The moment YY's sales exceeded 10 million US dollars, Paypal was the first to speak out and report this astonishing figure to online media across the United States.
This was intentional on Elon Musk’s part.
He wanted to give Li Mu a big gift because he knew that Chinese people like to reciprocate with courtesy. Based on his experience, if you become a neighbor with a Chinese person, the Chinese person may not knock on your own door for the rest of your life, but once you take the initiative to give a gift to a Chinese neighbor, Get a piece of homemade cake, a pie you baked, or a few bottles of beer you brewed in the garage, and he'll be knocking on your door the next day and delivering his gift to you, and in less than two days, He will also knock on your door and give you some gifts again.
This is the Chinese people. The so-called reciprocity means that if you give something to me, I will definitely give it back to you. We use gifts as carriers to enhance our relationship.
Elon Musk has plans for Li Mu, so he took the initiative to give YY the highest rating and priority when it first connected. Now, he has not forgotten to use his own media resources to build momentum for YY. .
This is exactly what Li Mu lacks.
When Li Mu saw his turnover reaching tens of millions of dollars so quickly, even though he was already sleepy, he was still biting the tip of his tongue with excitement. However, he had a regret in his heart. Unfortunately, he had no channels, resources, or connections in the United States. , the capital has not been negotiated, so he cannot take the initiative to promote it in the United States for breaking through tens of millions of turnover so quickly.
Li Mu certainly hopes that the mainstream media in the United States will be full of news that YY has exceeded 10 million yuan in sales within eight hours. However, like YY's unexpected popularity in the United States, this is beyond his control and he can only place his hope on the American media. Do you continue to pay attention to this matter
Unexpectedly, just when Li Mu thought that this kind of thing could only be left to fate, the websites of mainstream American news media immediately released major news: Paypal confirmed that YY's new member value-added service system was online within eight hours, and the sales exceeded 10 million US dollars!
This is awesome! It almost attracted the attention of the entire American media at once, and public opinion exploded!
If you want to brag about your huge turnover, bragging is the stupidest but also the most direct way. If Makino Technology said that our YY has a recharge of 10 million US dollars in eight hours, people may directly accuse Makino Technology of bragging. Maybe you will believe some of it, but no one will believe it all.
The reason why the term "Internet Bubble" has been enduring for a long time is not only related to the historical industry situation, but also has a lot to do with the love of bragging among people in the Internet industry. In addition to very large companies, small and medium-sized companies also have a lot to do with external financing when financing. They all brag. Generally, the 50% discount is a conservative estimate, and many even directly discount the 20% to be the real number. If a small company says to the outside world that we have raised 10 million yuan and have a valuation of 100 million yuan, it may only raise 2 million yuan. , and also sacrificed nearly half of the shares.
In his previous life, there was a founder of XX curriculum, who could brag in front of 1.4 billion people across the country at a young age. In Li Mu's view, that kid was simply the most authentic portrayal of the Chinese Internet.
Therefore, if Li Mu told the outside world that he had recharged 10 million US dollars, the American media would not believe it. They would believe 20% or 30% at most, and Paypal would probably not jump out to speak for him: "Yes! It does recharge 10 million US dollars in eight hours!" "
However, if Li Mu imitates other people's bragging and says, "We recharged 50 million US dollars in eight hours!", the American media will believe it or not. Maybe Paypal will come out and slap him in the face: "Our data shows that they paid 50 million U.S. dollars in eight hours!" The recharge was only 10 million per hour, so we don’t know where the remaining 40 million came from.”
Well now, Li Mu didn’t even open his mouth to brag. Paypal directly announced this amazing news to the American media as an absolutely impartial third-party payment channel, because it was Paypal who said that YY’s only direct payment channel in the United States is Paypal. This company, so their data must be the most authentic. Therefore, no one in the American media has questioned this.
For a time, news about Makino Technology, YY, and the eight-hour 10 million U.S. dollar recharge were continuously published in major portals and TV station news in the United States. Elon Musk also secretly added fuel to the fire and asked several friends in the media to help. Further boost the popularity of the news.
"China Internet launches a nationwide money-attracting model!"
"Chinese money-sucking machine is launched in the United States! It took 10 million US dollars in eight hours!"
"The best proof of the spending power of elite users! YY collected US$10 million in eight hours!"
"MUYE! The B2 bomber of China's Internet industry!"
"The rise of YY, the rise of China Internet!"
"The first Chinese Internet product to conquer the United States..."
All kinds of news headlines suddenly flooded the entire American Internet.
When these media reported YY news frantically, Li Mu could no longer bear to go home and sleep. At the same time, the American media reports set off a nationwide public discussion. Even those users who had no need for office work were curious. Pay attention to what YY is.
However, it is a pity that YY currently does not have a strong promotion team and promotion resources in the United States. After most ordinary American users searched for YY, they found that most of them were about how powerful YY is in the office field, so most people gave up. Download to find out.
