I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 238 Lei Jun kneels!

Zhongguancun, Starbucks coffee shop.

Xiong Xiaoge took a sip of coffee, looked at the message on his phone, and couldn't help but glance at the door; there were not many people in the afternoon. Most people were at work at this time on weekdays, and students were basically studying. Most of the people who came here were Internet and IT professionals.

A middle-aged man wearing a wrinkle-free white shirt suddenly appeared at the door. He was a little thin, with shiny black hair parted on the side, and dark blue jeans. He was about 1.8 meters tall, and looked like a rather introverted IT guy, with the temperament of a programmer engineer.

All it needs is an ordinary black nylon backpack, otherwise it would look more impressive.

"This way!"

The slightly plump Xiong Xiaoge quickly stood up and waved at him.

The middle-aged man obviously saw Xiong Xiaoge and smiled. In fact, even if he didn't smile, there seemed to be a faint smile in his eyes. When he spoke, a shallow dimple on his cheek was faintly visible.

"It's 15 minutes earlier than the scheduled time, Mr. Lei!"

Xiong Xiaoge smiled at the middle-aged man who was walking over. Lei Jun sat opposite him and subconsciously wiped the table in front of him with paper. He also smiled and said, "I just happened to be walking over after dinner!"

Lei Jun’s newly opened Xiaomi company is located in Room 807 of the nearby Yingu Building, an office of about 100 square meters.

However, due to its rapid development recently, the company moved to the Juanshi Tiandi Building in Wangjing, which became the headquarters of MIUI.

"Busy lately?"

Xiong Xiaoge had already ordered a cup of coffee for Lei Jun. After Lei Jun took a sip, he smiled and said, "It's okay. It's mainly MiTalk, MIUI and Xiaomi phones that are progressing according to the established schedule..."

At the end of last year, Lei Jun's Xiaomi completed its first round of financing with an amount of US$4100 million. The investors were Morningside, Qiming and Xiong Xiaoge's IDG, and the valuation was US$2.5 million.

The greatest value lies in the product MiTalk, while the MIUI system is somewhat inferior and the Xiaomi mobile phone has not been released yet, so it is not included in the valuation.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. How about this white shirt I'm wearing?"

"Guess how much?"

Lei Jun pulled down his white shirt, and Xiong Xiaoge smiled and said, "59!"

"Haha, why don't you wear it? I think the quality is very good!"

“Not used to it!”

Xiong Xiaoge shook her head: "Old Chen gave me a lot of gifts. Now my company has the same uniforms as work clothes!"

"I think the price/performance ratio is good. Last year, we sold 20 billion, more than 3000 million pieces, 80-count, no ironing!"

“Vanketi is on fire!”

Lei Jun was drinking coffee and smiling happily.

The two had previously invested together in a Vancl website, and its valuation increased 40 times in one year.

The sales volume was only tens of millions the year before last, but it increased to more than 20 billion last year.

"You know what, Han Han and Wang Luodan are both great spokespeople, especially Han Han, who has boosted sales a lot. Chen Jin also wanted to ask him to be a spokesperson, but he refused. I'll have to ask him the reason later!"

"I asked for you!"

Xiong Xiaoge laughed and said, "He said he doesn't think highly of this website!"

"Aha?"

Lei Jun smiled happily: "Did you really say that? So directly?"

"Yes, I actually regretted investing in Vancl. I was persuaded by Chen Jin!"

"No way?"

Lei Jun put down his coffee and looked at Xiong Xiaoge in disbelief. His IDG was the main investor in several rounds of financing for Vancl and had been following up all the time.

Just because someone said a few words to you, you regret it? !

"Well, I'm going to sell my shares!"

"In fact, Vancl has many hidden dangers. Chen Jin said that the most important one is quality. Now Vancl is advertising all over the Internet. If it wants to make a profit, the quality of its clothes will inevitably shrink!"

"Nope!"

Lei Jun pinched his clothes and said, "I feel great!"

"Yours is from last year. Have you bought this year's? It's obviously much worse than last year. I didn't pay attention to it, but Chen Jin is a consumer, he knows it very well!"

"And I checked online, and there are indeed a lot of negative reviews!"

"Han Han was scolded to death!"

Xiong Xiaoge is not a fool. The reason why he didn't pay attention to it before was because he only needed to look at the various performance reports sent by his subordinates; but Chen Jin only told him about the products, and Xiong Xiaoge realized that the operation of this website had started to have problems.

This is what investors fear the most.

"so serious?"

"I've been so busy lately that I haven't really paid attention to the news online!"

“Weibo!”

