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Chapter 531: Wind Blows Southeast Asia

Li Dongling, who was originally feeling a little sleepy, suddenly came to his senses after hearing these threatening questions.

Li Dongling certainly knew the secret of communication: when something is passed on through the mouths of three people, its meaning completely changes.

But I didn't expect that the news would be so outrageous. What did he mean by bringing back a 3 billion US dollar investment project? That was news released by Microsoft. The four major hardware projects in cooperation with Dongling Hi-Tech are expected to invest 3 billion US dollars in the early stage, but the bulk of it is still the game console project. It is impossible for Dongling Hi-Tech to get all the money.

However, the domestic media didn't care about that. When they saw overseas media reports that Microsoft had put out 3 billion US dollars in funding, they began to publicize it extensively. This time, Li Dongling had obtained a 3 billion US dollar investment project from overseas!
At present, investment promotion groups across the country are all ready to make a move. That's 3 billion US dollars. In an era when the country attaches great importance to foreign exchange, if this investment can really be implemented, it will also be a super large project in major cities such as Yanjing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.

Three billion US dollars, converted into RMB 24 billion, is equivalent to completing the local investment promotion target of the investment promotion bureau for three or even five years!
"The project with Microsoft is still in the negotiation stage. How much dollars Microsoft is willing to invest in the game console project has nothing to do with Dongling Hi-Tech!" Li Dongling clarified.

But in the face of Li Dongling's clarification, the media did not buy it at all. One reporter immediately asked Li Dongling, "Is it Dongling Hi-Tech that is cooperating with Microsoft?"

Li Dongling had no way to refute this point, and seeing Li Dongling nod, the reporters suddenly had an expression of "knowing it well", leaving Li Dongling helpless.

For these reporters, since Dongling Hi-Tech is cooperating with Microsoft, how can Dongling Hi-Tech not get this funding? Isn't it Dongling Hi-Tech that decides where in the country the Microsoft game console production project will be located?

Afterwards, a group of media and reporters bombarded Li Dongling and Yao Luoying with questions like a barrage of cannonballs.

To be honest, the news that Li Dongling brought back from his trip to America was too shocking.

"Did Feiyan Technology get $370 million in funding?"

“Did Feiyan Technology really apply to NASDAQ for listing with a valuation of US$1.5 billion?”

In response to the constant questions about Feiyan Technology, Yao Luoying could only say, "Feiyan Technology has indeed completed financing, and the Nasdaq Securities Review Committee has approved Feiyan Technology's listing application!"

"Wow!"

Upon hearing that Feiyan Technology's application for listing on the Nasdaq had been approved and that it would become the first domestic company to be listed on the Nasdaq by the end of the year, the media and reporters present were in an uproar.

When a reporter heard the news, he hurriedly turned around and left, preparing to return to the newspaper office or TV station to report the news first.

As for other questions, such as how much money Li Dongling made from Yahoo and which company Li Dongling believes will be the next Yahoo, there are even more and it is impossible for Li Dongling to answer all of them.

Escorted by Yang Zhigao, several bodyguards, and airport order maintenance personnel, Li Dongling was about to leave when he heard a voice with a Cantonese accent asking.

"Mr. Li, do you think there will be another Netscape or Yahoo in the future?"

“Will Zhixing Foundation invest in other Internet companies?”

Li Dongling looked at the reporter who asked the question, only to find that it was a reporter from Hong Kong TVB. He asked this question, apparently not only out of curiosity of the Hong Kong media, but also of the investors in Hong Kong, who were expecting to get an answer from Li Dongling.

Li Dongling, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped and looked at the TVB reporter, as if he remembered something.

“The Internet trend has just begun, and in the future there will be more and more billionaires born in this industry.

Not only America, but also inland areas, ports, Korea, Japan, Siam, Jiaozhi, Singapore and other places will also see the birth of the Internet trend, and there will be Asian versions of Netscape and Yahoo! "

Li Dongling said, "In the future, the Zhixing Foundation will join hands with Hong Kong's Cyberport Company to invest in more Internet companies.

The agency rights of the Yahoo Hong Kong City brand will be held by Cyberport Company, which will establish Yahoo Hong Kong City Company to provide services to Internet users in Hong Kong City, Formosa, Singapore, Siam, Jiaozhi, and Malaysia! "After that, Li Dongling and Yao Luoying, surrounded by bodyguards, left the airport and prepared to take a flight from Yangcheng to the provincial capital of Hanxi after a short rest.

The airport in Pingyang is still under construction. Once it is completed and more flights are added, Li Dongling will not have to go through the provincial capital and can return to Pingyang directly.

After Li Dongling left, all the media dispersed and prepared to report news related to Li Dongling. Li Dongling's words inevitably gave rise to some speculations for TVB and the Hong Kong media that rushed to Guangzhou.

Li Dongling definitely did not say the last words casually without any purpose.

The Yahoo Japan brand was given to SoftBank, but the brand agency rights for Yahoo in other parts of Asia are still in the hands of the Zhixing Foundation.

