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“No problem!”

After listening to Zhang Yiming’s words, Zhang Zhe replied directly:

“Mr. Zhang, we just started to contact each other and we don’t know each other. This is normal.”

“But for me, investment is not only about the company itself, but also the ability of the entrepreneurial team.”

“Now under the leadership of Mr. Zhang, the company has developed very fast in recent years. I naturally support Mr. Zhang’s work.”

What is the purpose of investment?

The first thing is definitely profit.

However, Zhang Zhe invested in ByteDance not to make money, but more for the social influence brought by ByteDance shareholders and the channels owned by ByteDance itself.

After today’s financing press conference, his identity as the second largest shareholder of ByteDance has become widely known.

In terms of channels, Zhang Yiming also took the initiative to express that he would vigorously support Zhang Zhe’s personal business in the future.

Since he has benefited, it is right to support Zhang Yiming in the company.

Could it be that he still wants to rely on this little share to control the power of ByteDance?

Although it is more difficult to do this, it is not completely impossible.

But isn’t this just looking for trouble for himself?

It’s good now. You can use ByteDance’s resources by yourself. You don’t have to worry about anything. You just have to wait at home to make money.

But even if you think so, you must say it in a nice way.

It’s not that I’m not interested in these things, but I’m optimistic about your personal ability, so I am willing to support you without hesitation!

“Mr. Zhang, thank you very much for your trust!”

Zhang Yiming quickly replied:

“Don’t worry, I will definitely not let you down…”

Zhang Yiming never thought that Zhang Zhe would agree so straightforwardly.

Although he is a technical background and relatively introverted, he has been working in the business world for so many years, and he still knows the most basic ways of dealing with people.

The nice words seemed to be free of charge, expressing gratitude to Zhang Zhe.

There are more than a dozen shareholders of ByteDance now, big and small, but except for a few angel investors such as Lei Jun, which one is not eyeing ByteDance?

Everyone is friendly on the surface, but as long as there is a chance, they will definitely take more shares of ByteDance without hesitation, and even have the right to speak in the company.

Fortunately, with Zhang Zhe’s support, his current 42% stake plus Zhang Zhe’s 10%, and Lei Jun and other angel investors’ equity of more than ten points.

Just reached 67%, meeting the conditions for absolute control.

This is also the most important reason why he refused Penguin’s continued investment. Even the equity share of this financing is the result of careful consideration.

Now that things are going so smoothly, Zhang Yiming can be said to be completely relieved, and his mood is instantly improved.

In the following time, Zhang Yiming briefly described the company’s next development plan to Zhang Zhe.

Zhang Zhe actually doesn’t understand these things very well, after all, he has no real experience in running a business, but fortunately Zhang Yiming said it in plain language.

Like other Internet projects, simple and direct.

Burning money!

Having just raised 6 billion US dollars, ByteDance is now rich and powerful. The next step is to advertise and invite celebrities to continue to expand the influence of Douyin.

Then the topic gradually turned to selling goods, and Zhang Yiming smiled and said:

“Mr. Zhang, I heard that your company has a live streamer who has always been at the top of the sales list on Baotao’s maternal and child channel. Our Douyin has also been developing e-commerce business recently, so it is completely possible to come to our own platform.”

“Besides, most of Douyin’s users are young people under 30 years old, and many of them are married. The potential customer base is also very large…”

“And the current live streamers on the platform are basically part-time live streamers. When she comes, we can give her some traffic support and make her a top live streamer to test the prospects of the e-commerce business…”

This is the art of speaking. It is obviously to help Zhang Zhe, but it is said to be a test of the e-commerce business.

However, for the platform, supporting any blogger is the same. If there is a choice, it will definitely give priority to supporting its own people.

Liu Yun’s performance in Baotao is not bad, but it is almost at the upper limit.

Baotao does have more users, but not all of them watch live broadcasts. Most of the traffic in the e-commerce live broadcast section is given to the top live streamers, and others can only follow behind to drink soup.

If Liu Yun hadn’t focused on the maternal and infant track, she wouldn’t have achieved the current results, but she was also limited to this field.

If you want to go further, Douyin is definitely the best choice.

“Okay.”

Zhang Zhe didn’t hesitate and replied with a smile:

“I had plans in this regard before, and I was thinking about how to ask. I’ll make arrangements when I go back, and let her come over when Baotao’s contract expires.”

“Okay,Then I will ask the business department to contact your media company and provide traffic support for other anchors in the future. ”

Zhang Yiming said:

“Our Douyin is a social platform itself, and now we are selling goods through external platforms, which does not conflict with Baotao at all, and the original fan base can be transferred over well.”

“By the way, Mr. Zhang, I heard that the application for third-party payment licenses will be open next month. If our company applies, do you think we have a chance to get it? ”

Third-party payment license?

No wonder Zhang Yiming took the initiative to talk about Mitao Media and Liu Yun’s affairs. It turns out that they were waiting here.

Zhang Zhe studied finance, so he naturally understood what a third-party payment license was.

In short, it is a mobile payment license.

Mobile payment does not mean adding a wallet or payment function to the software.

Except for financial institutions such as banks, all other companies that want to open payment functions must obtain a “Payment Business License”.

The domestic mobile payment field is now basically monopolized by Penguin and Ali.

The main reason is not that the two companies have a large user base, but because Ali and Penguin are the first batch of companies in China to obtain third-party payment licenses.

However, this license was not issued by Zhang Zhe, but Zhang Yiming asked Zhang Zhe if he had a chance, and his meaning was already very clear.

Zhang Zhe did not reply immediately, but looked at Zhang Zhiyuan who had been silent beside him.

“Yi, I’m telling the truth. ”

Zhang Zhiyuan took over the conversation with great insight and said:

“You know what the payment license is like. The higher authorities have always adhered to the principle of ‘total quantity control’. Even if the application is reopened this time, at most a few licenses will be cancelled and a few will be added.”

“Among them, the number of licenses for third-party payment business will definitely not be large. Even if two or three are released, the chances of successful application are very slim given ByteDance’s current situation.”

“You and Wang Xing are from the same hometown and have worked together before. You must be familiar with the current situation of the US group.”

“Their total transaction volume last year was as high as more than 400 billion, and they spent more than 1 billion in handling fees alone. The demand for payment licenses is very strong. It is difficult for ByteDance to compete with them given its current situation…”