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Chapter 415 I want to buy a plane

This is the earliest goose city, right?Standing at the gate of the East Unit of Building [-] of Huaqiangbei SEG Science and Technology Park, Li Lei felt a little emotional for a while. Who would have thought that there is now a behemoth with a future output value of hundreds of billions hidden in it?Just as he was watching intently, he suddenly heard the sound of a car behind him. He looked back and saw that the old horse had just gotten out of the Mercedes-Benz, "Mr. Li, are you here to look for Teng Teng? I'll take you in!"

"Mr. Ma, aren't you going to work today? Why do you have time to come over?" Li Lei recalled some rumors. He came here to do accounts for the child's company?

"Hey, I'm in this class now. It's not interesting to be in the class. No one cares about me. I don't have anything to do. It doesn't matter whether I'm in the unit or not!" Lao Ma's eyes are a little gloomy. He has encountered some troubles recently, which is equivalent to entering Second line.

Li Lei didn't ask any more questions, and followed him upstairs to the door of Room 403. In front of him was an office of about [-] square meters, which witnessed the six years from Tencent's birth to its listing. I didn't give up here, and still keep it as the "Tencent Starting Point" exhibition hall.

When entering the door, there is a front desk with blue and white as the main color, and the company name of Tencent in Chinese and English is written on the background wall. Lao Ma introduced while pushing the door, "Teng Teng's friend originally opened a dance studio nearby, but the business was not very good. I was idle, and I heard that Teng Teng wanted to start a company, so I took it out for him! After using it for a while, people wanted to take it back, and Teng Teng felt that the place was used to it, so he didn’t bother to change it. He happened to see this office and rented it out again. Come down, simply decorate and use it all the time.”

"Mr. Li! Why are you here suddenly?" Teng Teng, who was wearing glasses, raised his head from the cubicle when he heard the voice. Li Lei glanced at the cubicle, which was still dominated by blue and white, and the staff were all buried in their heads. While working, Li Lei even saw the familiar head of a penguin, and couldn't help feeling a little dazed. The world he was familiar with was getting closer and closer.

Several people entered the small office inside and sat down to chat. The staff outside couldn't believe their eyes. Who was it that came in just now?Why do I look a bit like the rich man Li Lei mentioned in the newspaper?Our boss still has this relationship?Many people were very excited about it. As the saying goes, it is good to lean on a big tree to enjoy the shade. Now that the company has the former richest man in the country as its backer, do you still need to worry about it in the future?

"I saw a software ICQ made by a few Israelis on the Internet, and I thought it was very interesting, but this software is not without flaws." Teng Teng shyly introduced it to Li Lei.

If Lu Guanqiu and others who entered the sea at the beginning of the reform were called the first generation entrepreneurs, and Feng Lun and others who abandoned politics in 92 and started business were called the second generation entrepreneurs, then Ding Lei, Zhang Chaoyang, Xiao Ma and others can be regarded as entrepreneurs. Considered as the third generation of entrepreneurs, their generation is fundamentally different from the previous two generations.

The first generation of entrepreneurs mainly rely on courage. As long as they dare to fight and be reckless, and they are not beaten by changing policies, they can succeed; the second generation of entrepreneurs has a higher level of education. But the key to their success is not knowledge, but familiarity with the system. They rely on this to walk on the edge of policies and continue to grab huge wealth through policy changes.

A shy person like Xiao Ma is unlikely to be successful no matter in the 80s or early 90s, because the success at that time was more important in the relationship between people. What position can you convince? It can determine how much success can be achieved, and the pony seems to obviously lack the ability in this regard.

The advent of the Internet age has made technology wealth a reality. Whoever can create cooler websites and software that is more popular with users in this period will be successful, and Xiao Ma and his five tigers happen to have this ability. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the Internet is an emerging industry, not as complicated as many traditional industries, and there is not much state interference. This reflects a certain degree of fairness to a certain extent.

