Ten Years Against the Current of Rebirth

At six o'clock in the evening, the taxi arrived at the airport.

Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan dragged their suitcases together and entered the airport to queue up to pick up tickets and check in their luggage, and then went all the way to the waiting hall.

While waiting, Xu Xing took out his mobile phone and instead of reading the news on Weibo, he downloaded all three Tencent games and took advantage of his boredom to see how Tencent was doing.

After a little experience, Xu Xing still had to admire the strength of other large manufacturers.

Although the innovation ability is average, after imitating it, after expanding the gameplay, improving the picture quality, modifying the style, and adding some krypton gold points, I have to say that this kind of game is indeed more profitable than the copied game.

Tencent has accumulated a lot of research on player human nature. If this kind of thing can be patented, Tencent will probably become the number one in the industry immediately.

As for the fact that Tengxin is taking advantage of Fruit Assassin's popularity, Xu Xing doesn't really care about it, and is even happy to see it happen.

In the future planning, how much money can be made from domestic games such as Fruit Assassin and Secret Escape is secondary. What is really important is another thing.

Since Tencent is here to take advantage of the popularity, it will definitely help Tianshu Company's games increase traffic. Xu Xing is eager to see this kind of result.

Thinking like this, Xu Xing had already deleted these three games, and then his eyes fell on another APP on his phone.

The background of this APP is white, with two green oval chat boxes overlapping in the center to form the APP logo.

The name of the APP is displayed below - [WeChat Assistant]

Although WeChat Assistant has not yet been officially launched at this time, employees of Qunxing Company, including the boss Xu Xing, have already installed this product and become the first batch of guinea pigs.

After clicking to enter, the name of [WeChat Assistant] is at the top, and in the upper right corner is a button. After clicking, you can enter the friend's name and add friends.

In the middle is a dialog box with friends, which also contains chat records between Xu Xing and employees using WeChat Assistant.

Just click into a dialog box and you can enter the chat interface with the other party. Currently, the function is relatively simple and only supports text and picture information interaction.

The interactive column in the bottom row is divided into four sections.

On the far left is the current [Conversation] page.

The second one from the right is the [Friends] column.

Further to the right is [Game Center], and [Me]'s profile page on the far right.

At this time, Xu Xing already has about ten friends, and the Game Center has also bound the account of Fruit Assassin. However, because it is a beta version, he will have to bind it again after the latest version of Fruit Assassin is updated tomorrow.

Just after looking at it, I can say that it is not so much a simple version of QQ, but a beggar version. Basically, except for the most common friend chat function and game center, the rest are emasculated with a lot of functions.

If nothing else happens, it is basically impossible for anyone to download such a thing specifically for chatting.

There is QQ, which is more useful, and my friend network is also on QQ. If you want to guide people to WeChat Assistant, it is as difficult as going to heaven.

But just when Xu Xing was thinking about the follow-up plan, Li Zhibin sent a message.

[Li Zhibin]: Your flight is at 7pm, right?

[Li Zhibin]: Then I will pick you up at the airport exit at 8:30 pm.

Looking at the messages sent by Li Zhibin using WeChat Assistant, Xu Xing smiled slightly, feeling inexplicably nostalgic for this feeling.

【Xu Xing】: Got it, have the hotel arrangements been made?

[Li Zhibin]: Don’t worry, we’ve made arrangements and we won’t let you, the big boss, down.

[Xu Xing]: Remember to bring all the information and documents you prepared this month and have a good chat in the evening.

[Li Zhibin]: Are you in such a hurry? You should have a good rest today.

[Xu Xing]: Do you think I’m here for vacation? Time is money. Once I’m done here, I have to go back to Shanghai.

【Li Zhibin】:Okay.

[Xu Xing]: I'm boarding the plane here. I'll contact you after I get off the plane.

【Li Zhibin】:Okay.

Putting away his cell phone, Xu Xing stood up from his chair. After hearing the announcement on the radio reporting their flight information, Yan Chijuan quickly stood up and followed Xu Xing.

