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Chapter 271 0268 [Web2.0 Martial Arts Alliance Leader]

ByteDance is no longer the only company making mobile microblogging services.

There's also Kongzhong.com, currently the only mobile portal website. But they don't call it "microblog," they call themselves "mobile blog."

Whether it's a mobile microblog or a mobile blog, the functions are almost identical.

If Chen Guiliang hadn't appeared, judging from the timing of Kongzhong's launch of mobile blogs, it would definitely have been earlier than the Americans' creation of Twitter.

Kongzhong.com also sent reporters to this year's China Internet Conference, and they even had their own interview area.

The entire event was broadcast live on mobile phones with text and images. In addition to broadcasting the news on Kongzhong.com (a WAP website), it was also sent directly to the mobile blog users' mobile phones via SMS and MMS.

“Chen Guiliang, founder of ByteDance and Game Science, refuted Baidu’s Robin Li point by point at the main forum of the conference… Robin Li looked displeased and stormed off the stage.”

This is the mobile blog content sent by Kongzhong.com, and at least 30 users received it via SMS!

Yes, Kongzhong's mobile blog users have exceeded 30.

HaiNei.com only has over 7 mobile microblogging users.

Because Kongzhong has been developing mobile websites from the very beginning, and its users are all accustomed to using mobile phones to access the internet, its mobile blogs have a very high conversion rate and a very fast conversion speed.

HaiNei.com, however, is not doing so well. Most users are used to browsing the internet on computers, and switching to mobile microblogging is very difficult.

……

Guo Zhendong is a mobile blog user of Kongzhong.com.

He travels frequently for work, often by train or plane, and rarely has time to use a computer.

On his sleeper berth, Guo Zhendong heard a text message notification. He opened the message and read: "Chen Guiliang, founder of ByteDance and Game Science, is at the main forum of the conference..."

what's the situation?
Chen Guiliang refuted Li Yanhong's points one by one?
He then received another MMS message. Because the train was traveling in the countryside, the signal was not very good, and the MMS message took a minute to load.

The MMS messages were all low resolution, but this close-up photo still vaguely shows Li Yanhong's unpleasant expression.

The background of the photo shows Chen Guiliang giving a speech on stage, while Li Yanhong walks offstage with a dark expression. He was photographed by a reporter from Kongzhong.com as he passed the interview area.

Guo Zhendong immediately logged onto Kongzhong.com to view more detailed reports.

However, since it's a WAP website, Kongzhong's news is always brief. Especially today's speeches, which only summarized the basic content, making it difficult to know any specific details.

The more this was the case, the more curious Guo Zhendong became.

The train arrived at the station in the evening.

Guo Zhendong first went to the hotel to drop off his luggage, and while he was out for dinner, he also went to an internet cafe.

He searched for the keywords "Chen Guiliang" and "Li Yanhong" on Baidu, and a large number of related results immediately appeared—it seems that Baidu has not deliberately filtered this matter.

The official media partner, Sina.com, does not have a comment section below the related news.

After reading the Sina.com report in detail, Guo Zhendong immediately went to Tianya Forum to see what was going on, and sure enough, the forum was already buzzing with excitement.

The most popular post was titled: "Chen Guiliang vs. Li Yanhong: An Internet War Between Peking University Alumni!"

The post first includes the complete transcripts of Li Yanhong's speech, followed by the complete transcripts of Chen Guiliang's speech. Sina Weibo provides live text and image coverage of these presentations; you can simply copy and paste them.

After posting the transcripts of their speeches, the original poster commented: "This is probably the most exciting moment in the history of the Internet Conference. Chen Guiliang is really hot-tempered, and his words are really ruthless. He doesn't show any mercy to his senior from our own school!"

"sofa."

"Bench".

"Sunflower seeds and cola are sold in the front row."

"Is Chen Guiliang out of his mind? How can he talk like that to someone's face? He has no sense of occasion at all."

"Upstairs, is Robin Li your father? I think Robin Li is the one who's sick. Given his status in the Chinese internet industry, publicly criticizing the Web 2.0 model could probably cause ByteDance's valuation to drop by tens of millions. Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. It's a miracle Chen Guiliang didn't hit him."

"Chen Guiliang's speech today was about the future development of Web 2.0. Before he even started, Li Yanhong was already criticizing his speech. If he didn't start by criticizing it first, what he said would be a joke. Do you understand?"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! Did you guys notice that Chen Guiliang's words were refuting Li Yanhong's statements point by point? Chen Guiliang found loopholes in all of Li Yanhong's speech. Is Chen Yi from the Peking University debate team?"

"I really don't understand. Does Robin Li not think before he speaks? Doesn't he even know where Baidu's market value would rank if it were compared to Xiaorizi Internet Company? He even claims to be the highest-valued listed internet company in China, which is less than one-tenth the market value of Xiaorizi Internet Company. What's the benefit of praising Xiaorizi like this?"

“I’ve seen an interview with Robin Li before, where he mentioned that he interned at Panasonic. His three-month internship at Panasonic played a crucial role in his later entrepreneurship. So, it’s understandable that he admires the simple life.”

"So what's the deal with him praising Vietnam?" "He probably saw some Vietnamese internet user data somewhere and just casually used it to prove that China's internet user ratio is too low. If I didn't understand the statistical differences, I could easily be misled. Chen Shiyi is really impressive. Not only did he give a speech without notes, but he also refuted each point on the spot, and his arguments were logical and his thinking was clear. Chen Shiyi's knowledge is too extensive!"

