readx; Hou Hengzhi explained a lot, but Shi Lei easily understood, this is really similar to some of the software he used in that life. At that time www.biquge.info the Internet use of mobile phones was very common, and various social software and websites came into being, especially after Twitter and Facebook became extremely popular.

Many apps, including Weibo, have introduced a "find around" feature that allows you to find out other users within a certain distance of the user, making it easier to communicate offline – in fact, to facilitate conversations.

This kind of functional thing is commonplace ten years later, but in the middle of 2000, when BBS was still in full swing, it really seemed very ingenious. It's just that this function seems to be quite a bit chicken when the network function is not perfect enough, and it is basically impossible to interact, and there is a lack of a surname.

Many failed products are not product failures, but because products are too ahead of the times. For Shi Lei, the ideas of these two British college students belong to the advanced and excessive type, because the imperfect part of this product can be perfected by continuing research and development, but it will be limited by the general environment, and the function is too simple, obviously it must become a failed product.

Since the establishment of Shi Lei Group, until now, he has always emphasized a consciousness of advanced thinking, he often will say the same sentence to the people around him, that is, after the Internet era is fully opened, the way of thinking determines the survival value of the enterprise, failure is not terrible, following the trend is the beginning of the demise of the enterprise.

Hou Hengzhi was one of the people who were heavily affected, and it was precisely because of this that he was able to see the innovative consciousness that Shi Lei needed from these two British college students who had been rejected countless times - in fact, perhaps more importantly, because of their active and bold thinking.

"Where are those two people? I want to meet them. Shi Lei said to Hou Hengzhi.

Hou Hengzhi hurriedly said: "It should still be here to seek possible investment, I left their phone number, but, Shi Shao, their products we have collectively studied, basically do not have investment value, I just appreciate their thinking mode, if they can join our product design department, it should be able to bring us a lot of fresh motivation." ”

Shi Lei smiled: "I understand this, this thing is a chicken rib, and it can't be further developed." You bring those two guys, and I'll talk to them. ”

Hou Hengzhi relieved himself, took out the phone and dialed the two British college students. In a few simple words, the two college students quickly appeared in front of the booth of the Stone Group, one was close to one meter nine, thin and tall, with brown curly hair and blue eyes, and the other was about one meter seven, with very short hair and strong body. When he saw these two people, Shi Lei was slightly stunned, because the appearance of these two people reminded him of a combination in a novel - Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

"The tall one is called Pamela, and the short one is called Woking, both students at Imperial College London." Hou Hengzhi introduced Shi Lei, and then said to Pamela and Woking: "This is our boss, Shi." ”

Boss is the boss for Chinese, but for people in English-speaking countries, the boss is naturally the boss, the superior is also the boss, and even the school tutor is also the boss, in short, as long as you can send you work, it is the boss, so Pamela and Woking After hearing that Shi Lei is the boss, the answer is a little strange.

"So this is the chief engineer of your group? It's so young, it's not as old as us. Woking spoke first.

Shi Lei smiled, stretched out his hand, and shook hands with the two of them, originally didn't want to explain, but Pamela said with some hesitation: "We have demonstrated the product in detail just now, I think if you have the intention of investing, we will talk about it, otherwise we want to try our luck again and find other investment possibilities." ”

Pamela's meaning is very simple, if Shi Lei is the chief engineer, basically he has no power to intervene in the investment negotiations, which needs to be decided by the manager of the investment department, even if the chief engineer is at the level of vice president of the group. There may not be too many people in China who have such awareness, and in fact, most companies do not have a clear division of labor in this regard, but the British, who are known for their old-fashionedness, are quite mindful of this. Thinking that Shi Lei did not have the power to invest, Pamela and Woking were obviously disappointed.

