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

Chapter 321: A Private Visit to a Splendid Homeland

Zhang Yiming invited him to visit ByteDance, and Chen Mo agreed without hesitation.

The products are all online. As an investor, it is reasonable for you to take a look. At the very least, it would be nice to offer your condolences.

Then Chen Mo opened the drawer and took out a file bag containing current information about ByteDance.

This is the information collected by the All-Army Attack Intelligence Department. Not only ByteDance, but also Ele.me, miHoYo, Ledong Excellence, Yinhan Technology and other companies he invested in are marked.

Just like flying a kite, no matter how high the kite flies, he still has the string in his hand, so he doesn't have to worry about losing it halfway.

Chen Mo’s current investment strategy is like the OB (third-party observer) in the game. He provides funds, lets it develop, and never interferes.

Because he was afraid that rash intervention would disrupt the original timeline, just like in the movie The Butterfly Effect, the more he did, the more likely it would be to backfire.

In this way, his "prophet" will expire quickly and the balance will be insufficient.

This is why even if they have the ability, they will not interfere too much in the business of miHoYo and ByteDance.

Being half a step ahead of others is genius, but being several steps ahead is insane.

Looking at the information in my hand, at least ByteDance’s current development is still proceeding along the original trajectory.

After Zhang Yiming got his own investment, he still found his college roommate Liang Rubo, and brought in a group of old colleagues from 99fang, and found a private house in Beijing to start his arduous entrepreneurial journey.

Friday, July 2012, 7, afternoon.

There is a place which is only one subway stop away from Wudaokou, the center of the universe, and less than 4 kilometers away from Huaqing Garden.

This place is called Zhichun Road.

At first, Zhichun Road was inconspicuous and not a well-known tourist attraction.

Compared with places like Zhongguancun, Xi'erqi and Wudaokou, this place seems a bit unknown.

Later, Kingsoft, Xueersi, UC, and even Meituan and ByteDance all spent the most important entrepreneurial period here.

So much so that some people joked that Zhichun Road was the Feng Shui treasure land of Internet giants during their early days.

Even when investors encounter a project started in Jinqiu Garden, they will pay special attention to it, fearing that they will miss something.
On the other hand, Wangjing SOHO is the opposite. I don’t know what’s wrong with the feng shui there, but a lot of well-known companies have died there, such as Panda Live, Mi Meng, Huang Taiji, and Bluegogo.
Even Hammer, which is located next to Wangjing SOHO, became an innocent victim and was affected.

Therefore, "Wangjing Waterloo" and "Jiuxianqiao Bermuda" have become two major Feng Shui problems for Internet entrepreneurship, which are full of metaphysical meanings.

However, Chen Mo felt that these were all nonsense. Just like the shooter who was so stubborn that he rushed forward and killed the monster support, someone had to take the blame.

Let alone try to move the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China here? Of course, Chen Mo doesn't have the ability to do so.

When Wang Jian first proposed to place Bi'an Cloud Computing in Wangjing SOHO, he would not have agreed without hesitation.

There is also a hidden intention in it to verify the authenticity of this matter.

Chen Mo was thinking about all these things in his mind when he heard Lao Mo say, "Boss, we're here."

"Find a place to park yourself."

"Boss, how about I go in with you?"

"Not really. You're wearing a suit, sunglasses and white gloves. It would be bad if you scared the little one. This is not a foreign country. There are not so many American-style Iai. I'll send you a message in advance when you come out."

"Okay, boss!"

This time, Chen Mo did not take the company's newly purchased Rolls-Royce, which was too eye-catching. Instead, he took an ordinary black Mercedes-Benz business car. If the car logo was used, it would look like a Buick GL8 at first glance.

When Chen Mo, who was dressed casually, got out of the car, he looked up and saw the big words "Jinqiu Home" at the gate of the community. Looking at the buildings inside, it felt not much different from Huaqing Jiayuan. It was also an old community.

However, even though Chen Mo was so low-key, he still felt as if he was somewhat out of place here. The way others looked at him made him feel like a rich second-generation who came here to look for poor relatives.

Then he saw Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo who had been waiting not far from the door for who knows how long.

Seeing the other party quicken their pace to meet him, Chen Mo took a few quick steps. The two sides met in victory, shook hands and said, "Yiming, long time no see. I told you not to be so polite. It's not like I can't find the way."

Zhang Yiming smiled shyly, and with his baby face, he looked very friendly. "Mr. Chen, it's rare for you to come here. I should. Let me introduce you to Liang Rubo, my college roommate. He used to work with me at 99fang, and is currently the technical manager of ByteDance."

Chen Mo first took a quick look at him, and felt that he was a good match for Yiming in terms of both appearance and temperament. He extended his hand and shook hands with him, "Hello~"

"Hello, Mr. Chen. I have heard a lot about you."

Then the two of them led the way, and as soon as Chen Mo entered the community, he felt the familiar atmosphere of life in Huaqing Jiayuan.

Unlike his current residence, it is deserted and has few people and cars, and there is not even a neighbor.

When he arrived at the birthplace of Byte, there were about 20 to 30 people busy with their own work. However, Chen Mo could sense the curious eyes looking at him from all directions.

