Although Majek has a bad temper, it is not without reason that he values Lin Yi.
Lin Yi did not leave immediately after the dinner. He came to Wuzhen this time. In addition to helping Ma Jieke to support the scene, he had other arrangements.
Wang Xing made an appointment with him.
Lin Yi did not refuse and happily went to the appointment.
Although Factory A had warned him not to hook up with Wang Xing again, today's matter had nothing to do with Goose Factory, so he still came.
This was the first time Lin Yi and Wang Xing met after they moved to Factory A and Goose Factory respectively.
It seems that the two of them have no grudges. After all, so far, they have no direct competitive relationship, and there is nothing they can do about it.
However, there were more than two people present, and Wang Xing introduced another important person to him.
"Zhang Yiming worked with me at Fanfou for a while. Later, he started his own business and made a product, which is now the famous Toutiao. His company is called Byte."
In fact, this introduction was just a courtesy. Although Lin Yi and Zhang Yiming had never made friends before, they certainly knew each other.
Zhang Yiming comes from a technical background and looks like a typical science and engineering man. You can tell that he is not that outgoing and unrestrained personality.
If it weren't for Wang Xing's plan today, he wouldn't have planned to go out to socialize.
Lin Yi said sincerely: "I have long admired you."
The other two people probably took it as a courtesy, Zhang Yiming shook hands with him in a friendly manner, and then both parties said hello.
As the convener and the intersection of the three people's relationships, Wang Xing took the initiative and said: "There is no other reason for calling you here today. It's just to get acquainted and make friends."
That's what he said, but as we chatted, we could still detect some clues.
What do these three people have in common?
The three companies they each represent, Wanli Travel, Every Group and Byte, are now the three largest super unicorns in China, with their latest valuations exceeding US$10 billion.
Correspondingly, they are also the rising stars that have attracted much attention in the industry in the past few years, with the fastest development and the fastest upward momentum.
They continued to develop, but they vaguely felt that three towering and steep mountains appeared above their heads.
BAT is an unavoidable target, and both Lin Yi and Wang Xing agree that they cannot directly confront it.
Zhang Yiming seems to have a different opinion.
It can also be seen from their choices that Wang Xing is now a member of Xiaoma Ge from the Goose Factory, and Lin Yi has gathered three mythical beasts at once.
Zhang Yiming’s Byte has not been incorporated by any major manufacturer so far.
"To find the inherent flaws of BAT, you should first find out their underlying logic. At least in the field of information distribution, I am very confident that it can beat Xiong Factory."
By the way, Robin Li of Xiong Factory has been having such a hard time in the past two years. In addition to failing to develop his own mobile and O2O projects, Zhang Yiming also contributed a lot.
The headlines he made had a huge impact on Xiong Factory's business, and people were already eating out of that bowl.
Lin Yi joked: "If Robin Li is guided by some mysterious power at this time and can make anyone in the world disappear forever without being punished, you may have a good chance of competing for this honor."
Among the three people today, Zhang Yiming is the most inconspicuous because he has no story.
Lin Yi and Wang Xing have both experienced brutal industry competition in the past three years, received countless attention, and had their shining moments.
But Lin Yi knew in his heart that Zhang Yiming was the one who had gone the furthest.
He was the first person to play with algorithms.
People often use "version iteration" to describe the development trend of the Internet industry and the ups and downs of those companies.
Facts have proven that Zhang Yiming's version is not only at least one generation ahead in China, but is still one generation ahead overseas.
In the past, there were always people saying that Silicon Valley giants were so awesome, but they were later beaten into disgrace and disgraced by the Douyin international version of TT.
You can only make moves outside the market.
Those were all afterthoughts, Wang Xing said: "Lin Yi, it seems that you are the luckiest one now."
Lin Yixiao asked: "Where am I lucky? I have been worried for three years. At the worst time, my girlfriend said that if I went bankrupt, she would support me."
Wang Xing pointed at him disdainfully, meaning he was pretending.
"Your track is good. You see, the merger was also under the auspices of capital. After the merger, the industry structure was basically unified, but my valuation is not as good as yours."
"Let's talk about the relationship with the big factory. After I broke up with Factory A, they used their reputation and invested in Are You Hungry to disgust me? Although Goose Factory is a big deal, how much can it help me?"
"Although Yi Ming said it lightly, I don't think it's that easy to deal with Xiong Factory. We still maintain a stable frequency of one round of financing every year."
Lin Yi keenly noticed that when Wang Xing mentioned his valuation, there was some real envy in his tone.
The low-key Zhang Yiming remained silent on the sidelines.
Sure enough, he made a fortune silently.
The three of them chatted about various things, but the main process today was really eating.
Because apart from discussing and complaining with each other, their business cooperation is relatively distant. The only thing they have in common is that they are in a similar stage and status.
Although this meeting was not deliberately secretive, it was not a big fanfare either. Unexpectedly, the news spread and attracted a certain amount of attention.
In fact, before this, some media had begun to refer to the three companies together, and this meeting seemed to be a signal.
Overnight, the astonishing term "New Big Three" spread like wildfire, and they were also abbreviated as BMW based on the BAT format.
B, Byte, byte.
M, each group.
W, travel thousands of miles.
Strictly speaking, although these three companies have performed well in recent years and seem to have good potential, they are still far from the real Big Three. The so-called "New Big Three" or "Little Big Three" are exaggerated.
But the public opinion field needs freshness.
Perhaps people have begun to get tired of BAT. Regardless of whether the parties involved are happy or not, BMW's rhetoric quickly spread.
For Lin Yi, there is another "surprise".
As soon as BMW's statement came out, the busybodies on the Internet conducted a clumsy analysis. In addition to mumbling a few jargon, they also insisted on distinguishing themselves.
The object of their comparison is company valuation, because the shareholding ratio information of unlisted companies is not completely public, and the information is often unclear when financing, so it is difficult to calculate the net worth.
The latest valuation after the merger of Wanli Travel and Tuktuk Taxi has reached US$36 billion. At this time, each group is only about one-half of it, and Byte is one-third.
As a result, Wanli Travel was naturally named the "head of the new three giants", and Lin Yi himself became the creative material of the marketing account:
"The wealth and life of the most powerful post-90s generation on earth: successful entrepreneurs challenge BAT, and scandals continue to bloom!".