Chapter 832 : Showing Off a Little
Chapter 832: Showing Off a Little
After discussing the real estate market, everyone talked about matters in their respective fields for a while.
For example, Ding Sanshi talked about the games his company was developing.
Speaking of games, among those present, only Chen Fan's company was involved in the gaming business.
Although it was just a small gaming department, whether it was the first FPS mini-game developed earlier or the later agency of 《Audition Online》, Ding Sanshi highly praised Chen Fan's eye for games.
He said Chen Fan was an expert at achieving big things with small investments, always able to earn the maximum profit with minimal expenditure.
When it came to games, Ding Sanshi obviously had a lot more to say.
Because games were indeed the trump card that saved NetEase.
When Chen Fan had just been reborn, which was in 2000, NetEase was on the verge of collapse, and Ding Sanshi once wanted to sell NetEase at a price of 1 yuan per share.
Even so, no investors were interested.
Fortunately, Ding Sanshi's fate wasn't sealed. Later, he received guidance from an expert and ventured into the gaming industry.
Moreover, the company developed a blockbuster product 《Fantasy Westward Journey》, which directly pulled NetEase back from the brink of life and death.
Chen Fan expressed his modesty, saying that his company was just a novice in gaming, and in the future, he would need to learn more from Chairman Ding.
Ding Sanshi laughed heartily and took the opportunity to invite Chen Fan to visit his company sometime, saying that they might even be able to collaborate.
Next, the topic of conversation turned to the internet. Nearly half of the companies present were related to the internet, so everyone had a lot to discuss.
They talked about the internet wave abroad, the business environment in China, then the entrepreneurship trend, and then the next internet entrepreneurship hotspot.
Wang Xing, sitting at the back of the crowd, was a typical newcomer who couldn't join in the conversation most of the time. Now that the topic had turned to his area of interest, he finally mustered the courage to ask a question.
The target of his question was Chen Fan.
"Mr. Chen, I'd like to ask, what do you think will be the next entrepreneurship hotspot in China's internet industry?"
Although a few years older than Chen Fan, Wang Xing's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at Chen Fan.
As soon as this question was asked, everyone's eyes fell on Chen Fan.
They were all curious about Chen Fan's answer to this question.
Chen Fan pondered for two seconds before slowly speaking.
"I believe the current entrepreneurship hotspots in China's internet industry are social networking and e-commerce."
"In the next few years, these two fields will become new entrepreneurship trends."
"Moreover, I'm very optimistic about Mr. Ma's Alibaba, which seems to be ahead of everyone else."
Chen Fan's last words were a compliment to Ma Yun, who nodded with a smile.
It wasn't because of Chen Fan's words, but because Chen Fan's answer coincided with his own thoughts.
This was the feeling of meeting a kindred spirit.
"Can you elaborate on your reasons?" Wang Xing asked another question.
"Everyone here is a big shot, I really don't dare to presume. Let's not embarrass myself."
But Ma Yun joked with a smile, "Come on, let's all hear it."
Chen Fan couldn't refuse, so he smiled and began, "Well, I'll just make up a few words, please take it as casual talk."
"Humans are social animals."
Chen Fan's opening set the tone for his subsequent speech.
"Offline, people form groups, have their own circles, and form various small groups due to various interests, hobbies, and religious beliefs."
"And online, human social attributes remain undiminished."
"From the birth of the internet, the starting point of online social networking was email. The internet is essentially a network of computers, and email solved the problem of remote file transmission for people. It's considered the starting point of social networking."
"After that, BBS further brought people's social attributes closer, theoretically realizing the function of broadcasting messages to everyone and discussing topics. It's considered the starting point of social networking."
"Subsequently, various social tools were born one after another, blogs that were once popular abroad, as well as online chat tools and online dating tools. People began to get closer and closer."
"YouTube was established in 2005, Twitter was established in 2006, and domestically, the massive chat tool QQ was born."
"In fact, careful observation will reveal that the development of social networks is the development of the internet. With the development of the internet, social networks have become more and more specialized, from individuals expressing opinions, to chatting, group chats, and the birth of community concepts..."
"Social networks haven't disappeared, but have become larger and more specialized..."
"Therefore, the future internet entrepreneurship hotspot, products focusing on one of the tracks of social networking, is still an entrepreneurship hotspot."
"To give a simple example, Mr. Ma's Taobao is e-commerce, which is also a kind of social network. In addition, there are music playback, blogs, chat communication, communities, video and film..."
At this point, Chen Fan smiled embarrassedly.
"I've talked too much unintentionally, and have shown off in front of my seniors."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
One boss laughed and said, "It makes a lot of sense. Although I'm not in the internet business, I understood it all."
Ma Yun nodded with a smile, "Indeed, it makes a lot of sense."
Chen Fan said to first focus on one specialized track to start a business, and his own Alibaba was focusing on e-commerce.
Wang Xing, who raised the question, sat in the corner, still recalling Chen Fan's words in his mind, muttering under his breath.
"Blogs, communities..."
Then the topic of conversation turned to finance.
This time, Chen Fan was very low-key and no longer spoke up, mostly playing the role of a listener.
Listening to the conversation of several big shots, Chen Fan was actually thinking about something else.
In another year, starting from 2007, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States would break out.
After that, this subprime crisis would sweep the globe, triggering a new round of financial crisis.
This crisis led to the bankruptcy of companies and institutions that over-invested in subprime mortgage financial derivatives, and triggered a severe credit crunch globally.
Then the disaster in the virtual economy spread to the real economy. It caused economic growth to slow down in countries around the world, unemployment rates to soar, and even some countries began to experience severe economic recession.
However, with this "foresight" ability, he could make many preparations in advance and minimize losses.
Moreover, Chen Fan still had a lot of funds in hand.
At that time, he could take out a part to invest in the stock market, and while those big capitals were crazily harvesting, he could quietly make a fortune behind them.
Of course, these were all future matters.
This conversation lasted for more than 3 hours, and it wasn't until after 23:00 that everyone parted ways contentedly.
Everyone enthusiastically exchanged contact information with Chen Fan, then waved goodbye.
Although it was only their first meeting, Chen Fan's performance tonight had completely won over every big shot present.
It proved that he had real skills, and hadn't reached this point today by relying on luck alone.
Ma Yun, as the host, kept holding Chen Fan's hand and repeatedly invited him to come to Suzhou and Hangzhou again, saying that they might even collaborate on some new projects together.
Looking at Ma Yun's smiling face, a term suddenly flashed in Chen Fan's mind.
"Double 11 Shopping Festival."
Should he tell Old Ma about this idea?