After checking the tickets, Yan Chiju walked beside Xu Xing, and the two of them walked along the passage towards the plane's boarding gate.

When I was a child, Yan Chijiu vaguely remembered taking a plane once, but that was probably when I was in the first or second grade of elementary school, and my memory was already very vague.

Today was the first time she took a plane as an adult, and she was still very curious about everything at the airport.

Although Xu Xing had never flown on a plane in his previous life and spent most of his time in Shanghai, he still had experience and did not look around like a curious baby like Yan Chijue.

After the two of them successfully walked into the aircraft and found their seats, Xu Xing stepped aside and said to Yan Chiju: "You can sit by the window. The scenery after takeoff should be pretty good."

"Uh-huh." Yan Chijue obediently sat down in the innermost seat of the three-seat series, while Xu Xing came to the middle seat.

Putting his carry-on bag on the shelf above, Xu Xing sat down, leaned over, reached to the edge of the seat on the other side of Yan Chijuan, lifted up the seat belt, and buckled it for her.

After feeling Xu Xing's breath in front of him, Yan Chijuan's ears turned red, he blinked and tensed up, thinking that Xu Xing suddenly became more active. However, when Xu Xing retracted his upper body, Yan Chijuan looked down.

Only then did I realize that she had to buckle her seat belt.

Hmm... I'm actually a little disappointed.

However, when he thought that he and Xu Xing were about to take off alone to the unfamiliar city of Kyoto, Yan Chijuan felt excited in his heart, as happy as when he was in elementary school and the school organized a spring outing together.

Xu Xing was relatively calm. Taking advantage of the fact that he was still boarding the plane, he took out his mobile phone and chatted with several project leaders in the company.

Among them, WeChat Assistant, Fruit Assassin's new version update, and Secret Escape are all ready and will be officially launched as soon as the National Day arrives in the early morning.

On the takeout platform side, Zhang Nong, Lu Pengyou and Jian Jiashu are still in the stage of discussing the publicity plan.

It happened that during the National Day holiday, many students in the school went home for the holidays, so there was no rush to promote the takeout.

After Xu Xing confirmed his work, as the passengers on the plane boarded one after another, the stewardess closed the door fifteen minutes before takeoff and informed the passengers to turn off their mobile phones.

At this time, Xu Xing cast his eyes on Yan Chiju's pink face. Seeing her excitement in her eyes as she watched planes taking off one after another outside the window, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I hope to go to Kyoto this time."

There is a satisfactory result.”

"Ah?" After Yan Chijie heard this, he couldn't help but said with relief, "The boss is so powerful, he will definitely be able to successfully complete his goal."

"Really?" Xu Xing looked away from Yan Chijuan, leaned back on his chair and closed his eyes. He didn't know whether he was referring to Li Zhibin's investment project or something else, "I hope so. ."

…

It was a novel airplane experience. After ascending to an altitude of 10,000 meters, everything you saw was blue sky and white clouds. After admiring it for a while, Yan Chijuan's interest waned.

The two had a mediocre dinner on the plane. After more than an hour of flight, as the altitude of the plane began to decrease, Yanchiju finally looked through the window and saw the bustling Kyoto.

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening, and as night fell, the entire Kyoto was brightly lit, contrasting with the dimness in the distance, like a city that never sleeps dotted in the darkness.

When the plane landed safely, the two of them followed the crowd and took the airport shuttle bus. Yan Chijue pinched the corner of Xu Xing's clothes and walked in the airport of this strange city, suddenly feeling a little nervous.

"Don't get lost." Xu Xing simply reached out and grabbed her wrist. The two of them followed the sign to the place where the luggage was collected. After finding the suitcase, they dragged the luggage towards the exit.

At this time, Li Zhibin, who had arrived from Beijing University, was already waiting at the exit. He stretched his neck and looked at the crowds coming out of the airport from a distance, glancing at his mobile phone from time to time.

【Xu Xing】: We are out, where are you?

[Li Zhibin]: I'm right here at the door. You can see it as soon as you come out.

