307: It's gone viral online! The shock and panic on Kuaishou next door!

500,000+!

This wasn't Wang Lin's limit, but rather the limit of TikTok after being out for this long.

But even so, it shocked the official TikTok team.

It turned out that short videos could be played like this.

ByteDance boss Zhang Yiming was even more floored by the surprise.

He knew that Wang Lin invested in his company because he valued the algorithm's distribution and content reconstruction.

But he hadn't expected his own algorithm to be this powerful.

Previously, reaching 100,000+ was enough to make him feel satisfied.

After all, this was a software that had only recently launched, yet it was already following closely behind the Northeast 'Old Iron' software, Kuaishou.

Although it couldn't compete head-to-head yet, in the long run, it had great potential.

After seeing this, Zhang Yiming immediately began vigorous promotion.

Of course, before that, he had to wait for Wang Lin's next move, which was to post on the Social Media Platform.

At this stage, the value of the Social Media Platform was still at its peak.

Wang Lin looked at the current feedback on TikTok and felt it was quite good.

In that case, the subsequent steps could be implemented.

He directly forwarded the finished product to the Social Media Platform and added the text: "I've been playing with TikTok lately, and I find it quite interesting. I once dreamed of traveling the world with a sword!!"

After it was posted.

Within just a few minutes, the comments section on the Social Media Platform exploded.

One of the reasons was that Wang Lin rarely posted on the Social Media Platform.

His current influence was immense; a casual sentence from him would bring massive exposure to whatever he mentioned.

The second point was that there were few things he deemed worthy of a post.

"Holy crap, Brother Junlin is also on TikTok! I thought I was the only one watching it. The stuff inside is so interesting; the more I swipe, the more it understands me!!"

"The world's richest man is using the same software as me. What did I do to deserve this?!!!"

"What is TikTok? I've never heard of it. I'm going to download it right now."

"Whose company is TikTok? Is it listed? Are there any related listed companies? Brothers, go find them quickly! This is an opportunity!!"

"LMAO, brother, you really can seize any opportunity. If it really goes up, you deserve the money!"

"So handsome, Brother Junlin! Is this your real face?!!"

"Damn, whoever gets to marry Brother Junlin will never have to worry about food or clothes for the rest of their life!!"

"The rhythm is so strong. I feel like I've fallen for it at first sight!!"

"Say no more, I've already downloaded TikTok. I feel like I've discovered a new world. The girls inside are all so pretty."

And to be fair.

Wang Lin's original intention was to promote TikTok, but most of his followers were people from the financial sector.

Of course, after he became the national richest man and then the world's richest man, more and more people following him came from all walks of life and all corners of the country.

But the majority still followed him because of finance.

Their sensitivity in this area was also very high.

"Hehe, found them! Keda Shares, Gravity Media, Guangbo Shares, etc., all have advertising partnerships with products under ByteDance Company, the parent company of TikTok. That means they will likely cooperate with TikTok in the future too. This thing is definitely a positive signal. Charge, brothers!!"

"Say no more, I've already gone all-in. I feel like Hot Money has already started testing the market!!"

"Damn, Gravity Media is shooting up in a straight line."

"Brothers, you guys are really good at finding stuff. It's already hit the daily limit?"

"Don't hesitate, charge!!"

"All three stocks hit the daily limit. I'm truly impressed!!"

"Your hands are really fast!!"

Less than 10 minutes after Wang Lin posted on the Social Media Platform, Keda Shares, Gravity Media, and Guangbo Shares all hit their daily price limits one after another.

Subsequently, stocks like Jiayun Shares, Global Printing, Zhidu Shares, and so on...

...were also dug up for having partnerships with ByteDance Company.

It didn't matter that ByteDance Company wasn't listed, nor did it matter that TikTok didn't have partner companies yet.

As long as there were listed companies partnering with ByteDance, that was enough.

For the Hot Money traders, there was already room for speculation.

This was the weight of Brother Junlin's words; with one sentence, even companies with only a remote connection could be linked and see their stock prices skyrocket.

