Then this afternoon? "
Li Jie was a little stunned by the sudden invitation. What Chen Tianlin said must mean that Zhang Yimin had already arrived in the Magic City. It seemed that the other party was really anxious.
"Okay, brother, please send me the address. I'll be there later."
"Okay, I'll give you my authority later."
Li Jie agreed so readily, which made Chen Tianlin feel very proud. Originally, with his temperament, he would not have been so rash. The reason for this was because Zhang Yimin, the boss of ByteDance, strongly requested it.
This time, not only did Zhang Yimin arrive in person, he also brought along Liang Bo, the technical director of a sound company, because many of the ideas in Li Jie’s plan coincided with his, and some were even more unexpected than he had expected, but none of them were different. Brilliant idea, extremely executable.
In fact, ByteDance has long been preparing to enter the short video field. When Chen Tianlin found Zhang Yimin, their company's internal secret research and development was already halfway through, and it is expected that the first version of a certain sound will be online in more than a month.
However, things are different now. After seeing the plan, Zhang Yimin decided to completely tear down and rebuild the APP under development. Instead of slowly updating it after it goes online, it is better to do it in one step.
It is not a simple matter for an APP to go from project establishment to research and development to launch. Sometimes, for a certain function, products, artists, and programmers can turn people's brains into dog brains.
Although Li Jie's plan was written in more detail, he did not use too much space to describe certain details. The purpose of Zhang Yimin's trip was, firstly, to discuss the details, and secondly, to get to know the 'master' ', and by the way, let's see if there is any chance to dig into the corner.
What is the most expensive thing in the 21st century? Talent is the most expensive!
The person who could write this plan was undoubtedly the top talent of this era. Zhang Yimin was moved. In his eyes, working in his own company was more attractive than working in an investment bank.
Zhang Yimin has started his own business several times, and has often interacted with investment bankers. Generally speaking, there are only three types of people who enter investment banks in the future. One is to rise all the way to a real senior executive, and the other is to use investment banking as a springboard and work for several jobs. After completing the accumulation in a year, you can then quit. You can either set up your own business, recruit a team and work alone, do private equity or venture capital, start a business or join a startup team, or jump to a small boutique investment bank (focusing on market segments) to become a senior executive or sneak into the buyer. (listed companies, etc.).
In addition to asking for advice and curiosity, Zhang Yimin also had an assessment intention in this meeting. If the other party is really confident that the short video will be as described in the plan, then coming to his company will undoubtedly be a very good choice. Once the other party passes his assessment, Zhang Yimin will not skimp on equity and high salary.
Because this person deserves this!
It's a pity that he can't calculate it at all. Li Jie has no interest in 'making money'. Otherwise, with Li Jie's ability, his current net worth will only be higher than him.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jie followed the navigation and arrived at his destination. The meeting place was a private club.
Arriving at this private club, Li Jie first met Chen Tianlin, and then he led him to an antique elegant room.
Li Jie recognized the middle-aged man with ordinary appearance and calm demeanor sitting in the main seat at a glance. Next to him sat a middle-aged man with a thin face, who must be the other party's technical director.
Because both of them have the same smell, the smell of a technical man.
As the founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yimin is quite famous in the business world.
When Zhang Yimin saw Li Jie and Chen Tianlin walking in, he stood up calmly and took the initiative to extend his hand to Li Jie.
"Thank you, sir. Nice to meet you!"
Li Jie smiled and shook hands with him and said in a nonchalant manner: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I have long admired your name!"
For the founder of ByteDance, Li Jie has really admired his name for a long time. Zhang Yimin was born in an ordinary public institution family in Fujian Province. He was admitted to Nankai University at the age of 18, majoring in microelectronics and software engineering. He is a typical Tech nerd.
As soon as he graduated from college in 2005, he formed a team of three people and developed an IAM collaborative office system for enterprises. However, due to lack of experience, the product positioning was wrong, and his first venture ended in failure.
Zhang Yimin, who failed to start his own business, joined Kuxun, an OTA (online travel) website, a few months later. In just one year, he became the company's senior technical director, supervising more than 40 people.
In order to learn the management methods of large companies, Zhang Yimin resigned and went to Microsoft in 2008. This experience also laid a solid foundation for his subsequent development.
In 2009, Zhang Yimin started his first business and founded the vertical real estate search engine "Jiujiufang". This was also his first time involved in mobile development (the development of PC and mobile terminals were different. At that time, smartphones were far from what they are now. It’s so popular that you basically learn by doing). In more than a year, Jiujiufang has directly achieved 1.5 million users, making it the number one real estate application.
At the end of 2011, Zhang Yimin resigned from his position as CEO of Jiujiufang and began to prepare for "Tomorrow's Toutiao" at the beginning of 2012. From the creation of Toutiao to its valuation of US$500 million, Zhang Yimin only spent 4 years.
Zhang Yimin did not look down upon Li Jie at all because of his age. Instead, he attached great importance to him and enthusiastically introduced the people around him.
"Hello, let me introduce to you. This is Liang Bo, the CTO of our company. The main reason for coming here is to learn from you."
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
After the two shook hands, Chen Tianlin, as the host, invited everyone to sit down.
Compared to Liang Bo, who was quite reserved, Zhang Yimin was undoubtedly much more enthusiastic. He pulled Li Jie and chatted about home affairs, as if he was an old friend he hadn't seen for many years. Of course, he did not neglect Chen Tianlin, and the atmosphere in the private room was very harmonious. .
'Sure enough, success is no accident. '
Li Jie thought as he looked at Zhang Yimin who was talking eloquently.
After some conversation, Li Jie took the initiative to clarify the topic: "Mr. Zhang, I wonder if you have any advice for calling me here today?"
Zhang Yimin laughed and put down his tea cup. Today's meeting really surprised him. He originally thought that the other party was just a business master, but he didn't expect that the other party was also very technically accomplished.
"Don't take advice seriously. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. I came with a learning mentality this time. I also hope that I can give you more advice!"
Li Jie waved his hand: "Mr. Zhang is so complimentary. I still have many shortcomings that I need to learn from my seniors."
Zhang Yimin shook his head: "You don't need to be modest at all. The plan that Mr. Chen brought over was written by you, right?"
Li Jie nodded, and Zhang Yimin praised: "This plan is not simple. It can be said that every word is pearl, every sentence is brilliant, enlightening and inspiring, and it is enlightening. It is not an exaggeration to say that one sentence is worth a fortune."
Chen Tianlin smiled and nodded at the side, feeling very happy. However, Zhang Yimin's next words made his expression change drastically.
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