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I don’t know since when, Zhou Buqi has become the darling of Wall Street.

Unless the news is not released, the outside world will not know.

As soon as the outside world knew that Boss Zhou was in New York, various requests for visit appointments came like snowflakes, so many that it was dizzying. There are financiers and investors from Wall Street, entrepreneurial teams from New York, and some executives from Zhou Buqi's own company. They finally caught the big boss and had to seize the opportunity.

However, for direct relatives like Tang Binchen, there is no need to make an appointment.

Hearing that the big boss was in New York, he rushed over on a private plane and made a phone call when he arrived. In the evening, I went directly to the big boss’s house and met the real owner.

Zhou Buqi had been talking to the guys on Wall Street all day, his throat was a little smokey, and he didn't get a good rest due to jet lag. He originally planned to call Ning Yaxian and Zhang Zetian, two secretaries who spanned three generations, to clean up the house. Take a shower, exercise and rest early.

But when Tang Binchen came, he had to see him.

"Is everything about Banmi okay?"

Zhou Buqi was wearing a long white pajamas and looked unshaven when she saw him in the living room. You are not an outsider, and you don’t need to be too restricted.

Tang Binchen said with a smile: "It's okay. The impact has been controlled. There are about a hundred Chinese employees who have been fired or punished. This incident can be regarded as a reminder to everyone, don't easily destroy domestic Copy the same thing to the United States."

"It's better to try more. Since you are trying, you will inevitably make mistakes." Zhou Buqi gave Fu Sheng face and let Banmi go. "In the field of 'Internet+', these domestic Internet companies can It is said to be at the forefront of the world, far surpassing Silicon Valley.”

Tang Binchen nodded, "Really, here in Silicon Valley... they are not very enthusiastic about 'Internet+'. The more mainstream entrepreneurial direction in the Internet industry is smart hardware. Just like your AsterPods, Americans I seem to prefer this. 3D printers, multi-axis unmanned aerial vehicles, driverless cars, wearable devices, smart robots, and robot chefs all feel not the direction of the Internet, but the direction of Apple.”

“Silicon Valley is not right every time!”

With the development of the times, Zhou Buqi is becoming more and more confident in the domestic Internet industry.

This is a completely different mentality than when I first started my business.

More than ten years ago, the gap between the domestic Internet and Silicon Valley giants was really visible to the naked eye. There were magnitude and dimension disadvantages. It could be said that there was a gap between the sky and the earth. Nowadays, the domestic Internet industry has shone globally.

Especially the emerging field of "Internet +" based on mobile Internet, it really dominates the world.

Silicon Valley can't keep up with China's speed at all.

Countries other than the United States, such as South Korea, Japan, Europe, Russia, Australia... they are not worthy of appearing in this comparison sequence.

In the past few years, Tang Binchen has been working in Europe and the United States, and has a deeper understanding of European and American culture than Zhou Buqi. He smiled and said: "Actually, there is an economic theory called stagnation of development."

Zhou Buqi asked: "Why is development stagnant?"

Tang Binchen said: “If you want to develop rapidly, you must work together and work together. But for many developed countries, they already have everything. They have a resilient economy and social security, and they are quite satisfied in all aspects. If you have no desires and desires, there is no need to work so hard, and you will enter the phenomenon of stagnant development after development. "

"The United States is not doing well. The Republican Party still shouts the slogan of the American Dream every day and calls for hard work to get rich."

"Well, the social welfare in the United States is not as good as in Europe. But Silicon Valley is different. Silicon Valley is at the forefront of the world and the most developed place in the world. It can be seen now that Silicon Valley has seen this general trend of stagnant development. , whether in terms of flexibility, innovation, hard work, or the concept of getting rich through hard work, they have been left behind by the domestic Internet industry.”

"So we must seize this opportunity. This is the most fundamental advantage of Ziweixing International. Backed by the international department in Shanghai, the domestic team can help Ziweixing break out of the stagnant environment of development."

This is a strategic advantage that Zhou Buqi has established long ago.

Nowadays, many large companies in Silicon Valley are withdrawing from China, or are reducing the size of their domestic teams. After withdrawing, they will all regret it. Including Google, they were high-spirited when they withdrew from the domestic market, as if they were upright heroes. Now they want to go back, but they find that the door has been blocked.

Without the best Internet team in the country and relying on engineers from the United States, Europe, India, and Latin America, there is no competitiveness at all.

Tang Binchen said with a smile: "This is the same as the company's logic. I heard you mentioned in your internal speech that Baidu Nuomi and Alibaba's Tao Diandian cannot be rivals of Fantuan. Because Fantuan is not a department of Ziweixing , but an independent startup company.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, it's the same logic. Large companies like Ziweixing, Baidu, and Alibaba are already developed enough, but there have been some stagnant developments in terms of efficiency, structure, and company philosophy. Fatigue. This is probably the underlying logic of the disease of large companies, which is really insurmountable.”

Tang Binchen said: "The same goes for Ziweixing International."

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi knew the topic was coming.

Tang Binchen is a senior executive of Ziweixing International.

According to the established plan, Lu Qi will officially "retire" next month, and Kurian will serve as the CEO of Ziweixing International.

Tang Binchen's position is still senior vice president, but equivalent to executive vice president. He will be the second-in-command of Ziweixing International, in charge of all C-end mobile business in the company, including Yahoo, Helo, Snapchat, Ucgram, Reddit, Steam, Twitch, etc. wait.

He is rushing over now, it must be related to the C-side business.

Tang Binchen said: "Ziweixing International's current market value is 260 billion US dollars, second only to Google among Internet companies in the world. Even if there is a strong domestic team support behind it, being in Silicon Valley, it is inevitable to be affected by the environment of stagnant development. The impact on the state is not as serious as that of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon, but this trend is inevitable.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "There is nothing we can do about it, it is force majeure. The environment can change a person, and naturally it can also change a company."

Tang Binchen said: "So we must be cautious about new businesses, especially new businesses that you think may dominate the entire Internet industry in the future!"

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi reacted immediately, "You mean short video?"

Tang Binchen said in a deep voice: "Liu Qing and Fu Hongliang have communicated with me before, saying that the time is now initially mature and that we can try to enter the field of short videos. They also said that the short video company in the United States The video startup Musical.ly is actually backed by a domestic team.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, it is a startup company headquartered in Shanghai."

Tang Binchen said: "I have been communicating with Liu Qing during this period. She means to get the dominance of Musical.ly. She thinks Ziweixing has the ability to do this. I think it is still not mature enough. It is best It’s better to maintain the entrepreneurial status of Musical.ly and not break it easily. Whether it is Ziweixing or Ziweixing International, there is a certain degree of stagnation in development. As you said, this is force majeure.”