The launch of the YOYO voice beta version has set off a big wave in the Internet.

To be precise, as an upstart company that has just been promoted to the front line of the Internet, Yoyo Network is at the helm of a young man in his early 20s, and its every move always attracts the attention of the outside world.

Zhu Xiaoli, the company's office director, told Liu Yun one thing: Yesterday, a venture agency called Angel Investor called and asked if YOYO Voice had any plans to raise funds.

Angel investors?

Liu Yun was slightly stunned for a moment, and asked, "Did the caller say his name?"

Zhu Xiaoli replied: "Say, that's called Zhou Hongwei." ”

It turned out to be that old Zhou! Liu Yun's facial expression became a little strange, and he said, "I'll think about it seriously." He hung up.

Last year, when Liu Yun decided to develop the Yoyo browser, he had always regarded Zhou Hongwei, who was still working at Yahoo China, as a potential competitor.

The browser market is so big, and it doesn't have as much potential as the travel market.

No matter how strong Yoyo Holiday Network is, Ctrip and eLong on the market can still drink a sip of soup.

And in the coming days, more companies will enter this market. Such as Qunar, Tuniu, and cellular.

The browser market is not very different, although there were all kinds of browsers in the previous life, but the sense of existence is very low, even the QQ browser under Penguin is no exception.

The only ones that are really influential and can make money are 360 browsers.

In the PC era, the three giants of BAT have built a huge ecosystem by relying on search engines, online shopping websites, and instant messaging software.

Then 360 company also relies on 360 browser to establish a small medium-sized ecosystem.

This is Zhou Hongwei's proudest masterpiece, which has fought its way out under the monopoly of BAT.

Of course, after the arrival of the mobile Internet era, 360's position in the Chinese Internet industry has declined slightly, which is a later story.

In the past year, Yoyo Browser has continued to conquer cities and territories in this market, and the number of installed computers has soared like a rocket, which has also made Liu Yun have a sense of complacency, and he has slowly forgotten Zhou Hongwei, who is still working at Yahoo China.

He immediately opened the webpage to check the information about Lao Zhou, this guy is the same as the trajectory of his previous life, he officially resigned from Yahoo China in August this year, became an angel investor, and established an angel investment fund, playing the banner of helping more innovative companies get development opportunities.

If the original trajectory is followed, this old Zhou will establish Qihoo 360 next year, and since then, through the free business model, product and technology innovation, it has subverted the traditional concept of Internet security, changed the market structure, and rapidly grown into the largest Internet security service provider in China.

Liu Yun squinted his eyes slightly, his hands were in a fist posture, close to his lips, revealing a contemplative state, hesitating in his heart whether to meet this old Zhou who had once dominated the world in his previous life and made countless enemies.

The word "free" is a huge killer feature, and it is also an indestructible weapon. He once thought about whether to make a permanent free antivirus software, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up, and there were two reasons for this.

1. Qihoo 360 is a new company that Zhou Hongwei did not establish until August 2006. At this time, the PC market of the Internet has almost been carved up, and Lao Zhou needs to have a desperate determination to fight his way out. So he launched a "forever free" antivirus software, and by the way, it is also bundled with 360 security guards, and this will inevitably be a road that will succeed in ten thousand bones, and there are countless corpses of antivirus software companies on the way.

According to rumors, Lao Zhou's extremely powerful ability to pull hatred was even hunted down by black and white.

2. From 2003 to 2005, for nearly 3 years, Liu Yun relied on the prophetic information in his mind to calculate every step very accurately, and every project of Yoyo Network achieved great success.

Human beings are often very delicate and complex creatures, and with Liu Yun's wealth and status today, he has passed the stage of fighting the world. He seems to be a little unable to do this, and he is not willing to make enemies everywhere in the industry like that old Zhou, almost to the point where everyone shouts and beats him.

What's more, he felt that even if he was a reborn, he really didn't have to be as tough as this guy, but he really didn't want to be on the black and white hunt list one day.

However, Liu Yun still decided to meet Zhou Hongwei, after all, he was an Internet tycoon who had unlimited scenery and made countless enemies in his previous life, and he could also judge whether this guy had the idea of starting a company from the conversation with him.

After he made up his mind, he called the director of the office and agreed to meet with Zhou Hongwei about this Friday.

Zhu Xiaoli, who was on the other end of the phone, said with a slight sigh: "Mr. Liu, I want to make a small suggestion to you." ”

Liu Yun was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "You say." ”

Zhu Xiaoli said in a serious tone: "Mr. Liu, I think you should have a secretary, which can also reduce your work burden." ”

After hearing this, Liu Yun thought for a while and said: "The company is big, it should be equipped with a secretary, and it can't all be handled by the clerk in your office." In this way, you still recruit people, and you will screen 3 candidates from the interview candidates, and then I will check it personally. ”

Zhu Xiaoli immediately replied: "Okay, boss." I'm going to prepare. ”

After Liu Yun hung up the phone, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes slightly.

During this period of time, many company things need to be done by him, especially for the upcoming launch of YOYO voice, he is especially concerned.

Coming in 2006, BAT is already starting to build an ecological closed loop, which is also laying the foundation for the future business empire.

Liu Yun understands that it is far from the time of arrogance and complacency, the profit of more than 200 million yuan a quarter is far from enough, and the foundation of Yoyo Network is far from BAT, and even NetEase and Sina are firmly established, he always warns himself to keep a clear head, even if he has the unattainable wealth in his previous life.

Tencent has QQ, Ali has an online shopping website, and Baidu has a search engine, and he understands that unless he continues to raise money and burn money like crazy, it will be difficult to get in.

So he launched YOYO Voice, but also to try to build his own ecosystem, try to build his own ecosystem around it and Yoyo Browser, and nip other threats in the bud, and then wait for the advent of the mobile Internet era in 2010.