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Chapter 530 0518 [Tao Xue and Xu Fengyin have become friends?]

Baidu's stock price has been rising continuously since January of this year.

The same is true for ByteDance, which has seen particularly rapid growth since mid-April.

The main reason is the release of the new quarterly reports, showing impressive performance from mobile phones, Weibo, and WeChat. Any one of these three things could boost the stock price, so having all three together is simply phenomenal.

ByteDance's stock, which had an initial offering price of only $10.5, had risen to $147.08 by early May.

At this time, ByteDance's new share issuance plan was finally approved, and as soon as the news was released, a large number of underwriters came knocking.

ByteDance raised $3 million in one go by issuing new shares, but this only resulted in a slight drop in its stock price.

Of the $3 million, part was used to increase its stake in NavInfo, part was used to invest in CATL, and part was used to invest in BOE.

There's still quite a bit left.

……

Peking University May Fourth Sports Center.

Chen Guiliang stood beside the runway, watching Wang Tao operate the DJI Phantom 1.

The area was crowded with Peking University students who came to watch the spectacle.

"Can't the footage be transmitted in real time?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Wang Tao handed the remote control to Chen Guiliang: "No, you can only shoot blindly or by estimation. Press this button..."

Under Wang Tao's guidance, Chen Guiliang performed various operations.

The students watching gasped in amazement, thinking it was incredibly high-tech.

After repeated questioning by Chen Guiliang and subsequent review of the recorded footage, it was finally understood that the drone was just an advanced toy.

Without a gimbal, any vibration or change in posture can cause severe image shaking. Users need to purchase and install third-party vibration damping pads, and also need to perform complex post-stabilization processing.

The flight control system is very primitive, lacking a GPS module and unable to hover automatically and stably, making it extremely difficult for beginners to operate. It also lacks an automatic return-to-home function, meaning it becomes untraceable after flying too far away.

It does not come with a camera; users need to purchase and install their own action camera.

The maximum remote control distance is only 300 meters.

Without a battery management system, it's impossible to see how much battery power is left.

The landing gear cannot be raised or lowered, making it easy to capture the landing gear in the frame when shooting with a wide-angle camera.

Chen Guiliang said, "There are too many problems, it's very unfriendly to beginners, and I'm afraid only aerial photography enthusiasts would buy it."

"So I want to solve these problems as soon as possible," Wang Tao said. "We need to recruit talent to complete them together, and mass production after the improvements will also require a lot of money. But the company currently lacks funds."

Chen Guiliang said, "I'll invest 1 million RMB first. You can discuss the specifics of how to convert it into shares with Xiyi Capital. If that's not enough, come back to me later."

They walked and talked, and several Peking University students quickly caught up with them.

"Mr. Chen...Mr. Chen, may I ask if your quadcopter model is a commercial product?" a student asked.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Who are you people?"

The man said, "We are members of the Peking University Aviation Club. This club was established two years ago, and its main members are students from the School of Engineering at Peking University. Last year, we held an event with a sister club from Tsinghua University and even invited three PhDs from Boeing to participate."

Chen Guiliang smiled and said to Wang Tao, "I don't understand the technical aspects, so you can talk to them. If you think someone's abilities are good, you can persuade them to join DJI."

Chen Guiliang left immediately, leaving Wang Tao to talk to the group of students.

Back in his office, Chen Guiliang updated a chapter of "Those Things About the Ming Dynasty" on his WeChat public account.

Constipation-like updates.

At its peak, a chapter only had two or three thousand words. Most of the time, each chapter had only about a thousand words.

But the readers didn't mind and followed the updates with great enthusiasm.

Chen Guiliang's WeChat public account quickly gained over 500 million followers.

This is nothing special; the main purpose is to attract more people to create WeChat official accounts!

Some have even cleverly adapted the Weibo sales model to WeChat official accounts. They've even imitated Chen Guiliang's practice of sending WeChat red envelopes, actively attracting followers from other platforms to their own official accounts.

Many QQ groups have people constantly inviting others to join, and Tencent simply can't manage it all. There's no way to control it; you can't exactly ban users from discussing WeChat-related topics in QQ groups, can you?

