The first person in China to report Ben. Clarkson’s article was CCTV’s morning news.
In the morning news broadcast at 7 o'clock, CCTV reported on the sudden popularity of YY overseas with the title "Chinese Internet products are highly sought after by elite groups in the United States."
There is no doubt that CCTV is the news media with the highest news sensitivity in China and the most timely access to global information. They can obtain all kinds of information one step ahead of other domestic media. Moreover, they have foreign correspondents in countries around the world and are completely independent of time zones and time zones. The effect of jet lag.
The CCTV report introduced the popularity of YY overseas, gave a certain summary of Ben. Clarkson's original article, and translated the praise for YY in it, not forgetting to explain that this is the most authoritative technology in the entire Silicon Valley. magazine, and the editor-in-chief named Ben. Clarkson is also one of the three most famous and powerful editors of this magazine.
When CCTV makes news, the overall sense of rhythm is indeed very good. After completing the first two steps, the rhythm has been picked up. Then it immediately further consolidated YY's overseas presence through the continuously rising data and the good reputation of various website forums. The fact that it became popular directly highlights the purpose of the news that "YY is very awesome overseas and even brings glory to the country."
Here, CCTV excerpts a large number of evaluations of Makino Technology from overseas forums, and attaches Chinese translations next to the original English evaluations. Listing these comments immediately inspired the audience's sense of national pride.
For example:
"YY is definitely the best Internet product in the 21st century. Its emergence has changed the entire office landscape!"
"Hey, arrogant Microsoft has finally been slapped in the face! Countless MSN users have been protesting to Microsoft, hoping that they can improve that shit-like software, but they have been indifferent. Now, YY from China has dumped It covers more than 100 streets and slaps Microsoft hard in the face!"
"Oh my god! This product is really great. As an HR, I have to send and receive a lot of emails every day and keep in close contact with people in every department of the company. I send and receive various documents. This product has made my work easier. What a huge improvement! After using YY for three days, I really want to kiss its product manager!”
"I never expected that a software from China would completely change the way my colleagues and I work. Now we no longer use the company's internal communication system that is extremely difficult to use and often has problems. The entire company has 100 More than 20 people are all in one big group, and each department has a small group. It’s not very comfortable to communicate on various tasks!”
"The wisdom of the Chinese people is shocking. This is not a very difficult software to develop, but it is a god-level product that requires extremely high intelligence to polish!"
This report has given the Chinese people a new understanding of YY’s overseas achievements.
It was already ten o'clock in the morning when Li Mu received the news, and all the college students at the same level as him had already started classes. They were sitting in the classroom listening to the lectures, and he had just gotten up from the bed.
Last night, I was busy formulating the details of promotional activities with the core team on Taobao until very late. After getting up, I saw several messages from colleagues and friends in the text messages. At this time, Li Mu turned on the computer and paid attention to the comments on the Internet. Only then did I discover that "Silicon-Valley-Magazine" senior editor Ben. Clarkson's long comment on YY had spread throughout the Chinese Internet.
Whether it is YY or other portals, this news has been placed on the most eye-catching headlines, and the titles are basically the same. They are all intended to highlight a theme - "Chinese Internet products conquer Silicon Valley in the United States."
Because they have created countless brilliant achievements that are unparalleled in the world in ancient times, and because modern history is quite bumpy, the Chinese people are very concerned about the Western world’s view of themselves, and they also very much hope to see Chinese people, or Chinese companies, and products prepared overseas. It is highly regarded because it can greatly satisfy people's national pride. Nowadays, YY has conquered the American elite in an unstoppable way and has been praised by the elite. This naturally makes the Chinese people excited.
Li Mu found Ben. Clarkson's original text, and after reading it for a while, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Ben.Clarkson had already considered the request that Ben. Clarkson made to himself in the article. A more complete, in-depth and highly customized member value-added service has already been tested internally. The core functions have been developed for a long time. It is just to test whether there will be any problems in the purchase process of different levels of value-added services, so as to avoid users spending level A money but not being able to immediately enjoy level A services, and to avoid users spending level A money only to get only what they get. B-level services are not considered development, but only the opening of channels and the support of services by the backend server.
In addition, Li Mu had also given instructions on connecting to Paypal as early as the last meeting, but Li Mu was still unclear about the progress.
A phone call was made to Kong Lingyu, and Li Mu inquired about the progress of the two matters on the phone.
Kong Lingyu’s reply was that the core logic of the entire set of membership value-added services and component updates have been completed, and he is now waiting for the technical team to implement the payment interface in accordance with Paypal’s technical requirements. As long as the payment interface is operational, Paypal will be the second YY in the future. Recharge channel.
Li Mu asked him about his expected launch time, and Kong Lingyu's reply was before nine o'clock tonight.
Nine o'clock tonight, Yanjing time, is eight o'clock in the morning in New York time and six o'clock in the morning in San Francisco time. It can go online just before the start of the American work day. For Li Mu, this time point is very good.
