Chapter 267: Taking off the Mandarin Coat
In a quiet teahouse outside the Fifth Ring Road, Wang Xing and another man walked into the foyer and were greeted by a beautiful waitress.
"Is this Mr. Wang? Mr. Zhang has arrived and is waiting for you inside. Please follow me."
The two followed the waiter and walked into a room. Zhang Wei had already He was already waiting there, with a pot of tea in front of him.
"Senior brothers, sit down quickly. The tea has just been brewed. It is said to be the authentic Wuyishan Dahongpao. Senior brother Wang Xing, you are Hu Jianren. Have a try to see if this tea is authentic." Zhang Wei greeted cheerfully. .
The two sat across from Zhang Wei and began to drink tea.
The man who came with Wang Xing was named Wang Huiwen. He graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering of Qingdao University. He was Wang Xing’s roommate and his best friend. When Wang Xing founded Xiaonei.com, he took Wang Huiwen as a partner.
Wang Huiwen is not a rich second generation like Wang Xing. He comes from an ordinary family and cannot afford for him to study abroad. However, his academic performance is very good and he was recommended to the Chinese Academy of Sciences after graduating from the undergraduate program. Even for students from Tsinghua University, the success rate of admission to the Chinese Academy of Sciences is very low.
When Wang Xing founded Meituan in the future, he still asked Wang Huiwen to join him. The success of Meituan also gave Wang Huiwen a net worth of tens of billions.
It is said that when group buying was the hottest, Wang Huiwen played an important role in Meituan becoming the final winner of the "Hundred Groups War". After the launch of food delivery, he was also the main person in charge of Meituan Food Delivery.
Later, Wang Huiwen resigned from Meituan due to health reasons, reportedly because of depression. This kind of boss with a net worth of nearly 20 billion can still be depressed. The world of rich people is indeed empty!
Getting back to the subject, Zhang Wei chose this quiet tearoom this time to avoid other people on the campus network and meet these two senior fellow students from Tsinghua University.
After the three of them exchanged some pleasantries, Wang Xing put down his tea cup and said straight to the point: "We have reached an internal consensus and can launch Happy Farm and grab parking spaces at any time. I wonder when the funds will be received?"
"You can do it at any time! As I said before, the second and third phases, a total of 500,000 euros, will be given to you together!" Zhang Wei said with a smile.
"Euros? Your funds have been unfrozen?" Wang Xing asked.
"I lied to you before, and the funds have not been frozen at all." Zhang Wei said, raising his tea cup, and then said: "Two senior brothers, I'm sorry, I will offer you tea instead of wine to apologize!"
Zhang Wei did not continue to cry about poverty, but directly showed his cards.
Wang Xing was mentally prepared for this answer and didn’t say much. Instead, Wang Huiwen next to him asked, "Everything you said before was false?"
"Not all. "It's fake. It's true that I made some money by buying Italy to win the World Cup," Zhang Wei replied.
"We checked the news and it said that Mr. Zhang, a tourist from China, won 10 million euros. Could that person be you?" Wang Huiwen continued to ask.
"It's me." Zhang Wei didn't hide it.
“That man is now a billionaire!” Wang Huiwen’s eyes widened in surprise.
“It’s just bad luck!” Zhang Wei said modestly at first, and then continued: “Two senior brothers, you are not outsiders, so I won’t hide it from you. This time I used a I'm trying to trick you, but my starting point is really good. I hope that the school network can develop better.
I know that when I say this, you may think that I am talking about it. Nice words, but we are in business, and I have invested real money in Xiaonei.com. Only if Xiaonei.com becomes bigger and stronger can I make a profit. You should agree with this!"
Zhang Wei said! Then, he personally served tea to the two of them, and continued: "But for now, the Xiaonei Network has no clear profit direction. On the contrary, the consumption of servers and broadband has been burning money. This is not only the case for the Xiaonei Network. , the same is true for other social platforms, including Facebook in the United States, which have no clear profit points.
Therefore, as an investor, the only way I can think of to make a profit is to raise funds as soon as possible and then list the company, preferably on the NASDAQ in the United States. In order to raise funds and go public, we need to make Xiaonei.com bigger. The more users, the better. If Xiaonei.com can have 100 million users, we will be a hot cake on Nasdaq!
This happy farm is a great tool for us to attract users! When I say this, you must not understand that Xiaonei.com is a social platform, not a gaming platform. How can games attract users? What’s more, it’s a game that looks very retarded.
At this point, we are going to return to the attributes of social platforms. The basic attribute of a social platform is essentially to create a medium for users so that they can socialize under this medium.
