Zhou 祎 dialogue Charles Zhang, about the internet and the future of the Internet

on the internet for years

On the third day of the 2014 Internet Conference, there was a big talk at the same level. As the "older generation" of China's Internet, Zhou and Charles Zhang admit that the internet now belongs to young people. But as a pioneer of the new age, their thinking on the internet for many years tends to be more direct in the heart of the Internet.

What are the living conditions of the internet people?

This is a warm-up topic. Speaking of this, Charles Zhang leisurely said three words: excitement, pride, anxiety. Excitement stems from the constant germination of ideas and visions that may change the world, and pride is that the internet gives young people more opportunities to succeed than they do in traditional industries. As for anxiety, he said the most. The Internet business model is often built on the basis of free value-added services, so the initial financing is the biggest anxiety. Zhang said that the domestic Internet in the early embryonic period, there is no concept of venture capital, the need to seek investment in the United States. Moreover, it is a potential problem to face the different management methods of the investors and the uncertain domestic policies.

Compared to Zhang's "revolutionary history" type, Zhou seems more willing to talk about the future. He said that more than 10 years ago the Internet is indeed not recognized, but now the Internet is doing the subversion of traditional industries, which makes many industries suffer from "internet anxiety disorder." This fully proves that the Internet has become a very important industry in the new economic environment.

So what's the next chance for the Internet?

Zhou said three points: mobile Internet, IOT (information of things, he does not want to call it the Internet of Things), network security

1, mobile Internet to the Internet and the traditional industry really combined together

In the desktop Internet era, the interface between the Internet and traditional industries is more information-level. After the rise of mobile internet, this kind of junction is no longer the information layer, but runs through to the product and the service layer interaction. Look at the Uber, Airbnb to the traditional offline rental, rental services, such as the transformation of a clear glance. Mobile Internet Not only makes information more symmetrical, but also makes trading behavior more efficient. Why? Because the trend of the mobile Internet is more obvious. In this process, the mobile Internet gradually in the transformation of traditional industries, its power is far more than through the mobile phone to obtain information such as a simple information migration.

2, the interconnection of all things will help us achieve real big data

Zhou repeatedly stressed the concept of "IOT" and deliberately avoided the reference to "Internet of Things". He believes that the concept of Internet of things has been hype for years, but has not brought about a substantial change in the lives of ordinary people. What he says about the interconnectedness of all things is more about the possibility that IoT can give big data. By giving all the objects a built-in chip, these objects can be 24x7 connected to the Internet cloud to achieve real big data.

On the one hand, IoT makes many industries have the opportunity of Internet. On the other hand, IoT's contribution to large data makes it possible to achieve artificial intelligence faster. For industrial-manufacturing enterprises, this is a real opportunity to transform the industry.

3. Ubiquitous connectivity also brings more security issues

Zhou said network security, difficult to escape the suspicion of advertising. However, in the increasingly high degree of information technology today, the network security problem has indeed caused the government and some enterprises pay attention to. With mobile devices such as mobile phones and wearable devices, people are getting closer to the Internet world, making users more transparent. Large amounts of data converge on the cloud, and once the server is in trouble, the user's large amount of privacy data is at risk of exposure or loss. Of course, where there are problems, there will be opportunities. Charles Zhang also expressed his approval for this.

Is the future of the internet belong to the generations?

Recently, the Internet and the past is a hot topic, the creation circle and the traditional Internet circle are concerned and hot discussion. Now, the mainstream of the internet has gradually moved to the group of the population, even internet entrepreneurs have appeared in the ranks of more and more customers. Zhou and Charles Zhang said that for their generation of internet people, the true needs of the generations, they may not be able to understand, which makes them feel anxious.

How do you know? Zhou smiled and said, it's time to find a girlfriend. Zhang did not Shang, he said, can make the company's structure more flat, so that more young people participate in the company's products and even decision-making, in the process to fully absorb the idea of the.

What is the spirit of the Internet?

Zhou said four points: users, experience, free, subversion.

The so-called user, is to learn and users to establish long-term and viscous high connection.

The so-called experience, that is really from the user to perceive the product, rather than just from a technical curtilage the world to understand the product.

The so-called free, is on the basis of free to constantly open up new business model, which still has a lot of creative space.

The so-called subversion, is the Internet now has the ability to subvert the traditional industries.

Charles Zhang believes that the core of the Internet spirit is: free and fair competition.

At present, the size and activity of China's Internet is only in the United States, which is difficult for other industries because it is a product of pure competition. If other industries want to learn the Internet, the first thing to learn is its fair competition development model. And the more industries that need to be transformed by the Internet, the less competitive industries, such as education and health care. Zhang said that education and medical care should introduce a mechanism of fair competition and more private capital. When private hospitals and non-government schools are really thriving, the status of these two industries can change.

In a word, learn to use the Internet "Tao", not just the internet "surgery."