Chapter 499 Branch

The next day, early morning.

Standing in front of the sink, Zhou Buqi helped Shi Jinglin comb her hair, and said with a smile, "Didn't you notice your hair, your look has improved a lot these past few days?"

"Yeah?"

"Of course, it's all due to me. No matter how fertile the land is, it must be irrigated frequently, otherwise... hey, comb your hair, don't make trouble..."

A handful of foam was all over his face.

Shi Jinglin said angrily: "I have dark circles under my eyes, how dare you say it? I've never seen a scumbag like you. I won't serve you tonight. Go find your Secretary Ning!"

"She's going back to Beijing today."

"Go to whoever you want!"

It was still tender and sweet last night, but in the morning, it broke out again.

The main reason is that Zhou Buqi is too a jerk.

It was one o'clock in the morning when I came back last night, and I made waves twice, and I didn't go to bed until almost three o'clock. I have to get up at six o'clock in the morning to clean up, so it's strange not to be angry.

Anger is all about anger, but Shi Jinglin is not the type to mess around, she put eyeshadow on her eye circles, and asked casually, "Are you still going with us today?"

"I'm not going. Boss Ren is so old and has to deal with so much work. It's not appropriate to disturb him."

"Oh, where are you going then?"

"Go to meet someone and talk about a business."

Shi Jinglin didn't raise her head, "Which aspect?"

Zhou Buqi didn't hide it from her, "A website that makes content, see if I can buy it and start running it."

"It's too expensive to make content."

"It depends on whether we can find the right profit model. The three major portals have been doing content for so many years, and even have a team of reporters and editors. Isn't it doing well? The Internet is gradually replacing traditional media. Content It's the destined direction."

Zhou Buqi has packed up here.

Dark trousers, white short-sleeved shirt, black leather shoes.

Shi Jinglin was speechless, "What are you wearing? Old-fashioned."

"What's wrong?"

"Wear a long-sleeved shirt, don't you go to discuss business, do you understand?"

"I'm meeting a technician, not a business person, so there's no need to be so formal." Zhou Buqi didn't care, walked over and kissed her hair, "I'm going first, take your time, don't worry, don't let Someone saw you in my room."

After simply having breakfast, Zhou Buqi set off with He Yang.

Go straight to Penguin's headquarters.

Not to meet Mr. Ma, but to meet a little-known little man named Wang Jian.

He is only 26 years old this year. He joined Penguin last year as the product manager of QQ mailbox, which is a small middle-level and low-level leader of Penguin. What Zhou Buqi fell in love with was a small website he created in his spare time last year, called Embarrassment Encyclopedia.

No matter how well Weizhiwang does, and no matter how high-quality the content is, it is difficult to attract traffic.

The more professional the content, the smaller the audience.

This must be supplemented by plain content of popular attributes, and jokes are a good direction.

The location is a cafe.

After meeting, Wang Jian was a little confused.

I am a little confused about this meeting, and I am also very anxious. I have to clock in for work in half an hour.

However, after hearing He Yang's self-introduction, he forgot about work.

The chief operating officer of Ziwei Star?

What level is this?

Everyone will meet several noble people in their life, and smart people must try their best to grasp them.

"How about the data on your website?"

He Yang did not introduce Zhou Buqi's identity, and took the initiative to act as the interviewer.

Wang Jian was a little embarrassed, "I built it in my spare time. Sometimes I am busy with work and don't maintain it for five or six days. The monthly PV can exceed 10,000, but the number of posts last month exceeded 500."

"Do you have any income?"

"Yes, I have joined the Google Advertising Alliance."

"oh?"

"Last month's advertising fee was $300."

He Yang remained calm, and continued to ask: "I see that your website must have invitation codes, registration codes, etc. Is this limiting the number of users?"

Wang Jiandao: "Yes, there are more than 10,000 registered users now. I only rented one server, plus various monthly expenses, the advertising fee is not enough at all, and I have to pay several hundred yuan. If If there are too many users, the website cannot continue to operate.”

This is the paradox encountered in the early days of Internet entrepreneurship.

If there are too few users, the business will fail; if there are too many users, the operating expenses will be too much, and if it cannot sustain itself, the business will fail.

In order to get financing, many people can only be grandchildren of investors. It is very rare for the founders to withstand the pressure of investors and continue to hold shares. Ali’s first financing was led by Goldman Sachs, which took 50% of the shares for US$8 million.

There are more and more problems to talk about, and the working hours have long passed.

Wang Jian made a special phone call to ask for leave.

Talk about work, family, and career planning.

"If you are allowed to work in the capital, will there be any difficulties?" Seeing that he has almost understood the situation, He Yang faced the core issue directly.

"this……"

Wang Jian hesitated.

"Is there a problem?"

"My girlfriend is here, and... I know many friends who have settled here."

"friend?"

"It's just some technical people. I have been working here since I graduated from university. I used to work as a manager at Global Sources, which is a website for B2B business."

