The dinner was held at Xie Houming's house, on the one hand, Xie Houming and Cheng Feiyang were busy with the things at hand, and the two families had not had such a gathering for a long time, and the other opportunity to meet was because Xie Gan, who is now the president of Sitong Online, returned to Shanhai and wanted to meet with Cheng Ran's family for a meal.

Sitong Online was announced after February this year, and Chen Sitong, who worked with Xie Qian, actually established Sitong Software Company a long time ago, mainly to develop Chinese platform software to cooperate with the application of indos. It also won a bunch of miscellaneous awards; last year Chen Sitong also set up an online forum, in order to conform to the tide of the Internet, to make the so-called international department, in fact, this is just a server rented by an American university, dozens of dollars a month, ten trillion space.

After meeting with Xie Qian and quickly building a blueprint for the future of selling advertisements on the Internet, this year's forum was further upgraded and became today's Sitong Online.

Chen Sitong was in charge of the technology and website architecture, while Xie Qian, who had strong activity ability, served as the CEO of the website.

On the eve of this year's World Cup in France, Xie Gan went to the organizing committee in person with the indicators of Sitong Online, and talked with the French side about a designated and unique event reporting station.

Lao Xie also said that he hadn't asked the two families to eat together for a long time, but Xie Qian immediately booked a plane ticket and rushed back, saying that he also wanted to have a meal and meet Cheng Ran. Zhang Wei and Xu Lan were cooking in the kitchen, and at this time they were bringing a plate of fried dishes to the table, and smiled at the people in the living room, "It's time to eat." ”

At this time, Sitong Online was in full swing for the World Cup, and Xie Qian was not stationed at the front line, but took out extremely valuable time to return to a small city in the mainland, just to meet a teenager.

But for a person like Xie Gan, who became famous early, successfully engaged in business abroad, and experienced the world, he knows that some people can't infer from common sense that at his level, he has seen a lot of young geniuses who have become famous, just like the batch of his classmates, some of whom came out of the junior class of the University of Science and Technology, who are already promising at the age of nineteen or twenty, and who are ten years younger than him, and whose achievements are now greater than him...... Therefore, as for why Cheng Ran is young and old, and why he can have so many sharp insights and forward-looking, Xie Qian never talks about heroes with empiricism.

After listening to Cheng Ran's fight against bandits on a moonlit night, saving Xie Houming, formulating the Basic Law of Fulong, and chatting with him about the clear path of website development, Xie Gan has a strong interest in Cheng Ran.

Of course, this is not to completely obey Cheng Ran's words, what he admires most is Cheng Ran's imagination, such as his descriptions of the future. Xie Qian is quite convinced of the truth that all scientific and technological progress is based on daydreams at the beginning, and he loves to chat with Cheng Ran, because Cheng Ran's ideas and imaginations can't even compare with the characters in his circle.

Everyone opened the meal and served the table, the glass of wine was full, Xie Qian took a thin slice of bacon soaked in oil on the chopsticks plate, dipped it in a little vinegar to relieve greasyness, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it full of fragrance.

The whole person pointed to the plate of bacon with the chopsticks in his hand with a satisfied face, "It's still the bacon of the eldest brother's family, when I was abroad before, I missed your bacon sausage, and when I came back, I could eat a bite of fresh, and I felt at home." ”

Zhang Wei smiled, "If you are here, you are not coming back because of Cheng Ran." ”

For Cheng Feiyang and Xu Lan, the first time was not because Cheng Ran was proud, Cheng Feiyang said to Xie Gan, "Don't get used to him!" Probably in Cheng Feiyang's eyes, he naturally took on the role of a big brother like Xie Houming, and felt that Xie Qian didn't seem to be very mature.

In terms of Cheng Feiyang's inherent thinking, the acceptance of the Internet is actually not high, and the real economy makes him more down-to-earth. After some subtle explanations in the process, his views have changed somewhat, but overall, he is still not very interested in the Internet.

