Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

The U.S. Internet situation is changing in October, which coincides with a big year like the presidential election.

Paladin, the first black president in American history, is not only very popular among the people, but also on the Internet. Many young people on the Internet have expressed their love for this president who is willing to speak out on social networks.

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Following the trend, the Holy Lancer launched lobbying activities on social networks, and because of such a presidential election canvassing votes on the Internet, not only did his voice surge, but even the delicate Internet industry of social networks suddenly

Become hotter.

Wall Street is a large street extending from Broadway Road to the East River in the southern part of Manhattan, New York City. The management offices of banks, insurance, shipping, railroads and other companies established by the Morgan chaebol, Rockefeller and DuPont consortium are concentrated here.

As Wall Street gathers financial markets and financial institutions in the United States that have influence on the entire economy, such as Nasdaq, the American Stock Exchange, and the New York Futures Exchange, people here are very sensitive to the direction of economic changes.

Naturally, I am keenly aware of the new opportunities arising from the impact of this presidential election on social networks.

It’s just over half of October, and all Internet companies related to social networks have a large number of investment institutions waving money to join this emerging Internet market.

In addition to Sequoia Investments and Redpoint Investments based in Silicon Valley, KKR, ****, and Bain Capital are also gearing up, and investment institutions like Goldman Sachs, which has a history of more than 100 years, naturally do not want to miss this rising social network trend.

Seemingly overnight, various rumors began to spread in the industry.

MySpace, which was sold by the Murdoch family for US$600 million, currently has a market value of US$3 billion.

After the founding team changed in 2005, Facebook was valued at US$5 billion.

Twitter, which was launched in 2005, ranks first among social networks with a market capitalization of US$8 billion.

For various investment institutions, as long as these three unlisted Internet companies can get funds in exchange for their original shares, even if they are shares in Silicon Valley's usual AB share system, in the next 3-5 years, their funds will get 5

-15x or more returns!

However, the thresholds for MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, the three old social networking sites, are too high. Except for investment companies like Sequoia and Goldman Sachs, which are accustomed to investing in the Internet, other investment companies cannot squeeze into these two social networking sites.

Door.

But how can such a hot social network growth momentum be missed so easily, so naturally interested investment companies will shift their attention to other emerging social network projects.

Entering October, there is indeed a rising social network star in the United States entering the vision of investment companies.

Instagram, which was only officially launched on October 1st, saw a surge of 3 million users during this online lobbying activity in October.

Such gorgeous data naturally attracted the attention of many investment companies that could not enter the threshold of the three major social network companies.

This is an Internet company with less than 50 people. The founder is a young man from the Chinese Internet industry.

Rumor has it that he was one of the members of the Skype start-up team. Because he was dissatisfied with the profit distribution after the sale of Skype, he worked hard for several years to start his own business. In less than half a year, he took out the photo wall, a rapidly popular social network.

project.

Moreover, the project created by this founder who dared to accept new things is quite different from other social network projects.

The emerging photo project has been targeting today's smartphones from the beginning, and the photo social network can only run on smartphone clients!

What a bold setting this is. You must know that the first-generation real smartphone, the iPhone 0, was only launched in August. So far, the global sales volume is less than 12 million units.

The photo wall has already captured 1/4 of the smartphone market within half a month of its launch!

With this kind of performance alone, the photo wall is already a special existence in today's social networks with different styles!

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“Through the sales data tracking of iPhone Zero in the past two and a half months, as well as the recent rise of photo wall social networks, I can be sure that the smartphone era will become a pattern that can compete with the PC Internet in the future.

Therefore, our top priority now is to speed up the development of the mobile version of MySpace, and seize the social market of smartphone clients before Facebook reacts insensitively to the smartphone market. In this way, we are likely to be able to realize the success of Facebook next year.

Strategic overtake."

The entire area of ​​Mountain View is not that big. When Winston talked about MySpace, he could even see the Facebook headquarters not far away from the window.

Speaking of which, he really liked the feeling of looking at his opponent from a distance.

Because Winston has always felt that only by standing closer to his opponents can he observe them carefully.

Of course, if you can beat your opponents at close range and see the desperate expression on their faces, it will naturally be another extreme enjoyment.

Whenever he thought of that possibility, Winston couldn't help but become fascinated.

Fortunately, he knew what a critical moment it was. He quickly turned away from Facebook headquarters and looked at Rothschild, who was in charge.

Rothschild noticed the meaning in Winston's eyes, and he felt quite relieved.

In his eyes, Winston is indeed a talent, and such a talent only got to where he is today with his own support, but now when he is high-spirited, he still does not forget to seek recognition from himself.

As the top leader of this team, Rothschild enjoys this feeling extremely.

However, now is not the time to enjoy it.

Because his valued opponent is still busy.

Thinking of this, Rothschild met Winston's gaze and nodded, "In any case, we still have to admire our young opponent's vision of transcending the times. At least, the smartphone industry does have long-term development in the future.

So, according to what you said, we really need to invest more energy in the smartphone client of MySpace. Then, let the Human Resources Department speed up the recruitment of personnel in this area, so that we can implement this part of your new strategy as soon as possible.

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After saying that, Rothschild shook his head again, "Winston, I very much agree with what you said. But I still want to tell you that since the opponent we are paying attention to has come up with the iPhone Zero, a cross-generational

Smartphones, then his companies will definitely focus on this market."

