Reborn since 1993

Chapter 489 Looking forward to it
“After Himalaya Radio is established, Sequoia Capital will see it!”

Moritz wanted to wait and see before making a decision, and Li Dongling did not force him or beg Moritz for anything.

What Himalaya Radio lacks now is not funding, but resources and connections!
But since Sequoia Capital is unwilling to make a bet immediately, then when Himalaya Radio goes online, if it performs outstandingly, then Sequoia Capital will rush over to give money without you having to ask.

The purpose of holding this banquet today is actually to tell Silicon Valley that Himalaya Radio has emerged and to let Silicon Valley, the center of the American Internet, know about the existence of Himalaya Radio.

In the end, what matters is the performance of Himalaya Radio itself. If you bloom, butterflies will come. Whether it is a mule or a horse, you will only know after you have experienced it.

“Yahoo will support Himalaya Radio!”

After Moritz left, Yang Zhiyuan expressed his attitude towards Li Dongling, which was also to thank Li Dongling for his support for the Yahoo founding team.

Li Dongling was still counting on the returns that Yahoo would bring to the Zhixing Foundation. How could he allow someone to intercept Yahoo halfway!
If Yahoo can reach the market value of its previous life after its listing, at its peak, Yahoo’s market value will exceed 1280 billion US dollars. According to the 7.5% of Yahoo’s shares held by the Zhixing Foundation, the value of this equity exceeds 96 billion US dollars!
Of course, it is impossible to cash out all the stocks worth such a large amount of US dollars at the high point. Basically, after Yahoo's market value is close to 100 billion US dollars, it will start to cash out slowly. At the highest point, almost all of the Yahoo shares will be sold out, leaving a few as a souvenir and retaining the status of a member of the Yahoo board of directors. This is the last coin of Yahoo, and Li Dongling will not compete with others for it.

“I believe in Yahoo’s founding team. I believe that under your leadership, Zhiyuan, Yahoo will be able to exceed the expectations of the outside world. In the Yahoo board of directors, the vote in the hands of the Zhixing Foundation will always be cast for you!”

Li Dongling's speech of chicken soup made Yang Zhiyuan, who had witnessed the intrigues between Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions in recent years, feel deeply touched.

Not all venture capitalists are like Li Dongling, who gives almost unconditional support to company founders. It is normal for venture capital companies to abandon founders, become enemies with company founders, and kick them out. There is nothing strange about it.

On the contrary, it is quite rare in Silicon Valley for someone like Li Dongling to be so supportive of founders. Yang Zhiyuan feels that perhaps only investors from inland hometowns would see such a drama of Bole and the Thousand-Li Horse in a place where the only measurement standard is the US dollar!
"As long as I am still in Yahoo, Yahoo will support Himalaya Radio. I promise!" Yang Zhiyuan said solemnly to Li Dongling.

Li Dongling looked at Yang Zhiyuan's expression, not knowing what was going on in his mind, but looking at Yang Zhiyuan's expression, Li Dongling still nodded.

The banquet was halfway through, and Li Dongling received a lot of business cards, many of which were from founders of Silicon Valley startups, who stuffed their business cards into Li Dongling's hands.

Although the Zhixing Foundation is not as well-known in Silicon Valley as Sequoia Capital, KPCB, etc., its two investments, Yahoo and Sohu, are now quite famous. Especially since Yahoo is about to go public, this 100% success rate has made many small Internet companies want to try their luck with Li Dongling.

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"We need to talk!"

After Li Dongling exchanged greetings with several founders of small Internet companies, Sohu.com President Steve Kissir couldn't help but find Li Dongling.

Seeing Steve Kissir's serious expression, Li Dongling glanced at the time and said, "Tomorrow, we will go to Himalaya Silicon Valley office to discuss!"

Steve Kissir hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. Although he was anxious, he knew that some things could not be rushed, and he did not care about spending one night.

"What happened with the letter search?"

When the banquet entered the second half, Li Dongling, who had drunk a lot of wine, left. After returning to the hotel conference room, he asked Zhou Hualiang.

He is in charge of Dongling Hi-Tech's business in the Americas, including Feiyan Technology, Zhixing Foundation and other businesses. Zhou Hualiang naturally knows the most about Souxin's affairs.

"I'm afraid it's mainly a funding issue. Internet companies are short of funds. Not all Internet companies are as lucky as Netscape and Yahoo, which can go public in a year or two, or get large amounts of venture capital," said Zhou Hualiang.

Souxin’s funding is almost running out, but the search industry is not favored by investors, who think it is a money-losing business!
Netscape was dealing with browsers, and Yahoo never claimed to be a search company, but rather a portal concept. Sohu.com was a pure search company, and no one knew how to monetize the search, so it was naturally unpopular.

Silicon Valley venture capital companies did not like search companies like SouXin and ASK at all. Seeing that their funds were about to be burned out, the news that Yahoo was going to go public also stimulated SouXin a little.

