Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

The Internet turmoil in December caused a lot of waves, mainly after the Rothschild consortium acquired MySpace and acquired Skype in mid-December for US$5.61 billion.

For a time, targeted projects and targeted prices seemed like a new social network newcomer challenging Facebook.

Subsequently, Facebook launched new products one after another, and Twitter announced the shareholders behind the scenes. It was like an established social giant declaring war on its own battlefield.

Naturally, the Wall Street Journal would not miss such a hot topic, but if they wanted to write about the shareholders behind Facebook and Twitter, I knew it would definitely fail.

Because I knew a lot about the genius who had left Silicon Valley, it was not his style to be interviewed. Therefore, I took advantage of the Wall Street Journal's request for an interview and took the opportunity to reveal my face.

As things have changed recently, it is well known that the major shareholder of Facebook and Twitter is Ning Zimo, the head of the Emperor Penguin Group who officially released the iPhone 0 in August this year.

Even with his amazing performance this time, people have also turned their attention to the rumors of his younger days in Silicon Valley.

As everyone knows, he was invited by PayPal as a senior engineer at the age of 17. He was promoted to PayPal senior product manager 2 months after joining PayPal. A few months later, he even

At less than 18 years old, he became the youngest chief operating officer in PayPal's history.

Under his participation and leadership, PayPal found new ways to defeat the offensive from eBay several times, and gradually became the leading third-party payment company.

Finally, it is naturally the well-known listing story after the Internet bubble in Silicon Valley, and a 1.8 billion miracle.

Of course, if I just talk about these things that everyone knows, it will naturally make no sense. Apart from helping you confirm the truth of this rumor, I cannot use this truth to bring you something new.

So, the story I want to tell today is after that, a little-known story about what this Silicon Valley genius left behind in Silicon Valley. These things start from the first time I met Ning.

The first time I met Ning was in my office at Yahoo. Through my connections at McKinsey, I met this young man who had a small appearance in the New York Daily News.

The purpose of meeting Ning at that time was very simple. At that time, I saw the extraordinary potential in him from what he did at PayPal.

Then, as I expected, he had a far-sighted conversation with me and had a great conversation. And when Web 1.0 portals were becoming popular, he talked to me about SNS social networks in the Web 2.0 era.

He even talked to me about the new model of e-commerce - B2C, and exchanged an extremely detailed "B2C Future Development Direction" for my friendship and respect.

Of course, the "Future Development Direction of B2C" that year has been presented to everyone with the results of Yahoo Mall.

But everyone should know that Ning mentioned this report in 2002. It was the spring of the second year after the Internet winter, and he showed me his vision at the age of 19.

It seems now that as early as 6 years ago, everything he is doing now has a clear route in his mind.

Maybe you all can't believe it, but when everything really happened in front of me, when the results were presented in front of your eyes, we all knew clearly that a genius like Ning is a real existence.

Therefore, such a well-prepared genius would not accept the Yahoo executive position I offered at that time, and certainly would not accept the temptation of Yahoo shares I offered.

He simply traded the friendship and camaraderie established on the day we met for the transfer of a senior Yahoo engineer.

Does it sound weird? But as long as I mention that person's name, you will feel even more magical.

The person who was exchanged for the friendship and friendship established by Ning with his foresight and brilliance was called Lu Qi.

Yes, Lu Qi is the senior engineer that Ning poached from our Yahoo team in June 2002, and Bing started to be established at that time. The current CEO.

On the day after Ning took Lu Qi away, he took Lu Qi to meet a legendary old man named Richard John Bing. This founder of the field of heart disease is a legend who has existed for a century, and Bing Ying

It was also from then on that the search engine started in Europe with the mission of "curiosity".

Step by step, Ning established a foothold in Europe and then developed from Europe to the United States. At the same time, Ning organized together his old partners who later left PayPal. A group of elite soldiers founded the company under the leadership of a Silicon Valley creative genius.

[LinkedIn], [ACS], [MySpace] and [Youtube].

I originally thought that the Internet was all he was involved in, but I didn’t expect that after selling his shares in Skype in 2004, he acquired Blizzard, and then turned WeGame, which he founded, into the number one platform in the gaming industry. After that, everyone died

We all know Facebook, Twitter, iPhone.

When Ning presented these results to the world, I realized that that young man had set his sights on the very distant future from the very beginning.

And this future is the time we are living in now.

What's more, it will be the future we are in now...

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"Geniuses who escaped from Silicon Valley" - Yang Zhiyuan, this is a personal account of a Silicon Valley master written by a reporter.

The person who told the story is Yang Zhiyuan, and the protagonist in his story is Ning Zimo.

At that time, Yang Zhiyuan was not the CEO of Yahoo, but he founded Yahoo and pushed Yahoo's market value to 100 billion in 2000.

Although Yahoo is no longer a giant, its past accumulation has given him enough fame. The young man he mentioned was called "a genius who left Silicon Valley."

This young man named Ning Zimo has brought a lot to people in the past. But today, news that left the audience stunned was "exposed" by an American Internet tycoon.

No matter what the purpose of this great leader was, when these messages were put together, they conveyed an extremely important and incredible message to people.

