You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 488

"Mr. Cao?!" Wang Wei was surprised by Cao Guowei's generosity. "The PR expenses must be quite high."

"Money is not a problem!" Cao Guowei said generously, "As long as Weibo can be successful, it's worth spending any amount of money!"

"Now our company has placed its bets on this project. If Weibo succeeds, we can earn back several times or even dozens of times the money we spend."

"You can't save money on such a small thing!"

Wang Wei couldn't help but stand in awe. He was worthy of being a CEO. He was so magnanimous in his words and deeds, and his vision was much higher than his own.

"Okay, Mr. Cao, I will organize people right away and make adequate plans to snatch these American Internet celebrities away."

"Wait a minute." Cao Guowei thought for a moment, "Go and ask Qin Shaoyan's secretary to see if you can get more inside information."

"Also, you can't just believe what she said, you need to find another source to verify it."

"Okay, Mr. Cao, I'll do it right away." Wang Wei said confidently, "I've asked the headhunters to hurry up. They already have a new target and are negotiating with them."

"Hurry up!" Cao Guowei urged, "Weibo has been tested internally and will be launched soon. Time is of the essence."

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao, there will be absolutely no problem on my end." Wang Wei was now full of confidence. "I have contacted those bloggers, and they are all willing to open accounts on our Sina Weibo."

"That Xu Cainv, Li Yapeng, Sun Li, Li Yuchun, and the top 20 financial bloggers have all been convinced by me. Regardless of whether they are in the cultural circle, the entertainment circle, or the financial circle, most of them are still stable."

"That's good, that's good." Cao Guowei was very pleased. "These people can attract tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of fans. With the addition of advertising, we hope to accumulate 10 million users in the first month. Then Weibo will be established."

"Now we can have a good fight with Qin Shaoyan." Wang Wei said proudly, "Let's see what he can use to fight us."

"Don't be careless. This person never plays by the rules." Cao Guowei said slowly.

For some reason, Cao Guowei always felt a little uneasy, but the arrow was already on the string and had to be shot.

Moreover, they were in the dark, while Qin Shaoyan was in the light.

Sina Blog itself has accumulated a lot of popularity and top bloggers. With these foundations, combined with marketing and promotion, it is unlikely to fall into a disadvantage.

What's more, they had already known Qin Shaoyan's secret plan in advance and had made adequate preparations.

No matter how you look at it, I have the advantage this time.

……

Chen Yao also felt a little guilty because she leaked the business secrets to Sina. Sina was very happy to fulfill the investment agreement and the five million investment funds were deposited into the company account in three installments.

She was very nervous when she got such a large sum of money, and she always felt that the money was too hot to handle.

Although the business information she provided was all true and had been approved by President Qin, she always felt that doing so was a bit... unauthentic.

what is this?
Leaking secrets under orders?

But it shouldn't be a big deal. It's essentially a transaction, and both parties got the results they wanted.

Mr. Qin felt that business secrets were not that important, and exchanging them for 5 million in funds was also a good idea.

Now Chen Yao feels that the biggest problem is Liao Danni, who has officially joined the "Internet Women Entrepreneurship Incubation Base".

When Liao Danni had originally made up her mind to resign, the company tried to retain her once, but she was determined to leave, so the Human Resources Department processed her resignation procedures.

Then on the day of her resignation, she came here and asked to start work quickly, and Chen Yao agreed.

However, Liao Danni is not considered an employee of the company, as Chen Yao has stated before.

In this "all-female company", there is no concept of bosses and employees or superiors and subordinates. Everyone is a business partner, so Liao Danni is also a partner of the company.

As a company partner, there is no salary, bonus, overtime pay or anything like that. Just some basic benefits such as work meals, afternoon tea, fruit, etc.

However, Liao Danni doesn't care about the salary and bonus of just a few thousand yuan. She is here to start a business.

She is now waiting for the start-up capital to arrive so that she can start her beautiful business and begin her life as a beautiful boss.

As for entrepreneurial content, how to start a business?

Then don't worry about it, she has started her own business anyway.

But after waiting for a week, Liao Danni, the partner, had not seen a penny of investment except sitting around in the company, and she couldn't help but start to get anxious.

"Sister Chen, when will the start-up capital be in place? When can I see the 500,000 yuan?"

"We have to wait. They still need to evaluate and review the project." Chen Yao said with a guilty conscience, "The evaluation and review will take at least one or two months, and the subsequent payment will not be made all at once."

"Didn't I already sign the contract?" Liao Danni was puzzled. "I have to pay after signing the contract."

