Chapter 57: 056 Era

Yu Xing supported Song Yufeng in doing the "Internet Workplace Paparazzi Website," in doing the "Internet Insider Center," and in standing up to earn money.

Besides the website itself having the opportunity to make money, one factor that had increasingly made him want to support it recently was the "robbing the rich to help the poor" he was considering.

How to short sell, how to rob the rich to help the poor...

Is simply possessing certain information enough?

Perhaps it's enough; perhaps it also requires multi-faceted resources and configurations.

After all, information is complex, inside stories are hard to distinguish as true or false, and matters will develop and change.

Only by grasping the initiative, only by the fluctuations created by one's own hands, are they the most reliable.

How to create...

Yu Xing felt he didn't have much experience; perhaps this time he could practice, and also try his best to configure the setup for doing things.

However, when he and Song Yufeng talked about the new project, premeditated bombarding the internet matchmaking industry, and discussed the future development of the website, they didn't chat about investment, costs, shares, and other issues.

When it came to the daily attendance in the evening, Yu Xing brought the third-in-command, Zhong Zhiling, by his side today, responsible for a booth together, and by the way, chatted about the next project for making money.

Zhong Zhiling was stunned upon hearing the first shot of traffic diversion summarized by his senior disciple.

My dear mother!

Senior disciple, you are too evil!

Sell first and then bombard; will this really not cause problems?

Seeing that the third-in-command had no sound, Yu Xing looked at his expression and said dismissively, "If the company can be sold, the moment the contract is signed, everyone is already even. Do you think a company is willing to pay money because it's doing charity? Because it pities us?"

"Zhiling, it's just like us two. I tell you, if our deficit is filled, I will never morally kidnap you, I will never make you loyal to me or anything like that; it's all nonsense."

Zhong Zhiling pursed his lips. Yes, the senior disciple doesn't morally kidnap me; the senior disciple just controls me.

"Employees shouldn't be grateful to the boss. You can get money because you have value. We also don't need to have any psychological burden toward any buyer who buys Gui'ai Net," Yu Xing expressed his stance. "Business is business; one thing is one thing."

Zhong Zhiling didn't expect the senior disciple to say so much at once, and explained with a bitter smile, "No, Brother Xing, although that's the case, if you stand out, there will always be people who think this matter is not righteous."

Yu Xing said faintly, "Brotherly loyalty is not true friendship. We shouldn't be drinking buddies; we should be candid friends. As for whether they are willing to accept it, let them be."

Zhong Zhiling felt the senior disciple's hard logic and knew that he already had a decision in his heart.

He immediately said, "Good, Brother Xing, then we will be the candid friends of the industry!"

"Actually, I'm also a bit helpless. I don't know what price Gui'ai Net can be sold for," Yu Xing sighed. "Even if it's sold, a portion in my hand will definitely have to appease the family. By then, I don't know how much can be used."

He shook his head. "We also don't have experience in running a website. I just feel now that if there is traffic, there is income, and I can only think of hot topics like gossip, bickering, inside stories, leaks, and interests."

Zhong Zhiling thought and thought, but for a moment, he was actually unable to help the senior disciple supplement it.

He lowered his head in great shame.

Yu Xing patted his junior disciple and continued, "If we could earn money peacefully, I would definitely be the most peaceful. But facts prove that it's impossible."

Only then did he casually chat about the matter of the placed advertisements being destroyed.

Zhong Zhiling raised his head and said decisively, "Brother Xing, the internet matchmaking industry just lacks an ecological niche for a candid friend. This kind of work that offends people—if we college students don't do it, who should we hand it to? Hand it to the next generation of college students? No, let's do it."

He said passionately, "What does this count for? It's nothing more than practicing our experience; it's nothing more than using a company to control a company!"

Yu Xing nodded slightly. "Zhiling, I am very happy to get your approval."

Zhong Zhiling's thoughts had already turned from why to do it to how to do it, and he asked, "Since we are going to do this, Brother Xing, why not talk about shares with Song Yufeng? If these aren't distributed well, how can we devote ourselves wholeheartedly?"

"No rush, let him struggle on his own first," Yu Xing replied. "He probably has a very excited entrepreneurial mindset right now. Once he does it a little, he will realize the difficulty, and only then will he lean over more actively. Moreover, our Gui'ai Net still has to strive to sell for a good price."

Zhong Zhiling nodded, unable to help but recall how the senior disciple pulled him in. Oh, he was very simple; he was coerced because he lost money.

"This person Song Yufeng..." Yu Xing said half a sentence and gave up evaluating the temporary worker in front of his junior disciple. "He can find some connections. Perhaps I can represent Gui'ai Net on stage at the Jin Ling Internet Conference next month, in the capacity of a college student entrepreneur."

Zhong Zhiling laughed, "That's great!"

Yu Xing let out an "um." "It is great. If possible, if Century Jiayuan and the others are also there, I feel this Internet Conference might be an excellent opportunity for us to sell the company."

Zhong Zhiling was taken aback, "So fast?"

Yu Xing reached out and patted the questionnaire on the booth, shaking his head slightly.