After the two people contacted each other, Li Zhibin soon saw Xu Xing and Yan Chijue walking out of the airport one after another.

After more than a month's absence, Li Zhibin saw his brother again. His face immediately showed a cheerful expression. He jumped up excitedly and waved to Xu Xing: "This way, this way! Xu Xing! This way!"

"Can you please stop shouting so loudly?" Xu Xing approached and complained to him, "I'm not welcoming your long-distance girlfriend, so there's no need to be so excited."

"Damn! A girlfriend is not as important as a brother." Li Zhibin slapped Xu Xing on the shoulder and cursed with a smile.

"Okay, I'll record this sentence for you and play it to your girlfriend later." Xu Xing let go of Yan Chiju's wrist, which he had been holding all the way, and looked outside, "Let's go, it's already late, first Let’s go to the hotel and talk about it.”

"Let's go." Li Zhibin led them out of the airport and hailed a taxi. "I don't know where my girlfriend is yet. If you can, just record it. I'm not thinking about it right now." "

Xu Xing took Yan Chijuan and got into the back seat of the taxi. Hearing what he said, he immediately felt happy.

Sure enough, for men who work hard for their careers, women are just a stumbling block on the road to success. Li Zhibin is very conscious. Looking at his attitude, it is estimated that his girlfriend in his previous life is completely gone.

I just don’t know if Li Zhibin will be able to stop the crazy bees and butterflies that are attracted to him when he finally succeeds in his career.

"Master, go to the Kaiyue Hotel next to Beijing University."

The taxi set off smoothly and headed towards the hotel.

Along the way, Li Zhibin was quite excited. After finally meeting Xu Xing, a fellow villager, he shared all kinds of interesting things.

After arriving at the hotel, Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan followed Li Zhibin to the front desk. After handing him their ID cards, they watched him take a room card from the front desk and waved to take them upstairs.

Xu Xing and Yan Chijuan didn't pay attention. After receiving their ID cards, they followed Li Zhibin in the elevator all the way to the 29th floor.

Li Zhibin led the two of them to the luxury suite No. 2905 that he had booked in advance. After swiping his card and opening the door, he led them into the room.

At this time, Xu Xing felt something was wrong.

"Wait a minute." Xu Xing stopped at the door of the suite and asked, "Where's the other room?"

"What?" Li Zhibin was stunned for a moment, "I just booked this one. This is a deluxe suite with two bedrooms."

"No..." Xu Xing was a little speechless, "Can't you just book two ordinary private rooms?"

"But Yuanyuan said that you two have already rented together in Shanghai." Li Zhibin scratched his head and said, "I was thinking that anyway, you two can rent together, and then rent a suite here directly, which will be convenient for communication and work.

point."

"And there is a living room here. When the time comes when you really want to talk about projects, and when it comes to more critical matters, you will definitely have to have a more private space."

"I think it would be good to book a suite, right?"

Xu Xing: "..."

Listening to Li Zhibin's analysis, Xu Xing actually felt that it made sense.

But what the hell is Yao Yuanyuan doing?

She was asked to communicate with Li Zhibin about booking a hotel, but she ended up doing this to him?

But just when Xu Xing was speechless, Yan Chijuan had already walked in silently dragging his suitcase, put the suitcase in the smaller bedroom next to him, and whispered after walking out:

"Actually, it's okay. I think it doesn't matter. It's more convenient to have a suite like this."

All right.

Even Yan Chiju, a girl, said this and put away the suitcases directly. Xu Xing could not say anything more and acquiesced to this result.

Putting his suitcase in the remaining bedroom, Xu Xingxing stretched out after coming out, and then looked at Li Zhibin: "Have you brought all the information? Let's discuss it carefully."

"Yeah." When Li Zhibin heard this, his face suddenly became serious. He put his backpack on the sofa, pulled out a thick stack of documents from it, and placed it on the table in the living room.

The two sat down facing each other. Yan Chijuan on the side found a cup in the room, washed it, poured a glass of water for them, and then sat down next to Xu Xing obediently to listen.

