Chapter 098 [Two announcements that caused a sensation in the Internet industry]
Almost every college student who logs into Weibo for the first time because of the "chicken leg tactic" will be attracted by the "Micro Novels @ Big World" activity on the homepage, and most importantly, by the lottery prizes awarded by the contest.
As time goes by, it has gradually become a hot topic on university campuses, and its popularity is gradually increasing.
With enough lottery tickets to attract, a large number of users participated in this event one after another, giving full play to their literary talents and whimsical ideas. Friends recommended each other to vote for each other, which is also canvassing votes. However, the Weibo platform has no restrictions on this.
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Because this can not only increase user activity, but also add new users.
For example, one person in a certain dormitory participated in this competition, and several other people did not register on Weibo originally. Then, in order to canvass votes, several other people registered Weibo accounts, and new users were born.
It not only brings new users but also increases the activity of platform users.
With the advertising on QQ, major portals and other platforms, it further drives the rapid growth of Weibo users.
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On Monday, January 5, A-shares ushered in the first trading day of the new year after the holiday, and got off to a good start.
Today, the two markets opened sharply higher. The Shanghai Stock Index opened sharply higher at 1849.02 points by 1.55%. It also fluctuated all the way higher during the session, and finally closed up 3.29% at 1880.71 points.
Among the seven targets held by Fang Hong, Zhongxin Securities rose 4.95%, Hitong Securities rose 8.63%, Pufa Bank closed up 3.55%, Zhongguo Ping An rose 8.50%, Zhaoshang Bank rose 3.54%, and Zhongguo Bank closed up 3.55%.
CPIC rose 6.65%, and Shanqi Coking Coal rose 10.03% to close the daily limit.
The seven targets held with full positions were accounted for 4.625 million yuan today. The total return rate on the day was 6.51%, and the total market value of the account also reached 75.625 million yuan.
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On the next day, Tuesday, January 6, A-shares rose sharply again, and the market pulled up a big positive line and closed up 3%. However, the seven tickets in Fang Hong's hand all went red today, and the full position made a profit that day.
The rate exceeded 4 percentage points, the absolute profit was 3.16 million yuan, and the total account assets soared to 78.79 million yuan.
The sharp rise in the stock market in the past two days, especially the rise in big finance, was mainly driven by the good news from the upper management. At the work meeting held on the 5th, the upper management pointed out that this year will implement the structural tax reduction policy and continue to implement the temporary tax exemption
Income tax on interest on savings deposits and securities transaction settlement funds, reducing stamp tax rates on securities transactions, and unilateral collection strategies.
Fang Hong also updated his Weibo news today, which is also the first Weibo news in the new year of 2009.
I found a picture on the Internet, a cow. Today’s Weibo did not capture the position picture, it just included a picture of a cow, and I wrote ten words to publish it:
[New Year, New Weather, Year of the Ox, Get up]
Not long after the dynamic release was posted, there were a lot of comments.
[Front row.]
[Happy New Year k God!]
[Get up!]
[Master Patriarch’s beef batch is as good as ever, I’ve eaten a lot of meat in the past two days.]
[It was cloudy in the last two days before the festival, and it almost threw me out, but luckily I resisted.]
[Follow the footsteps of the ancestor and eat meat steadily!]
[God K, can you create a group?]
[k3478//Reply: No group building, no stock recommendation, only sharing, pure communication.]
[All right……]
[I met God K unexpectedly, and I feel like I have hope of returning to my roots.]
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In the next few trading days, the market rose sharply for two days and then fell back for a few days. Fang Hong also did T, avoiding the market correction and avoiding the retracement of profits.
However, he did not post frequently on Weibo, and fans who followed suit had enough profit margin due to the sharp rise in the two days after the holiday, so they were not so panicked by the profit retracement, but continued to hold on calmly.
After all, the founder has said that the market outlook is expected to continue to rise, and the tickets purchased are also based on the mid-line trend. It is normal to have adjustments.
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Friday, January 9th.
Today, two announcements made by Quantum Beat caused a sensation in the Internet circle.
The first announcement was that Quantum Beat officially announced that it had received 90 million yuan in pre-A round venture capital from investors. However, it did not disclose the specific information of the investors, nor did it disclose the specific amount of equity transferred.
Obviously, the company has made corresponding adjustments, from being low-key before to being high-profile, because even if you want to be low-key now, it is an ostrich behavior. More and more employers and Internet companies are paying attention, so it is better to show your strength openly.
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At the same time, it also provides strong support for the ongoing micro-novel competition. Seeing that you have received such a large amount of venture capital, everyone is more assured that your activity will not run away in the end.
