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The headquarters of Byte Slide is in Beijing. Zuo Hao, the person in charge of the Phoenix Fund, came to visit in the morning of May 19th.

Different bosses have different management styles and schedules. For example, Dongge of JD.com, he has breakfast with the executives at 8 o'clock every morning and has a morning meeting by the way. For example, Jobs, he is used to taking a day off on Sunday, asking executives to come out to play games and talk about things.

Zhang Yimin could spare an hour on Saturday morning, and Zuo Hao took the initiative to visit. He recently took charge of the Phoenix Fund and worked very hard.

"Zuo Zuo, please sit down!" Zhang Yimin, wearing glasses and not tall, greeted Zuo Hao to take a seat in the hospitality area of ​​the office. The assistant brought in two cups of coffee.

He came from a technical background and didn't greet Zuo Hao. He went directly to the topic, "Zuo Zuo, I know what you're here for. But we don't want to accept investment from the Phoenix Group at the moment. In fact, our current money is still enough to burn. We just received a $1 billion financing in April."

Zuo Hao didn't expect to encounter setbacks at the beginning, and smiled slightly, waiting for Zhang Yimin's next words. After all, Zhang Yimin is willing to see him, there is always a reason.

Zhang Yimin took a sip of coffee and said earnestly: "Zuo Zuo, I have great respect for the Jing of your group. I have no intention of being an enemy of the Phoenix Group. Today's Toutiao is primarily a news and information distribution platform. His social media and public opinion The platform attributes are relatively weak."

He met Zuo Hao, the person in charge of the Phoenix Fund today, and learned about the Phoenix Group. For example, he knew an inside story about the "Orange Takeaway" that was so hot recently.

The headquarters of Meituan is also in Beijing. Although he is only 35 years old this year, he has worked in the Internet industry for many years. Before founding Toutiao in 2012, he worked at Kuxun and Jiujiu.com, and briefly joined Microsoft.

He knows that it is normal to have inside information.

It is said that the Phoenix Fund once visited Meituan and wanted to invest a little money in Meituan to ensure that its Phoenix payment can be used in the Meituan App. But it was rejected by Meituan Wang Xin. Therefore, Phoenix Group immediately acquired Baidu Waimai strongly and entered the food delivery field.

Therefore, although he did not want Phoenix's investment, he still met Zuo Hao, the person in charge of Phoenix Fund, to affirm his thoughts.

He has already talked to Baidu about the collapse, and does not want to face the squeeze of an Internet giant. As for the friction with Tencent, it is still in its early stages. Tencent has invested in "Kaishou", a leading software in the short video field. But he has confidence in shaking y.

Zuo Hao's communication skills are still good, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, I will pass your words to Mr. Jing. So, can we participate in the next round of financing of Toutiao today?"

Zhang Yimin hesitated and remained silent.

He has no way of knowing the specific reason why Wang Xin rejected Phoenix. But there was one thing, probably related to his rejection of Phoenix at this time.

Companies at their level are valued at around US$20 billion. There is really no shortage of investment institutions that are optimistic about it. They are now taking money, not only to look at the attributes of the capital, whether it is "Ali" or "Tencent", but also to see what capital can bring to the company's development?

Phoenix started as a "shared travel", and they simply can't bring greater help to the company's development.

He was in awe of Jing Gao and didn't want to offend Phoenix, but that didn't mean he had to accept Phoenix's invalid investment. Besides, Phoenix and Ali are still hostile!

Zuo Hao smiled, put down the coffee cup in his hand, and put pressure on him: "Mr. Zhang, Today's Toutiao has the largest market share of today's news platforms. Your Toutiao account is enough to grow into a social media that can compete with the meager.

Although Jing Zong spent only US$2.2 billion on the acquisition of Sina last year, the meager market value is relatively high, exceeding US$10 billion. Even the valuation of the same foreign software Twitter fell from more than 30 billion US dollars to only more than 10 billion.

Even if social media is impacted by short videos, it is not favored for a long time. However, Mr. Zhang, you cannot deny that this is a good business! "

Who dares to say that a company with a market value of $10 billion is not a good business? Does Toutiao really have no urge or demand to expand on social media and public opinion platforms?

Not necessarily?

Zhang Yimin smiled bitterly in his heart. No one is a simple character! Zuo Haoneng still has two brushes in charge of the Phoenix Fund. Look at the problem very accurately.