This is also a double-edged sword of publicity and exposure. YY unexpectedly became popular in the United States as a tool software, but subsequent publicity and promotion could not keep up, and "Paradise Town" could not keep up, so now it only has "tool software" in the United States. "This kind of identity will be more heavily publicized by the media, which will further aggravate the color of this identity.
However, despite this, the benefits of media publicity are still great. In one day, more than one million new users were added. And this time, the Internet and technology media in Europe, Japan and South Korea also paid attention to the direction of public opinion in the United States, and immediately began to We will process this news and publish it on our own platform as an overseas consultation.
When Li Mu slept all morning and came to the company the next afternoon, Paypal payment had been activated for 18 hours, and the transaction amount had reached 13 million.
The first eight hours were very efficient and had basically exhausted most of the users, so Li Mu had no hope for subsequent sales. However, he did not expect that after ten hours, there was still an increase of three million US dollars. , and the three million US dollars were all new users, and nearly half a million new paid users were added. This data was so powerful that it even shocked Li Mu.
Later, the staff told him about the reports in the American media, and Li Mu suddenly realized that it seemed that a large part of the increase of three million US dollars came from media reports, and the reason why the media reported so much about YY was undoubtedly because It is inseparable from the help of Paypal.
Moreover, the data shows that in the past two hours, the sales curve has increased after a continuous decline. Server data shows that new registered users have begun to emerge in Europe, Japan and South Korea, and the number of paying users has continued to increase. Li Mu immediately realized that, The power of public opinion in the United States has begun to affect Europe, Japan and South Korea. In this way, with this wave of momentum, YY can open up the European, Japanese and South Korean markets without spending a penny.
The development of YY overseas is really like a chicken blood. The push speed is as fast as a tsunami, destroying everything. It can also be seen from this that good products and popular products become popular as fast as a ignition. It’s like a firecracker. Although we haven’t put people into the American market yet, just a few days is enough to create a miracle...
While Li Mu was overjoyed, he was also wondering why Paypal would give him such a big gift. While he was thinking hard, the interface person responsible for connecting with Paypal saw Li Mu coming to the company and immediately came to him and told him: Elon, the founder of Paypal ·Musk hopes to meet with him in Yanjing in three days.
Li Mu didn't quite understand.
He didn't understand why Elon Musk was so anxious to meet him after doing him a big favor.
First of all, he doesn't have much money now, and he is just a small role in front of him. It is impossible for him to come here to invest in himself;
Secondly, it is impossible for him to please himself and want to visit the dock in advance because he is aware of his future development space. After all, he is a great person, so it is unlikely that he will rush to please others;
Thirdly, SpaceX, which he will be more powerful in the future, is still an empty shell that has just been established. Last time, I was still doubting whether he wanted to invest in SpaceX, but if I think about it carefully, this possibility is also very slim;
People like Elon Musk will not use empty shells to raise funds. He has a certain economic foundation and is well versed in capital. When a person like this starts a business, he must first provide part of his own capital to start it. Once the business is on track and creates certain performance and influence, he can get a higher premium by raising funds. Now SpaceX is an empty shell. Even if he wants to invest, he probably won't accept it.
So, what does he want to do
Li Mu always feels that people like Elon Musk, even if they are not really awesome yet, are already strong enough on the inside. For such a person, every decision he makes in the business field has far-reaching consequences. If you are so anxious to cross the entire ocean to find yourself, you must have a plan, and the plan is not small!
Li Mu attached great importance to this. He first agreed to Elon Musk's request to meet, and then summoned the backbones of Makino Technology and Taobao to have dinner together that night. Brother Liu happened to be back to work, so Li Mu organized two people for the first time. The core members of the company gathered together for a meeting.
Senior Brother Liu and Leader Lei of Taobao, Kong Lingyu and Lin Qingya of Makino Technology, technology master Fang Xudong, capital master Ding Zhenglin, content master Chen Tong, and business director Ding Jian, these are all people whom Li Mu feels have very clear ideas and unique vision. , thinking about problems without clues requires people with different perspectives to think together.
During the party, Li Mu never mentioned Elon Musk. Everyone basically ate about the same. While chatting, Li Mu tapped the table with his knuckles and said with a smile: "Everyone, I have something to do. I haven’t figured it out after thinking about it all day, please give me some advice.”
It was rare for everyone to see Li Mu not thinking clearly about a problem, so they all looked at him, waiting for his next words.
Li Mu said: "Look, first of all, Makino Technology has just connected to Paypal, the largest online payment company in the United States, which is what we call PayPal. After they gave us the highest rating, they immediately sent a message saying that their CEO Elon Musk wants to meet me, and today he took the initiative to help us promote it in front of the American media. Elon Musk himself will come to China to see me in three days... You say, we are not related to him. , why is he being so nice to us? What’s his motive?”
Sorry, this chapter is a little late...
(End of chapter)