Chapter 865 The first attack of Chinese Internet companies
The development of science and technology has its own inevitable laws and cannot be faked at all.
If you don't have good materials and technology, you can't build a good engine. Without a good engine, your fighter jet won't be as good as others.
The same is true in the Internet field, and Chinese companies are also latecomers.
The only difference is that not many people realize today that there is a huge difference between the Internet and traditional industrial technology.
In many discussions, Internet technology is placed within the framework of the third industrial revolution. But in Xiao Qian's view, Internet technology should actually be regarded as the fourth industrial revolution.
Because what Internet technology embodies is already very different from the traditional industrial field.
In addition to crystal manufacturing and other aspects that rely on traditional industrial technology, other aspects of the Internet industry are actually independent systems.
The rise of the Internet industry has given China the best opportunity to catch up.
The experience of previous lives proves that in this emerging industry, China has not been left too far behind by Western countries.
The reason why it is inferior to Western countries in terms of size, scale and influence is just that Western countries rely on their traditional advantages to achieve inertial victory.
As time goes by as China strives to catch up, we can see that China's Internet companies have narrowed the gap to a level within reach.
Xiao Qian firmly believes that it is really only a matter of time before China overtakes the United States.
As a reborn person, the greatest impact he can have is to correct the detours in the development process of China's Internet industry, put China's Internet industry into the fast lane, and achieve overtaking and advancement.
Facing Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, Xiao Qian is powerless.
The foundations of these enterprises had been laid before he had the strength. With the strong influence of the United States behind him, he was almost in an invincible position.
Unless the United States really declines one day, it is unrealistic to defeat Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
But apart from that, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and INS, which the United States will influence around the world in the future, still have no trace at this time, and there are no technical thresholds at all.
Xiao Qian seized this opportunity tightly to create some trouble for the hegemony of American public opinion.
George Anders was a top student at Harvard University. After graduation, he joined Goldman Sachs and had a job and life that everyone envied.
The knowledge he learned and the connections he established while at Harvard allowed him to thrive in the workplace, and he has a bright future.
Therefore, George paid special attention to maintaining personal connections and never neglected human relations due to his busy work.
He and his alumni can use academics to have endless topics to talk about, and at the same time they are closely united.
This day is a rest day.
George, who was used to his daily schedule, got up early and made himself a sandwich and milk. After eating, he turned on his computer and saw an email reminding him.
When I opened it, I saw that it was from Liang Zheng, a classmate in China.
When he graduated, Liang Zheng, like himself, received an offer from Goldman Sachs.
However, another Chinese Internet company offered Liang Zheng a high salary, so Liang Zheng chose to return to China.
George was puzzled by Liang Zheng's choice.
China?
What can a country with backward technology do?
In his opinion, Liang Zheng's choice was because he had become a slave to money and would definitely regret it in the future.
But as a highly intelligent person, George would certainly not express these thoughts.
He opened the email and looked at it carefully.
The content of what Liang Zheng sent him was very simple.
"George, I have made a research report on the development of China's Internet. I have uploaded the article here. Please help me tell everyone to check it out."
Liang Zheng’s content also comes with an IP address.
George clicked on the link and found that it was an all-English website. However, this webpage was very user-friendly and there was a language selection in the upper right corner.
He opened it curiously and found that all the mainstream languages in the world can be found on it.
He is of German descent, and German is his second language, so he chose German.
The interface changed instantly. The content was still the same, but all the text presented became German.
"Wow, that's really cool."
The entire interface is very simple. In the upper left corner is Liang Zheng's photo, and below is his identity profile.
The middle part is the column, and he also saw the article uploaded by Liang Zheng.
On the right is some other information, showing that Liang Zheng follows certain people.
George clicked on it and found that the people Liang Zheng was following were all from the same company as him.
There is no doubt that this website is very convenient and he fell in love with it immediately.
While sending this web link to other alumni, he also sent a message to Liang Zheng through MSN.
