Chapter 37, Jiang Hao dominates the hot search list, Pinduoduo dominates the download list
With 20 billion yuan in financing and the participation of Tencent, the "Pinduoduo" app appeared on the mobile phones of people across the country almost overnight.
After several years of development, Taobao has already built a very good infrastructure for online shopping, so Pinduoduo is completely stepping on Taobao and digging into its corners.
In addition, Pinduoduo's "price cut" is somewhat shameless and moral kidnapping, so this has led Taobao to publicly criticize Pinduoduo's shamelessness on various occasions.
Yesterday at a high-level business forum, "Boss Ma" of Taobao directly and mercilessly criticized Pinduoduo's shamelessness in public, saying a lot of things like Pinduoduo is a disgrace to China's business community and everyone should exclude it!
The entire business community represented by the "Taishan Club" is supporting "Taobao", as if "Pinduoduo" is an extremely evil villain.
The "Taobao" in 2014 was a god-like existence, and its status in the minds of netizens far exceeded that of "Huawei" in 2024.
As a college student, Zhou Tao is also in awe and afraid of it!
Now that he was being criticized fairly, Zhou Tao felt guilty and scared, so today he flew back to Quancheng from Yanjing to meet Jiang Hao:
"Mouse, isn't it a bit immoral for us to do this?"
"Hahaha!" Seeing Zhou Tao's anxious look, Jiang Hao couldn't help laughing.
That’s “Papa Ma” who is about to be deified. In 2014, no one on the entire Internet said a bad word about him!
If Jiang Hao was criticized publicly by him, Jiang Hao felt that he would break down immediately. However, seeing that Zhou Tao was anxious but did not break down, Jiang Hao really looked up to Zhou Tao.
But anyway, it was not Jiang Hao who was criticized, so Jiang Hao could "talk without any pain in his waist".
He took a sip of coffee and asked Zhou Tao with a smile, "Did you make money?"
"I made money!" Zhou Tao nodded seriously. Jiang Hao was trying his best to "make extra money" and Zhou Tao followed closely behind him. He really hadn't made enough!
And if Pinduoduo really goes public, he will become rich overnight!
Zhou Tao is really looking forward to this!
"That's fine!" Seeing the excitement in Zhou Tao's eyes when talking about making money, Jiang Hao nodded with relief.
Not bad. Judging from Zhou Tao's appearance, he can at least lead Pinduoduo through the B round of financing.
As for the B round of financing, which one won, Pinduoduo or Taobao?
Jiang Hao didn't care. By that time, he had already made enough money!
Seeing Jiang Hao's "easy talking", Zhou Tao complained: "Brother, you are hiding behind the scenes, and I am the one being scolded!"
Jiang Hao smiled and said, "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight! I tell you, if it really doesn't work, once you've made enough money, just go ahead and leave!"
Zhou Tao gave Jiang Hao a contemptuous look. Working for Jiang Hao was definitely the decision Zhou Tao would regret most in his life!
Seeing Zhou Tao's unhappy look, Jiang Hao smiled, then pretended to be sure of victory and said to Zhou Tao: "Don't worry, as long as we have Tencent's traffic and investment, we will be the ones standing to the end!"
In fact, Jiang Hao has no confidence at all whether Pinduoduo can stand to the end, but he must give Zhou Tao confidence. If Zhou Tao can hold on for a while longer, that's a lot!
"You pay!"
Throwing down the unfinished coffee, Zhou Tao stood up, said something, and turned away.
Although Zhou Tao was very angry when he came to Jiang Hao, seeing Jiang Hao's calmness, his uneasy heart calmed down inexplicably.
The world has changed.
Jiang Hao feels that the "Papa Ma" who is about to be deified will not arrogantly shout out "change the bank" because the current "Taobao" has no time to promote his "Alipay".
In 2014, all Internet companies are essentially desperately providing loans to young people. Consumerism is prevalent, which will ruin many people.
Now, the emergence of Pinduoduo has not only reversed this situation, but also allowed young people to "fleece" a lot of capitalism.
The Porsche 911 that Zhou Tao bought was rarely driven and was always parked in front of the dormitory building, collecting bird poop. Along with the Porsche 911, Jiang Hao's Audi RS4, whose tail logo was changed to "A6 Allroad", was also collecting bird poop.
However, the Volkswagen Passat parked nearby was wiped very clean and was basically used every day.
In recent days, the "money-burning war" between "Pinduoduo" and "Taobao" has kicked off, and Jiang Hao has not seen Zhou Tao for a long time.
In comparison, Jiang Hao, who runs and hangs out in the library every day, seems to be the most leisurely person in the world.
Jiang Hao came out of the dormitory. He didn't want to go to the library today, so he said to his roommate Wang Peng, "Can you drive me around?"
Wang Peng hurriedly said respectfully: "Brother Hao, where are we going?"
Jiang Hao shrugged and said indifferently: "I don't know, just look around."
"Okay!" Wang Peng nodded hurriedly and carefully opened the back door of the Passat for Jiang Hao.
Wang Peng used to be as arrogant as all other college students, and he despised servile flattery the most. But now, facing Jiang Hao, he flattered him cautiously from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Peng is a roommate of Jiang Hao and Zhou Tao. Last Spring Festival, he, like his other roommates, earned 25,000 yuan with Jiang Hao and Zhou Tao.
Later, because he had a relatively good relationship with Jiang Hao and he also had a driver's license, he became a part-time driver for Jiang Hao and Zhou Tao.
