Chapter 238 Free is the Way
In Zhang Wei’s impression, the uncle in red was a programmer and studied computers. Moreover, the uncle in red once served as a senior executive at Peking University Founder. He should be from the Peking University faction and should have nothing to do with the Department of Electronic Engineering of Tsingta University.
Shen Jiahai noticed Zhang Wei's gaze and asked, "What? Do you know him?"
"Zhou Hongyi, President of Yahoo China, am I right?" Zhang Wei said.
"I'm not wrong, but he is no longer the president of Yahoo China. He has established a new company called Qihoo Technology." Shen Jiahai introduced.
"He is also from our electronic engineering department?" Zhang Wei asked curiously.
"No, he is the guest we invited, but it was not him who was originally invited, but Red Mountain Capital. He is here on behalf of Sequoia Capital." Shen Jiahai continued to explain.
Zhang Wei nodded as if in a daze. It is well known that the uncle in red has a good relationship with Sequoia Capital. It is said that Sequoia Capital will ask the uncle in red for his opinion on many investments in the Internet field. .
“Remember 360 Security TV, it will be launched this summer.”
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei said: “Dean Shen, help me introduce Zhou Hongyi to me later! ”
"He's a businessman, why do you know him?" Shen Jiahai curled his lips. In his eyes, scientists have such a powerful profession, why bother with businessmen? Those academicians are the ones really worth getting to know.
"To be honest, I recently opened a company with a friend, also in the Internet field. I need to expand my network."
"Open a company?" Shen Jiahai frowned: "If you don't do scientific research, how can you start a company? Is this what you should do? Although you are still young, don't waste your time on this kind of thing!"
"Look what you said , Doesn’t the country also encourage the integration of industry, academia and research?” Zhang Wei said with a smile.
“If you really want to engage in industry, academia and research, we have Tongfang and Ziguang in Tsinghua. If you are short of investment, you can go to our Tsinghua Pioneer Park to start a project and let TusHoldings invest in you! These are our You can use Tsinghua’s own resources whenever you want, so why go to the trouble of starting your own company.”
"Isn't this just taking advantage of your youth to attack yourself?" Zhang Wei continued.
"Forget it, you young people, if you don't suffer some losses, you won't know that this world is dangerous. Forget it, I won't advise you anymore. When you lose all your money, you will know that it is safe to turn back." Shen Jiahai said helplessly.
"Dean Shen, please wish me something better!" Zhang Wei said with a smile.
Next, Shen Jiahai introduced Zhou Hongyi to Zhang Wei.
360 Security Guard is obviously a project worth investing in. In that era when computer viruses were rampant, 360 Security Guard was definitely a must-have software for every computer. You don’t need to have IE browser on your computer. , you can live without QQ, but you absolutely cannot live without 360 Security Guard.
This is not an exaggeration. In the famous "3Q War", many people would rather give up QQ and choose to install 360 Security Guard.
Today, it may be difficult for young people to imagine that they have to give up the most commonly used social platform for an anti-virus software!
However, this is what really happened at that time. This is enough to show that 360 played a pivotal role in the Internet field of that era.
Mainly because in that era, computer viruses were so rampant, and all kinds of Trojans emerged in endlessly, especially account-stealing Trojans, which would steal your game account, wash away your game equipment, and also steal your QQ number, and then ask your friends to defraud money. I don’t know how many people have been deceived.
At least for those who play games, accessing QQ is not that urgent. On the contrary, protecting the computer from Trojan attacks is the top priority. Therefore, the demand for 360 Security Guard is far greater than that of social software such as QQ.
At its peak, 360 Security Guard was an Internet company that could compete with the Penguin without falling behind. It could be said to have unlimited prospects. But investing in Qihoo 360 is not something small Kalami like Zhang Wei can do.
Because there is a giant like Sequoia Capital behind Zhou Hongyi, it is simply impossible for ordinary investors to steal money from Sequoia Capital.
From the inception of Qihoo 360 to its later listing, Sequoia Capital has been its most favorable supporter. To this day, Sequoia Capital is also the largest shareholder of Qihoo 360 and has never reduced its holdings.
What Zhang Wei is interested in is actually 360's huge customer base. At its peak, 360 covered almost every computer in the country.
If this is used to promote games, it is not much better than hao123 and Baidu’s keyword promotion! Apart from anything else, a small advertising pop-up window will appear in the lower right corner from time to time. You can’t stop watching the ads even if you don’t want to!
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"Mr. Zhou, let me introduce someone to you." Shen Jiahai pulled Zhang Wei closer.
