There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 288 Ecological Chain
After the reception, the film "Fireworks in the Day" was released in full swing. According to the release strategy formulated by Qu Xiaoxiao and Feng Kun, the focus of the publicity was mainly on Liao Fan, the new Berlin actor. The series of interviews to the character interviews of "Southern Weekly" and "Sanlian People Weekly" portrayed him as an alternative film and television person who is both good and evil.

After Qu Xiaoxiao reported to Shen Fang, Shen Fang didn't bother with this matter. It is considered a success for this film to win an award, and the box office only needs to recover the production cost.Shen Fang was drinking with Zhang Yiming in the bar at this time.

"Young Master Shen, it seems that I got the funds from you at this time last year." Zhang Yiming said to Shen Fang while holding a glass of whiskey, "Thanks to your support, otherwise I would have sold the house and the car."

Shen Fang, who was sitting at the old seat at the bar, said to Zhang Yiming: "This year's 'Journal of Toutiao' has developed rapidly, and my original investment has already doubled by ten times."

"Young Master Shen, I wonder if Qiandu Company has contacted you?" Zhang Yiming pondered for a while, and then directly expressed the question in his heart.

"Hehe, I thought you would continue to play around." Shen Fang looked at Zhang Yiming and said, "Do you have confidence in the future development of the characters?"

"Yes." Zhang Yiming picked up the wine glass and drank the remaining wine in one gulp. Although he was a little embarrassed to be exposed by Shen Fang, he gave a firm answer when he heard Shen Fang's question: "In the future, the traffic of the Internet industry will It will gradually shift from the PC side to the mobile phone side. If Qiandu Company maintains the status quo, we only need five years to break the barriers and irreplaceability of Qiandu Company's search business, and establish our traffic foundation and advertiser system. .Became the controller of the information flow of the mobile client by surpassing thousands of degrees."

Shen Fang poured him another glass of wine and said, "I know that after I sold whatsapp to Facebook, you guys had some panic, thinking that I was just speculating, and I wanted to withdraw when I made money, for fear that I would resell the equity of character beating to Qian company."

Zhang Yiming silently sipped the wine in his glass and didn't speak, but from his expression, it could be seen that he also had such worries. After all, Shen Fang had sold the shares of two Internet companies successively.

"Do you know how I asked Facebook for the price when I sold whastapp?" Shen Fang looked at the confused Zhang Yiming and continued: "I asked for 5% of Facebook's shares at the beginning, but Zuckerberg refused. If they didn't need whatsapp Adding new growth points, they estimate that they will not even give me 3% of the equity.”

"What is the use of cash? When a certain amount is reached, it is just a number, and the funds must be invested to generate its due value. So I am not short of money at all. Qiandu Company has approached me and is planning to use 10 billion U.S. dollars I bought the equity of Character Beat at a high valuation. I didn’t even bother, because I believe that with the rapid development of the mobile Internet today, the market value of Character Beat will reach 100 billion, 500 billion or even higher one day.”

"Since you are optimistic about the mobile Internet, why did you sell whatsapp to Facebook?" Zhang Yiming asked his own question.

Shen Fang added some wine to his glass, and said to Zhang Yiming: "A lot of media say whatsapp is the American version of WeChat, but it's not entirely true. The development of WeChat relies on Goose Factory, a powerful content provider. Yes, his social function has enriched the contact methods between members of Goose Factory. Whatsapp is not good, it is just a communication tool, and its social function is far weaker than WeChat. The United States can be compared with Goose Factory It’s just Facebook. They just ignore the mobile network. With Facebook’s strong technical support capabilities, it’s easy for them to develop their own cross-platform communication tools. By then whatsapp won’t be worth so much money.”

Although Zhang Yiming didn't quite agree with Shen Fang's answer, Shen Fang's benefits are obvious. After Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp, the market value has exceeded the 3 billion US dollar mark, and it is becoming a giant cross-platform Internet company.And Shen Fang's 30% stake has also increased in value by about 40%, reaching [-] billion US dollars.

Zhang Yiming said to Shen Fang: "Young Master Shen, no matter how you judge the future of character jumping, we still hope to get your strong support. We are going to launch the 'Toutiaohao' self-media platform this year, starting from March 3st. , 'Today's headlines' began to produce original content and increase the coverage of vertical information."

"Don't worry, I have always had confidence in you." Shen Fang said: "I am not short of money, and I am planning to increase investment in character beating."

