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Chapter 510: Flowers Last Forever

Masayoshi Son's investment in Yahoo actually had a bit of the momentum of spending a large amount of money on a horse, but the effect was quite significant. After investing in Yahoo, SoftBank's popularity in Silicon Valley skyrocketed.

Now is not the time to praise Son Masayoshi to the altar after investing in Yahoo and Alibaba. Before these two companies brought Son Masayoshi enough returns, many people regarded Son Masayoshi's money-spending operation as fun, thinking that he was a reckless man and a big fool in the investment industry...

But since investing $100 million in Yahoo, many Silicon Valley companies and American Internet projects have approached SoftBank for investment. Through this investment, Masayoshi Son basically got the entry ticket to Silicon Valley and the American Internet industry.

However, SoftBank has not yet started its Internet business in Japan. After all, its investment in Yahoo has not yet paid off.

Originally, Masayoshi Son wanted to wait and see. He invested in Yahoo to test the waters in the Internet industry. Son's original plan was to wait until Yahoo went public and became famous around the world before introducing Yahoo to Japan.

But now, Feiyan Technology has also used the Internet to restore its golden image, proving the magic of the Internet, and Masayoshi Son can't help it.

However, what makes Masayoshi Son uncomfortable is that Yahoo's entire brand in Asia has been intercepted by the Zhixing Foundation. Long before that, the Zhixing Foundation had won the brand agency rights of Yahoo in various regions in Asia, including the Yahoo Japan brand, which is also in the hands of the Zhixing Foundation!

If Masayoshi Son wants to introduce Yahoo to Japan and establish Yahoo Japan, he must obtain authorization from the Zhixing Foundation.

As the largest shareholder of Yahoo, Masayoshi Son previously felt that it should not be difficult for him to obtain the brand authorization of Yahoo Japan from the Zhixing Foundation, but now he is not sure.

The founder of Zhixing Foundation is the same person as the major shareholder of Feiyan Technology. Looking at the way Li Dongling managed Feiyan Technology, Masayoshi Son knew that it was basically impossible for him to take advantage of Li Dongling's hands.

Masayoshi Son just doesn't know how much it will cost for SoftBank to obtain the brand authorization of SoftBank from the Zhixing Foundation!
But no matter how much it costs, Masayoshi Son needs to take the SoftBank brand from the Zhixing Foundation. Otherwise, as a major shareholder of Yahoo, he doesn't even have the Yahoo brand. One hundred million dollars will be wasted. If this news gets out, he will be really made a fool and will be laughed at by others!

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The news that Feiyan Technology raised US$3.75 million and its valuation exceeded US$ billion was like the wind. After it set off a hurricane in America, it crossed the Pacific Ocean and blew to Asia.

If the news caused a huge stir in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and other places, then when it reached inland, it instantly became explosive news in the domestic technology industry.

You may not understand the Internet, or website clicks and page views, but everyone understands the US dollar. Now that Feiyan Technology has obtained a large amount of US dollar financing, Zhongguancun has directly linked the US dollar with the Internet!
The US dollar is the Internet, and you can earn US dollars by playing with the Internet. This is the most direct feeling people get after the news reaches Zhongguancun.

Getting more than 300 million US dollars, equivalent to 3 billion RMB in financing, at one time is simply unimaginable in China. How many companies can earn 3 billion RMB a year now?
A valuation of US$1.5 billion is equivalent to a market value of RMB 12 billion. There are only a few companies in the A-share market with a market value of over 10 billion yuan, but Feiyan Technology has easily surpassed them.

Feiyan Technology made a splash last year, and its mini radios are still selling well in China, which everyone can see.

Some time ago, Himalaya Radio launched by Feiyan Technology seemed to be very popular in America. The central media TV station even reported on it, and everyone knows about it.

But now, the satellite launched by Feiyan Technology is still too amazing. Just because it is related to the Internet, foreigners handed over billions of RMB at one time. The valuation exceeds that of a number of old A-share listed companies. It still feels too magical.

But it has given rise to hope in Zhongguancun and countless people in China who are involved in the Internet industry. If they also establish an Internet company, can they also be favored by Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions in the United States like Feiyan Technology and receive large amounts of venture capital?

The domestic Internet industry has not experienced a severe beating, has not been rejected too many times, and has not experienced an era where a penny can make a hero fall. It still has unrealistic fantasies about venture capital in America.

When a number of domestic Internet companies have experienced the beatings, they will know the nature of Wall Street institutions, and they will also know what level Feiyan Technology is at!

