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Chapter 107 Chen Yansen: I’m very angry now

After the greetings, everyone politely gave way to each other for a while and then took their seats.

Chen Yansen looked at Lei Yijun and Zhou Hongyi with interest. Who would have thought that a few years later, these two people would have a war of words on Weibo for the mobile phone business, and even went to Chaoyang Park to fight.

Although the fight did not actually break out in the end, the fact that Lei Yijun sent Li Wanqiang to spy on the enemy was still exposed.

When Chen Yansen was observing Zhou Hongyi, Old Zhou was also squinting at him.

Old Zhou had a blank expression on his face, but there was a hint of hostility in his eyes. He got angry whenever he heard the word "penguin". Fox Tao had the support of the penguin and was in cahoots with his enemy.

If Lei Yijun hadn't been there, he would have been unable to sit still.

"Mr. Chen, Amazon's new channel director is an old colleague of mine. I've already greeted him. Tomorrow, just have your company's sales representative in charge of channel development contact him."

As soon as Lei Yijun sat down, he expressed his sincerity.

He is the founder of Joyo.com and sold it to Amazon seven years ago. At that time, most of the employees were merged into Amazon. The old colleague he mentioned was most likely his former subordinate.

"Thank you, Mr. Lei."

Chen Yansen smiled faintly and thanked him politely.

At this time, FoxTao has more than 40 B2C websites of various types, and the demand for Amazon is not as strong as in the early days.

Even without Lei Yijun's help, the other party would take the initiative to come to FoxTao to discuss cooperation after taking office.

After all, competitors have already moved in, and if they don’t, they will lose some market share.

"Chen Nian from Vancl is my old friend. He will arrive later."

Seeing Chen Yansen's flat reaction, Lei Yijun quickly added.

Another unlucky guy!
Chen Yansen smiled inwardly. He remembered clearly that in 2011, Vancl, with the support of Lei Yijun and investors, had set a revenue target of 10 billion. However, it only achieved one-third of the target. Not only did its valuation shrink significantly, but its warehouses also had a backlog of 2 billion worth of goods. It took five years to fill the shortfall.

However, clearing inventory comes at a price, and the Vancl brand has also lost value and become a common commodity.

It was not until more than ten years later that Lei Yijun successfully built a car and Chen Nian became famous again.

Thinking of this, Chen Yansen looked at Lei Yijun and couldn't help but sigh: Boss Lei is really good to his friends. Chen Nian lost him 100 million US dollars, but they didn't break up. If it were him, if he dared to lose so much money from me, it would not be excessive to break one of your legs.

"Yun Cheng, tell President Lei about Fox Tao's current situation."

Chen Yansen nodded and asked Song Yuncheng to do the product promotion work.

"No rush, let's have a drink and chat today, and we can discuss it in detail at my company tomorrow."

Lei Yijun waved his hand.

Although the outside world cannot obtain the most accurate data on FoxTao's daily active users, orders and sales, the general situation can be guessed almost accurately.

Compared with Fox Tao, Lei Yijun is more interested in Chen Yansen.

A shopping guide e-commerce track that no one looked down upon has become famous, with a wide range of businesses ranging from brand sales, group purchases to brand marketing.

Yesterday he called Chen Yansen, who took the initiative and proposed to cooperate with Xiaomi in a game joint venture, using the CPS and CPA profit-sharing model, which Lei Yijun appreciated very much.

If FoxTao’s valuation had not exceeded 28 billion, he would have wanted to bring Chen Yansen into Xiaomi’s marketing department.

As he was speaking, Chen Nian walked in triumphantly with his female assistant.

At the end of last year, Vancl completed a US$10 million Series E financing round, with a valuation of over US$1 billion, easily becoming a unicorn company.

This is Vancl’s highlight moment, and also Chennian’s highlight moment.

He heard that Lei Yijun wanted to introduce him to a new friend. After asking around, he found out that the friend was the founder of FoxTao. Isn't this exactly the external traffic channel that he lacks the most right now?

The revenue target of 100 billion has been announced. In order to achieve it, there will have to be significant improvements in everything from traffic to products.

"Come on, sit next to Mr. Chen. Let me introduce you. This is Chen Nian from Vancl, and this is Chen Yansen from FoxTao."

Lei Yijun stood up and introduced the two people.

"Mr. Chen, I've heard a lot about you!"

"Mr. Chen, you are young and promising!"

The two men smiled and shook hands, but Chen Nian actually felt a bit proud in his heart.

In Chen Nian's opinion, building his own platform is the right way. Traffic transfer platforms like FoxTao have a ceiling that can be seen at a glance and have no development prospects.

Zhou Hongyi watched coldly. He and Lei Yijun still had the next game to play. 360 was seeking an opportunity to go public. Lei Yijun had experience in this area, and he came here to seek help.

Lei Yijun said they just wanted to eat, and everyone didn't talk about anything else. They just casually shared their views on the domestic economic situation.

They thought that Chen Yansen was young and couldn't say anything about this, but they didn't expect that Chen Yansen shocked them as soon as he opened his mouth.

For a moment, everyone thought they were chatting with a veteran who had been in the business world for many years.

After listening for a while, Zhou Hongyi scoffed at Chen Yansen's words and suddenly changed the topic to his own industry: "Mr. Chen, what do you think about the future development of Internet security services?"

Chen Yansen glanced at him and realized that this guy hadn't held his fart well. He smiled and spat out two words: "You will die."

Zhou Hongyi's face froze instantly. 360's main business is computer management and anti-virus software. Chen Yansen's words undoubtedly meant that 360 was doomed in the future.

"fart!"