This news undoubtedly surprised the industry. The pre-A financing actually received 90 million yuan. You must know that many startup companies may not be able to obtain such a large investment in their A and B rounds of financing.
The industry is also very curious about which VC investor it is. Many people can't help but think of SoftBank. After all, SoftBank is relatively famous in the industry for its generous spending.
But in comparison, the second announcement shocked the domestic Internet circles even more. In the announcement, Quantum Beat announced that the cumulative number of registered users of its Quantong Weibo exceeded 6.5 million.
The website was launched in October last year, and it has been less than three months. This achievement can be said to be unparalleled.
All senior practitioners in the Internet industry know very well what such a growth rate means. The number of users of the school network increased by more than one million in the first three months of its launch back then, which was incredible.
The explosive growth of users of Quandong Weibo has finally made the field of micro blogging receive great attention from people from all walks of life in the Internet and investment circles.
If the great success of Twitter in North America has given hope to domestic entrepreneurs, then the current growth momentum of Weibo undoubtedly proves that this segment can open up a greater space for imagination.
Venture capital institutions have also found the contact information of the head of Quantum Beat, making various calls to chat with Xu Jingren, and also spying on information such as Quantum Beat’s angel round investors, who are the pre-A round investors, and how much equity has been transferred.
etc.
In addition, what is more important is when the next round of A round of financing will be launched. The calls from these investors all showed a strong willingness to get on board.
Because in the Internet industry, once the right new model and the right path are found and the huge user needs of the Internet are met, exponential growth will follow, and basically it will only happen in the first one or two years.
Time determines life and death. If you can get up within a year or two, you are really up. If you can't get up, you will basically die.
When Facebook rises, its competitors gradually fade away; when Google rises, its competitors gradually fade away; including Twitter, which has a strong momentum, and domestic companies such as QQ rise, but its competitors fade away.
The Internet industry is basically like this, whether it is the domestic Internet or the foreign Internet, it is generally the same situation.
The strong growth momentum of Liangdong Weibo has also caused the capital market to re-evaluate the value of the micro-blog field, making similar websites such as Fanfou, Jiwai, Digu and other websites more valuable than before.
Already.
At least, it is relatively easier for the founding teams of these websites to attract investment than before.
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Quantum Beat Headquarters.
Fang Hong came to the company in the afternoon. At this moment, five people with Xu Jingren, including several other senior executives of the company, gathered in a conference room. These non-founders also already knew that Fang Hong was the hidden boss, and Xu Jingren wanted to
Listen to him.
"Boss, Penguin, Xinlang and other social giants or portal giants have all recently refused to accept our next round of advertising business without exception. Your judgment is indeed correct. They probably want to enter the market too," Xu Jingren said with a smile.
He said that at present, major Internet companies such as QQ and Xinlang are still promoting Weibo because this is a previous contract and the time has not expired.
If you break the contract, you will have to pay more than ten times the liquidated damages, and it will be very painful, so I can only bite the bullet and push it, but I will not accept the next round of advertisements.
Xu Jingren added: "The giants and big companies have gone out of business one after another. To be honest, there is still a lot of pressure, especially Penguin."
After hearing this, Fang Hong said calmly and confidently: "There is no need to worry about Penguin. Even though it is coming menacingly, it does not pose much of a threat to Liangdong Weibo."
A key non-founder who attended the meeting said: "Penguin has a huge QQ user base, which should not be underestimated."
Fang Hong nodded and said: "Of course we can't underestimate it, but we don't have to be intimidated. The underlying logic is still a matter of genes. We all know that Penguin started with QQ and is good at social product relationship chains, which is its core competition.
However, the media attribute of Weibo is greater than the social attribute, and Penguin will most likely not be accustomed to it if it enters this field."
"On the contrary, we have to pay more attention to Xinlang, which started as a small business. Xinlang was born in the media in the first place. Its media attributes are greater than social attributes, so once Xinlang is over, their operation methods will be more precise.
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"Our next plan is to attract various celebrities and celebrities to Liangdong Weibo and turn Weibo into their publicity platform, bringing the most natural traffic and fan relationships. I believe Xinlang will definitely do the same.
, and Xinlang’s blog, which was already very popular before, also provided a good foundation for Xinlang to start Weibo.”
Fang Hong paused for a moment and finally added: "On the contrary, Penguin doesn't have much experience in this area. I guess he can only imitate cats and imitate tigers, and the effect will naturally not be very good."
Hearing his deconstruction, everyone present couldn't help but nod. Xin Lang is the opponent that should be taken more seriously.