Whether it's ByteDance's WeChat, Tencent's Zhangxun, or Xiaomi's MiTalk, user growth is all related to the widespread adoption of smartphones.

Even with HarmonyOS phones as a pre-installed entry point and various features that give it a head start, ByteDance's WeChat still couldn't pull far ahead of Tencent's Palm News.

QQ's traffic generation is terrifying.

This year, the market share of smartphones in China has seen another significant change.

HTC is finished!
Nokia's market share plummeted!
Coolpad's strong rise and Tianyu's rapid decline!
中国智能手机市场份额如下：鸿蒙17.6%、三星16.5%、联想9.8%、酷派9.4%、华为9.1%。

Nokia and Apple don't even make the top five.

Xiaomi has not yet launched a super cost-effective phone priced at 1499 yuan, so sales have not yet taken off.

HarmonyOS phones are primarily targeted at high-end and mid-range models.

Samsung, on the other hand, covers the entire range of models, with dozens of smartphones currently on sale.

Lenovo, Coolpad, and Huawei have all adopted the low-end contract phone strategy. Moreover, Coolpad has become a top contender among contract phones, boasting superior configuration and performance at the same price point.

In the first half of this year, smartphones outsold feature phones among newly sold mobile phones.

Along with the surge in smartphone sales, the number of users of products such as WeChat, Zhangxun, and MiTalk has also increased dramatically.

ByteDance's WeChat user base has officially surpassed 100 million.

Tencent's Palm News app has nearly 8000 million users.

Many users actually use both WeChat and Zhangxun at the same time because they have friends on both products.

WeChat red envelopes are an absolute game-changer. In less than a month since their launch, they have added millions of new WeChat users—most of whom are now mobile users who were brought in by their real-life friends.

Chen Guiliang browsed through his WeChat official account, selected a few long comments from the latest chapter to reply to, and then put down his phone to do other things.

The readers who received Chen Guiliang's reply instantly became extremely excited and began typing furiously to continue posting book reviews.

"Wait for the light."

A WeChat message notification sounded.

Chen Guiliang picked up his phone and glanced at it, finding that it was from Zhou Hongwei. So he set Zhou Hongwei's messages to Do Not Disturb.

"Want to come out and shoot?" Zhou Hongwei sent a voice message.

Chen Guiliang replied, "I'm busy. Just tell me what's up?"

Zhou Hongwei asked, "Shall we work together on Baidu?"

Chen Guiliang said, "The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has already gotten involved, and you still want to do it?" "The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is taking sides, I don't accept that!" Zhou Hongwei said.

Chen Guiliang said, "We'll talk about it next time. I'm currently fighting against both Tencent and Alibaba at the same time, and I don't want to provoke Baidu anymore."

Zhou Hongwei said, "This is really boring."

Following the 3Q War two years ago, 360 is now clashing with Baidu again this year.

360 launched its own browser and search engine, and actively targeted Baidu with malicious tactics, such as browser default settings and traffic hijacking.

Baidu is a big rogue, so we immediately retaliated, and even intensified our efforts.

After a three-month-long battle, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology finally intervened to mediate, demanding that both parties cease their malicious competitive practices.

Zhou Hongwei said that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was biased, but the truth is that it is too small and that preventing others from acting unethically is tantamount to helping Baidu.

"Boss, the organizers said that Jack Ma from Tencent will be attending this year's Global Mobile Internet Conference. Are you going?"

"If he's going, I'll definitely go too."

Chen Guiliang didn't participate in person last year, but since Brother Ma is joining in this year, Chen Guiliang will definitely go and compete.

What is Little Ma going to do?

Of course, it's to solidify Tencent's position and attract more mobile internet companies to cooperate with Tencent. It's simply to promote Tencent's Weibo, Tencent Mobile, and Tenpay.

After get off work time.

Chen Guiliang lingered for a while before leaving. He took the elevator to the underground parking lot, only to see Xu Fengyin coming down from another elevator and quickly running to a brand-new car.

Tao Xue poked her head out of the car: "Hurry up!"

"Coming, coming!" Xu Fengyin quickened her pace.

Chen Guiliang was a little confused. When did these two become so close?

Chen Guiliang walked to his car and said to Yang Shuo, "You go home and rest. I'll drive myself."