Xiong Xiaoge said: "Fanke can't see the negative reviews, but many people on Weibo are reacting, especially under Han Han's comments. His Fanke style was so popular last year, but it backfired this year!"

Lei Jun has turned on his mobile phone, which is an iPhone. He is currently a loyal believer of Apple.

I opened Weibo and clicked on Han Han’s homepage. He recently shared a photo of a racing car, but the comments below were all talking about the quality of Vancl’s clothes.

Although T-shirts and shirts are only 29 and 59 yuan, this kind of street stall goods is only 15 yuan. What do you think if you are a user?
"Has he bought any clothes from Vancl recently?"

"I don't know, but he did tell me that Chen Jin is very weird..."

Xiong Xiaoge's comment was very strange: "It's normal for him to endorse survey products, but isn't it weird for a college entrance examination champion to become an actor?"

"really!"

"Look at Huang Xiaoming. When we approached him to be the spokesperson, Huayi signed him without hesitation!"

"It happened just last month. Otherwise, he would have been offered the contract. He would have refused 2000 million a year!"

Anyway, Lei Jun couldn't figure it out.

"He has his own aspirations. What is Huang Xiaoming? A star!"

Xiong Xiaoge really thinks highly of Chen Jin: "Besides, he also started his own business, just opened a film and television company, but his Internet marketing thinking is exactly the same as ours!"

The successful marketing case of "Love Is Not Blind" has spread more widely in the Internet circle than in the closed entertainment circle.

People in the entertainment industry, like Ning Hao, think it is luck because they think like a director; but the Internet can tell at a glance that this marketing is no ordinary effort.

This is taking advantage of the situation and standing at the forefront of the Internet.

What's more, the Mr. Lei in front of him is the one who said the most legendary quote on the Internet.

The originator of the "Flying Pig Theory".

He said that if you stand in the right place, even a pig can fly.

He is a firm believer in this theory.

"What you said makes me curious!"

"Is this the day he said he wanted to meet me?"

Lei Jun asked, Xiong Xiaoge took a sip of coffee and nodded: "Yes, MiTalk is about to be overtaken by WeChat, right?"

When talking about this, Lei Jun's face became a little embarrassed.

"When I first started MiTalk, I wanted to create a time gap with Tencent. If Tencent reacts after a year, MiTalk's chance of success is 50%. If it follows suit in two or three months, basically... it will 100% fail!"

Lei Jun did not hide the fact from Xiong Xiaoge that they were all comrades in the investment industry. You invest in me and I invest in you. In fact, Lei Jun had already told Xiong Xiaoge that Xiaomi's two biggest directions at present were systems and mobile phones.

MiTalk is just a product, so when Xiong Xiaoge heard this, he didn't think about withdrawing his investment.

Before Tencent's WeChat appeared, Xiaomi's valuation was indeed very high, and the number of MiTalk users reached millions in just one month.

400 million in two months!
MiTalk now has more than 1100 million users, while WeChat is a little behind, at 500 million!
However, it only took two months for WeChat to gain more than 500 million users, and the growth was even more rapid than that of MiTalk!
In addition, Tencent is much larger than Xiaomi, and they are not opponents of the same level at all, so it is normal for Lei Jun to be desperate.

Besides, he also has the user support of QQ, a PC instant messaging software aircraft carrier, so how can MiTalk compete?
Everyone in the industry knows that the collapse of MiTalk is an inevitable trend.

It's just like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Chen Jin said he has a way!"

Xiong Xiaoge suddenly said to Lei Jun, who thought Xiong Xiaoge was joking: "What's the solution?"

"I also want to know. This kid said it with such confidence!"

“Also asked when the next round of Xiaomi financing will be?”

"He still wants to invest?"

Lei Jun thinks that today's young people are a little whimsical, but it is normal for the top scorer in the college entrance examination to be a little arrogant.

"Don't underestimate him!"

"He is definitely an excellent product manager. It's a shame to be an actor!"

Xiong Xiaoge said calmly: "You know I voted for Didi, right? Many of the opinions on Didi Ticketing were raised by him, and they are very constructive!"

"Originally we wanted to follow Guevara's example. Many group buying websites on the market also used Guevara as a reference for ticketing!"

"But he suggested that we make the app first, then do promotions, and not focus on user experience, and just do the 9.9 yuan movie ticket promotion. Now Didi has the largest number of users on the entire network, and their loyalty is also very high, all because of the ticketing business; we also managed to sell online tickets for Guevara!"

"I asked you that question at that time, do you remember?"

