert the original model of the industry!
Let the original practitioners in the industry suddenly realize that the original products can still do this after seeing the products of Facebook or Star Technology!
I have been doing this industry for so many years......
"Mr. Fei, how do you feel?" Cai Congxin asked.
When it comes to financial investment and company management, Cai Congxin is a master, but he is weak in terms of products.