You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 277

the next day.

Liu Mingzu specially put on the suit sponsored by his cheap father, dressed like a business elite, and arrived at the campus network reception room early to wait.

It was a little after seven in the morning but less than eight o'clock. The employees who had worked yesterday had not yet left work, and the person who would take over today had not yet arrived.

The dark office area was very quiet, with heads popping out from the sleeping bags scattered on the floor.

Occasionally, a few lit computer screens would reflect the pale faces of the maintenance staff on duty, who were trying hard to stay awake.

After a while, two employees came in with arms outstretched and a bunch of plastic bags hanging on their four arms, and started shouting at the top of their lungs.

"Breakfast is here!"

"Shaobing, fried dough sticks, tofu pudding, soy milk, soy juice, pea yellow!"

These shouts were like the crowing of roosters, breaking the silence of the early morning.

The sleeping bags on the ground were like caterpillars, and sleepy programmers crawled out one by one. They pounced on the breakfast on the table like hungry wolves and devoured all the breakfast.

Eat well, drink enough, and wash up.

At this time, the employees who came to work had already started signing in at the front desk, and then they were handing over their work.

Basically just asking, did anything go wrong yesterday?

Is the server down? Open the background LOG to see if there are any errors. Record them and hand them over to the development team for repair.

After the handover was completed and everyone signed out, the campus network began to become lively.

The programmer in a plaid shirt started to make tea with a thermos and wolfberries, and the young programmer had fat otaku happy water on his desk.

Some of them put headphones around their necks and started browsing the web, fishing furtively.

Some get together to discuss technical issues or exchange learning experiences.

On the other side of the office area, the style is completely opposite.

Compared with the programmers in plaid shirts, the product managers appear to be more formal. Most of them drink coffee and their conversations are peppered with various English words, making them look very elite.

Every time he opens his mouth he talks about marketing hooks, business logic closed loops, alignment granularity, top-level design of industry barriers and other difficult-to-understand terms.

Liu Mingzu sat nearby and listened for a while before his head became confused. He could understand every word, but when they were put together he had no idea what they meant at all.

But the professional vocabulary sounds very high-sounding and very fashionable.

Liu Mingzu was extremely envious. He felt that although he was also engaged in the Internet, his network was far inferior to that of other campus networks.

Just look at the temperament of this employee, every move he makes reveals a sense of sexiness.

Liu Mingzu was listening with fascination when he saw the product managers who were discussing heatedly suddenly stand up and stand respectfully.

"Hello, Mr. Qin!"

"Morning, Mr. Qin!"

Qin Shaoyan nodded calmly and walked straight into the office.

After a while, Secretary Xiao Chen came over and said, "Manager Zhou, President Qin wants to see you."

Department General Manager Zhou Yuan quickly stood up and followed Xiao Chen into President Qin's office.

After a few minutes, Zhou Yuan respectfully backed out of the office, closed the door, and returned to the office area of ​​his department.

The product managers nearby rushed forward and asked impatiently.

"Mr. Zhou, what time does the boss have the meeting today?"

"Boss, are you going to talk about user big data today?"

"When will President Qin tell us about the ecological layout?"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand, "Boss Qin has a guest to meet today, so the morning lecture is cancelled."

"Ah?!" The product manager was shocked, with a look of disappointment on his face.

"The boss hasn't given us a lecture for a long time!"

"Yes, we clearly agreed last time to talk about vertical field reuse, use multi-dimensional matrices to build an ecological moat, empower new products with the advantage of overclocked traffic, and ignite user perception."

"What the hell are you talking about? Mr. Qin clearly said last time that we should use top-level design as a starting point, focus on user perception, break down industry barriers with bottom-level logic, develop new tracks, build a new blue ocean in the industry, and create a free ecosystem."

Zhou Yuan clapped his hands and interrupted the discussion among his subordinates. "Boss Qin said that you should study on your own first. He will show you five ways to use PPT next time."

"The day before yesterday they said next time, yesterday they said next time, today they said next time again, when is next time?"

Zhou Yuan coughed and said, "Boss Qin originally said that he would definitely do it next time, so it won't take too long. Let's work hard."

A group of product managers left disappointed.

Liu Mingzu was very shocked by this scene. President Qin's ability to control people was so terrifying that his employees treated him like an idol.

If he didn't have a lot of business to do and several lovers to take care of in his spare time, he would also like to come and learn from Mr. Qin.

When Liu Mingzu was sighing, his secretary Xiao Chen came over to convey Mr. Qin's instructions, "Mr. Liu, our Mr. Qin invites you to come over."

