usatvline Chapter 16: The development of Douyin (TikTok) begins; is the era of short videos about to arrive?
Chapter 16: The development of Douyin (TikTok) begins; is the era of short videos about to arrive?
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Just as Jiang Chengcheng was secretly marveling at her grandmother's amazing deeds, the system's voice came from her mind again.
"Great! I can finally realize my dream of becoming a landlady!" Upon hearing the system's words, Jiang Chengcheng would have jumped three feet high if she weren't minding her parents standing beside her!
In her previous life, Jiang Chengcheng was an ordinary person and a complete mortgage slave. She scrimped and saved to buy a house and pay off the loan. However, with the ever-increasing housing prices, Jiang Chengcheng never owned a house until her death. Now that she has been reborn, her former wish can be fulfilled with her own hands. How could she not be excited?
……
the next day.
Today is the weekend, and school is on holiday. Jiang Chengcheng arranged to meet Zhang Wangyue. Apparently, the other party has made great progress in software development, but more money needs to be invested later, so they need to meet to discuss it in detail.
The two met at a coffee shop. When Jiang Chengcheng arrived, Zhang Wangyue was already waiting at the innermost seat. Unexpectedly, Zhang Wangyue was not alone; there was an ordinary-looking but gentle-looking man beside him.
This person looks somewhat familiar...
As soon as Jiang Chengcheng entered the room and saw the man's appearance, she had some thoughts in her mind.
Upon seeing Jiang Chengcheng enter, Zhang Wangyue immediately stood up to greet her, and then pulled the man behind her over as well.
"President Jiang, you've arrived. Let me introduce you. This is Zhang Chaosheng, my friend, and the main person in charge of developing this software." Zhang Wangyue glanced at the man beside her and introduced him to Jiang Chengcheng.
Zhang Chaosheng!?
Upon hearing this name, Jiang Chengcheng finally understood why this person looked so familiar!
This person was quite a remarkable figure in later generations!
Although he is less well-known than Zhang Wangyue due to his low profile, almost everyone knows about the Douyin short video platform he developed! After all, it's a top-tier domestic software with nearly 600 billion downloads!
The software's influence has even extended overseas!
only…
If she remembered correctly, the release date of TikTok in her previous life should have been around 2016. Could it be that the other party has already created it so quickly?
Or is it that his rebirth brought about a butterfly effect?
"Mr. Jiang?"
Seeing that Jiang Chengcheng seemed a little dazed, Zhang Wangyue assumed that she was unhappy that he had brought his friend over without permission, and his voice hesitated for a moment.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I was just thinking about something else. It's nice to meet you." Jiang Chengcheng was pulled back from her reverie by Zhang Wangyue's voice and quickly spoke up.
“I’m also very pleased. Miss Jiang is truly a young woman of great talent. Why don’t we sit down and chat?” The man shook hands with Jiang Chengcheng symbolically before offering his suggestion.
After they sat down and ordered coffee, they began to discuss the funding for software development.
As Jiang Chengcheng predicted, the software they were going to develop was the later-era TikTok.
It was only at this moment that Jiang Chengcheng realized why she had met Zhang Chaosheng here, and why Douyin (TikTok) took three whole years to be released to the public at the end of 2016.
It's probably because they're short of money!
At this moment, Zhang Chaosheng was at his most helpless. The pressure from all sides made him almost give up, but even so, Zhang Chaosheng did not want to completely lose control of the tremor!
A percentage of the number one shareholder's shares—that's his bottom line in negotiations!
But those merchants were all the type to only act when they saw a rabbit, so why would they listen to his requests?
As a result, the release of Douyin could only be delayed indefinitely, and it was even targeted!
It wasn't until Zhang Chaosheng found a powerful backer and, with the backing of a big shot, that Douyin was able to release its product.
Of course, these are all things to follow.
However, with Jiang Chengcheng's involvement in this life, the release of Douyin is destined to be brought forward. She can't bear to watch the food that's already in the pot be eaten by someone else!
"I'm very interested in the software you're talking about, but I don't know how you're going to calculate the release date, investment amount, and shareholding percentage?" Jiang Chengcheng asked the question that was most important to her at the end of the conversation.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wangyue and Zhang Chaosheng exchanged a glance and voiced their thoughts.
“President Jiang, to be honest, if I weren’t really short of money, I would never have sold the shares. I really have no other choice. But even so, I need to have control of this software. Originally, in my plan, I was determined to hold 51% of the shares, but the current situation doesn’t allow it. So I can lower my demands a little, but I cannot back down on the bottom line of having the shares first!” Zhang Chaosheng’s voice was not loud, but his eyes were full of determination beneath his plain face.
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Upon hearing this, Jiang Chengcheng pondered for a moment before finally speaking slowly.
“I understand your thoughts. Everyone has their own principles, and I respect that. But you need to know that I am not doing charity, and my money didn’t come from thin air. So if the shareholding is reduced, it means that my investment will also be reduced. I hope you can understand that.”
After Jiang Chengcheng finished speaking, she thought Zhang Chaosheng would look unhappy, but to her surprise, he not only wasn't angry, but stood up happily and excitedly asked Jiang Chengcheng for confirmation.
"So you've decided to invest? That's alright, a smaller investment is fine too. Like you said, we should understand each other! Thank you! Thank you so much!"
Upon hearing that Jiang Chengcheng had agreed to invest, Zhang Chaosheng was momentarily speechless.
This was probably the happiest thing that had happened to him in the past six months. After all, ever since Changsheng tricked him and he refused to give in, the other party had been instructing its subordinates to make things difficult for him, which made the already struggling and cash-strapped Douyin company even worse off.
Actually, Zhang Chaosheng didn't have high hopes when he came to see Jiang Chengcheng today. After all, if he were in Jiang Chengcheng's shoes, he wouldn't want to give up his dominant position, especially after investing a lot of money.
An investment that doesn't yield the greatest return is, in fact, a form of charity.
So even though Jiang Chengcheng said it was for her own benefit, Zhang Chaosheng was still grateful to her from the bottom of his heart.
At the end of the discussion, the release date, investment amount, and shareholding percentage of Douyin were also disclosed in detail.
Software Name: Tremolo
Company: Vivian Technology Co., Ltd.
Legal representative: Zhang Chaosheng.
Release date: June 15, 2013
Company Directors: Zhang Chaosheng, Jiang Chengcheng
Shareholders: Zhang Chaosheng (40%), Jiang Chengcheng (39%), Zhang Wangyue (21%)
Software investment amount: 2 million
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Jiang Chengcheng looked at the contract drafted by Zhang Chaosheng's lawyer, and after confirming that there were no problems, the three of them stamped and signed it.
At that time, no one would have imagined that the world-renowned TikTok short video company would be officially established in a small coffee shop!