"Liang, can you tell me more about this web page? It's really cool and very convenient for us to do certain things."
Soon, Liang Zheng responded to the message.
"This is called Facebook, and it can establish a communication platform between us. I think everyone will like to use it."
The name Facebook made George irresistibly fond of it, and its convenient functions made him unable to put it down.
For an Internet expert like him, mastering the use of Facebook is a piece of cake. It took almost no time for him to use it smoothly.
Following the instructions, George quickly registered an account and sent a follow application to Liang Zheng.
Not only that, he also uploaded his recent research results to his community interface.
Like its predecessor, Facebook quickly became popular among Harvard alumni.
Then with this world-famous university as its birthplace, Facebook took the lead in being recognized in the academic and educational circles, attracting more and more people to use it.
Social media is also a new thing in European and American countries, and no one has yet realized the energy and influence it contains.
The extremely convenient use feeling made Facebook popular very quickly.
One month later, Facebook officially exceeded one million users, becoming the hottest Internet product at this stage.
"Now our development has reached a critical moment. Whether Facebook can become bigger and stronger must be responded to."
At the company meeting, Facebook head Liang Zheng expressed his views.
"If our products want to be more influential, they need to be thoroughly integrated into the European and American cultural and economic systems, and they also need the help of capital. So my suggestion is to agree to the investment of Google or Yahoo, and at the same time cooperate with Amazon, and
Start accepting external advertising.”
TX's own capital is not bad. Even if it cannot compare with the top Internet companies in Europe and the United States, it is definitely enough to operate a social product.
Isn’t Weibo developing like a raging fire in the hands of TX?
But relying solely on TX, Facebook may die at any time in Europe and the United States.
Because if you want to build a market in Europe and the United States, the most important thing is not only good products and business strategies, but also a network of relationships.
After all, it is Western capital that dominates the market here.
As an outsider, Facebook’s demise is imminent without the support and protection of local tigers.
At this time, the support of large local capital is needed.
To put it bluntly, it's the same as paying protection fees to the underworld.
In the world's top business world, the rules are so fucked up.
"Promise to Yahoo and let Yahoo become our shareholder."
Without allowing anyone to discuss it further, Xiao Qian made the decision.
Liang Zheng decided to give it a try.
"In fact, Google's sincerity is higher, and we have analyzed that Google's prospects are better. If Google is allowed to invest in us, then we will be able to develop faster."
We are all our own people, and Xiao Qian does not hide her thoughts.
"By agreeing to Google's investment, we can develop better. But Google will also become more powerful by relying on the income brought by Facebook. Don't forget that our foundation is TX, and we are a Chinese Internet company. Let Google become more powerful.
So powerful, how can we compete with it in the future? Say yes to Yahoo and cultivate a rival for Google so that we can have more opportunities."
Everyone was in awe, realizing for the first time that Xiao Qian's ambition was so big.
However, they are all people who started their own business from scratch, and these guys are not content to rest on their laurels. If they can make the company bigger, no one will be unwilling to do so.
Yahoo, who is far away in the United States, does not know that because of the thoughts of a certain time traveler, they have to bid farewell to the fate of their previous life and usher in a different new life.
As one of the creators of the Internet miracle in the early 21st century, Yahoo has not declined yet and still has great influence.
When Facebook received investment from Yahoo, it immediately received a steady stream of resource support.
Facebook, which was originally only active in one region, expanded fifty-fold in just one month and became a social software that swept the entire North America.
Not only that, Facebook also began to expand rapidly around the world.
The total cost of creating Facebook was just over 30 million US dollars. As a result, half a year later, its market value had reached a terrifying US$27 billion.
As the world's largest market, North America's power is truly astonishing.
Seeing that Facebook's market value exceeded that of the parent company, Xiao Ma and others were confused.
If Xiao Qian hadn't stopped them, they would have moved TX to North America.