"That's called a letter of intent, not a formal investment contract." Chen Yao explained, "And the funds can't be given all at once, they still need to be audited."

"Why is starting a business so troublesome?" Liao Danni was unhappy, but she didn't dare to say it to her face. She couldn't offend Chen Yao again.

With nowhere to vent her anger, she opened Weibo and posted a fierce message, "This society is so full of malice and oppression towards women. Waiting for start-up capital is the hardest!"

Chen Yao also wanted to scream now. It was too scary to be with a mentally ill person. She didn't know when she would have an attack.

But I should be able to get rid of her soon. In another month, this stupid company will be dissolved, and then I can go back to work.

When Chen Yao was feeling proud, suddenly someone unexpected sent her a message on QQ.

Belinda: "Boss Chen, I have a startup project. Can we talk about it?"

Chen Yao: “???”

……

When Qin Shaoyan read Belinda's resignation letter, his face was full of disbelief and disbelief. He asked in surprise, "Resign? Why resign? Aren't you doing well?"

"I feel too depressed in the company. I want to change the environment." Belinda's face was full of melancholy and sadness. "I don't want to stay in this sad place anymore."

Qin Shaoyan coughed and said, "Which company are you going to work for? Can I get you a letter of recommendation?"

"No thanks, Mr. Qin." Belinda refused. "I don't plan to go to another company. I just want to relax and heal the wounds in my heart."

"Oh, well, I wish you success." Qin Shaoyan sighed with regret, and quickly signed and stamped without slowing down his hands. "Then I wish you a bright future, and a life full of light and flowers in the future."

"Boss Qin, you..." Belinda hesitated, "You really don't understand romance at all."

"Thank you. You are not the first person to evaluate me like this. I won't see you off after you leave." Qin Shaoyan said lightly.

Belinda left the company with full of disappointment. Qin Shaoyan didn't care where she was going. Whether she started a business in an "all-female company" or became a vase executive at Sina, it was her own choice.

Qin Shaoyan casually sent a message to Chen Yao on QQ, "If you stick with it for another two months, you'll be done."

"???" Chen Yao wanted to cry but had no tears. "Boss Qin, I feel like I can't stay here for two weeks. This startup company seems to be full of people who are crazy. I am not mentally normal myself."

"It doesn't matter." Qin Shaoyan replied quickly, "As I said before, if you hold on firmly, there will be a way."

After closing QQ, he opened a newly registered email address and got the information sent by Emerson headhunter Erin from the attachment of the new email.

After taking a few glances, Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "Huh, I didn't expect that the loyalty of my Sentinel Company's employees is quite high. Not many of them are shaken by the temptation of such high salaries over there." Although there are one or two people with weak wills, it is not a big deal. For a company, it is already a very good result.

You cannot expect a group of people united by interests to have much bottom line in terms of organization, discipline and loyalty.

However, Chen Yao's "Women's Entrepreneurship Program" did bring many unexpected gains. She received requests from more than a dozen people who wanted to start their own businesses.

Qin Shaoyan provided all the support except help to these women who were brave enough to start their own businesses, and asked the Human Resources Department to handle their resignation procedures quickly to avoid delaying their entrepreneurial plans.

The office of the Administration and Human Resources Department was half empty, but it did not cause any impact on the company's operations. This surprised Qin Shaoyan very much. He felt that those who stayed were all elites and that one person could do the work of two people.

The staff turnover in the administration and human resources departments has made the company's programmers feel a little regretful. Several beautiful girls have left, and they haven't had time to develop an office romance yet.

……

As time went by, Weibo became more and more popular and became the most popular social platform on the Internet in 2007, with new users registering every moment.

Internet celebrity accounts that joined early already have millions of followers and have even started to take advertisements to make money.

The rest of the internet celebrities were envious and opened accounts one after another, hoping to open up new markets on the Weibo platform.

Sina was jealous and also took action.

March has not yet passed, and the spring breeze has not yet reached Beijing, but Weibo has already started warming up for the "Sino-US Exchange" event, and promotional slogans have begun to appear in some places.

“Want to learn a foreign language? Want to interact with foreign celebrities? Go to Weibo and learn a foreign language!”

In early April, a Boeing passenger plane flew from across the ocean and arrived at the Capital Airport.

A group of foreigners got off the plane and looked at the city and country in front of them with some curiosity.

These people wore the same hats with the Weibo logo printed on them and walked out of the airport carrying suitcases.

Soon, several people came forward and warmly welcomed these guests who had come from afar.

At the airport, two people were watching this group of peculiar foreigners the entire time, and they only took out their cell phones after they had all boarded the tour bus.

