After talking about the real estate market, everyone chatted for a while about things in their respective fields.

For example, Ding Sanshi talked about the games that the company is developing.

Speaking of games, among the people present, only Chen Fan's company was involved in the game business.

Although it is a small game department, Ding Sanshi admires Chen Fan's vision in games, whether it is the first gun-fighting game he developed or the subsequent agency of "Dance Dance Company".

It is said that Chen Fan is an expert at making small investments to gain big returns. He always manages to spend the least amount of money and earn the biggest profit.

When it comes to games, Ding Sanshi obviously talks a lot more.

Because the game was indeed the trump card that saved the Nets.

When Chen Fan was just getting stronger, that is, in 2000, Net Wing was almost unable to hold on, and Ding Sanshi once wanted to sell Net Wing at a price of one dollar per share.

But even so, no investors were interested.

Fortunately, Ding Sanshi was not doomed to fail. Later, he was guided by an expert and entered the gaming industry.

In addition, the company developed a blockbuster product "Dream Journey to the West", which directly pulled Netwing back from the brink of death.

Chen Fan expressed his humility, saying that his company was a rookie in the gaming industry and that he would learn more from Mr. Ding if he had the chance in the future.

Ding Sanshi laughed and invited Chen Fan to visit his company when he had time, perhaps the two sides could cooperate.

Next, the topic of conversation turned to the Internet. Nearly half of the companies present here are related to the Internet, so there was a lot to talk about.

We talked about the domestic business environment from the overseas Internet wave, then the entrepreneurial wave, and then the next Internet entrepreneurial trend.

Wang Xing, who was sitting at the back of the crowd, was a typical newcomer who couldn't get a word in most of the time. But this time, he finally mustered up the courage to ask a question, talking about the area he was concerned about.

The target of the questioning was Chen Fan.

"Mr. Chen, I would like to ask, what do you think will be the next hot spot for domestic Internet entrepreneurship?"

Although he is a few years older than Chen Fan, Wang Xing's eyes are full of admiration when he looks at Chen Fan.

As soon as this question came out, everyone's eyes fell on Chen Fan.

Everyone is also curious about Chen Fan's answer to this question.

Chen Fan hesitated for two seconds and then spoke slowly.

"I think the current hot spots for domestic Internet startups are social networking and e-commerce."

"In the next few years, both of these areas will become new entrepreneurial booms."

"Moreover, I am very optimistic about Mr. Ma's Alibaba, which is ahead of everyone else."

Chen Fan praised Ma Yun with these last words, and Ma Yun smiled and nodded.

It was not because of what Chen Fan said, but because Chen Fan's answer coincided with his thoughts.

This is the feeling of a soulmate.

"Can you tell me your reasons?" Wang Xing asked.

"Everyone here is a big shot, I really don't dare to be arrogant. Let's not embarrass others."

Ma Yun smiled and joked: "Tell me about it, everyone can listen."

Chen Fan couldn't refuse, so he said with a smile: "Then I'll just talk nonsense, and everyone can just listen to it casually."

“Humans are social animals.”

As soon as Chen Fan opened his mouth, he determined the nature of his subsequent speech.

"Offline, people will stick together, have their own circles, and form various small groups based on various interests, hobbies, and religious beliefs."

"Online, humans remain as social as ever."

"Since the birth of the Internet, the starting point of online social networking has been email. The essence of the Internet is the connection between computers, and email solves the problem of people transmitting files over long distances. It can be regarded as the starting point of social networking."

"Later BBSs further brought people closer together, theoretically making it possible to publish messages to everyone and discuss topics."

"After that, various social tools were born, including blogs, which were very popular abroad, online chat tools, and online dating tools. People began to get closer and closer."

"YouTube was founded in 2005, Twitter was founded in 2006, and in China, huge chat tools like Penguin QQ were born."

"In fact, if you observe carefully, you will find that the development of social networks is the development of the Internet. With the development of the Internet, social networks have become more and more segmented, from individuals expressing their opinions to chatting, groups, and the birth of the concept of community..."

"Social networks are not disappearing, but are becoming larger and more fragmented..."

“Therefore, in the future, the hot spot for Internet startups will still be products that focus on one of the social networking fields.”

"To give you a simple example, Mr. Ma's Taobao.com is an e-commerce website, which can also be considered a social network. In addition, it also has music playback, blogs, chat communications, communities, and video and film..."

Speaking of this, Chen Fan smiled awkwardly.

"I accidentally said too much again, and it seemed like I was showing off in front of a bunch of seniors."

Everyone was stunned at first, then burst into laughter.

A boss said with a smile.

"That makes a lot of sense. Although I'm not working on the Internet, I understand what you said."

Ma Yun smiled and nodded, "That does make sense."

Chen Fan said that one should first focus on one of the sub-tracks to start a business. His own Alibaba focuses on e-commerce.

Wang Xing, who asked the question, was sitting in the corner, still recalling what Chen Fan had just said in his mind, muttering to himself.

"Blogs, communities..."

Next, everyone talked about finance again.

This time Chen Fa kept a low profile and did not say a word, playing the role of a listener most of the time.

While listening to the conversation between the big guys, Chen Fan was actually thinking about something else.

A year later, starting in 2007, the US subprime mortgage crisis broke out.

This mortgage crisis will then sweep the world, triggering a new round of financial crisis.

The crisis led to the collapse of companies and institutions that overinvested in subprime financial derivatives and triggered a severe credit crunch around the world.

The disaster of the virtual economy then spread to the real economy, causing a slowdown in economic growth in countries around the world, a surge in unemployment rates, and even a serious economic recession in some countries.

However, if you have this "prophetic" ability, you can make a lot of preparations in advance to minimize the losses.

In fact, Chen Fan still has a lot of funds.

When the time comes, you can take out a part of it and invest it in the stock market. While those large amounts of capital are being harvested madly, you can also quietly make a fortune behind the scenes.

Of course, this is all in the past.

The talk lasted for more than three hours, and everyone finally left at around 1 a.m.

Everyone enthusiastically exchanged contact information with Chen Fan, and then waved goodbye.

Although it was the first time they met, Chen Fan's performance tonight completely conquered every big shot present.

This proves that he has real ability, and not just relying on luck to get to where he is today.

As the host, Ma Yun took Chen Fan's hand and invited him to come to Suzhou and Hangzhou again next time. Perhaps the two sides could work together on some new projects.

Looking at Ma Yun with a smile on his face, a word suddenly flashed in Chen Fan's mind.

"Double One Shopping Carnival."

Should I tell Lao Ma about this idea?