Chapter 863 The Crazy Arrival Early

After a short stay in Jinling for a few days, Wu Tao and the others returned to the capital the day before the Lantern Festival.

Since embarking on the road of studying, this Lantern Festival is rarely celebrated at home. Among the many traditional festivals, this festival is the most in name only.

Even so, Tsinghua's cafeteria has specially prepared various Lantern Festivals for this festival.

Big and small, salty and sweet, round and square, white flowers, everything.

In the canteen of Yushuyuan, Wu Tao tasted the assortment of small Lantern Festivals while paying attention to the latest Internet business developments.

Since NetEase completed its magnificent turnaround on Nasdaq a few years ago, the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship in the Internet industry in China has obviously risen unprecedentedly.

The newly established Sohu and Sina both announced their NASDAQ listing plans, giving the already overheated Chinese Internet market a shot in the arm.

As a result, Wu Tao is very worried that the day when the global Internet bubble collapses is very likely to come earlier.

This amount in advance may be half a year or a year.

Putting down the document in his hand, Wu Tao thought for a moment, and then a call came to Xue Jiaqian's cell phone.

"Within three months, sell off the NetEase stock in your hand."

Xue Jiaqian was startled, "Three months? Boss, didn't you say half a year earlier? Isn't this too hasty? We might lose a lot."

Wu Tao was unmoved, "The growth rate of NetEase stock in the past month has also exceeded our expectations, hasn't it?"

The other end of the phone was immediately speechless, Xue Jiaqian was silent for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "Yes, boss, I will adjust the cashing plan."

After receiving the call, Wu Tao's expression remained solemn.

An Rong glanced at him, then scanned the ink-smelling fax document, and asked doubtfully, "Is the situation really as serious as you analyzed?"

Wu Tao pointed to a set of data on the document and said: "According to the latest market analysis report of Apocalypse Investment, the number of Internet users in China has exceeded 30 million! The market share of private computers has reached 30% of the entire computer market, which means China's Internet environment is accelerating towards maturity."

The rapid growth rate of this data was never expected by Wu Tao.

Looking back, he realized that this was probably a chain reaction of the butterfly effect.

The free promotion of Counter-Strike in the country has played a catalytic and magical effect on the cultivation of netizens in the domestic market.

Coupled with the hot launch of Xiaonei.com, the number of registered users has exceeded 5 million within half a year of popularization.

This has also played a certain role in fueling the cultivation of domestic netizens.

The surge in user scale has also stimulated the maturity of the computer hardware market. Lenovo and foreign brands are scrambling to enter the mature domestic market, and the intensified competition will inevitably lead to rational prices of computer hardware.

This led to the early popularization of computers, which further led to a skyrocketing increase in the number of Internet users.

Today's scale has reached the data of the previous life one and a half to two years later.

After listening to Wu Tao's words, An Rong couldn't help thinking: "Isn't this a good thing?"

This is a bit difficult to explain. Wu Tao's judgment on the Internet bubble is based on these few data.

As for why these data can be used as a wind vane and a reference index, it is not easy to explain.

As An Rong said, it makes perfect sense to use these data as indicators for judging the development potential of the Internet industry.

So Wu Tao did not directly explain this, but tried to analyze: "The maturity of the Internet environment is not only reflected in the growth of user scale and the formation of the market, but also in the elimination of the chaff and the essence of Internet companies."

"...Over the past few years, domestic Internet companies, large and small, have sprung up one after another, and homogeneous competition is already very bad. Coupled with the stimulation of NetEase's listing, this phenomenon has become even more crazy."

"... As the saying goes, if God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy. Now it has probably entered that crazy stage."

When leaving Yushu Garden, I happened to meet a radiant Hu Ning on the main road of the campus.

I have to admit that since the establishment of the Qianqian Jingting music website, Hu Ning has taken on a whole new look.

The original fresh and pleasant appearance has become more positive, full of vitality, and full of enthusiasm for everything.

At the beginning of this new semester, she racked her brains to formulate a development plan for a music website.

The success of NetEase's IPO, as well as the fact that many domestic websites have successively disclosed plans to go public abroad, have greatly boosted her morale.

Everyone else can do it, why can't I?

"Boss, I was planning to find you." Hu Ning smiled and nodded at An Rong as he said hello.

Wu Tao recovered from his solemnity, tried his best to show a smile and said, "Oh, so it's Senior Sister Hu Ning, what can I do for you?"

Hu Ning handed over a folder in his arms and said, "This is the development plan for the Qianqian Jingting website that I compiled, please review it."

Wu Tao took it and put it under his armpit and said, "Oh, I'll take a good look at it."

However, Hu Ning not only had no intention of leaving, but followed the pace of Wu Tao and the two, chatting while walking: "Boss, now the newspapers say that our country has ushered in the golden age of Internet development. Internet companies are springing up like mushrooms after rain. I heard that after this year, a dozen small companies are registered and established in Zhongguancun every day.”

Wu Tao asked with great interest, "What do you think?"

Hu Ning took a deep breath and said: "I think this is both an opportunity and a challenge. It is an opportunity because the huge user base is a good thing for Internet companies; it is a challenge because there are more companies and the competition will naturally intensify. Deterioration, survival of the fittest, has existed since ancient times.”

"Then what is your position on the Qianqian Jingting music website?"

"About this," Hu Ning said with sparkling eyes, "I have already explained it in detail in the plan submitted to you, so please take the time to read it, boss."

After saying that, Hu Ning blinked at An Rong, waved goodbye, and turned to leave.

Wu Tao turned around and smiled wryly at An Rong, "You think it would be too cruel if I poured cold water on her on the spot?"

An Rong said thoughtfully: "Cruel or not, I don't know. But I think you are likely to lose the support of this senior. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless you adopt a unified development policy for your Internet companies and go through this period without discrimination."

When Wu Tao's heart was touched, he suddenly had a strong self-confidence, "That's exactly what I mean!"