He immediately perked up, straightened his clothes a little, and followed Xiao Chen into Mr. Qin's office.

As soon as Liu Mingzu entered the door, he saw Qin Shaoyan sitting on the chair behind the boss's desk. His face was still so haggard and pale, and his complexion was still so bad.

It seems that Mr. Qin has been working very hard recently.

Qin Shaoyan rubbed his forehead tiredly, looked at Liu Mingzu and smiled, "You came early, IDG's CEO Zhou hasn't arrived yet, I guess..."

Qin Shaoyan raised his left wrist to check the watch, then looked at the watch on his right wrist, "It will probably take about ten minutes to get there, you sit and wait for a while."

As he spoke, Qin Shaoyan adjusted the time on the watch on his left hand.

This really stunned Liu Mingzu. Why did Mr. Qin wear two watches? What was this new fashion?

Liu Mingzu was too embarrassed to ask, so he talked about what he had seen in the morning, "Boss Qin, how do you manage the company so well? Everyone seems so energetic."

"It's simple, just pay enough money." Qin Shaoyan answered casually.

"Ah?!" Liu Mingzu was stunned, "That's it?!"

"I was kidding you." Qin Shaoyan laughed. "It's based on a thoughtful welfare system, a humane flexible work system, and constantly improving KPI assessment standards."

Liu Mingzu gave a thumbs up and said, "As expected of President Qin, his management methods are so high-end and stylish. This management method sounds amazing."

"Unlike me, who came from a self-employed background, I can only talk about brotherly love with the company employees, promise them a little more salary, and watch them work every day. I am exhausted but the results are not great."

"You also need to master methods and techniques for management, otherwise you will just work yourself to death." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "If you can't manage well, you should find an expert to help you, or pay your employees more."

"Just giving money won't do any good." Liu Mingzu said hesitantly, "The people in our company are not qualified, unlike the employees of Qin's company, who are all elites and speak well."

"I couldn't understand what they said today. They talked about closed loop, granularity, red ocean and blue ocean. They looked like employees of Fortune 500 companies."

"If I had a few employees like this, I could really rest easy." "Oh, those product managers." Qin Shaoyan suddenly laughed, "Next year I will send them all out into the society. If you like, you can pick a few of them to take with you when they graduate. I have no objection."

Hey, there is such a good thing?

"Thank you very much, Mr. Qin!" Liu Mingzu was overjoyed. Mr. Qin was really generous. He gave the employees money as soon as he said so.

Liu Mingzu was just feeling happy about getting Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Child when Zhou Dao walked in. "Morning, Mr. Qin."

"Mr. Zhou, you're here so early. Please take a seat." Qin Shaoyan stood up enthusiastically. "Xiao Chen, bring some tea and coffee!"

Zhou Dao greeted Liu Mingzu, found a seat and sat down, and asked curiously, "What are you talking about so happily?"

Liu Mingzu quickly said, "Our company is worried about the lack of talent, and President Qin generously expressed his willingness to assign a few elites from his company to me."

"Hey, there is such a good thing?" Zhou Dao was very surprised. "Those were all brought out by President Qin himself. I have thought about whether I should dig a few of them before."

"It's okay, there are always opportunities, there are always opportunities." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.

"Then I won't be polite." Zhou Dao made a few jokes, then his expression became serious, "Boss Qin, you asked me to come here just for the financing of the online story club, right?"

"What story session?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised.

Liu Mingzu quickly said, "It's my website, called Online Storytelling."

"Oh, yes." Qin Shaoyan nodded. "I heard that Mr. Liu has been looking for financing. He has talked with you several times but failed to reach an agreement?"

"That's true." Zhou Dao said solemnly, "We have carefully examined the online storytelling website and feel that the prospects of this website are not very clear. Several of our VPs have discussed it and feel that it is risky."

"There are definitely risks. I don't agree if you say the prospects are unclear." Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds and said slowly, "This audio novel website actually has great development potential."

"Over the years of Internet development, it can be said that a hundred flowers have blossomed, and there are all kinds of websites with different functions."

"Some people read the news, some chat and make friends, some look for a one-day partner, some listen to music, and some watch videos. Everyone has different preferences."

"Audio novel websites attract people who like to listen to radio and storytelling. Don't think that young people only like to listen to music. Some of them also like to listen to radio dramas and storytelling."

“This website fills this gap and is convenient for people who like novels but are too lazy to read.”

“Where there is demand, there is value.”

“Maybe you can’t see anything special about this website now, but in five or ten years, the value of this website will be reflected.”

