After divorce, I can hear the voice of the future

Chapter 174 The war spreads out of the circle

“Then wait until Douyin has spent all the funds in its account and then raise another $1000 million.”

Lu Liang sighed helplessly, and suddenly understood what it meant to be burdened by fame. This was the burden of fame.

Fame is a double-edged sword. With a wave of your hand, countless people will follow you, but no matter what you do, people will also be watching you.

Enter the village quietly, don't shoot with a gun.

It will be basically impossible in the future. Either you plan ahead or you do it directly.

"no problem."

Shen Peng was smiling and in a very good mood.

Not only do netizens want to get rich with Lu Liang, but they also want to make big money with him.

Now even if Lu Liang said that the baba tasted like chocolate, I'm afraid some people would not be able to resist trying it.

The prerequisite is that Lu Liang needs to taste it first.

Just like Tik Tok now.

ByteDance is strong, has experience and technology, but the probability of it dominating the original video market is definitely not as high as the probability of Britain leaving the EU.

Even though the probability of Britain leaving the EU is so low, Lu Liang dared to mobilize all his funds and even used at least ten times leverage.

You can call him a gambler or a madman, but he always gambles right, and so far, he has never lost a game.

Once or twice is luck, but five, six or seven times is strength, so Shen Peng and Zhu Hu are both willing to play with Lu Liang.

A few days later, the three institutions raised 10 million US dollars and injected it into TikTok, and the shares were redistributed.

Lu Liang invested US$340 million and his 34% stake remained unchanged.

Jinshajiang invested 352 million and Sequoia invested 308 million US dollars, holding 16% and 14% of the shares respectively.
Yang Zhenyuan's 51% stake could have been kept intact, but he could not come up with $510 million.

Fortunately, after the dilution, it still holds a 36% stake and is still the largest shareholder of Douyin.

Lu Liang smiled and whispered to himself: "After the next round of financing, Douyin will be named Lu."

He could actually eat up Yang Zhenyuan's diluted shares, but there is no need. Once he becomes a major shareholder of Douyin, Yang Zhenyuan will probably be cautious.

Lu Liang doesn't want Douyin to become the second ofo. Besides, Shen Peng and Zhu Hu invested in Douyin because they believed in him.

There is no difference between keeping the shares with them and keeping them in Lu Liang's hands, the only difference is that they will earn less in the future.

The most important point is that Sequoia and GSR Ventures are both shareholders of ByteDance.

When Zhang Yiming didn't want to make peace, Shen Peng and Zhu Hu would press on his head to promote a merger between the two sides.

Since receiving tens of millions of dollars in funding, TikTok has suddenly become more aggressive, no longer hiding, and has begun to take the initiative.

They raised prices and increased quantity, launched a 100 million yuan creation incentive, and then lifted restrictions on medium-length videos, directly targeting Xigua.

For a time, the war between Xigua and Tencent Video was back and forth, and gradually spread to the entire original video industry.

The eldest brother fought with the second brother and ended up beating the third brother to death. This kind of thing happens frequently in the business world.

Because the third brother was just watching the show, he had no idea that the user growth of the eldest and second brother was sucking the blood of the third brother.

Xigua is not the industry leader, and Douyin is not the second, but no one wants to be the third one that gets sucked dry.

As a result, Kuaishou and Bilibili were not willing to be outdone and launched a 1 billion yuan creation incentive plan overnight.

One by one, they all said they would invest 1 billion yuan.

But outsiders don’t know the exact amount of investment, but they do know that the spring of self-media bloggers seems to have arrived.

Because the videos released are free content and basically do not involve product promotion, uploading a video to four platforms and reaping the benefits from all four are all basic operations.

On this day, a blogger couldn't help but share his income. A video had more than 10 views on four platforms, with a total income of over 4000 yuan.

Once it was announced, it caused an uproar on the entire Internet. Overnight, self-media became the hottest emerging profession.

Soon, the war among self-media spread beyond the circle.

Although anyone can enter the self-media industry, at least they need a device that can shoot images with a slightly clearer resolution.

OPPO was the first to react, and because they focus on camera phones, they were able to take advantage of this wave of wealth and launch the R9 model.

In terms of sales volume that month, Chen Mingyong punched Apple and kicked Xiaomi. His mouth was crooked with smile. He was sitting at home and feeling happy from the bottom of his heart.

When other mobile phone brands saw this, they were shocked.

Although there is still half a year to go before the autumn launch, many brands have already started to prepare and join the battle with this year's new models.