Meanwhile, on Tao Xue and Xu Fengyin's side...

"Isn't it beautiful? I just bought this Beetle," Tao Xue said proudly. "I bought it with the copyright fee from 'Silk Road Smoke and Dust.' I just picked it up today to commemorate the launch of the animated version."

Xu Fengyin asked, "Didn't you inform your senior?"

Tao Xue said, "Tch, why bother notifying him? I bought the car myself, I don't need to report to him. By the way, there's food in the trunk, let's celebrate tonight."

The comic adaptation of Tao Xue's novel was published last year, but only a portion of the book's fans were willing to buy it, causing Chen Guiliang's publishing company to suffer a small loss.

Today, the anime version was simultaneously released on ACFun and Tudou. Tao Xue came to celebrate with Xu Fengyin because Xu Fengyin helped draw the original artwork for the female lead.

As for why not look for Chen Guiliang?
Tao Xue felt embarrassed because the comic made Chen Guiliang lose money...

Upon arriving at Xu Fengyin's house, Tao Xue exclaimed as soon as she entered, "Wow, your house is so big! Do you live alone?"

Xu Fengyin said, "A former colleague of mine rented a room and applied to be transferred to the Shanghai branch. She's originally from Shanghai and has never been used to northern food."

Tao Xue then took Xu Fengyin downstairs to move a second batch of things. These were mainly beer and snacks.

"Your place is nice and spacious, but there's no elevator," Tao Xue said, panting as she climbed the stairs, clutching her beer.

Xu Fengyin said, "There's no shared area, the air is fresh, and my neighbors are all retired professors from Peking University. I think it's great."

Chen Guiliang sat in his car downstairs, watching them move things back and forth with amusement.

It wasn't until the third trip that they finished moving everything. Xu Fengyin complained, "Why did you buy so much beer?"

Tao Xue said, "If we can't finish today, we can continue next time. Sigh, I only have three friends in Beijing. Besides you, the other two are college classmates. I can never find anyone to drink with."

Xu Fengyin laughed and said, "Isn't your Senior Chen a human being?"

“Some things can only be said to friends. He’s not a friend, he’s a lover,” Tao Xue said. “Sometimes I feel really tired and want to move to another city and change my life. But I’m a very lazy person, even too lazy to want to change. I’ll just keep muddling through. When I want a child, I’ll find him to have one, and I’ll raise the child myself.”

Xu Fengyin sighed, "Sigh, we're pretty much the same. My mom keeps pressuring me to get married, and she's even starting to suspect I'm a lesbian."

Tao Xue laughed and said, "You are definitely bisexual. I've seen your borderline comics. The kind with women touching each other."

“That’s not called borderline comics, that’s called fan fiction,” Xu Fengyin corrected, then added mysteriously, “Recently I also discovered a particularly outrageous type of novel, the kind with men and men, and even father-son relationships.”

Tao Xue was speechless: "You're only finding out now? It's been around for a while. I even know the author who writes this kind of novel."

Xu Fengyin asked curiously, "Isn't this kind of author a pervert?"

Tao Xue said, "They are quite normal in real life, just ordinary people."

The two girls didn't drink alcohol; instead, they went to turn on their computers and log into ACFun and Tudou.com.

Looking at her animated work, Tao Xue said with considerable disappointment, "The number of views is not high. It's been online for an hour or two."

Xu Fengyin asked, "Didn't you ask him for a recommendation slot?"

"Do I really have to tell him this? Can't he make the arrangements himself?" Tao Xue pouted.

Xu Fengyin laughed and said, "He's busy with all sorts of things all day long, how could he possibly have time for this? Oh, isn't there a banner ad on the homepage?"

"It wasn't there just now, but it appeared after refreshing?" Tao Xue asked, confused.

Xu Fengyin said, "It must have just been changed."

"Ding dong, ding dong!"

The doorbell rings.

Tao Xue asked, "Are your friends coming over?"

Xu Fengyin said, "It might be the property management company."

Tao Xue warned, "Don't open the door directly; be careful, it might be a bad person."

Xu Fengyin ran behind the door and looked out through the peephole, but there was nothing there.

"Could he really be a bad person?"

"possible."

"Do you want to call the police?"

"what!!!!"