Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 133: Then and Now

Chen Mo looked at the small wine glass in his hand and laughed, "I was chatting with Lei Jun a few days ago. Based on his understanding of Zhou Hongyi, who knows what this kid is holding back. Even a rabbit will fight desperately when cornered, but Zhou Hongyi will only choose to fight to the death instead of lingering on!"

But Chen Mo glanced at Chen Tong and said, "What you just said was for external use. Maybe Lao Cao puts a lot of pressure on you, right?"

Chen Tong smiled, "You are still young at the end of the year, but you are very thoughtful. Du Hong's advertising revenue is rising steadily, and Weibo's product level is being pursued by Tencent. Gao Fei and I have not been doing well recently. Lao Cao has indeed put some pressure on us."

"Don't worry, the clouds will clear and the moon will appear. The chaotic battle you expect will come. By then, Brother Xiao Ma will be too busy to look around. I will send you a suggestion for Weibo function in two days. You can take this opportunity to update Weibo.

Although Tencent seems unshakable, once Pony Ma is caught in a dilemma, Tencent's Weibo department is not as small and efficient as Sina's. It is too large and complex. If the attention from above is diverted, the efficiency will definitely be compromised. Then it will be Sina Weibo's chance to take the lead again!"

Weibo, 360, and WeChat, which is hidden in the shadows, can be considered the three heroes fighting Lu Bu in the IT industry?
We will know who wins and who loses when the time comes!
Chen Tong picked up the wine glass and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for good news!"

After listening to Chen Mo's expression, he had a strange look. Now some poems and lyrics have been ruined by netizens, such as twists and turns, winding paths leading to secluded places, busy with daily affairs, my humble home is now open for you, and I am still singing the song of the back garden across the river.

The world is going downhill, people's hearts are not as they used to be
Chen Tong felt reassured after receiving Chen Mo's advice on Weibo.

Chen Mo was aware of the other party's subsequent actions and was modifying his previously determined plan in his mind, hoping that it could turn out to be a surprise move.

The two men finished their glasses of wine, understood each other tacitly, and parted ways.

Although the private kitchen is small in size, there is a large garage next to the small courtyard that provides special car pick-up service for guests.

After saying goodbye to Chen Tong, Chen Mo sat in the back seat of the business car and wondered if he should buy a car.

The party here was over, while another dinner party in the capital was reaching a critical moment.

There are also two people, one of whom is Lei Jun, and the other has a square face and speaks in a low voice, with the style of a business elite. He eats and talks slowly. His name is Xu Dalai, a Singaporean, and he is currently a well-known investor.

In fact, Lei Jun and Xu Dalai have known each other for a long time.

The intersection between Xu Dalai and Lei Jun can be traced back to 2005, when Xu Dalai worked at Singapore investment company GIC, mainly responsible for investing and managing Singapore's overseas assets.

So he helped GIC investigate projects in the mainland and led the investment in Kingsoft. At that time, Lei Jun left a very deep impression on him. This man seemed not good at speaking on the surface, but when talking about work, he was very familiar with the business and understood many details.

After some contact and understanding, what impressed him most was that this person was ambitious and had the ambition to build a great company.

In 07, Xu Dalai witnessed the entire process of Lei Jun leaving Kingsoft - Qiu Bojun and Zhang Xuanlong's efforts to retain him, the introduction of various possible plans, Lei Jun's hesitation and hesitation, and finally his departure.
At today's gathering, Lei Jun, without exception, told Xu Dalai about his current business. As always, he described the business model of Xiaomi Triathlon in a tone as excited and proud as showing off his baby.

After introducing the company and its business, Lei Jun finally introduced the partners of his founding team, especially a young partner whom he proudly introduced.

Then the real purpose was revealed and they asked him to introduce investment institutions that were interested in Xiaomi's A round.

Xu Dalai nodded without hesitation and said he would help make the contact.

The two then talked about investment, and as they considered the current boom in local entrepreneurship in China, they became more and more interested.

As observers, they have already realized that the era of mobile Internet has arrived, a new generation of entrepreneurs will continue to emerge, and more entrepreneurs will use capital to change the world.

And there are previous successful cases of Qiming Venture Partners and Morningside Venture Capital.

Xu Dalai picked up his glass and suggested, "Perhaps we can invest some money to set up a local fund to help those trendsetters continue to pursue their ideals and become their friends on the road to entrepreneurship."

Then he saw Lei Jun's eyes and smiled awkwardly, "Of course it would be best to make some money."

"That's what I want, but I dare not ask!" Lei Jun, who was in high spirits, said something to suit the situation, then raised his glass to clink with him.

In fact, Lei Jun has been thinking about a problem recently, especially after he came back from a round of talks on the supply chain, his insights became even deeper.

That is, Xiaomi has been established, but a mature company cannot exist in isolation and needs to establish a comprehensive ecosystem in the upstream and downstream of the industry.

With Xiaomi as the center, the layout is carried out from point to surface. In this way, peripheral companies can become Xiaomi's moat, and Xiaomi can provide support in the middle, giving it more room and leeway for maneuvering.

