Chapter 231: Blue Ocean Strategy

Zhou Ming came out of Tang Yu's villa and returned to Palo City. It was already the morning of the second day. Zhou Ming gently took out the key and opened the door. The living room light at home was still was still on, and the TV was also not switched off. Tang Ran was wearing her pyjamas and hugging her teddy bear, asleep on the sofa. She had obviously been waiting up for him all night, and finally just gave up and fell asleep.

Zhou Ming walked into the room and saw her curled up on the sofa. It seemed that despite the air conditioning in the living room, the winter in San Francisco was not cold, but sleeping in the living room in the early morning would still feel cold.

'Brother Ming, you must be careful. Even if you don't want to inherit the rights, I don't want anything to happen to you!'

Suddenly Tang Ran spoke in her sleep, which made Zhou Ming a little surprised. He didn't expect this girl to care about him so much even when she was asleep. But it's not surprising, after all, the news that Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er brought at the end of the novel was really a bit scary.

I remember that in the early hours of the morning, they were waiting at the company for the box office results of Toy Story. In order to prove their abilities, they also asked Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er to come along. However, After the final result came out, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er told Zhou Ming that they had brought Tang Yu to the Tenderloin District to recruit thugs, and that it was likely to be bad news for them.

This news made Tang Ran very nervous. She may not know San Francisco well, but she has heard a lot of rumours about the Tenderloin District from her best friend Xiaoxue: it is one of the most lawless and dangerous districts, where fights, robberies, gunfights and deaths are commonplace, and the people there are the worst thugs. They are cruel and inhumane, and they only take pleasure in fighting and killing. The thugs from there recognise nothing but money.

However, Zhou Ming was mentally prepared for this. After all, how could a person with such a strong sense of self-esteem be the least bit suspicious if he did nothing after being reported? Now that he knew what he was doing, that was good news. So Zhou Ming went alone to Tang Yu's villa.

Tang Ran strongly disagreed with this, as it was too dangerous, and it was like walking into a tiger's mouth. However, Zhou Ming believed that it was absolutely necessary. As the saying goes, 'If you're not afraid of being stolen from, you're afraid of being stolen from.' Thinking that there is someone who is scheming to get rid of him, even if Zhang Lin is by his side to protect him, he still won't be able to sleep. After all, there are a thousand days for a thief to do his job, but not a thousand days for him to guard against the thief. . Not to mention that Zhang Lin is only one person, and it is impossible for him to protect everywhere. In case he finds an opportunity when he is not with Tang Ran and directly attacks Tang Ran, it will be too late to regret.

It is for this reason that, rather than waiting for the other party to come to the door, it is better to go to him first.

Of course, Zhou Ming did not go unprepared. He first consulted Zhang Lin, a soldier king with special combat experience. Although he looked down on the so-called fighters, he still prepared many plans for Zhou Ming's safety. The most important of these was to use his connections to hire the internationally renowned and very secretive 'Reaper' assassin organisation to send in snipers to protect him in secret. [Read the book

was undoubtedly very well prepared, and the result was a good proof of this. However, Tang Ran did not know that, and I'm afraid that for her, even if Zhou Ming was covered in iron armor, she would still be worried.

Zhou Ming smiled helplessly. However, it was still very heartwarming that Tang Ran missed him so much. So Zhou Ming went over to prepare to hug her back to bed to sleep. But Tang Ran slept very lightly, and as soon as Zhou Ming touched her, she woke up. Seeing Zhou Ming, she immediately got up and looked at Zhou Ming with concern to see if he was okay. She only slightly let out a breath of relief when Zhou Ming told her with a smile that she had already convinced Tang Yu, but she was still a little skeptical.

'Brother Ming, do you think that guy Tang Yu is sincere? Could it be that he's tricking you?' Tang Ran asked.

'I'm at least 80% sure. After all, he just wants to benefit from it, and he doesn't really have any blood feud with me. If I can give him enough benefits, I don't think he has any reason to deal with me. In addition, I think Zhang Lin and the 'Reaper' killer group he hired have also told him very well that I'm not that easy to deal with.' Zhou Ming said, 'I don't think he's stupid or stubborn enough to go to this extent.'

'That would be good. Ming, you didn't sleep at all last night. Go to your room and get some sleep now. I'll wake you up for lunch,' Tang Ran said to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming nodded and said okay, and then went to bed with Tang Ran in their room. When they finished eating at noon, Zhou Ming went to the hotel and found the three siblings Tang Lin, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er, and told them that he had convinced Tang Yu. The three were shocked.

'My God, Mr Zhou Ming, what have you done? How could you have convinced that guy Tang Yu so easily? This is unbelievable. I know him very well. He has a very high self-esteem. He has always seen himself as the successor of the Tong family. You have deprived him of his inheritance. He will definitely hate you for the rest of his life. How could he be convinced by you?' The three of them were surprised by your words and mine.

Zhou Ming gestured for them to calm down, then said, 'I understand what you're saying. In fact, I didn't do anything. I just used the simplest method of carrots and sticks to persuade him.'

