The elegant and spacious Imperial Hall is brightly lit, with a classic style and a modern atmosphere. The huge banquet hall is surrounded by various antique cabinets, Duobao Pavilion, screens and seats, all of which are made of dark wood.
They are all made of excellent wood. They look ordinary, but in their bones they reveal the luxury of an unusual home.
Jing Gao took a bite of abalone sauce with ginseng, which was smooth, delicious and rich in texture. He followed Zhang Yiming's words: "That's true. I have never advocated that Internet companies have any boundaries. Just do what you can."
He is a powerful person with unlimited cards. In the Internet industry, there is no barrier to entry.
The only difference is whether it is done well or not. For example, he did not enter e-commerce. Instead, he invested 5% of Pinduoduo shares under the guidance of Duan Yongping, and maintained a good relationship with Dong Ge from JD.com.
The current situation of Zhang Yiming is very similar to that of Tencent. That is, he holds the traffic portal in his hand, and users can divert traffic for anything they do! Of course, it will take time to see whether Byte can expand in various fields of the Internet.
Zhang Yiming smiled and said: "Byte now has plans in long videos, e-commerce, and games. In terms of long videos, I would like to ask for your support. As for the taxi business, Mr. Youjing will be in charge, and I will not get involved.
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Seeing that the atmosphere was good, he made a joke that was not very funny. After all, he is a man in science and engineering, so he is not good at this. Just look at the poor performance of Bill Gates, the world's richest man, at the Microsoft press conference. There is a huge gap between his performance and that of Steve Jobs.
It's very obvious.
Jing Gao laughed and raised his glass to Zhang Yiming, indicating that there was no problem in cooperating with the long video. He took a sip of white wine and felt the soft liquor of Maotai flowing into his stomach, "Mr. Zhang, speaking of which, I will treat you well when I study."
I admire experts who can program to solve real needs like this!
I saw it written in Baidu Encyclopedia: When you were working at Kuxun because you couldn’t buy a train ticket home, you wrote a program to search for train tickets and solve your own needs. It’s really cool!”
Everyone should carry the sedan chair!
He doesn't mind complimenting Zhang Yiming either.
This is indeed what he thinks. Although he majored in education, he graduated as an art artist. When he was studying, he admired those "great masters" who could write programs to solve problems.
He came to have dinner with Zhang Yiming. Naturally, he had read the information prepared by his assistant and knew nothing about Zhang Yiming.
Zhang Yiming held the wine glass and explained with a smile: "It was an attempt before I went to Microsoft Research China. A friend invited me to participate in the establishment of Kuxun to engage in travel search business. Later I found that management and technology are completely different.
Went to Microsoft China Research Institute.”
"I know that Microsoft China Research Institute was previously led by Li Kaifu, right? When this thief was high-profile in the past two years, I even said a few words to him. There is a big problem with this person's identity, and he was actually packaged by the media.
Become an entrepreneurial mentor. This is simply outrageous. It is outrageous to open the door to outrageous things. My Phoenix Fund has been targeting Sinovation Ventures!"
Jing Gao doesn't seem to shy away from his grievances with Li Kaifu. This guy named Li has a big problem. Look at what nonsense this person said on the Internet! No Chinese will listen to this thief and won't take advantage of this person.
money.
He is a powerful man, not a rational economic man, so he has the right to be willful! Of course, the Phoenix Fund suffered a lot of losses due to this matter, and also got some reputation for being "overbearing". After all, he was grabbing Sinovation Ventures projects.
While eating his food, Jing Gao kept listening: "Mr. Zhang, I'm very interested in your entrepreneurial process. If you don't mind, tell me about it."
This is his habit of chatting with people. He is better at listening than being a speaker.
Zhang Yiming did not refuse, and chatted with Jing Gao while drinking and eating: "Before I started Byte, I started a business four times. The first time was when I just graduated, and a senior brother asked me to build a collaborative office system for enterprises.
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It was 2005, and shared document offices were not supported like now. So it failed. But I developed a habit from this failure. I prefer to chat with programmers. Talk about product concepts and weird ideas.
I will recruit suitable people.
The second time was Kuxun’s startup. I was in charge of technology.
I stayed at Microsoft China Research Institute for a few months in 2008. I found that it was too far away from users and had no effect on my desire to learn management, so I resigned.
Later, I joined Wang Xin’s ‘Fanfou’ team. Fanfou was the best Twitter in China at the time! I had great hopes of making this product a success, but then Fanfou was blocked.
The fourth time I started my business was in 2009. I started my own business and founded "Jiujiufang". At that time, it was the number one real estate application.
I think this track is just like that in the end. I am more interested in information distribution, which I think is of great significance. So at the end of 2011, I resigned from my position at '99 Rooms' and founded it in 2012 after a year of preparation.
Byte has many apps, the best of which is 'Today's Toutiao'."
Jing Gao took a sip of wine and said, "Mr. Zhang, what a wonderful entrepreneurial resume! I really didn't notice that you had cooperated with Wang Xin of Meituan to start a business. I only knew that a partner of Sequoia China was fighting for you at the time.
Later, I really didn’t compete with Shen Nanpeng, and he came out to create Byte Investment, which was given to you by venture capital. From this, it can be seen that starting a business for college students is a false proposition!”
Technical experts like Zhang Yiming, who can get into Microsoft Research China, basically have a reputation for their domestic technical level. He has to go through four ups and downs to start a business, not to mention other people who do not understand technology and have no
What about ordinary people with resistance from family backgrounds?
Zhang Yiming smiled and shook his head. He found that in addition to being strong, Jing Gao also dared to speak. These words were in the opposite direction of the trend. But this was the truth!
He started a business right out of college, and he is very clear about the ups and downs involved. Many people have emptied their family's savings and failed. Starting a business is not that easy!
Of course, before he founded Byte, his several entrepreneurial experiences made him have enough money to spend in Beijing.
Jing Gao dared to speak boldly, so he should be more relaxed.
"Mr. Jing, Phoenix Films is still going through the A-share listing procedures? I heard that it is preparing to be listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board. Maybe we can consider listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board."
Jing Gao and Zhang Yiming drank a glass of wine together and said: "After all, the motherboard is still larger."
Zhang Yiming nodded, "That's true."
"Where is your Byte? There are no plans to go public yet?"
"It's planned, we'll see. Anyway, Byte is not short of money at the moment. I actually don't like capital messing up the board of directors. It's easier to do things now."
"It makes sense." Jing Gao nodded slightly, "I visited Duan Yongping, the founder of BBK, in the United States last year. He is a business godfather. His views are similar to yours. Why bother to go public when you can mobilize countless funds with just one phone call?
What about being restricted by capital? To run a business, you should follow your own ideas, not those of capital."
"Oh..." Zhang Yiming was very interested in discussing this topic, "Mr. Jing, have you purchased a house in the United States?"
