"Zhou Yan, do you think you are here to discuss business with Ali on behalf of the company?" Zhong Ming let go of Zhou Yan and asked with a smile.
Zhou Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the company developed a software called WeChat, and now it is targeted by Penguin. Let me discuss cooperation with Alibaba."
Zhong Ming was stunned, "Was the one that caused a stir on the Internet developed by your company?"
"That's right." Zhou Yan nodded and said, "But now that Penguin is gone, we, Zhulang, are just a small company. No one can do it better than Penguin."
Zhong Ming smiled and patted Zhou Yan: "It's already very good. I also use that one. It's very suitable for office work. Moreover, Mr. Ma also strongly recommends the company to use WeChat for internal communication. And Penguin is redoing QQ this time. It's you too." The company has given Penguin a sense of crisis, and it is great to be able to reach such a point. Don’t worry, I am also a technical director now, and I can speak in the company, so that you can meet our managers smoothly. "
"Excuse me, senior." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
"By the way, how is the trademark issue going? Zhou Yan, don't tell me that you came here to give me the trademark?" Zhong Ming asked a question that he was more concerned about.
Zhou Yan estimated that the news of the successful acquisition of the trademark by Mr. Ma had not spread throughout the company. After all, the reason why the trademark was registered by Zhulang was because of something wrong with the company. It was not very glorious. It was normal for Zhong Ming not to know about it.
He explained with a smile: "It has been solved. Ali has offered 50 million to acquire the trademark. Our company is now rich."
When Zhong Ming heard Zhou Yan's words, his mouth opened slightly, "Fifty million? Zhou Yan, are you kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding, don't tell me that you don't know about Double Eleven. Sales exceeded 2 billion in just one day. I only sold the trademark for 50 million. I still feel like I lost money." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
"Awesome."
Zhong Ming: "Fifty million. I got a full fifty million from Alibaba. This is the amount of financing a start-up company can get. Our huge company is really promising. If I hadn't already established a foothold in Alibaba, , I have already run back to Hongda for an interview."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, just listen to this. Now Zhulang and Alibi, even a fool knows which company to go to.
He didn't say much, but asked: "Senior, is Mr. Ma in the company?"
"Mr. Ma is here, but Zhou Yan, are you sure you want to discuss business with Mr. Ma? Do you want me to take you to the commercial director? Generally, companies go to him for cooperation," Zhong Ming said.
"The company asked me to talk to Mr. Ma and said that I had already made an appointment." Zhou Yan said.
This time when he met Zhong Ming, he simply talked about old times and didn't really expect him to take him to see Ma Yun. Zhou Yan had noticed Zhong Ming's job title a long time ago and knew that he was a P5 engineer with an annual salary of around 150,000. Asking Zhong Ming to take him to Teacher Ma would be considered a embarrassment to him.
The appointment was indeed made. Zhou Yan had Teacher Ma’s contact information when we met. Later, when the three parties finalized the cooperation on the WeChat project, Zhou Yan also added Ma Yun’s WeChat account. This time when he came to Hangzhou, Zhou Yan also contacted her on WeChat. Ma Yun said something, and Ma Yun also welcomed him easily.
Zhong Ming didn't expect Zhou Yan to come prepared. He smiled and said, "Then what are you doing standing outside? I'll lead you in directly."
"good."
Zhou Yan nodded.
Zhong Ming didn't waste any time and took Zhou Yan directly into the building. He verified his identity with the general affairs lady at the front desk. Under the surprised look of the lady, Zhou Yan said goodbye to Zhong Ming and got into the elevator under the guidance of a receptionist.
"Mr. Ma is on the 15th floor, but he should be in a meeting at the moment. Mr. Zhou can wait in the living room," the receptionist said.
"OK."
Soon Zhou Yan reached the 15th floor. The space in the building was very spacious and people were coming and going. After being led by the receptionist, Zhou Yan walked around and came to a small reception room. The decoration of the reception room was very modern. The gray style is very stylish, and there is a splash-ink painting of landscape on the wall, which is obviously valuable.
Zhou Yan waited on the sofa in the reception room for a while, and Ma Yun hurried over.
He had a lean figure but a rosy face. When he saw Zhou Yan, he smiled and extended his hand.
"Mr. Ma."
Zhou Yan and Ma Yun shook hands heavily.
Ma Yun also sat on the sofa inside, made a pot of tea, and said to Zhou Yan with a smile: "Actually, after seeing the commotion between Penguin and 360, I knew that your company would definitely send someone over, but I didn't expect that you would Come here in person, you are young and promising."
