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 could have imagined that a few years later, these two people would have a war of words on Weibo over the mobile phone business, and even went to Chaoyang Park to fight.
Although the fight did not really 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 behind him, 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 my old colleague. I have already greeted him. Tomorrow you can ask your company's business person in charge of channel development to 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 indifferent reaction, Lei Yijun quickly added.
Another unlucky guy! Chen Yansen laughed inwardly. He remembered clearly that in 2011, with the support of Lei Yijun and investors, Vancl called out a revenue target of 10 billion. In the end, it only achieved one-third of it. Not only did its valuation shrink significantly, but its warehouse also had a backlog of 2 billion worth of goods. It took five years to make up for the shortfall.
However, clearing inventory comes at a price, and the Vancl brand also lost value and became a common commodity.
It was not until more than ten years later, when Lei Yijun successfully built a car, that 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. Even though Chen Nian lost him 100 million US dollars, 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'll talk in detail tomorrow when we come to my company."
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 to be pretty close.
Compared with Fox Tao, Lei Yijun is more interested in Chen Yansen.
The shopping guide e-commerce track, which was looked down upon by no one, has become famous, with a wide range of businesses ranging from brand sales, group purchase sales to brand marketing.
Yesterday he called Chen Yansen, who took the initiative and proposed to cooperate with Xiaomi in game joint venture, adopting the CPS and CPA profit-sharing model, which Lei Yijun appreciated very much.
If FoxTao’s valuation had not exceeded 2.8 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$100 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 10 billion has been announced. In order to achieve it, we need to make 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 shook hands with a smile, but Chen Nian actually felt a bit proud in his heart.
In Chen Nian's opinion, building one's own platform is the right way to go. Traffic transfer platforms like FoxTao have a ceiling that can be seen at a glance and have little 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 in this regard, 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 long time, Zhou Hongyi sneered at Chen Yansen's words and suddenly turned 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 knew that this guy hadn't held back his fart, so he smiled and spat out two words: "You'll 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 would be doomed in the future.
"fart!"
Zhou Hongyi snorted coldly and cursed.
"Old Zhou, how can you talk like that!" He was the one who organized this drinking party and Chen Yansen was his invited guest. Zhou Hongyi's words neither gave Chen Yansen face nor took him seriously.
"Okay, Mr. Chen, I spoke without thinking, so just pretend you didn't hear me." Seeing that Lei Yijun's face was not good, Zhou Hongyi remembered that he had something to ask for, so he 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, then tried to smooth things over with a smile, trying to ease the atmosphere.
"Some people cannot bear to hear the truth, but there is nothing we can do about it. Industry trends will not change just because some people cannot 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 Lao Zhou won't think you are targeting him."
"First, Microsoft has built-in Windows Defender since Windows 7. Although it only provides basic virus protection, it is sufficient for most people's daily use, which reduces computer users' reliance on third-party antivirus software. Maybe Microsoft will build in 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 the review mechanism of the application store will inevitably lead to a sharp decrease in the number of viruses. No one will install anti-virus software on their mobile phones, which will affect the smoothness of use..."
Chen Yansen continued.
When smartphones first became popular, they had little RAM and most people would not 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 the phone without antivirus software, why should we install it? More than a decade later, the antivirus software market is only for corporate users.
"Mr. Chen, do you think mobile devices will replace the computer market?" Lei Yijun asked curiously.
This point coincided with his own, and 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 passed it around to everyone, then started smoking and puffing out 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 had eaten and drunk their fill, 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 1 billion is not a simple person.”
Li Wanqiang was deeply touched and he watched the whole process all night.
If it were me, when I was less than 20 years old, I would have had dinner with a bunch 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 FoxTao had 400,000 new customers every day before the New Year. How can only 1% of users enter the promotion page? Not counting old customers, there are more than 1 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.
"I can accept giving up some of the profits." Li Wanqiang grinned and nodded in agreement.
"Old 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 believe half of 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 the visit 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, "You both became anchors."
For Zhou, who was once worth 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 more and 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. At this moment, she was half-squatting in front of the sofa, her white fingers typing 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 his mouth, and his pure white trousers wrapped around his round and firm buttocks. This scene made Chen Yansen even more angry.
(End of this chapter)
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