"Well, the app strategy is definitely right. The future is definitely dominated by mobile Internet. Group buying websites will die if they don't have apps!"

Lei Jun pointed to the iPhone on the table and said, "I hardly use the computer now. I work entirely on my phone!"

“So you two have something to talk about. Didi is the first group-buying website to have an app!”

"When I think about it now, I break out in a cold sweat. If I had only made PCs, I would be like a handle now!"

Lashou has now fallen to the second tier, with Meituan, Nuomi and Dianping catching up. Didi still has the momentum to lead the entire network in terms of the number of users.

Moreover, the download volume of the app is completely unrivaled among group buying websites.

No. 1 on the Android and iOS charts.

"Didi is planning to raise another round of funding, and I plan to bring Chen Jin on board!"

Xiong Xiaoge said softly, and Lei Jun nodded.

In the Internet age, people who come up with ideas are always the core of the product.

There are many programmers, but only a few geniuses. Many app ideas are often the sudden inspiration of these geniuses.

The fact that Didi can always maintain its leading position among group buying websites is actually inseparable from Chen Jin’s operations, which is why Xiong Xiaoge respects Chen Jin.

They speak entirely based on their own strength, not on their so-called fame.

"coming!"

After chatting with Lei Jun for about 10 minutes, Chen Jin arrived 5 minutes early from the agreed time.

But I didn't expect that the two big guys had already arrived.

"Sorry, Mr. Xiong, I'm late!"

"Hello, Mr. Lei!"

Chen Jin waved to Lei Jun. Looking at Chen Jin's overly young face, Lei Jun couldn't help but think of his university days.

There is a legend circulating on the Internet that he is the top scorer in the Hubei college entrance examination, and there is also a rumor that he is the top scorer in the Xiantao college entrance examination, but that is all false. However, are you ok did not refute the rumor now, and only talked about it after he became famous.

In fact, these entrepreneurs also need this kind of fake traffic to maintain their business because it is beneficial to their own business.

But once you reach a certain status and fame, you have to start packaging.

In the future, Lei Jun will be an idol for many young people, but in the past two years, he has actually had a very bad temper. He exchanged dozens of Weibo posts with the 360 gangster Zhou Hongyi, which started the famous "Little 3 War", which was no less intense than the 3Q War.

Lao Zhou is addicted to fighting with others, and his method of playing with traffic is actually very similar to that in the entertainment industry.

Entertainment is a circle, and in fact the Internet is also a circle. The two circles are integrated in some aspects.

"You are young and promising!"

"Younger than I thought!"

Lei Jun gives people a refreshing feeling. Most people will like him when he smiles, and his dress is also very down-to-earth.

This is also the reason why Chen Jin felt that Xiong Xiaoge was able to ask him out.

If it were someone like Liu Chuanzhi, the conscience of the American empire, not only would he not take Chen Jin seriously, but he would also scold anyone who called him.

Who do you think you are, Chen Jin? A lousy actor, and you want to meet me, the founder of Lenovo?

What grade? !

This is the difference between respect and arrogance.

At least, on the surface, you can't find any fault with Lei Jun.

"Mr. Lei, you're too polite!"

"I have been paying attention to Xiaomi phones. I also often play with the MIUI system. My dad is also a digital enthusiast!"

Chen Jin smiled at Lei Jun, and Lei Jun certainly enjoyed it.

At present, he is not the future famous Lei Jun, but just an independent entrepreneur who came out of Kingsoft and started his first business.

The product has not even been released yet, and there is only a group of people in the circle helping him. People who know him are optimistic about him, but people who are not familiar with him don’t think Xiaomi will succeed at all.

There is no doubt that Chinese mobile phones are garbage.

Brands like Bird have all gone bankrupt, and Meizu is just the belief of a small group of digital enthusiasts.

90% of the mobile phones on the market are from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and HTC, as well as the up-and-coming Apple.

There is no trace of domestic mobile phones.

Even after Xiaomi was born, it still took several years to get rid of the label of garbage. Later it was labeled a loser phone, and it took more than ten years to make a comeback... but it still couldn't escape the situation of being despised.

But looking back on the past, Chen Jin did not have the confidence that he could do what Lei Jun did.

As I said, no matter how much I complain, I am actually quite impressed when I see the real person.

“You use an iPhone too?”

Lei Jun likes to observe the mobile phones used by others. Chen Jin took out a Motorola 525+ and said, "I have three mobile phones in total. Another one is with my assistant. It's Nokia Symbian system, but Nokia should be a few years old, right?"

Sales were very good last year, but this year there is no Nokia series mobile phone in the top ten sales.

