this man is not calm

Chapter 184 Talent is hard to find
Up to now, Jinxi Culture's online shopping business has basically been B2C. It is actually an online department store that purchases a series of products from outside and then sells them to end users.

Because the purchase volume is large, the price is cheap, intermediate links are eliminated, and the gross profit margin is high.

The advantage of this "self-operated" model is that it allows consumers to rest assured that if something goes wrong, they will not have no way to complain.

The shortcomings are also obvious. It cannot mobilize the enthusiasm and participation of the majority of netizens. Many fragmented sellers cannot monetize their products through the platform, and buyers cannot find cheaper alternatives.

Another area that needs improvement is that the variety of goods on the shelves is not complete enough.

At present, it is still not possible to fully cover basic daily necessities and commonly used daily necessities, and can only choose from a small number of products that are popular, have high gross profit margins, and are easy to mail.

"Aunt, do you have any idea about the industrial fund you asked my uncle to ask about? After a while, I will spin off the online shopping business and launch the first round of financing..."

"How much is the valuation?"

"25 billion, release [-]% of the shares. Even... the valuation may rise further, and the financing amount will be larger."

"At least one or two hundred million, it's a bit much!"

"I'm not very willing to take pure venture capital money. The company's current cash flow is quite abundant, and it's not in a hurry to raise funds. It's just that considering the construction of the warehousing and logistics network, the cost is too high. Taking advantage of the low land and construction costs now , plan in advance, so I want to find a strong partner, and carry out strategic cooperation by the way..."

"How many investors are you planning to bring in?"

"One or two!"

"If the two separate..."

If it's 2000 to [-] million, the old Zhang family will bite the bullet and pay it forward. This is a sure-fire business.One to two hundred million was too much. Only by selling most of the family's chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, the stock of meat, eggs, milk, rice, flour, grains and oils, wineries, workshops, and even farms and ranches could he barely scrape together so much money.

But it seems that the risk is too great to exchange the foundation that has been worked hard for half a life for shares that will be difficult to cash in for a while.

Only by uniting a large number of local colleagues can we come up with so much money.However, in this way, the power of speech must be distributed.Whether my nephew, who is quite opinionated, is willing to let too many miscellaneous people participate is a question.

Forming a joint entity to participate in financing seems to be the most feasible option.

"There's no rush yet! The split will take time, and financing won't happen for a while. It will have to be at least two months later."

Things like burning money have to be done properly.

Blindly advertising is not much different from wasting money, but it is different if it is burned into hard assets such as warehousing and distribution centers and logistics channels across the country.

Crazy subsidies and price wars are just one of the ways to attract customers. They are convenient and direct, but too barbaric.Once the subsidy ebbs, customers will naturally leave one after another. If the money burned cannot build a moat and raise the industry threshold, then it will really be wasted money.

If you spend money and invest in heavy assets, no matter what, you will be left with a bunch of warehouses and land use rights in the end, and you won't lose anything.

Jin Shang also understands his aunt Jin Lanyun’s thoughts, intending to invest money to gain advantage in supply, and participate in the A-round financing of Jinxi Culture’s e-commerce business. He even wants to swallow up all the shares, but lacks strength and has no choice but to introduce other peers to share the cake, and Somewhat unwilling.

It only takes about [-] to [-] million to win the first round. In the next round, it is impossible to grasp it. At that time, it will be better to let industrial funds and industry associations come in to raise the valuation. .

As for business, it will definitely not be so ideal.

"If you really want to get more shares, you can get a loan..."

"So much money, where can I get a loan? It's not that hard."

"Me and...the second uncle of the Mei family may make a big move. It should be more convenient to get a loan!"

"You mean..."

Jin Lanyun's eyes shone. Banks, especially national joint-stock banks, were not suitable for everyone.

With Mei Yingnian's strength, it shouldn't be a lie to want to organize a game.

As for whether it can be done, the right time, right place, right people, and the right people are both indispensable.