Of course, this was actually secondary.

It was just a derivative influence of Wang Lin's post.

The real beneficiary was definitely the TikTok software.

After Wang Lin posted on the Social Media Platform.

The download numbers for this software began to rise at a rate of over a hundredfold.

In just half an hour, there were actually several million more downloads.

One must realize these were all high-quality, real users!!

And as time went on, the download numbers continued to rise.

At this rate, it would be perfectly normal to add tens of millions of downloads in a single day.

The official backend of TikTok was also monitoring these download numbers and user activity in real-time.

When they saw it, they all went crazy with excitement.

"It's exploded! It's completely exploded this time!!"

"Brother Junlin is too strong! One post from him is more useful than us spending tens of millions in capital!!"

"Isn't that obvious? With Brother Junlin's status, the traffic he brings can't be bought with ten million. If he wasn't a major shareholder, he wouldn't even bother with us."

"Haha, this is truly satisfying. It's my first time seeing such explosive data. This is simply heaven!!"

"This is the value of Brother Junlin. I heard that several stocks on the A-share market that cooperate with our parent company have hit their daily limit!!"

"How can Brother Junlin do everything? He can trade stocks, do venture capital, and now even play with short videos like this. And the quality he filmed is top-tier!!"

"Perhaps, this is what a big shot is!"

"At a time like this, we need to be even more alert. Notify all departments: we must retain this wave of users on TikTok!!"

"Understood, Manager Liu. I've already told the influencers to take this opportunity and quickly follow Brother Junlin's lead by filming a few videos in this martial arts style, or even other styles. Let them play it freely. Who can eat this wave of dividends and make big money will depend on their own performance!!"

Nowadays, the data for TikTok was truly rising wave after wave.

Those short videos that were already very popular were being pushed again by the officials at this moment, shown to these new users in rotation.

As for who could retain the users, make them stop, and give a few likes, saves, follows, and comments, that would depend on their own abilities.

At this time, ByteDance Company was not stingy with funds and immediately began another wave of incentive plans.

They were determined to retain all of these users!!

Over the next half a day.

The TikTok video posted by Wang Lin also skyrocketed to several million likes.

There were countless followers copying him, and most of those with good data had hundreds of thousands of likes.

It could be said that Wang Lin's move completely ended TikTok's cold-start period and officially brought it into the public eye.

In short, it had broken through the circle!!

After breaking through.

Wang Lin even received messages from several of his college roommates.

Sun Haiyang: "Brother Lin, holy crap, you're truly fierce! How did you film that TikTok thing? It's way too cool!!"

Li Xiaohui: "Yeah, I see the likes have already surpassed several million. I feel like it could reach ten million likes!!"

Zhou Gang: "Is this thing the company you invested in?"

Wang Lin said with a smile, "Is it spreading that fast? Even you guys know about it?!"

"I do value TikTok very much, and it can be considered a trend for future development."

Then, Wang Lin casually explained to them: "Now, with 4G becoming more and more popular and data becoming cheaper, short videos are starting to emerge. BAT is outdated; now is the era of scene segmentation."

"In my opinion, TikTok will be the king of short videos in the future."

"If you guys have nothing else to do, you can treat this thing as a career. As long as the content is good and you catch this trend, you can achieve financial freedom without relying on anyone."

At this stage, even Kuaishou, the leader of short videos, had not yet seen any phenomenal figures appear.

Pai Paiqi, who 'danced in front of the university temple,' was still in the development stage.

Therefore, at this time, as long as the three of them persisted in finding a track to follow...

...not to mention true financial freedom, becoming wealthy would be no problem.

Even if they didn't become super wealthy, making a decent living was absolutely guaranteed.

With Wang Lin there, they only needed to pull him in for a cameo or reminisce about college days, and it would attract countless likes and follows.

Wang Lin's words sent them into deep thought.

How should their current jobs be described? Basically, they wouldn't starve, but they wouldn't get rich either.

