Force me to be reborn, right?

Chapter 631 Where did the bitch come from?
Zhao Qing's office was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The situation he feared most did not occur.

[Paipai] expects to invest at least 1 million yuan in publicity and marketing in the first quarter of the new year.

Both he and Shang Qi have already sensed that the short video industry is about to enter the fast lane.

[Block Hand] There is so much money on the books, but the entire leadership team is very Buddhist. Even in the eyes of industry insiders, they are a bit... stingy!

Following the usual pattern of [Block Hand], almost no money is spent on publicity.

Of course, a number of friendly competitors will want to seize the opportunity and overtake others!

"[Papa Papa] has wasted several months."

"Time waits for no one!" Zhao Qing thought.

At present, the competitive situation in the entire industry has actually become gradually clear.

[Block Hand] is the only dominant player, and its market penetration rate is much higher than the rest of the top players combined.

Weibo is also developing short videos, but they can only be considered to be quite successful.

Some other competitors rely on celebrities to endorse their products and take a spoof humor approach, and they are doing quite well.

Putting them aside, only [Youqu] seems to be on the verge of gaining momentum!
Zhao Qing, the founder of [PaiPai], has always had great ambitions. He always thinks: "[Kuaishou], stand up! Very good, the rest of you here are all garbage!"

Who would have thought that Cheng Zhu came in to disrupt the situation, and there was a "big Buddha" standing behind him!
If he really got the support of Penguin, Zhao Qing would immediately start a high-level meeting and everyone would discuss again: Should the 100 million yuan of publicity funds in the first quarter be spent?

Avoid it and never confront it head-on at the same stage!

But if it's not a penguin. Hahaha! I'm not afraid of anything!
At this moment, Shang Qi heard Zhao Qing laughing on the phone, and a smile also appeared on his face.

“I also didn’t expect that Cheng Zhu would reject Hongshan’s lead investment and instead let Shunwei Capital lead this round.”

Of course he knew that the real boss of Shunwei was the one who sold mobile phones.

But in the capital circle, the gap between Shunwei and Hongshan is still quite large, especially at the current stage, the gap is not a little bit.

After all, Shunwei has only been established for a few years and has not been involved in many projects.

As for the so-called pre-installed APP on mobile phones, this is a "deviant way" created by Cheng Zhu, and people would not think of it this way at the beginning.

After all, Shunwei has invested in so many Internet companies, but it has not been pre-installed on any Xiaomi mobile phone.

Shunwei is Shunwei, and Mi is Mi.

It's just that the big boss is the same person.

There are many tricks here.

What's more, there is a smoke bomb this time!

Zhao Qing was excited but also a little confused.

"Do you think he is mentally ill? Why did he reject Hongshan and choose Shunwei?" He couldn't figure it out.

"You've hit the nail on the head. I've been trying to get information for you in the circle. Why else do you think I called you now? I knew about the financing situation before the news was released." Shang Qi began to take credit.

He still feels a bit guilty for causing [PaPa] to be blocked last time, so he has to show off his power, right?

"So what did you find out?" Zhao Qing asked anxiously.

Shang Qi did not keep the secret and replied: "You should have seen that among the companies that raised funds this time, ByteDance is also one of them."

"Well, I see it."

“[Youqu] and [Toutiao] both use algorithms, but when it comes to [algorithms], everyone knows that ByteDance is the expert!”

"That's for sure. Which company can do better than ByteDance in algorithms?" Zhao Qing agreed.

"But this time, ByteDance was brought in by Shunwei. The two companies are doing this together. Do you understand?" Shang Qi had already found out everything.

"What do you mean?"

"I guess Cheng Zhu probably wants to get some technical support from ByteDance. This is what he lacks the most right now." Shang Qi's analysis was very logical.

You know what, his analysis is correct.

[Youqu] is about to start spending money, and it will definitely upgrade its [algorithm] to make it perfect.