In the past month, Xu Xing has arranged more than ten project investigation tasks for Li Zhibin, most of which were famous unicorn companies reported in the previous life.

The so-called unicorn generally refers to an unlisted startup company that has been established for less than 10 years and has a valuation of more than $1 billion.

Among them, there are familiar companies such as Daily Toutiao, Kushou, Didi Dache, Zhihu, etc., and there are also some companies that ordinary people are not familiar with, such as Shangqingtian, Tengyun Data and Tingyunsheng, which are related to cloud computing, big data, and AI.

Companies related to the field of artificial intelligence.

As the project leader of Qunxing Investment Management Company, Li Zhibin has been meeting and communicating with these companies or founders basically every weekend this month.

Some companies have been established, and after receiving angel rounds, they have not yet reached the stage of Series A financing and are in the product trial period, such as Daily Toutiao.

And some companies haven't even been established yet, but the founder has developed an initial software himself and is looking for angel investment in the market, such as GIF Cool Hand.

What’s more, there is only a concept at the moment, and there is not even a decent finished product. Most investment institutions are basically reluctant to take action when they see this kind of person. A typical example is the founder of Didi Taxi.

Chen Wei.

After all, there are not too many scammers these days who fool people into investing with a fresh concept. Most investment institutions prefer to invest in companies that have passed certain market tests and have initially achieved results, and participate in Series A or Series B financing.

among.

As for the angel round, to be honest, it’s more about the people than the projects.

Because there are many early stage competitors in the same field.

If you don’t look at the founder’s ability and background, no matter who you invest in, it’s actually pretty much the same. After all, everyone is a master of painting and telling stories.

"In these projects, it's mainly you who come forward, and I'll be there to give you the full scoop."

The conversation continued until eleven o'clock in the night. Xu Xing looked at Li Zhibin who looked tired, pointed at a few documents on the table, and said after thinking, "You have talked to people from these families several times, so you are familiar with them.

If there is no competition from other investors, the chances of winning directly are still very high.”

Li Zhibin took a deep breath and became nervous.

Previously, Xu Xing asked him to discuss investment with these companies and founders. Because he was told by Xu Xing in advance that he was just going to have a casual chat and was not really asking him to spend money to invest, so Li Zhibin could slowly get used to it.

But now he is really required to negotiate the project, sign the contract, and spend millions of the company's funds. Just thinking about that scene, Li Zhibin feels like his hands are shaking.

"If this investment fails, you won't kill me, right?" Li Zhibin twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile.

"You can get your money back if you cut it off? And this is not the project you chose." Xu Xing glanced at Li Zhibin and patted his shoulder, "If you are nervous, I will send you to a foot bath shop to find a big sister to help you.

You give me a massage to relax."

"I'm not that kind of person!" Li Zhibin stood up quickly and refused sternly.

"I'm talking about a serious massage parlor. What are you thinking about?"

"Ah? Is this thing serious?"

"Are you interested?"

"Forget it, forget it." Li Zhibin shook his head repeatedly and said after packing up the documents on the table, "I'm going back to the room first. You guys should go to bed early."

"Okay." Xu Xing stood up and saw him off.

After sending Li Zhibin away, as soon as Xu Xing returned to the living room, Yan Chiju asked curiously: "Boss, have you been to a foot bath shop before?"

"How is that possible?" Xu Xing said sternly, "Do you think I am that kind of person?"

Yan Chijiu shook his head vigorously.

"That's enough." Xu Xing coughed twice, looked around the environment of the suite, took a deep breath, turned and walked towards his bedroom, "You go take a shower first, and tell me when you're done."

"Oh, okay." Yan Chijuan stood up quickly, took out a change of clothes from the suitcase, and walked out of the bedroom with the clothes in his arms. He glanced at Xu Xing's closed door and pursed his lips.

Thinking that he and Xu Xing would be living in the same suite in the next few days, Yan Chijuan couldn't help but thank him in his heart.

Sister Yuanyuan is so kind.

I will never tell you again that you grind your teeth in the middle of the night.