Chapter 73： [The more scolding, the more fire]

DReddit's positioning is very special. It is the source of web page fresh events and hot events, and it is also the most interesting place in the Internet world and a highly organized link concentration place.

Everything is divided into sections, which contain links that are rich in specific interests of the section, which is exactly the same as the model of Post Bar.

Each section focuses on a specific type of content and has a very wide coverage, including not only news, Zhengzhi, sports, music, games, etc., whether you are an antique lover, a plant lover, or a niche music , You can find or create the corresponding section here.

Of course, more importantly, you can find people with similar interests through Reddit.

When Reddit was first launched, it attracted much attention from the industry, because it was almost the opposite of BlueStar ’s most famous product, BlueSpace social networking site. In the beginning, there was media that was quite affirming Bluestar ’s innovative ability.

However, with the launch of the website for a week, the wind assessment suddenly turned sharply. A large number of mainstream media in Europe and the United States attacked Reddit, which caused a lot of bad reviews in a short time. Soon, the corresponding users scolded it. website.

There is an animal section on Reddit, and the creator stipulated that only cute and positive photos about animals can be posted here. Pets that are sick, dying, and just returned from the hospital are not allowed to upload here.

But there are always a few troublemakers who like to base their happiness on the pain of others, they just do n’t listen, they do n’t follow the rules, and some even post Seqing pictures on it, and immediately delete the post with the administrator Hard steel, because it is an anonymous mechanism, is even more unavoidable.

The mechanism used by Reddit is quite "willful", as long as you can register a user name that has not been used by others, you can join. In other words, as long as you are happy, creating N accounts is very simple, and it is not a real-name system like the blue space. .

Anonymity allows people to easily disguise themselves on Reddit. When netizens realize this, the evil side of humanity is also gradually revealed here.

In March, the Reddit website moved forward with abusive comments and bad comments. Many voices urged the FBI or any department to go to Menlo Park to forcibly shut down the website.

These were already expected by Luo Sheng, so the company also hired a professional legal team in North America. Although it costs a lot of money, it is necessary to have such a strong legal team, especially In the European and American markets.

The legal team will only get bigger and bigger.

Even though North American netizens and some media are hostile to Reddit, they have not been able to shut down the website after all.

Through the Alexa website traffic ranking query, you will find that Reddit is in a state of abuse and bad reviews, but its activity and traffic are constantly rising, and it has a posture of getting more and more insulting.

中 By mid-March, the number of users on the Reddit website exceeded one million, which made the industry look at it.

Reddit is launching new features, anyone can post any connection, and the link that gets the most likes will rise to the top of the page.

The launch of this feature has taken it to the other extreme, on the one hand, the activity of Reddit has skyrocketed, becoming very dynamic, and on the other hand, it has caused negative situations because the website has no restrictions on registration. This thing started to appear naturally on Reddit.

Some naval organizations have a clear division of labor. First, they are crazy to register for an account, and then they slowly start to raise their numbers. When the navy operates, first let them express their opinions on a certain topic, and others will operate a lot. Like to increase the popularity of this topic, your account will be pushed to the homepage, and finally achieve the purpose of publicity.

DReddit is just a community of devil dancing. This is the freedom that has gone too far. As the popularity gradually spreads, Reddit's visits are growing rapidly, and it has the potential to become a super community.

It is difficult for some senior practitioners in the industry to know exactly what type of website Reddit is, because its plasticity is too powerful and contains various forms and elements.

It was madly criticized by the media, and also blasted by users themselves. Some angry Netizens are the most shabby websites in the history of the Internet users. Their backhands are flying on Reddit. When they are upset, they spray on others In a wave, or doing something that makes others super upset, I feel much better.

This is an online community that "comes and hurts each other".

Over time, foreign netizens yelled and yelled, but the number of times they were opened has quietly increased, and they also shared some "sand sculpture" incidents on the blue space, which indirectly caused other people's curiosity. Heart, this chain reaction is driving a rapid surge in Reddit traffic.

Although users have great freedom here and the cost of their own speech is extremely low, the website still bans on some absolutely taboo topics, such as anti-human things, and people in North America avoid it. Inferior issues of aristocracy and discrimination.

If you do n’t pay attention to these problems, it ’s not that the media is rushing, but that the website may be forced to shut down and you wo n’t win a lawsuit.

But this does not prevent Internet users in North America from using Reddit more and more frequently. Gradually, as large as the US foreign policy and as small as a pet's cute photo, it can cause users to like or follow.

Yes, the blue space only has the like function, but the "stepping" function on the Reddit website is even more effective than improving the site's activity.

From time to time, some talented comments will pop up, and they will quickly spread through the Reddit website, and even into other corners of the Internet to become popular segments.

The emergence of Reddit and showing signs of becoming a blockbuster is also a surprise to Silicon Valley. The domestic Internet community is also paying attention, but this time no one dared to imitate Reddit and create an anonymous community website that gives users great freedom in China. .

I was stopped in minutes.

However, the Reddit website obviously has the same effect with Yunge Post Bar in many places. It is Luo Sheng ’s “Europe and the United States Post Bar” created for Internet users in Europe and America, and Yun Ge Post Bar is currently well-organized. Yu Jun is planning with Li Mingyuan. Super Girl "is an entertainment event.