Now, "Pinduoduo Technology" has taken off overnight, and neither Jiang Hao nor Zhou Tao has the time to manage "Pinduoduo Commerce", so Wang Peng has become the manager of "Pinduoduo Commerce". He has no equity, but he has 30% of the dividends. And Wang Peng is really capable. He has formed a professional bidding team. With the influence of "Pinduoduo", they have been able to win group purchases of various holiday gifts from many enterprises and institutions across the country.
While "Pinduoduo Technology" is becoming increasingly popular, "Pinduoduo Commerce", which provides group-buying benefits, has also become a very influential trading company, and all suppliers want to meet Mr. Wang Peng.
So for Wang Peng, it is really not shameful to "lick" Jiang Hao!
For Jiang Hao, he doesn't care how much money "Pinduoduo Commerce" makes, but this is his last guarantee. As long as the company can guarantee him a minimum salary of 1000 yuan per month and let him complete the "saving money and punching in" task, it will be fine.
"Pinduoduo Technology" may not make money, may be sold for cash, or may even be "dug" by Jiang Hao and go bankrupt due to its debts exceeding its assets, but "Pinduoduo Commerce" must remain profitable.
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A low-key Passat turned on its turn signal and drove smoothly into the main road of the campus.
Jiang Hao sat in the back seat of the car, his mind completely empty, thinking of nothing, just staring out the window.
When students walking on the main road of the campus saw the Passat passing by, they immediately made way and watched the vehicle go away with admiration.
Although this is just a Volkswagen Passat, to these students, this Passat is far more awe-inspiring than any Rolls-Royce or Bentley.
"Warm congratulations to our student Jiang Hao for successfully publishing his paper in Economic Research Review"
A big red slogan was hung in the square in front of the campus.
The new issue of "Economic Research Review" magazine has been published. The sensation caused by Jiang Hao's paper was completely beyond the expectations of Jiang Hao and the school. Various universities also extended "olive branches" to Jiang Hao.
Shanshi is still very smart. They will not let go of Jiang Hao easily, but they agree to Jiang Hao's dual enrollment.
As for whether Jiang Hao's other student status is at "Yenching University Guanghua School of Management" or "Shuimu University PBC School of Finance" or Harvard University, that is Jiang Hao's own decision.
As for Jiang Hao, he really doesn't have the leisure time to think about these things now.
As soon as his paper was published, the damn Goldman Sachs began to promote Jiang Hao desperately. While making Jiang Hao a hot topic, it also made Pinduoduo a hot topic.
In this era before the advent of short videos like TikTok, Weibo was the only dominant platform, and the daily “hot searches on Weibo” were “Jiang Hao” and “Pinduoduo”.
Jiang Hao was completely exposed, but his good looks earned him a lot of "brainless fans" and also made Pinduoduo really popular!
After his rebirth, Jiang Hao was narcissistic about his abdominal muscles. In order to satisfy his vanity, he secretly posted a lot of exposed abdominal muscle photos on "Tumblr", and these photos were also dug up.
With his good looks, abnormality and narcissism, he can't establish any "academic master" persona at all, so the whole public opinion was in turmoil, all of which started from questioning and debating about Jiang Hao's paper and then escalated to questioning and debating about Jiang Hao himself.
In mathematics, one is one, and if you don’t know, you don’t know. But economics is different. As the saying goes, “women know beauty and men know finance”, anyone can make a comment.
Moreover, because Weibo is part of the "Ali system" and Jiang Hao's Pinduoduo is moving towards the "Tencent system", and there is no Douyin yet, Weibo is the only one that has the right to speak on the Internet, so intentionally or unintentionally, there are more voices denying Jiang Hao.
However, this does not affect Pinduoduo's continued top position in the download lists of major mobile application markets.
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In the crowded traffic on Jingshi Road, the radio waves were captured by the car radio and converted into audio. On the radio, two hosts, a man and a woman, talked and reported on new hot topics:
Female anchor: "Let's take a look at the latest data. This Pinduoduo app has topped the download charts of major application platforms for five consecutive weeks!"
Male anchor: "Hahaha, yes, my QQ and WeChat friends are all going crazy now, looking for me to chop them every day!"
"I didn't want to cut it, I told them I didn't have Pinduoduo, and they got even more excited when they heard I was a newcomer!"
Female anchor: "Yeah, its routine is so deep, in the end it wants to cut gold coins, I am also convinced!"
"Hehe, but I've already cut 300 yuan!"
Male anchor: "It is indeed difficult to get red envelopes, but the apples it buys for free are pretty good, and basically newcomers can grab them."
“I have to say that the Yantai apples bought at zero yuan on Pinduoduo are really good! And the service quality of the platform is also good!”
"I saw it, and the things in it are very cheap! I rarely use Taobao anymore."
"I heard that his entrepreneurial team is from our Qilu people. Although there are many doubts about him on the Internet, as a fellow villager, I support him unconditionally!"
Female anchor: "I saw his photo. He is a 20-year-old college student with dyed blond hair. He is very handsome. The most important thing is that he has a wide waist and narrow waist. His muscles are so handsome~"
Soon the news focused on Jiang Hao personally.
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After listening to the advertisements on the radio, Jiang Hao was also convinced.
Whether before or after his rebirth, Jiang Hao, like most people, had the fantasy of becoming a star and hoped that everyone would know him.
I didn’t expect that I would become so popular!
Jiang Hao sometimes even thought: How about copying a few hit songs from later generations and making his debut through them?
Wang Peng, who was driving, glanced at Jiang Hao through the rearview mirror and tactfully turned off the radio. He drove north, intending to take Jiang Hao to the Yellow River to relax.
(End of this chapter)