A number of Zhongguancun media outlets, including the Yanjing Science and Technology News, the Yanjing Experimental News, and the Yanjing Business News, have been reporting extensively on the news about Feiyan Technology. This time, the flame of the Internet has really begun to burn in Zhongguancun.

At a golf course in Yanjing, today was supposed to be a gathering of members of the Taishan Industry Research Association. Duan Yongji, Boss Liu and others were chatting and laughing while swinging their clubs on the golf course.

"Congratulations, Boss Liu!"

On the golf course, Mr. Lu from Panhai and other members of the Taishan Industry Research Institute said to Mr. Liu that today's party was originally held for Mr. Liu.

Lianxiang, which had experienced turmoil before, has now stabilized and even gone a step further. Its performance in the new quarter not only rebounded but also set a historical high.

As for reputation, after experiencing the war of words during the Shenzhou USB flash drive patent war, even various inside stories and old stories were dug out, and the impact cannot be eliminated in a short period of time.

Although its reputation has collapsed somewhat, Lian Xiang's performance is very impressive. In the new quarter, its revenue even doubled. The reason for this is, of course, its irreplaceable nature.

After handing in its pledge of allegiance, Lenovo received full support from overseas computer component manufacturers such as Intel, Samsung, and Maxtor. Intel will temporarily supply some of its latest mid-to-high-end chips in the domestic computer market only to Lenovo.

This is like Qualcomm in the past, which only provided high-end chips to a certain mobile phone manufacturer. If domestic users wanted to buy high-performance mobile phones, they could only buy this brand.

The same is true for Lenovo now. With the support of Intel and other manufacturers, users who want to buy high-performance computer chips, high-end memory sticks, and monitors have no choice. Other companies such as Founder and Great Wall simply do not have products of the same level, or the prices are too expensive. After comprehensive comparison, Lenovo's products are the most cost-effective!
Backed by the support of Intel and other manufacturers, Lenovo has firmly occupied the domestic mid-to-high-end computer brand. Whether you like it or not, if you want to buy a high-performance computer, you can only choose it, allowing Lenovo's performance to break out of the slump and hit a new high in the new quarter.

This also allows overseas computer component manufacturers such as Intel, Samsung, Sharp, and Maxtor to demonstrate to the domestic computer industry their ability to change the domestic computer industry landscape. In the future, if domestic computer brands want to get chips and sell machines like Lenovo, they will have to bow down to Intel!

In addition to the performance, because Gangcheng Lianxiang's stock price collapsed and faced the risk of delisting, Boss Liu launched an action to save Gangcheng Lianxiang. The congratulations from Fanhai Boss Lu just now were congratulations to Boss Liu. After saving Gangcheng Lianxiang this time, the management represented by Boss Liu will basically be able to truly control Lianxiang.

Although Boss Liu's management team has not yet obtained the controlling stake in Lian Xiang, it has already obtained a considerable portion of the shares. In the future, Lian Xiang will be truly controlled by the management team he forms, and he will no longer have to look at anyone's face or worry about being kicked out of Lian Xiang one day.

Boss Lu of Panhai and others also took advantage of the opportunity to acquire Gangcheng Lianxiang's shares and made considerable profits.

Boss Liu waved his hand with a smile on his face, obviously getting rid of the previous haze, "Why should I be happy? Everything I do is for the public good, for Lian Xiang. Now I have only taken the first step to save Gangcheng Lian Xiang. The road ahead is long and arduous, and I need all the old brothers to continue to help!"

"However, I still want to thank all my old brothers for lending a helping hand to me and Lian Xiang at the critical moment. I, Old Liu, will never forget it!"

When Boss Liu was chatting and laughing with Boss Lu and others, he saw Duan Yongji's confidant Li Wenjun, who walked over hurriedly, whispered a few words to Duan Yongji, and then handed a newspaper to the latter.

Although Boss Liu and others did not know what Li Wenjun talked about with Duan Yongji, when they saw the surprised, shocked and somewhat strange expression on the latter's face when he saw the newspaper, they knew that something might have happened.

"Old Duan, what happened?" Boss Liu asked Duan Yongji.

Duan Yongji glanced at Boss Liu with a somewhat gloomy expression, sighed, and handed the newspaper in his hand to Boss Liu.

After Boss Liu took the newspaper and read it for a few seconds, the smile on his face froze there for a moment.

During this period, he was busy with Lian Si's affairs and did not pay much attention to the outside world. He only listened to the news about Himalaya Radio.

But now, looking at the newspaper in his hand, Boss Liu felt that the world was unfair. He had tried his best and finally pulled Lian Xiang back from the edge of the cliff. Things were just starting to improve.

