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time first pulled back 20 years ago: Lei Jun / > Lei Jun Zhang Xiaolong and his two men of the same age were born in December 1969 and are studying in Wuhan. When Lei Jun was in the process of speculation, Zhang Xiaolong was still a cock. He developed a software called Foxmail by himself.
later Lei Jun watched the Foxmail software and wanted to buy it at 150 thousand yuan.
Zhang Xiaolong, who has been unprepared, gruned his teeth and promised: "if you can't live your own child, let the rich get it!" The R & D personnel of the Lei Jun are going to negotiate with Zhang Xiaolong. As a result, the developers felt unworthy and ironically Zhang Xiaolong said, "I can make such software in one or two months."
Zhang Xiaolong heed a few words and went.
2 years later, the big Internet company spent 12 million yuan to acquire Foxmail, and Zhang Xiaolong joined the world university. In March 2005, Tencent acquired Foxmai and Zhang Xiaolong joined Tencent. In
2011, Zhang Xiaolong developed WeChat, a phenomenal product. Up to now, the number of active users has exceeded 1 billion, covering more than 200 countries, with an estimated value of 800 billion yuan.
Zhou Hongyi can't think of it. In 1998, the guy who bought a pirated dish with him and being slaughtered as a "water fish" has made such a big achievement. "How did such a person make WeChat?"
not only Zhou Hongyi, but also many media can't believe it. In his early years, someone even wrote an article, "free software starving impulse," the irony of Zhang Xiaolong, calling him a tragic figure hidden behind one million computers, an excellent and dethroned technician.
in the most difficult time, he once moved the idea of giving away the software for free and going to Silicon Valley to be a programmer.