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Tuesday, November 1st.

At this time, the capital city has entered autumn, the scorching heat has faded, the weather is gradually getting cooler, and the leaves of the trees on both sides of the road are gradually turning yellow, and are swirling and falling down in the wind.

The people walking on the street were wearing everything. Those who were cold-resistant were wearing short-sleeved thin shirts, and those who were afraid of the cold had already put on thin down jackets. However, windbreakers, jackets, and sweaters were the most worn.

On the university campus, the bell rang, the last class of the morning ended, and students poured out of the teaching building like a tide and into the various cafeterias of the school.

Guan Rong had a meal with her classmates in the cafeteria, and packed another one before leaving.

After a while, she returned to the dormitory. After entering, she put the packed meal on the big table in the middle of the room, and then patted the bed next to the door.

"Get up, I brought lunch for you!"

A girl on the upper bunk wearing light yellow pajamas and messy hair opened her eyes, slowly sat up and stretched.

When she heard Guan Rong's words and saw the packed rice on the table, she smiled sweetly.

"Rongrong, you are the best!"

He said getting up and getting out of bed.

“Wow, Malatang~

It’s my favorite, and I happen to be hungry.”

As he said this, he took out his chopsticks and started eating.

"By the way, Rongrong, have you called me for the two classes in the morning?"

Guan Rong sat in front of her bed and turned on the computer.

"I shouted for you. Fortunately, there were many people in class today, so the teacher didn't pay attention and got by."

"Hehe, Rongrong, you are the most loyal!"

"I asked you to control the time you spend playing games in the future. Just play during the day and stay up all night. I'm afraid you'll die suddenly before graduating from college."

After hearing the advice from her best friend, the game girl Gong Miao was also a little embarrassed.

"I downloaded a dungeon with the guild last night, and then finished watching two episodes of the TV series. It was almost dawn when I realized what I was doing, so be careful in the future."

Guan Rong ignored her and logged into Weibo to see what news there was today.

"Huh? What kind of APP is this?"

"What's wrong?"

Hearing Guan Rong's voice, Gong Miao, who was eating spicy hotpot, raised his head and asked suspiciously.

“I saw that Gu Wei posted a new Weibo post, saying that he had opened his own account on [Douyin], and friends who like it can go to [Douyin] to see him.

[Douyin] What is it? "

"Let me see, let me see"

Gong Miao took Malatang and sat next to Guan Rong.

She and Guan Rong are both fans of Gu Wei. Whenever Gu Wei's new drama is released, they will watch it immediately. Gu Wei's Weibo is a place they must check every day.

However, in addition to chasing stars and watching TV shows, she also likes to play games, while her best friend Guan Rong is not interested in games at all.

"It's true. It says it's a music-based short video APP. It should be similar to Kuaishou. Gu Wei's short-term videos are a bit lowering his grade."

Guan Rong picked up her mobile phone from the bed.

"Don't worry so much, download it first and then talk about it."

"Yeah"

Gong Miao didn't care about eating. She returned to her bed, found her phone, entered the App Store, found [Douyin] and started downloading it.

After downloading the APP, she opened [Douyin], and after entering, Gu Wei's account automatically appeared in front of her.

On the mobile phone with a vertical screen, Gu Wei was wearing a light blue casual suit, with only his upper body exposed, and the background was a white wall.

He greeted with a smile.

"Hello, everyone, I am Gu Wei!

I am very happy to be the spokesperson of [Douyin]. From now on, I will officially join [Douyin]. From now on, we will be a family. I hope everyone can pay more attention to me and like more, and then we can communicate more.

Remember to follow me~

Compare your heart! "

As he spoke, Gu Wei raised one arm, pinched his thumb and index finger together, and made a heartfelt gesture to the camera.

"Wow! Gu Wei is so handsome, what he said is so sweet, I want to pay attention to him, I must pay attention to him!!"

Gong Miao said, clicking on the red heart on the right side of the screen, and then focused on it again.

Guan Rong did the same thing as Gong Miao. She watched Gu Wei's video several times, then swiped her finger up and started browsing other Douyin videos.

Soon, she was attracted by some interesting music videos. She felt that those videos were relatively simple and she could shoot them herself.

As soon as she thought of it, Guan Rong found a very popular video that only filmed finger dances on the upper body, and practiced according to the original version. After a while, she recorded a version that she was satisfied with.

I watched it a few times and then clicked send.

This is the first work she posted after downloading [Douyin].

"Rong Rong, there are classes this afternoon, aren't you going?"

Guan Rong only reacted when Gong Miao's voice came. She glanced at her phone and saw that it was already past one o'clock.

"Oops, I forgot the time while playing this [Douyin], can't be late!"

