"Wang Chang, how's our WeChat Moments doing?"
"Currently, it's in 50 countries and regions around the world. We're the world's number one in terms of IP traffic."
"Not bad. What about media influence? "
"We're weaker in this area. Our WeChat Moments is positioned as a social networking site. Their main focus is social networking. Their media influence is still not as good as the traditional portal websites."
Chen Yu made a phone call to Wang Chang who was far away in the US.
The purpose of calling Wang Chang was not to execute the plan immediately. Instead, it was to pressure Microsoft and Intel in terms of public opinion.
Just like what Chen Yu said earlier, although Chen Yu controlled two major global media websites, WeChat Moments and Huanyu Video.
However, one of them was positioned as a social networking site while the other was positioned as a video site. The influence of these two sites on the mainstream market was relatively weak.
However, Chen Yu had his own plans.
"Alright, I'll make a trip to the US in a few days."
"Boss Chen, you're coming to the US?"
"Yes, I have a new idea to discuss with you. It's about building a new media platform."
"A portal website?"
"Nope."
Chen Yu shook his head. "The portal website strategy is too simple. Although it's possible to build a portal website, it's difficult to do. It's also very expensive and annoying. Moreover, it's not something that can be done in a short period of time to gain mainstream recognition. I have a new model that I believe you'll be interested in. "
"A new model, Boss Chen. Tell me a little about it. You've got me interested."
"You can tell me a little about it. It's almost the same as [Talk About] on WeChat Moments. You can think about it and see if we can make some improvements to [Talk About] and turn it into a powerful media platform."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Yu made plans to head to the US.
This time, Chen Yu not only had a new idea for his trip to the US. He also had to work together with Microsoft and Intel's competitors.
For example, AMD.
Huanyu Technologies was not the only company that was worried about Intel's dual-core processor.
Compared to Huanyu Technologies, AMD was even more worried. It was Intel's most direct competitor.
As another major processor giant, Intel was AMD's mortal enemy.
Now that Intel had released a dual-core processor, it was obvious that AMD could not sit still.
Similarly, there was Google.
Similarly, Microsoft Vista did not only affect Huanyu's operating system, but also Google's operating system.
In the brand new Vista, he had already started planning for the search engine.
Obviously, this was not something Google wanted to see.
Similarly, the new Vista was also preparing to launch their anti-virus software and firewall. This was also a big challenge for other global security manufacturers.
They had joined forces with their competitors to deal with Microsoft, and they can do it again.
However, if they wanted to form an alliance, it was clear that the previous strategy was too simple.
In order to build momentum in the mainstream public opinion, Chen Yu had to create a new platform.
Of course, this new platform was not only for dealing with Intel and Microsoft, but also for Huanyu Technologies.
After organizing a bunch of information, Chen Yu brought Zhang Jianming to the US.
…
"Oh my god, Wang Chang, this place of yours is not bad, right? It's even bigger than the headquarters."
When Wang Chang brought Chen Yu and Zhang Jianming to the headquarters of WeChat, Zhang Jianming exclaimed, "I think you can buy the headquarters some other day."
"Haha, Brother Jian, with WeChat's current valuation, you can buy Huanyu Technologies."
Chen Yu also joked, "Also, Huanyu Technologies still owes WeChat money."
"Boss Chen, don't laugh at me. No matter how WeChat develops, it is still a subsidiary of Huanyu Technologies. Bosses, please have a seat. "
"Wang Chang, you've become better at talking in the US."
"I'm not familiar with this place, and I was forced to do this. Oh right, the hotel has been booked. You can rest for now. "
"Not for now."
Chen Yu shook his head. "I'm not tired. Let's talk about business. Wang Chang, how's it going? Do you have any ideas about my new idea? "
"Boss Chen, you're from Mars. How can I keep up with your pace? I've been thinking about it for the past few days. I even called a few high-level meetings, but I don't have any particularly good ideas."
In Wang Chang's eyes, talking on WeChat was just expressing one's feelings, posting pictures, and the like.
He wanted to create a new media platform for such a simple thing, and a mainstream media platform at that?
Was this possible?
"The main thing is that your thoughts are restricted. If you open up your thoughts, you might be able to think of something."
Chen Yu spread his hands.
However, he also knew that for such a creative thing, it was really difficult for others to think about it.
If one wanted to get something like this, they would think about it. If they couldn't think of it, they would never think of it in their entire lives.
Even though such a thing was very simple, once it was created, you would realize that you could also think of it.