But not everyone has this social need. There are always people who don't like to post blogs or upload their own photos. For example, my life is boring, every day is two o'clock and one line is the same, and there is no diary to write; or maybe I am ugly, I don't look good in photos, and I will scare people if I post the photos.
The current content on Xiaonei.com is obviously not attractive to this type of people. They do not need to post diaries or photos, but we cannot give up on this group of people. After all, this world Most of them are ordinary people with boring lives and average looks.
Therefore, we need to create a social need for this group of ordinary people, which makes up the vast majority of people. This is social games. For a simple game like Happy Farm, you don’t need to write down the date or take beautiful photos. You can complete it with just a click of the mouse, and you can also interact with friends. "
"I understand, what you mean is that most ordinary people are just spectators on social platforms, and their sense of participation is very low or almost non-existent. So there needs to be something to get them involved. "Wang Xing said.
"Yes, that's what I mean. At present, it seems that community games are the best way. In the future, with the development of technology, there may be a better way! "Zhang Wei nodded.
"Then why don't you tell us this idea directly? Why bother to go through such a big circle. "Wang Huiwen asked.
"If I say it directly, will your management team agree? Maybe the two senior brothers will agree with my idea, but what about the rest of your team? Do you think they will accept my advice from an outsider? "Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen fell into silence at the same time. They have been starting a business together for a year, and the team members have some understanding among themselves. There is really no one among their teammates who can listen to advice.
Speaking of young people, how many of them listen to this advice?
Stupid young people who have just graduated and started their own business are all rebellious and stick to their own way. How can such a person be the type to listen to advice?
If you listen to the advice, you will definitely find a class. They are all graduates from prestigious schools, and with this academic qualification, the job market is full of dimensionality reduction. If you apply for a job in a big company, you will definitely get a high salary. If you take the civil service exam and take three years of minor courses and six years of regular courses, you will definitely be promoted.
Seeing that the two were silent, Zhang Wei continued; "Two senior brothers, after this incident, you should also realize that you have problems in management, right? Your management model , is no longer suitable for the current market situation
If you are still a start-up company, everyone has a say and everyone can brainstorm and discuss. This is no problem. Because the pool you were in was still small at that time. If you swim twice east and twice west, you won't be able to get out of the pool anyway.
But it is different now. You have entered the sea, and you have to sail across the ocean next. If you continue to swim two times east and two times west, the final result will be to spin in circles.
The current school network can continue to brainstorm, but not everyone can take the helm. You need to identify a captain to determine the direction of progress, otherwise the school network will not be able to go further. "
"Junior brother, I understand what you mean. But Xiaonei.com was co-founded by us, especially in the start-up stage. Everyone contributed. We all worked day and night to make Xiaonei.com what it is today. I can’t kick them all out! "Wang Xing said.
Wang Huiwen next to him also said: "Junior brother, actually I think our current management is not bad. As the saying goes, three stooges are better than Zhuge Liang, everyone. There will always be nothing wrong if we work together and come up with more ideas. In the end, the minority obeys the majority. "If the minority obeys the majority, it will not lead to responsibility, but it will not make mistakes." Zhang Wei snorted coldly and continued: "Once something goes wrong, the responsibility belongs to everyone. We can maximize the shirk of responsibility."
But how can you guarantee that the choice of most people is the correct one? To put it another way, have you ever seen a Fortune 500 CEO who was elected by employees?
It’s not impossible to work together and everyone can come up with ideas, but there can only be one person who makes the final decision! For a company, this is unquestionable. "
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Zhang Wei personally sent the two senior brothers to the door. Looking at their leaving figures, he couldn't help but sigh.
For Xiaonei.com, confusion in management rights is only the first problem. Such problems are common for projects like this that are launched with enthusiasm by a few young people.
After encountering this kind of problem, the final result is nothing more than two. One is that everyone breaks up, and the other is that everyone is kicked out.
Historically, Xiaonei.com followed the path of breaking up. When there were differences in major decisions, managers each had their own ideas and could not unify their thoughts, and there was no one who could make the final decision. In the end, they can only sell the website at a low price due to disagreements.
There are many examples of people being kicked out. Even a big boss like Steve Jobs was deprived of all operational responsibilities and kicked out of Apple. The case of Zuckerberg using tricks to kick out his partners was even made into a movie.
There is a line in the movie "Partners in China" that you should not start a company with your best friend. This sentence has some truth to it. If we can't settle the scores openly between brothers, then the final outcome will most likely be that good friends turn against each other and become enemies.
