Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Zhang Yiming and Huang Zheng of Pinduoduo are practically invisible figures in the Chinese business world. In the more than ten years of his entrepreneurial career, his most notable achievement was probably when Douyin was cut off from WeChat's traffic and then he had a public spat with Ma Huateng.

In terms of eloquence, Zhang Yiming is no match for these seasoned veterans of the Chinese internet industry. If you talk to him about technology, he can launch into a long, seemingly unrelated but actually quite reasonable explanation.

In the end, it might embarrass you or even make you a laughing stock.

Jiang Beicheng actually held this engineering student in high regard.

He was able to survive in the fiercest competition between BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) and stand out among the three rising stars of TMD (Toutiao, Meituan, and Didi), becoming the highest-valued unicorn company in China.

He quietly rose to become the richest Chinese person.

Mr. Zhang and his founding team are capable individuals; they are people who get things done.

Today was the first time the two had met, and Jiang Beichen joked, "President Zhang, please be lenient and let me avoid trending on social media."

Everyone at the table laughed.

Whether it's Weibo or Douyin, Jiangbei City is a frequent topic of trending searches.

If you didn't know him, you'd think he was some celebrity. Why is he always trending on social media?
Zhang Yiming added with a smile, "President Jiang's story is so legendary that the general public recognizes it."

Jiang Beicheng: "There's also a lot of negative public opinion."

Zhang Yiming: "Haha, I'll say hello to Zhang Nan."

Zhang Nan is the CEO of Douyin Group, responsible for all business operations on the Douyin platform.

Zhang Yiming is a man of action; although Jiang Beicheng was joking, he took it to heart.

It's not just that people in the same circle give each other face; Jiangbei City is also riding the wave of the times and is a key target of national support.

If this role model for young people suffers too much criticism and public opinion, and his image is ruined, then to a certain extent, Douyin is slapping the leaders in the face.

Zhang Yiming, a man skilled at survival, understands the crucial relationships behind the scenes.

After informing Zhang Nan, the technical department will naturally make the arrangements.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and shook hands with Zhang Yiming.

Even if Zhang Yiming hadn't made that call, Jiangbei City had many ways to deal with negative public opinion, though it might involve government agencies. Resolving it through friendships and business means would definitely be the most ideal solution.

He's not a perfect man.

There was no deliberate effort to create this image; it was all brought up by the public.

If you dig deeper into his past, you'll find quite a bit of dirt on him.

There's so much to be made up about just the topic of women.

However, he has now silenced both Douyin and Weibo.

Sina's Lao Cao is now deliberately trying to befriend him. You can see that from the Shanghai TV incident; he knows how to get Weibo's top management to handle trending topics related to him.

Jiang Beicheng and Lei Jun took different paths on the internet.

Lei Jun is building an entrepreneur's brand and playing the traffic marketing game.

Jiang Beicheng initially planned to follow this path, believing he could build his personal brand. However, after several major public opinion events, he realized that generating traffic was far less important than controlling public opinion.

If you control public opinion, you can do whatever you want.

Even if your superiors know some of your private matters, as long as they don't expose them and cause a significant impact, they can pretend they didn't see them.

Wahaha's founder has a positive image, hasn't he?

If it weren't for this dispute over the inheritance, who would have known that she had a child outside the marriage?
If we can silence Tencent, we can rest easy.

Try to get together with Ma Huateng sometime and make friends.

Zhang Yiming gave us a pretty good gift today.

I'm interested in becoming friends with him.

After greeting Zhang Yiming, Jiang Beicheng walked over to Zhang Yong and shook hands with him.

There are two Zhang Yongs in China's catering industry, both of whom are celebrities.

One is Zhang Yong of Xinrongji.

Another one is Zhang Yong of Haidilao.

The man in front of you is Zhang Yong, the founder of Haidilao who immigrated to Singapore. He has a fortune of 70 to 80 billion yuan. Compared with the most glorious period of Haidilao, Zhang Yong's wealth has shrunk quite a bit.