Jin Shang smiled and said nothing, while Jin Lanyun sighed understandingly:

"Then...I will try my best to arrange the withdrawal of funds and increase the intensity of inventory clearance!"

The current negotiation is just an intention. Whether it can be realized and how it will be implemented depends on the valuation situation at that time.

The current valuation of 25 billion seems to be on the high side, but in three months, it is still unknown whether Jinshang will be satisfied with this.

After getting down to business, during the break, Jin Shang moved out the Venus game console, connected it to the TV, and called Zhang Yunjiu to try out the trial game "King of Fighters 1995" together.

Jin Shang, who had a background in trial play and knew all the indicators and features well, controlled the protagonist and defeated the character chosen by his little cousin. The dazzling special effects really demonstrated the advantages of the Venus console.

During this period, Zhang Yun also grabbed the handle with great interest. Just watching it was not enough, but actually doing it was more exciting.

Jin Shang also felt a little relieved as he watched several old friends gathered around the TV and took turns selecting people to fight, even putting aside the board game "Three Kingdoms" that they had played so much before.

At least from the current point of view, this game is still very attractive. Whether you are a veteran game enthusiast or a layman who is just getting started, you can easily try it out. Follow the guide and explain each gorgeous game in a stylish way. Big move.

Because the Venus host does not have a 3D optimization card, even with a dual-CPU architecture, its performance is average in 3D games that consume more computing power. However, when running "King of Fighters 1995", it is indeed amazing.

If this game console can be revived, not to mention selling 100 million units, even if it only sells 30 units, and then launches a series of high-quality games, it will basically be considered a success.

If we then take advantage of the trend to develop and improve the next generation of consoles, let the game production department develop more excellent products, and enter a virtuous cycle, we will really make a lot of money.
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Back at the rented apartment, Jin Shang and Li Xuan made a phone call and chatted about tomorrow's arrangements before taking a rest soon.

The next morning, after a morning workout and breakfast, Jin Shang came to his alma mater, Beijing Normal University, for the first time in a long time, and found the booth of Jinxi Culture in the school recruitment venue.

Originally Jinxi Culture was not qualified to be shortlisted, so it took a ride on Beihai Shipping to attend the campus job fair to see if it could recruit a few talented students.

Judging from the current situation, the situation is not very optimistic.

In the past, college students were assigned jobs. Even if the work place and position were not ideal, they would still have a guarantee so that they would not be unable to make ends meet after graduation.

If you can find the job you like, it's okay to ignore the school's assignment.In fact, the vast majority of fresh graduates do not have this ability and can only rely on the school to have the energy to arrange a better future for their students.

Now, this safety net is gone, and it is only natural that some senior or third-year graduate students who have no whereabouts and have not thought about what they want to do in the future are busy contacting companies during the school recruitment season.

In his spare time, Jin Shang also visited the exhibition areas of other recruitment units and looked at their positions and benefits.

Overall, Jinxi Culture's salary has obvious advantages, but it's just because the requirements are too high that we can't find the right one.

A small number of prospective graduates who submitted their resumes just tried to participate because of the relatively high salary.

When asked about the specific job content and benefits, the boss, Jin Shang, did not come forward. The recruitment specialist at the front desk eliminated most of the interested students through technical screening. Those who were able to go to discuss specific matters with Wei Shuangping were not included. many.

After waiting for more than an hour, only three candidates who looked interesting met the standards for an interview with the boss Jin Shang.

This...is still a famous local school in Beijing!

Really outstanding students all have a good place to go. Even if there is no job assignment after graduation, there is no shortage of good jobs for those who are capable.

Only those students who are unable to achieve high standards, have too high expectations, have no connections at home, or have chosen the wrong major will worry about how to support themselves in the future.Before the economy improves and colleges and universities expand their enrollment, college students are generally in short supply. Even if their majors are not very suitable and their ability and temperament are not very qualified, they are still better than young people in society who have less knowledge, self-discipline, and learning ability.