Although the two had been chatting, no passersby had any curiosity to come forward. This was a completely different ecology from the campus.

Chasm, transformation, pioneering.

These also appeared in the conversations between Yu Xing and Zhong Zhiling or Lu Haiying back in July.

However, these words were only now truly concretized.

They were the disappointment of shedding sweat but having no harvest, the helplessness of explaining hard but encountering white eyes, the bitterness of the company's orders rapidly declining, and also the wavering originating from the employee team.

If a chasm were so easy to cross, it wouldn't be a chasm.

If a transformation were so easily realized, it wouldn't be called a transformation.

If pioneering were so rapidly completed, it wouldn't count as pioneering.

These were the realistic conditions of Gui'ai Net from early to mid-August. The social client group was more difficult than imagined, which meant the company's success was further away than imagined.

This problem could be temporarily solved by modifying data, but one couldn't be unaware of the embarrassment the company was encountering in one's heart.

Zhong Zhiling wiped the sweat on his forehead and also quickly understood the meaning expressed by the senior disciple. It was still that sentence: to truly know a matter, one must practice it.

"Such an opportunity is very rare. I am now instead worried that the further we go, the less price we can get," Yu Xing said slowly. "Now I can say one thing: the pioneering of social clients has almost failed. So, for the last time this month, you and Ying will go to Jingcheng and Yangcheng respectively to change shifts and modify the order data."

Zhong Zhiling nodded solemnly.

The orders in Shanghai, Lin'an, and Jin Ling had already been partially modified, but the market heads in Beijing and Guangzhou were not very stable, so this matter couldn't be done through them.

He expressed his stance, "Brother Xing, don't worry, there will definitely be no problems."

Yu Xing sighed, "Fine, it still has to be the sand you mixed in that makes me feel at ease."

Zhong Zhiling felt this probably counted as praise.

Just as he was about to speak, a client finally came to the door, curiously asking what product the "Love Contract" on the banner was.

Yu Xing explained gently to the young couple, showed the many orders the company already had, and also took out the 10 million registered capital of the Xiangjiang company, finally powerfully providing the household register of the whole family as proof.

"You two can rest assured. Even if it's really like you worry, and the company is gone, I will definitely take it on personally!"

Listening to the senior disciple's guarantee, Zhong Zhiling felt quite desolate in his heart. Selling something, why go to this extent, why go to this extent!

"Not easy, today counts as opening an order offline." Yu Xing put away the contract, looked at the backs of the little couple leaving, and wished sincerely, "I hope they stay together for a hundred years; they look like a natural pair."

Perhaps it was because luck came with this order, but within half an hour, two more orders were successfully made one after another.

The unit price of social clients was a bit higher; it was a 520 that couples liked. Thus, 3 orders had 1560 in revenue.

"Zhiling, do you think the price of our social clients also needs to be lowered?" Yu Xing asked for the third-in-command's opinion. "Perhaps, it will be easier to sell this way."

"The redemption time for social clients is 2 years. I don't think it's too long," Zhong Zhiling said his actual feeling, hesitated for two seconds, and said again, "School is almost starting in September; whether social clients are good or not is no longer important. If we suddenly lower the price while Zhen'ai Net and the others notice our situation, I'm afraid they will doubt our actual effect."

Yu Xing immediately agreed, "Makes sense. Indeed, even if lowering the price is effective now, it's not appropriate for us to move too much."

The campus traffic in September will definitely rebound. By then, we can continue to mix in sand, and then see if the Internet Conference from September 23rd to 25th can have any harvest.

The two chatted about the next arrangements while doing their daily work.

June and July were the graduation season, which was the pioneering of graduating couples. September was the school opening month; the company had to pioneer contracts for on-campus couples, and, considering the further stimulation of team vitality, increase part-time work.

That is, removing the minimum guarantee; part-time students get a commission for every order they make.

Part-time work is definitely unstable, but Gui'ai Net doesn't care about this; what it pursues now is the order volume.

That night, the booth of Yu Xing and Zhong Zhiling didn't increase orders anymore, but the two chatted about a lot of content.

When Zhong Zhiling returned to the small hotel, he couldn't help but chat with his girlfriend, Lu Haiying.

"Being a candid friend, being a shit-stirrer, doing a paparazzi website—you say, what exactly does Brother Xing want to do? I always feel he has other meanings."

Zhong Zhiling described today's communication and summarized it slightly, his heart filled with confusion.

Lu Haiying followed along to think.

Then, she didn't figure it out.

She poured a glass of water, saw her boyfriend still pondering, and said, "What's there to guess? Since you are so curious, why don't you ask the senior disciple directly?"

Zhong Zhiling raised his head blankly, "Ah?"

Since the senior disciple didn't say it, is it something that can be asked?

Lu Haiying understood the meaning behind her boyfriend's "ah" and laughed, "I'll ask tomorrow. If the senior disciple doesn't say it, then he doesn't say it. We won't lose anything."

Zhong Zhiling was truly a bit envious; this time it had nothing to do with the position.

He rubbed his temples, "It's really good to be able to be straightforward."

Lu Haiying said with a smile, "I also don't understand why you have to consider so much."

