Media Tycoon since 1999

Chapter 354

In 2004, Ding Lei ranked No. 6 on the Forbes rich list. In 2005, due to the rise in Yi.com's stock price, Ding Lei's position on the list will be even higher.

And this year, Baidu was successfully listed, and Li Yan will definitely be on the list.

Gao Yang asked these two people for alms and helped the people in his hometown build a road. To these two people, it was really a trivial matter.

Gao Yang also wanted to test out the attitude of these two big bosses towards money and wealth. If they were too stingy, they would not play with them when they had business matters in the future.

Everyone is purely talking about personal relationships, just being friends.

"You invested $2000 million in Silicon Valley? What did you invest in..."

Ding Lei and Li Yan were shocked that Gao Yang actually invested in Silicon Valley.

Gao Yang then talked about his investment in the Android company at the end of last year. At that time, he didn't even know Ding Lei and Li Yan.

Li Yan laughed: "Good guy, last year I arranged for someone to come to you and wanted to invest in your 51.com, but you didn't want to accept it at all. Turning around, you mortgaged your mother-in-law's property and used the loan to invest in a small company in Silicon Valley. You are crazy Alright."

Gao Yang said: "Brother Yan, Brother Lei, both of you are programmers, and I don't understand technology. What do you think is the prospect of a company like Android making an open source smartphone system?"

Ding Lei said with a smile: "When it comes to technology, Lao Li is still very good.

Gao Yang, did you know that the early development of Google was mainly due to Larry, one of the two founders, who wrote a search algorithm called PageRank.

This thing is borrowed from a ranking system called RankDex written by Lao Li.

Old Li is awesome, he only dared to go back to China to start a business and start a white business, then rely on the VC capital in the United States to build a white business, and then return to the United States to go public and raise funds.

You are amazing, you dare to borrow money to be a VC of a Silicon Valley start-up company, and what you want is a mobile phone operating system. "

Li Yan also said with a smile: "Gao Yang, how should I put it, you invested 2000 million US dollars in a Silicon Valley start-up company, the Andy Rubin you just mentioned has ten years of professional experience in Apple and Microsoft, and is an open source mobile phone operating system. Technically, the problem is not difficult.

The difficulty lies in building an ecology and being accepted by mobile phone manufacturers.

I can't say that there is no possibility of success, but the probability is very small. If it succeeds, then you may make a lot of money. "

Gao Yang said: "We invested more than 2000 million US dollars, it was 3000 million US dollars, and another 1000 million US dollars was invested by a friend who is in the industry with me..."

Gao Yang introduced Lu Tao's investment in the Android company, and said:

"I don't understand technical things, so I just look at the prospect and the general trend of the industry.

I believe that China will become the largest smartphone market in the world in the future, because we have a large population and fast economic development.

In addition, in the future, there will definitely be local mobile phone brand manufacturers with global influence in Huaxia. The stage of intelligence is the best opportunity.

Therefore, I first invest in supporting companies like android to make open source operating systems.

In the future, I also want to be friends with Tao Ge in the industry and invest in branded mobile phones.

Luxshare Seiko, which Brother Tao is now co-investing with, started as a connector OEM. The business is developing very well, and there are too many orders to fill. Next year, it will increase capital and share, and open a new factory.

I think that within a few years, they will have the technical strength to produce mobile phones as OEMs.

I also don't believe that Symbian and Windows can completely dominate the smart phone market, and open source systems must have room for survival.

At that time, we will have an open source operating system like Android and make our own branded mobile phones, so we will always find a breakthrough.

In addition, with the help of an open source platform such as Android, we will try our best to attract open source software enthusiasts around the world to build its application ecosystem, and then find ways to cooperate with upstream chip designers and chip manufacturers. There will always be opportunities.

Once done successfully, hehe..."

Ding Lei shook his head happily: "Crazy, you are too ambitious. If you want to make a mobile phone, I think of a friend, Duan.

He started with Bawang game consoles, and later made Bugao Electronics, developed cordless phones, VCDs, and learning machines, all of which were very successful.

In 2001, Yi.com was in crisis. He bought a lot of Yi.com stocks at a price below 1 US dollar, and held them until last year, making hundreds of times the profit.

Last year, A Duan directed the team and made another brand OPO, making MP3 and MP4.

I think you are very similar to A Duan. He is in the field of electronic products, and you are in the field of Internet. They are both very thoughtful and have many routines.

Maybe you can chat together on the matter of making mobile phones, how about I introduce some paragraphs to you? "

Gao Yang was rather happy: "Okay, then thank Brother Lei."

Gao Yang knew that Duan Ding Lei was talking about was Duan Yongping, a legend in the investment world.

