"Donghu County is located in a mountainous area, but the location of the county seat is actually a plain. There is also Baidao Lake next to the county seat, and the environment is very good. This time I go there, and I can just relax."
In the car leaving Hongcheng Airport, Zheng Ge chuckled at Xi Meng who was sitting beside him.
"Um."
Ximeng responded and chuckled, "I'm looking forward to it."
Zheng Ge smiled and asked casually: "How is it? Is the development of Ant Forest going smoothly these days?"
“It went very smoothly.”
When it comes to work matters, Ximeng is much more serious, "Netizens are very enthusiastic. According to the survey, our Ant Forest has also greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of people all over the world for green travel."
"More than half of the users of our WeChat platform have opened Ant Forest accounts. And this data is growing rapidly every day."
"Yeah!" Zheng Ge hummed and asked again: "Has the number of WeChat users increased?"
"Of course, we have nearly 700 million WeChat users these days. Daily active users are about 400 million, and I am confident that we will exceed 500 million DAU next year," Ximeng said confidently.
Ant Forest's public welfare is also a wave of publicity for WeChat. In the past few days, WeChat has increased a lot in terms of downloads and activity.
Of course, this wave of publicity has also made the public more aware that this is a company with positive energy, thereby improving the company's reputation.
Zheng Ge nodded and asked again: "By the way, how is cloud computing research and development going?"
Preparations for cloud computing began very early.
For this project, at Zheng Ge's suggestion, Yuanda Group invested a huge amount of money.
The amount of funds invested so far has reached 500 million.
This is a huge number.
“Very smooth.”
Speaking of Yuanda cloud computing, Ximeng hesitated and said: "Our Feitian system has also been officially put into research and development. It is expected that Yuanda Cloud will be available for public testing within two years."
Zheng Ge nodded, looking forward to it.
I don’t know if cloud computing in this world is as big as Alibaba Cloud in its previous life.
"What does the industry think of our cloud computing?"
Zheng Ge asked again.
Hearing this, Xi Meng hesitated for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Ge was a little confused.
Ximeng took a deep breath and asked: "Brother Zheng, can our cloud computing really succeed? Can it really reach the stage you said?"
Zheng Ge was stunned, "Why do you ask that?"
He remembered that Xi Meng had always supported him in the research and development of cloud computing!
Xi Meng bit her lip lightly. She had indeed always supported it and followed Zheng Ge's suggestion to invest heavily in the research and development of cloud computing.
But in fact, this does not mean how optimistic she is about this project.
To put it bluntly, she did this just to show her trust in Zheng Ge.
She is usually in charge of Yuanda. No matter what Zheng Ge decides to do or what project he launches, she will give her support.
Not for anything else, just for trust in Zheng Ge.
Just like the mobile payment, she had a little hesitation at first. But she persisted with her trust in Zheng Ge and made everything perfect.
Facts also proved that Zheng Ge was right.
Think back to the series of projects launched by Yuanda Group in the past two years: whether it was the initial Friends Network, or later Weibo, WeChat, mobile payment and other projects, they have all achieved great success.
Even many small projects that Zheng Ge participated in, such as Yuanda Education Platform, have been successful.
The reason why she hesitated about this cloud computing project was for no other reason than that it was too advanced.
"If you have any doubts, just say so. There is nothing we can't talk about between us."
Zheng Ge said gently.
Xi Meng said: "Brother Zheng, I actually think this project is very good, but I feel it is a bit ahead of its time. And the investment is huge. It is estimated that hundreds of millions of dollars will be invested every year, so..."
She just felt the risk was too great.
Zheng Ge breathed out, patted the back of her hand, and said: "You are right, the investment is high and the risk is high, but once it succeeds, the value behind it is also very huge. Therefore, this project is worth our risk."
Xi Meng breathed out and nodded slightly, "Brother Zheng, don't worry, now that I've done it, I will definitely do it to the best of my ability."
"Well, I believe this."
Zheng Ge laughed.
Xi Meng smiled and continued: "Brother Zheng, you asked the industry what they think of cloud computing. In fact, most people in the industry are not optimistic about it. Among them, the chairman of TT Group, including Feng Qiyue, chairman of Penguin Group, and others
, are all not optimistic."
"They believe that the concept of cloud computing is too advanced. It may only be possible in the next few decades. It is difficult to realize with current technology. Their lack of optimism has also made many people in the industry look down on it. Some well-known people are even more optimistic.
He said that this may be the Waterloo of our Yuanda Group."
Hearing this, Zheng Ge suddenly wanted to laugh.
It feels like in the previous life, some Internet giants were not optimistic about Alibaba Cloud.
"Where's Mr. Feng from Taobao? What does he think?"
Zheng Ge was a little curious, wondering what Mr. Feng thought of him.
However, Mr. Feng should be optimistic about this.
Because at the cocktail party, Mr. Feng also proposed that he want to cooperate with him to develop cloud computing.
"Mr. Feng is quite optimistic. He has expressed his optimism about cloud computing several times in public." Xi Meng pursed his lips and smiled and said: "In addition, Taobao Group has contacted us several times and wants to cooperate in developing cloud computing."
Computing. After being rejected by us, it is said that Taobao Group already has plans to independently develop cloud computing."
Zheng Ge nodded, not surprised.
Although this is no longer the earth, this Mr. Feng is still very similar to Mr. Alima in his previous life. Of course, this refers to personality and vision. In terms of appearance, they are quite different.
In his previous life, Mr. Ma boasted that he would invest RMB 1 billion every year in the research and development of cloud computing.
Mr. Feng in this world probably also has this kind of courage.
"Okay, let's do it with peace of mind and try to get our Yuanda Cloud Computing online as soon as possible."
Zheng Ge breathed out, "Yanda. After the cloud computing is launched, there will be some big plans."
Simon was a little curious, what would this big plan be?
Zheng Ge smiled.
On Double Eleven in the previous life, so many orders were processed in a single day. What was the reason?
Just like Tmall, on Double Eleven, billions of transactions were achieved in less than one minute. Why?
Zheng Ge vaguely remembered that Tmall’s Double Eleven sales in 2018 reached 210 billion.
Among them, the contribution of cloud computing is naturally indispensable.
In addition, cloud computing has a wide range of uses and can be applied to various fields such as manufacturing, transportation, medical care, telecommunications, etc.
"OK."
Ximeng took a deep breath. Although she still had many doubts in her heart, seeing Zheng Ge so determined, she could only strengthen her confidence and strive to make cloud computing successful and powerful.