As a last resort, Shi Lei could only explain: "What he introduced just now is not clear enough, which is also the semantic difference between our Chinese and your English." I, the boss, actually mean the chairman of the group and the largest shareholder. ”

"What? Are you the chairman? Pamela and Woking's mouths suddenly opened wide, but they were not like their peers in China, suddenly envious, jealous, hateful and all kinds of timidity, they just looked at Shi Lei in disbelief, looking up and down, but they quickly accepted the reality. After all, in this era, in the era of the Internet, too many people in their twenties or even teens have a net worth of hundreds of millions and billions, at least around the year 2000, such industrial myths are still emerging.

"I won't explain much about this, if there is really a possibility of cooperation, then you will have a full understanding of the situation of our Stone Group. But you should also have a general understanding of our group, we are not a company, but a company whose main business is communication equipment and providing communication network solutions, so don't think that our company is the kind of company that rises overnight and relies on a large amount of venture capital to survive. I am telling you this because it is relevant to our next conversation. ”

Woking looked at Pamela, and both of them seemed to understand the meaning of Shi Lei's words.

After exchanging glances, it was finally Pamela who spoke: "Mr. Shi, you mean that you don't want to invest in our products, but want to cooperate in other ways?" ”

Shi Lei smiled and nodded: "Frankly speaking, your products are full of creativity, but they lack the necessary market prospects, which you must have experienced." You shouldn't be looking for investment on the first day, I'm afraid the result is so bad that almost all companies will flatly refuse to invest in you, right? ”

Pamela shook her head: "It is not difficult to conclude that since we can still come to you with products, naturally no one is willing to invest in us, so if you want to use this to make us give up the idea of seeking other investors, I am afraid it is impossible." Moreover, if you have enough knowledge of the future market, you will know that our product still has a very broad market prospect, but it will take time. Pamela was a little agitated when she said this.

Shi Lei smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, we can sit down and talk, anyway, you don't lack this little time, right?" ”

Pamela and Wojin glanced at each other again, shrugged their shoulders helplessly, and sat on the chair that Hou Hengzhi asked them to bring them.

"Mr. Shi, why don't we show you our product again......" Pamela tried to pull the prototype out of her pocket.

Shi Lei stretched out his hand to stop him: "No need, he has already explained it to me just now, I think I also understand the function of your product." ”

"But the presentation will be completely different, and we can explain to you our judgment of the future market." Pamela became more and more anxious.

"Throw away your market research and proposals, it won't do anything to me. This is a social product, with the ability to receive and actively search, borrowing from the natural existence of cellular networks around the world, but it does not occupy traffic, I am not wrong about the basic principle of your product, right? ”

Wojin licked his lips, and seemed to think that Shi Lei's summary was quite accurate.

"I don't need to explain because I fully understand your design intent and your judgment on the future market. The advent of the Internet era will inevitably lead to more people not need to go out of the house to complete their work, and even all future life activities, most of which can be realized through the Internet, in this way, individual people will lose their original social circle, so they need to have such tools to help them find friends. And your product can allow people who don't know each other to save the process of introducing each other, and because of the scope of search, they can also see the real existence of that person, so as to actively socialize. From this point of view, I agree with you that the market outlook is indeed quite positive. ”

Obviously, Shi Lei's words caused a strong resonance between Pamela and Woking, and the two of them were happy.

"However, I still won't give you any investment in this product, because it is almost impossible for this product to have the possibility of interaction, unless it is simply like a mobile phone, which can send and receive messages and achieve communication interaction. But in this case, we might as well simply design such a software for mobile phones, rather than using a separate product. I know you must have a lot of ideas that will make your product flesh out and make it look like it's competitive enough in the market. However, I must tell you that mobile phones are getting smaller and smaller, and computers are the same, and the network is getting faster and faster, and in the future, mobile phones will have all the functions of the Internet just like computers. Even if someone invests in you now, your product is only a transitional product, just like you, Pamela, the MD you use, will inevitably be replaced by a lighter and more convenient MP3 player, and in less than two years, those companies that have developed MD will find that they have designed a chicken rib. ”

Shi Lei's merciless blow made Pamela and Woking's faces a little pale, and they seemed to finally realize the most fatal flaw in their proud product

(To be continued)