Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 803 Internet Mania

Wang Xing put his arms around Wang Huiwen's shoulders and said with a smile, "Good brother, we will live and die together in the future, and we will share weal and woe."

It's great to have a friend who is willing to accompany me to lose face!
Wang Huiwen couldn't laugh or cry: "Your words sound unlucky, I still want to be rich."

"There will be bread, and there will be great wealth. Let's go, buy two bottles of good wine, let's have a few drinks with Professor Zhu, and he will take a sip."

Wang Xing endured the pain and bought two bottles of Moutai before calling Zhu Jun.

"Professor Zhu, I'm Wang Xing, am I free tonight? I haven't eaten the dishes cooked by my wife for a long time, so I'll take Huiwen over to have dinner tonight."

When Wang Xing was studying, he was also Zhu Jun's favorite student.After Zhu Jun heard the call, he immediately smiled and said, "Come on, come on, it's been a long time since I've seen you guys. I'll let your mistress prepare some special dishes later, and let's have a good drink. "

At six o'clock in the evening, Wang Xing brought Moutai and Wang Huiwen brought a bag of fruit to Zhu Jun's house.

"Professor Zhu."

Zhu Jun took Wang Xing's Moutai and Wang Huiwen's fruit, and immediately smiled: "You two guys, come here as soon as you come, what else do you bring. It's cold outside, come in and drink tea. Your wife is cooking, eat later gone."

Wang Huiwen rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Master, let me help you."

"No, no, just sit outside and it will be fine soon."

Zhu Jun smiled and said, "Come here, you two, I don't know if your wife doesn't like other people's intervention in cooking?"

The three master and apprentice sat in the living room watching TV and eating fruit.After chatting for a while, Wang Xing cut to the chase and said, "Professor Zhu, I heard that Shuimu University asked all the girls from Shuimu University to withdraw from the beauty contest?"

Wang Huiwen followed up and asked: "That's right, isn't it a good competition? A lot of school girls are showing their self-confidence on the campus network. The young people of the new era are so wonderful. Why are they not participating all of a sudden? "

Zhu Jun admired a lot of beautiful girls in the campus online class recently, and he really likes this competition on the campus network, but after all, he is a teacher, so he can't say this kind of inner truth.

"It's a long story, and I have to start with Dean Ma of the Academy of Fine Arts. I heard that they are a few female students carefully selected by the Academy of Fine Arts. They haven't even passed the primary election. The campus network directly sends their students It was blocked. Dean Ma was so angry that he directly denounced the campus network competition as vulgar and profiteering at the school assembly, which would corrode the fighting spirit of young people. Principal Wang didn't understand this, so he directly handed over the matter to Dean Ma. The dean asked all the participating students of Shuimu University to withdraw."

"I also heard that Dean Ma had admonishing talks with the most popular ones, threatening that if they didn't withdraw from the competition, they would not be issued graduation certificates and would be punished for serious demerits."

Upon hearing this, Wang Huiwen couldn't help scolding: "Isn't this nonsense? They asked others not to participate in the competition because they couldn't find someone from the Academy of Fine Arts? They also know that they can't afford to lose this person, right?"

Speaking of the Academy of Fine Arts, Wang Xing had the impression that all the people who submitted were unsightly and deliberately funny, so he directly rejected them all.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Zhu Jun asked curiously: "Wang Huiwen, why are you so angry?"

Wang Xing smiled bitterly: "This campus network is our entrepreneurial project, and we also organized the competition."

"what?"

This time, Zhu Jun was surprised.

Although he knew about the campus network and registered for it early, he didn't know that the campus network was the entrepreneurial project of Wang Xing and Wang Huiwen.

Nowadays, as the director of the Entrepreneurship and Employment Guidance Center, Zhu Jun is still very concerned about this kind of thing, and asked quickly: "Is what you said true?"

Wang Huiwen said: "Of course it is true. Not long ago, our last project just failed, and suddenly we received a call from Lu Yiming, the richest man in the land. He invested 500 million in us and worked together on this project. Our original idea, Mizuki The university is our alma mater, so it is natural to promote it at Shuimu University, but I did not expect to encounter such a thing.”