If they could really find a second source of income through TikTok, that would be very good.

Sun Haiyang immediately agreed: "I'll go film a copy of Brother Lin's short video later. When Brother Lin has time to come back, appear in a video with me and let me feel the charm of a 'King Bomb'!!"

Wang Lin laughed and said, "Easy, easy!"

Li Xiaohui and Zhou Gang also made mental notes.

This was the national richest man—no, now the world's richest man speaking.

He definitely wouldn't lie to them.

That meant this thing called TikTok had great potential!!

The two of them also prepared to study how to film it later... At Kuaishou Headquarters.

The boss, Cheng Xiao, was facing the news on the market and now appeared somewhat restless.

He didn't understand.

"Clearly our company was the first to do short videos, the founding father. We've been doing short videos since 2013, and now we have over 400 million total users, a DAU of over 40 million, and a valuation as high as 15 billion."

"While TikTok next door has just started. Why is Brother Junlin so biased toward them?"

Cheng Xiao pondered. Was it because they were more down-to-earth, covered all age groups, and focused on 'Old Iron' social networking?

Because he had also carefully studied his competitor TikTok. The other party clearly focused on music-based creative short videos. You could tell from their simple 15-second videos that they were basically very fashionable and trendy.

Looking at his own side, it was basically ordinary people recording their lives, focusing on authenticity.

But this authenticity didn't seem to be valued by Brother Junlin.

Cheng Xiao frowned: "Originally, I didn't even take TikTok seriously, but now their daily active users have suddenly soared to several million, which makes me very uncomfortable."

Clearly.

Cheng Xiao was panicking.

Originally, the Kuaishou he represented, with its 'Old Iron' culture and decentralized inclusive distribution, didn't need to deliberately support newcomers. It only needed to let content grow slowly on its own to sit firmly and form a family-style ecosystem.

Whether it was recording life, talent shows, or skits, they were all completed within this circle.

But now, a software he had originally felt disdain for actually had the momentum to compete for power with him, the top leader.

And the most crucial thing was that the opponent had a real big shot backing them up.

The world's richest man personally stepped down to help. Even if the other party had a large stake in ByteDance Company, it shouldn't come to this, right?!

Isn't this too beneath his status?

This was what made Cheng Xiao feel panicked.

The other party was too willing to invest.

It was like playing cards: he played a 3, and the opponent immediately played a 'King Bomb'.

If there was only one 'King Bomb', it would be fine, but the opponent likely held a hand full of them.

This was what made him feel restless.

"I must contact Brother Junlin and try to get in touch with him!!"

Cheng Xiao forced himself to calm down.

After a night of thinking.

And various research on the TikTok platform.

Like many of the beat-synced videos, beautiful dances, creative transformations, and some video editing, etc.

They didn't conflict with them at all.

So, in fact, he was being a bit overly anxious.

This also allowed him to slowly calm down now, and after discussing with the leaders of various departments in the company, they finally reached a conclusion.

In fact, there wasn't too much direct competition between TikTok and Kuaishou.

Although both were short video platforms, their primary directions were completely different.

In other words, the two could coexist.

In terms of positioning, TikTok now had media attributes, while Kuaishou was a life plaza, full of the hustle and bustle of daily life.

In terms of user profiles, TikTok was about being trendy, while Kuaishou was about real life—'Hello, Old Iron'.

This gave Cheng Xiao a lot of room to maneuver.

Most importantly, what gave Cheng Xiao great confidence was that after years of cultivation, Kuaishou now had the opportunity for commercial exploration.

Like using live-stream tipping as the core base, combined with exploring information-feed advertising models, to form a live-streaming ecosystem.

This was Kuaishou's initial commercial profit model.

Cheng Xiao also wanted to use the profitability of this business model to ask Wang Lin if he could bring him onto the same boat!

And among the people Cheng Xiao knew who could speak to Wang Lin, perhaps only Neil Shen of Sequoia Capital could.

So he didn't waste a moment and directly dialed Neil Shen's number.