Zhou Hongyi's speech: The mobile phone is a new organ grown by humans

Speech at Yabuli Entrepreneurs Forum: Explaining why we want to make mobile phones

"I finally learned how to think in an Internet way. It used to be just swearing," said Zhou Hongyi, chairman of Qihoo 360. "Nowadays, many people have misguided their Internet thinking and think that if they use the Internet as a media carrier and utilize Internet technologies such as big data and cloud computing, they will become Internet-based. In fact, they have not yet found the way of the Internet. In the era of smart phones, the Internet has shown great driving force and destructive power, and what traditional companies need to understand is the essence of the Internet, which can be summed up in a slogan of NetEase fifteen years ago: the Internet brings together the power of people. For netizens, mobile phones are a new organ of human beings, which explains why I make mobile phones."

"The PC Internet era can be simply divided into the Internet 1.0 era, but the Internet is just a practical tool. What has changed is the acquisition of information. It is called the information superhighway, and what has been subverted is only the traditional media." At the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum yesterday, Zhou Hongyi said in his speech that mobile Internet has for the first time connected everyone together and truly realized the power of people gathered online.

In Zhou Hongyi's view, connection is the most important function of the Internet. All user experience, marketing, and experience models should start from the perspective of connection. This is why the Internet can bring changes and promotion to many industries. "When people all over the world use smartphones to connect to the Internet every day, it shows a huge driving force and destructive power. Because the changes in Internet connection relationships have leveled the boundaries of time and space, the governance of society and government, and the operating models of enterprises will also undergo tremendous changes." Zhou Hongyi said.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.