The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 554 Capital Has Been Mastered
“I don’t lack funds or connections right now,” Lei Jun said helplessly. “What I lack is direction. I haven’t figured it out. I think the first thing about starting a business is what I want to do and what my ultimate goal is, not just making money.”

"You've got ideas, young man," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Don't you have any clue what you're planning to do?"

Lei Jun shook his head: "I want to be like Steve Jobs and do something groundbreaking."

Liu Hua frowned: "Kid, do you know what Steve Jobs is researching right now?"

Lei Jun shook his head, and Liu Hua smiled and said, "He is researching a revolutionary mobile phone."

"Mobile phones? What's so interesting about researching them? The mobile phone market is now monopolized by Nokia and Motorola."

Liu Hua shook his finger: "So they are researching something groundbreaking, something that will fundamentally eliminate the old system."

Lei Jun's eyes lit up immediately: "Master, do you know what kind of cell phone they want to research?"

Liu Hua nodded: "What they're thinking of is using a multi-touch screen phone, with only a screen on the phone body and no operation buttons, using their own operating system. In addition to making calls and sending text messages, it can also provide internet access, because their goal is to build a software ecosystem, just like software runs on a computer, software can run on the phone, meaning this phone is equivalent to a miniature computer."

Lei Jun took a pen and paper from Liu Hua's desk and drew a diagram: "Is this what the phone looks like?"

Liu Hua nodded: "That's right, there's only one screen on this side, and there might be three buttons in a row below, but they're not the traditional mechanical buttons, they're probably capacitive."

Actually, the early iPhone home button was a mechanical button, but Liu Hua deliberately made it sound more sophisticated. If Lei Jun had been interested and developed a capacitive button first, that would have been a huge success.

"That's interesting." Lei Jun became interested and asked curiously, "This phone is indeed very different from previous phones, but do you think a phone like this can replace Motorola and Nokia?"

"Why not? The phone is only one aspect; they also need to build their own network ecosystem." Liu Hua said with a smile, "When you can do what you can do on a computer with just a phone, anytime, anywhere, isn't that revolutionary?"

Lei Jun's expression was uncertain. He was very interested and wanted to explore it, but he didn't have time for the time being.

"I can't leave for now. Kingsoft is preparing for its IPO, and as the general manager of Kingsoft, I want to help Kingsoft go public and then retire successfully." Lei Jun said with emotion, "This is the last thing I can do for Kingsoft, and it's a way of doing my best for my brothers and sisters at Kingsoft."

“Sometimes, you’re just too hesitant, too sentimental.” Liu Hua shook his head. “You have to know that if you’re slow to act, you’ll be slow to progress. If you don’t act now, you might miss this opportunity. Maybe you’ll be the inventor of the world’s first smartphone.”

“It doesn’t matter.” Lei Jun let out a sigh of relief: “The first person to invent a mobile phone in the world was definitely not Motorola or Nokia. The title of first is not important. What matters is who can survive and have the last laugh.”

"So, you're confident you'll survive and have the last laugh?"

Lei Jun shook his head: "I'm not sure, but you are."

“I’m confident. I never said I wanted to invest in your company. I don’t even manage my own company. How can you expect me to do that?” “No.” Lei Jun said smugly, “When I was the general manager in Guangdong over the years, I was sometimes bored, so I searched online for all the interview information about you. I found a problem. You seem to be extremely confident, but you seem to look down on foreign countries, especially the Americans. You seem to have never taken them seriously.”

"I am from the Chinese nation, so naturally I should have confidence in ourselves."

Lei Jun shook his head: "No, it's as if you've already seen the outcome. It's as if you've already decided that the United States will inevitably decline, and that in the not-too-distant future, the decline of the United States will not only be the decline of the country, but will also lead to the weakening of its enterprises, its culture, and its military. In that case, why should I be afraid of Apple?"

Liu Hua chuckled: "I won't comment on your thoughts, but having confidence in us is definitely a good thing."

Lei Jun said with a smile, "I've thought about starting my own business. I'll set up the company headquarters in Beijing so that I can consult with you from time to time."

Liu Hua waved his hand: "Stop bothering me. The things I do every day are big things, things that will change the future development of mankind. I don't have time to bother with your trivial matters."

"It's alright, you go ahead with your important business, I'm just here to lend a hand."

Lei Jun said it with a chuckle, but he was actually much calmer inside. His master was willing to say this to him, which meant that his future entrepreneurial venture was secure.

Over the years, he has never been superstitious or blindly followed anyone. But he always had a strange kind of worship for his grandmaster, and he really believed that his grandmaster could see into the future.

Lei Jun enjoyed the meal very much. It was all prepared by Liu Feifei herself. The last time he stayed in Beijing for a few months to help with software development, Liu Feifei often cooked these dishes for him. Back then, he was still a student. Although he had some money, he couldn't buy anything good with it, so he found these meat dishes very satisfying.

Now that he has money, he can't buy good things, and he doesn't enjoy his food. This time, after talking with him, his doubts were cleared up, and he suddenly felt that the food tasted better.

A week after Lei Jun left Beijing, major internet companies, including Alibaba, Baidu, Sina, Sohu, and The9, announced the establishment of a new business unit called Big Data Analytics.

Then various popular science articles appeared online, explaining in detail what big data analysis is, what its future applications are, and what role big data analysis plays in the Internet.

Suddenly, graduates majoring in mathematics became highly sought after, and it's said that with the college entrance examination approaching, the admission scores for mathematics majors will increase significantly.

Big data analytics is currently the hottest topic in society. It's as if you can't control the future if you don't understand big data analytics.

Internet companies that have launched big data businesses have seen their stock prices soar after going public, and even those that haven't gone public have attracted a lot of angel investors.

Liu Hua casually closed the news webpage, laughing and cursing, "Capital has made you bastards understand how to play the game."

(End of this chapter)