Zhou Hongyi looked at Zhang Wei with an apologetic smile, and found that he was so young, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. At this age, he looked like a college student. He didn't know why Shen Jiahai would introduce a college student to him.
"Is he the nephew of Dean Shen? Or is he a family member of a certain leader?" Zhou Hongyi thought to herself.
“This is Zhang Wei. Even though he is young, he is the most talented scientist in the history of our Tsinghua University!” Shen Jiahai introduced.
"Zhang Wei? This name sounds so familiar! Well, my elementary school classmates, junior high school classmates, and high school classmates all have the name Zhang Wei, doesn't it sound familiar to me?"
Zhou Hongyi complained in her heart He said something, and then said politely: "It turns out to be Teacher Zhang, whose name I have admired for a long time! I wonder what kind of research Teacher Zhang is usually engaged in?"
Zhang Wei did not answer, but Shen Jiahai said: " Zhang Wei’s research is world-class and has a chance to win the Nobel Prize!”
When Zhou Hongyi heard about the Nobel Prize, she felt that Shen Jiahai was Bragging.
"Dean Shen, on the surface, looks like a serious scholar, but in fact he has no way of talking about it. He can boast of something as awesome as the Nobel Prize!"
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However, Zhou Hongyi still nodded with a smile. After all, he is a businessman. He is so versatile that it is impossible for his thoughts to be written on his face.
Zhang Wei asked: "Mr. Zhou, I heard that after you left Yahoo, you set up Qihoo Technology. I wonder what Qihoo Technology's main business is?"
"Our main business now is search 2.0." Zhou Hongyi answered.
“Search engines include Baidu in China and Google abroad. What is Search 2.0?” Zhang Wei asked curiously.
“To put it simply, it is community aggregation search.” Zhou Hongyi paused and finally began to speak in human language: “We will look for the questions that users ask more frequently in various BBS forums. What, find out the questions and answers and turn them into a Q&A search, so our customers can find the answers faster. This is Search 2.0.”
"Okay, isn't this just a hot search? Here's an answer!" Zhang Wei thought to himself.
A lot of questions are asked by users in various forums. To put it bluntly, they are hot search topics. Find answers to hot search topics and then form specialized content. This is what Qihoo is doing now.
It's probably like, now you swipe your phone, see a hot search ranking, see a question you're interested in, click on it, and the answer will come out.
"This Zhou Hongyi is worthy of being an Internet tycoon, and his thinking is quite advanced. He can think of this thing now, and he even gave it a name of Search 2.0, which is quite bluffing." Zhang Wei thought in his heart I couldn't help but sigh. Zhou Hongyi continued: "In addition to Search 2.0, we are building a search platform specifically for restaurants. In addition, information security services are also our current business scope."
"For restaurant search platforms? Dianping?" Zhang Wei asked in his mind.
In 2006, Qihoo indeed planned to build a website similar to Dianping. However, after investigation, it was discovered that this project would require a large amount of investment and investment offline, just to negotiate services with restaurants one by one. , it was just a troublesome thing, so I finally gave up the idea.
However, he still disclosed the idea to Sequoia Capital. Later, Sequoia Capital found a similar website and invested one million directly. This is Dianping.com.
Zhang Weize then said: "Mr. Zhou, is the information security service you are talking about anti-virus software?"
"Absolutely, but we are mainly facing corporate customers now. Ordinary Internet users are not yet within the scope of our services, but it will definitely develop in this direction in the future," Zhou Hongyi replied.
"I think if you make anti-virus software, you can definitely do it!" Zhang Wei said immediately.
"Thank you for your kind words." Zhou Hongyi felt that Zhang Wei was being polite, so he also said politely.
However, Zhang Wei said sincerely: "Mr. Zhou, if you make anti-virus software, you must not charge for it."
"Hahaha, Teacher Zhang, don't worry, I'm here I'll give you a free set when the time comes." Zhou Hongyi said with an air of grandeur. He thought Zhang Wei was here to ask for anti-virus software.
“Mr. Zhou, I didn’t mean that, I meant it’s free for life!”
Zhou Hongyi was stunned, wondering why all the great people in Qing Dynasty had such qualities. Isn't it enough to take advantage of him? These days, genuine anti-virus software doesn’t cost much for a year, so why should it be free for life? Who are these people!
However, Zhou Hongyi still smiled and nodded: "No problem, Mr. Zhang's research is all high-end scientific research, and the confidentiality level must be very high. It is our honor that you are willing to use our products. , I will definitely give you free for life!”
