You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 534

"I've heard the word 'thank you' too many times." Qin Shaoyan shook his head, "I'm just doing what I should do."

"It sounds simple to do what you should do, but how many people can do it?" Zhang Wanli sighed, and then asked, "I heard that you sold all your shares in order to prepare disaster relief supplies?"

"It's not sold, it's mortgaged in exchange for funds." Qin Shaoyan acted calmly, "It's not a big deal."

"Isn't it a big deal if the shares are mortgaged?" Zhang Wanli frowned. "If you are short of funds, I can help you find a bank. Low-interest loans or even interest-free loans are no problem."

"No need." Qin Shaoyan shook his head.

"Sentinel Technology is a high-quality Internet company after all, and the bank will not reject it," Zhang Wanli continued.

"The funds I got from mortgaging my shares are not just for purchasing disaster relief supplies." Qin Shaoyan had to explain, "This year, the United States is experiencing a financial crisis, which has made things difficult for the entire world. I have to prepare more working capital to maintain the company's operations."

"In addition, we have some big moves this year and we need more money, so this money is prepared in advance for subsequent development."

Seeing Qin Shaoyan say this, Zhang Wanli no longer insisted.

Qin Shaoyan asked back: "Brother Zhang, how many days will you stay this time?"

"Only a week." Zhang Wanli replied, "I will return to Sichuan Province next week."

"Huh?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised. "So urgent? You're injured, so you can just rest for a few days."

"There are still many things to deal with." Zhang Wanli said, "Post-disaster reconstruction work, resettlement of disaster victims..."

"I'm going back to Beijing to receive an award, check my health, take care of some personal matters and then leave."

"A commendation?" Qin Shaoyan's eyes lit up, "Then I would like to congratulate you in advance."

"What is there to congratulate? The organization wants to commend a group of cadres who performed outstandingly during the disaster relief process. I just did some job." Zhang Wanli said lightly.

However, Qin Shaoyan knew that the significance of the commendation Zhang Wanli received this time was definitely different.

During this disaster relief process, Zhang Wanli performed outstandingly, made considerable contributions, and was also wounded heroically. He has probably been included in the organization's list of "young cadres who need to be trained as key personnel."

"Oh, right." Zhang Wanli suddenly said, "This year we are going to select a group of national innovative Internet companies, and your company is on the candidate list."

He was said to be a candidate, and Zhang Wanli came to inform him, which meant that the award had already been decided.

"There will be some support policies for you in the future." Zhang Wanli continued, "The government is considering including the logistics and warehousing center of Jingdong Mall in the list of emergency support cooperation."

This means that Jingdong Mall will have special support policies in terms of taxation, land, etc., which can save considerable costs.

"That's great." Qin Shaoyan smiled happily, "We are preparing to continue to expand the scale of Jingdong Mall's logistics and warehousing center. We will build large-scale warehousing centers in multiple provincial capitals in the future to improve the level of logistics distribution and automation."

"Great." Zhang Wanli nodded appreciatively, "It seems that your e-commerce business is developing well."

"By the way, you do e-commerce, do you have online payment tools?"

"It is under development, but we haven't considered how to use it yet." Qin Shaoyan said cautiously, "After all, the policy in this area is not yet perfect, so we are still very cautious."

"Oh, be careful." Zhang Wanli nodded and said nothing.

Qin Shaoyan thought Zhang Wanli's question was very strange. Why did the topic turn to payment tools?

Or was he hinting at something?

However, Zhang Wanli changed the subject after asking the question, leaving Qin Shaoyan confused for a moment and not knowing how to continue asking.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Wanli stood up and said goodbye.

A few days later, another acquaintance came to visit.

The other party sighed as soon as he entered the room. Qin Shaoyan asked in surprise: "Boss Xiong, what's wrong with you? You look so sad."

"It's all because of the financial crisis." Xiong Xiaoge said with a wry smile, "You reminded me before, but I didn't take it seriously. Now I'm a little caught off guard."

Qin Shaoyan asked in surprise: "Why? Is the loss huge?"