“Investment means investing in the future.”

Zhou Dao frowned and thought, "Since President Qin is optimistic, I definitely believe in President Qin's judgment, but other people in the team may not agree."

Qin Shaoyan laughed, "Boss Zhou, you are boring now."

"The financing for this website is at most two or three million US dollars. If IDG said it would hesitate to invest tens of millions of dollars, I would believe it, but it is unlikely to invest millions of dollars."

Zhou Dao looked at Qin Shaoyan, "Mr. Qin, how much do you think this website is worth?"

"If I opened it myself, I would definitely say 10 billion." Qin Shaoyan changed the subject, "But it's opened by someone else, I can't take too much responsibility, so I'll give you a discount and say 300 million is fine."

"Three hundred million?" Zhou Dao thought for a moment, "That's about 10 million US dollars. Even if it's %, it will still cost million US dollars."

Liu Mingzu, who was standing next to him, was shocked when he heard this and began to tremble all over.

He never dared to dream that his website would be worth three hundred million?
It has to be President Qin who asks for three hundred million or one billion right away. If it were me, I would only dare to say one hundred million at most.

Qin Shaoyan began to talk, "The audio novel website already has a fixed group of paying users, and the monthly turnover has reached hundreds of thousands, and this is still in the initial start-up stage."

"After the expansion, we will attract more users and our monthly turnover will reach several million."

"Plus, Mr. Liu plans to develop SMS value-added services, which will be another new business growth point."

"Apart from the cost, the annual revenue is expected to reach tens of millions." Qin Shaoyan looked at Liu Mingzu, "Isn't it, Mr. Liu?"

Liu Mingzu was startled and said quickly: "I'm trying my best."

Qin Shaoyan added, "Can you make five million a year now?"

Liu Mingzu hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be possible."

Zhou Dao thought about it and said, "If the audio website can be successful, an annual revenue of tens of millions is a conservative estimate."

"So do you think it's worth 300 million?" Qin Shaoyan asked, "Of course this valuation may be debatable."

“But this is also testing whether Mr. Zhou is a great investor.”

"Boss Qin, what you said..." Zhou Dao was a little amused, "Then I'll do it for your sake, three hundred million is three hundred million."

"Don't give me face." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "My face is not worth three hundred million."

"This depends on Mr. Zhou's vision. Your vision is worth three hundred million."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Qin. I don't deserve it." Zhou Dao thought for a moment, "How much money does Mr. Liu want to raise?"

Liu Mingzu was already in great happiness and joy at this time. Three hundred million was just earned like that?
Happiness came too suddenly, and he was not prepared at all.

This financing came too easily.

Liu Mingzu swallowed his saliva and said, "Then... let's raise 30 million, uh, 30 million RMB."

"Okay." Zhou Dao agreed readily, "Let's go to IDG tomorrow and sign a letter of intent for financing."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou!" Liu Mingzu excitedly held Zhou Dao's hands.

"I wish us a pleasant cooperation and I wish Mr. Liu a successful career." Zhou Dao patted Liu Mingzu's arm.

"Thank you, Mr. Qin." Liu Mingzu was so grateful to Qin Shaoyan that he burst into tears.

"Why thank me?" Qin Shaoyan waved his hand. "The success of your cooperation depends on Mr. Zhou's keen eye, and also on your own efforts."

"If you don't have the ability, Mr. Zhou won't invest in you no matter how much he values ​​me."

"Mr. Qin is always flattering people," Zhou Dao joked, "Most people can't handle it and will be fooled."

Qin Shaoyan said seriously: "Mr. Zhou, you can't say that. I, Qin Shaoyan, never lie."

Liu Mingzu also interjected, "Boss Qin has a personal charm that is irresistible."

Zhou Dao laughed, "That's right, Mr. Qin's personal charm is so great that even Bill Gates can't stand up to him."

"I heard that this time when President Qin went on a business trip to the United States, Bill Gates specially invited you to visit his home?"

"He stayed there for one night." Qin Shaoyan said calmly, "But he mainly wanted to discuss business with me."

Zhou Dao said with great envy, "I've heard about how luxurious Bill Gates's mansion, the House of the Future, is, but I've never had the chance to see it. Mr. Qin, please tell me about it so I can open my eyes."

Liu Mingzu was also shocked. He knew that Qin Shaoyan and Bill Gates knew each other, but he didn't expect that they had such a close relationship.

She was even invited to Bill Gates' home, which shows that their relationship is quite special.

(End of this chapter)