Reborn: Billionaire in College

The three of them talked for almost an hour before the red-robed leader left.

In the end, Chen Pingjiang did not make any clear promises, only saying that it would depend on the situation.

He is not a fool. If he gives Zhou a clear answer, and the old guy continues to fight with Tencent, he will end up in trouble.

Just watch and do it.

He and Xiao Ma have a good personal relationship, but everyone has their own business interests, and sometimes they have to fight for what they should fight for.

Bu Housheng and the team behind him have entered JD.com to conduct a special investigation, and the specific investment amount will be discussed after the investigation is completed.

Zhang Yiming returned to Dongjiang with Chen Pingjiang.

He is also a decisive person who is eager to accomplish something big.

After I met Chen Pingjiang last time, I thought about it for three or four days and couldn’t sleep at night.

Finally he decided to submit his resignation.

Zhang Yiming didn't have a third eye, so how could he know that he would be so awesome in a few years? At present, he is just an ordinary entrepreneur who changes jobs frequently. As Chen Pingjiang said, Jiujiufang can see the ceiling at a glance.

In contrast, the conditions offered by Chen Pingjiang were so generous that it was hard to refuse.

The most important thing is that Zhang Yiming himself is very interested in Toutiao. No matter from which angle you look at it, it will inevitably become a successful product.

Chen Pingjiang welcomed Zhang Yiming's arrival with open arms.

Currently, Toutiao does not have a leader and is entirely managed by Li Xi. In addition, WeChat is being promoted and there are too many things to do to handle it.

In addition, Zhang Yiming is a crucial figure to Toutiao and even the later Douyin.

In Chen Pingjiang's opinion, the success of Toutiao and Douyin is inseparable from the support of algorithms. Without powerful algorithms, they would have been defeated long ago.

The most amazing thing about this algorithm is that it allows ordinary people to show themselves to society and discover the shining points of people from different angles.

The right to speak and becoming popular are no longer exclusive to big internet celebrities.

Without good entrepreneurship and video quality, a star may become just like everyone else. On the contrary, an ordinary person can also become a god!
Just look at why Tiktok is so popular on the Internet!
After the rise of Tiktok, American Internet giants have developed products specifically for it and invested huge resources and funds.

YouTube has Shorts, Meta (formerly Facebook) developed Reels, Snapchat launched Spotlight, and there is also Triller.

Tiktok always has many competitors overseas, but none of them can compete with it.

Do YouTube and Meta have no money? Obviously not.

Is it because there are not enough resources? No.

The reason for Tiktok's rise is its algorithm, which makes it so popular and invincible. It is also because the algorithm is so important that the export of the algorithm is restricted.

Overseas, other large platforms will give traffic to more internet celebrities and stars, and ordinary people have no chance to rise. In comparison, Tiktok is simply handsome and kind.

"Welcome to join us. I can't say anything else, but as long as I am still managing Renren, I will always support you!" Chen Pingjiang gave Zhang Yiming a warm and cordial hug.

Faced with Chen Pingjiang's goodwill, Zhang Yiming felt flattered and leaned on his toes to give Chen Pingjiang a virtual hug.

He was still a little confused. How could this failure make Chen Pingjiang look at him with new eyes?
When he arrived at the twin towers of Renren's headquarters, Zhang Yiming looked at the two buildings in front of him with a mixture of excitement, nervousness and anticipation.

"Let me introduce you to Mr. Zhang Yiming. He will be in charge of the Toutiao project in the future. Welcome everyone."

Chen Pingjiang held an impromptu welcome ceremony. After Chen Pingjiang finished his introduction, everyone in the office looked at the short man with glasses curiously.

Is there something special about this person? Otherwise, why does the big boss value him so much?

Even though Chen Pingjiang had just returned, word of his importance to Zhang Yiming had already spread throughout the company.

Some people said that they saw the big boss personally opening the car door for Zhang Yiming.

Some people said that they saw the boss taking Zhang Yiming to see the new office.

There are so many people in the company who have received such treatment that you can’t even count them on your hands.

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, thank you everyone, thank you. I am very excited to join the Renren family and look forward to fighting alongside you."

After the short welcome ceremony, Li Xi first reported: "Tencent's instant messaging project has been launched. It is called Weichat, and 70% of its functional interface is copied from ours."

"And since the release the day before yesterday, Tencent has put a lot of effort into promoting it. Not only has it opened up the permission to import QQ friends, but all of Tencent's apps are also diverting traffic to WeChat chat, and the growth momentum is very strong."

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "Who is the person in charge of WeChat chat? Is it Zhang Xiaolong?"

"Yes, it's him. Mr. Chen, do you know him?" "I don't know him. I've only heard of his name."

