When I got closer to the crowd, I found that in addition to the bearded man who attracted his attention to the topic, there was also a Chinese, yes, Li Feng really recognized it as a Chinese at a glance, but I didn't know if it was a Chinese or a Chinese student.

Although from the perspective of Europeans and Americans, people of East Asian descent (mainly Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean) are all the same faces, but in Li Feng's opinion, it is really easy to recognize, just like Chinese people can identify their own country and South Koreans and Japanese, which can really be seen at a glance.

Li Feng, who has a 'red heart', is naturally the same, and at a glance it can be concluded that the probability that this person should be Chinese, or even an international student, is even greater, and there is still a big difference between Chinese Americans and international students who have been influenced by Chinese culture since childhood.

When Li Feng approached the crowd, everyone also saw it, and immediately several people greeted Li Feng enthusiastically, and after a little understanding, they knew that these five people, except for the bearded man and Chinese, the other three were angel investors in Silicon Valley, not the kind that was particularly famous.

"Hello, Ward, do you mind if I hear about your project?" asked Li Feng with a smile at the bearded man.

"Of course, to be able to have the Son of Fortune of America listen to my project, I think many people dream of it. The bearded man replied with a smile.

The bearded man's name is Ward Cunningham, and Li Feng was a small owner of an Internet café in his previous life, although he also claimed to be an 'Internet practitioner', but after all, he was still a little lonely. I'm not very familiar with this bearded man named Ward, but I can't stand the term Iki (wiki) that I just heard.

……

The title of wiki is really famous, and the future 'Wikipedia' has always heard of it, and it is based on the concept of wiki + encyclopedia.

I seem to remember that Wikipedia was started around 2000, but I didn't expect that Wikipedia was there in '97, and listening to the meaning of Ward's words, it was developed in '95, and it was really a cow, and I thought, how did this guy run into my party to find venture capital.

The more he listened to Ward Cunningham's words, the more Li Feng felt that this was the famous 'Wikipedia' that he had heard of in later generations, that is, the foundation of the future Wikipedia.

However, Li Feng also knows that it seems that the future Wikipedia should not be founded by this bearded Ward, and it seems that this bearded man did not seize the opportunity.

For the application of wikis, the biggest one in the future is Wikipedia, but this is an ad-free, purely public welfare nature, so there is no way to make money, but it is the best opportunity to gain fame.

Then he smiled and discussed with him, and Ward proposed a business model at this time. Many people say that knowledge belongs to all mankind, but in fact this is just a beautiful propaganda and fantasy, and people need to spend money to acquire knowledge.

This has been the case since ancient times, not to mention ancient times, knowledge is firmly controlled by the rulers, even in modern civilization, to put it bluntly, you go to buy a book, through the secretary to obtain knowledge, in fact, it also means that you spend money, through learning to get knowledge.

Ward Cunningham's development is actually similar, that is, through the editing of various knowledge points by intellectuals, some content can be provided for free query, and some of it needs to be charged.

……

Li Feng is really not interested in the charging model mentioned by Ward, after all, Li Feng knows that Wikipedia will be completely free in the future, and Wikipedians will be famous all over the world in the future.

Li Feng thinks about the Wikipedia project, although it is not profitable, but it is a good thing to gain fame. And as long as the Internet exists, this thing can definitely exist for a long time, and it will really go down in history.

Moreover, if Wikipedia can really reach the scale of later generations, the knowledge it has accumulated, some secrets of this world, etc., is the greatest wealth, and Li Feng can't help but be impressed.

"Mr. Li, what do you think?"

"Very nice development design, kind of interesting. Li Feng replied with a smile.

"Are you interested in investing in anything?" asked Ward Cunningham, a little excited.

Well, Li Feng is really a little speechless, the concept of wiki is actually free to use on the Internet now, so Li Feng is really wondering if this Ward understands his own words.

It's just a bit of an admiration for the wiki and the future of the Wikipedia model, and that's all for Ward Cunningham's stuff.

Ward's idea is a more commercial one, which requires a large number of experts and scholars to provide knowledge, but Li Feng knows that this restricts the dissemination, and there is no public base, no traffic, etc., which means that Ward is just thinking about the self-amusement of a group of self-appreciating intellectuals.

It seems that the later generations of Wikipedia also took such a path at the beginning, and it was all free, but it turned out that the information and knowledge edited by these experts and professors were too little, and not many people read it, and it ended in failure, and then summarized the lessons learned, and finally with the combination of Wikipedia + encyclopedia, with a more open attitude, Wikipedia really became popular all over the world.

……

"I'm sorry, I'm not in charge of investing right now, but I'll give your idea to my investment department, and if they think it's good, maybe we'll have a chance to work together." ”

"I hope so..."

Next, Li Feng asked for Ward Cunningham's contact information, although he was not interested in investing, but out of the possibility of Wikipedia and the future of Wikipedia, Li Feng left his phone number first.

Next, the Chinese in the field also began to talk to several investors about their projects, it turned out that they also wanted to attract investment, but unfortunately, if a Chinese student wants to succeed in the United States, it is still difficult to get the favor of venture capital before making a specific product.

In fact, although this international student named Bruce Deng and Deng Feng in Chinese is now an engineer at Intel, he is only one of the many engineers in Intel, and may be able to earn $100,000 a year or something, which may be regarded as a 'gold collar' in this era.

The rest of the people are not interested in him, but Li Feng is very interested, but Li Feng is more interested in wanting to integrate him and the team behind him, and he has actually been looking for the person in charge of the relevant network security department.

Previously, Feixun had set up a network security department, but unfortunately there were no top talents to join for the time being, and it was still relatively weak, so I was very interested in seeing Chinese students starting a business in Silicon Valley and founding a firewall called Green Net in network security.

"Deng Feng, yes, let's do it, today is not the time to speak, this is the phone number of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Feixun Company, you call him tomorrow, and you can have a good chat at that time." Li Feng said with a smile.

Although it is not clear whether their entrepreneurship will be successful in the future, Li Feng still wants to pull others, if it is indeed a top talent, Li Feng really has the heart to take care of others, even if they are in charge of the security department, there is no problem, so I am ready to let Eric Schmidt call someone to test their ability first.

……

Li Feng then told people that it was still in Chinese, and Deng Feng was also very happy at this time, originally knowing that today's boss of Feixun - St. John Lee held a party, knowing that there were many venture capital, capital consortiums and so on.

With the idea of looking for investment、Mixed in through Intel.,I didn't expect to really meet the owner here.。 Who is St. John Lee, as a student from China and thinking about gaining a foothold in the United States, Deng Feng naturally knows it.

Today's St. John Lee is a typical representative of the American dream, which is an idol in the United States and a role model for Chinese Americans in the United States.

If Li Feng can be interested in his project, maybe he and a few friends will enter a new level of entrepreneurship, and maybe he will really be lucky, Deng Feng thought a little excitedly in his heart.