Chapter 410 Discussion of Portals

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Guo Shouyun nodded, although the traffic of the website is important, it does not equal the influence and advertising value. At present, the top five industries for Internet advertising are automobiles, finance, real estate, IT digital and Internet companies. In their eyes, young people under the age of 25 belong to the 'low-value group'.

If Guo Shouyun is replaced at the helm of Tencent, he will not focus on the portal. But he is very clear about Ma Huateng's current business strategy for Tencent: cast a wide net and catch more fish.

Before the 3Q war and Tencent was criticized verbally and penally, Tencent's horizontal development strategy will not change. In addition, Guo Shouyun has no intention of changing. Because there are some things that can only be understood after they have been experienced, intervening in advance will only be counterproductive.

"Old Ma, it seems that everyone is not very optimistic about your portal strategy!"

Ma Huateng's calm face was filled with bitterness. Meetings like today, which were rejected by all the staff, have been held four or five times.

“… If you look at it on paper, I am not optimistic about the future of Tencent. However, after trying it, we realized that what we thought was difficult to solve in many cases is not difficult to solve. Moreover, we should recognize that sometimes profit is not a necessary factor for Tencent to enter the portal. We should also take into account the issue of user stickiness. ”

"If we define Tencent.com as 'a youth portal', it is dedicated to reporting information that young people are interested in. For example, sports, entertainment, fashion, automobiles, etc., can increase the time and loyalty of customers aged 18 to 25 to stay in Tencent products. ”

"As for the issue of advertising revenue being too low. This is indeed a problem now, but we should recognize that the penetration of the Internet into society as a whole is gradually deepening. With the growth of the Internet population and the development of social economy, more and more companies will realize the importance of online advertising. At that time, Tencent's advertising revenue will not be as lame as it is now. ”

"In short, my point is: be brave and try what you think is right. If there is a problem in the middle, solve the problem. If you really can't solve it, and after some hard work, you find that it really doesn't fit, then it's not too late to give up. ”

"So you approve of the plan of 'Tencent.com'?" Xu Chenye asked.

"That's right!" Guo Shouyun nodded, "I remember I once said a word called 'Internet ecosystem', this circle includes portals, search, e-commerce, communities, etc., in the wild era of Internet 1.0, almost all Internet giant companies will not help but move in this direction, until they find their respective capabilities boundary, this process of horizontal expansion will stop." ”

After a pause, his gaze quickly swept over everyone, "Now Tencent is at this stage, and now you have been involved in wireless value-added services, virtual communities, IM, and digital, and you are about to enter the portal." By the way, there are also online games. As revenues grow, so does the company's scope. While a lot of the new business isn't sane and the future is bright enough, I support this expansion. Because more attempts mean endless possibilities for the future. Perhaps the business that will make Tencent grow into a great company in the future lies in a business that may be considered to have a less bright future. ”

Guo Shouyun's words made everyone present have a touch of thought on their faces. Because the memory of his previous life can always allow him to analyze problems from a more macro perspective. And this happens to be the problem that the current Internet elite lacks the most.

"I was fortunate enough to see your speech at the University of Hong Kong Chinese on the Internet. I admire your assertion in the era of one-way communication in the era of Internet 1.0, two-way communication in 2.0, and multi-directional communication in 3.0. I am also very eager for new concepts such as 'cloud computing', 'artificial intelligence' and 'big data', but is it too advanced for you to say that all this will become a reality in ten years?" Chen Yidan suddenly asked.

"No one can be 100 per cent sure of what the future holds. My argument is based only on my judgment, and it is possible that the actual situation appeared earlier or later than my judgment. But one thing needs to be affirmed is that whether it is cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence are the future of technology companies, if Tencent does not want its business to be limited to China in the future, it should start targeted investment and start research and development in advance when everyone thinks these are unattainable scientific concepts. Otherwise, when the tide hits, Tencent's future is worrying. After all, technology companies must take technology as the foundation after all. ”

His words changed the direction of the original meeting, and according to the original process, the next discussion was the online game, that is, the 3D game "Triumph", which was imported from South Korea and could not run because it far exceeded the domestic communication hardware and broadband. But except for Zeng Liqing, the rest of Tencent's senior executives, who are all technical coffees, are obviously more interested in various new concepts in the future.

So, until nearly nine o'clock in the evening, everyone was in full swing around new concepts such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data, and virtual reality. Fortunately, he inherited Bruce Guo's memories, coupled with the knowledge of his previous life, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to suppress these guys.