Zhang Yiming took Chen Mo for a walk and introduced the various departments. Although this house is only 140 square meters in size, it is definitely enough for living, but it is a bit tight as an office.

"This is the second bedroom. Human resources and finance work here~"

“This is the master bedroom. UI and art are here.”

"The living room was originally connected to another secondary bedroom, but I opened it up to make the space larger. Other departments such as product development and R&D can all work here together."

“This was originally a kitchen, but we used it as a small warehouse.”

After introducing the overall office environment for employees, the three of them came to a small room of 5 square meters.

"This is our meeting room. It's quite small and is usually used to discuss confidential matters. Mr. Chen, please take a seat."

After a while, Liang Ruobo poured a glass of water in a disposable paper cup, "Mr. Chen, drink some water!"

"Thank you!" Chen Mo took it, and Liang Rubo closed the door to block out the view from outside.

The employees outside who seemed to be working diligently started chattering like students when their teacher walked out of the classroom.

"Oh my god, who do I see? Is this Xiao Mo from the other side?"

"I just checked online, with this face, this height, and these long legs, there's no doubt about it. I think he's even more handsome in person than in the photo."

"I didn't expect that the investor Mr. Zhang mentioned last night was actually him. I wonder if he will refuse to take a photo with me later?"

"With Bi'an's investment, ByteDance will surely take off in the future~"

"Work, work. I'm full of motivation now. I think our Toutiao will be awesome in the future!"

The three of them sat down. After listening to Zhang Yiming's introduction, Chen Mo was a little surprised. "I remember that I invested 100 million US dollars in ByteDance, not RMB. I originally thought you would find a proper office, but I didn't expect you to live in a small place like this. It must be hard work."

"I feel the conditions for starting a business here are okay. It's not too hard. Look, there are two bathrooms here, one for men and one for women. A former colleague of mine is also starting a business. The house he rented only has one bathroom, which is shared by men and women."

As Zhang Yiming was talking, a sense of superiority suddenly emerged from nowhere, and Chen Mo actually heard from his mouth a kind of transcendent mood of "This is a humble room, but my virtue is fragrant".

“After all, in the start-up phase, when no achievements have been made, conditions are not very demanding. This way, everyone does not have so many ideas and works together to get things done. Although the money is not small, it must be spent wisely. Here, the rent, water and electricity costs are much lower.

We spent a lot of money on servers, bandwidth, and employee salaries before, but after Toutiao went online, that’s where the money really came from.”

Chen Mo nodded in agreement after listening to it. "No problem. Your place may be small, but it has everything. It's much better than the other side. When the other side started, it was only about 60 square meters. My founding team and I lived and ate in the company. It was not much different from eating tree bark in the snowy mountains."

As he spoke, Chen Mo looked as if he couldn't bear to look back on the past.
This made Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo look at each other in awe. Looking at Mr. Chen's expression, they didn't expect that Bi'an also had such a difficult entrepreneurial past.

"So how many people does our Byte have now?"

"There are 26 of them right now, including the two of us. This place can hold a maximum of 40 people."

"It's pretty good. At least in the ten minutes I've been here, the entrepreneurial atmosphere is pretty good, just like what happened in the past."

However, Liang Ruobo, the technical director, lamented, "It can be said that there are pros and cons. Although the cost is saved a lot, it is not easy to recruit people. Some people came for the interview and found that the interview location was in the community and ran away. Some time ago, a colleague just joined the company, but he couldn't stand it after two days and ran away. I wonder how Mr. Chen solved the problem at the time?"

Chen Mo was stunned when he heard this. I don't know. At that time, it was just him and Sun Ziwei. How could they recruit anyone else? Even if they did, that one-bedroom apartment wouldn't be able to accommodate them all.

However, Chen Mo has already trained himself to speak fluently. "It can only be said that everyone has their own aspirations. We need comrades who can overcome the difficulties together and share the same ideals. Those who are not firm in revolutionary will are better off not having them. Only by sharing the difficulties can we share the happiness in the future!"

Sometimes, choice and persistence are more important than hard work, just like Jin Zhicheng who couldn't hold on two days ago and the employees who look down on the current Byte environment. They never know what they will lose.
Chen Mo consoled them again, "It's okay, they will regret it. Haven't you two seen Battle Through the Heavens? Don't look down on the poor after 30 years!"

Seeing the two of them shaking their heads in bewilderment, he said, "Well, I think you two are going to become more and more awesome anyway."

"Then I'll borrow Mr. Chen's good words..."

Then Zhang Yiming began to introduce the current situation of Toutiao after its launch. This is the real reason why he invited Chen Mo here today.

When talking about the products he made, Zhang Yiming's words showed passion and confidence.

“After Toutiao went online, the number of registered users exceeded 10,000 within half a month without any promotion.

This is the statistics of our products.”

As he spoke, he clicked on a statistical trend chart on his computer, which displayed various data from Toutiao.

Chen Mo is not looking at the number of users. After all, what is there to see with only 1 users? He looks beyond the phenomenon to the essence. He looks at the potential of the product behind these data.
After reading the data, he couldn't help but be a little astonished. Even though he knew that Toutiao would be very dominant in the future, he didn't expect it to perform so well just after it went online.

The colt of a tiger or leopard is not yet bred, but it has the energy to eat cattle.
(End of this chapter)