"I didn't suffer any losses, but many investors suffered heavy losses. They were in urgent need of emergency funds, and they took a lot of money from me, which made me very anxious." Xiong Xiaoge sighed, "The current economic downturn has affected the Internet industry and Internet companies. As venture capitalists are cautious about investing, everyone is trying to survive the winter. This year's market conditions will not improve, and everyone is waiting to see what happens next year."

Qin Shaoyan suddenly laughed, "Boss Xiong, this is a good opportunity."

"What good opportunity?" Xiong Xiaoge frowned and looked at Qin Shaoyan vigilantly.

"You are a venture capitalist. The greater the risk, the higher the return. Now is a good time to invest." Qin Shaoyan urged, "Don't just focus on the American Internet. Take a look at our domestic Internet."

"Domestic Internet?" Xiong Xiaoge still frowned. "In January, when Juren Network went public, its stock price plummeted. No company dared to go public in the United States this year."

"That's Juren Network's own problem. It doesn't mean that Chinese Internet companies are bad." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand. "Look, as of June 6 this year, the total number of Internet users in my country has reached 30 million, surpassing the United States and ranking first in the world for the first time."

"By next year, this number will reach 400 million, nearly twice the number of Internet users in the United States. With such a huge market, how many unicorn companies will be nurtured?"

"You can't wait until the economy gets better to invest, because then it will be too late."

"You speak better than you sing." Xiong Xiaoge said disdainfully, "Then tell me, are there any good projects worth investing in?"

"That's too many." Qin Shaoyan said immediately, "How about anti-virus software? I also plan to develop a search engine."

"By the way, I also have a chat software that will compete with Penguin's instant messaging software."

"..." Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan speechlessly, "Are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "I already have a product, do you want to take a look?"

Xiong Xiaoge shook his head. "There are already leading products in the fields of anti-virus software, search engines, and instant messaging software. There are too many and too powerful competitors. How much money do I have to invest?"

Qin Shaoyan then said, "I have other projects. Look at how well video websites are developing now. Do you want to invest more in Qvod?"

Xiong Xiaoge sneered, "Don't you see how badly the stock price of Qvod has fallen? I haven't come to you to settle the score yet."

"The stock price fell because the overall environment was bad. What does it have to do with me?" Qin Shaoyan said very aggrievedly, "But our Qvod website is developing so well."

Xiong Xiaoge frowned, not because Qin Shaoyan was talking nonsense, but because Qvod.com was indeed developing well. It was not because Qvod.com was doing so well, but because other competitors were too weak.

This year, the government has stepped up its supervision of the Internet market and has dealt with a number of websites involved in vulgarity. Among them, the famous video sharing website 56.com was ordered to shut down for 38 days for rectification, which directly led to the loss of a large number of users.

To what extent was the 56 management negligent at that time?
The management department went to the computer room and unplugged the lines and then left. No one in the entire 56 company realized that they had been cracked down on. The technical team thought they had been hacked, and after investigating for a while and asking around in the computer room, they discovered that the lines had been unplugged.

It is too late to try to use your connections now, and the relevant departments have not provided a timetable for rectification. It is basically a death sentence.

It was this month lost due to its own mistakes that led to a major reversal in the fate of 56.com and even the situation in the video industry.

The popularity that had been gathered with great difficulty was dispersed in an instant, and all the users were divided up by Qvod, Youku and Tudou. Basically, Qvod took away 70% of the users, and the remaining 30% was divided up by the other two companies.

Seeing Xiong Xiaoge was indifferent to Qvod, Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Would you consider the Internet+ project?"

Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan without saying anything, waiting for the other party to speak.

"Nowadays, there are more and more Internet users, and tens of thousands of websites are created every day, covering almost every field." Qin Shaoyan paused for two seconds and said, "Now there are hundreds of competing websites in one track. It's too fierce."

"But now Internet companies all have a problem, which is that they only focus on online services and do not deeply explore offline services."

"I think the Internet should be integrated more with the real economy to create more new tracks."

"For example, Internet shopping plus express delivery is e-commerce, and Internet plus travel is Ctrip."

"Now we have clothing, shelter and transportation, the only thing missing is food. Chinese people believe that food is the most important thing for people."

"My next project is going to combine the Internet with food."

Xiong Xiaoge said coldly, "Are you talking about something similar to Dianping?"

