Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

After coming out of Mr. Richard's place, Lu Qi actually felt that he was much more enlightened, but he still felt very uncomfortable having this inexplicable thing in his chest.

This feeling of blockage lasted until the two of them found a cafe and ordered something to sit down. Lu Qi finally found a chance to vent:

"Zimo, I'm very curious about why you suddenly came to see me and brought me to see this gentleman. I'm also very curious. You used to be in the Internet payment business, why did you suddenly want to be a search engine?"

From Ning Zimo to Zimo, this title turned out to be one step closer in just a few hours.

Apparently, this trip was not in vain.

Ning Zimo took the coffee handed over by the waiter, and did not forget to give the smiling waiter a smile that he thought was pretty, but when he turned around, his expression became serious:

"First of all, technology is not limited. I do search because I have a grand plan. As for inviting you, it's because I have read your resume, Brother Qi, and I have a feeling that you are obsessed with search engines.

So when I want to build a search engine, I want to bring you into the team as a partner."

"Do you really want to be a search engine?" Lu Qi frowned, "Do you know how difficult it is to do a search? It's even difficult for us mute tigers to get through Fengyu!"

"Yes," Ning Zimo nodded, "but I don't care how powerful Feng Yu is now, I only know that the search engine is a very important part of my plan. Moreover, using Mr. Richard's surname to search for

The name of the engine means that we must make this product perfect!"

"Name the search engine after Mr. Richard. His last name is Bing, b i n g-bing?" Lu Qi paused, "So, the search engine you want to develop is called Bing?"

Lu Qi was so immersed in the world just now that he didn't even notice that Ning Zimo had already included him in the title.

Lu Qi had just met Richard, an old man who spanned almost two centuries or even three centuries. His life was truly like a legend.

As a truly experienced person, Mr. Richard only used three words - curiosity, to represent his life.

He has been pursuing and exploring his whole life. This is true for an old man, but what about himself?

Lu Qi felt a little unwilling. He lowered his head and looked at the cup in front of him. Thinking of the past, his voice was naturally a little low:

"In 1995, Duhu's turnover was less than US$1.3 million, but its stock price reached an astonishing US$500 million on the day it went public in April. Then in 1997, Duhu was ranked among the most attractive websites in "USA Today" for several consecutive years.

Zhou won the first place in the categories of best content, highest practicality, and easiest to use.

It was under this premise that I was attracted to the company by Duhu. The year was 1998, and I started as an engineer. My job was to rearrange all sites in the United States and classify them into different levels of directories.

work.

At that time, Duhu’s business model was to provide free inter addresses to the world, and at the same time, bring all the companies that applied for addresses into its orbit, and make profits by advertising them on the homepage.”

Ning Zimo looked at Lu Qi, who had his head lowered. He was obviously caught up in his own emotions. It could be seen from the wrinkles on his brows that he was struggling internally at this time.

"You know, I am a software engineer, but my job at Yahu is more like an editor! At that time, I often thought, why do I, a software engineer, have to operate these things manually instead of letting

The machine will do it for me. So I once mentioned the idea of ​​a search engine to the senior management, but unfortunately, the senior management rejected it at that time."

Ning Zimo felt Lu Qi's low mood and reached out to pat him gently on the arm. He raised his head and glanced at Ning Zimo, then continued with a wry smile:

"What's even worse is that in September of the same year, two young people established Fengyu, and my idea was realized by those two young people. Although I tried several times before signing the cooperation with Fengyu in 2000,

We mentioned to the senior management that we wanted to build our own search engine. But in the end... this giant dumb tiger... used other people's technology..."

When Lu Qi said this, his mind was filled with the regret that his idea was realized by others first. When he thought that he could have made such a product, but his company used other people's search technology, Lu Qi gritted his teeth.

Keep your teeth shut.

But when he accidentally looked at Ning Zimo, he saw some complicated colors in his eyes.

"Brother Qi, if the United States' high-speed information recording plan is a huge database, then the search engine is the largest query entrance to this database. A good search engine is the door for people to enter the world. If you don't go out to see the world, it is a search engine.

That's the meaning of it." Ning Zimo said with a faint smile.

After a pause, Ning Zimo pointed to the house not far away that they had just visited and continued, "Just like that old gentleman, he spent his whole life exploring the unknown. This is what people have in this world.

manner.

Search is about exploring the unknown, looking for something out of curiosity, and the story behind bing is a perfect fit for search. When I was lucky enough to learn about this old man’s story last year, I came up with such a plan.

.

I want to make a search engine that can spread the old man’s attitude of ‘curiosity’ with a powerful enough tool. We don’t need to tell the story behind Bing, Bing itself is a tool to convey ‘curiosity’

.”