Li Dongling plans to hand over the Yahoo Hong Kong City brand to Cyberport for operation. The inland Internet market is very special and basically has its own unique market. If it goes overseas, it will of course use the Hong Kong City as a bridgehead to radiate to Southeast Asia and Asia, and then break out of Asia to fight for the American and old European markets.

The Internet in Southeast Asia naturally needs to be planned early. After all, the market and users are there. If you don’t take a bite of the cake, others will.

Rather than letting others get the benefit, it is better for us to do it ourselves. The Yahoo Port City brand will be developed by Cyberport, and then radiate to Bangzi, Siam, Jiaozhi and other regions. Future chain Internet cafe projects in Southeast Asia can also be developed by Cyberport.

Riding on the popularity of the Internet, whether Yahoo Hong Kong City is split off and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or directly listed through Cyberport, its market value cannot be low.

More importantly, with the help of Yahoo Hong Kong City’s project, we can gather all the old money in Hong Kong City under Cyberport!
Li Dongling plans to let Cyberport set up a Hong Kong version of the Vision Fund. Although Masayoshi Son likes to talk big, he definitely has the ability. As soon as the Vision Fund was established, it attracted a lot of dollars from overseas investors, especially the tycoons from the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, who invested tens of billions of dollars in the Vision Fund.

If Cyberport can succeed in investing in Yahoo Hong Kong City and other technology companies, it will be able to attract investors in Hong Kong City to invest in Cyberport, which will then invest in Internet, electronics, chip and other industry companies in the mainland. This is better than the domestic Internet dividends being eaten up by Americans.

However, all these still need to be put into operation. At least Cyberport Company must earn enough profits to attract more investors in Hong Kong and give their money to Cyberport for investment.

Of course, once Cyberport is firmly established in Hong Kong, it will also be a good thing for Dongling Hi-Tech. Hong Kong has countless wealthy and powerful people, and Dongling Hi-Tech has several big money-burning industries under its umbrella. The two sides can complement each other!
From the moment Li Dongling arrived at Yangcheng Airport, news reports about Li Dongling appeared on many domestic TV stations, newspapers and magazines.

The wind of the Internet began to blow more vigorously after Li Dongling returned to China. After all, the example of Yahoo was right in front of us. Yahoo’s founder Yang Zhiyuan was Chinese, and the investors in Yahoo were also Chinese, which showed that Chinese people could make a living in the Internet industry.

Not to mention Feiyan Technology, which also has the title of Internet and successfully applied for listing with a valuation of up to 1.5 billion US dollars, which naturally stimulated countless people.

A large number of Internet companies started to emerge in Zhongguancun. They put up a sign and didn't even have a computer inside, but they dared to say they were high-tech companies. Then they took their business cards and went to other companies to solicit investment. They always mentioned Yahoo and Nasdaq, and threatened to be listed on Nasdaq within a year. They also promised to give investors a 166-fold return like Yahoo did to Zhixing Foundation...

Although there are good and bad people, this is the industry. When it suddenly explodes, everyone wants to get a piece of the pie. There are those who really work hard, of course there are those who take advantage of the situation, and there are also those who are purely scammers.

Not to mention Zhongguancun, even in America's Silicon Valley, it's the same. There are many Americans who regard the Internet as a scam and don't believe in it at all.

Not only in the inland, but also in Hong Kong, many companies began to announce that they would tinker with the Internet. However, the most eye-catching one was Cyberport after TVB reported Li Dongling's remarks.

Many Hong Kong investment companies and old money investors have tried to find Cyberport, wanting to invest in Yahoo Hong Kong, which has no shadow at all, and wanting to make a fortune after Yahoo Hong Kong goes public. This is the temptation of US dollars. What does it matter whether it is the Internet or not? As long as you can get some money, you can make a lot of money!
"The Yahoo Hong Kong City website should be built as soon as possible. If there is a shortage of manpower, you can ask Yanjing Tianya Company to send a group of people over!"

When Li Dongling was about to board a plane to Xiyuan, the capital of Hanxi Province, he received an urgent call from Lin Xianhui.

In fact, after the Hong Kong media reported Li Dongling’s words at the airport, Lin Xianhui, the general manager of Dongling Hi-Tech Hong Kong Company and also the manager of Cyberport Company, received a lot of calls on his phone.

After all, everyone in Hong Kong can see what happened after Yahoo America went public. After its listing, Yahoo's stock price continued to soar, and now its market value has exceeded 1.5 billion US dollars, as if it will never rise to the limit.

On the Nippon Benz side, SoftBank spent 10 million US dollars to obtain the brand operation rights of Yahoo Nippon Benz. If it was not profitable, why would SoftBank spend so much money?
Now it is the turn of Yahoo Hong Kong City. How can it not attract investors in Hong Kong City? Not only some investment companies, but even members of several wealthy families in Hong Kong City have called Lin Xianhui to test the waters of investing in Yahoo Hong Kong City's projects.

(End of this chapter)