"I understand," Winston calmed down his arrogance and nodded, "I'm sure Ning Zimo must have long-term considerations in this regard, but what is before me is that Facebook did not launch a more creative Facebook smart phone in time.

Mobile client facts.

Therefore, we must make efficient use of this blank period. After all, the photo wall, which has experienced rapid growth in users in the first half of the month, has brought new senses to the industry. This will give people new perspectives on smartphones."

“The photo wall is really a good project,”

Rothschild's sitting posture became slightly forward, and the iPhone Zero in his hand directly reflected the software interface of the photo wall after unlocking it.

"I downloaded this APP and studied it carefully for 3 days. I found that with the help of the small 3.5-inch screen of a smartphone, it can lock people's attention in the interface.

Its waterfall flow design is simple and straightforward. With multiple pictures displayed on one screen, people can see a lot of content at the same time. The interface combination is blue and white, except for photos, only the like prompt is red.

Whether it is the main page or the photo editing page, the buttons and text are black or gray. This will focus all people's attention on the picture itself, allowing people to communicate through the Internet, using richer and more potential content.

Replaced by pictures.

Such an interface gives people enough room for imagination, and it also satisfies people's curiosity and potential needs for thinking expansion. Overall, it will be a surprise category upstart in social networks..."

Sensing the subtext of Rothschild's approval, Winston, as the top person in charge of MySpace, decided to do something close to his boss's thinking.

"Boss, do you think we should acquire this company?" Winston sat down and asked.

Winston understands his position and understands that he needs to make a statement at this time. Currently, the entire team is raising funds to prepare for the acquisition of Skype. All these operations are preparing for the battle between MySpace and Facebook.

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At this time, a new social network product emerged, and it had to make it clear that it was inclusive of this product.

His current status was given by Rothschild, and he must stand on the side that is beneficial to the Boss. While developing MySpace, it is naturally best for the entire team and even the Boss to include the new social star of the photo wall.

A move of chess.

Seeing that his boss didn't speak for a while, Winston further said, "The development of social networks is an extension of human personality, and sophisticated projects like photo walls naturally capture people's individual needs."

After a pause, Winston continued, "Since Ning Zimo launched the smartphone, the industries he cut off have not had any version updates in the past two months, except for the various apps that were released immediately.

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Although we have always admired Ning Zimo's far-sighted vision, his unprofessional industrial layout does not allow him to make big strides in the smartphone market."

Zhang Junhao nodded at the side, "Richard, this is indeed the reality. Today, Ning Zimo is participating in Elon Musk's acquisition of Maxwell Technology Company. His scattered layout is like

It means that I feel that I have achieved the ultimate in the Internet industry and turn to develop other industries."

In October, after the successful launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1, this private technology company that develops aerospace technology officially entered the world's attention.

This company, which succeeded in its first launch, is not only seeking cooperation with NASA for orders, but also broke the news that an Internet giant named Ning Zimo holds 30% of the shares.

Just before people had time to digest the Internet giant's outrageous operations, he teamed up with Elon Musk to acquire Maxwell Technologies.

It was an energy technology company, and their business scope was mainly commercial batteries.

Two Internet people who once gained fame in Silicon Valley were involved in the energy industry, which caused onlookers to talk a lot. Discussions about overestimation are naturally inevitable, but more importantly, people are concerned about these two geniuses from the Internet who have entered too many fields.

Identification of impacts on development.

Such discussions have spread throughout Silicon Valley and Wall Street, and Rothschild has even read relevant reports on the Internet about Ning Zimo's involvement in these operations. But he is not paying attention to Ning Zimo's future development direction now.

"Geniuses always expand. In addition to appreciating his extensive operations, we should be even more grateful for his current choices."

Rothschild threw the iPhone zero aside and said with a smile, "I also think we should do something when other venture capital investors notice the photo wall. It's just that all the energy on Katsuo's side is currently invested in Facebook.

I don’t have much energy to take care of the photo wall.”

Nuwa-Ling Shengnan, currently leads the 5 X team members in this team and is responsible for hacker work.

All their energy is currently invested in Facebook, but this is not an issue that Winston needs to focus on.

"The photo wall project has just started but is gaining momentum. If we invest Nuwa and Team

They all have considerable experience, so why not send them directly to negotiate."

"Yeah, our current development is from behind the scenes to the front. Operating in the shadows all the time is not in line with our future development." Zhang Junhao said with a smile, "In addition to making great achievements in the hacker field, Miss Ling,

She is also a top student with a double bachelor's degree from Winchester Public School. One day, she will have to step onto the stage."

Zhang Junhao's implication immediately lit up the flame in Rothschild's heart.

He glanced at Zhang Junhao and saw that "old friend" smiling at him kindly.

After thinking about it, Rothschild nodded, "Then let's settle it. After you conduct an investigation on the photo wall, you will send him an acquisition offer."

Rothschild smiled, and he even picked up the iPhone 0 and played with it in his hands.

"Let the Internet giant give full play to multiple industries, and we will continue to work hard in the field of social networking. When he harvests a new world and looks back, he will look at us walking to the stage and have already

Occupy a large enough share in the field in which he made his fortune!"