Chapter 104 Parting

On the eve of returning to China, Rao Lei organized a meal and called Xia Jingxing, Shen Si, Shen Xinyi, and Gao Lili all, and set up five or six tables in a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

   Out of taking care of his friend Qiu Zhiyi, Xia Jingxing suggested that Rao Lei choose the Chinese restaurant opened by Qiu Zhiyi’s cousin.

  After everyone took their seats, they began to chat.

   "Jingxing, I heard that Facebook is valued at more than US$100 million?"

  Lin Yaocheng and Xia Jingxing were sitting at a table. Not long after they were seated, they couldn't wait to start asking Xia Jingxing.

  He opened his mouth, attracting the eyes of this table and the next few tables.

  Xia Jingxing is not good at grabbing the limelight from Rao Lei, and smiles faintly, "Where is it, it's all rumored in the market!"

  "Don’t be humble, I heard from a few investment friends that Facebook is now one of the most sought-after investment targets in Silicon Valley."

  Lin Yaocheng is a Chinese. He grew up in the United States. Although he speaks Chinese well, he obviously did not learn the deep-seated Chinese cultural connotations. The Americans have learned a lot of the dregs.

  They don’t understand humility. They think there are achievements, so why don’t they show it upright.

   "Hahaha, talk about it later!"

  Xia Jingxing pointed to Rao Lei, who was slightly embarrassed beside him, “Today is Brother Rao’s farewell banquet. Let’s treat him a few more glasses of wine.

  When we meet again, I don’t know when it is. "

  "The traffic is so developed now, and I want to meet at any time and have the opportunity."

  Lin Yaocheng looked at Rao Lei and said with a smile: "You first go back to your motherland to inquire about us. We will come to you in two years."

  Rao Lei waved his hand, "You are both successful people now, the foundation has been laid, and I still need to start from scratch when I return to China."

  Lin Yaocheng asked, “I’ve got my thoughts, and I’m back to my country to start a business? In which way?”

   Liu Jian, who was sitting aside, answered, "What is the hottest thing now? Naturally, it is a social networking site."

  Liu Jian looked at Xia Jingxing and said jokingly: “Jingxing, don’t mind. It’s definitely not the same type of website as Facebook. The design and functions will be different.”

  Xia Jingxing sighed in her heart that the historical inertia is still great, and the two of them will probably go the same way.

  "What do I mind? There may be dozens of social networking sites in the United States now. I am not the king of the mountain. I am driving this road. I planted this tree. You must stay and buy road money."

  Xia Jingxing shook his head and burst into laughter, as if he didn't mind.

   Liu Jian smiled and looked at Rao Lei, who blinked at him slightly.

  Rao Lei told him before that Xia Jingxing is not the kind of caregiver.

  Not to mention that the two of them are working on social networking sites in China, and it is still early to compete with Facebook, and they may not even conflict for a lifetime.

  Because no Chinese Internet companies have come to the United States to carry out business at present, the symbolic meaning of opening an office like Ari is more than the actual meaning.

  On the contrary, the two of them are worried that Facebook will come to China!

   "Jingxing, if Facebook opens to China in the future, you have to show mercy and put us into account."

  Rao Lei is half a temptation, half a joking sermon.

   "Hehe, it's too early to talk about this. Facebook has no idea of ​​international expansion for the time being. Just an American university campus is enough for us to deal with."

  Now talking about expanding into China, Xia Jingxing’s confirmation is too early, and it is not practical.

  The two established social networking sites in China, and naturally there is no competition with him.

  If it really wants to enter China, then Facebook doesn’t know how big it is.

   Rao Lei's "collection" is also mostly to leave a way for himself.

  Eaby entered the Chinese market with the acquisition of eBay as a springboard.

   joked for a while, seeing that Xia Jingxing really had no grudges, Rao Lei and Liu Jian also relaxed a lot.

  After all, Xia Jingxing is young and promising. It is the best to maintain a good relationship. No one wants to make enemies everywhere.

   "What kind of social networking site are you two going to do? Tell me, let's advise you two."

  Lin Yaocheng asked while eating.

  Rao Lei smiled and said: "Okay, let me talk about it, and everyone will also give comments.

  We want to establish a perfect social circle by "finding friends for friends", in order to differentiate it from the first-generation model of making friends anonymously with strangers. "

  "Isn't that the Chinese version of Friendster?"