The most important thing is that the product itself has excellent quality.

Otherwise, no matter how much money you spend or how many resources you allocate, it will be useless and your glory will only last for a while.

What's more, sometimes, this thing really cannot be measured by just a small amount of money.

Zhao Qing himself works for an Internet company, and he agrees deeply with Shang Qi's statement.

"I understand! I understand this very well!" he said loudly.

Sometimes, encountering difficulties on the technical level is the most frustrating thing.

Product upgrades to provide users with a better experience are the real killer!
"So, don't laugh too soon. We still can't be too optimistic." Shang Qi began to criticize Zhao Qing.

"Well, although [Toutiao] can't compare with Penguin in terms of traffic, it can also divert traffic to [Youqu]." Zhao Qingshen nodded in agreement.

"Not only that, I think Lei Jun will also promote [Youqu] in the mobile app store." Shang Qi felt that there was such a possibility.

"Well, that makes sense. No, I think it will definitely happen!" Zhao Qing replied.

Shunwei + ByteDance, this is equivalent to quadruple support in terms of money, resources, technology, and traffic!

Isn’t it clear now?
Shunwei Capital led the investment, which is reasonable!
The two of them talked back and forth, and finally came to the conclusion: We can't be happy too soon!
Little did they know that Cheng Zhu was a very greedy bastard.

He wants both!
This time, he got too much.

More than anyone could imagine!
After ending the call, Zhao Qing felt that he had mastered all the information.

"It's great to have acquaintances in the circle." He sighed.

In business wars, information is often very important!
Now, what is known is that the situation is not very optimistic.

"But so what?" Zhao Qing suddenly felt proud.

"As long as it's not the penguin that's going to play, everyone has a chance to play!"

What's more, [PaiPai] has already reached a certain height, and [YouQu] has just ended the cold start stage.

He was afraid that it would be the same as last time, that kind of terrifying existence that made people afraid would come and hit him with a palm from the sky, making it impossible for him to turn over!

In the business war, if Penguin gives full support, it will naturally have a similar effect.

In the past few months, Zhao Qing has been feeling aggrieved and angry.

"Then let's have a real fight this time!"

"Don't do those crooked things! You just know how to rely on your backers, right?"

"If you have the ability, let's see who's the best!"

Cheng Zhu, who was in Hangzhou, had no idea that he had become Paipai's imaginary enemy.

Of course, [pat pat] he will definitely clean it up in the future!
Today, he is mainly paying attention to the popularity of [Youqu]'s financing.

In comparison, the popularity of this round of financing is not as high as the subsequent rounds of financing of Youcha.

The reason is simple: it is becoming commonplace for Internet companies to receive high amounts of financing.

Moreover, it is far away from the lives of many people.

Milk tea is different. Many college students or graduates may have thought about opening their own milk tea shop as a small entrepreneurial project.

With the success of pomelo tea, everyone will feel more involved!

To put it simply, it is more suitable for daydreaming.
In fact, compared with Youcha’s first round of financing, Youqu’s first round of financing amount was much higher!

The amount of funding ByteDance received is the same as last year, as high as 1 million US dollars! The company's valuation has reached 5 million US dollars!
For many Internet companies, this is already the end.

But for [Youqu], this is just the first step forward!
"Although it has become a hot topic, it is mainly due to the gimmick of my identity as a college student." Cheng Zhu observed.

"Besides, it will become less and less useful later on." He smiled.

He was quite helpless about this.

Who says there is hardly any other college student like me in the whole country?
"Everyone can guess it's me when they see the trending searches."

"The hype index has been reduced by at least half."

Who's to blame?

It’s all because of you stupid college students who are not strong enough!
A bunch of useless things!

In fact, the capital circle is definitely the one that pays the most attention to financing.

People like Wen Hua of Tiancheng Capital felt a little numb when they learned about this.

