The owner of this long-established Cantonese tea restaurant in Tianhe Park was a little surprised, although he had been running this tea restaurant for more than 20 years, but it was the first time he had seen such customers.

Since having lunch, the two have not ordered any refreshments, and have been sitting at the table in the corner to talk, sitting for about three hours, never seen these two people change places, and have not even gotten up to go to the bathroom.

There weren't many guests throughout the afternoon, and the owner of the tea restaurant had a lot of time to observe the guests, so the more he looked at it, the more he wondered what the two big men were talking about and how they were talking so energetically.

The owner of the café was not a detective, and he couldn't read the lips of the two men, the only thing he could conclude was that both of them were very addicted to cigarettes, and the cigarettes in their hands had not stopped since they lit their first cigarettes, and the ashtray on the table was already stuffed with cigarette butts.

Moreover, they also asked for a pen in the tea restaurant and scribbled on the menu of the tea restaurant, although the owner did not feel sorry for the cheap menu, but he really wanted to know what the two men drew on the menu.

Out of curiosity, the owner of the tea restaurant asked the waitress of the restaurant to go to the table to listen to what they were talking about, and the waitress who was woken up from a nap walked over with a reluctant face, and took the opportunity to wipe the table and change the ashtray to listen to a few words, but what reached the boss's ears were a few incoherent words:

"Social, Mobile, Contacts, Strangers......"

These words were completely beyond the scope of the tea restaurant owner's knowledge, and he could not tell from them what the two men were engaged in, so he could not figure out what the two men were discussing.

If someone told the owner of the tea restaurant that the two men were discussing a product worth tens of billions, he would definitely think that the other party was talking nonsense.

If someone tells the owner of the tea restaurant that in two years, countless people will have an application on their mobile phones, which will not only replace the function of text messages, but also become the emotional sustenance of countless people, he will definitely feel that the other party is dreaming.

But that's exactly what happened, in this humble tea restaurant, on this dirty tea restaurant menu, the two men consumed a dozen Kent brand cigarettes and spent more than 2 hours discussing the greatest products in the mobile Internet era.

When the prototype of the future app, called "WeChat," was born on that menu, both Ren Pingsheng and Zhang Xiaolong felt mentally exhausted, but also full of excitement about great vision.

Before today, Zhang Xiaolong has been stumbling on himself for a long time, since the completion of the development of QQ mailbox, Zhang Xiaolong is like a dragon slayer warrior who has lost the goal of his challenge, and has not been able to find the direction he should chase.

In the eyes of others, Zhang Xiaolong's life should be very nourishing, he has achieved financial freedom, and he has also been appreciated by his Bole, and he has a relaxed and free working environment, he can make his own products unhurriedly, work and live according to his own preferences and pace.

But for Zhang Xiaolong, this kind of step-by-step life that can be seen at a glance will only make him feel constrained and bored.

Zhang Xiaolong is never a person who is content with the status quo, since he started developing free Foxmail on his own, he has had a dream, hoping that through his products, he can spread his view of the world to more people and change the face of the world.

So he has been competing with himself, trying to force his inspiration out by putting pressure on himself.

But Zhang's algorithm failed, and he tried a road trip to Tibet, crossing no man's land alone, and he spent a lot of time practicing golf and winning the amateur championship, but these activities could only fill his leisure time, but not his desire for innovation.

Zhang Xiaolong is like a traveler who treks through the darkness, he is tirelessly searching for the light, but he does not know where the light is.

The only thing he can do is smoke a lot of Kent brand cigarettes, and update his thoughts and feelings alone and lonely on the meal.

And all this, after he met this man named Ren Pingsheng, changed.

Since Ren Pingsheng proposed the idea of using mobile phone numbers and contacts to expand the social circle of the app, Zhang Xiaolong is like a night walker who has found the dawn, and his eyes suddenly open up, revealing a blue ocean that was once covered by fog.

With the intuition and sensitivity of a genius product manager, Zhang Xiaolong can already conclude that the new smartphone app he discussed with Ren Pingsheng will completely subvert the moat built by traditional IM software such as QQ, and change the way countless people live, communicate and feel at a great level.

This is what Zhang Xiaolong has always dreamed of.

But after the excitement ended, Zhang Xiaolong's eyes returned to their usual melancholy, he frowned, and asked:

"You've told you all the ideas for this product, aren't you worried that I'll report it to Tengxun?"

Of course, Ren Pingsheng will be worried, because he has put all his expectations of becoming an Internet giant on "WeChat", and of course he doesn't want to give Teng Xun his precious rebirth experience to enjoy, and it is not his character to make wedding clothes for others.

But Ren Pingsheng has more confidence in Zhang Xiaolong, he believes that Zhang Xiaolong is not a person who takes interests as the first driving force, otherwise he would not have insisted on a free software for so long, and he would not have rejected the invitations of many large companies because of different concepts.

However, although Ren Pingsheng is full of confidence in Zhang Xiaolong, he is not a person who easily trusts others, and he has already prepared the answer for Zhang Xiaolong's words.

"You won't. ”

Ren Pingsheng didn't have to wait for Zhang Xiaolong to ask "why", he had already begun to say his answer.

