Consumer God

Chapter 424 So Big, Let's Watch My Performance!
Han Lie didn't want to talk about ideology any more, but Zhang Yiming and Zhang Lidong were in high spirits and the conversation started.

Byte's entrepreneurial team is different from the current mainstream Internet team. None of them have work experience abroad, and their understanding of related issues is obviously not as deep as those returnees.

After finally finding the root of the problem, they all wanted to have a thorough chat.

The next topic begins to deepen and diverge.

Zhang Yiming said sincerely: "The conflict between countries is too far away from us, but Mr. Han's analysis, um, is still extremely important to our development plan.

First of all, it completely dispelled the naive illusions that were common in our team and let us know the seriousness of the problem.

In the past, many students thought, ah, since we want to engage in creation, we should give the creators the greatest degree of freedom and allow them to express different opinions.

As for those negative voices, we should focus on guidance and not make a one-size-fits-all approach.

It's not that they engage in pornography, it's just that they have different perceptions.

At the beginning, I was also inclined to this point of view. It is normal for creators to have a position.

But now, we must be vigilant.

The negative voices from different cognitions are temporary, scattered, and digestible, and we can easily solve them without having a major impact on the development of Toutiao.

But if the turmoil caused by those sensitive events is not an accident caused by huge cognitive differences between different groups, but a long-standing deliberate incitement, then our preparations must be insufficient.

Our emergency plan puts too much energy on the post-processing of 'emergencies'.

It has a huge impact, and then cools it down. This kind of treatment plan is a typical headache doctor’s head and feet, and it will definitely be affected back and forth in actual operation, exhausting.

So we need to create a more flexible mechanism to build a firewall for Toutiao!
What are your views on this matter?Talk about it all. "

"First of all, my attitude is - Toutiao must not become the headquarters of the external cyber army!"

Zhang Lidong's categorical statement was a bit annoyed.

"Secondly, I would like to ask Mr. Han, based on your judgment, how long will this ideological conflict last? Is it possible for the next owner of the White House to be relieved? This will be related to our strategy formulation .”

ease?

Han Lie saw clearly the expectation in the three eyes, and sneered in his heart.

What are you thinking?

The innocence, obtuseness and indifference of the men of science and technology on the political level are vividly reflected in you...

Actually understandable.

In essence, Zhang Yiming is just an idealist who wants to make a great product and a great company. From the beginning to the end, he neither cares about politics nor has the mind to deal with related political issues.

——People have their shortcomings and their strengths.

So even if Tik Tok faced that kind of predicament later, Zhang Yiming never took charge of TT in person, but appointed Zhou Shouzi to deal with related matters with full authority, and dealt with various factions in that country.

Looking at all of Zhang Yiming's actions and remarks, his attitude towards politics is one that he is afraid to avoid.

In fact, this is a very smart approach-why participate in something you are not good at?
Lao Ma is different. Lao Ma is always trying to get his hands on power that doesn't belong to him.

The size of the byte has a lot to do with Zhang Yiming's attitude of staying away from the government, and Han Lie does not intend to change this.

To be a business is to be a good business, and you should not think less about the things you should think about.

However, neither naive nor weak.

"There is no doubt that confrontation is definitely the norm in the future."

Han Lie made a judgment with a very firm attitude.

"Suppressing and harvesting us will be a new generation of beautiful dreams in the next few decades.

Quantitative easing is the last trump card of the opponent. Once it is activated, it will explode if it does not harvest enough wealth.

Now that they are on the point of no return, looking at the world, which economy is qualified to renew their lives?

The answer is obvious.

The only point of disagreement is whether the other party's main attention will always be on us?

This point is uncertain.

Perhaps there are some sudden external changes, or the sharp intensification of internal conflicts, causing their strategic attention to shift, which will bring us a rare respite.

Therefore, Mr. Zhang, we should not immediately determine what kind of strategy, what kind of scale, what kind of standard.

There is no need to give up eating because of choking.

We must learn to step on the right rhythm and seek development in the cracks.

During the development period when the external pressure is relatively moderate, domestic control will be relaxed accordingly, so the incentives for creators' freedom should be appropriately increased, their enthusiasm released, and data-oriented.

In a special period when external pressure is strong and all aspects of the country are tense and difficult, we should shrink in time, strengthen self-correction and self-examination, and be risk-oriented.

The development of the platform does not need a strict standard set in advance, it can be more flexible.