Zhong Zhiling spread his hands; the senior disciple taught well!

The next morning, Lu Haiying bought breakfast and strolled to the office, and sure enough, she saw the senior disciple already working at his desk.

"Senior disciple, you are the most hardworking person I have ever seen," Lu Haiying put down the buns and soy milk and laughed. "Is it because having the largest share naturally gives you the strongest sense of responsibility?"

"Hardworking? Perhaps it's because there are too many things that need to be solved, forced to be hardworking. Once we have money, we still have to enjoy life." Yu Xing thanked her for the breakfast and pushed the notebook to the second-in-command. "Take a look at how this topic of mine is."

Lu Haiying took the notebook and looked; there was only one title on it—"The Future of the Internet in the Eyes of a College Student."

She thought for two seconds and asked, "Is this the draft written for the Internet Conference?"

"Yes, since I am going on stage in the capacity of a college student entrepreneur, then I will write about the future in my eyes," Yu Xing said vaguely while eating a bun. "Um, use a writing method that is favorable to us."

Lu Haiying nodded and asked directly, "I heard a lot about the chat between him and the senior disciple from Zhiling last night. Does the senior disciple have any plans?"

Yu Xing swallowed the bun in his mouth and laughed, "Nothing has been done yet; what plans can be discussed."

Lu Haiying said naturally, "Okay, then tell me when you have plans."

Yu Xing found it funny and could roughly imagine Zhong Zhiling's scratching his ears and cheeks.

He pondered slightly and pointed at the notebook: "I plan to chat about the development of mobile internet, chat about tools and social platforms, and chat about the significance and limitations of Alipay as a tool."

Lu Haiying was slightly surprised, "Senior disciple, the topic you want to chat about... is a bit big."

"Because it's confirmed that Ma Zong of Ali will attend, I hope that at some point in the future, he can remember my words today," Yu Xing said while thinking. "This is more conducive to our development."

Lu Haiying didn't quite understand. Is he trying to seek investment from Ali or what?

Yu Xing knew the second-in-command didn't understand, but he didn't intend to chat further.

Just as he said just now, nothing has been done yet; it's just a hypothesis, and there is no plan.

However, he was indeed seriously hypothesizing, still revolving around robbing the rich to help the poor, revolving around actively grasping reliable fluctuations.

If we talk about robbing the rich to help the poor, the giants are definitely the richest, but at the same time, the giants also possess powerful moats.

However, the transition from internet to mobile internet is a strong turning point. As strong as Penguin, it also strongly worried about the change of the era. The leader Ma Pony even publicly expressed a sense of crisis: "When the giant falls, the body is still warm."

WeChat allowed Penguin to gain a firm foothold in the mobile internet era and continue to maintain its advantage.

But before WeChat developed smoothly, Xiaomi once made a similar product called "Miliao," which gained 1 million users in a short time. And when Miliao had 10 million users, 【it had】 10 million users.

Unfortunately, WeChat relied on Penguin's massive traffic, especially the traffic diversion from QQ, forcing Lei Jun to give up direct competition with Penguin and instead invest in the smartphone project.

If Miliao persisted, could it contend with WeChat?

The answer in Yu Xing's heart was, no.

Penguin's traffic is too tyrannical!

But he was still considering making a similar product to compete with Penguin when the time was ripe. Um, this of course was still a competition that couldn't be won. After all, the time from WeChat's appearance wasn't long, and it was hard to accumulate advantages in resources, capital, talent, technology, etc.

Penguin would absolutely not let go of the core business track. Once an instant messaging tool appeared on the market, it would definitely use a lion to fight a rabbit.

Therefore...

Yu Xing's thinking was that he could still do it, then use the accumulated capital to short Penguin, and then directly sell this product to Ali.

If a small company has 10 million users and maintains a lead over WeChat, the market probably wouldn't be worried.

But if a company like Ali possessed such a breakthrough product, what would the market's reaction be?

Yu Xing initially considered this, wanting to rob a big one.

It's just that this kind of thinking was slowly pondered in his mind, checking for gaps and filling leaks, and couldn't be shared with a second person.

Miliao probably appeared the year after next. Thinking about it, the preparation time didn't seem too abundant. After all, wanting to operate like this against two giants also required beautiful market results.

Yu Xing let out a long breath and suddenly said, "Vapors rise over Yunmeng Ze, waves shake Yueyang City; it's truly fascinating."

Vapors rise over Ali Feng Qingyang, waves shake Penguin Ma Pony!

A small character also wants to stir up the wind and clouds in this era!

Lu Haiying looked at the senior disciple strangely, not knowing why he suddenly came up with two lines of poetry.

"Let's work. My teacher called me last night, and he finally asked me and Zhiling what we decided," Yu Xing started considering the writing method of the speech draft again and said casually. "I directly gave him the decision to suspend school. You and Zhiling discuss again what exactly he wants to do."

There was only half a month left until September, and Liu Jingrong also needed a definite word.

Lu Haiying thought carefully for a while and said, "Senior disciple, let Zhiling consider this matter alone, okay?"

Yu Xing looked at the second-in-command and said concisely, "Okay." ===== CHAPTER 58 =====