On the 25th, Weibo was officially launched globally.

More than a dozen celebrities in the sports and entertainment circles, including O'Neill, who was the first to play Twitter, and dozens of grassroots Twitter celebrities announced their withdrawal from Twitter and said Happy Holidays on Weibo. In addition to playing Twitter, Weibo also invited several well-known talk show hosts in the United States to be Weibo promotion ambassadors. At the same time, advertisements were placed on talk shows and on the Internet.

Because Twitter has cultivated tens of millions of microblog users, and several famous talk show hosts have a large number of fans, more than 300,000 American netizens have registered Weibo with the celebrities they follow in one day.

Weibo's trick is a bit ruthless, at this time there are not too many celebrities who play Twitter, and Weibo can sign more big-name stars, but Weibo still digs up most of the celebrities and grassroots celebrities who play Twitter, and directly makes many Twitter users register Weibo.

Weibo has not invested much in the United States, with fifteen million dollars spent on poaching people and hiring talk show hosts, and all celebrities signed up for one-year contracts, and there is no regulation on how many Weibo posts they have to post. The budget for online promotion is 10 million US dollars, and it is not as heavy as in China.

In Asian and European countries, Weibo has also invited some celebrities and promoted them on the Internet.

Overall, Weibo's investment in other countries is cautious, but the $50 million global promotion cost is not comparable to other similar software. Twitter's 2008 Series B funding was only $20 million.

Twitter is very annoyed by Weibo's promotion method, and several founders also scolded Weibo on Twitter, but they did not sign a contract with any celebrity, and they did not even launch a celebrity verification function, so they had no choice but to step up planning for the next round of financing, and they had sufficient funds to compete with Weibo.

Of course, the global promotion of Weibo is not without a price. The billion on Weibo's account only took more than two months to leave less than 200 million, and with Weibo's money-burning rate, these funds could not support three months.

However, Lei Ming still decided to start financing in a few months, one is that Weibo is developing rapidly, and the number of users may double in a few months, and the valuation will also double, and the other is that the financial crisis has not bottomed out, and it is not easy to get a high valuation for financing now.

As for Weibo's funding problem, although Micro Technology does not have much money on its books now, it can still inject another $50 million into Weibo.

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"I work on Christmas Eve and Christmas, that's what happens to the president of the group. ”

This is Lei Ming's Weibo with resentment.

Because he had to meet with many local governments, Lei Ming was reluctant to let Liu Qian have a tiring journey, and Liu Qian also felt that it was a little inappropriate to follow Lei Ming to talk to local leaders, so she went back to Chongqing City to visit relatives.

On the first Christmas Eve and Christmas after falling in love, the two could only contact by phone, and Lei Ming was very unhappy about this.

In addition to official visits, there were also a number of private visits.

A family circle that has been inherited for hundreds of years is very large, if it weren't for the development of the conference on the 28th, I would have to go to Xiangjiang with Lei Yang and his entourage.

On the afternoon of December 27, Lei Ming returned to the capital.

Liu Qian also returned to the capital on the same day.

When Lei Ming returned to the villa and saw that it was the sweet Liu Qian who opened the door for him personally, he couldn't help hugging Liu Qian and said affectionately: "Wife, I miss you to death." ”

Liu Qian saw Cheng Zhong and the others behind her avoiding her gaze, and said with a hint of shyness: "Me too." ”

Lei Ming and the maid at home nodded, let go of Liu Qian and said, "My wife will go up with me to change clothes first." ”

"Hmm. ”

Lei Ming led Liu Qian upstairs, and out of the servant's sight, he picked up Liu Qian, and while walking, he lowered his head and kissed the beauty in his arms.

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A night of greed.

When Lei Ming left the next morning, Liu Qian, who had exercised a little too much at night, was still sleeping in Haitang Spring.

Hundreds of media gathered at China World Hotel.

Many of Leiming's fans are punctual in the six rooms to watch the live broadcast of the press conference, and other stars are in TV series, movies, concerts, awards parties or something, and Leiming is a variety of press conferences.

During this time, Lei Ming was in the United States, and some reporters who followed him to the United States couldn't catch Lei Ming's figure, and fans could only see him on Lei Ming's Weibo, but fortunately, Lei Ming's Weibo was very diligent.

When Lei Ming appeared in a perfectly tailored white tunic suit, the reporters immediately pressed the shutter frantically.

The fans who watched the live broadcast couldn't help but lick the screen.

"The president's figure is so tall. ”

"The president is so heroic. ”

"And the gray and black tunic that the president wore at the first development conference are completely two feelings, the last time it was the handsome son of the Republic of China, and this time it was the feeling of Chen Zhen of the Republic of China, so masculine. ”

"It's so perfect, I really want to see the president practicing martial arts in a Zhongshan suit. ”

"The president likes tunics. ”

Lei Ming, Weibo CEO Wang Xing, and Online Banking CEO Zhao Guodong appeared at the press conference together.

"Thank you for attending this press conference. The press conference mainly announced two contents, the first is the establishment of Meituan, a group buying website under Micro Technology, and Wang Xing is the CEO. On January 1, 2009, Meituan was the first to launch in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. The second is that online banking will take out 100 million yuan to subsidize user consumption, during the period from January 1, 2009 to January 31, 2009, users will receive a random subsidy of 1 yuan to 1,000 yuan for the first three purchases of online banking every day. It can be regarded as a New Year's greeting for everyone with microtechnology. ”

Speaking of this, Lei Ming hugged his fists to everyone.

Netizens who watched the live broadcast were immediately excited.

"100 million yuan for the New Year, domineering. ”

"It seems that everyone will use online banking to shop online in January. ”

"The president is going to make efforts to pay third-party"

"The president is domineering, and the shot is 100 million. ”

"I like such a spoiler, Alipay also has a wave of subsidies. ”

"It's a pity that Taobao can't use online banking. ”

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"During this period, various domestic economic data have shown a sharp downward trend, and some people feel that China's economy has been hit by the world financial crisis and may fall into recession. Some people also said that I had also taken refuge in the United States and did not dare to invest heavily in the country anymore.

Today, I would like to solemnly tell you that I am firmly optimistic about China's economy. The domestic economic data may be very bad in the next few months, but I believe that these are just a small ripple in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and China has the ability to maintain stable and rapid economic development.

In addition to Meituan, in 2009, not only Microtechnology will also have larger investment projects, but Lei's Group will also return to China for investment in a large way.

In addition, the New Era Fund I am in charge of has raised more than 10 billion US dollars, and a few days ago, after I returned to China, I also applied to the relevant departments to see if they could give us a green light, and if I could get the QFII qualification, I could transfer 3 billion US dollars to invest in the domestic stock market for a long time. The financial crisis is not terrible, it is the loss of confidence. I firmly believe that the Chinese nation will move towards great rejuvenation, and I am willing to contribute to this end. ”

Lei Ming's words were sonorous and powerful, coupled with a white Mao suit and a righteous face, the people at the scene and watching the live broadcast seemed to see a man with lofty ideals who was willing to throw his head and spill his blood for the country, especially the picture of Lei Ming's last fist made many fans instantly.