The genius who left Silicon Valley has planned everything today since 2002!

So, in less than half an hour, the American social network completely exploded!

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"Silicon Valley giants are born. Geniuses from Silicon Valley are great. The youngest COO in the history of PayPal is actually the largest shareholder behind Bing! Who would have thought that this genius is so powerful!"

"Silicon Valley giant? Are you afraid you didn't read the article carefully? He is now considered an Internet giant!"

"9494, Facebook and Twitter are the top two social networks in the United States, and Bing is the dominant global search engine. However, these three companies have already occupied a pivotal position in the United States and even the global Internet, and their status as Internet giants has been firmly established.

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"That's right, not to mention [LinkedIn], [ACS], [Youtube], these are all number one in their respective fields. Ning alone holds the shares of so many number one companies in the industry, and he can no longer use Internet giants to do so.

To describe it, he should be the overlord of the Internet!"

"Tsk, even the Internet overlords have the nerve to say so. Nowadays, online fraud is too easy..."

"Is it because Yang Zhiyuan, the spiritual leader of Yahoo!, is so crazy that he can be hired as a shooter at a high price? Or is it because you are so crazy that you can't see the real content? The spiritual leader of Yahoo! said that Ning was hired at a high price when he was 18.

We are already planning all this. You may be blind because you cannot see what the current pattern of Internet companies is like.”

"ACS employees came to cheer up the big boss behind the scenes! As an old employee who joined the company in 2003, I am just waiting to get the soaring stocks after the company goes public. As for what you are talking about, I am just watching the show."

"The YouTube employees came to watch the show! The big boss opened the curtain, and we finally had time to breathe. I can't say that the company originally strictly prohibited us from discussing internal matters of the company. This is a rare opportunity to let go.

You have to make a noise no matter what."

"The old employee who initially followed Boss Ning and learned how to implement his software interface in [Nuwa] on the [LinkedIn] page came to report. I just took advantage of the last bit of free time before the holiday to watch it.

It’s lively. As for whether it’s true or not, I know that our listing early next year is quite real.”

"Twitter employees are coming..."

"Old Facebook employees come..."

“Bing veteran coders come here...”

"Holy shit, what happened today? So many high-level accounts came out. Many of these people have information on the LinkedIn interface, and the current company can match what they said. From this look, they have been employed for a long time.

A veteran of the company."

"I admire you, sir, and I'd like to ask you a question. Is this Ning really a genius? How come he is involved in every project?"

"There are reports about newcomers who joined the company after PayPal went public. Let me answer the question above. Rumors about our PayPal legend have actually been circulating within our PayPal. But concretely, our PayPal can now stand firm.

Several major products were all planned by Boss Ning in his position as product manager."

"Is it too late for the old employees of Diubao Mall to join at this time? After all, the launch time of our Diubao Mall lags behind your projects. So, can I have some room to speak?"

"I pay homage to the big man upstairs, and sit back and watch the big man's analysis."

"What's so easy to analyze? Our Treasure Digging Mall was planned before Ning Boss cooperated with Yahoo on the 'Asia Pacific Purchasing Center'. After all, Ning Boss also owns Emperor Penguin, and Emperor Penguin's Treasure Digging Trade is our Dig Treasure Mall."

The fulcrum of Bao Mall.”

"Boss upstairs, doesn't your Dibao Mall compete with Yahoo Mall? Why do you feel that your relationship is so confusing?"

"There is no absolute enemy. This is the experience of our predecessors..."

"Hey, hey, all the big guys under the Overlord, you are going off topic while you are chatting. Our current topic is to discuss whether the boss of your company has planned this huge project when he is less than 20 years old.

Internet network?”

"Yes, ACS employees are very sure."

"Yes, LinkedIn employees were working behind the scenes behind the big boss."

“Twitter employees…”

"Tubing employees..."

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Ever since Yang Zhiyuan personally explained the stories behind "Geniuses who ran away from Silicon Valley", it only took less than an hour from the time the article was published to create a hot topic on Twitter called "Geniuses who ran away from Silicon Valley".

People quickly pushed it to the top of the topic list.

The comment number one on the list represents the position of the vast majority of viewers:

“He entered PayPal in 2001 and made three consecutive jumps in less than 300 days. After that, he started his entrepreneurial journey with the huge cash from the sale of his original shares in PayPal.

LinkedIn, ACS, MySpace, Skype, Bing, Twitter, Facebook, Blizzard, WeGame, Diobao Mall, Security Guard International Edition, iPhone...

I can’t tell you all about his past deeds, and even when we discussed him on Twitter, we didn’t mention much about his business in his home country—Emperor Penguin Group.

Because today, on this day when Bing announces its shareholders, we are fortunate to know some of his deeds.

Obviously, 47.7% of Bing's shares are only a part of his empire. This part alone has a market value of at least US$47.7 billion. But judging from the past trajectory of the 25-year-old founder of the Internet empire, the future lies in his depth.

There seems to be more things hidden in the unpredictable planning that are led by him.

In any case, I understand one thing. This genius who escaped from Silicon Valley seems to have more talents than that.

So, I just want to continue to look forward to it, and hope that this genius who is about the same age as me will bring us more beautiful things in the future world."