Of course, this is just my humble opinion, and the specific strategy is still up to you to decide. "

Beautiful!
Pan Zi and Hao Zi glanced at each other quietly, almost wanting to applaud Hao Da'er.

Han Lie's words have achieved three strategic goals.

First, it dispelled the opponent's illusions, made it clear that the crisis always existed, and increased Byte's need for Han Lie.

Second, it puts forward a practical idea and proves Han Lie's strategic value.

Third, only raise points at the strategic level, and do not speak on specific details, clearly showing the basic attitude of not interfering in specific management.

What is a strategic level capability?
That's it.

Zhang Yiming fell into deep thought, Zhang Lidong was inexplicably excited, Zhang Nan and Chen Lin clapped...

To be fair, if you give them enough time to hold meetings and discuss, the final result will definitely be the same—development is the most important thing, so let’s do it first, don’t think so much, just take one step at a time.

Then, after slowly adjusting, the same measures are formed in fact.

When the control is lax, stride forward, and when the control is strict, the whole platform will crack down and show your attitude.

Later, there was an online writing platform called Dianniang Chinese Network, which implemented a similar policy of jumping left and right, loose and strict at other times, which often left authors at a loss.

So sometimes the author has no reason to be true to the hard top of the platform. The fundamental contradiction lies in the general environment. All individuals are a grain of dust in the era, and the platform is at most a sand dune.

However, there is naturally a big difference between active and passive in terms of degrees of freedom and fault tolerance.

Han Lie's clear exposition can bring huge initiative to the headlines and has very important positive significance.

The difference between a genius and an ordinary person lies in this little amount of advance.

Genius: see the small things and know the work, and settle in advance.

Ordinary people: Discuss in meetings, watch while doing.

The results seem to be the same, but they are far worse.

"Teacher Han, I've been taught!"

Zhang Lidong was so excited that his fingers were almost burned by cigarette butts, Teacher Han yelled very smoothly.

Both Zhang Nan and Zhang Yiming can understand his joy. In fact, whether it is headlines or jokes, the real risk never comes from the market.

There are no competing products on the market, and the data of the two products has been growing explosively.

The ZZ risk that Han Lie mentioned really got to the bottom of it.

And people not only spoke out, but also gave out the general idea of ​​the solution. This is not ordinary, but it can be called a guiding light.

"Yiming, Sister Nan, I personally agree to accept Mr. Han's investment, what about you?"

Zhang Lidong made a solemn statement.

Normally, he should discuss it with everyone later when he held a separate internal meeting, but he couldn't wait any longer, and now wanted to let Han Lie know his "sincerity".

Zhang Yiming recovered from his contemplation, and simply nodded: "I think it's okay, I really hope to work with Teacher Han."

Zhang Nan was the third to vote in favor: "Agreed, Teacher Han brought me a huge surprise."

After a pause, she asked again: "Now there is only one question, can Mr. Han accept our valuation of 5 million US dollars?"

Han Lie smiled.

It's not so evil and crazy, but it does have a bit of arrogance that doesn't take money as money.

"5 million? If you are willing to let me eat all the shares, I will give you a valuation of 6 million!"

What the hell!

Zhang Yiming and the others were stunned again...

I've never seen anything like this!

Even bigwigs like Shen Nanpeng and Lei Jun always compare pennies and pennies when it comes to valuation, and they bite the conditions to death.

This is a normal business method and a necessary process.

Why don't you play your cards according to the routine? !
In fact, Han Lie just wanted to cut through the mess quickly.

The opinion of Zhang Yiming's team is definitely the most important one who gets into the game, but who gets how much share depends on how the other investors compete.

If Tianxing had to sit down and talk to Sequoia Shunwei about this matter, they would end up arguing for a long time.

Instead, it's better to start from the root cause, taking advantage of the explosion of Zhang Yiming and others' favorability, and directly drive out all opponents.

As for the extra money...is it enough for my daily limit? !
Zhang Lidong's mouth was watered by the blow, and he stammered: "No, Mr. Han, are you serious?"

Han Lie replied solemnly: "I never joke about business matters."

After giving them a little time to react, Han Lie spoke sincerely again, flattering them one by one.

"I especially admire Yiming, it's not uncommon to be a practical guy in science and engineering, but at the same time, he can maintain a pure heart and sublimate his idealism to a romantic level, which is so rare.

