I'm not interested in money or women.

Chapter 155 Defense
"You've heard of it, too?"

Lu Feng asked knowingly, smiling slightly.

"Of course! Someone in my circle of friends has forwarded it to me."

Zhang Yiming took out his phone, found the forwarded post, and handed it to Lu Feng: "Look, the person who forwarded it to me is a venture capitalist, and he praised you to the sky."

Lu Feng didn't read the post carefully, as he was the one who asked Wu Juan to write it.

But he noticed the name of this venture capital.

GSR Ventures.

An old acquaintance again.

"I have used Sunshine Live. Just two days ago, your Sunshine Live was on the hot search of our Toutiao today!"

Zhang Yiming was very interested in Sunshine Live and asked Lu Feng directly: "How did you come up with the idea of ​​doing live video streaming? And you also made a mobile version.

Your mobile version is really well made, the picture is clear and smooth, and there is no lag. It's amazing. Did you make it?"

"No, I asked Professor Cao Chun from Jinling University to do it."

Lu Feng explained: "He has a student named Liu Jingkang, who was the one who got Zhou Hongyi's phone number before."

"Oh! It's him! No wonder!"

Zhang Yiming laughed: "I also saw that news. In fact, his method is relatively simple, but I think Zhou Hongyi must have been shocked, hahaha!"

He chatted very relaxedly, as if he was just chatting with a friend, and it seemed like he was not thinking about investment at all.

Lu Feng was not in a hurry and chatted with him casually: "Zhou Hongyi didn't bother with him, and they are also keeping in touch."

"Jinling University's software capabilities are indeed impressive. No wonder they were able to create Sunshine Live."

Zhang Yiming sighed with a hint of regret in his tone: "When I was considering starting a business, I also thought about content output.

But at that time I felt that the conditions for live video streaming in China were not yet mature and were subject to too many restrictions, so I had to use a computer.

What I wanted to do was to output content for mobile devices, but video software was too difficult, so I gave up and started what I now do: Toutiao.

Toutiao is mainly text-based, so it is easier to develop. I may also add video content later.

There is no way. Our technical strength is limited. If I can also bring in the team from Jinda Software Institute, I guess I will also be able to produce video content.”

Listening to his words, Lu Feng smiled without saying anything, but he was laughing secretly in his heart.

Zhang Yiming is worthy of being the future big boss. From the thoughts in his words, we can tell that this person has great ambitions and an even bigger vision.

Generally speaking, when facing investors, entrepreneurs will talk about their advantages. Even if they don’t brag about themselves, they will talk more about their strengths.

After all, only by leaving a good impression on investors can you have a chance of getting investment.

Few people would be like Zhang Yiming, who, when facing investors, would tell them that his company's technical strength is limited.

He said this for only one purpose, which was to hide his incompetence and thus have a reason to reject investors.

Simply put, he has already revealed his intention of not wanting Lu Feng's investment.

It turns out that just relying on a sunny live broadcast is not enough to impress Zhang Yiming!

The reason why Lu Feng made such a big move before the National Day holiday was that he was willing to take on the pressure of going head-to-head with YY and achieve outstanding results.

He just wanted to gain some fame in the circle and obtain a certain status in Zhang Yiming's recognition.

Because he knows Zhang Yiming very well.

Although Zhang Yiming appears to be amiable, casual, and likes to joke, it seems like he can get along with anyone.

But in fact, he was very proud, even arrogant.

He believes that most people simply cannot understand his thinking, so he can only lower himself to accommodate other people's thinking patterns, which is the so-called backward compatibility.

In fact, this is true. Not many people can understand him at present.

Even the employees in his company team cannot fully understand what kind of product Toutiao is.

No one knows what kind of business model he wants to create. But from the four words he said, "content output", it can be seen that the Byte Universe he created has obviously already taken shape in his mind.

Lu Feng knew that the regret in Zhang Yiming's tone was genuine.

He really wanted to output and distribute video content, but he didn't dare to elaborate because he was afraid that Lu Feng would find out and use Sunshine Live to realize his idea first.

He was on guard against Lu Feng.

This caution may only be subconscious, but it has become an obstacle to Lu Feng's investment.

Therefore, if Lu Feng wants to eat the fresh fruit of Byte, he must find a way to break through this obstacle.

"We can work together."

Lu Feng began his attack: "I can open up the content operation of Sunshine Live. You can use Sunshine Live to test the waters and verify your ideas."

Zhang Yiming looked at him in surprise, thought for a moment, and then smiled and shook his head: "Forget it, I can't even make headlines, how can I be good at making video content?"

He was still on guard.

Lu Feng had anticipated this and spoke again: “In fact, the projects I invest in are all based on my own considerations.

The projects I chose are essentially complementary in nature and cover all aspects of life.

Sheinside is for clothing, Ele.me is for food, MiHoYo is for entertainment, and another project I’m working on is for travel.

These items can basically cover everything a person needs in life.”

After listening to Lu Feng's explanation, Zhang Yiming's expression became more serious.

This is not his first time starting a business. Before joining ByteDance, he had started four businesses, all of which failed.

The first time was when he had just graduated. He and his seniors worked together to develop a collaborative office system for enterprises, but it failed after a few months.

Afterwards, he joined Kuxun.com, working on travel vertical content search, and worked his way up to become the chairman of the technical committee.

Later, the company reached a bottleneck and conflicts and problems emerged. After he left, he joined the team of his fellow villager Wang Xing and founded Fanfou.com and Hainei.com, a social platform, but failed again.

Afterwards, he was found by Wang Qiong, an investor of Kuxun.com, and received an investment to start a business again, creating the real estate search engine Jiujiufang.

This was his first successful entrepreneurial project, and it directly became the number one real estate application.

If we follow what Lu Feng said, then the sector he is working on should be the housing part of the 5 necessities of life.

It is true that one should find the right direction when starting a business. He found the right direction when he started Jiujiufang, and it indeed brought him success.

But this kind of success was not what he wanted.

Therefore, he withdrew from Jiujiufang when it was thriving and started his fifth business.

Although Wang Qiong invested more money in him, several key members of his previous team also followed him to start a business.

But Zhang Yiming knew that they did not understand his decision.

They didn't know what Zhang Yiming wanted to do, and they were not even optimistic about the product Toutiao. They thought it was just a social platform, no different from his previous failed products Fanfou and Hainei.com.

But Zhang Yiming knew very well what he wanted to do.

He wants to completely change the habits and patterns of Internet users, and he wants to start a technological revolution!
However, he never told anyone about this because he knew that few people would understand.

One step ahead is a genius, ten steps ahead is a madman.

He didn't want to be thought of as a madman, he just wanted to move quietly in the direction he saw.

Time will prove him right.

Seeing that Zhang Yiming was listening absent-mindedly, Lu Feng also stopped talking.

Zhang Yiming is a really stubborn guy sometimes. It seems like he has to reveal some shocking news.

After a pause, Lu Feng asked in a deep voice: "Let me ask you a question, what kind of future world do you envision?
In other words, what do you think the next stage of the Internet ecosystem will be like? "

Hearing this question, Zhang Yiming was shocked and looked at Lu Feng.

Why would he ask me this question?
(End of this chapter)