"Hey, yes, the richest man Lu also said that he pays attention to the more outstanding contestants in the school flower competition. After graduation, he can give priority to signing contracts with his companies to help achieve employment. The result is not good now, and he will not participate. Then there will be no more after that.”

After hearing what the two said, Zhu Jun was filled with righteous indignation. He patted the table and shouted: "It's unreasonable, it's really unreasonable! This competition must go on, and I'll talk to Principal Wang tomorrow!"

Although Lu Yiming asked him to be demoted, this matter has passed after all, and it would be unreasonable to hold on to it any longer.Although he still doesn't like Lu Yiming, this competition can promote the employment of Shuimu University graduates, which belongs to his job category.

The next morning, Zhu Jun did not go directly to the Academy of Fine Arts, but found the principal Wang Xiqing.

"Principal Wang."

Wang Xiqing was wearing presbyopic glasses to read the newspaper. When he heard the movement, he raised his head and squinted his eyes slightly. After seeing clearly that it was Zhu Jun, he smiled and said, "Director Zhu, it's so early. What can I do for you? "

Zhu Jun said: "One thing, about the campus network. Last night I had a deeper look, and found that the main company operating the campus network is the entrepreneurial project of several outstanding graduates of our Shuimu University, and has won the title of Lu Yiming, the richest man in Asia. investment."

"Oh?"

Wang Xiqing sat up straight involuntarily.

Zhu Jun went on to say: "Not only that, the more outstanding contestants in the school beauty competition can give priority to signing with Lu's richest company after graduation. So I think we at Shuimu University must continue to participate in this school flower competition. Now other colleges and universities across the country have participated in this competition. If we Shuimu University does not participate, we will definitely be laughed at by our brother schools. And this will be related to the employment of many graduates."

Hearing about the ridicule related to graduate employment and brother schools, Wang Xiqing immediately paid attention to it: "This is indeed a problem. According to what you said, participating in this competition is beneficial and harmless. Why does Dean Ma disagree?"

Zhu Jun blurted out: "Because they didn't select anyone from the Academy of Fine Arts, and became the only department in Shuimu University that didn't have any contestants. Do you think he would be happy to see such a competition?"

This reason immediately made Wang Xiqing dumbfounded, and then his impression of Marseille was greatly reduced in his heart, and he couldn't help saying: "It seems that this is not a problem with the competition. There are so many departments in the school, and none of them participated in the competition. On the contrary, it's a little abnormal, logically speaking, there should be no shortage of beauties for those who study art."

"Hey, I don't know about that."

Thinking that Ma Sai might be unlucky, Zhu Jun couldn't help laughing.

Wang Xiqing said to Zhu Jun: "Then you go and tell him that this is my order. At that time, I will personally send a notice to the school office to resume the Shuimu University and continue to compete."

"Ok."

After Zhu Jun left Wang Xiqing's office, he immediately found Ma Sai and said seriously, "Dean Ma, please stop all actions against the campus network immediately!"

In principle, Zhu Jun belongs to this academy, Marse belongs to the Academy of Fine Arts, and is also the dean, the rank is higher than Zhu Jun, and they are not in the same system, so Marse didn't give Zhu Jun any good looks, and shouted: "Why? What, they are clearly trying to tarnish the reputation of our Shuimu University!"

Zhu Jun has always been very disdainful of Ma Sai's character, so this time with the school's backing, he did not give Ma Sai any face: "This is the school's decision. Among the three founders of the campus network, there are two One is a well-known alumnus of our Shuimu University, one of our own."

Marcel said unhappily: "What famous alumni? Why don't I know!"

Zhu Jun had a rare chance to be a hard steel superior, and he felt very happy in his heart. He immediately said with a smile: "They are not now, but maybe they will be in a few years. The school still attaches great importance to this aspect, so I hope Dean Ma Don't get yourself wrong."

This is equivalent to a warning. The reputation of the school is often related to the achievements of the graduates, and the campus network is a project that competes with Facebook. No one can tell how far it will grow in the future.

But in any case, this little seedling has to be protected.

Maybe one day in the future, it will grow into a towering tree?