Guan Rong was a little worried.

"It's okay, it's still too late now. If you want to play for a while, you won't have to rush."

Gong Miao reminded from the side.

"Aren't you going to go in the afternoon?"

Guan Rong asked as she packed her things and took out the books she was going to bring to class in the afternoon.

"Hehe, I won't go. I didn't go in the morning anyway, so I'll just give myself a day off.

Hello Rongrong, if the teacher doesn’t notice me during the afternoon experimental class, please sign your name for me.”

"I'm really impressed with you."

Guan Rong waved her hand to express her understanding, and then walked out of the dormitory quickly.

Starting from the first day of November, more than a dozen celebrity artists including Gu Wei have entered Douyin. Among them are Gu Wei and Yang Mi, who have tens of millions of Weibo fans, as well as Nazha and Zhang. New A-list actresses like Tian Ai in the industry, and their joint entry into a newly launched APP immediately attracted widespread attention from fans and netizens.

The number of downloads of the [Douyin] APP has surged since the 1st. From the beginning, there were only a few hundred thousand downloads. In just ten days, the number of downloads exceeded 10 million, with hundreds of thousands of daily active users. Although it is far from the leader in the short video field, [Kuaishou] ], [Miaopai], [Meipai], etc. are still some distance away, but the catching up speed is amazing, and it has become a software with great potential recognized by the industry.

[ByteDance] headquarters in Beijing.

"Mr. Gu, it's really thanks to you this time. News came from [Sequoia Fund] this morning that they have almost recognized the current valuation of [ByteDance] of 11 billion, and hope that we can start the D-round financing process as soon as possible. .”

In the CEO's office, Zhang Yiming and Gu Wei sat opposite each other. He picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip with a smile on his face. He was obviously in a very good mood.

"[Sequoia Fund] is wise. Regardless of whether it is US$10 billion or US$11 billion, they will definitely not lose money as they lead the D round now, and they will make a lot of money from this investment in the future!"

"Haha~ Mr. Gu, to be honest, I like this about you.

Every time I chat with you, I feel that you, as an investor and major shareholder, have higher confidence in [ByteDance] than I, the founder of the company! "

Gu Wei smiled slightly. Of course he was confident. No one in the world knew better than him how influential [Douyin] would be in the future, and what kind of behemoth [ByteDance] would grow into.

"Now the top spot in the short video field has been firmly occupied by [Kuaishou]. So far, it has more than 300 million registered users and more than 40 million daily users. It has also cultivated many Internet celebrities. God bless the MC this year. It's very famous. I've heard his song "Drunk by Drinking alone", and his single fan count has exceeded 10 million.

Although we have a good start now, there is still a big gap between us and Kuaishou. We need to increase investment in the future to catch up with the opponent little by little and finally surpass it. "

Zhang Yiming smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry, our team has the technology, strength and confidence. This month [Douyin] added the address book search function, opened QQ and Weibo ports, and with the guidance of Mr. Gu and many celebrities, I believe that by the beginning of next year, It is not a problem for APP downloads to exceed 100 million.

And we are about to launch a new recommendation mechanism and support plan: [Centralized Operation Model].

This model focuses more on giving priority to supporting some users to become popular, and then driving ordinary users by increasing the creative enthusiasm and stickiness of top users.

Coupled with the financial support of US$1 billion after the D round of financing, the company will invest huge publicity resources in the operation of [Douyin].

In the future [Douyin] will definitely become the real leader in the field of short videos! "

Now Zhang Yiming is full of confidence. He feels that he has a good hand in Wang Zhao. It would be unreasonable not to win.

[ByteDance] itself has technology, and its unique algorithm and push technology are also unique in the industry.

There is also Gu Wei, a major shareholder from the outside, sending traffic. With Gu Wei's popularity and popularity, the newly launched APP "Douyin" has traffic like a river pouring in. It is conceivable that other companies in the same industry are now How jealous.

The D round of financing that was completed soon brought a large amount of funds to the company, so that he did not have to worry about money for future development.

It can be said that now is the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people. He, Zhang Yiming, has never fought such a wealthy battle.

"You are so confident, I feel relieved. If you need help in the future, you can always come to me."

Gu Wei picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip. His elegant demeanor and handsome appearance made Zhang Yiming across from him admire him in his heart. He is indeed the most popular star in the country. This appearance is completely worthy of God's reward. , if he is not popular, who will be popular?

"By the way, when our D round of financing is completed, the market value of your shares will be close to 10 billion yuan. You will be the first tens of billions in China in your twenties, tsk tsk."

Gu Wei raised his head, picked up the paper towel on the table and wiped the corners of his mouth stained with coffee foam.