This is the power of mobile Internet, and no one can stop it.

"Well, Nokia is definitely not going to work!"

Lei Jun has actually been observing Chen Jin. This star is much more confident and motivated than he imagined.

It was indeed different from many celebrities he had met.

People like Huang Xiaoming are very polite and humble, while Chen Jin is full of energy and vitality. It is different when he becomes his own boss.

"You two should stop talking to each other on your phones. Um, didn't you say there was a solution for MiTalk?"

Xiong Xiaoge urged from the side, Lei Jun also came up to Chen Jin and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. Xiong said you want to give some suggestions for my product?"

This is what makes Lei Jun different from other entrepreneurs. This guy is very good at providing emotional value to others.

He has a very accurate grasp of the ways of the world.

The attitude is not that of a superior, but that of a listener.

"Yes, I should be one of the earliest users of MiTalk. When this app came out, it was like I saw the future!"

When it comes to emotional value, Chen Jin also knows it.

As soon as he said this, Lei Jun obviously looked at Chen Jin with a new respect.

You see, this is the art of speaking.

See the future?
The height of a product was elevated to this level by Chen Jin? !

If you are a developer, you will also feel happy to hear this.

"But recently, WeChat came out, and I feel a little worried. I like the MiTalk app so much, it's much better than WeChat, so I can't wait to find Mr. Xiong and talk to you, Mr. Lei..."

This is true.

At this stage, MiTalk is better than WeChat in terms of interface and humanization.

"The details of the message status are handled very carefully, showing the other party's input status and the status after the instant message is sent..."

“MiLiao has indeed studied the usage habits and potential needs of users and optimized each one!”

WeChat does not have these functions.

These words really touched Lei Jun's heart. It's obvious at first glance that he is a senior user!

Otherwise, how could it be possible to tell so many comparative details that other users would overlook?
In fact, this is also what Lei Jun thinks is better than WeChat.

If you can’t beat your competitors, you can only optimize the details and make your app better than theirs to retain users.

“But WeChat has QQ!”

"QQ has 7.21 million users!"

This is what Lei Jun is afraid of. WeChat hasn't made any move yet, and QQ and WeChat are directly connected. MiTalk has absolutely no ability to fight back.

"Well, if MiTalk wants to beat WeChat, it can only rely on the in-depth experience of the app!"

"I will first tell you a method that can rapidly increase the number of MiTalk users, but in order to beat WeChat in the future, we need to increase our efforts!"

As soon as Chen Jin said this, not only Xiong Xiaoge raised his head, but even Lei Jun pricked up his ears and looked at Chen Jin.

Are you kidding? The number of users has skyrocketed?

This is the desired effect of every product.

What is the purpose of making a product? Isn’t it to increase the number of users? !
Not to mention MiTalk, even Didi wants users!

"any solution?"

Lei Jun's voice changed a little, and Xiong Xiaoge also moved closer to Chen Jin.

Chen Jin directly opened the map on his iPhone and said four words: "People nearby!"

"People nearby?"

Xiong Xiaoge didn't quite understand, but Lei Jun was a little stunned.

Chen Jin continued to demonstrate with the map: "If this map shows that there is a MiTalk user nearby, will you chat with him?"

"If it were a young woman..."

“Awesome!!!”

Lei Jun is restrained.

If there weren't other people around, he would probably have shouted with excitement.

But even so, he still stood up. He wanted to get up and go back to the company, but after he came to his senses, he quickly reached out and shook hands with Chen Jin: "Thank you so much, this idea... this idea is amazing!"

"I understand too!"

Xiong Xiaoge also reacted quickly, and seemed very excited: "Chatting with strangers, isn't this the model that QQ used to become famous?"

"Yes, but QQ requires searching, and even if you are in the same city, you are still very far away; but on a mobile phone, you don't need to search, you can just click and the people nearby will appear!"

"Someone nearby!"

Lei Jun lowered his voice, unable to conceal the excitement on his face at all.

"That's awesome!"

“This is definitely a blockbuster idea!”

"Let's go to my company and chat while we talk!"

Lei Jun couldn't wait any longer. He had to report this matter to his team as soon as possible and make sure to develop this "People Nearby" as quickly as possible.

When it comes out, it will be the day when WeChat will be destroyed.

"Chen Jin, you are welcome to join Xiaomi's next round of financing!"

Return the peach.

Such an idea and creativity is absolutely priceless; but Chen Jin said it just now, and from what he said just now, he obviously has other ideas.

Then the best way is to pull them into the same camp.

Financing actually involves connections and background!
(End of this chapter)