Gao Yang seriously doubts whether Duan Yongping is also a reborn, because the investment is too precise, and he brought out several generals to follow him all the way.

Ding Lei asked again: "Gao Yang, what is the budget for the road you want to build, and how much money is left?"

Gao Yang said: "The budget is more than 1400 million, and there is still a shortfall of 800 million. I have a brother who is a deputy county in the suburban county of Shudu. funds.

Then, at the city and county levels of Jinyang, my second brother-in-law was able to find a way to apply for two or three million yuan.

As I said, they are not allowed to engage in apportionment with the farmers in the villages along the way, so I want to find you and Yan Ge to settle the 800 million yuan.

I won't let you donate in vain. In the future, Jiajiahui Supermarket and Tao Ge's Luxshare Seiko will increase their capital and share. I will introduce you to buy shares. These two companies are expected to go public for financing in the future. "

Ding Lei smiled and said, "I'll talk about these things later. I can donate 400 million to build this road, but you have to guarantee the quality of the project."

Gao Yang said: "Brother Lei, you can rest assured about the quality of the project. This road, this time, was jointly built by two township organizations, and the other town is Chengguan Town in the county seat. The leader is my uncle Wu Peng, Ruohan's own brother.

It's all discussed, the project will be open for bidding, mainly state-owned infrastructure companies, everything will be managed in a standardized manner, and the two townships will arrange cadres to guard the construction site in shifts...

In a word, no one dares to make money from this project, whoever dares to make money, I will let anyone in for free meals.

This point, my second brother-in-law and my classmates have guaranteed me. "

Ding Lei asked again: "Gao Yang, let me ask you a question, why do you take the trouble to do such a thing, which is similar to doing good deeds?"

Gao Yang thought for a while: "Let's put it this way, I have a kind of sympathy for people who are poor and living in difficulties, because my family has been poor since I was a child, and I was so poor that I could only eat meat once a month.

I remember that when I was young, when I was about 5 years old, people from other provinces traveled thousands of miles every year, begging for food along the way, mainly people from Anhui Province and Henan Province.

At that time, my family was very poor. When I met such a person, my parents would still give him a bowl of rice. Many folks in our village would do this.

Everyone is poor, but they have to survive.

I didn't pass the college entrance examination, so I only went to the junior college line, and I was able to study for a teacher training college. I didn't go, and I applied for a technical secondary school, because I only studied for two years and could work earlier.

If I repeat my studies for another year, I should be able to enter university, but my family has no financial support, and I don't want my parents to be too tired.

Now, when I meet beggars on the street, as long as they don’t look like liars, I will give them a little money, not much, enough to feed them a few meals.

I didn't think about doing good or not doing good, and it has nothing to do with nobility, but there is such a kind of empathy.

I also have a local concept. The so-called "small grass and hills, wild people cherish the soil", do something for the folks in my hometown, not deliberately. "

Ding Lei nodded: "Then I will sponsor 400 million. If you want to get rich, build roads first. This is a good thing."

Li Yan smiled and said, "Okay, then I will also sponsor 400 million."

Gao Yang clasped his fists: "Thank you Brother Lei and Brother Yan, you are sponsoring in the name of individuals or in the name of the company."

Both Ding Lei and Li Yan said: "In the name of individuals."

Gao Yang clasped his fists again: "Thank you, when this road is completed, I'll ask them to erect a merit monument for you two."

Ding Lei laughed: "As for it, there's no need to be so exaggerated."

Gao Yang said: "You can't leave a name for doing good deeds, or you can erect a monument to the project, a very simple one, and record that the two companies, Yiwang and Baidu, assisted and funded the construction of this road, which can be regarded as an image Propaganda."

Li Yan and Ding Lei looked at each other with a smile, nodded and agreed.

No one's money came from the wind. The two are willing to sponsor 400 million each because of Gao Yang's face and his network resources.

After returning home at night, Gao Yang immediately called Wu Peng and Xiao Jin, saying that he had begged for 800 million yuan, and after the project started, the money would be transferred to the special fund account.

Naturally, Wu Peng and Xiao Jin were overjoyed, and immediately discussed to start the project bidding as soon as possible, and then tried to find a way to apply for special funds from the higher authorities.

Gu Yawen was a little puzzled by this: "Husband, if you want to sponsor the construction of the road in your hometown, we can also privately fund it, which is a few million."

Gao Yang shook his head and smiled: "It's not necessary, I'm not reluctant to part with this little money, but I want to take this opportunity to see how Brother Lei and Brother Yan behave, and to determine how to interact with them in the future and what kind of friendship to establish. It has to be tied together."

(End of this chapter)