Zhou Ming then went to Tang Yu's villa and first got rid of the people he had invited from the Tiandelong District. He showed him his strength, clearly telling him that it would be as easy as squishing an ant to crush him. and then through coercion and bribery, let Tang Yu understand that inheritance is not important, what is important is the benefits, and only then did he wake up and cooperate with Zhou Ming like Tang Yi and the others.

Zhou Ming said, and then looked at Tang Lin, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er. They were all completely confused. Although they could understand it in terms of reason, in their hearts they still thought it was as incredible as a fairy tale.

'No I must say, Mr. Zhou Ming, you really know how to surprise people. Even though what you said was very lighthearted, and it all makes logical sense, I'm afraid you're the only one who would dare to do it and actually be able to pull it off. exclaimed, while Tang Wan'er looked at Zhou Ming and admired him even more.

As for Tang Yi, at this time he was the only one who was still slightly more sober. He said to Zhou Ming, 'Since the matter with Tang Yu has been resolved, then our project can be launched, right? You said that you would have an Internet project later

'Of of course, I would have done it even if you hadn't said anything,' Zhou Ming said, 'but what I'm about to say is actually a bit related to Toy Story, or to be precise, it was inspired by Toy Story.'

Tang Yi was stunned again. He really didn't understand what Toy Story could inspire in him. Not only Tang Yi, but also Tang Lin and Tang Wan'er were at a loss.

In the end Zhou Ming had to answer their questions: 'I'm sure you remember how I promoted Toy Story: through the internet, by posting on forums to generate interest. So I discovered a big problem. It's very troublesome to find the website. If I didn't know the address of these bbs, I wouldn't open them at all. Or if I didn't save the address, the next time I open the browser, I won't find the bbs I want.'

'And the the same with the posts I have made. If the Toy Story post is not kept at the top, I'm afraid it will be pushed down after a few days, and then how can people who want to read it find it? Isn't this a great business opportunity?' Zhou Ming said.

Tang Lin, Tang Yi were all listening with a lot of questions in their minds. Tang Wan'er asked, 'I'm sorry, I don't understand. Do you mean that the business opportunity you're talking about is for you to make a more fully-featured bbs?

'Very close,' close, but now that there are so many bbs already, there's no point in me getting in on the act. Even though I'm confident I can do a better job than the others, I'm more inclined to go for the blue ocean strategy, which is developing completely new market sectors that no one has entered before. After all, if I'm the only one selling eggs in the whole market, I'll definitely make a profit no matter how I sell them, won't I?' said Zhou Ming.

As the family's heir apparent, Tang Lin, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er are all experienced businessmen, so Zhou Ming's words immediately caught their attention.

'Indeed, I have no doubt that the blue ocean strategy you mentioned is an investment that is bound to succeed. So what direction have you chosen?' Tang Yi asked.

'Internet search search engine!' Zhou Ming said, 'Put simply, it is a way for me to search all the public information on the Internet, then sort it by keywords, and finally find the information I'm looking for in the information directory.'

Tang Lin, Tang Yi Tang Lin, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er were all stunned. They looked at each other, and finally Tang Yi stepped forward and said to Zhou Ming, 'I can understand what you mean, but can this thing make money?'

Zhou Ming laughed and said: 'You know what? If you ask this question in 20 years, you will definitely be laughed at. I can responsibly tell you that this thing will definitely make money, and a lot of it, of course, provided that we operate well, because from my own online experience, everyone who goes online will crave the need for such a simple and convenient search engine.'

Zhou Ming said this with great confidence. You have to know that the illustrious fame of the post-era search engine Douban and a certain song is right there. Wouldn't it be crazy to say that search engines don't make money?

Of course, perhaps Now, perhaps, because the internet is still in its infancy, the information on the web is very limited and the importance of search engines has not yet fully come to the fore. But with the continuous development of the internet, won't search engines grow up with it? Even if in the meantime there may be losses, you won't lose a few dollars

The three Down family heirs discussed with each other, and then Tang Yi asked, 'We still want to ask one last question. Is our search engine a paid service? If not, then I can't imagine where we can make money.'

'Our search engine is of course a free service, because I have asked the relevant technical staff, and it is not a difficult technology,' Zhou Ming continued, 'As for the question of where to make money, I don't have a systematic idea yet, and I will let you know when I have thought of one.'

If other people spoke to them like that, they would have exploded on the spot, but in the face of Zhou Ming, these three young masters of the Down syndrome family could only bow their heads and agree to invest money in this project. It just made was very upsetting. Usually, it is the eldest who gives the money and the youngest who asks for it, but why was the situation completely reversed with Zhou Ming?

However, no matter how unhappy, there was nothing they could do. After all, compared to making money, this was nothing, not to mention that after they had no intention of competing with Tang Ran for the Tang family inheritance, making money had become their only goal.

An hour later, Zhou Ming saw the three of them off and returned to his office. He looked at the calendar on the wall and saw the 17th, which he had highlighted in red.

Zhou Ming thought to himself wondered if that event would happen again as it had in history, and also what the situation was like in Brighton.