Today's Xiaonei Network cannot sell itself at a bargain price and must go through the stage of kicking people out.
Zhang Wei has already invested 18 million in Xiaonei.com. He does not want to lose money. He hopes that Xiaonei.com can clarify the management rights as soon as possible. No matter whether the final speaker is Wang Xing or not, it is better than now A large group of people make decisions together.
And this is just the first minefield that Zhang Wei has removed for the school network. In this era of rapid development of the Internet, there are still many minefields to come!
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In the dormitory, Ye Haotian was packing his luggage. He had already applied for a visa to the United States and was preparing to attend an interview at an American university.
The interview time of American universities is generally from November to March of the following year, and the specific school will be different.
One of Ye Haotian's favorite universities had an interview before Christmas, so Ye Haotian would definitely not be able to complete the courses this semester, and he would not be able to take the final exam.
As for matters such as internships in senior year, of course it has nothing to do with Ye Haotian. If you can go to a prestigious American school to study for graduate school, why do you care about an internship?
The other senior student in the dormitory does not need to intern. With the virtue of being an autistic person, no one wants to intern.
At this time, the autistic man was sitting at the desk, with a dull expression on his face, obviously falling into autism again.
"Let's go out to a restaurant tonight and have a meal to see me off!" Ye Haotian said, looking at the autistic man, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
When you go to a restaurant to eat, you must have beer to drink. Under normal circumstances, autistic people will react, but today's autistic people don't seem to hear it, and they still stare at the wall with dull eyes.
“There’s something wrong with Chen Ming!” Ye Haotian whispered.
Zhang Wei nodded: "I also think something is wrong with Chen Ming these two days. The key is that I didn't see him buying beer secretly. Do you have no living expenses?"
"How is that possible! If he has no money, he can borrow it from Xiao Lu! Xiao Lu is too embarrassed to ask him to pay back a few bottles of beer!”
"Why is that? Are you broken in love? Dumped by Xin Xiaoxuan? No way! Xin Xiaoxuan should be just like him! There is no second autistic person in the entire Qingdao University."
" I know, I know!" Lu Yunxiang raised his hands and came over excitedly.
"You know it again? Don't keep it secret, tell me quickly!" Ye Haotian said.
"It has been decided that Brother specimen will stay in the university after graduation!" Lu Yunxiang said.
"We know this! We said it last month! And what does this have to do with him falling into autism?" Ye Haotian continued to ask.
"Du Jiahai will be his graduate tutor!" Lu Yunxiang continued.
“We also know about this. Professor Du, who studies quantum physics, can you say something new?”
“Isn’t it the end of the year? It’s time to declare for next year. Scientific research project. The project applied by Professor Du was not approved," Lu Yunxiang continued to explain.
"Professor Du's project has not been approved. Why is Chen Ming autistic? Is he so empathetic now? Has his condition improved again?" Ye Haotian glanced at the autistic man again.
“Brother Haotian, don’t forget that after the tutor applies for the project, he will assign some small projects to his graduate students. Professor Du’s project was not approved, which means that Brother Jinban also assigned No project!
If he doesn't have a project to work on, he will have to work hard for others next semester! If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do any research. Instead, I would have to work as a coolie for a semester, and I would become autistic. "
Ye Haotian nodded suddenly: "I have an impression of Professor Du. It is said that his academic ability is quite good. He has been selected into the Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is said that he also has some connections. Is the project he applied for this time very big? Why didn't it pass? ”
“The funds are not enough! The policy has been set by the above. This year, the Physics Department’s experimental funding will mainly be tilted towards astrophysics, leaving it to work on other projects. "Lu Yunxiang replied.
"Why? Over the years, astrophysics has always been something that my grandma didn’t care about and my uncle didn’t like it. Why did it suddenly become so popular? "Ye Haotian continued to ask.
"Isn't it because the Astrophysics Center achieved a major scientific research result this year and discovered a second Earth? This is considered the most important astronomical discovery of this century! With scientific research results, funding will of course be tilted! ”
"I see. If the Center for Astrophysics hadn't discovered the second Earth, Professor Du's project wouldn't have been approved, and your brother, Brother Jin, wouldn't have been a coolie for a semester! It's all the fault of the person who discovered the second Earth. People on Earth! If it weren’t for him, there wouldn’t be so many things!”
The two of them sang in harmony and stared at Zhang Wei at the same time.
"Okay! In the end, the blame is on me!" Zhang Wei grinned: "I finally understand. One of you was complimenting the other, and you came to my place to take off my mantle in a different way!"
(End of this chapter)