At worst, we can develop another mobile phone in the fall.

Even if they cannot handle this wave of wealth, they will never let OPPO stand out alone.

Since entering the era of smart phones, it has become difficult to innovate the functions of mobile phones on the basis of the original ones, and the only way is to optimize the original functions. Photography is the next key goal identified by almost all mobile phone manufacturers, and it is also the ticket to impact the high-end flagship.

If OPPO is allowed to take up all of this traffic, people will only think of OPPO when they think of camera phones in the future.

Then they will have to eat dirt.

"Mr. Lu, everyone in our friendly business group is scolding you." Lei Jun couldn't help but complain in the group.

Lu Liang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mr. Lei, did you scold me?"

He didn't expect that just supporting the fight between Douyin and Xigua would be like setting a fire on the grassland in the dry season. The fire became more and more intense and spread uncontrollably across the country, affecting the mobile phone industry.

Lei Jun was silent for a long time, and then he sighed: "I should be the one who cursed the most."

“???” Lu Liang was confused.

It was not until the next day, when the entire internet was flooded with news about Xiaomi's new concept phone, that he understood why Lei Jun said that.

Xiaomi MIX, the world's first full-screen mobile phone, has a design without physical keys on the front, a screen-to-body ratio of up to 91.3%, and a ceramic body that brings a visual shock.

Once released, it caused a sensation across the country.

"Xiaomi's ambitions are extraordinary."

Lu Liang was shocked and thought it was much better looking than the iPhone 6s. He also thought that he should stay away from Mr. Lei next time, otherwise he would get beaten easily.

After all, such a groundbreaking mobile phone should have made its debut at the end of the year to impact high-end flagships, but it has been revealed ahead of time.

Even he felt a little regretful.

At the same time, there was a lot of discussion online.

However, when netizens discuss Xiaomi MIX and how long they will be fooled by Lei Jun, they always bring Lu Liang into the discussion.

"Tsk, tsk, how could it be so similar at that time and at this moment?"

"It's exactly like this. It's just like the shared bikes last year. Luliang fired the first shot, and then it suddenly swept across the country."

"This guy is very good at making trouble. I am looking forward to seeing when Lu Liang will end his life."

"Don't even think about new energy vehicles for another three to five years. This is determined by the research and development cycle. The reason for shared bicycles is that they are easy to manufacture, and the reason for the mobile phone market is that there is already a lot of competition among the competitors."

One netizen saw through it and told the truth.

But one has to admire Lu Liang's traffic physique, which can create huge waves no matter which industry he is in.

Wang Xiaocong's position as China's top internet celebrity may soon be replaced by another person. After all, without Wanda, Xiao Wang is nothing.

On the other hand, Luliang has risen strongly in an era when grassroots counterattacks are almost extinct, and always creates a big stir.

Fighting in the field of original videos and spreading the war to the mobile phone circle is simply outrageous. It is outrageous to the extreme.

At this time, ByteDance in Beijing.

Zhang Yiming narrowed his eyes and said to himself, "Do you really want to fight us to the end, or do you just want to sell for a good price?"

He didn't quite understand Lu Liang's actions. After all, making such a big fuss, if it was just to seek peace through war, it seemed like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

But if it is not for the purpose of seeking peace through war,
Then what was Lu Liang doing?
Do you really think that Douyin can beat Xigua?

Although Yang Zhenyuan poached many engineers, ByteDance's R&D team is centered around him.

As long as Zhang Yiming is still there, ByteDance will always be able to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on TikTok at the algorithm technology level.

He was suddenly confused.

After much thought, he decided to call Zhu Hu and try to find out Lu Liang's attitude through him.

If the goal is to expand the market, then everyone should just do their job well. Why make it a life-and-death struggle?

Why not just merge them when the time is right?

Zhu Hu smiled and said, "I don't know what he's thinking, but I think he has good taste, so I'll play with him for a bit."

"..."

Zhang Yiming was speechless, and Zhu Hu said, "Why think so much? If you don't understand, why not just ask him directly?"

Zhu Hu said, "In a few days, Ideal Auto will raise funds. He should come to Beijing. Then I will help you guys set up a meeting and have a good chat. How about that?"

Zhang Yiming pondered for a long time and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhu. I will ask Mr. Lu in person later."

Lu Liang is rich, but they are poor, so every penny is planned for a specific use.

If it comes to technology, Zhang Yiming has the confidence to let them all come in together, but when it comes to funds, he really can't beat Lu Liang.

　Good morning, Makkabaka
　　
　
(End of this chapter)