This article comes from WeChat public account: Internet Kaito and entertainment group (ID: TMTphantom) , author: head of the monster group Pei Pei, the original title: “China is now is still a future development China, including the Internet industry “, title picture from: Visual China

Once upon a time, the head of the strange robber group suddenly found that the surrounding social media was full of views on how powerful China is, how developed it is, and how to overtake corners; moreover, many friends of the group have spared no effort to agree, forward, Convince others to accept the above point. It’s just weird.

In the WeChat circle of friends, “If it weren’t for the Australian fire, I didn’t know that China was so powerful 33 years ago” has become a 100,000+ Xiongwen everyone must turn; as for the article to cool down and rumor, There are only a few forwards.

In the “Elite Forum Zhihu”, popular hot questions are “Are most parts of the United States already behind China”, and “Why China is a pulverizer of developed countries”;

On Weibo, although there are not many hot topics in finance and technology, once it appears, it must be “a certain Chinese company is really powerful” and “a black technology in China shocked the world” …

In the Internet industry that I am familiar with, there is indeed an optimism that we can export to developed countries. Specifically, although China is not world-class in terms of per capita income and basic scientific research, the development of the Internet industry is truly world-class; the global Internet industry is China in addition to the United States, and China is definitely It can come later. Internet companies have to go global to realize the global export of Chinese culture, and even the global export of Chinese management ideas and lifestyles.

Whenever I heard these plausible statements, I would like to remind these friends to review the high school politics textbooks, and review the long-established reform and opening up,Consensus that has not been modified so far:

  • China is a developing country. There are many people, a weak foundation and a late start, and there is a big gap with developed countries.


  • China will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time. This primary stage is likely to last a hundred years.


  • By the middle of the 21st century, that is, about thirty years later, China plans to reach middle-developed countries. (not superpowers) Level, people’s lives are relatively rich.

    These statements are by no means fabricated by me, nor by anyone. This is the consensus reached by the country and the people at an important historical turning point and in the long process of economic construction. It is also in line with the objective laws of historical development. If you don’t believe it, you can go through the relevant official textbooks and study materials.

    The Internet industry is an industry that has developed rapidly in China in recent years, created more jobs, and contributed more to economic growth. It can be said to be a characteristic industry / fist industry in China, but it is by no means “very developed” “It’s hardly a world leader. In fact, the business model, technology, talents and capital of China ’s Internet industry are all highly dependent on the output of developed countries led by the United States:

    • In the business model, C2C (Copy to China) is a trick that has been tried and tested; although China has also created some unique local Format, but most formats are still tried by developed countries such as the United States, and most products can be found in the United States.


    • Technically, although Chinese Internet companies have repeatedly emphasized their investment in algorithms, AI, AR / VR, etc., they have to admit that this investment is still inferior to the top US Internet companies.


    • In terms of talents, returnees from Silicon Valley have not only supported half of China ’s first generation of Internet talents, but are still interconnecting ChinaThe network industry contributes talent, especially in the field of cutting-edge technology and product development.


    • In terms of capital, let alone-most of the Internet-focused VC / PEs have foreign backgrounds; due to the high discrimination against Internet companies in the A-share market, most Internet companies can only go to the United States or Hong Kong to list. Investors are mostly foreign.



      Due to geographical isolation and information isolation, many Chinese investors and even professionals often mistakenly believe that many Chinese Internet products are “original”, thereby exaggerating the “leading level” of China’s Internet. This is the consequence of not reading, studying, or communicating with foreign counterparts. We can easily cite some overseas sources of so-called “Chinese Internet original fist products”:

      • tremor (Overseas version is called TikTok) is inspired by Musical.ly, a company founded by Chinese but based in Silicon Valley Base American company; later, Musical.ly was relocated to TikTok as a whole. Prior to this, about 15 seconds of micro video platforms have also appeared in the United States, but there were no particularly large companies focused on micro video.


      • Rui Xing Coffee has actually learned the American McCafe (McCafe) route, but it is more inclined to be online. Unlike most people think, the United States not only has Starbucks “deadly expensive and pretending” chain coffee, but also cheap coffee, such as barley coffee, which is mainly cost-effective.


      • Live live video in China, but also very popular in the United States-YouTube, Twitch are large live broadcast platforms; the difference is that the live broadcast in the United States does not take rewards as the main monetization model, but prefers advertising, Monetization models such as subscriptions.


      • Apart from Amazon, the United States seems to lack a large e-commerce platform, but this is only an illusion-the traditional e-commerce platforms of traditional American brands and retail companies are very developed, so that the U.S. e-commerce market shows a trend of “Amazon + decentralization” Unlike China, which has only a development path, there is no such thing as backwardness.



        There is also a point of view that China’s game industry is already the most developed in the world. Going overseas by mobile games means that Chinese game companies are taking over the world game market. How to say, this view cannot be said to be completely unreasonable, but we must add an attributive: “Part of the mobile game market”.

        The global gaming market is very large. In developed countries represented by the United States, 35-40% of game revenues still come from the console market, which is almost non-existent in China. Incidentally, the mainframe market is still growing, and it will enter the replacement period in 2020. In general, although European and American game companies have generally started to deploy mobile games, because the base camp is on the host or PC side, it seems that the mobile game field is slower than Chinese companies.

        However, even if European and American companies move slowly, the mobile game market cannot be monopolized by Chinese companies. Do n’t forget the powerful Korean companies, the size of the Korean mobile game industry and its population Disproportionate. Japanese companies have been steadily moving from the mainframe to the mobile end, and many traditional mainframe manufacturers have even become “mobile game makers”. The severe involution of the Chinese economy has led to a particularly developed mobile game market in China; however, there are more than one invaded country, and South Korea and Japan have more experience in this area.

        Not only that, in terms of upstream IP / creative sources, the Chinese gaming industry is still the younger brother of developed countries, still learning with an open mind and trying to follow suit. Don’t believe it? Let ’s put the facts and make sense:

        • What is the highest-end domestic game? DNF, LOL. Which country does DNF come from? Korea. Which country does LOL come from? United States. (I know the fist has been acquired by Tencent, but it still operates independently in the United States, don’t do it.)


        • What is the best mobile game card at Netease in 2020? Diablo: Immortal. Which country’s IP is this? United States.


        • What are the fastest-growing vertical game categories in China in 2017-19? Second dimension. Where does the second-dimensional culture originate? Anyway, it does not originate in China.