In recent years, Lu Yiming has been throwing out a lot of coins, and Shuimu University has not benefited at all. Now the students of his school start a business and support a wave. Will they not reciprocate in the future?
It can only be said that interests are everywhere in this world.It depends on whose interests are greater.

Entering 2005, the capital circle, which had been silent for a long time, began to move around, and the Internet industry also began to show a scene of vigor and vitality.

Undoubtedly, 2005 was the most critical year for Xia Guo's Internet, because it was in this year that Xia Guo's Internet giants began to gain a firm foothold and vigorously developed, thus laying the foundation for the future world Internet hegemony. pattern.

After the bubble of the Internet 1.0 era was burst, many companies that are still alive have basically achieved profitability.

With the stable development of traditional businesses such as e-mail, online advertising, and e-commerce, coupled with the rapid growth of new businesses such as online games, search engines, instant messaging, blogs, and digital music, Xiaguo's Internet industry is growing at a high rate of 30%.

Such achievements naturally attract worldwide attention, attracting a lot of foreign hot money, investors flocking here, and the fierce battle is about to begin.

In Beijing, in the meeting room of Qianxiang Interactive headquarters, Chen Yizhou is receiving Shi Deyue, the person in charge of Xiaguo District sent by Accel Venture Capital Company.

Chen Yizhou put the company's information in front of Shi Deyue, and said expectantly: "Mr. Shi, don't worry, Qianxiang Interactive is definitely a mature Internet company. My past successful experience is enough to prove that I am a reliable founder." people and entrepreneurs."

Shi Deyue was also very enthusiastic, saying: "We at Accel are very optimistic about the future of Qianxiang Interactive, and I will ask Mr. Chen to take care of you in the future."

In this era, Xia Kingdom's Internet field is so enthusiastic.

When Chen Yizhou saw Shi Deyue let go, he was very excited, and immediately said politely: "Where is it, I should say thank you, thank you Accel for trusting me, please believe me, Qianxiang Interactive will not disappoint any investor .”

A conversation can be described as a joy for both the host and the guest.

Thousand Oaks Interactive received an investment of 1000 million US dollars from Accel, and Accel, as a venture capitalist from the United States, has also successfully entered the Xiaguo market. You must know that this investment company just invested in Facebook not long ago $1270 million.

After sending Shi Deyue away, Chief Financial Officer Chen Xiaoxin excitedly said to Chen Yizhou: "The financing is successful, and I can finally show my strengths."

Standing next to Chen Yizhou, Chen Xiaoxin was wearing professional attire. She was unattractive, but her aura was not small. She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree, and then went to Stanford University to study for an MBA at the Graduate School of Business. The Citigroup Salomon Smith Barney branch of Citigroup has been around for a while, and it can be considered a bit of a connection in the capital circle.

This time, Qianxiang Interactive was able to get Accel's venture capital, and Chen Xiaoxin contributed a lot.

Of course, as the founder of Qianxiang Interactive, Chen Yizhou himself is not simple, and it is not even the first time for him to start a business.

In 1987, he was admitted to the Department of Physics of Wuhan University, and then went to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study and obtain a master's degree from MIT. After graduation, he worked for Altek Corporation in the United States and directly sat in the position of supervisor, responsible for North Asian affairs.

Chen Yizhou, who had been working for several years, seemed to feel his own inadequacy, so he returned to Stanford University to study for a dual master's degree in MBA and electrical engineering.

It was also at Stanford University that he met alumni Zhou Yunfan and Yang Ning, and the three co-founded ChinaRen, with Chen Yizhou as the chairman and CEO.

Obviously, Chen Yizhou and Wang Xing are the same type of person, with a smart mind, a high degree of education, and a special ability to make troubles.

And coincidentally, both of them were hammered by capital at the beginning of their business.

Chen Yizhou's Chinaren failed to survive the cold winter of the Internet in 2000 and was acquired by SoHu. Chen Yizhou became the vice president of SOHU from a founder and chairman of the company.

But he, the vice president, has no power at all in the company, and he can only do things under the orders of others, just like a worker.

