My Age of Investment

One morning in the third week of school, Xia Jingxing was running on the playground.

Christina called and asked anxiously, "Where are you?"

Xia Jingxing heard something was wrong, he stopped and asked, "I'm running on the playground, what happened?"

"Come back quickly, call the puppy, and we'll have a meeting."

Afraid that Xia Jingxing would not take it seriously, Kristina added, "Facebook has a competitor, and it is still competing with us for the Ivy League market."

Xia Jingxing broke out in a cold sweat. He really did not expect that such a small website could be plagiarized. Should the comment be unique, or the pattern is too small?

Without time to think too much, he put away his phone and ran to the dormitory.

The results of the last week or two have made him feel a little overwhelmed, forgetting that Facebook is still in its immature formative stage.

The current Facebook, like a seedling, cannot withstand any wind and rain, and its ability to resist risks is extremely low.

After waiting for a certain scale, he will not be afraid of competitors.

Now, I'm really a little scared. The main volume, various advantages, and competition barriers have not yet been formed.

Now that I made a move, I really hit the top of seven inches, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Xia Jingxing ran back to the dormitory panting and woke up the sleeping puppy.

Don't think about it, it must be because it was too late to taste the art film last night.

The little dog was dizzy and muttered: "What's wrong? Has the registered user exceeded the 10,000 mark?"

"Ten thousand big-headed ghosts, put on your clothes quickly, there is a major enemy situation."

When the little dog heard that the enemy appeared, he immediately woke up, put on his clothes in a hurry, and followed Xia Jingxing out of the dormitory.

Yang Niu was already sitting in the lounge waiting for the two of them.

As soon as Xia Jingxing and the dog sat down, Yang Niu didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the topic: "When I was in contact with people at Harvard today, I heard them say that a website called This Facebook is also contacting their school."

"This Facebook!"

The puppy is angry, this is simply blatant plagiarism!

Xia Jingxing also had a blue vein on his forehead. Whoever said that a Chinese company would be a copycat, and Lao Mei was the same, or even worse.

"What's their website address? Have you read the webpage?"

Xia Jingxing controlled his emotions, calmed himself down quickly, and prepared to understand the enemy's situation. After he knew himself and the enemy, he would formulate a response plan.

"See for yourself!"

Kristina brought the computer and was logging into the webpage of the Shanzhai website.

She turned the computer and moved it to Xia Jingxing.

"Fuck!"

Xia Jingxing glanced at it and came up with a national curse.

The main reason is that the opponent is too much. The web UI and Facebook are not 100% similar, but at least 80%.

Except that the main color is made of white, which is distinguished from the blue genuine Facebook, the other appearances are similar.

Christina has registered an account with Stanford University's student email address.

Xia Jingxing logged into Yang Niu's account and browsed the website carefully, without missing any details.

After reading it, he found that this website, like the genuine Facebook they founded, can create personal files, search and add friends, and even have a "beauty pageant".

There are also 10 beautiful photos on the home page.

Xia Jingxing went in and took a look. These girls came from different universities, including Ivy League schools, universities in California, and even Stanford students.

This made Xia Jingxing a little confused, he asked Kristina: "Have you noticed, the students on their website are very diverse, they seem to come from multiple universities.

Unlike us, just a Stanford University. "

Christina nodded, "In my opinion,

They must be using online promotion, publicity on the Internet, and open to college students across the United States, so they will show the characteristics of registered users from different schools and wide geographical distribution. "

Xia Jingxing thought for a while, this possibility is very high, then why did the other party find the Ivy League school again?

With doubts, he asked Yang Niu: "Have your friends at Harvard revealed who the founder of This Facebook is? Is it a student or a company?"

What he is most afraid of now is that a certain company will come in, and an opponent with capital, technology and experience will be the most difficult to deal with.

Even if he has a lot of functional ideas and operational strategies in his mind, but he has no money, it is difficult to speed up the pace of expansion.

Social networking sites are a typical winner-take-all. As long as you are a little behind, it is basically difficult to come back.

Christina shook her head, "They don't know this, they also heard from their friends: there is a website that plans to enter Harvard.

But I have already entrusted them to help us find out, but there is no news yet. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, Yang Niu was still very thorough in her work.

He emphasized: "This must be checked clearly to see if the opponent is a student like us, or is it operating in the form of a company."

Christina asked, "What's the difference?"

Xia Jingxing sighed, "Of course there is, if it's a student, everyone's conditions are similar, even if we take the first step, the odds of winning are not small.

If the other party is a big company, then we are in danger. "

He immediately changed his words, "Of course, this is just an objective analysis.

Whether the opponent is a student or a company, we will not give up easily.

