Age of Dreams

The previous life Meitu Sharing Company, also known as Instagram, was acquired by K early on. Although 10 US dollars seemed a lot at the time, it far underestimated the growth potential of Instagram.

The outside world was sighing at the time that if it persisted for another year, or even six months, the $1 billion would have to be doubled.

It is a pity that there was no if in the previous life. Instagram was included in the pocket by K, and its function and status were continuously weakened by K, which made it cheaper for another photo sharing software company.

It is the company.

This name may not be very familiar to everyone, but if you talk about its Chinese name, young people should suddenly realize, "It turns out to be it."

The Chinese name is Burn after Reading.

The principle and gameplay of burning after reading are very simple.

You add your friends through the software, and then you can send your edited pictures, videos, texts, etc. to your friends.

This is not the most creative place, the bright spot that burns after reading it is in its name.

If you just want your friend to take a look at some of your own photos and don’t want him to save it, then the software that burns after reading it will come out.

The software can set a time, 1-10 seconds after you send the photo, the photo will be automatically destroyed, and will not be saved by your friends, even if your friends try to save it in this short period of time. You can all be notified and know who tried to save the picture.

If you say so, you are not very three-dimensional. Let's take an example.

For example, the big cousin in "The Hunger Games", if she likes taking pictures very much and taking pictures of her graceful figure, but watching these photos alone, there is no joy of sharing, and she can't let people see her beautiful and moving, it would be too much. Too boring.

But send it to friends to share. Let them admire how good they are, and fear that there are people with ulterior motives among their friends. Forward it directly or sell it to those tabloids, ruining your reputation.

But it's not the same if you burn it after reading it.

The big cousin can take many large-scale photos, and then send them to friends and give them 5 seconds of viewing time. Then read it immediately and burn it.

Usually this time allows them to see clearly, but also makes them too late to react, even too late to save.

In this way, you can achieve your goal without revealing your large-scale photos, which is really killing two birds with one stone.

Whether you say this is narcissism or x-exposure, there are countless people who like to do it anyway, not just celebrities, but young people especially like this new and exciting way of photo sharing.

Therefore, it also created a burst of fire after reading.

Xiao Qi remembered it in a report at the end of 2013. The survey agency pointed out that 49% of photos shared by Americans every day go to k. 21% went to Instagram, and the remaining 30% went to the instant-burning company that was established more than two years ago.

This is still in the case that there is not much funding for development after reading it. If it has sufficient funds, I am afraid that Instagram and K will be more preempted.

This is why in November 2013 k proposed a $3 billion acquisition and burned after reading.

It's a pity that this acquisition proposal was rejected by the two young founders without hesitation, and we can also know from this. How big their ambitions are.

I dare not say that it develops into another k, but it can become a large-scale network electronics company worth 20 billion US dollars. It is also a matter of reason.

The past life was burnt after reading. The idea was created at the beginning of 2011, and it was launched in September 2011. Even if the idea is a little earlier, it will not be before 2010.

When Xiao Qi went to the United States in 2007, he had already registered a series of ideas for future network electronics companies, including this one after reading.

Now that Meitu Sharing has a growing trend, Xiao Qi feels that it should be burned out immediately after reading.

Because Xiao Qi had thought about it before, and now that Yang Xiaona has become her own woman, she should also buy her a private property, which is a very good asset.

Hoffman in front of him is an expert, and Xiao Qi can ask him at this moment if the time has come.

Listening to Xiao Qi talking about the whole idea that burned after reading, Hoffman, who was originally very relaxed, opened his mouth wide and looked astonished.

After a long time, he drank the ice water in front of him in one sip, and held out his thumb: "Xiao Qi, I think I am smart enough, but you are hitting me again and again, and you really don’t give other people a way to survive. Ah! Your idea that burns after reading is less than 5 billion U.S. dollars. You can definitely expect 10 billion U.S. dollars after reading it! How does your brain grow? You are so smart that you are not afraid of being caught in the future. Slicing research?"

"Bah, baah, I'm not Einstein!" Xiao Qi shivered all over, "Don't curse me over there!"

