Title picture 丨 Pu Lizi (Li Silly)
Title image photography 丨 Chen Sihua
This is the best time for literary and artistic youth to start a business, because aesthetics have never become so important in our lives.
Today, writer Wan Xiaodao and Plateno members share this article, which is the story of Pu Lizi (Li Silly) who appeared in Time magazine at the age of 24. The cooler and more interesting social homestay platform "Friends' House" he founded received investment from hotel giant Plateno Group before it was launched.
"Friends' House" also recruits the first batch of Beauty ExperienceRs for Plateno members, recruiting free and beautiful human beings to live in beautiful houses all over the world for free. (See the end of the article for details on how to participate)
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Some people do things that seem impossible to us.
At the age of 23, he had just graduated from Northwestern University and had published several works. Later, he was written into the History of Modern Chinese Literature by scholars.
At the age of 24, he was featured in Time magazine and was called "China's Youngest Best-Selling Author" and "Ghost Writer".
Screenshots of Time feature stories and domestic media coverage.
"His appearance has overshadowed almost all post-eight writers!" The poster with this line printed on it once occupied a prominent position in Taiwan's major bookstores.
The poster of Li Silly's "Red X" in major bookstores in Taiwan.
He was Pu Lizi, and his pen name at that time was Li Silly.
Such an author, there is no reason not to expect him to continue to write.
But, as uncertain as Time calls a "ghost," he once again did what seemed impossible to us—
When his fame was in full swing, he suddenly stopped writing and almost completely disappeared from public view.
He left behind all kinds of questions and legends, but he never responded.
Some people are begging for books he published more than a decade ago, and more people are wondering why he is no longer writing.
Until recently, his public account, which he rarely updated, suddenly published two articles, swiped the screen in the circle of friends, and quickly reached 100,000 + readings.
One is "I Thought For a Long Time and Concluded: I Love You" on Valentine's Day on February 14, 2016; the other is "If One Day, I Bow My Head to Mediocrity, Please Shoot At Me".
Both articles in one shot are 100,000+, making people feel that the familiar Li Silly is back.
Only this time, instead of being a writer, he's posting an entrepreneur's manifesto: he's doing an "inexplicable app" —
The Decade That Disappeared
Ten years ago, at that time, everyone didn't know Pu Lizi, only Li Silly. At that time, he had just come to Xi'an from Hunan to go to school, and he still had short hair, a little handsome and a little dirty. A photo of him taking on the ancient city wall on the side of Northwestern University has been widely circulated, and behind him is a line written in chalk: "Your life and me."
10 years ago, he used words to enter the memories of many people. Searching for Li Silly on Baidu, I saw that in 2013 someone asked a question: "Why is Li Silly's article so hanging", the following answer may be the voice of many people:
Baidu knows a screenshot of a problem in 2013.
10 years ago, he was featured by Time magazine as a representative of China's new cultural forces, and was considered one of the most talented writers by contemporaries and predecessor writers.
Screenshot of writer Jiang Fangzhou interviewed by the media.
Wang Gang, a writer and screenwriter of "No Thief in the World", said, "This boy is really well written."
10 years ago, in an interview with the media, he said with some arrogance: "The post-80s generation is the darling of business and the outcast of art." But he had high hopes, but he almost never wrote seriously.
Every time friends meet and ask him when he's coming up with a new book, it almost becomes a regular greeting. And he always laughed and said, drinking and drinking.
In the article "If one day, I bow my head to mediocrity, please shoot at me", you can see his mood at that time:
"I've also been through a long period of muddled nightmares, and I've had a drunken dream of dying... Go with the flow and splurge. Drink all night. The countercurrent repels me, and I go with the flow. I almost gave up writing, and whenever someone asked, I said, and I'll talk about it later. Paired with a silly smiley face. ”
He left the Southern Press
In the past ten years, he has worked as a journalist, children's Internet, public relations, and art park operation. To the onlooker, he did everything beautifully, but his own feelings were: he felt that every moment was busy, in fact, he was very flustered every day.