"Tengxun is a company that started with QQ, whether it is a game or other business, QQ will always be the core of Tengxun, Tengxun's dependence on QQ, not only because of the moat provided by QQ, but also because of the orthodox status that QQ has formed, making it an unshakable symbol. ”

"And the product we are about to make, the first threat is the orthodox status of QQ, do you think, Teng Xun will let his stepson grow stronger, thus threatening the survival of his own son?"

Ren Pingsheng's words are very subtle, he not only compares QQ to Tengxun's own son, but also hints at Zhang Xiaolong, who was acquired in the later period, and the status of the Huacheng Research Department led by Zhang Xiaolong in Tengxun, although there are many reasons why the Huacheng Research Department is far away from the Tengxun headquarters in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, but the research department itself is not clearly positioned, and it is also a factor that it currently lives in a secluded corner.

Comparing the Huacheng Research Department to a stepson is a very appropriate and accurate description, and this just happens to say Zhang Xiaolong's sensitive heart.

But Ren Pingsheng hadn't finished speaking, he continued to analyze calmly:

"Tengxun's business income, more than half of the SP business from mobile operators, that is, Tengxun wireless division provides, including mobile phone QQ, Tengxun mobile phone network and a series of products are developed and maintained by the wireless division, wireless division is also Tengxun and operators within the best relationship, the most close department. “

"If our product is launched, it will directly threaten the SMS business of mobile operators, which will inevitably attract strong dissatisfaction from operators, and this dissatisfaction will inevitably form pressure on you within the Tencent Group, who bears the brunt, you should know very well, right?"

Zhang Xiaolong was silent for a while, and said softly:

“Tel。 ”

Tel, also known as Liu Chengmin, was the senior executive vice president of Tengxun Group, in charge of Tengxun Wireless Division. As a veteran of Tengxun, Liu Chengmin was born in Warwick and is known for his marketing thinking and keen ability to grasp the market. Since Liu Chengmin joined the company, he has been managing the relationship between Tengxun and operators and mobile phone manufacturers very well.

Liu Chengmin's good relationship with operators has brought great space for the development of the wireless division, which was the first team to generate revenue for Tengxun ten years ago. In April 2004, Tengxun was listed in Hong Kong, and 90% of its revenue comes from the SP business of mobile operators.

It is precisely because of Liu Chengmin's qualifications and career orientation that he has become the biggest obstacle to the internal research and development of "WeChat" in Tengxun. It is said that there were three teams within Tengxun to develop this product at the same time, in addition to the Huacheng R&D Department, the other two teams were from the wireless division in charge of Liu Chengmin, and Liu Chengmin also repeatedly gave negative comments on the R&D behavior of the Huacheng R&D Department in the group's high-level meetings.

Even after "WeChat" had achieved a certain market position, Liu Chengmin once called Zhang Xiaolong, who did not report to him, and asked him to stop publishing ">".

At that time, the "WeChat" team was almost desperate for the company's environment, but fortunately, Zhang Xiaolong pretended not to know about it and released a new version without authorization under pressure, which led to the magnificent chapter in the future.

It's just that Ren Pingsheng, who has insight into all this, did not give Zhang Xiaolong another chance to be a lonely hero.

From the three perspectives of historical tradition, business model and personnel struggle, he completely described the resistance that Zhang Xiaolong and Huacheng R&D Department may encounter in the future in Tengxun Group, and explained the ins and outs of it very thoroughly.

Under this absolute disadvantage, no one can resist the pressure of the environment.

Even a confident person like Zhang Xiaolong can't help but think about his future and the future of the products he wants to build.

But Zhang Xiaolong still wanted to give himself a reason one last time, he hesitated for a moment and replied:

"You're right, but Mr. Ma has the grace of knowing me after all, and I left like this, and I couldn't get emotionally upset. ”

Ren Pingsheng didn't say anything to persuade him again, he just said calmly:

In November 1979, a black American teenager wrote this letter:

I was supposed to be a completely different person.

I should be a brand new, amazing, actor, singer, dancer.

I want to change the world.

I'm going to be better than everyone combined. ”

This teenager is the future emperor superstar Michael Jackson, and this letter was written to himself when he was 21 years old.

Looking at Zhang Xiaolong's eyes that were about to burst into tears, Ren Pingsheng stood up, stretched out his hand, and said in a deep voice:

"Do you want to stay in Tengxun for retirement, or do you want to change the world with me?"

Zhang Xiaolong couldn't hold back the passion in his heart anymore, and he shook Ren Pingsheng's outstretched hand heavily.

"This is the biggest opportunity I've seen on the mobile internet, and I won't miss it. ”

The two men clasped their hands together in the old café, swinging their arms like children, laughing as if no one was around.

The owner of the tea restaurant in the distance looked at these two inexplicable men and their inexplicable actions, and secretly guessed in his heart:

"Are these two fools or madmen?"

Only Ren Pingsheng knows in his heart that the decisions they make today will affect the Internet landscape in the next decade.

An old empire is about to enter the twilight, and a new empire is about to rise.