Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 285 Investment Ideas
“I want to make a vertical real estate search engine software.”

Zhang Yiming did not hide his thoughts and began to talk freely.

This guy doesn't usually talk much.

But once he talked about search engines, he couldn't stop. He became more and more excited. Wu Zhuo tried to interrupt him several times but failed.

In the end, Wu Zhuo simply nodded in response.

There was no way. Zhang Yiming became more and more professional as he spoke, and Wu Chao didn't understand many of the terms.

So, instead of pretending to know something you don’t, it’s better to listen to him.

"However, I plan to first go to a large company to learn about corporate management. My current preferred company is Microsoft."

After talking about his prospects for a while, Zhang Yiming talked about what he most wanted to do at this stage.

Wu Zhuo understood this quite well.

If you want to succeed in starting a business, you can't just rely on passion.

Obviously, Zhang Yiming's plan for himself is very accurate.

First go to a big company to learn something that you lack.

Then find the right opportunity to start your business.

"Your idea is right. Opportunities come to those who are prepared."

Wu Zhuo raised his glass and clinked it with his, then took a sip of red wine and said:
“I don’t know much about your industry, so I can’t help you with your work.

However, I do have some spare money at the moment.

If you are planning to start your own business, I can invest in you.”

After a pause, Wu Zhuo continued:
“Compared to those investment foundations, I may not be able to help you with professional matters.

But I have a pretty good reputation.

I think whether it is endorsement or promotion of your entrepreneurial products, it should have a good effect. "

Hearing Wu Zhuo's words, Zhang Yiming's eyes lit up.

"Then it's settled. I'll ask you for some investment then."

In fact, Wu Chao and Zhang Yiming only met twice.

The total time they spent together was no more than a few days.

A few days, even if they were relatives, was not enough for Zhang Yiming to tell Wu Chao his true feelings.

After all, in the adult world, interest relations are what everyone needs.

Why is Zhang Yiming willing to tell Wu Chao so much?

He didn't want Wu Chao to give him advice.

No one would ask an outsider to give them advice.

He actually just values ​​Wu Zhuo's fame and his money.

This may sound a bit unpleasant.

But it is what it is.

This is how the adult world works.

For Zhang Yiming, he could actually ask his father for start-up capital.

No matter how poor his father's side is, he can definitely provide him with several million.

But what if it fails?

No matter how confident Zhang Yiming is, he doesn't think that he will succeed in starting a business.

And considering his family's financial situation and the money he has earned in the past few years.

If it fails, it will be very devastating.

Therefore, seeking financial support and investment from a wealthy man like Wu Zhuo is definitely the most appropriate choice.

Not to mention, Wu Chao has too great an advantage over ordinary investors.

He is the most popular artist this year.

The terror of high appeal and popularity.

If he were to invest in such a person and become his boss, the benefits would be overwhelming.

You can't say that Wu Chao won't help promote his own company!
Even if Wu Chao wants to charge endorsement and promotion fees.

Since he is one of the bosses, the fee won't be too high.

On the contrary, if Wu Zhuo was not the boss and wanted to ask a celebrity of his level to help with endorsement and promotion, the endorsement fee would not be a small amount.

Zhang Yiming doesn’t know the specific endorsement fee of Wu Chao.

But he heard through his friends that Jay Chou was endorsing Ulemei milk tea and that the advertising fee for two years was 1300 million, and that was last year.

As for Wu Zhuo, his price may be different from Jay Chou's, but it is definitely not too different. And 1300 million is definitely a large amount for a start-up company.

So, if I could get Wu Zhuo to start a business with me.

Not only can you get a considerable amount of start-up capital.

You can also get a potentially free advertising spokesperson.

If it were someone else, they wouldn't even dare to think about this kind of thing.

Therefore, when Zhang Yiming was preparing to start his own business, he had already set his sights on Wu Chao.

In fact, he had this idea when he first found out that the big star Wu Zhuo was his relative.

For Wu Chao.

He didn't know what Zhang Yiming was thinking.

But he is still very interested in investing in Zhang Yiming.

Even though Wu Zhuo knew that Zhang Yiming was not using TikTok this time.

But that's okay.

With this cooperation, the next cooperation will be more tacit.

Moreover, as far as Wu Chao knows, Zhang Yiming’s only startup after 2008 seems to be Jiujiufang.

Although this startup is not a unicorn.

But it was a fairly successful project.

Moreover, Wu Chao remembered that the Jiujiufang company founded by Zhang Yiming was a website focusing on real estate vertical search.

This website is dedicated to providing personalized real estate information search services.

Its product framework laid the foundation for the later Toutiao.

Later, Zhang Yiming applied this information framework to Toutiao and created a recommendation engine based on big data.

To a certain extent, if you don’t have the experience in Room 99.

It is not certain whether the unicorn ByteDance will emerge.

This is like Wu Chao himself.

If he hadn’t graduated from a music college in his previous life.

Or maybe he didn't go into the cover singing industry after graduation.

After he traveled through time, he probably couldn't reach the level he is today.

After all, everything has to have a foundation.

The house will collapse if it doesn't have a foundation!

For this reason, Wu Zhuo did not arrogantly ask Zhang Yiming to create ByteDance right away.

First of all, he does know the positioning of ByteDance's Toutiao and Douyin, which is the collection and distribution of information, distributing content that users are interested in and need.

But are these technologies achievable now?
Also, without the experience of 99fang, can Zhang Yiming repeat the miracle of ByteDance now?
Wu Chao wasn't sure.

For Wu Zhuo, Zhang Yiming is the key to whether he can achieve financial freedom.

He doesn't want Zhang Yiming to fail to create ByteDance because of his own reasons.

Or it may cause the company to collapse before it even succeeds.

Therefore, for Wu Chao, it is feasible to invest in Zhang Yiming now so as to invest in ByteDance next time.

However, he will not interfere in Zhang Yiming's entrepreneurship.

After all, Wu Zhuo was just a cover singer in his previous life.

He can sing.

As for the Internet...

Like the protagonist in the novel, he pointed out the Jiangshan, punched two horses and one king...

To be honest, Wu Zhuo himself felt that he was not cut out for it.

He defines himself as a singer and an actor.

The most you can do is use your own money to invest in projects that you have opportunities for and that you know about.

At present, ByteDance is definitely the one he has the best chance of investing in.

After all, Zhang Yiming is a relative!
He should not even think about other companies like Tencent and Alibaba.

The two horses are now making steady progress.

Even a fool can see that their company is a quality stock.

He had no chance to intervene.

(End of this chapter)