Reborn: Billionaire in College

When I was a kid, I often heard a phrase describing the post-8090s and s generation: they were the "lost generation."

In fact, 8090 not only did not collapse, but got better and better.

This is true for Wang Tao, Liang Wenfeng, and Wang Xingxing.

There are also many people who are not so famous, but have gradually become the backbone of their units and even their industries.

These people form the foundation of the nation.

In the past, the richest people were those who sold houses, wine, health products, and mineral water.

When the richest man is engaged in rockets, AI, and nuclear fusion, then technology will be considered to have truly taken off.

Looking at Wang Tao and Wang Xingxing in front of him, Chen Pingjiang believed that day would not be far away.

What he had to do was to observe these people from a third person's perspective...

After seeing off the excited Wang Xingxing, Chen Pingjiang asked Wang Tao with a smile, "You won't be angry if someone robbed your people, right?"

Wang Tao waved his hands and said, "I am only interested in robot dogs, but the company's main business is still drones, and this will not change. Such a good talent will only be buried in my company. Besides, didn't he say so himself? He just came here to settle down, and he will start his own business in the future."

"I mean the shares!"

After Wang Tao realized what was going on, he burst out laughing: "You mean that? I won't do that. I'm obsessed with technology and really not good at management and marketing, otherwise I wouldn't have poached someone to be the CEO. My ideal job is to be solely responsible for R&D, and produce good products one by one, and then someone will take care of everything for me."

“Besides, I’m so strong-willed. If I become a major shareholder, won’t Wang Xingxing be on guard against me? Is he afraid that DJI will take his job? It’s great that you become the major shareholder now.”

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "Thank you for your trust."

After all, Wang Tao was not his subordinate. The two of them were more of a cooperative relationship, so some things still needed to be made clear in person.

On the way back, Chen Pingjiang leaned back in the boss's seat and closed his eyes to rest. Suddenly, he felt like he was playing a card game like the Three Kingdoms. Seeing these awesome generals gradually gathered in his hands, he felt so happy.

………………

"Now we are not only racing against ourselves, but also against Kuaishou. There is confirmed news that Kuaishou will also launch a live broadcast function in the first half of next year. We must get ahead of them." Zhang Yiming tapped the conference table lightly with his fingers.

This was a high-level meeting within ByteDance. Chen Pingjiang was invited to attend and sat right in front of the oval table.

At today's meeting, Zhang Yiming and his partner Liang Rubo rarely held different opinions.

The focus of the two people's argument was the steps for launching the Douyin live broadcast function.

Liang Ruobo: "I didn't say we won't run the race, but I hope for a high-quality race to avoid withdrawals for any reason. I still stick to my previous opinion. Initially, it will only be open to some users and creators to test real-time interactions and content formats. With technical optimization and user feedback, the scope will be gradually expanded and eventually fully launched."

Seeing that neither of them could convince the other, the two of them and even other executives all looked at Chen Pingjiang.

"You guys talk about your own things. I won't get involved in internal affairs. I can give you some suggestions on the general direction for your reference."

Haha... Chen Pingjiang is not stupid, he won’t say a word more at this time.

If it's a closed-door chat between three people, then there's nothing wrong with giving some pointers, but now there are so many people watching.

No matter which side he supports, it will be misinterpreted by the management below. It won’t be long before it becomes “Mr. Chen doesn’t care about XXX and starts to suppress him.”

Never think it is impossible, because too many people like to speculate.

As one of the core functions of the Douyin ecosystem, live streaming will have a profound impact on users, creators, platforms and even the entire Internet industry.

It not only breaks the limitation of one-way dissemination of short videos, but also allows users to interact with the host in real time through barrage, likes, and rewards, greatly enhancing the sense of participation and immersion.

It can also attract users to stay for a long time through the immediacy and uncertainty of live broadcast content, ultimately significantly increasing the average daily usage time of users.

Of course……

The biggest role of live streaming is to help creators realize cash and ultimately form a moat. It is also a prerequisite for laying the foundation for e-commerce sales.

"Ahem!" Thinking of this, Chen Pingjiang coughed lightly: "However, although the live broadcast function is important, the management of live broadcast is equally important. Are our review team and our algorithms ready? Once the loophole is opened, everyone can broadcast live at will. If we are not prepared, if some romantic incident or even worse incident occurs, it will be a disaster."

Zhang Yiming's face changed, and he obviously thought of this problem.

Chen Pingjiang continued: "Even if the above incident did not happen, what if it was a vulgar live broadcast? How would we deal with it?"

"The live streaming function has helped Douyin upgrade from a 'short video platform' to a 'comprehensive content and business platform'. Our live streaming will be younger than Kuaishou's in the future, more diversified than Douyu's, and will have a huge social influence. Especially at times like this, we must resist temptation."

"For example, public welfare to help farmers, knowledge dissemination, or emergency response."

Although Chen Pingjiang did not make a clear statement about who he supported, it seemed that he had said everything.

"Mr. Chen, you are right. I was a little superficial. Let's do as Lao Liang said, step by step. Stability is more important than anything else. Kuaishou will not be our opponent sooner or later." Zhang Yiming said after thinking for a moment.

Chen Pingjiang smiled and waved his hands: "Don't be so serious, we are just discussing it, it doesn't involve any line issues."

"Now that we've come to this, I think we can find a group of meaningful people to test this time."

After whetting everyone's appetite, Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "There are many live broadcast platforms out there now, including some internet celebrities, but major media do not have such a live broadcast channel. We will use these institutions as entry points and open the first batch of internal testing qualifications to TV stations, newspapers, and new media. The second batch of internal testing qualifications can be given to celebrities to strengthen their personal IP. The third batch of internal testing qualifications will be given to vertical content bloggers."

……

After the meeting, Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo left the meeting room together.

The two of them seem to be inseparable, and the argument just now was just a friendly discussion, which did not affect their relationship.

"Mr. Chen is still Mr. Chen. I can't help but admit it." Liang Rubo shook his head in admiration. "Haven't we discussed opening the live broadcast function to different groups of people in batches? But we missed the media. Do we think these media are naturally incompatible with live broadcast? I think our thinking is still limited." (End of this chapter)