"Do you want to invest more?" Zhang Yiming asked in surprise: "We still have a lot of funds, and we haven't reached the C round of financing yet."

"I don't know Mr. Zhang, what do you think of short videos?" Shen Fang said: "With the popularization of 4G networks, people are no longer satisfied with the way of obtaining information from text or pictures. In the next few years, short videos and Online live broadcasting will become another trend and growth point.”

"You mean GIF Kuaishou?" Zhang Yiming asked uncertainly.

"In addition to Kuaishou, there are also Douyu live broadcasts derived from Station A. If possible, I suggest that you take them all down and enrich them in your 'Toutiao account'." Shen Fang continued: "In the United States, there are One thing that many Internet giants are discussing is the 'ecological chain'. A vertically integrated closed-loop ecological chain is formed through 'platform + content + application + terminal', so that risks can be effectively combated. It is currently the best in China It is Goose Factory, they have formed their own circle relying on their own powerful social platform. I hope that Character Beat can also enrich its content around its main business and form its own ecological chain.”

In the past, Zhang Yiming always thought that Shen Fang, who was relatively idle and made some entertainment news from time to time, was a rich second generation like Wang Xiaocong. Lucky to invest in a few more promising projects in Silicon Valley in order to gain a reputation abroad.Especially after the sale of whatsapp, after seeing the development of WeChat, many people in China thought that Shen Fang was short-sighted and sold a promising Internet company at a low price.But through today's communication, Zhang Yiming really found out that he still underestimated Shen Fang before, and he really is a man with a reputation.

"Young Master Shen, I misunderstood you, and I apologize to you." Zhang Yiming stood up from the bar stool and bowed to Shen Fang: "Today has really benefited me a lot, and I will have a meeting to discuss you when I get back. If you really want to acquire these companies, I hope you can untie your pocketbook and support them.”

"The funds I brought back from the United States are still idle there, waiting for you to empty them out." Shen Fang said with a smile.

Zhang Yiming communicated with Shen Fang again before turning around and leaving. He needed to take the opportunity to calm down. The blueprint drawn by Shen Fang had already given him a preliminary idea in his mind, a mobile media ecological chain centered on "Today's Toutiao" The concept has gradually taken shape.

After sending Zhang Yiming away, Shen Fang relaxed again. Although the night in early spring was cold, it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of Yanjing people. There were a lot of customers tonight, and some old customers raised their glasses to pay respects from a distance after seeing Shen Fang. Shen Fang also responded casually.

At around nine o'clock, when Zhang Lei was handing over to the abnormal band, Shen Fang came on stage and sang a few songs to enjoy himself. Customers who hadn't seen Shen Fang on stage for a long time applauded. They used to say something when they saw Shen Fang sitting at the bar. Invite him, now that I know his wealth, I don't dare to be casual.

The addicted Shen Fang returned to his seat amidst the applause of the crowd, Fang Yuan smiled at him and said, "Boss, since you proposed to the proprietress at the Spring Festival Gala, there have been far fewer beauties in our bar."

Shen Fang didn't care about Fang Yuan's complaints. The main reason for the fact that the temperature has dropped a little in the past few days is that there are fewer girls coming out: "What about you, I haven't bothered to ask you, how did your younger brother decide to go home during the Spring Festival? I think Your check has never been cashed."

Fang Yuan looked at Shen Fang, and said excitedly: "I communicated with my parents. When I told my brother to let him bear the 100 million debt, he flinched. Seeing his performance, my father was very disappointed. My mother and I finally realized that we can no longer spoil my brother like this, and we can no longer let him have no sense of pressure and responsibility."

"Thank you, boss." Finally, Fang Yuan took out the check from Shen Fang and prepared to return it to Shen Fang.

"You keep it, it's a loan to you. No matter how you and Xiao Ou think about it, I suggest you buy a house first, which is much better than putting the money in the bank."

Fang Yuan teased, "Boss, you have successfully proposed to the lady boss, do you want others to enter the siege of marriage?"

"Tch!" Shen Fang said disdainfully: "I have never thought that marriage is the grave of love. I feel that only marriage is the sublimation of a couple's emotional life. Without it, our lives would be fragmented."

"Boss, I admire it!" Fang Yuan gave a thumbs up. Although he didn't want to get married, he admired every pair of lovers who used to enter the marriage hall.

The fact that the two have different ideas does not mean that they have no common topics. Fangyuan invented a cocktail and prepared to make it for Shen Fang, and Shen Fang happily agreed.

As time went on, the night became deeper and deeper.

(End of this chapter)