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Chapter 381: The Future of the Internet

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"So many people?"

As soon as he entered the playground, Guo Shouyun was also taken aback by what he saw in front of him. On the huge playground, not only the middle field, but also the surrounding stepped seats, as well as the middle aisle, are full of people sitting or standing. Looking up, the black pressure seems to be a dark cloud connecting the sky and the earth, which makes people feel shocked!

"When I heard that Mr. Guo was going to give a speech at the Chinese University, everyone wanted to hear it. Therefore, not only our Chinese University, but also many students from other schools and some social stakeholders have arrived. Kim Yaoji explained beside him.

"I'm flattered by such a big battle!"

"Pick what you're good at, and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Yau Chengtong patted him on the shoulder and comforted.

Although Guo Shouyun did not become a mathematician as he expected, when you teach, let the other party count him as half a disciple. According to the traditional master-apprentice relationship of the Chinese people, among all the people present, I am afraid that he is the only one who cares about Guo Shouyun the most.

"Go sit down with Principal Kim. It's an unexpected scene, but I think I can handle it. Guo Shouyun showed a hint of confidence on his face.

"That's good!

After patting him on the shoulder, Yau turned and walked towards the chair closest to the podium, where there was a seat reserved for them.

"Come on!"

After Li Zeju gave Guo Shouyun a thumbs up, he also walked to the chair under the rostrum with the flow of people and sat down.

After they left, Guo Shouyun walked to the rostrum, took the microphone from Pan Shuzhen, and was about to go up. After thinking about it, he took off his coat and handed it to Rebecca next to him, and then pulled the white shirt and thermal underwear inside upwards. Then he strode up to the podium.

"Whoa...!"

At the same time, a tsunami of applause rang out over the playground with his footsteps.

"Thank you, thank you very much for your kindness. To be honest, at first I didn't expect so many people to come and listen to my speech. So, when I first came back, I deliberately put on a few extra clothes. Because my assistant, Ms. Mark, reminded me that in a place the size of a playground, in the open air, wearing thick clothes would at least not be cold, but just embarrassing, without many people coming to listen to my speech. I thought it made sense, so I deliberately wore a thicker cashmere jacket. ”

"Still, when I see you, I think I can throw it away. Your enthusiasm keeps my adrenal hormones pumping and exhilarating nerve endings while driving away the cold. So, I took off my coat and became what you were when you entered the workforce. ”

"Suit tie white shirt, standard by white collar dress. More than 80% or even 90% of the people present will wear this to the workplace in the next two or three years. But while you choose the future, I will tell you some of my thoughts about the future based on my own experience and thinking, and I hope it can help you and let you achieve the success you desire!"

"First of all, people who know me know that I started my business through the Internet. The company I founded was called LinkedIn, and on December 11, 1999, in my dorm room at Stanford University, I designed a professional networking website with my best friend, called 'excellence', which translates to 'excellence' in Chinese. ”

"In the beginning, the architecture and design of the website was rudimentary, and as the number of users increased, the system crashed frequently. So, in the first few months of my business, what I remember the most was writing code all night to optimize our system. Although these days are hard, our hearts are full of hope. After all, at that time, the NASDAQ Internet concept stocks were hot, and it was easy to find VC after having a certain foundation. ”

"Unfortunately, God seems to have played a joke on us. Just when we were ready and we started looking for venture capital, the NASDAQ collapsed! Countless Internet startups in Silicon Valley go bankrupt every day, and small workshops like ours are dying hundreds or thousands of dollars a week on average. In this case, a lot of people around me advised me to give up. They told me that the Internet was over and that it could not have a future. ”

"But I'm a stubborn person, and the things I believe rarely change. And, unlike them, I think the future of the Internet is very bright. The NASDAQ crisis is not a crisis, but an opportunity given to me by God. Therefore, at that time, in order to keep Joy.com alive, in addition to attending classes, I worked three jobs outside the school every day, and all the money I earned was invested in the operation of the website. ”

"But this money is a drop in the bucket for the ever-growing Excellence Network. In order to change this, I mortgaged the farm that my adoptive father had left behind, and then sent some of the things I had written to the publisher with the idea of giving it a try. Anyway, I've tried basically anything that would allow me to make money legally. ”