But before it appeared, if you could think of it, you would be a genius.
"How about this, I'll give you a hint. Brother Jian, think about it too."
As he spoke, Chen Yu turned on his computer and entered WeChat. Then, he found the chat interface of WeChat.
This was actually similar to the chat interface of YY Space.
"Wang Chang, the original idea of our chat was to send users all kinds of feelings and share pictures, right?"
"Yes, Boss Chen. Many people still use our chat."
"Yes, many people still use it. It's even one of the most popular functions. However, most of the users' chat is not very targeted. Some are sending their feelings today, some are complaining about life, and some are talking about work. Although this is indeed guided by us, it's more related to himself. He doesn't have much to do with our society. "
"Boss Chen, you want the users of WeChat to use chat to comment on current affairs?"
"Not bad, you're smart."
Chen Yu praised, "Of course, it's not just current affairs. They can post anything, but they can also participate in more aspects of current affairs."
"Then will this be made into something like a blog?"
After thinking about it, Wang Chang said again.
"When you talk about a blog, it's really similar to a blog."
It had to be said that Wang Chang's comprehension was really too high. Chen Yu just reminded him and he thought of a blog.
This was not something that ordinary people could think of.
"Boss Chen, I think I understand. You're planning to start a blog and then break into the mainstream media?"
"No, no, no."
Chen Yu shook his head, "Although blogs have some influence, blogs are still a little niche."
"Boss Chen, blogs are already very popular."
"Really? Do you like blogging?"
"Uh, I don't like it, but I'll read other people's blogs."
"That's right. Even you, an Internet worker, don't blog. Think about it. Will other people do it? Although the general public knows about blogs, most of them are like you. They'll just look at it. They won't participate or blog. If everyone doesn't participate in blogs, how can that be called the general public? "
"Seems like it."
"Boss Chen, what do you mean?"
"Let's continue to analyze blogs. Wang Chang, think about it. Why is the participation of bloggers so low?"
"There are many reasons. After all, not everyone likes to write on the Internet."
"That's what you say, but I think there's a problem with the format of blogs."
Chen Yu continued to analyze and said, "People can tell that blogs are long articles at a glance. If you want to blog, you have to write an article. And you have to write it well. If you don't write well, you'll be embarrassed to post it. So, this set a huge obstacle for blogs. Basically, ordinary people are excluded because not many ordinary people can write good blogs. "
"But Boss Chen, the format of blogs is like this. He relies on blog posts, which are articles to move people."
Zhang Jianming on the side also said.
Although Zhang Jianming was not in charge of blogs, blogs were one of the businesses under his General Manager. Naturally, he knew about it.
"What if we change it?"
"Boss Chen, how do we change it?"
"Let's change it to a short, one-sentence blog post."
"Boss Chen, this …"
Wang Chang was a little embarrassed. "What's the difference between this and 'Talk About'?"
"Of course there's a difference. Didn't I say to let everyone participate more in current affairs? For example, we can discuss more current affairs. The more people we have, the more influential we will be. "
"But if it's just a one-sentence blog, it's not as attractive as a blog post. Our influence won't spread."
"Who said so?"
Chen Yu shook his head.
Then he continued, "A good blog post can indeed have a greater influence. But as I said before, blog posts have a big flaw. Not everyone likes to write blog posts. Whether or not a sentence had any influence didn't depend on the sentence itself, but on who said it. For example, Wang Chang, if you say 'Wechat VIP' for three months, do you think this sentence will have a great influence? "
"This?"
The sudden innovation made Wang Chang suddenly have a flash of inspiration.
Just now, Wang Chang still felt that he and Chen Yu were still talking about blogs. But the next sentence, she suddenly realized that there seemed to be a new product.
"Did you find something interesting? Let's go by what I said just now. If Wang Chang says that his friends are free for three months, not only will his words have a lot of influence, but at the same time, his words will also become a trending topic and become a trending topic. Not only that, Wang Chang is not the only one in this world. There are other people. For example, if Apple's Steve Jobs comes here and says something, Warren Buffett comes here and says something, Kobe Bryant comes here and says something, the President of the United States comes here and says something … Do you think our platform won't have any influence? "
"Boss Chen, I think I understand what you're thinking."
"What do you think? Do you want to do it?"
"Yes, I want to get it out now. By the way, what's the name of our platform? "
"Our platform is very similar to a blog, but it's not a blog. We can call it a mini blog. Let's call it Weibo."
Yes.
The platform Chen Yu wanted to create was the Weibo of the future.
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