He Yang raised his eyebrows, "Can't go to the capital?"

Wang Jiandao: "If I can stay here, I feel that I can play a greater value."

It's all said and done, and the intention is already obvious.

Ziweixing wants to buy or take a stake in the Encyclopedia of Embarrassing Things, no matter which one is, it is a good thing for him. He is the product manager of QQ mailbox, which is really boring. The business department of QQ Mailbox is in Yangcheng, and the specifications are very high. As a result, he worked here in Pengcheng, so it was obvious that he was not very popular.

Because I was bored, I made a website in my spare time.

Zhou Buqi didn't say much all the time, as if he was He Yang's secretary. At this time, he suddenly spoke and asked, "If you were asked to organize a team, how long would it take?"

Wang Jian froze for a moment, then looked at He Yang.

Only then did He Yang introduce with a smile: "This is my boss."

"Zhou... Zhou Buqi!"

Wang Jian's eyes straightened, as if he had seen a ghost.

I go!

Isn't this too young?

Zhou Buqi was very helpless, he was already low-key enough, but people in the industry could find out the name of Ziweixing's big boss as long as they inquired a little.

Unlike traditional industries, it is difficult to hide any secrets in the technology circle.

"Yes, I am Zhou Buqi. If you are asked to run the encyclopedia of embarrassing things, what kind of team will you need? How long will it take?"

"I've calculated that five more people are enough. One for technology, one for marketing, one for finance, and two for the content operation of the website. If you want to ensure the quality of the content, you need to increase the review. It can be found in half a month."

"This is enough?"

"enough!"

Zhou Buqi asked: "Have you followed Friends.com?"

Wang Jian quickly said: "Yes, I am a user of Youyou."

Zhou Buqi asked: What do you think of information flow?

Wang Jian thought for a while, "It's a bit like the old RSS, but it's integrated with a new definition. Facebook also launched a news feed service, which imitates Friends.com, right?"

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Go back and study the information flow more. Good content is only the first step. Pushing good content to suitable users is the key to opening up the market."

"Then...then..." Wang Jian was a little at a loss.

Zhou Buqi smiled, how long is your contract with Penguin?

Wang Jiandao: "The 4-year contract has 3 years left."

Zhou Buqi said: "Ziweixing paid 300,000 yuan to acquire your website. Then you left Penguin and joined Ziweixing as the general manager of Embarrassing Encyclopedia and also the vice president of Ziweixing's Pengcheng branch."

Embarrassment Encyclopedia is a small broken website, of course it is not worth 300,000, the money is mainly used to buy this person.

Buy it now, no bargaining.

Wang Jian didn't have any right to choose, but happily agreed on the spot.

"Can I stay here and work?"

"Well, we will send someone over later. At that time, you will help him set up the shelf of Ziweixing's branch in Pengcheng. Let's have a bigger vision. For those skilled people, first recruit them."

There are two Internet kingdoms in China, one is the capital, and the other is Pengcheng. Talents from all over the country are basically gathered in these two places.

Big companies have set up branches here to compete for talents.

Moreover, the policies here are particularly good, and the preferential treatment for innovative enterprises is the largest in the country. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are all battlegrounds for large companies.

The first branch of Ziwei Star was chosen in Pengcheng.

The three of them chatted all morning, Wang Jian basically belonged to the identity of the interviewer, nervous, cautious, excited and excited.

When it was time to eat lunch, Zhou Buqi suddenly asked: "By the way, who is the boss in charge of the QQ mailbox business?"

Wang Jiandao: "Zhang Xiaolong, the founder of the former Foxmail mailbox, is now integrated into the QQ mailbox."

"Do you know him well?"

"I'm not familiar with him. He's in Yangcheng, and I'm in Pengcheng. I only met him once during the interview."

"That's fine."

...

In the afternoon, Zhou Buqi and He Yang visited Xunlei's headquarters again.

There is nothing special about walking around all the way.

It feels like a waste of time to come here.

The two founders came back from Silicon Valley to start their own businesses. They are very famous, but they don't have any innovative ideas.

When leaving, Mr. Cheng said eagerly: "Xunlei is about to start the third round of financing, and all partners are welcome to participate. In the second round, Sina, Jinshan, Shanda, and MOTO all participated, and we have reached a strategic agreement with Xunda. cooperate."

Zhou Buqi said that Ziwei Star has been under too much financial pressure recently, and it is really hard to spend much money to invest in high-quality companies, but cooperation is still possible, and Ziwei Star has seven or eight types of software.

Then, I went to Huawei headquarters.

Zhou Buqi personally handed over a thank you letter to Boss Ren.

This is much more valuable than giving money as a gift.

Boss Ren's expression was a bit complicated, he patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said sincerely, "Open your mouth when you have something to do in the future."

Zhou Buqi said: "We are going to open a branch office in Pengcheng, please take care of me when the time comes."

"ah?"

Boss Ren was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

What a kid, just give me a step and go up!