"I was lucky enough to meet a guy named Christopher Ritter, who was the agent of Harry Potter author Rowling, so I was very interested in my Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was similar to Harry Potter. "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Fifty Shades of Grey" and several other films were published together. ”

"Luckily, people liked me and it paid me a lot off. Of course, it also brought continuous capital support to the website renamed 'LinkedIn. Therefore, if you have friends who like to write and have accumulated manuscripts, you must boldly publish or publish, maybe there will be unexpected gains waiting for you. This can change the course of your life. ”

"Straight to the point. The benefits of being a writer in the United States, especially a popular one, are very substantial. So, invest in the internet in order to get more money. At that time, in addition to work, I was writing behind closed doors, and there was basically zero social interaction!"

"Regardless of the cost, it brings great returns. More than 70% of the money I make from writing is invested in the Internet. For example: Google, the world's largest search engine, Netflix, the largest streaming media company, Amazon, the largest B2C e-commerce, PayPal, a third-party payment platform, and so on. Today, more than 30% of Internet companies in Silicon Valley have investments from me or Phoenix Capital. ”

"When the NASDAQ crisis was full of grief in the Internet industry, my crazy investment in the industry naturally became an alternative in the eyes of the media. To this day, I vividly remember the San Francisco Chronicle once wrote on the front page that "Bruce Guo, the biggest fool in Silicon Valley!"

"I think they're right. I am really stupid and stupid about the Internet industry, and I have never wavered because of the rumors from the outside world. More than three years have proven that I, a fool, made the most correct choice. Now, our LinkedIn website has changed from the original professional social network to a comprehensive website full of news, job search, social networking, learning and other services, with 103 million global registrations, generating revenue of $758 million in 2002, valued at $4 billion by McKinsey and Bain. ”

"Google, in 2002, generated a total revenue of $1.384 billion, with more than 13 billion hits per month. Valued at over $5.5 billion. ”

"Amazon, in 2002, generated $6.378 billion in revenue, and the number of registered members exceeded 178 million. The stock price exceeded $12 billion. ”

"Netflix generated a total revenue of $2.12 billion in 2002, with more than 80 million registered members and a stock price of $4.5 billion!"

"There are many more similar examples, so I won't list them all. After a pause, Guo Shouyun smiled, "I heard the exclamations of many classmates just now. In fact, what I want to tell you is that this result is just a normal performance in my mind, and it is far from my real expectations for Google, Netflix, and Amazon. ”

"Of course, when it comes to this, a lot of people must be thinking in their hearts, 'You're pretending to be X'. Actually, I really don't, because I have a very clear strategic vision of the future of the Internet. For example, now, what you, and even many experts think of as the Internet, is in my mind just the era of Internet 1.0. ”

"The era of Internet 1.0 is the era of computers, but also the era of recklessness, and it is an era of popularizing basic Internet applications to the public. There are roughly three types of Internet companies that have emerged in this era: search, e-commerce, and community. Of course, there are some applications that are the intersection of these three formats, such as portals, which are the intersection of search and community. ”

"But even in the reckless age of the Internet, it can bring about profound social change around the world. First of all, search can break the blockade of information and discourse at the top. Now, and for a longer time to come, the power of public opinion is in the hands of the state and the media giants, and we can only know what they want the general public to know. But with the advent of search engines, we can easily find the information we want to know from websites. Even the most ordinary people can use the timeliness of the Internet to make some issues that would have been covered up or covered up quickly become hot topics in society, causing heated discussions among the public. The advantage of this is that the supervision of public opinion can bring us more fairness. ”

"E-commerce, in my opinion, the e-commerce market in the world is still very small. People know more about it as a 'site where you can buy cheap goods online'. But what I want to tell you is that with the development of logistics, and the improvement of services. E-commerce will no longer be a supplement to the current retail industry, but will become a retail giant that can keep pace with and even surpass retail giants such as Walmart and Carrefour. … Now Amazon's annual turnover is $6.378 billion, but ten years later, she is able to generate similar, if not more, revenue in a week. ”

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