If Paypal payment and comprehensive deeply customized member value-added services were launched at 6 am in San Francisco time, Ben. Clarkson would probably be shocked, because from the time his article was published to YY's response, it would not take more than 24 hours.
Anyone with a discerning eye can definitely see that YY did not make adjustments at the suggestion of Ben. Clarkson, but had already prepared for this. In Li Mu’s view, this point must be made clear, otherwise some people will think that YY was inspired and made adjustments after reading Ben. Clarkson's article. Americans cannot stop this and preemptively pretend it.
Kong Lingyu also reported a small detail to Li Mu, that is, Paypal has rated YY's partners as A+, and enjoys a minimum channel fee of 0.5%. It is the only A+ level cooperation among all Huaxia's products that are connected to Paypal. partner.
Li Mu was quite surprised by this and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Paypal to be so generous."
Kong Lingyu smiled and said: "Yes, the interface person at Paypal was very considerate. Not only did he give us the highest rating, but he also gave us the highest priority."
As he said that, Kong Lingyu suddenly remembered something and blurted out: "That's right! I almost forgot! The Paypal interface person said that their CEO told our interface person through him that he himself hopes to have the opportunity to meet you, no matter where the meeting is. It doesn’t matter whether it’s China or the United States.”
Li Mu frowned and asked him: "Who is their CEO?"
There are two founders of Paypal whom Li Mu is very familiar with, one is Elon Musk and the other is Peter Thiel.
Needless to say, the former is awesome. The founders of Tesla and SpaceX are known as the Iron Man of Silicon Valley. The latter is also a very awesome person. He is a famous investor in Silicon Valley, and he invested in it at the earliest. Mark Zuckerberg spent half a million dollars to found Facebook, and the profits he made were more than 10,000 times the amount of investment.
Both of them are giants in the Internet and capital industries, but Li Mu really doesn’t know who is the CEO of Paypal now.
At this time, Kong Lingyu said: "I don't remember clearly what their CEO's name is Musk."
"Oh..." Li Mu said with a smile: "Elon Musk."
"Yes, that's the name." Kong Lingyu said in surprise: "Boss, are you familiar with Paypal?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Alipay was inspired by them, how could we not be familiar with it?"
With that said, Li Mu added: "Ask the interface person to help me convey a message to him. I don't have a U.S. visa myself. If he is not in a hurry, he can wait for me to visit him in person when I arrive in the United States. If he is in a hurry, please If he comes to China at any time, I will show my kindness as a landlord."
Kong Lingyu said: "Okay, let me talk to the interface person."
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu smiled. Unexpectedly, Elon Musk actually expressed that he wanted to see him. What did he want to do? Invest in yourself
When he first thought about it, Li Mu felt a little excited. After all, he was the first Silicon Valley boss and super-powerful person to invite him to meet. It must be a happy thing to be appreciated by a super-powerful person.
But after a moment, Li Mu slapped his forehead, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant.
"Wait a minute, something doesn't seem right! Elon Musk is not a big deal right now! At most, he is just about to sell Paypal to eBay. It seems that this deal was only reached in October."
"Now Paypal is just a payment channel. It hasn't really become powerful yet. How much can it be sold for? If I remember correctly, it only sold for more than a billion US dollars in my last life. How many shares does Elon Musk have? Ten percent How much? With a net worth of around two to three hundred million US dollars, why should he invest in me with his little net worth?"
After thinking about it in his mind, Li Mu realized that his current worth is conservatively estimated to be several times that of Elon Musk. Moreover, as YY continues to gain popularity in overseas markets, his worth is still rising. In this round of financing, Makino Technology If he can get a sky-high valuation, he will directly become the richest man in the country, with a net worth at least ten times that of Elon Musk.
So why does Elon Musk want to find him? Does he want to have sex with himself? Or do you want to invest in yourself? Or do you simply want to make friends with yourself
Li Mu thought about it in his mind and found that all three possibilities were possible, but the first and third possibilities were obviously unlikely.
In contrast, he feels that Elon Musk is more likely to want to invest in him. Although he is a great person, he does not have much money in his hands. It is estimated that once Paypal is sold, he will invest the money in space. project, maybe he felt that he, a Chinese upstart, looked like someone who had been taken advantage of, so he came to get him to join his SpaceX, right
That’s not right. Li Mu once read Elon Musk’s related books. What impressed me deeply was that although he founded SpaceX this year, he actually injected US$100 million four years later in 2006. Is he interested now? Just pull investment
Li Mu knows nothing about aerospace, and besides, even if he has spare money, he will never invest in this thing. The R&D investment cycle is long, the return cycle is even longer, and there are constant setbacks in the middle. Rather than just making blind investments at this time, it is better to let Elon Musk himself Let's work hard for a few years. When the financial crisis hits in 2008, I'll have enough capital in my hands, and then I can take advantage of him!
(End of chapter)