“You still misunderstood me!” Zhang Wei smiled helplessly, and then said: “I mean, if you really make anti-virus software, We should promise all users that the software will be free for life!”
“What?” The smile on Zhou Hongyi’s face solidified for a moment.
What does it mean? You can just take advantage of me yourself, but you have to lead the whole country to take advantage of me?
If I build an anti-virus software and it’s free for all users for life, what else will I earn? Do you think I'm a philanthropist?
Noticing that the smile on Zhou Hongyi’s face was gone, Shen Jiahai hurriedly came out to smooth things over: “Zhang Wei, what you said is that Zhou is always an entrepreneur, and a business must be profitable. If it’s free, why not? Profitable!"
Zhang Wei smiled and said: "There are many types of anti-virus software now, and the market competition is also fierce. If it is not free, why do you let users use your product?"< br>
"We can improve the quality of our products! If our products are of good quality and competitive, there will naturally be no shortage of users." Shen Jiahai said.
“You are talking about sharing a market. I am talking about seizing the entire market!” Zhang Wei said, looking at Zhou Hongyi, and then asked: “Mr. Zhou, what do you think?”
At this time, Zhou Hongyi felt a storm in her heart!
The words "seize the entire market" were like a tornado that could not be driven away, constantly swirling in his mind.
Shen Jiahai was completely indifferent to Zhang Wei's words, but Zhou Hongyi was different. After all, he was an Internet tycoon. His understanding of the market and his sensitivity were not the same as Shen Jiahai's. Comparable.
At this time, Zhou Hongyi felt that she seemed to have seized an important business opportunity, but all her ideas were chaotic.
"Teacher Zhang, what you just said about seizing the entire market, can you explain it in detail?" Zhou Hongyi asked with a serious face.
"Okay!" Zhang Wei said but looked around: "But today's occasion is limited, time is limited, I'm afraid I can't explain clearly!"
Shen Jiahai also said from the side: "Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry. , Academician Chen and the others are waiting for us over there."
Zhou Hongyi suddenly showed a pity expression, and Zhang Wei took out a business card from his arms and handed it to Zhou Hongyi. .
"Mr. Zhou, how about this? Let's make an appointment again after today's event is over! This is my business card."
"Weiguang Technology? Vice President? Mr. Zhang, you Is this?" Zhou Hongyi looked confused, didn't he say that Zhang Wei was a scientist? How did you become a vice president?
"I opened a company in partnership with my friends. Our main business now is free games. After all, free is king!"
Zhang Wei deliberately emphasized the word "free" very strongly.
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After greeting several academicians, Zhang Wei left the VIP lounge.
When Ye Haotian saw Zhang Wei, he immediately came over.
"I asked for you. Senior Brother Li Jian sent someone a flower basket and a congratulatory message. He said he was recording a program in the south and he won't be able to come today." Ye Haotian said.
"It would be a pity if we don't get the signature." Zhang Wei sighed.
"It doesn't matter, we have a long time to come. After all, he is our senior. He will definitely return to Tsinghua University. We can always meet him then." Ye Haotian comforted him, and then asked: "Who did Dean Shen take you to see? "Meet a few academicians and a few well-known entrepreneurs," Zhang Wei said, looking at the auditorium and found that more than half of the seats were already occupied. Most of them are not students, but people from society.
“There are a lot of people here! Are these the senior brothers and sisters who have graduated before? Are they allowed to sit casually?”
"You can't sit casually in the first three rows. Those are the seats with names posted on them. I just saw your name there, in the second row on the left. After the third row, you can sit casually."
"Then where are you sitting?" Zhang Wei asked again.
"If there are still seats left, it will be the turn of us current students to sit. If there are no seats, we will have to stand. But I should have a seat. I am also a junior now. Well, the freshman and sophomore have to make room for me."
"Look at what you are capable of!" Zhang Wei complained, but his eyes saw another familiar face in the audience.
“Holy crap, this big guy is here too! He is actually sitting in the ordinary auditorium and was not invited to the VIP lounge!”
The man Zhang Wei saw was also wearing a pair of rimless glasses of the same style as Zhou Hongyi. He looked less than thirty years old, but his hair volume was even less than that of Zhou Hongyi, who was almost forty years old. Some of them had shaved off their heads, which made their foreheads look extra large and reflected some light under the light. Just this reflective big forehead is particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
This is the boss who has provided tens of millions of jobs in later generations, but is almost everyone shouting about and being scolded the most, Wang Xing!
(End of this chapter)