At first, after experiencing this pretentious incident of "being late for one minute will get an extra 100 million", she thought: What are you bragging about?
Later on, she began to feel that it seemed not wrong for him to go crazy.

Until now, she herself feels that Tiancheng Capital is not qualified to invest in Cheng Zhu's project!
Every time he raised funds, she felt like she was going to be whipped.

Cheng Zhu's whip would hit her remotely. "Ah, I feel the warmth and burning of the corpse."

It’s so brilliant! This financing list is so brilliant!

Compared with them, Tiancheng, which is not even considered a first-class capital in Hangzhou, is indeed a second-rate commodity.

As a mere vice president, it seems that he no longer has the qualifications to sit down with Cheng Zhu face to face to discuss business!
"You know what, I actually thought he was very handsome at that time." Such a strange thought popped up in her mind.

People in the investment circle actually pay a lot of attention to external things.

Regardless of whether you are a man or a woman, as long as you are good-looking, it is definitely a plus.

She didn't know what she was thinking at the time, but when she saw that the other person was a college student, she couldn't help but want to take advantage of him.

"Oh my god! Could it be that I'm starting to become greasy from middle age?" She began some deep self-reflection.

Sometimes, Wen Hua would think: "If I hadn't been late on purpose, and had really reached the cooperation with Youzu Tea, would he take me with him now?"

If you think about it this way, this is indeed a possibility.

But in fact, Cheng Zhu never considered Tiancheng Capital at all. He just took advantage of other people's impolite behavior to build momentum for himself.

But from the other person's perspective, it's a different matter.

"How old will he be after New Year's Day?" Wen Hua thought.

A young man who is just over 5 years old has already made the QQ business the world's top one, and his milk tea business is valued at over billion. His Internet business has just started, but its valuation has reached million US dollars!
She didn't know what Cheng Zhu's future limit was.

She only knows
"I may be whipped again and again in the future?"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Cheng Zhu called Zhang Sixing to his office to report to him.

Everything was exactly as Shang Qi and Zhao Qing had expected. Youqu was getting a certain degree of technical support from ByteDance.

[Algorithm] is the foundation of [Toutiao], and they certainly won’t be completely open about their algorithms.

However, more communication never hurts.

Zhang Sixing is a top talent, and with the help of Dean Zhang, the team he has formed should not be underestimated.

This is many times stronger than the makeshift team in the early days of [Tik Tok] in the previous life.

During this period, Zhang Sixing himself said that he felt he had gained a lot.

He plans to make a slight upgrade to the algorithm of Youqu before February.

"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Cheng Zhu shouted.

Lao Zhang came in and gave him a brief report.

After listening to this, Cheng Zhu nodded slightly and said, "I'm afraid your workload will be a bit heavy."

The reason is simple. Once the number of users of [Youqu] reaches the set target, it will immediately start promoting the advertising model.

This is the most common method of monetizing traffic in the short video field.

However, if the advertisements are pushed based on [algorithms], it will be completely different!

It will be more precise and more effective!
Zhang Sixing listened to Cheng Zhu's words and nodded seriously.

As an overtime maniac, he is not afraid of overtime anyway. Usually, in order to maintain his relationship with Dean Zhang, Cheng Zhu would ask Dean Zhang's good son to go back home.

——When necessary, we will send out the internet celebrity Susu!
After talking about work, Zhang Sixing fell into a dilemma again.

"Just say whatever you want to say!" Cheng Zhu said unhappily.

He couldn't help but complain: "Do you know that everything about you is written on your face? I tell you, it's easy for people to take advantage of you like this!"

Zhang Sixing was a little embarrassed and said, "Well, Wen Ting sent me another text message, congratulating us on our successful financing, and also said that she would come to Hangzhou on a business trip in a while and wanted to have dinner with me."

Cheng Zhu frowned when he heard this.

"This bitch is really good at making her presence felt!" He spat inwardly.

But a smile soon appeared on his face, and he asked with a smile: "Why are you telling me this?"