However, this is in line with the general pattern of the food and beverage service industry.

"President Jiang, we're practically from the same hometown. Even if you hadn't come today, I would have made time to learn from you when I returned to Chengdu," Zhang Yong said politely.

Haidilao and Beicheng Restaurant have completely different business models, but Jiang Beicheng and he can be considered to be in the same industry.

There are many topics to talk about among people in the same industry.

In the catering service industry, domestic peers can all say, "Learn from Jiangbei City."

"The Ceiling of the Catering Industry" does indeed have a high reputation and traffic.

It truly lives up to its name.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and looked at Zhang Lei, saying, "How could I not come to the event organized by President Zhang?"

"He's my teacher. Although my skills aren't perfect, I still possess the virtue of respecting my teacher." Zhang Lei smiled and patted Jiang Beicheng on the shoulder: "President Jiang, I'm unworthy of such praise. You're giving me too much face."

Jiang Beicheng wasn't just flattering him; the two senior private equity investment professionals present today, Zhang Lei and Shen Nanpeng, were his mentors.

Moreover, when Yizhi Culture Media, JD.com Waimai, and other companies were raising funds, Zhang Lei and he were at the same dinner table, where Zhang Lei provided tremendous support.

It is not an exaggeration to call him "teacher".

He left a very good impression on the business veterans at the dinner table.

I think he is a well-mannered and easy-going young man.

Jiang Beicheng finally shook hands with Mr. Li, the CEO of Mindray Medical, whose net worth is in the hundreds of billions, and got to know him.

We sat down to eat.

These private dinner parties involve a wide range of topics being discussed at the table.

On a larger scale, this includes politics and the international situation.

They all contained some personal agendas.

With a learning mindset, Jiang Beicheng listened to the experiences and insights of these predecessors who had successfully navigated the tides of the times.

Of course, what is acceptable must align with one's own values.

He's not the type to follow the crowd or blindly accept what others say.

Even if the ideas you express are brilliant, they may not align with his values.

He still treated it like bullshit.

Listen to something amusing.

Overall, he benefited greatly from the meal.

I met more business friends.

As a representative of young entrepreneurs, I have gradually gained recognition in this circle.

It has now reached a high level of sophistication.

After dinner, we went to the club to sing karaoke and relax.

This is Jiangbei City's home ground.

He put on a little show.

We had some tea and played a few rounds of cards later in the evening, and then the New Year's gathering came to an end.

The breakup is just the beginning.

In the future, there will be more and more frequent interactions within this circle.

To establish more and deeper relationships of mutual benefit.

The ultimate goal of making friends in private is still to make profits in the business world.

They're all seasoned businessmen, how could they possibly be sincere and call you brother?
That's how circle culture works.

"Mr. Jiang, goodbye."

"President Jiang, let me see you off."

"Mr. Jiang, call me."

"..."

After bidding farewell to several entrepreneur friends, Jiang Beicheng returned to his stepmother's mansion to rest.

The stepmother had just finished showering and was lounging on the sofa in her bathrobe, not the first time she had acted as if Jiang Beicheng were one of the family.

Jiang Beicheng has gotten used to it and treats him as an elder, so they can get along normally.

Let her wear whatever she wants.

How to expose it.

On the contrary, Aunt Shen, who was also sitting in the living room, seemed to evoke a stronger sense of evil in him tonight because of her purple nightgown.

Qian Li noticed the way Jiang Beicheng looked at Shen Jun and shook his head.

No comment.

"You haven't rested yet?" Jiang Beicheng asked as he sat down.

"I'm getting ready to sleep. I won't disturb your conversation," Qian Li said, getting up.

The tone of the phrase "talk about things" was deliberately softened.

Jiang Beicheng glanced at her.

Shen Jun smiled and said, "Say what you want."

However, the two did have some things to discuss; a minor incident had occurred at the Beicheng Hotel's Shanghai branch during the Spring Festival. (End of Chapter)