This is also the reason why Lei Jun immediately agreed to Xu Dalai’s proposal.

First, Xu Dalai is a friend of many years, and he is reliable in terms of both his personality and ability.

The second is the reason mentioned above.

"What should we name the fund?" Lei Jun thought for a while, "Going with the flow is what I have learned in my life since I turned 40. Our fund should go with the flow. At any time, we should respect and understand the objective laws of development of things and go with the flow.

Then let’s call the fund Shunwei Fund.”

After the name was decided, the two had very high execution ability, and then they finalized the initial capital investment, the positioning and division of labor between the two, and the scale of the first round of recruitment funds.
In the rest of October, Chen Mo first took a night to come up with a Weibo product plan and sent it to Chen Tong. After all, there is only goings-on, and only when Chen Tong secures his current position can he become his powerful assistant.

Chen Mo spent the rest of his time working on the auction plan. As the end of the year was approaching, he was ready to sell Tuan123 and Tuanjian.com for cash!

Although the group buying market is still hot now, Chen Mo remembers that it may be next year when the market will gradually change from chaos to prosperity. However, he is not sure whether the life cycle of the entire O2O industry will be shortened with the emergence of Tuan123 and Tuanjian.com.

Moreover, the time when something is most valuable is often when it is in its rising period. Once it reaches its peak, it means that it will depreciate next!

If you want to sell at a good price, necessary hype is indispensable, and these are the things that need to be considered.

Therefore, Chen Mo began to slow down the tone of the Shuangtuan website, which had originally seemed to be not for sale, to pave the way for selling it at a good price later.

During work time, I plan the subsequent version iteration plan of WeChat and deduce the subsequent situation of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu.

Chen Mo was caught up in a multi-line battle and was very busy.

However, during this period, an interesting episode happened to Chen Mo.

One morning, he was trying to write an extension for a subsequent function module of WeChat. He was typing the code happily when he was suddenly interrupted by an unexpected sound.

"Chen Mo, are you free? I have something to ask you~"

Chen Mo knew who it was without even raising his head. "Oh, Lao Li, please stand aside for a while while I finish typing this code. Wait a moment."

After saying this, he continued typing out the code based on the idea in his mind without any pause.

1 minutes
3 minutes
10 minutes
Li Wanqiang's face was uncertain, but his feet seemed to be rooted in the ground and did not waver at all. He was still waiting patiently.

Since you have done the first day of the month, you should not blame others for doing the fifteenth day. If you ask others for something, you deserve it.

Since he was transferred to the second department to be responsible for the establishment of Xiaomi.com and e-commerce, the former was easy, as he and his technical staff could finish it in half a month. But for Li Wanqiang, who came from a design background, the latter was indeed a bit difficult to enter a field he had never been involved in from scratch.

At the beginning, Li Wanqiang planned to work with Wang Haizhou, who was in charge of technology at Kingsoft, to learn from Vancl. As a result, Xiaomi came up with a sales approach that borrowed from Vancl.

But his request for a budget from Lei Jun was rejected. The original words were, "When Chen Mo started MIOS, he didn't ask the company for a penny. How can you do that? What we want is word of mouth. You just need to connect the upstream and downstream of e-commerce."

Lei Jun then sighed and gave Li Wanqiang the contact information of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of LeTao.com, an e-commerce company he had previously invested in.

The other party unreservedly shared all the secrets of e-commerce with him. From inventory design and barcode methods to how to receive goods, make invoices, allocate goods, ship goods, and settle accounts with express companies, he explained everything in detail.

After returning from their studies, Li Wanqiang and Wang Haizhou discovered a problem when they really started working: the second department was short of staff, and a complete e-commerce website involved very complicated functions. A series of technical and business issues such as financial settlement, purchasing and sales, inventory management, and consolidation were waiting for them.

But the press conference was held on January 1st. Even though there are still three months left, for their second department which currently has less than ten people and the technical staff is less than half the size, it is a drop in the bucket. Recruiting new people now will not be enough to solve the immediate problem.

One department is all about hardware, which is totally incompatible with them. Department 3 is strong in manpower and technology, so they have no choice but to turn to Chen Mo to see if they can borrow some technology.

Now Li Wanqiang no longer has the intention to compete with Chen Mo. He just wants to complete the task assigned by Lei Jun. Otherwise, if he fails to do it well, even though he is Lei Jun's old subordinate and the co-founder of Xiaomi, if there is a problem in the e-commerce link, he will be directly eliminated. There is no need to think about it.

Just when Li Wanqiang was considering whether to give up.

Then I heard Chen Mo's voice, "Shall we talk here or in the conference room?"

"Conference room!"

When the two arrived at the conference room, the door was closed.

When Li Wanqiang saw that there were no outsiders, he spoke frankly and sincerely, "Chen Mo, I did let you down in the past. I hope you don't mind. After all, we are colleagues. Our second department is facing some difficulties now, and I would like to ask for your help."

Chen Mo sat on the chair and looked at Li Wanqiang standing beside him. He said calmly, "Let's talk about it first."

This moment is just like that moment, except that the world is reversed and the roles are reversed.
(End of this chapter)