"Li Yanhong is an idiot!"

"Upstairs is a fucking idiot! Chen Guiliang is the real moron!"

"Reply to LSSS. It's not just a matter of knowledge reserves, but a lack of understanding of the market. Li Yanhong's statement that online games and wireless value-added services are small industries in the global internet industry proves that he doesn't pay attention to the market at all and doesn't even understand the two pillar industries of the internet. This is equivalent to a top-notch leukemia doctor who doesn't know the two most effective leukemia drugs."

“I used to admire Li Yanhong quite a bit, thinking he was incredibly awesome. But after reading Chen Guiliang’s rebuttals, I realize that Li Yanhong’s level is just so-so. What the hell was he saying? He just made assumptions from beginning to end, and Chen Guiliang pointed out all his mistakes.”

"Chen Guiliang's words are truly sarcastic. Haha, young people are sleepy, it's the older generation who can't sleep. This is a dig at Li Yanhong for being old and outdated."

"I just searched 'Three Kingdoms Kill' on Baidu. The official Three Kingdoms Kill website is clearly listed as the fifth search result. Chen Guiliang is lying! He said it was sixth. I'm going to sue Chen Guiliang for spreading rumors on behalf of Li Yanhong!"

"For a moment I couldn't figure out which side the people upstairs were standing on."

"The ranking improved by one place, which means that one of the ads was not renewed."

"I am one of the parties involved in the Baidu layoff scandal. I joined Baidu several years ago, and my stock options were worth over a million yuan. But just as my options were about to vest, I was dismissed by Baidu without reason this May, and without any financial compensation! I have filed a lawsuit in court, and I will fight Baidu to the end. Robin Li is a shameless capitalist; he is going back on his word and trying to renege on the stock options of long-term employees!"

"Holy crap, is the person upstairs serious?"

"Really. Have you forgotten how big the Baidu layoff scandal was in July? Back then, hundreds of media outlets collectively condemned Baidu."

"I support the guy above in fighting for his rights. Bosses who owe wages and stock options are all bastards!"

"..."

Guo Zhendong sat in the internet cafe, engrossed in reading news and posts.

He travels frequently for work, which has given him a habit of reading the news anytime, anywhere. He started by reading newspapers and magazines on trains, then browsed news in internet cafes, and last year became a mobile news user.

After reading this post, I saw another one: "Web 2.0 Martial Arts Master: Chen Guiliang's Battle for Fame!"

The original poster of this thread claims:
"Although there are numerous Web 2.0 websites, the ones that have truly made them large are mainly the former internet giants. For example, Tencent created QQ Space, and Sina created Sina Blog..."

"The internet upstarts who made their fortunes purely from Web 2.0 don't have a high status within the industry, nor do they have much say in it. That's why Robin Li dares to openly criticize Web 2.0 without any restraint, because among the internet upstarts, no one has the qualifications or strength to refute him."

"Many pure Web 2.0 companies today lack a leader with weight and prestige. To put it simply, they lack a big brother, a leader of the martial arts world..."

"Today, Chen Guiliang stepped forward, like a dragon-slaying hero, angrily brandishing his sword at that giant dragon. He represents the entire emerging group of internet companies, and he will inevitably be regarded by the new elites as the leader of the martial arts world and the big brother, thus completely establishing his industry position in Web 2.0."

"So, from now on, let's not call him Chen Ten Billion anymore, let's just call him Alliance Leader Chen. Calling him Hero Chen is also fine, I heard that his nickname in high school was Hero Chen."

This post has received quite a few replies.

The main reason is that the original poster's style is very chivalrous, which aligns with the aesthetic preferences of Tianya forum users.

Moreover, the content is very authentic.

At this moment, Chen Guiliang is indeed regarded as the leader by a large group of internet upstarts!
After the main forum ended, founders of thirty or forty internet companies came up to Chen Guiliang, handing him their business cards and asking to get to know him.

They are all quite young, averaging less than 28 years old, some even around the same age as Chen Guiliang. Moreover, they don't hold high positions in the industry; most of them used to work for major internet companies but resigned to start their own businesses in the last two years.

Of these numerous emerging companies, only a few will likely survive. But many who fail this time will try again, perhaps even starting a second or third business.

"Mr. Chen, that was brilliantly said!"

"Mr. Chen spoke so well; he said everything I was thinking."

"Li Yanhong is simply insane. If he had said those things privately or in an interview, we wouldn't have had any objections. But he said them at the main forum of the Internet Conference, and he was the third person to speak on stage. What is he trying to do? Does he want to destroy the Web 2.0 industry? He's practically taking away our livelihood! Fortunately, Mr. Chen came up on stage to refute him, otherwise we wouldn't have had a chance to fight back."

"Mr. Chen, how about we start a Web 2.0 club? We can exchange ideas and help each other out regularly, and then meet up to have fun together when we have time."

"Yes, yes, let's set up a club, with Mr. Chen as the club's chairman."

"If my company goes under, I'll come and seek refuge with Mr. Chen. I wonder if Mr. Chen will accept me..."

Chen Guiliang was surrounded by a lively group of internet upstarts who, after being a disorganized bunch, started to band together thanks to Li Yanhong's speech.

Moreover, the leaders present today were also deeply impressed by Chen Guiliang.

In particular, Chen Guiliang pointed out Li Yanhong's mistakes, preventing Vietnam from surpassing China's internet.

(End of this chapter)