So after working for more than a year, he couldn't take it anymore, so he resigned directly. In November 2002, he established Qianxiang Interactive Group, and he served as the chairman and CEO. With the funds from the fraudulent, he won DuDu.com, dudu accelerator , Maopu.com, World of Warcraft, 11Q Campus Zone and other websites.

Suddenly, Chen Yizhou transformed from an entrepreneur to a venture capitalist.

After Wang Xing was hammered by the capital, his mind was not clear, and he continued to work hard on products.

Chen Yizhou is different. He adheres to the principle of joining if he can't beat him. With Accel's 1000 million US dollars in funds, Chen Yizhou has the ambitions he had before. He asked Chen Xiaoxin: "Yes, we can show our strengths. You say we How about buying uume?"

"Uume?"

Chen Xiaoxin was surprised: "Mr. Chen, are you planning to socialize online?"

For his own people, Chen Yizhou has nothing to hide. He nodded and said, "The most important thing for Facebook's success is to allow users to share photos on the Internet. If this is the case, how about we share videos directly? What do you think will happen?" Effect?"

I have to say that Chen Yizhou has a good vision, and video websites are indeed the biggest traffic portal in the future.

In 2005, thanks to the popularity of broadband technology, the cost and difficulty of video transmission were greatly reduced. Therefore, this is also known as the first year of Xiaguo's online video industry. Video sites such as Youku, Tudou, and Wole. Emergence opened a new era of competition among heroes.

Chen Yizhou made no secret of his ambition: "I want to make a video version of Facebook in Xiaguo!"

However, Chen Xiaoxin was much more cautious. She said: "I think the risk of doing this is too high. Not long ago, MSN just had a battle with QQ. The richest man in Lu even defeated Microsoft. If we want to enter the social field, we will undoubtedly use it." When it comes to QQ’s cheese, there will inevitably be another battle.”

Chen Yizhou said confidently: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and the market and users must be obtained by robbing. I admit that Lu's richest man is very powerful, and QQ's market share is also very high, but we are not without opportunities."

Immediately, Chen Yizhou went to uume to find Liu Jian.

Liu Jian also studied at Stanford and is Chen Yizhou's junior.

After a heart-to-heart exchange, Chen Yizhou said to Liu Jian sincerely: "Come and help me, we will have two swords, and we will venture into the world together."

Although Chen Yizhou's big cake was very round and big, Liu Jian was not very moved.He said with some hesitation: "To be honest, senior, uume is developing very well now."

Chen Yizhou was not polite at all, and said bluntly: "It doesn't matter if you lie to me, don't lie to yourself, do you pretend that I don't know how much money video sites burn? Listen to my advice, we have a chance together, Otherwise, when other giants enter the market, our first-mover advantage will be gone.”

uume is playing the short video sharing community model, which is simply "video social networking". From a technical point of view, it is more advanced than Facebook's "photo social networking".

Liu Jian naturally had high hopes for this, and felt that sooner or later he would be able to succeed.

However, Chen Yizhou obviously understands capital better than Liu Jian, and persuaded him: "In the current Internet 2.0 era, both foreign and domestic companies are beginning to appear leading companies. For example, QQ is the overlord in the social field. , compete with you, can you stand it? Or are you confident that you can beat Lu's richest man by yourself?"

Liu Jian fell silent immediately. No matter how confident he was, he didn't think he could win Lu Yiming, the richest man in Asia.

Seeing that the persuasion had produced results, Chen Yizhou immediately struck while the iron was hot, and extended an invitation to Liu Jian: "Come and help me, the position of Chief Operating Officer of Qianxiang United is reserved for you by me, and there is an empty seat, isn't it interesting?"

After all, he is in the circle, and Liu Jian is not a child who knows nothing. Although he is very confident in his products, what Chen Yizhou said is also true. uume woke up early, but if there is no follow-up action, it must be the end of a late episode.

After thinking for a long time, Liu Jian finally made up his mind and said to Chen Yizhou, "Okay, let's unite."

Now sell it to Qianxiang Interactive, and you can still sell it for a good price.When the leading position is gone in the future, it will be nothing.

(End of this chapter)