"Mr. Ma was joking. Back then, Mr. Ma was running business all over the country, which is why Alibaba is as brilliant as it is now. I have always regarded Mr. Ma as a teacher." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
Business exchanges are all about affection, and Zhou Yan felt that at least his expression was on point.
Ma Yun listened to Zhou Yan's words and smiled empathetically and said: "Career does come from running away. This is true, but I was the same age as you and was still confused in school. If I hadn't heard about the Internet through speculation, Based on the rumors, I’m probably still a second-rate dealer reselling Yiwu small commodities.”
Zhou Yan knew the story of Ma Yun carrying a big sack across the city in the early days of starting her business. It was actually hard to imagine that a young man who was not very technically savvy could lead a business just because he had to go to the United States to collect debts and was exposed to the Internet. Returning to China with "faith", relying on a pair of legs and a mouth, he was able to create Ali's foundation. I can only say that Teacher Ma is really not an ordinary person.
Zhou Yan could even feel the vitality radiating from Ma Yun. This vitality can infect people. Even listening to Ma Yun's substandard Mandarin, Zhou Yan felt that he was a little infected. There was something in that simple language. Same special charm.
The first time he met Ma Yun was in a coffee shop in Hongcheng. At that time, Zhou Yan didn't think anything of it. He only thought that Ma Yun was an Internet boss. But now in his company, even if he just opens his mouth, This kind of tone will make you unable to help but listen. Zhou Yan estimated that many elders at that time were fooled into boarding the ship by Ma Yun after listening to his speech.
Zhou Yan took a deep breath, calmed down, and said to Ma Yun: "Mr. Ma, I really want to talk to your company about the cooperation between WeChat and Taobao when I come here this time."
"What kind of cooperation method?" Ma Yun took the initiative to lean forward.
He obviously showed due respect to Zhou Yan.
"It's like this. I have developed an activity to promote product promotion and attract traffic. This activity can help both Taobao and WeChat." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
Ma Yun looked at her watch, smiled at Zhou Yan and said, "I happen to have time, Zhou Yan, you can tell me more specifically."
Zhou Yan nodded and told Ma Yun the relevant operational ideas for slashing a knife.
After listening to Zhou Yan's idea of cutting a knife, Ma Yun pondered for a moment and looked at Zhou Yan: "Can I understand that our company provides free products to help WeChat increase user stickiness?"
"It's understandable, but it's a win-win situation."
Zhou Yan said with a smile: "Eighty million users is not a small number. If we can use this activity to help your company convert % of the traffic, it will be profitable enough."
Ma Yun pondered for a moment and said to Zhou Yan: "The idea is good. The activity of cutting a knife is indeed quite creative, but whether it can work or not needs to be tested in the market."
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The meaning of his words was very clear, that is, he agreed to cooperate with WeChat on cutting a knife, but the specific method of cooperation still depends on the specific situation.
"Mr. Ma, you might as well find some merchants who are willing to participate in the knife-cutting activity and try it out with WeChat for a month. I will let you see the effect." Zhou Yan said.
Ma Yun looked at the young man in front of him who was as confident as he was back then, as if he had seen the time when he was trying so hard to convince a company to do the Yellow Pages. He smiled and said, "I personally am very optimistic about this activity. Let me Let’s contact the manager of the e-commerce department.”
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Zhou Yan stood up and reached out his hand.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate." Ma Yun shook his hand heavily and said with a smile.
...
In the office, Huang Wu, manager of the e-commerce department, met Ma Yun.
"Mr. Ma, do we really want to cooperate with Zhulang in this knife-cutting activity?" Huang Wu couldn't help but ask.
"Give young people a chance." Ma Yun smiled: "I am very optimistic about a college student company that has the courage to act opposite Penguin."
"But this one-shot... Rather than diverting traffic to our Taobao, it's better to say that we give money to divert traffic to WeChat." Huang Wu said.
"Don't be too arbitrary unless it has been tested by the market." Ma Yun looked at Huang Wu with a serious tone.
"yes."
"Let's do a survey among the merchant group first to see how many merchants are willing to participate in this event. You can contact the person in charge of Zhulang for the follow-up matters, and I won't ask." Ma Yun waved her hand and said.
Rather than believing in this activity, it is better to say that I believe in Zhou Yan.
Having founded Zhulang Technology at a young age, Ma Yun might as well make a small investment in Zhou Yan.
I negotiated with Teacher Ma about the chopping, which went surprisingly smoothly.
Zhou Yan also went to the technical department to say hello to Zhong Ming.