However, after some discussion, the advantage is that Guo Shouyun, who was originally unfamiliar, can be integrated into this young group.

"Guys, I think we'd better talk about this first. It's nine o'clock, if you're not hungry, I'll starve to death!" After looking at the time, Guo Shouyun stood up and said.

"Me too!"

"It's nine o'clock in the evening, can you not be hungry?"

"Well, I'm in for a treat tonight. But anyone who is a single dog who 'feeds the whole family without hunger', or who is not afraid to kneel on the keyboard when he comes home late, come with me!"

"Single dog, kneeling on the keyboard, I didn't expect the boss to speak Mandarin well, and also know so much about Chinese folk customs!" Zeng Liqing said with a smile.

"When we get more familiar with each other in the future, you will know that my understanding of Huaxia is not much worse than that of the natives of Huaxia! Let's go!"

A large group of people 'hula' walked out of the conference room, and except for their respective assistants, the entire company was basically off work. Guo Shouyun, who has not eaten local barbecue for a long time, found a good indoor barbecue restaurant under the leadership of Ma Huateng and other head snakes.

Of course, it can only be indoors. Otherwise, even Pengcheng, which is located in the south, will freeze to death outdoors in winter.

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"Shh

Guo Shouyun took a breath and knocked on his head, which was still a little dizzy.

"What time is it?"

"It's nine o'clock in a quarter of an hour!" Wu Xiaojing handed over the water cup on the bedside table.

After taking it and drinking it a few times, he felt much better.

"It's not a good thing to drink too much!"

It's rare to return to Huaxia, the familiar environment, the familiar local accent, inevitably makes Guo Shouyun feel relaxed and happy from the inside out, coupled with Zeng Liqing's humor and self-cooked fat man coaxed together, Guo Shouyun, who was eating barbecue, drank high.

"What about Wang Jue?"

Mr. Jonathan's final contract with the Yangcheng City Government has been finalized, and she is sorting out the fax of the contract. ”

Wu Xiaojing's tone revealed a little jealousy, Wang Jue successfully used the time when she was still on duty around the Spring Festival to gain Guo Shouyun's trust. Got the control of Phoenix, Matrix Holdings, Ruby and Enron Pacific, while Apple, Google, Kwok's and Hanwha Holdings were assigned to her. No matter how you look at it, the company he is responsible for is not as powerful as Wang Jue's hands.

Guo Shouyun didn't know Wu Xiaojing's careful thoughts, in his heart, each of the eight companies was irreplaceable!

After nodding, he took the clothes she handed over and put them on.

Washing his face and brushing his teeth, the whole person is much more sober. After breakfast, I briefly processed the documents of various companies, especially after reading the cooperation agreement between Anping Company and the Yangcheng Municipal Government on the 800 MW installed capacity of Yangcheng Natural Gas Power Plant, and wrote my own approval, I went to Tencent again in the afternoon.

If we say that yesterday's visit was just a brief understanding with Tencent's senior management. So in the following time, Guo Shouyun traveled to almost every department of Tencent. Talk to them, talk to them, and exchange their views on the Internet. After three days, he already has a relatively full understanding of the entire Tencent. and finally let everyone know the **oss behind his company.

Of course, he also took time out to chat with Zhang Zhidong about PayPal's development plan and future layout. However, it is too early to talk about third-party payment, after all, China's financial market has not yet been fully opened to the private sector. Where PayPal can work hard is online transfer, water, electricity and phone bill payment, etc. Prior to the introduction of the new Fund Law in '13, PayPal's influence was limited.

"It seems that you are right, "Triumph" is really not suitable for the current Chinese game market. ”

After pulling Ma Huateng around several Internet cafes in Pengcheng, and trying to download "Triumph" to try to play, there was no talk of the reality of fluency at all, and finally let this calm and wise, but also stubborn guy realize that he had made a mistake.

After patting him comfortingly, he said, "If you really plan to enter the game market, you shouldn't start with online games, casual games are a better choice." It is in line with Tencent's community nature. Once you've gained a certain amount of popularity and experience with casual game operators, it's not too late to enter online gaming. ”

Ma Huateng nodded and was silent for a moment, "Can't the online game developed by Matrix Games be licensed to Tencent to operate?"

"I knew you would ask that!, however, I promised Ding Lei that the games of the two studios of Legend and Journey to the West cannot be given to you for the time being. However, if you're willing to wait, Blizzard's World of Warcraft can be left to Tencent. But it's a little later, I'm afraid it will have to wait until next year. ”

"That's it!" Ma Huateng said immediately.

"Haha, it's decided!"