"[ByteDance] will not be listed in the short term, and I can't transfer my shares. It doesn't make any difference to me whether it's one billion or ten billion. It's just some paper wealth.

I’m not short of money.”

Gu Wei's speech was a bit pretentious, but he also told the truth.

Compared with the economic value of [ByteDance] shares, he actually values ​​the right to speak as a major shareholder of [Byte] more.

You must know that Weibo is also one of the shareholders of Byte. These two future network traffic pools will play a very strong role in publicity. As a major shareholder, Gu Wei will not talk about manipulating public opinion in the future. At the very least, he will protect himself from harm. There is no problem.

Although [Douyin] has its unique underlying push algorithm, if [Byte] manually intervenes to prevent a piece of news from fermenting, it will take no effort at all.

"I have forgotten that with your current fame, your annual income is probably higher than the annual net profit of many listed companies. You are definitely not short of money.

And I remember that the movie "Detective Chinatown 2" you filmed a few months ago was produced by your own company, right? It had a box office of 3.9 billion. Although I don't know your background in the entertainment industry, I know that you are sure of that movie. So much money. "

Gu Wei touched his chin.

"It's okay. After taking out the costs and all the shares, [Tang Detective 2] will probably still have a net profit of more than 800 million yuan."

In fact, when filming "Tang Detective 2", Gu Wei was also the director, screenwriter, and starring, and received a total salary of 60 million yuan.

Coupled with the various product placements in the movie, the investment in "Wei Tianxia" was almost paid back during filming.

The subsequent box office split is almost all pure profit.

Zhang Yiming also took a breath after hearing what Gu Wei said.

It’s not that he hasn’t seen the world before. This round of [ByteDance] is valued at 11 billion US dollars, and his Lao Zhang is worth more than 10 billion yuan, but as a billionaire, he is all based on the valuation of the company. Now let him pay for it. It is difficult to pay 100 million in cash.

Even if there is an immediate financing of one billion US dollars, it is still money in the company's account, not his personal wealth.

Of course, if the company later goes public, he can cash out a little casually and get a lot of cash. This is why all business bosses hope that their companies will be listed. As long as the company is listed, cashing out the shares can instantly achieve wealth freedom.

After chatting with Zhang Yiming for a while, Gu Wei declined his dinner and came out of [ByteDance].

I got on the shiny black Rolls-Royce I owned in Beijing and drove to the Peninsula Hotel in Beijing.

[Operation Mekong] The celebration banquet for breaking the 2 billion mark was held there today.

The banquet was about to start when Gu Wei arrived, and Yu Dong went outside to greet him in person.

"Dr. Yu, there's no need to be so polite. You've made me very scared."

Outside the banquet hall, Gu Wei looked at Yu Dong who came to pick him up and smiled politely.

"No way, Mr. Gu, we are the closest partners. This is what I should do."

With a smile on his face, Yu Dong welcomed Gu Wei in with great enthusiasm.

Different from the previous celebration party of [Tang Detective 2], [Bona Film and Television] invited many media to attend today. The entire celebration party is more of a publicity than a celebration.

The main creative team stood in the center of the stage.

Yu Dong stood in the middle, with Lin Chaoxian and Gu Wei standing on his left and right respectively.

The staff pushed up a large sculpture made of ice, with a 2 in the front and 9 zeros in the back.

Then, under the witness of the media, everyone swung their small hammers together to smash the ice sculpture.

"[Operation Mekong] is a blockbuster with the main theme. It was unexpected to be able to sell 2 billion at the box office, but it is also reasonable.

Thank you to Director Lin, Gu Wei, Han Yu and all the main creative staff of the film. It is your efforts that made such an excellent work possible.

I would like to announce something here. During the National Day holiday, when public security officers, armed police officers, and fire fighters across the country are on duty, many of them have no time to watch "Operation Mekong" because they are busy with work.

In response to this situation, [Bona Films] decided to thank the public security officers, armed police officers, and fire fighters for their hard work for the country and the people.

Starting from tomorrow, public security officers, armed police officers, and fire fighters nationwide can watch the movie "Operation Mekong" for free at Bona's cinemas with their IDs.

[Bona Films] hopes to pay tribute to those anti-drug police officers who are fighting on the front line in this way. I hope that more compatriots can see this film to show the spirit of "never forget history, heroes will always be there" . "

After Yu Dong finished speaking, everyone at the scene, including the media, burst into warm applause.

After he finished speaking, the microphone was passed to Lin Chaoxian's hand, and Director Lin also expressed his thoughts after the movie became a hit.

Originally, Yu Dong wanted Gu Wei to say a few words, but he smiled and shook his head and refused.

[Operation Mekong] was a hit, and he had enough limelight. There was no need to say anything more at the celebration.