In fact, to be recruited by Alibaba, Zhong Ming's development level must be very good. Zhou Yan has never had the urge to recruit Zhong Ming back to Zhulang. However, with Zhong Ming here, Zhou Yan and Alibaba can be regarded as having an information exchange. Some things are more convenient through channels.
Zhou Yan briefly told Zhong Ming that the trip went well, and left the Alibaba Group after receiving his congratulations.
Standing on the road, looking at the skyscraper belonging to Ali in front of him, Zhou Yan once again felt ambitious in his heart.
He believes that one day in the future, Zhulang can become the owner of a building that can rival or even surpass Ali.
This day is not too far away.
...
Zhijiang River, or Qiantang River bank, Zhou Yan drove a temporarily rented Mercedes-Benz car through the embankment.
Enjoy the rare sunset scenery in Hangzhou.
The weather in Hangzhou has turned cooler, even a bit colder than that in Hongcheng. There are many withered and yellow leaves under the lush green trees. Zhou Yan is enjoying the fast pace of travel in this city as he speeds along.
This is the city where he has worked for nearly ten years, and Zhou Yan has a different sense of hometown than ordinary people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is even his second hometown.
But at that time, I had spent too much blood and sweat in this city, but now, it is more like traveling through this city again as a guest.
The rock music of "She's Gone" by Iron Heart occupied the space in the car. This was an unprecedented passion. Looking at the scenery of Zhijiang passing by quickly, Zhou Yan even felt like I came, I saw, I conquered.
Soon, Zhou Yan arrived at Zhejiang University’s Zhijiang campus.
It is surrounded by university towns, but Zhejiang University is not very eye-catching among them. This campus is old, with old walls, old trees and old churches, but more of a sense of historical sedimentation.
Zhou Yan parked the car in a parking space next to Zhejiang University and got out of the car.
His attire is not very conspicuous among the students coming and going, and he can easily blend in.
However, it is obvious that students at Zhejiang University have a strong academic temperament, and Zhou Yan would hear occasional heated arguments and conversations while walking on the road.
"They are all talents."
Zhou Yandi muttered, but his pace quickened.
Arriving at the gate of Zhejiang University, Zhou Yan casually walked up to a student and entered the school with him, even though there were security guards.
Enter smoothly.
Zhou Yan planned to go to the entrepreneurial base to take a look. He didn't inform Yan Mo in advance when he came to Zhejiang University today. He also wanted to see Yan Mo's daily work.
Walking through the old-fashioned buildings on campus, Zhou Yan followed the street signs and quickly arrived at the entrepreneurial base of Zhejiang University.
The scale of the entrepreneurial base is very large. Zhou Yan thought that it must be at least as big as three playgrounds, which is larger than Hongda's entrepreneurial base. Obviously, Zhejiang University's investment is not small.
According to Xiaomo, the entrepreneurial base of Zhejiang University will also be the venue for this Smart Innovation Cup competition.
Along the way, Zhou Yan also saw some arrangements that were obviously used for the entrepreneurship competition. There were many blue promotional windows on both sides of the road, and there was also a sign unique to the entrepreneurship competition. Zhejiang University was organizing this competition. Obviously enough warm-up was done.
However, there are no competition projects from major universities on the promotional windows. The list of shortlisted university projects will be finalized in early December. At that time, promotional posters for each project will also be posted on these promotional windows.
In this school with a strong historical and cultural atmosphere, the entrepreneurial base is obviously a very modern layout.
After Zhou Yan entered the entrepreneurial base, the first thing he saw was the signposts of major entrepreneurial groups.
Area a, area b, area c, and area d are clearly marked, and all of them are entrepreneurial studios of Zhejiang University. Zhou Yan counted more than forty of them, while Mengyu Studio founded by Xiaomo is in a end of the district.
At the same time, Zhou Yan also discovered a new promotional poster about Mengyu Studio.
The poster was standing at the intersection. It listed the relevant achievements of Mengyu Studio at this stage, including the identity of the organizer of the Smart Cup. What surprised Zhou Yan even more was that Xiaomo's photo was in the upper left corner of the poster. Leave it alone.
Zhen raised his head slightly, his silky black hair hung down on his shoulders, and a few strands of broken hair stuck playfully to his forehead. His very spiritual eyes looked forward. Even if it was just a photo, Zhou Yan could see that it belonged to Xiao Mo. Unique confidence and sunshine.
Zhou Yan came to the poster, looked at the photo of Yan Mo, who had become an entrepreneurial star on campus, and smiled slightly.
Classmate Xiaomo, long time no see.