  Lin Yaocheng tasted it as soon as he heard it, and he blurted out and asked.

   "Yes, the emergence of Dating.com has brought us a lot of inspiration."

  Rao Lei said with a smile: "We have studied Dating.com. It seems that it is more popular with Asians than whites."

  Looking at Xia Jingxing, Rao Lei continued: "Say something nasty, don't mind Jingxing! Maybe the current Facebook is not very popular with Chinese people.

  On the contrary, I am more optimistic that the model of making friends will take root in China. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said nothing.

  There are penguins in China, and other social networking sites are destined to be a tragedy.

  There have been discussions in previous lives, why can’t China publish Facebook? That's because there are penguins.

  The development of social networks is fairly good, such as Weibo and Momo, but it is a differentiated competition with Penguin, and the rest are corpses.

  Because Penguin has too many QQ users, the Qzone function is launched, and the rest of the SNS sites are basically cold. It is simply fighting an unequal war.

  Of course, there are also penguin’s dead spots, that is, WeChat during the transition from PC to mobile Internet.

   Kill WeChat, and Penguin will be seriously injured if it doesn’t die.

  Look at Baidu from the first place in BAT to the unit of measurement for the market value of giants. Ali and Penguin are equal to ten degrees, and Pinduoduo and Meituan are equal to three degrees...

  You can know how miserable the former giants have fallen behind in the mobile Internet wave.

  Seeing Xia Jingxing groaning silently, Rao Lei and Liu Jian thought he was angry, a little embarrassed.

   "It's okay, Brother Rao, you are right. I also think that foreign companies entering China must carry out localization transformation, otherwise they will definitely not accept the situation."

  Xia Jingxing recovered quickly and said with a smile.

  Rao Lei nodded, "This is natural. We are just drawing on part of the concept of Dating.com, and will not copy it in full."

  " Facebook and Diaoyou.com, except for their market positioning, should have similar functions, right?

  Why don’t you get a Chinese Facebook page out? You can also ask Jingxing to buy a share. "

  Lin Yaocheng smiled and said, “I am more optimistic about the development of Facebook, at least for now, Facebook is the number one in the industry.”

  Rao Lei smiled bitterly, these questions are more tricky than each, it is really difficult to answer.

  The relationship between Liu Jian and Xia Jingxing is a little lighter, so they talk more casually and don't have so many worries.

   "Jingxing, as a friend, I also remind you, don’t let Facebook keep on campus.

  Compared to the campus market, the outside market is ten or twenty times larger!

  If Facebook misses this golden development period, it is very likely that it will always be a "campus social networking site", and the word "campus" cannot be removed. "

  Xia Jingxing can feel that the other party's starting point is good, but he can't agree with him.

  But he still nodded and smiled on his face, “The planning is not so long-term. We still want to go step by step, first take the campus market and talk about other things.

  After all, we have an advantage in the campus market.

  Go outside and compete with dozens of social networking sites, each of which is currently ahead of us. "

Seeing that Xia Jingxing was so stubborn and even short-sighted, Liu Jian smiled and stopped persuading him to stop.

  After talking about career and work, everyone began to talk about their study abroad life over the years.

   "A trip abroad, indeed, I have gained a lot of knowledge and opened up a lot of horizons."

  Recalling the past ten years of living in a foreign country, Rao Lei has a lot of emotion.

  Liu Jian and Rao Lei will also return to China to start a business, so he followed up with a few words of emotion.

  "In addition to insights, I have also earned some dollars. In short, it is much better than domestic work.

  However, China is now in a period of rapid development, and there are many opportunities in all walks of life.

  After returning to China, if you can seize one or two opportunities to start a business, you will definitely be better than working a lifetime in the United States..."

   Hearing the life experience of the two big guys, the students at other tables gathered around with their wine glasses, and when they were enlightened, they also toasted the wine.

  Chinese Chinese restaurants are not so strict on alcohol control.

  Xia Jingxing also took up the small and exquisite wine glasses, and respected Rao Lei and Liu Jian each, and wished them great success in their careers when they returned to China.

  After some excitement, prepare to leave.

Rao Lei, who was full of alcohol and flushed, pulled Xia Jingxing aside, as if there was something to explain.

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  (End of this chapter)