Are you fucking going to meet him?
I have been your half-master for so long, if you want to be a dog, I will really beat you!

Damn, just thinking about it makes my fists harden!
"Because she works for Tianyun Capital, which is the largest investment institution of Paipai, I thought it necessary to report to you." He answered honestly.

"You want to eat?"

"Ah? I'm not going." Zhang Sixing was confused for a moment, as if he was surprised that Cheng Zhu would ask that.

He said in all detail: "Actually, I have blocked her. She used Shangshang's, uh, kid's number to send me text messages."

Cheng Zhu knew that Zhang Sixing's illegitimate son was named Zhang Shaoshang.

Hearing this, I feel even more ashamed.
"From what you said, she has contacted you before?" Cheng Zhu immediately grasped the key point.

"Uh, yes, I have looked for it."

"What did she say?"

Zhang Sixing began to feel shy.

But Cheng Zhu was half his master emotionally and his boss at work. At this moment, he was staring at him so intently that he was a little panicked.

In the novels about cultivation, this is at least the Spirit Transformation Stage exerting pressure on the Golden Core Stage!
You, tell me!
I want to eat this melon!

"She said that she was looking through our old photos recently and had a lot of emotions, and then she told me, well, whether I believe it or not, she had loved me before." Zhang Sixing even embarrassed himself.

“Puchi! Hahahaha! Pufupu!” Cheng Zhu waved his hands repeatedly: “Sorry, I hahaha, I can’t help it, puff——!”

He actually burst out laughing on the spot.

This made Zhang Sixing even more embarrassed.

Little did they know that the most embarrassing thing was yet to come.

Cheng Zhu managed to hold back his smile and stared at him seriously: "What's your reply?"

The teacher asks you, how do you answer?

Damn it, your teacher has been making you free and easy for so long, and has rekindled your career. I have also arranged for you to find a web celebrity girl who looks like your sweetheart from your student days, but is prettier and has a better figure.

Normally, this guy would be called godfather!

Don't let me down, Zhang!
"Um, um, I..." Zhang Sixing began to become more and more embarrassed. He hesitated for a long time before he said that sentence.

"Your love is garbage, and so are you." His voice became softer and softer.

Cheng Zhu was laughing like crazy again.

How should I put it? I must have felt so good when I first sent out these words. I felt so relieved.

However, reading it aloud in front of my friends is so awkward and difficult to say!

Of course, while he was laughing wildly, he was still giving Lao Zhang a thumbs up.

"Okay, okay, I'll block you after you send it, right?" Cheng Zhu asked.

Zhang Sixing nodded.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu expressed his satisfaction.

"She came to see you, she must have some ulterior motive, she must have some purpose," he said.

"Let me think, it seems that the person who invested in Paipai is Tianyun's partner Shang Qi?" Cheng Zhu murmured to himself.

Relying on his intuition, he always felt that there must be something going on here!
But, it doesn't matter anymore.

He didn't care about the bitch's personal life.

Just run over it anyway!
On the road of development of [Youqu], these are just some things that happen easily.

Just when he was about to chat with Zhang Sixing for a few more words, his cell phone rang.

Cheng Zhu picked up the phone and chatted briefly.

Zhang Sixing looked at him and felt that there was visibly happiness on his boss's face, and even his tone had changed.

Lao Zhang felt that Cheng Zhu's smile just now was the kind of smile that couldn't be held back. It couldn't be said to be a mockery, but it just hit his funny point.

But now, I am really happy when I laugh!

Sure enough, after Cheng Zhu put down his phone, he told him a piece of happy news.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Sixing's brows instantly lit up with joy and he was quite excited.

"Someone called me, [Youqu] is officially pre-installed on mobile phones!" Cheng Zhu said loudly.

The big show has begun!
(ps: It’s the last few days of the month, please give me double the monthly tickets!!!)

(End of this chapter)