After all, Sooxin and Yahoo were both invested in by the Zhixing Foundation. However, seeing that Yahoo was enjoying a good life, receiving large amounts of venture capital, and was about to go public, how could Sooxin be willing to accept this while it had to tighten its belt to make ends meet?
After hearing about the situation of Sooxin, Li Dongling thought for a moment and decided that he must not let Sooxin go bankrupt. No matter what, he had to keep it alive. When the Internet market took off, he would let it go public, or, like in his previous life, find a big sponsor like Disney to take over Sooxin.

But no matter what, in the next one or two years, we must not let Souxin collapse. We must prepare some relief food for Souxin, and we must not stop making poisonous chicken soup! ...

“Larson, we are in charge of Silicon Valley Himalaya Radio and will get it online as soon as possible!

What you need to do is to recruit the creators needed for Himalaya Radio, and build momentum for the podcast creators and podcast content on the Himalaya platform to form public opinion and topics in America, and attract more attention! "

After the banquet, in the hotel's conference room, Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, Zhou Hualiang, Xu Yansheng, and Larson, who had drunk a lot of alcohol, were all present.

Larson will return to New York tomorrow. Li Dongling has a lot of things to ask him to do. The most important thing is that he needs Larson to recruit a lot of special and talented podcast creators for Himalaya Radio.

For example, some people who support the flat earth theory can be allowed to promote their flat earth theory on Himalaya Radio. Also, those loudmouths who speak without restraint can be allowed to speak out as much as they can, criticizing everything and the air. Also, those frustrated hip-hop rappers can be recruited.

We are not afraid of their big mouths or outspokenness, but we are afraid that they cannot let go. Only when there is controversy will there be topics, and only when there are topics can more people pay attention, and only when there is attention will there be traffic. When Internet companies have traffic, they can go public!
"I know." Larson's face was red with alcohol, but his eyes were still shining. "Don't worry, Li, I will find the talents you need as soon as possible. But to be honest, can they really help Himalaya Radio?"

To be honest, Larson had some doubts about the Himalaya podcast creators that Li Dongling needed. He knew that he was not a good person, but the people Li Dongling was looking for were obviously not serious people either. At least they were completely different from those who appeared in traditional media.

"The Internet is a completely different platform from traditional media. Sometimes, curiosity can attract attention and traffic. A dog biting a man is not news, but a man biting a dog is!"

Li Dongling briefly explained the logic of the Internet to Larson. Larson scratched his head. Although he was still a little confused, he felt that Li Dongling's theory seemed to sound correct...

Being black and red is also being red. In the past, countless people on the Internet used almost any means to become famous, even if it meant ruining their reputation, because it was really profitable!

As long as you are famous and have traffic, you can start a live broadcast. Even if there are countless people scolding you, you can still earn what an ordinary person can only make in half a year or even several years by just receiving rewards. If you are popular, you can shamelessly sell goods through live broadcast. It is not a problem to make millions in a few months. If you can clean up your name in the future, you may even get sponsorship from advertisers.

For some people, what are face and conscience? You can earn money again if you lose it, but you can earn more if you give up your conscience and face.

It is precisely because it is profitable that "outliers" appear on the Internet. After all, who would be willing to do something that has no benefits?

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The next day, Li Dongling and Yao Luoying got up from the hotel where they were staying in Silicon Valley and headed towards the Himalaya Silicon Valley office.

Inside the office, unlike yesterday, all the worries that Ma Chaoyang, Shi Beiyang and other Himalaya employees had before were swept away today.

When they learned that the parent company of Himalaya Internet Radio was Feiyan Technology, and that Feiyan was a subsidiary of Dongling Hi-Tech, Ma Chaoyang and his team had nothing to worry about.

With Dongling Hi-Tech as a major sponsor, as long as the Himalayas does not perform too poorly, there is no need to worry about the sponsor not being able to support it, nor do we need to worry about funding!

Especially the banquet last night, which made Ma Chaoyang and the others understand clearly that the parent company was clearly planning to use Himalaya to make a big splash in Silicon Valley and the American Internet industry!

"This is Justin Frank, the most important technical engineer of Himalaya Internet Radio. This guy's name will definitely appear in the history of the Internet in the future!"

After Li Dongling and his group arrived at the technical department, Lu Kui, general manager of Himalaya Radio Silicon Valley Company, generously praised a technician who still had a somewhat childish face and was obviously not very old.

"The most important AMP MP3 digital playback engine program and compression technology of Himalaya Radio were developed by Justin. This program supports multiple formats such as MP3, MP2, MOD, XD, etc."

Lu Kui told Li Dongling about the contribution of Justin, who was only 19 years old. If Himalaya Internet Radio was to go online, it would be inseparable from the software developed by Justin.

(End of this chapter)