"Zuo Zuo, let me be straight. Phoenix can't bring more help to ByteSlide. Phoenix's main business is shared travel. If you really want to invest in ByteSlide, you need to pay a high premium. This I'm afraid it may not be accepted by you. In addition, your relationship with Ali is very bad. This is something I have to consider. So..."

Zuo Hao understood, got up and shook hands with Zhang Yimin, "Mr. Zhang, thank you for taking the time to see you. Thank you!"

Zhang Yimin nodded and sent Zuo Hao out. In the last few days, shook his head and sighed deeply. He didn't know how Jing Gaohui reacted. However, in the face of Phoenix's idea of ​​becoming a shareholder, he must show his attitude!

That is: rejection.

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Zuo Hao stepped out of the headquarters of Byte Slide, and he was also deeply moved. Mr. An talked with him and asked to come and touch Byte Swipe to talk about the possibility. He got the final result today.

Hi!

But at the same time, he can clearly feel the respect that ByteSlide treats him and the Phoenix Group, and even a little bit of fear. This is probably something that his "rival" Han Wenguang didn't have when he went to Meituan to negotiate when he was in charge of the Phoenix Fund?

It is said that Wang Xin was very lighthearted and rejected him.

The Phoenix Group today is different from the past. After simplification of the structure and business spin-off, the Phoenix Group has become a giant in the Internet industry with the talk of the President's Office as the time node!

His experience today is a manifestation of the cards of the Internet giants.

Next he has to get busy buying shares in "Pingduoduo".

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Zuo Hao reported the contact situation to An Zhiwen. When Jing Gao received a call from An Zhiwen, he was drinking and chatting with Tan Qin and Wang Yuke in the private room of the Waldorf Astoria restaurant on the Bund.

Wang Yu is the owner of "Shengshi", and he runs the nightclub, KTV, and club under his name. Seeing that the mountains are not dewy, the business is a bit off the door, but his net worth is four to five billion.

The reason for this small drink was that An Yi and a kid from the Yao family in Beijing fought in the Capital City Club. As a result, the club's manager pulled it off.

Under Tan Qin's "mediation", Wang Yu fired the manager and went to Beijing to make a plea for Xiang Jinggao and treat him to dinner. At that time, it was a joy to drink wine.

Jing Gao came to the magic city this time mainly to invite Tan Qin to dinner. Tan Qin helped him "mediate" in such a way of giving face, so that he could earn a lot of face. Of course he wants to reciprocate. At the same time, it also means to make friends.

Jing Gao met Tan Qin last year. Tan Qin is very influential in the magic city and surrounding areas, and has a wide range of contacts. His late parents were once active on the political arena. The Chuxia Group he founded has a valuation of about 40 to 50 billion.

A financial salon is held in his villa every Wednesday, which is regarded as a vane of investment by some people in the industry.

This is how interpersonal communication is. Contact with each other for a period of time, when the fire arrives, the relationship will naturally go deeper.

And Tan Qin called Wang Yuke, and by the way brought two beauties to warm up the field. How long can two men have a drink without discussing business? It is interesting to have a beautiful woman to accompany and warm up the field. It's not that drinking flower wine, just normal communication.

At their status, what kind of woman hasn't seen him before, and where would they be so anxious to use their hands while drinking? If you have an idea, you can chat privately!

Wang Yuke's business is a bit off the door, holding a lot of beauty resources in his hand. He is also very reliable. Tan Qin is willing to support him on such occasions.

That's right, it's "assist".

With Jing Gao's identity, status, and power, Wang Yu may climb his line, and the road will be wider! For example, if Wang Yuke's "Shengshi Entertainment" wants to enter the nightclub market in Jinling, it is estimated that Jing Gao can say hello.

Both beauties are Miu-age. A slender figure, coquettish and charming, about twenty-four or five years old. When Wang Yuke introduced, she laughed and said that she was the oiran in the social circle of the magic city. A small stature, fresh and sweet, nineteen years old, studying at a prestigious university. She has fair skin and is wearing close-fitting black leggings. She has a small pile of legs, and there is no gap between her beautiful legs. I knew it was the beginning at a glance.

The dining room of the Waldorf Astoria hotel is luxuriously decorated and has excellent visibility. You can see the night view of Huangpu River and the landscape of Linhe, with bright lights.