"Boss Wang, I saw those foreigners. They have already boarded the bus."

"Yes, it was someone from Weibo who came to receive us. They all wore Weibo logos, so they all matched."

Wang Wei let out a long sigh, "Just follow them until they reach the hotel entrance. Watch them check in and then come back."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Wei couldn't help waving his arms and said excitedly: "Finally here!"

Cao Guowei also smiled at this time, "Don't be too happy too soon, it won't be too late to celebrate after the deal is done."

"Don't worry, Mr. Cao. The professional team I hired will definitely poach these foreigners." Wang Wei assured confidently, "Foreigners only care about money. If we give more than Qin Shaoyan, they will naturally follow us."

"This is a normal business practice. There is no way they would refuse it. What's more, Weibo has not officially signed a contract with them yet."

Cao Guowei nodded, but still reminded, "Go now, so as to avoid more trouble later."

Wang Wei immediately sent a message to the public relations team, asking them to talk to the foreign internet celebrities.

A few hours later, Wang Wei received the good news that the progress was smooth.

These foreign internet celebrities may seem numerous, but in fact they are all signed to professional online entertainment agencies. There are not many internet celebrities coming this time, but all the companies behind them are here.

The public relations team immediately figured out that there were four brokerage companies in total, the largest of which had the most ambiguous attitude and the conversation between the two parties went the most smoothly.

Under the financial offensive, the largest company directly changed sides and signed a letter of intent for cooperation with Sina.

This internet celebrity company controls 60% of the internet celebrities on the list. Just negotiating with this company alone would be enough to deal a huge blow to Weibo.

Wang Wei continued his efforts and negotiated with two more small companies, but unfortunately he failed to get the last one.

The manager of the small company was obviously tempted, but ultimately refused to cooperate with Sina.

Although the plan was not perfectly achieved, it was far beyond Sina's expectations.

Chairman Wang Yandu personally praised Wang Wei, praised his outstanding work, and promised him a generous bonus.

Wang Wei was extremely excited. Money was not a big problem. Both the chairman and the CEO valued him very much. They just waited for Sina Weibo to be launched and become a success. Then he would be promoted.

His future is bright!

The Weibo team of Sentinel Technology was a beat slow to react. It took them two days to find out that they had been intercepted.

Weibo's CTO Li Xiaoxiao angrily called Wang Wei and questioned him, "Director Wang, you guys at Sina are so dishonest. You actually poached people right under our noses. Hey, is this what you call human nature?"

"Mr. Li, please be polite." Wang Wei retorted without showing any weakness, "We recruit people based on our strength. If you have the ability, you can recruit them yourself. Business is business."

"Hey, Sun thief!" Li Xiaoxiao laughed angrily, "You want to play this trick on me, right? Well, just wait for me!"

"I'll stick with you to the end!" Wang Wei said proudly.

Now Sina is ready for everything except the east wind, and now it just waits for Weibo to go online.

……

On May 2007, , Sina Weibo was officially launched.

Sina launched a powerful publicity campaign, spending huge sums of money to purchase advertising space on major websites and plastering advertisements on the streets of several major cities.

Not only that, Sina also advertises on TV.

“To learn a foreign language, go to Sina Weibo!”

As soon as Sina Weibo went online, the top bloggers immediately followed suit, opened accounts, and called on their fans to join them.

Celebrities from the cultural and entertainment circles such as Xu Cairen, Li Yapeng, Sun Li, Li Yuchun, Han Han, and Ai Dajin also came to show their support, which attracted various celebrities to settle in for a while.

On the day Sina Weibo was launched, more than three million people registered and it became a huge hit on the Internet.

The attention of Internet users was drawn to this. Sina Weibo had bad intentions and was obviously trying to compete with the Weibo on the campus network.

People in the industry also became excited. They smelled something unusual and a social war was about to break out.

Cao Guowei was very happy at this time because Sina Weibo showed strong momentum as soon as it went online. The US stock market responded immediately and the stock price began to rise.

It seems that the bet was right this time, Weibo is indeed a good thing.

Just when he was happy, his cell phone suddenly rang. He took a look and found it was an unfamiliar number. He couldn't help but be a little surprised.

This is his personal cell phone. Only friends and family know this number. How could a strange number call him?
After he answered the call, he heard a hearty laugh, "Congratulations, Mr. Cao, your Sina Weibo is really thriving."

"Thank you, who are you?" Cao Guowei was a little curious.

"I'm Qin Shaoyan, Mr. Cao."

(End of this chapter)