Zhou Hongyi snorted coldly and cursed.

"Old Zhou, how can you talk like that!" He'd organized this drinking party, and Chen Yansen was his guest. Zhou Hongyi's words neither gave Chen Yansen face nor took him seriously. "Okay, Mr. Chen, I didn't think before I spoke. Just pretend you didn't hear me." Seeing Lei Yijun's grim expression and remembering he had something to ask, Zhou Hongyi softened his tone and said perfunctorily.

"Mr. Chen, don't bother with Old Zhou. He's just a rude man." Lei Yijun glared at Zhou Hongyi, smiled and tried to smooth things over, trying to ease the atmosphere.

"Some people can't stand the truth, and there's nothing we can do about it. Industry trends won't change just because someone can't accept it."

Chen Yansen said with a smile, not taking Zhou Hongyi seriously at all.

His behavior actually aroused Lei Yijun's interest, and he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why don't you tell me in detail, so that Old Zhou won't think you are targeting him."

"First, Microsoft has included Windows Defender in its operating system since Windows 7. While it only provides basic virus protection, it's sufficient for most people's daily use, reducing computer users' reliance on third-party antivirus software. Perhaps Microsoft will include a more powerful antivirus software in the next version."

After hearing this, Lei Yijun's brows relaxed, and he felt that Microsoft's move would indeed have an impact on domestic security service products.

Zhou Hongyi knew that Microsoft had taken this initiative, but he didn't take it seriously before. After Chen Yansen mentioned it, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

"Secondly, mobile phones are entering the era of large screens. Mobile device systems are closed, and coupled with the review mechanism of the app store, the number of viruses is bound to decrease sharply. No one will install antivirus software on their phones, which affects the smoothness of use..."

Chen Yansen continued.

When smartphones first became popular, they had little RAM and most people didn't waste precious memory on antivirus software.

By the time smartphones have more memory, people have already gotten used to living without antivirus software.

Since there is no problem with your phone without antivirus software, why should you install it?
More than a decade later, the antivirus software market will only be limited to corporate users.

"Mr. Chen, do you think mobile devices will replace the computer market?" Lei Yijun asked curiously.

This point coincided with his own. It was precisely because he saw the development opportunities in the mobile communications industry that he decided to establish Xiaomi.

"It's an inevitable trend." Chen Yansen said with certainty.

Seeing that he was so optimistic about the mobile phone industry, Lei Yijun smiled and invited him to visit Xiaomi's R&D studio tomorrow.

Chen Yansen naturally agreed readily.

After that, several people started to clink glasses and the bosses were all good at drinking.

Before long, Lei Yijun's face turned red. He took out a cigarette and distributed it to everyone, then started smoking and puffing out clouds of smoke.

Chen Yansen shook his head and refused. He drank but never smoked.

The few cartons of cigarettes in the car were just for him to use for socializing.

Two hours later, everyone was satisfied with their meal and drink, and the party ended.

Before leaving, Chen Nian asked his assistant to write down Song Yuncheng's phone number for subsequent communication and cooperation.

Chen Yansen waved goodbye to Lei Yijun, made an appointment to meet the next day, then got in the car and asked the driver to take him directly back to the hotel.

After Chen Yansen's car drove away, Lei Yijun looked at Li Wanqiang and asked, "What do you think?"

“Anyone who can build a company with a valuation of over 10 billion is not an ordinary person.”

Li Wanqiang was deeply touched and watched the whole process all night.

If it were me, when I was less than 20 years old, I would have dinner with a group of bosses worth billions, but I would not be as relaxed and casual as Chen Yansen.

"We can discuss the game joint venture. I heard from Siwei Capital that before the New Year, Fox Tao had 40 new customers every day. How can only 1% of users enter the promotional page? Not counting old customers, that's over 100 million traffic per month, which can help us relieve a lot of pressure."

Lei Yijun patted Li Wanqiang on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Giving up some of the profits is acceptable." Li Wanqiang grinned and nodded in agreement.

"Lao Lei, do you trust that guy so much?" Zhou Hongyi asked, somewhat unconvinced.

In his opinion, Chen Yansen's analysis was no different from blind guesses. How could a young boy predict the future direction of the industry?

"I only half believe it, that is, mobile terminals will most likely become mainstream."

Lei Yijun said confidently.

the other side.

Chen Yansen returned to the hotel and sat on the sofa in front of the window, thinking that tonight's drinking party was not in vain, at least it attracted two B2C platforms to join the platform.

Tomorrow, he will take the opportunity of visiting to gain a deeper understanding of the mobile phone R&D and manufacturing process. If it is not difficult, he may be able to compete with Lei Yijun in the mobile phone field.

As for Zhou Hongyi, he didn't take him seriously at all. Even if he didn't intervene, Zhou Hongyi would force himself into a dead end.

More than a decade later, when Zhou Hongyi and Xiao Ma Ge met again, they would still tease each other, saying, "You've both become anchors."

For Mr. Zhou, who once had a net worth of hundreds of billions, these words were a direct mockery and a slap in the face.

Chen Yansen picked up the water cup on the coffee table and took a big sip.

The climate in the north is dry, and after drinking, he felt even more thirsty.

At the same time, he was very angry.

Through the reflection in the glass, Chen Yansen could see Song Yuncheng's every move. She was squatting in front of the sofa, her white fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard.

He was obviously still adjusting the materials for tomorrow's meeting, fearing that any omission in the content would lead to the failure of the cooperation.

A strand of Song Yuncheng's hair stuck to the corner of her mouth, and her round and firm buttocks were wrapped in pure white trousers. This scene made Chen Yansen even more angry.

(End of this chapter)