Xiao Ma continued to talk about his origins in making this software. After seeing the Israeli ICQ, Xiao Ma didn’t think of sharing sharing for the first time, because he didn’t think it could make money; but when he was wandering online I saw Guangzhou Telecom's public bidding for an instant messaging software similar to ICQ.

After discussing with Zhang Zhidong and others, Xiao Ma and Zhang Zhidong felt that the work was not too difficult, so they planned to follow up. They spent a few days writing a tender document, and added an OPEN in front of ICQ and renamed it QICQ, the Chinese name is Chinese Network pager.

As a result, the bidding failed without any surprises, because Telecom had already selected the winning bidder when it released the announcement, and advertising before was just a process.

Although the bidding failed, the QICQ project was retained. Pony led people to carry out the transformation. Some of the points were done very well. The first is to compress the installation package. Now the Internet speed is very slow, and the software is too large to be conducive to promotion. The first internal version is only 220K, and it can be downloaded quickly even with the current network speed; secondly, it solves the problem that ICQ cannot send messages to offline friends, even if the other party is not online, you can still leave a message for him, plus Adding details such as online friends and cartoon avatars, this software was welcomed by many netizens as soon as it appeared on February 1999, 2.

However, which software Guangzhou Telecom bought with a lot of money was quickly abandoned by netizens due to its backward performance and insufficient stability. In the future, Tencent’s Sharingan will be criticized by countless people, but their micro-innovation this time is extremely successful , because they do not innovate based on technology, but improve based on customer experience, and customer-oriented will naturally win the favor of customers.

At first, according to their ideas, develop 1 users in the first year, 10 to [-] in the second year, and [-] customers in the third year. Because it is necessary to serve [-] users, the annual staff salary , Bandwidth rent and server costs add up to about [-] yuan, Tencent can still afford it, no more.

"I didn't expect that the increase rate of users was much faster than our imagination. It took only a few months, and the number of people online at the same time exceeded 500. If this continues, we will run out of money!" Xiao Ma was very excited. Headaches, Internet entrepreneurs of later generations are eager to have as many users as possible, but he begins to worry that there are too many users who cannot afford the server fee.

"I studied some cases of American Internet companies and found that the most critical data is the number of users. The number of users of Internet companies is closely related to the valuation of them in the financial market. This is true from large companies such as Yahoo to newly established small companies! So the rapid increase in the number of users is a good thing for you!" Li Lei comforted.

"It's good, but we don't know how to make money from this thing!" Xiao Ma scratched his head in distress. He still looks at the Internet from a traditional perspective, thinking that things that can't make money are meaningless.

"Don't worry, the Internet is a new thing after all, and it's normal to be uncertain about the direction for a while. The most important thing for you now is to continue to improve this software, give users a better experience, and attract more users. When the time is right, naturally Quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, maybe you wake up one day, and you suddenly know how to make money from this!" Li Lei is too clear about this, Q coins, QQ shows, games, these are all making money A good way, but it has not been disclosed yet.

Because the most important thing for Tencent now is to accumulate a sufficient number of users as soon as possible, and Xiao Ma has not yet asked himself to invest. Will be too careful.

"As for the money, don't worry. When you need to invest, just call me. I even voted for Ding Lei. Why don't I vote for you?" Li Lei looked at Xiao Ma. I have to vote for you!

After sitting here for a while, Li Lei left. Before he left, he did not forget the main purpose of coming here. He asked Xiaoma for a few QQ numbers, and he planned to go back and teach his family to use them together. Previous or consecutive numbers, these numbers will definitely become the targets of netizens to add after they go online. If you use it yourself, it is better to choose a low-key number, and Li Lei does not need to make money by selling numbers.

Leaving the Special Economic Zone, Li Lei flew directly to Hangzhou. Now that he has met Xiao Ma, let’s meet Lao Ma by the way. His Alibaba has also been officially established, and the office address is Lao Ma’s new house—Hangzhou Lakeside Garden No. 16, Unit 1, Building 202, Fengheyuan. This is a 150-square-meter four-bedroom apartment. A second-hand house like this in the same community in later generations costs about 800 million.