"Lao An, wait a moment." Jing Gao got up with the phone and apologized to Tan Qin: "Mr. Tan, I'll go out to answer the phone." Walked into the corridor outside the restaurant and listened to An Zhiwen sliding the bytes over there. I can’t help but feel happy again, “Lao Ann, I think this person’s thinking is a bit naive!”

An Zhiwen laughed and said, "Ms. Jing, people respect you very much." He joked with Jing Gao.

In the "war" between Internet giants, where are there any factors of affection and personal subjective will? There is no such thing as "surrender and lose half". In this forest, the winner takes all.

Since Byte Sliding has the first news client software in the domestic market share: Toutiao. And has entered the field of social media, and has substantive competition with meager. So, this is what Zhang Yimin said that he respects Jing Gao, so that the Phoenix Group will not squeeze his living space?

Similarly, when today's headlines are over meager, will he be merciful to his followers on Weibo? Do you really think that a $10 billion business is not a piece of fat?

Therefore, byte sliding either accepts investment, with some constraints. For example, Tencent invested in the short video software "Kaishou", and Kuaishou promised not to do social networking. Either accept the war. This is the iron rule of business.

Jing Gao smiled and said: "Alright. I won't say. Let Weibo enter the news field. Strive to provide users with high-quality news. We can study the algorithm model of byte sliding. Baidu does not have this user base. We do not have this defect."

Baidu's mobile phone traffic was robbed by Toutiao today. If Baidu and Toutiao are at war, it will also have to enter the news field. But does Baidu have a very sticky app? No!

A killer application is not so well nurtured. Therefore, there is a high probability that Baidu will not be able to suppress today's headlines!

However, the meager base user group is very large. It is currently booming, surpassing the highest market value in history and rushing to more than $11 billion. Has surpassed the previous benchmark Twitter.

Since Jing Gao pays attention to this area, of course he has read relevant information and analysis. The Taichu think tank under his name did this. The assistants summarized the report and various collected information, and submitted to him a copy full of dry goods.

At present, social media such as meager and Twitter are facing a great dilemma: the prospects are worrying. Twitter faced Facebook's competition in the social field, and its product, Instagram, defeated Twitter.

The meager is currently developing well and taking off for the second time, but all analysis reports point out that it is facing competition in the field of short video.

This business model is well understood. Social media such as meager and Twitter retain users. If the number of daily active users is high, then there will be advertisers to advertise, and social media revenue will rise sharply.

If users all play short videos, the income from social media such as meager and Twitter will plummet.

Twitter is still in civil strife and has no future plans. After the acquisition of the Phoenix Group, Weibo continued the strategy set by the previous management team, from the social media platform, sinking to the vertical segmentation field, and cultivating content.

Its subdivisions are: food, e-commerce, education, variety shows, regional bloggers, sports, humor, emotions, TV dramas.

In fact, to sum up, three words to evaluate the meager strategy: entertaining!

The current strategy given by meager is to continue the entertainment strategy and incubate its own short video business.

Their news business is actually provided by the mobile app of Sina.com. Meager's involvement in news is actually conflicting. It is hard to say in the board of directors and the team. But Jing Gao has no such concerns. He had already completed the holding of Sina and became a major shareholder.

Not convinced, hold back, don't talk!

He is not concerned about the life and death of portals with a market value of less than $5 billion. Sina App has a very low proportion of news clients. Sina and meager will compete if they form a competition! This is not a bad thing.

Obviously, meagerness is the place to fight. It will be an important starting point for Phoenix Group to hit the number one position on the Internet.

"Okay, Mr. Jing."

Jing Gao hung up the call ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and returned to the dining room.

Jing Gao didn't know that he had accidentally made a good move. The value of being a news client is actually far more than a meager social platform like Twitter's current business model.

Toutiao completed the F round of financing on October 20, 2018. The valuation given by the capital is 75 billion U.S. dollars.

After the end of the civil strife, Twitter immediately transformed, weakened the attributes of the social platform, and turned to focus on providing news to users. Their label in the Apple Store changed from "social" to "news." At the close of the market on September 6, 2019, Twitter's market value returned to its peak!

From the current market value of 11 billion U.S. dollars in 2017, it soared three times to 35.029 billion U.S. dollars.

And the meager focus on entertainment in the future, on December 28, 2020, the market value was only 10.028 billion US dollars.

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