But when I looked back, I found that my arch-enemy's shabby factory producing radios had received a huge amount of financing, and its valuation exceeded 10 billion. As the saying goes, seeing my arch-enemy making money is even more painful than losing money yourself!

Boss Liu certainly has not let go of his grudges against Shenzhou Storage and Dongling Hi-Tech, and is still preparing to make another attempt. But now, looking at the newspaper in his hand, a company under Dongling Hi-Tech has a higher valuation than Lianxiang. How can he play this game? !

The other members of the Taishan Industry Research Association all had different expressions after seeing the news. They were all experts in their respective fields and had seen many methods, but this was the first time they had seen the kind of gameplay used by Himalaya Radio and Feiyan Technology.

This was the first time that the Internet appeared so directly in front of them, causing Boss Lu and others to have all kinds of thoughts in their minds. Even though the Taishan Industrial Research Association was at odds with Li Dongling, they had to admit that Li Dongling's methods seemed to be superior to those of Boss Liu and Duan Yongji!
After all, Boss Liu, Duan Yongji and others either have the support of overseas manufacturers or are agents of overseas brands, and are almost all subject to the control of overseas manufacturers.

However, Li Dongling went to the foreigners' territory and asked them to hand over large sums of US dollars, which was equivalent to cutting foreign leeks. The difference between them was almost obvious!
"Old Liu," Duan Yongji patted Boss Liu on the shoulder, his tone was helpless, "Now Lian Xiang still has to stay out of the spotlight for a while, wait for the right opportunity, and then slowly take action. Flowers don't stay in bloom forever, and people don't stay good forever. You'll always get the chance!"

Duan Yongji knew that Boss Liu was furious about the lawsuit against Shenzhou USB flash drive and wanted to retaliate against Dongling Hi-Tech.

But at the moment, Dongling Hi-Tech is obviously more powerful. Not to mention its parent company, even Feiyan Technology may not be able to be dealt with if it is taken out alone.

If he acts impulsively, Duan Yongji is not only afraid that Lian will repeat the same mistake, he is also afraid that the entire Taishan Industrial Research Association will fall into the quagmire!

"Old Duan, you're worrying too much. We're all here to play basketball today. Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just play basketball!"

Boss Liu laughed a few times, then a smile returned to his face. He raised the golf club, swung it hard, and hit the ball away. He knew that what Duan Yongji said was true. No matter how angry he was, he could not do anything to Dongling Hi-Tech. He could only wait for a chance to take revenge as Duan Yongji said!
However, Boss Liu was also somewhat gloomy. According to the development speed of Dongling Hi-Tech, his subordinates have become local lords in the technology industry. Will they really have a chance to regain their position in the future? !

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When Li Dongling woke up, he saw Yao Luoying lying in his arms and felt a bit of a hangover headache. Last night, Feiyan Technology held a grand banquet and invited many celebrities from Silicon Valley and San Jose to attend. The entire Himalaya Radio staff was drunk. Li Dongling and Yao Luoying both drank a lot of wine last night.

Feiyan Technology has set new records not only in Silicon Valley, but also in the global Internet industry. This not only represents Feiyan Technology, but may be a new beginning for the global Internet industry!
Feiyan Technology's huge amount of financing is equivalent to opening a new door for the Internet industry and raising the industry ceiling. In the future, other Internet companies will also have the opportunity to obtain high amounts of financing and go public at high valuations!
Li Dongling gently moved Yao Luoying's arm away, and despite feeling a little dizzy, he got up from the bed and took a few gulps of water before he felt sober.

“Are we going to New York today?”

Li Dongling felt a figure pressing against his back. It was Yao Luoying, who looked a little hazy, and she hugged Li Dongling's waist from behind.

"The purpose of coming to America this time has been half achieved. You can rest for a few days before going to New York..."

"No!"

"I want to go to New York with you, to Fifth Avenue. I promised Dong Yue that I would bring her a gift. I can't come to America empty-handed. You accompany me to Fifth Avenue!"

Not as serious as in public, Yao Luoying said to Li Dongling with a playful look in her eyes that after Feiyan Technology completed its financing, it began to formally submit an application for listing to the Nasdaq Securities Commission. Yao Luoying was obviously a lot more relaxed, and the taut string began to slowly loosen.

When Feiyan Technology went public, Yao Luoying stepped back from the scenes. By taking Feiyan Technology public, Yao Luoying had already achieved her career plan, and even exceeded it!

(End of this chapter)