As long as what they have learned is not too biased and their overall ability is too poor, Jin Shang is willing to recruit them first and slowly train and transform them.

It's a pity that Jin Shang has taken a fancy to a few companies, but others have not taken a fancy to Jinxi Culture.

"Today's college students are quite arrogant. Not only do they want high-paying and decent jobs, they also like to squeeze into big companies. Jinxi Culture, which was founded less than a year ago, is still not very attractive to graduates from prestigious schools!"

Jin Shang complained in disappointment.

The last time I visited the site in person, it was a mixed job fair, and all of them discovered Wei Shuangping, a great talent, which gave Jin Shang the illusion that there were unappreciated talents everywhere, waiting for him to recruit.

As it turned out, it turned out to be too much.

In the field of high-end employment, college students, technicians who have mastered a specific skill, and experienced white-collar workers dominate, and they have more choices.

It is really difficult for ordinary enterprises, especially private enterprises, to recruit serious college students, especially students from prestigious universities.

Seeing that the boss looked a little unhappy, Wei Shuangping suggested in a low voice:

"Mr. Jin, do you want to increase your salary?"

"I will mention it in the future, but not in this way! I would rather spend more money to recruit mature talents from other units, than give these unstable students the impression that they are stupid and have too much money!"

When recruiting new students on campus, it is actually taboo to raise the starting salary too high all at once. This will not only destroy the company's salary structure, but also fail to retain people's hearts.

On the contrary, those young people who have worked hard in society and the workplace for two or three years, have recognized the reality, and have not completely smoothed out the edges and corners, are the ones who are most in line with Jin Shang's expectations.

"People still have to be recruited! Try to choose rural students who come from remote areas, are very willing to stay in the capital for development, and are particularly sensitive to salary and benefits. It is not easy to train a college student from a poor family, who is particularly concerned about making money and a high starting salary. As long as our company's If the salary is advantageous compared to their peers, they will not leave easily, and there is training value..."

"But, Mr. Jin, I took a look and found that there were basically no private counterparts in the job fair. Most of them are related to the computer and Internet, either from local research institutes or large companies with state-owned assets background."

"In short, let's compete with differentiation! I just set a standard and how to deal with it. It's up to you, the human resources director, to report any problems to me in a timely manner."

Before the school recruitment in the morning ended, Jin Shang left with some disappointment. He went to the School of Urban and Construction to visit his tutor and department director, and then went to the School of Computer Science to talk about cooperation with Director Huang Kunyu and Professor Zhang Youling.

Currently, in addition to the development of the instant messaging software Jinxi, the most important projects are a downloader that supports resumed downloads and a clean version of the online music player.

These several school-enterprise collaboration application software have been developed today. The downloader is relatively simple and should be able to be produced quickly. Only Jin Shang feels that the music player, which is not difficult, is more troublesome.

The functions of current hardware facilities are quite limited, and many relatively niche audio and video applications require specialized decoding chips to be played.

Under the current conditions, it is not possible to make a music player that can adapt to most network formats purely through software simulation.

What's more, what Jinshang requires is a newly developed comprehensive application software that incorporates many customized functions, has a smaller program size, and supports network connection and downloading.

This is more challenging.

As an investor, Jinxi Culture has put forward product requirements and naturally has to find a way to complete them.

In the laboratory, Professor Zhang Youling pressed his temples with a headache.

"With the current technical level, it is not difficult to implement. What is difficult is to perfectly reproduce the functions you need under the limitations of current mainstream computers. It is easy to run on the laboratory server, but the configuration of the home computer is far behind. P2P technology, Fields such as audio and video decoding are actually one of the difficulties that our college is currently tackling. Xiaojin’s ability to invest money in cooperation can be regarded as a solution to an urgent need..."

Scientific research funding is never too much. Cooperation between schools and enterprises is one of the important means to alleviate financial constraints. In the past few months, the two parties have cooperated very happily. The technicians under Jinxi Culture have also grown a lot during the joint development process.