It's just that the opponents are different, and the response strategy must be adjusted, and each has its own style of play. "

Kristina nodded, in her heart, Xia Jingxing's mind has always been very calm.

For what he said at this time, "inquiring about opponents", she supported this approach.

Before the opponent is clear, it is equivalent to "the enemy is dark and we are clear", which is obviously not good for oneself.

Yang Niu saw the puppy holding a face and looked preoccupied, smiled and reassured: "Puppy, don't worry too much, this is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Is that still a good thing?" The puppy's eyes widened.

"Everything has two sides, someone is copying and imitating us, it shows that we are on the right path.

As long as you cross this hurdle, the infinite scenery is in the distance. "

The puppy scratched his head, as if it made sense.

Xia Jingxing was also well aware of the importance of morale, so he caught Yang Niu's words and continued, "Yes, it is because we are so good that people copy us.

Who is plagiarizing you on a bad website? you say right? "

He pointed to the computer again and said, "Look at the name of this website, this interface, all copied from us, what does it mean?

It shows their lack of originality.

To decide how far a website can go, it depends on the endless creativity.

If they keep copying us, they must always be behind us and die sooner or later. "

"Yes, boss, what you said is too reasonable."

The little dog smiled and echoed, and then asked: "Then boss, tell me, what should we do next?

You make arrangements, we all listen to you. "

The babes also nodded in obedience.

Xia Jingxing glanced at the two and said what was in his heart: "They have already promoted it on the Internet, but at the same time they have also found an Ivy League school, which shows that they have realized the importance of occupying an Ivy League school.

This is a strategic commanding height, which is related to the outcome of this competition.

We can give up other things, but the Ivy League school must be won at any cost. "

Kristina nodded in approval: "Yes, this is the weather vane, we have to win these 8 schools.

As long as these 8 schools are won, other first-class universities will follow suit, and the overall situation will be determined by then. "

The dog said doubts: "But now the opponent is also competing with us?"

"So we have to run ahead of them, faster than them."

After Xia Jingxing cleared the dog's doubts, he looked at Christina and said, "I have two thoughts."

Yang Niu chuckled, she knew that Xia Jingxing must have a way, she nodded slightly to signal him to continue.

Xia Jingxing continued, "This incident also exposed the immaturity of our grass-roots team.

It has been almost half a month since the website was launched, and we have not yet applied for the relevant patents. "

Intellectual property rights are highly valued in European and American countries and are often used in business competition.

Xia Jingxing originally wanted to slow down, mainly because he had no money, but in the current situation, he could not help dragging it down any further.

If you drag it on, someone else runs ahead of you to register a patent, and that's a real beep.

Yang Niu's eyes lit up, "Yes, we have to apply for a patent quickly, and then file a lawsuit against the copycat website and sue them for bankruptcy."

Xia Jingxing poured cold water on her, "Patent application is a very long process, the whole process may take several years, and it is too late to come in handy now.

It can only be used as a backup and long-term means, and we still need an active offensive means at present. "

"How to attack?"

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "It's very simple, tell all Ivy League students that this is a thief software that stole all our appearance and functions.

Although we can't sue them now, we can use public opinion to make everyone hate this software and be ashamed of using it.

To cooperate in this matter, we also need to apply for a patent immediately, and get the relevant application form and receipt to prove that we are the real team that pioneered the social network. "

Yang Niu frowned, "If you want to speak up, and let the students hear and pay attention, I am afraid that you need to get on the line with the top figures of the Ivy League school."

Xia Jingxing nodded and admitted: "Yes, it is indeed necessary for people from various schools to stand up and help to speak out."

"It's not easy to do. I contacted the people at the Harvard sorority, and Nicky helped me introduce them."

Kristina feels that this is a bit tricky, and the network resources required are too extensive, far beyond what she can currently do.

Her original plan was to get acquainted with her through Nicky's introduction to the Harvard sorority.

Then she used the Harvard sorority as a springboard to meet people from seven other Ivy League schools, including Princeton, Yale, and Columbia.

A step-by-step process!

It definitely takes time to forge a good relationship, rather than asking people to help you introduce friends.

She is not Bush's daughter, and her face is not that big.

"Yes, I know it's not easy to do, so I need to think about it in the long run."

Xia Jingxing came up with the best countermeasures, but lacked matching resources.

He and the dog were just ordinary international students in the United States, and they knew only a few people.

Kristina is a little better, but it's not a "celebrity" level.

This can also be regarded as a shortcoming of their team at present, and there is a lack of "strength" characters to join.

The three of you talked about each other for a long time, but did not come up with a solution that "can be done with their energy and strength, and it will be effective in parallel".

In the end, the three of them unanimously decided: go to a lawyer first, and implement the intellectual property rights, so as to avoid a bigger mess.