"Benan, you shouldn't have thrown out this wet lithography theory in advance."
"Boss Zhang, I think this is an opportunity for us."
"Then you should know how much companies have spent on dry lithography technology. If you throw out the wet theory now, almost no company will consider entering."
"Dry lithography technology has already entered the bottle. It's already very difficult to go from 190 nanometers to 150 nanometers. But with our wet lithography, if we can solve the technical problem, our wet lithography technology can be developed all the way to 10 nanometers or even 5 nanometers. "
"This is all theoretical. In fact, it's not certain whether it can be done or not. Moreover, we have to spend at least 10 billion US dollars for wet lithography technology. 10 billion US dollars, not only can we not afford it, but other lithography machine companies also can't afford it. "
"I hope that all companies can cooperate."
"So you threw out this theory at the Global Chip Development Conference?"
At TSMC, Zhang Zhongmou and Lin Benan had a rare argument.
It was not that Zhang Zhongmou could not see the market for wet lithography technology, but the risk was too high and he could not make up his mind.
At the same time, he was a little angry at Lin Benan for throwing out the wet lithography theory without telling him in advance.
He thought that Lin Benan was too bookish.
How could business be so simple?
Originally, according to his idea, they could enter as long as the conditions were right.
Of course, it might take some time for the conditions to be right. This time might be ten years later.
But it did not matter.
In the field of chips, ten years was nothing.
But now that Lin Benan threw out this wet theory all of a sudden, countless people's attention was focused on this.
He was simply a general.
Zhang Zhongmou could neither advance nor retreat.
"Boss Zhang, we should make up our minds."
"You have to know that we are only a chip foundry, not a lithography machine manufacturer."
"I know, but our chip foundry accounts for more than 80% of the world's share. The lithography machine technology is too important for our foundry efficiency."
"This is not something you should think about. In addition, Benan, although your theory is very good, you have not completed some key indicators. "
"Boss Zhang, don't worry about this. I will definitely make a breakthrough in these indicators. But … "
"Then let's wait until you have these indicators."
He interrupted Lin Benan's speech.
Zhang Zhongmou knew that he would not be able to convince a technical maniac like Lin Benan.
In fact, Zhang Zhongmou didn't want to get wet.
Although wet lithography seemed to be more developed, dry lithography technology still had a huge market.
As a businessman, it was impossible for him to give up on the current market and pursue that extremely risky field.
…
"60 million registered users, more than 40 million monthly active users, more than 20 million daily IP visits …"
No one could believe that this was the result of a week's work on WeChat.
In a week's time, the number of registered users on Wechat exceeded 60 million.
At the same time, the number of Yue Feng and Daily Survivors was also increasing rapidly.
Judging from the number of registrations, this index was already on par with Facebook.
Judging from the number of active members, Wechat had completely surpassed Facebook.
And the most important thing was the "Take a Selfie" feature that was developed by WeChat.
This function was simply a miracle on the Internet.
His appearance had shocked countless big shots in the industry and even Wall Street.
This was because they had never seen a website with such an impressive spread.
This strength surpassed Netscape and even Yahoo back then.
Although Wechat couldn't be compared to Yahoo, Amazon, Google, and other Internet giants.
But if they could maintain such explosive growth, then Wechat would be the next Internet giant.
"Chen Yu, I think your Wechat's valuation can reach 2 billion US dollars."
"No, our Tiger Fund's valuation of you is 2.5 billion US dollars."
"2.5 billion US dollars? Morgan's valuation of Wechat is 3 billion US dollars."
The dramatic turn of events came.
At that time, John of Bain Capital was only willing to give Wechat a valuation of 500 million US dollars.
Unexpectedly, in a short period of time, Wechat's valuation had increased by six times.
If it was someone who didn't know the truth, they would probably think that the Internet bubble had come again.
But the Internet bubble of 2000 had long passed.
After this Internet bubble, everyone had a better understanding of the Internet.
The valuation of Wechat's 3 billion wasn't high.
Although they knew that Wechat was still not profitable.
But that wasn't important.
What was important was the growth of Wechat.
However, Chen Yu didn't accept the offer of a group of investors.
It wasn't that he didn't want them to invest.
His WeChat Friend Network was to embrace capital and tie these capital together.
He didn't accept it because the price of these investors was too low.
Just like the first time they offered him 500 million US dollars.
Even if it had increased by six times, Chen Yu still thought that it was too low.
However, while Chen Yu didn't accept the offer of a group of investors for the time being, Facebook was completely panicking.
"Sheila, do you know what this pat does?"
"Uh, I don't know."
"Edward, do you know?"
"I …"
"Weichi, what about you?"
"I don't know what to say."
"Then you don't know. Rupert, tell me, what does this pat mean?"
"Actually …"
What did a pat mean?
What was the use of it?
Even now, not everyone could explain it clearly.
However, regardless of whether they could explain it clearly or not, they knew that this pat was going to go viral.
No matter how boring, brainless, or even meaningless he looked.
However, you just couldn't stop yourself from silently patting the other person's back like everyone else.
However, the employees of Facebook weren't idiots.
At first, they didn't understand, but soon they analyzed the core reason for the pat.
This reason was the hormones between men and women.
Countless experts had done research.
On the Internet, what was the most interesting thing for users?
Some said it was instant messaging, some said it was playing games, some said it was listening to music, and some said it was other things.
But …
Sorry, none of them.
Although everyone often played these games, this wasn't what they were most interested in.
What were they most interested in?
That was the hormones between men and women.
As for why this was the answer …
It was actually simple.
Almost every day, more than 30% of the search volume on the search engine was related to hormones.
Can you imagine, with so many searches, what does he represent?
And when someone unlocked the pat, then thousands of traffic completely exploded.
Of course, if Wechat was only an 18 -ban website, then it would also be impossible to attract countless users to register in a short period of time. There were too many 18 -ban websites around the world. You could have as many as you wanted. Although everyone had a demand for these websites, they wouldn't stay there forever.
But Wechat was an exception.
It wasn't an 18 -ban website.
But it hinted to you on the other side.
Well, it wasn't the website hinting to you. This was the self-awakening of the users.
It was just that when you discovered the uniqueness of this website, you wouldn't treat it as an 18 -ban website.
This was an extremely serious social networking website.
Moreover, although there was a pat, your behavior was too vulgar. Sorry, you might not be able to achieve your goal.
So …
In their eyes, Wechat became a website that looked serious yet not serious. In fact, it was very serious, but you could actually come to a more serious website.
Then, the users that it attracted became like this.
When I was serious, I was an ordinary Wechat user.
I would upload pictures, post logs, and share all kinds of interesting things with others.
When I was not serious, I would turn on my pat function and constantly look for the person I liked.
To use a classic phrase, that was.
I wasn't a casual person.
I wasn't a person when I was casual.
It constantly switched between casual and not casual. This prevented Wechat from becoming a website only for hormones.
But between casual and not casual, it became the most dynamic social networking website.
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