The first thing Ren Pingsheng asked was not to mention ideas, but to ask:

"What do you think of this product on Weibo. ”

Zhang Xiaolong's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he thought for a while and said:

"Weibo and Twitter, in essence, are media forums with social attributes, driven by hot events and news information, and each big V account is a small media platform with its own traffic, they attract followers by producing and disseminating messages, and also realize their own information dissemination through followers. In other words, the first sex of Weibo is media, and the second sex is social. ”

When it comes to the field of products, Zhang Xiaolong changed his previous situation of listening to more and talking less, and began to become talkative.

"On Weibo, only the most novel, high-level and unexpected information will attract the most people to watch and attract the most fans, so what the big Vs on Weibo show to the outside world is their best side, not the most real side. ”

Zhang Xiaolong only described the product logic and development direction of Weibo in just a few words, and his profile of Weibo users is completely correct, this keen and profound observation is indeed worthy of the title of the best product manager.

Ren Pingsheng thought for a moment and asked:

"That's why you'd rather use rice than Weibo?"

Zhang Xiaolong nodded, shook his head again, and said:

"I am a nostalgic person, once I get used to a place and identify a thing, I rarely take the initiative to change it. ”

"It's a good thing for Weibo to be restricted from developing, but for me, it doesn't matter much, I just need a place to talk and express myself, and it doesn't matter where this place is. ”

Ren Pingsheng nodded and agreed:

"Compared with Weibo, there are not many media factors on Fanno, and people who can use Fanno are willing to share their real lives, which is purer and closer to the original meaning of socializing. ”

Zhang Xiaolong took out a pack of KENT and gestured:

"You don't smoke. ”

Ren Pingsheng nodded, took the cigarette handed over by Zhang Xiaolong, and the two of them lit it separately and took a few puffs.

Zhang Xiaolong looked at the smoke lingering in his fingers and said:

"When I used to work on software by myself, it was the only one that accompanied me, and it has been more than ten years. ”

Ren Pingsheng knew that Zhang Xiaolong had a habit of smoking, and judging from his yellowed index finger and thumb, this was a veteran smoker.

"Now that I have another meal, whenever I have an idea, but I haven't really formed an idea yet, I'm more than happy to write it on it. I don't need a lot of attention, I don't need to talk to a lot of people, but when I write these thoughts, I feel like I'm given a separate space, a space to talk to myself. ”

Zhang Xiaolong said slowly, as if he was not talking to Ren Pingsheng, as if he was talking to his own soul.

This feeling is amazing, especially after Ren Pingsheng has read all the more than 500 messages published on @gzallen's account, and he can deeply understand the loneliness and loneliness of this top programmer and product manager.

In @gzallen (Zhang Xiaolong)'s meal, what you see is a complete, free, and real Zhang Xiaolong, who can chat, sell cuteness, lyricism, write poetry, write jokes, talk about products, take pictures, and scold.

In terms of food, Zhang Xiaolong's actions are exactly the same as almost everything that every normal netizen would do. He will share and complain about the subtle phenomena in life, ignore capitalization when posting product names, swear when shocked, record the details of life, and summarize the rules of what he sees.

Sometimes, he will take a picture and upload it casually, showing off his literary talents.

At this point, Zhang Xiaolong does fit the world's stereotype of programmers: boring on the outside and complaining on the inside.

Although Zhang Xiaolong has always been a lonely genius in the description of the outside world, being silent to the outside world does not mean that he is pale inside.

Since he is truly alive, no matter how far away he is from the hustle and bustle, he also has his own life and opinions, and he needs to satisfy the desire to show and be recognized in human nature.

Ren Pingsheng spit out a puff of smoke rings and said softly:

"Expression is human nature, and it is the biggest difference between humans and animals. ”

Zhang Xiaolong nodded and stopped talking.

This is his character, leaving his true side on the Internet, in the virtual world.

In reality, Zhang Xiaolong is almost the opposite of two people.

Ren Pingsheng decided to step into the theme of this time, he extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette butt in the ashtray, sat up straight, and said in a straight voice:

"Remember the last time I told you about the 'one'?"

Zhang Xiaolong nodded, obviously he was deeply impressed by Ren Pingsheng's words on the meal @ him, he thought for a while and said:

"Your idea is great, but it's not that simple to do. So far, only QQ has been able to do this. ”

Ren Pingsheng said unhurriedly:

"QQ carries too many traces of history, history can bring glory to it, but it can also drag it down and make it unable to move forward. ”

Zhang Xiaolong stopped talking, and there was a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

Ren Pingsheng continued to inspire:

"Two strangers meet for the first time, what do they have to do if they want to keep in touch in the future?"

Zhang Xiaolong said slowly:

"Leave a mobile phone number, or QQ number, email?"

Ren Pingsheng nodded and said:

"You see, when everyone answers this question, the first choice is the mobile phone number. ”

"That is to say, mobile phones are the most popular communication tools for people, if you know the other party's mobile phone number, you can contact the other party, why do you need to register QQ, to register an email address?"

What Ren Pingsheng said, obviously Zhang Xiaolong hadn't thought about it before, so his eyebrows tightened again, and he asked rhetorically:

However, in reality, there are some people who are not used to communicating with others in person and do not like to call as a means of communication. ”

Ren Pingsheng clapped his hands and said in harmony:

"Yes, that's why we need a new product. It doesn't need to be registered, as long as you enter your mobile phone number, you can automatically contact each other; it is always online, you can accept other people's information at any time, there is no invisible operation option; it doesn't need you to hang up, and it won't push ads to you, its only function is: find each other, communicate with each other, and then turn it off. ”

What Ren Pingsheng depicts is the design principle of products like Kik\\Whatapp\\WeChat, which is a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) software that can directly establish a connection with contacts based on the local address book, and on this basis, realize free SMS chat, call stickers, personal status synchronization and other functions.

It's just that when Ren Pingsheng proposed this concept, he was nearly a year ahead of the first Whatapp, which was prescient enough to shake the world.

As a genius product manager, Zhang Xiaolong was completely driven by Ren Pingsheng's thinking, and he replied:

"The weakness of mobile QQ is precisely because of its too many additional functions, which makes the whole application extremely bloated and inefficient, making users daunted. ”

Zhang Xiaolong's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he muttered to himself:

"Reduce complicated options, do the most basic functions well, a good product, should reduce the disturbance and time occupation of users, should be used up and gone. ”

Ren Pingsheng finally smiled.

He understood that Zhang Xiaolong's brain had already formed the prototype of this product.

All of this started with Ren Pingsheng's words.

Therefore, Ren Pingsheng leaned forward, looked at Zhang Xiaolong with confidence, and solemnly said the invitation:

"Let's make a product that can change the world. ”