Luo Sheng didn't pay much attention to the Reddit website. The outside world was looking side by side for this website, but he knew that Reddit's traffic monetization ability was relatively poor, and it was difficult to accurately place ads and attract ads. the Lord.

However, Luo Sheng did not expect to rely on Reddit to bring him direct income. What he saw was the traffic here. The Internet must be the traffic, and a traffic moat must be created. The traffic ca n’t be realized here. Elsewhere, it is still monetized.

After all, the appearance of wool in dogs is a common phenomenon in the Internet field.

When the time came to mid-March, Luo Sheng had pulled out of the development sequence, and the development of Blue Space Music (MusicSpace) and Bluestar Video was handed to Xu Yong to lead the development team to continue the development.

Luo Sheng, who was drawn away, had more important things to plan.

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Bluestar Technology Corporation, Board of Directors.

什么 "What? The company enters the ICT field? IMHO chairman, you have made great achievements in the field of IT Internet. There is no doubt about it, but I don't think the company can still achieve the same achievements in the ICT field."

的 The board of directors was in an uproar at the moment. The other five directors at the meeting were all investors' agents of interest, all looking at Luo Sheng with an incredible expression.

Because he just suddenly proposed that the company should enter the field of ICT, to be precise Luo Sheng clearly stated that he wanted to play semiconductors and hardware R & D technology, and he would invest 100 million US dollars in this field.

This group of VC agents was stupid on the spot when he made such a decision. A pure Internet company, founded in its first year, does not have any technical reserves and related resources in the ICT field, let alone 100 million US dollars, even 10 Billions of dollars, billions of dollars are unlikely to play any fame.

It's gone.

The investment of hundreds of millions of dollars was absolutely silent, and there was no doubt that Luo Sheng's proposal was opposed and unanimously opposed by all outside directors on the spot.

Even if you know that voting may not stop you, it is important to protect the interests of the shareholders you represent.

This was all expected by Luo Sheng, and the fierce opposition was right, so that he could logically enter the following good offices.

Luo Sheng said harmlessly, "I will enter the ICT field anyway. Since investors are afraid that I will ruin Bluestar Technology, I will use my own money to toss it, but I do n’t have that much money. , But I have the equity of Bluestar Technology. I can transfer some of the shares of Bluestar Technology held by individuals and let the investors of the representatives buy it. Otherwise, I can only let the company enter this industry. "

The external directors at the meeting looked at each other face to face, all of them said nothing, but in their hearts they scolded Luo Sheng, a shameless dog comparison.

This is the threat of realizing strong buying and strong selling. Equity transfer is not financing. The financing money belongs to the company's money, and VC buys Luo Sheng to transfer his personal equity, which means that the money is his personal and does not belong to the company. property.

No doubt, for investors it is increased risk leverage.

I won, now it is difficult to ride a tiger. Investors are dumbfounded. I never dreamed of Luo Sheng playing this drift. He has thrown a lot of money on him, and so far he has not recovered a penny, and he does not have enough voting rights to check and balance him.

There are two options before VC. The first option is to treat this investment project of Blue Star Technology as a bad debt. When someone receives it, the stock price is converted to a low price. If it is not a bad debt, you can invest in Blue Star Technology. VC is the world's top VC, and even selling them means that if you don't like it, no one will dare to take it, so it can only be regarded as a bad debt.

What makes VC tangled is that Bluestar's outstanding performance is undeniable. It is just that Luo Sheng's brain circuit is stuck or why he wants to go to ICT? Feng Shui is up, and this cannot be denied.

He is such a nerve-knife founder on the booth. He still firmly controls the company. VC cannot intervene.

And the second option is that, anyway, after he got on his thief ship, he went all the way to the black, took a few times more leveraged investment risk, gave him the money, and went to ICT to toss with him. Sheng himself bears all risks, and these risks do not need to be passed on to Bluestar Technology.

The few outside directors present did not understand that Luo Sheng could be so strong. He would rather have to spend money to play ICT when he transferred his equity. I really do n’t know where she came from. My self-confidence. What comes with IBM and Intel? , Qualcomm and TI compete.

In the eyes of these outside directors, Luo Sheng's move was properly given.

"I have decided, and now I formally propose to hold an extraordinary shareholder meeting 15 days later." Luo Sheng immediately decided to make a decision. The equity transfer was plainly stated to be cashing out before the IPO. This situation will not happen, but Bluestar Technology has a good momentum of development. Now, it can be realized at any time, but the company's desire to make money has always been suppressed by Luo Sheng, which will cause the company to be unprofitable.

Because of this, he has a 100% certainty that this cash-out can be absolutely successful. Without him, the lure of a good character, coupled with the trapping of major VCs today, this is like the company owes banks tens of billions of billions. A false bank account, for fear that your company will go bankrupt, all his loans will be in vain, and you can only continue to borrow money rashly or you will go bankrupt.

Investors have smashed billions of soft sister coins on Bluestar Technology, how can it be said that bad debts have become bad debts, not to mention that this account is not bad at all.

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