In June and July 2015, while drinking with a few friends, he proposed the idea of making a social homestay app for acquaintances. He said that using several homestays and short-term rental platforms, it feels all indigenous, like the products of 10 years ago. He wanted to make a cooler one.
Unbeknownst to me at the time, he made a long list of things he really loved, and ended up with two things left: "Writing, or making a product that is compelling and profitable."
He told us about his vision, and it felt like it was well thought out, and there were a lot of ideas that excited us. I asked if I could join, but he ruthlessly refused. He said it was best not to do business between friends.
In September 2015, he left the position of general manager of the Southern Press "289 Art Fashion" and began to immerse himself in this social homestay platform friend's app. In If One Day..., he writes: "The first time I became a product manager... It felt like meeting a strange girl who unbuttoned the three buttons of my blouse to me; a world that was magical enough to give one a feeling of being swallowed up in happiness. ”
Inexplicable APP
When the writer Li Silly really became the entrepreneur Pu Lizi, I felt that he had completely changed into another person.
When I met him, he gave me the impression of having the bandit spirit of a Shaoyang man in Hunan Province, the talent of a writer, and at the same time a sincere brother; drinking freely and laughing loudly.
When he decided to be a friend's house, his whole experience and enthusiasm changed. Almost no longer coming out to drink, talking about topics, from movie books and women, to marketing, technology, and from time to time to turn me an article on how to make a product.
He prototyped the product late at night, and I haven't reacted yet, and after a while, he said, he's already partnered with a couple of awesome people.
Maybe some people just have the ability to learn that we didn't expect. Pu Lizi was the product manager for the first time, and the products made by Plateno Group got the attention of Plateno Group; the two sides met at the Chimelong Hotel, talked about 12 o'clock at night, and quickly determined the intention of cooperation.
In December 2015, the angel round investment of Plateno Group, the parent company of the 7 Days Hotel, was in place.
A member of the Friends Family team.
A friend said when forwarding Pu Lizi's article that the world belongs to the flow of science students' technology, and the beautiful world belongs to the stream of consciousness of liberal arts students.
Now, the Friends App has ended the internal testing stage, and you can enter without an invitation code. During the three-month internal testing period, friends' homes accumulated thousands of high-quality listings, covering more than 60 central cities and tourist hotspot cities across the country.
If you log in to a friend's app, you'll see a lot of interesting people sharing their wonderful house: pageant winners, artists, presenters, writers.
Painter/Hu Chijun, director of the fourth studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Shen Yang, winner of the Sydney District of Miss China, Xie Meng, host of Shanghai Wenguang, Ao Deng toya, music critic, liu Ke, artist, and others all shared their houses at "Friends' House". The picture above shows some of the first house owners to settle in.
The next words
I used to be ruthless to all my friends about amway this app, but now, I just want to say two words:
The first sentence is the origin of the name of the friend's APP, a poem from Tagore's "Birds Collection": "My earth, I land on your shore like a stranger, I live in your house like a tenant, I leave your house like a friend." ”
The second sentence is what Pu Lizi said: The best accommodation I can think of is "like staying at a friend's house".
I have another sentence I would like to say to Pu Lizi:
I wish my friends' app to be on fire, and I know that you are a person who does everything well.
But I also want to say: cherish your talent, there is no shortage of great CEOs in this world, but there is a shortage of great writers.
*Author of this article: Wan Xiaodao (writer), Plateno club has been authorized to reprint
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You are welcome to do a stupid thing:
Let's make a cooler and more fun homestay APP together
Friends' App Recruits the First Batch of "Beauty ExperienceRs"
Sleep all over the world for free
3000 yuan experience fund / person
Participation Methods:
1. Click to read the original article to download the Friend's APP
2, in the App home page under this recruitment article under the comments can be
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