"Professor Zhang, are Director Huang here today? Let's have a meal together at noon?"

"Next time! The Internet will be online in less than three weeks. Director Huang is very busy. I also have to arrange projects for the first-year graduate students..."

“I’ve been really busy lately!”

As for the problem of school recruitment, Jin Shang has not thought about complaining to the school leaders. There will be a larger autumn recruitment next month. We will see the effect and then consider whether to change the recruitment strategy.
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After the school recruitment in the morning ended, Jin Shang took Wei Shuangping and several personnel from the personnel department to a nearby restaurant for lunch, returned to the company, and officially started today's work.

Jinxi’s daily user increase has basically stabilized at around one or two thousand.

What really makes Jin Shang happy is that judging from the registration information, there are many new netizens.

This also proves that Jinshang's promotion strategy is relatively targeted. Many netizens who are not familiar with computers do not know many websites and software. Jinxi Culture still has a good reputation and reputation among the people.

Especially the boss, Jin Shang, who makes news and speaks for the company from time to time, which is obviously different from those middle-aged, potbellied bosses nowadays.

It has become well-known, and the company's products are obviously simpler and easier to use than other peers, so its popularity is foreseeable.

"The emoticon strategy was successful! 』

In [-], when typing was a skill, there were huge obstacles to network communication. Simple and easy-to-use emoticons could handle many online chat scenarios, improving communication efficiency and quality.

The built-in classic emoticons are free, and other optional special emoticons need to be purchased with money or Jinxi coins, and monthly and yearly subscription functions are also available.

Among all the value-added services of Jinxi, the high-quality and low-priced emoticon packs are the best-selling ones.

Jin Shang doesn't care much about how much money he makes. The key is that through this data, he can roughly see the enthusiasm of netizens for chatting and their love for the software Jinxi.

As the network of relationships becomes closer and closer, a social moat is gradually established.

How many people realize that simple online chats, even filled with all kinds of emotional catharsis and "marginal areas" where sidelines are played, will explode with such huge power in the future?
In the monitoring of accounts and chat groups in various regions, as long as there are no obvious violations of laws and regulations, the company will turn a blind eye.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. It is not the time to kill chickens and monkeys yet.

At present, internal reminders, public warnings and restriction functions, time-limited bans, etc. are used to regulate the order of online chats.

Of course, some users whose behavior clearly crossed the line and violated the law were blocked or even deleted without mercy.

While Jin Shang was active in Dai Yiqin's chat group and the specially opened temporary dynamic group for concerts, interacting with netizens from time to time, and secretly revealing some "gossips" to add atmosphere to the activities of the past two days, something appeared on the right side of the computer desktop. The shortcut button in the lower corner starts to flash.

When I clicked on it, I found that it was Mei Fengchun who invited Jin Shang to practice with the Little Mazar Band.

After Jin Shang sent an emoji that said "I'll do the work, don't worry", Mei Fengchun curiously asked where the emoji came from.

The phrase "exclusively for the boss" dispelled the little cousin's desire to do something special.

Since making a lot of money, this usually diligent and thrifty college student has also experienced the feeling of luxurious consumption. Not only did he buy MD and all kinds of things he wanted, but he also bought himself the latest laptop computer. , spending nearly 2 yuan, it was really a waste of money.

I don’t know how long her impulsive consumption of “being poor for a long time and then getting rich” will last.

Fortunately, Mei Fengchun was still reasonable. She bought all the things she wanted and used, and she didn't really lose her mind.

"My uncle is usually too strict and gives too little New Year's money. Girls, you need to be rich!"Look how depressed they are. 』

It was the third day of autumn. In the afternoon, there was a heavy rain. It did not last long and would not delay the evening concert. On the contrary, it could slightly lower the temperature and bring a more comfortable feeling to people who went out.

(End of this chapter)