And Mr. Zhang is an ideal and firm-willed manager. I especially like your exploration of the company's values ​​and cultural roots. If you can keep going and completely eliminate the erosion of byte by big company diseases, what reason do we have? What if it doesn't work?
As for Sister Zhang, you have an amazing talent in the field of UGC!
Before I came here, I took a closer look at the progress of Toutiao's creator plan. It has only been a short period of two months since January, and I was shocked by the vitality of the platform.

Through today's contact, I found that you are a very rare entrepreneurial team, perfectly compatible and completely complementary. What's even more rare is that you have the same knowledge and interests, come together because of your dreams, recognize and trust each other...

Really, why should we not be successful?
Together we are meant to be great!

I don't even want to think about going public right now, we'll ring the bell at NASDAQ if we have to, and if we don't, we'll be able to lead the other pole of the internet on our own!
So, how is 5 million enough?
I will give you 2000 million more, let go and burn! "

What the hell!

Are you the head of a cult? !
Zhang Yiming and the others have all been fooled and limped. It is the feeling that they are obviously very nervous, no matter how they think, they feel that it is unreliable, and then they still can't control the feeling...

Suddenly, everyone, including Chen Lin, looked at Zhang Yiming in unison.

Brother, you decide... I can't handle it anymore!

In fact, Zhang Yiming couldn't bear it any longer. No matter how calm he was, no matter how rational, no matter how ambitious he was, he was about to burn the CPU at this moment.

From 5 million US dollars to 6 million US dollars, the valuation has directly increased by 20%, which is definitely not a small range.

If Han Lie was just a coal boss and had nothing but money, then don't think about it, it wouldn't be a pity to refuse directly.

But the problem is... Teacher Han is a guiding light!

He can also give guidance on the strategic level, and can also provide assistance in the listing process, and also has a halo of respect that "a man should die for his confidant". !
However, Zhang Yiming still resisted the temptation.

He asked very hard: "Mr. Han, so what are your requirements for the exit mechanism?"

The exit mechanism of investment institutions is a major issue that will be very large in terms of development.

Simply put, there are three common types.

The first is naturally to go public. After the freezing period, the original shares that have been lifted can be sold on the secondary market.

The second is to resell before going public and be taken over by subsequent institutional investors.

For example, when Superman invested in Pain News, he withdrew early and sold his shares to the South African Newspaper Group.

The third is the repurchase clause included in the VAM agreement.

In the past, there was Yang Mi who turned into a desperate Sanniang in order to complete the performance of the game, and later there was Wang Siming who failed in the game and was in debt... Anyway, those who bring the game are usually very cheating.

Zhang Yiming's question is very necessary, the exit mechanism determines what Han Lie will take them for.

Faced with this question, Brother Lie replied decisively: "No special requirements!
This is a strategic investment based on a high degree of optimism for your team. Not only will I not withdraw early, but on the contrary, I also request the priority to follow the investment in the next round of financing to ensure that the shares will not be diluted.

Yiming, I will not come to the company to serve, and the voting rights will also be entrusted to your founder team. Do you have the confidence to do things well? ! "

Yes, yes... huh? !
Wait, it seems that I haven't promised you yet, have I?
How come it looks like the ancient emperor sent his courtiers to go to war? !

Gou Lie is too shameless, but when the balance is basically unstable, the more shameless he is, the more he can push his determination to sink.

"In principle, I agree..."

Zhang Yiming licked his chapped lips and spoke with difficulty.

"However, can I give you all the shares? I still need to hold another meeting here and communicate with the remaining potential investors..."

At such a moment, one should frantically smash the conditions outside, and smash them down with one brain.

Otherwise, when they wake up and re-evaluate, they will still shrink back because of Tianxing's natural flaws in the Internet industry.

It will definitely give Han Lie a higher investment amount, but it cannot be particularly large.

Everyone, including Zhang Nan and Zhang Lidong, who was already in a daze, knew this situation well.

The current Zhang Yiming was essentially too embarrassed to refuse, and it was impossible to agree, so he bit the bullet and procrastinated.

However, it was already inconvenient for Han Lie to overdo it—the effect was marginal.

So, he quietly gave Pan Zi a look.

Don't hold it, it's your turn, come on!

Pan Zi nodded with extremely subtle movements - I understand!Big boy, look at me!
"Cough cough!"

Pan Zi coughed twice and made his debut.

"Everyone, listen to me!"

Huo Daer has pushed the progress to 90%, last kick, let's watch my performance!
(End of this chapter)