Everyone has their own mindset, and these are gradually shaped with years and experience, and can only be changed through years and experiences, and it is not that anyone can be empowered by saying a few words.

Even Cheng Ran, a reborn person, can't do anything about this.

Cheng Feiyang now seems that Xie Qian's creation of this Sitong online Chinese platform is a bit like a small fight, but it is an enthusiastic attempt at new things.

After three rounds of drinking, Xie Qian talked about the situation in the industry, "After talking to you at the beginning, I went back to the meeting and proposed that our business model is to be an ICP (online content service provider), with advertising as the main profit. Then the next World Cup football match is a very important point for us, after all, as a CEO, how many people watch, this first battle, how can we make a name, if we can't play, it will be discredited!"

Cheng Ran smiled, "No." ”

Speaking of which, it is really Tianzhu Sitong, Xie Qian is not a technical background after all, Chen Sitong in this regard has been famous in China for a long time, but Chen Sitong's activity ability is not as good as Xie Qian, so this newly established Sitong online Chinese platform, Xie Qian was elected as CEO, whether it is a potential investor behind it, or a partner, in fact, eyes are focused on him.

Even Chen Sitong's group of people under his original command may not be completely convinced and under his leadership Xie Qian.

Of course, Xie Gan omitted some objections to the direction of the company that he put forward at the beginning. Now it is estimated that there are also people who are watching to see if he is really qualified for the position of CEO.

Cheng Ran said no, but still put forward his own suggestions, for example, when the news report is concerned, can you make a concise index, or even combine the report with pictures and texts, it is best to use some well-written pens to write, and strive to write this World Cup game immersively.

Limited by network limitations, at this time video is still very luxurious, the occupation of server resources is also very large, to fully report every game of the World Cup through video is naturally impossible, and fans will naturally watch through the broadcast, they more importantly need a platform where fans from all over the world can gather together to talk.

As long as this is done well, this battle will be very rewarding.

Of course, Cheng Ran will not reveal too much, and can only put forward some of his own suggestions in turn for Xie Qian's reference.

Xie Qian listened attentively throughout the whole process, and sometimes put forward his own ideas and discussed with Cheng Ran. There are no notes on hand, Cheng Ran knows Xie Gan's ability, he doesn't need to use notes, what he has heard, he seems to be a natural notebook, absolutely not bad.

Xie Qian sighed, "There are only two modes of development of the company, one is like a snowball, slowly growing bigger through its own accumulation. The other is to introduce various external funds to make the company continue to develop by leaps and bounds. Financing, going big, that's the dream of almost all companies. ”

"But in the online economy, there is a big difference in market returns between the first and second places, for example, the difference in market value between Yahoo and Excited, which is in second place, is 8 times. Just like space exploration of the moon, we always know that the first person to go into space was Gagarin, the first to land on the moon was Armstrong, who cares who is second. I think that now that Sitong Online has been established, we can't do it in the midstream, so we can only run to the leader at the beginning to do it, so that we can get financing and grow in the next few stages of the plan. ”

Now Xie Qian has all kinds of pressure on his back.

Those who are dissatisfied with him internally, who have opinions on the strategic direction, can even say that he has no prestige at present, and relies on the contract to tie up the position of CEO.

Once a website is established, it is like a child who constantly needs a lot of nutrients to grow, and these nutrients are all money and funds in the final analysis. The pressure of financing is on his shoulders in all aspects.

Many people start a business, most of them because they can't meet any of these harsh conditions, and as a result, they become an anthill that bursts the embankment, leading to a collapse.

Therefore, Xie Gan is almost desperate for the World Cup.

So on the eve of the war, he was worried and looked to many parties for answers.

But no one can give him a definite answer.

However, only Cheng Ran knew.

The unique nature of this World Cup match led to the website that comprehensively tracked and reported this World Cup match in the previous life, surpassing all competitors on the market at that time and directly occupying the market, setting the highest record of Chinese access at that time.

And all of this will happen in just a month or two.