Lao Ma founded Alibaba just one month after Tencent QICQ was launched. Xiao Ma has his Five Tiger Generals, and Lao Ma has his own Eighteen Arhats. They not only work here, but also live here. Mattresses are everywhere on the ground. Lie down and rest when you are tired, and continue to work when you wake up. The days must be hard, but no one complains. Everyone is immersed in the enthusiasm for entrepreneurship.

"Mr. Li, don't look at my failure to engage in the Yellow Pages before. I went to the capital and returned home, but I don't admit defeat. Even if Tyson knocks me down, as long as I don't die, I will jump up and continue fighting, so there is Now Alibaba, this will definitely be a new starting point for my success!" Lao Ma's small body is full of passion.

Li Lei was a little curious when he heard this. If Lao Ma and Xu Jingyu were thrown into the octagonal cage to fight fiercely, who would come out in the end?
"Every failure in the past is now a precious asset. Although I failed in the Yellow Pages before, I have made many good friends in the business community. Now they hear that I want to set up Alibaba and help them sell goods online. , they are all very supportive! Look, this is the number of our registered users, and this is the positive feedback from our customers! How could it be possible to achieve such results now if there were no previous failures?"

It may be a bit of a coincidence that Penguin was born in the special zone, but Alibaba was born in Zhejiang. It was a match made in heaven. These small factory owners made Alibaba a world-renowned Internet giant, and Alibaba also helped them sell their products all over the world.

"Very good. Does the company need my help now?" Li Lei asked after reading it. Xiao Ma and Lao Ma almost raised 50 yuan to start a company. Xiao Ma has fewer people and has other income. The support can still be persisted, but the words of the old horse seem to be unable to withstand it.

He has been investing outside every day recently, but every time he fails. When he heard that Li Lei was coming, he almost pinned all his hopes on it. Now that Li Lei took the initiative to speak, he immediately said firmly, "Money, I am short of funds now, I need money to promote the website, rent servers, and do everything! Mr. Li, although Alibaba is still very small, I am confident that it will become a company with a market value of 50 billion US dollars. You invest now Every penny you spend will get a hundredfold return!"

Needless to say, Alibaba will be a giant company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars in the future, Li Lei muttered in his heart, and promised very readily, "No problem, I will go to Shanghai tomorrow, you can go with me, Then talk to the people in the venture capital company, and you can discuss how much to invest and how many shares to get!"

"Okay, okay!" After getting an affirmative answer, Jack Ma finally felt relieved. It's hard to say what will happen in the future, but as long as he can get money now, his Alibaba can continue to live.

Lao Ma's home is not far from the West Lake, and the group went to the West Lake to play after dinner. Lao Ma, who had just confirmed that he could get the investment, was in high spirits. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help feeling proud, "Mr. Internet companies at home and abroad are booming. Sohu, which you invested in, has entered the "Forbes Rich List", and Yang Zhiyuan abroad has become an idol of young people all over the world. In this case, why don't we organize an Internet industry conference? ?”

The more Lao Ma talked, the more excited he became, "The location is in the West Lake, and then Sohu, Sina, NetEase, China.com, etc., these famous Internet companies are all called! You are not only the richest man in the country, but also a famous Internet investor. It is up to you It's just right to lead this head."

"You can have this! But don't be in a hurry. It's a bit late this year. Next year, we will start to gather early, and we will come to West Lake to get together on a good day!" Li Lei promised, let me experience the rush of the godfather of the Internet.

On the way to Shanghai the next day, Lao Ma talked all the way. I don’t know where he came from so many words and so much energy. Li Lei was tired from listening. He didn’t even use water after talking for so long. drink.

When he arrived at the venture capital company's office on the Bund, Li Lei handed Ma Yun over to his subordinates, while he picked up the venture capital projects they had collected recently and looked through them, hoping to find the later Internet tycoon. He really found a few of them, and the one at the top is especially eye-catching. This one must be voted for, and if you vote, you can buy a private jet!
(End of this chapter)