"No, no, no." Qin Shaoyan shook his head. "Dianping.com is just a small thing. The website I made is to connect Internet users with offline food."

"Use the Internet to provide instant fulfillment scenario solutions for local life and catering, and create a new business model integrating users, merchants and delivery by creating a closed O2O multilateral ecological loop driven by network effects, so as to achieve accurate delivery of the last mile."

Xiong Xiaoge interrupted Qin Shaoyan directly and said, "Please put it simply."

"Well, I plan to create a website that delivers lunch boxes." Qin Shaoyan said bluntly, "So that Internet users can order meals directly on the website and have them delivered to their door."

"Selling lunch boxes?!" Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised. "Then who are your target customers?"

"The first batch of users are mainly white-collar business people in first-tier cities." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "Their workplaces are far from where they live, and their lunch breaks are short, so they can only eat lunch at the company or nearby. Now that the work intensity is so high, many companies require overtime, so dinner must also be eaten nearby."

"These white-collar workers either bring their own lunch in the morning or eat at restaurants near the company."

"After eating here for a long time, I'm basically tired of the restaurants near my company. It's hard to change the taste."

"Our fast food lunch boxes solve this problem perfectly. There are a variety of dishes for you to choose from, and they are delivered to your door within half an hour after you place your order. This saves white-collar workers' cooking time and solves the problem of how to choose what to eat."

Xiong Xiaoge asked curiously, "Are you going to make your own lunch boxes?"

"No, no, no, I'm only responsible for delivery. The lunch boxes are provided by third-party merchants." Qin Shaoyan explained, "We are just a delivery platform. We put the merchant menu on the website and let users choose which one they want."

"Oh, I understand." Xiong Xiaoge now understood what Qin Shaoyan was doing. "It sounds interesting, but how much money can you make just by selling lunch boxes?"

"You are being too petty. This is not in line with your status and vision as President Qin."

"Don't underestimate this lunch box." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "This is definitely a market with great potential."

"Not interested." Xiong Xiaoge directly rejected Qin Shaoyan's proposal.

"You don't want to do big projects, and you don't like small projects." Qin Shaoyan said unhappily, "What do you want?"

"Is there any project with small investment and high profit?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.

"If you find such a project, please introduce it to me." Qin Shaoyan said expressionlessly, "Of course it is legal in advance."

Xiong Xiaoge sighed, and suddenly he looked up at Qin Shaoyan, "Boss Qin, is there any news about the license for your payment tool?"

"What payment tool license?" Qin Shaoyan asked subconsciously.

"You promised me that when we invested in Jingdong Mall, you would solve it within three years." Xiong Xiaoge frowned, "You are not lying to me, are you?"

"Oh, this matter, it will be settled soon." Qin Shaoyan said perfunctorily, "There will be news soon."

"Really?" Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan with suspicion.

"Of course. If you look at the scale of Jingdong Mall's development, it definitely needs a third-party payment tool to cooperate with it, otherwise it won't be able to develop." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "Jingdong Mall is an Internet e-commerce company that is supported by the state."

"Well, Jingdong Mall has indeed attracted a lot of attention this year." Xiong Xiaoge nodded.

During both disasters, Jingdong Shopping Mall made great efforts and donated money and materials, and was reported on CCTV's 7 o'clock news several times.

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiong. It's only a matter of time before we get the payment tool license." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Are you going to consider the lunch box delivery website?"

Before Xiong Xiaoge could say anything, there was a knock on the office door and the secretary Xiao Chen poked his head in.

"Boss Qin, Leader Zhang is here and has something urgent to discuss with you."

Qin Shaoyan was very surprised. He greeted Xiong Xiaoge and then went out to meet Zhang Wanli.

Zhang Wanli was waiting in the reception room at this time. When he saw Qin Shaoyan coming in, he said directly: "I have something to tell you. Don't spread it outside."

"What's the matter?" Qin Shaoyan was a little curious.

"A senior leader will come to inspect your company in a few days. You should be prepared for the reception." Zhang Wanli said seriously.

"Huh? Which leader?" Qin Shaoyan was surprised and asked hurriedly.

"Don't ask too much." Zhang Wanli added, "You will know when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)