As expected, it was Zhang Xiaolong. This guy is also a genius. He copied it in just over a month.

Li Xi continued, "The good news is that although they developed the iOS version quickly, the Android version has not yet come out, but I estimate that it may not be released before the end of the month. In addition, because of the rush, the interface and functions of Weichat 1.0 are very simple, and are completely incomparable to our WeChat. The most important thing is that there is no voice intercom function, but there are Moments and Shake."

In just one month, even with the help of WeChat, Zhang Xiaolong could only achieve this much, and it was impossible to achieve more.

After all, it took WeChat almost half a year to develop two versions and implement multiple functions.

Everyone had expected this sentence, so there was no need to panic. Chen Pingjiang was not the Red-robed Leader, so he would not be scared when he met Tencent.

"It will take some time for Zhang Xiaolong to develop the voice call function. Before that, as long as we launch the video call function, they will be unable to catch up even if they try their best." Chen Pingjiang said after thinking for a while.

Video calls are not difficult to implement technically, but the difficulty lies in the application. Once this function is launched, it is bound to face backlash from the three major operators.

How to convince the three major operators and get the support of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is a big problem.

Only Chen Pingjiang could solve this problem personally, no one else could do it.

The operators are not stupid. Almost since the day Skype appeared, all telecom operators have gradually realized that traditional voice services will sooner or later be completely replaced and swallowed up.

But even though they understood the situation, no one dared to rush forward with drastic measures. Instead, they took small steps, watched each other, and tried to cut as little flesh as possible. After all, this would be really painful.

After all, mobile data and broadband services have not yet taken off, and voice services are the top priority for the three major operators. They would be in great pain if this piece of meat was cut off.

It is precisely because of this that everyone pretended to be ignorant while knowing the truth and developed Fetion, Yichat and Wochat one after another. However, these three companies are like the big brother who does not criticize the second brother, and the monk who does not criticize the bald man. Without pure Internet thinking, it is absolutely impossible to do instant messaging well.

What Chen Pingjiang needs to do now is to reassure the three major operators and paint a good picture.

If you want the horses to run, you have to feed them grass!
It is difficult to get a piece of the pie of the three major operators without sufficient benefits. Therefore, Chen Pingjiang vigorously promoted the contract phone project of Orange S1 and the three major operators.

After all, in this era, voice services such as text messages and phone calls are the lifeblood of the three major operators.

"I will greet all parties in advance." After saying this, Chen Pingjiang announced the adjournment of the meeting.

After listening to half of the meeting, Zhang Yiming was still expressing his feelings until he left the meeting room.

Big companies are big companies, and their competitors are often giants like Tencent, and even involve the three major operators and the government.

As expected, the family background is extraordinary.

As a person who has started many businesses, he knows how helpless small startups are when facing these giants.

It is a kind of despair that comes from watching yourself slowly die but being unable to do anything about it.

When the giants don't see this track or are unwilling to enter, you can live a prosperous and high-spirited life.

Once the giants enter, all-round attacks, and dimensionality reduction attacks, will follow.

Every day when I wake up, I see my market share declining across the board, like a blunt knife cutting flesh.

"Mr. Zhang, come this way. I'll take you to the project team and introduce you to the people." Li Xi came up and started chatting with a smile.

Zhang Yiming was sitting a little far away from Li Xi just now, and he could only see his profile. After seeing his face, he was surprised at how young Li Xi was.

Of course, there were not many older people in the conference room just now, and the management were generally born in the 80s. This situation is not seen in other companies.

"Okay, Mr. Li, thank you."

"Hey, we're brothers from now on, why are you being so polite?"

Li Xi is now the CEO of Renren and a member of the board of directors. Zhang Yiming is only the person in charge of the Toutiao project, and his rank is three levels lower than Li Xi.

"Strictly speaking, Toutiao is almost ready for testing, but Mr. Chen said that the progress will be decided after you come. The project team has 30 people, including UI designers, product managers, UE designers, front-end programmers, Android and IOS programmers, and test and operation and maintenance backend programmers." Li Xi said as he walked, "After Toutiao goes online, other personnel will be assigned one after another, such as content editors, artists, SEO/ASO and other support staff."

Zhang Yiming felt like crying.

The project team for a software under development has 30 people. He previously worked with Wang Xing to run Fanfou, and even when he later started Jiujiufang on his own, the number of technical personnel never exceeded six.

I have never fought such a prosperous war!

After reaching the 19th floor, Zhang Yiming pointed at the empty workstations and asked, "This floor... isn't it all the Toutiao project department?"

"Yes, this floor of 2500 square meters is for your department. It is currently empty. If you can fill up all the workstations, it means that Toutiao has made it." (End of this chapter)