"Haha, who told you to be so smart that you are scary?" Hoffman smiled happily when he looked at him scared. "That's good, it looks like an ordinary person."

"Stop talking nonsense, how do you think I set it up immediately after reading it?" Xiao Qi asked again.

"There are advantages and disadvantages." Hoffman is a professional after all, and he has already measured it in his mind. "The advantage is that the earlier you develop, the more market share you can burn after reading, and the faster it will become popular. Up. The downside is that it has some overlap with Meitu Sharing, and it is better than Meitu Sharing. If you want Meitu Sharing to develop better, you might as well wait until the fixed users of Meitu Sharing reach 300 million before you start to enter. market."

When he said this, Xiao Qi also woke up.

indeed.

Burn after reading. In addition to the function of burning after reading, the company actually has a picture sharing function for Meitu sharing. In this case, there is one more practical function than others, and it is burned on Instagram after reading it. , When I didn’t pay much attention to Instagram, I took the opportunity to grow and relied on my own strength.

Of course, Instagram is actually developing pretty well, but it hasn't reached the expected height, much worse than it burned right after reading it.

Now is different from the previous life.

Meitu sharing and burning after reading are both Xiao Qi's industry.

If you want to prevent them from fighting with each other and internalizing each other, then you must come up with a balance point.

Hoffman saw through the mystery at a glance.

If you share Meitu and burn it after reading it, you will surely have the upper hand after reading it.

But if Meitu Sharing first gains a firm foothold and gains enough loyal users, it burns after reading it and then comes to seize the market, it will not shake Meitu Sharing's market position too much, but will instead grab more of the k market.

Don't ask for too much, just share k, beautiful pictures, and burn three parts of the world after reading it.

Besides, the world is so big that there are still three photo-sharing websites that can tolerate it.

"Well, then don't worry about it and burn it after reading it for now." Xiao Qi nodded, "When the number of users of Meitu Sharing reaches 250 million, we will start preparing for the burn after reading project."

"A wise move." Hoffman smiled.

Hoffman believes that Xiao Qi has a very good habit, that is, he can listen to well-intentioned suggestions, and that he is not a tyrant who is willing to do his own way like Qiao Gangzhu.

Such a habit can help Xiao Qi achieve success in many fields, and will not cause conflicts between investors and the entrepreneurial team because of his stubbornness and professionals.

You know, the contradiction between investors and entrepreneurial teams is definitely the biggest contradiction in electronic commerce, and usually ends up with one party's failure to withdraw.

Although Xiao Qi founded several high-value electronics companies in the United States, Xiao Qi did not take care of it personally. Therefore, the entrepreneur team would also have various disagreements with him. If Xiao Qi insists on this, If pressure is put on him, he will definitely win, but the resulting company shock is not something a mature company should experience.

However, until now, Xiao Qi has not had any contradiction with them in this way. I have to say that this is where Xiao Qi is smart and wise.

He didn't know that the reason why Xiao Qi talked so well was simply because these ideas weren't his at all. He also lost this mindset that must be firmly grasped, but he trusted more professionals and didn't interfere.

"By the way~www.readwn.com~ In the month Michael Jackson is going to hold a concert in China, you will prepare tickets for at least five concerts for me, and I will bring my wife to listen." Hoffman said, "Oh! It’s been 20 years before I knew it. When I first listened to Michael Jackson’s concert, I was still a handsome guy, and now I only have fat!"

Michael Jackson made his debut very early. When he was a few years old, he went on stage with his brothers. Now he has almost 40 years of acting career. He has grown up listening to his songs and it is not just a generation.

Xiao Qi smiled and nodded, "You are really boring to fly here to watch the concert."

"How is it boring? This is called the hobby of life, this is called romance! Don't you understand?" Hoffman despised, "I really don't know how you get so many beauties, you don't have any romantic cells. Thinking about work and money late?"

Yes, I was despised.

Xiao Qi didn't argue with him, but also reminded himself.

After you have used up your reincarnation experience, you must spend more time with your family, otherwise life will be hard for a lifetime, I really don’t know why! (To be continued)