Lu Qi's eyes lit up, and he saw Ning Zimo in front of him with his hands spread out and looking at him with a smile on his lips.

"Incorporate the attitude of exploring with curiosity into your own ideas, and use a meaningful search engine to convey this attitude to the outside world. Provide convenience for everyone who has gone through the years but still maintains 'curiosity'

, let more people feel this power, and use such an attitude to influence people.

Bing, isn’t it just a tool to convey ‘curiosity’ to continue writing legendary stories?”

Lu Qi felt that the young man in front of him seemed to be emitting some kind of light, perhaps because he opened a window for him.

It was a new world that was completely separated from the current world. Just because he opened that window, that world opened up to him.

…

"Yes, the high price of Beibao does not mean that the Internet bubble has completely disappeared. Therefore, in the current environment, everyone is still silent."

Lu Qi thought about Ning Zimo's words carefully and nodded, "Yes, even the mute tiger is doing this."

For a long, long time, Lu Qi has not met someone like Ning Zimo. You are not familiar with him, but you can have endless topics to talk about. Once a topic is brought up in those conversations, it will spread around.

.The feeling is not like familiarity with each other like old friends, but it is a rare kind of like-mindedness.

But as soon as Lu Qi finished speaking, he saw Ning Zimo shaking his head.

"But," Ning Zimo shook his head, but his eyes were firm, "the silence of the general environment is more suitable for the transformation of new technologies. It is just right to develop a search engine at this time. After we have funds in a year or two, we can take advantage of

The wind rises."

Lu Qi asked curiously, "But the funding and profit model at the beginning were our biggest problems. Think about why Yahu purchased technology from Fengyu. It was because he saw that the prospects were not optimistic and was unwilling to invest. Do you think if we formed a

Team, how can a small boat break through the waves in an environment surrounded by powerful enemies?"

Lu Qi knew that there are always very few people in this world who can go beyond the limitations of the current environment and do things beyond the limits. Lu Qi didn't know whether Ning Zimo could do it, but he just expected that from Ning Zimo.

He just wanted to get a different voice from Ning Zimo.

After all, he was already a little tempted by this young man's invitation.

But Lu Qi knows that it is not enough to do things with enthusiasm.

He also needs clearer and clearer direction from Ning Zimo.

Just a little bit!

Just a little bit is needed!

As long as he can give what he expected, Lu Qi will decide to join his team!

Perhaps his expectations played a role. Ning Zimo answered quickly, "Brother Qi, although you may not like to hear what I say. However, I still want to separate technology and business and analyze it for you."

"Say." Lu Qi raised his chin.

Seeing Lu Qi's open attitude, Ning Zimo nodded and continued, "Since the Internet is also an industry, then it is nothing more than a new economy. In the final analysis, the economy still explores the essence of business, and the essence of business is to make money

.

So to put it simply, the Internet industry is about finding people who can serve, providing services and products and charging for them. It goes without saying that there is nothing to show off, because making money is not a shameful thing.

The Internet is a society that connects people from all over the world through the Internet. So when we combine the two, it becomes how to make money by providing services and products to people in need around the world.

So, you ask me how a small broken boat can break through the waves at this stage. I can only reply to you, do what you can, and find the right business model to operate."

"Yes, it's the business model. Can we talk in more detail?" Lu Qi nodded. Although his attitude was very calm on the surface, he was secretly frightened by what suddenly came to his mind.

Lu Qi knew a little about the rumors about Ning Zimo in Silicon Valley in recent days. He knew that Ning Zimo was promoted from senior engineer to product manager at Beibao, and finally to coo at Beibao.

Just by looking at the position, you can understand that Ning Zimo is a technical person, but in a place like Silicon Valley, he can stand out from a group of engineers and reach the position of COO. This means that in addition to being very skilled, Ning Zimo

He is also a person who understands the market.

Think about the fact that Beibao's profitability has been improving rapidly since the second half of last year until this year. Combined with his "simple" insights into the nature of business just now, Lu Qi has found what he was looking for.

thing.

However, the young genius in front of him was so dazzling that he couldn't help but want to know more about him.

"Brother Qi, you are a little greedy." Ning Zi smiled silently and sat on the sofa with his arms folded. "Bing is my most important project, and I have a series of ecology to build around it. Naturally,

There are also enough business models to support it.”

Ning Zimo "looked at" Lu Qi with interest, and his teasing eyes made Lu Qi realize that he had read through his mind.

Lu Qi suddenly became happy and couldn't help but stretched out a finger and nodded a few times, "You are like an old fox at such a young age."

"It's safe to keep it in your pocket, Brother Qi. If you want to know more about it, I'll give it to you after you switch jobs!"

Ning Zimo rushed to Lu Qi and clasped his fists,

The two looked at each other and laughed.