Venue Chronicles: Revealing the Conversations of Former Rivals

The China Internet 30th Anniversary Development Symposium two days ago was completely broken due to the handshake between Zhou Hongyi and Ma Huateng in the “3Q War”.

This symposium was attended by Ma Huateng, Lei Jun, Zhang Chaoyang, Zhou Hongyi and others. What interesting things happened to them?

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Sina Technology interviewed Fu Sheng, who attended the conference, to obtain more information.

In the 30-year history of development, they have frequently quarreled over conflicts of business interests and ideas, and now they are collectively engaged in the next battlefield. As Fu Sheng said, “When you let go of some things, you don't necessarily have to figure out who was right and who was wrong. It's because the situation has become higher and you don't care about each other anymore.”

“Internet celebrity” Zhou Hongyi: Give me a Xiaomi SU7

An interesting phenomenon is that Zhou Hongyi, who was once “the most enthusiastic about quarrels” in the domestic Internet circle, has now become an “Internet celebrity”. At the symposium, Zhou Hongyi had conversations and exchanges with Ma Huateng, Lei Jun, Zhang Chaoyang and others, and made a video of the exchanges.

When shooting a short video with his former “3Q War” rival Ma Huateng, Zhou Hongyi said, “At this year's meeting, I met my old friend Ma Huateng again. I would like to thank Mr. Ma for supporting me on the video account.”

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When meeting Lei Jun, who had a “Military 3 War” with him due to mobile phone problems, Zhou Hongyi stepped forward to congratulate Lei Jun on “the success of Xiaomi SU7” and offered to let Lei Jun give him an SU7 to experience. However, this request was rejected by Lei Jun with high emotional intelligence, saying, “I found that you can't drive, you can only ride in a car. Xiaomi is designed for people who drive, so it is fun to drive.”Lei Jun said that when Xiaomi launches an SUV, he will give one to Zhou Hongyi.

In addition, during the conference, a video in which Zhou Hongyi communicated with Sohu Chairman and CEO Zhang Chaoyang was actually shot by Fu Sheng, Zhou Hongyi’s former subordinate, but later “broke off” and started his own independent business.

But now, the relationship between Fu Sheng and Zhou Hongyi has gradually eased, and they can interact friendly with each other.

Low-key Ma Huateng: The focus is always on “skin”

As the corporate leader with the highest market value attending the China Internet 30th Anniversary Symposium, Ma Huateng remains as low-key and humble as ever. There is almost no single personal content report found on the Internet. The only content appears in Zhou Hongyi’s video account. Zhou Hongyi said, “I met my old friend Ma Huateng again and thanked Mr. Ma for supporting me on the video account.”

In response, Ma Huateng pointed at Zhou Hongyi's clothes and joked: “Now that you have become an anchor, you are now an Internet celebrity.”

Afterwards, some netizens joked: “Mr. Ma, what you can't forget is your skin.”

In fact, it is well known that Ma Huateng pays attention to “skin”. After all, the game business has long been Tencent's largest revenue business, and it can earn huge revenue just by selling skins. Previously, Tencent insiders revealed that at the peak of “Honor of Kings”, the maximum daily income from selling skins alone could reach 200 million, and a Zhao Yun skin could earn 150 million a day!

With such hugely profitable “skin” income, it's no wonder that Ma Huateng pays special attention to other people's “skin” on any occasion.

“Model worker” Lei Jun: The 30 years of the Internet are the 30 years of my growth

Since the release of Xiaomi SU7, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun, who “bets all honors” to build a car, has become increasingly active in the public eye.

At the symposium, when asked, “Why do you come to attend the event when you are so busy building and selling cars?” Lei Jun's answer was, “I have a deep relationship with the Internet. The 30 years of the Internet are the 30 years of the development of the Internet, and it is also the 30 years of our development.” During the 30 years of growth of everyone here, in fact, everyone started as a hobbyist and gradually developed into a well-known entrepreneur today.”

As one of the earliest Internet programmers in China, he met Ma Huateng, Zhang Chaoyang and others on the Internet through BBS before the Internet became popular in China. According to Fu Sheng, when Lei Jun said this, “The person sitting on the left of Lei Jun is Ma Huateng, and the person sitting on the right is Zhang Chaoyang.”

also,Zhang Chaoyang also presented Lei Jun with two of his own physics monographs.. However, these profound physics books made Lei Jun kneel down and shout: “I always thought I was good at physics, and I planned to take a closer look, but I just knelt down and couldn't understand it at all.”

“Old subordinate” Fu Sheng: I don't care anymore

At the scene, Fu Sheng personally helped Zhou Hongyi shoot a short video. As a former superior and an old friend who later parted ways due to disagreement over their ideas and remained in a stalemate for 16 years, Fu Sheng personally helped Zhou Hongyi shoot a short video this time, revealing that the relationship between the two has gradually become harmonious and is no longer so rigid.

When communicating with Sina Technology, Fu Sheng said, “You see, Lao Zhou and several people present have quarreled, but why can everyone still chat together? Because over the course of 30 years, something happened in the middle This thing is like a stone thrown into water, it is a wave. The Internet industry has created some of our personal problems, which are nothing compared with such big things as the industry.”

Fu Sheng said, “From the perspective of personal growth, you let go of some things because a person's status quo has improved. It does not necessarily mean that you have figured out who is right and who is wrong, but that you don't care about it.”

Conclusion

In the past, Internet entrepreneurs who frequently quarreled over conflicts of business interests and ideas have long since laughed off their grudges and moved on to the next new battlefield with ease.

At present, new generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence are accelerating iterative innovation, and new opportunities are brewing. In Fu Sheng’s view, “Only industry can create people, and only times can create heroes. In the new wave of artificial intelligence technology, if we continue to invest fully in it, in another 30 years, many young people will also reap the dividends of the times. , and become a business celebrity.”

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