My 1979

“Everyone likes to call the Internet the Internet, but I prefer to call it the Internet. Its most direct function is to build an invisible communication platform.

Interactively communicate any valuable or worthless information in the form of binary code. It is equivalent to expanding the platform and scope of human information exchange.

What does the Internet mean to us?

There are different opinions now. Some people think that the Internet is a kind of thinking, while others think that the Internet is a kind of technology.

But I think the Internet is not just a kind of thinking or technology, it is a new era.

Whether we are aware of its existence or not, the Internet era is changing the way we think, the way people interact with each other, and the way people create value.

It can be said that the Internet era has arrived and is unstoppable.”

On this occasion, Li He said in English that sometimes he had to take care of the absolute majority of people.

There are nearly thirty people here, including group heads such as Shen Daoru and Pan Youlin, and many chairmen of their group companies. For example, Yuanda Investment Group alone has five group companies under its umbrella, and more than half of them are from the third group. I met Li He once.

And Li He saw them for the first time.

"The capabilities of the Internet are endless. With the Internet, people will have access to more information in the future.

In the future society, in many fields, this information and technology can help people work. The Internet will further develop in the future, not only achieving 24-hour coverage, but also the cost of use will become lower and lower.

Information technology will bring more help and support to our development. Nowadays, many companies want to become large global enterprises, and they need the support of information technology to stand firm in the tide of the information age."

Li He spoke eloquently, and the people around him listened attentively.

“We are in a rapidly developing Internet era, and companies can only keep up with the times by riding the Internet express train.

If we don’t grasp the Internet, grasp the future era, and grasp the changes in the market in the next twenty or thirty years, we should let it die. If these companies don’t die, more big companies will die in the future.”

Li He didn't show off this time and spoke sincerely.

"Mr. Li, can you talk about the specific applications of the Internet?" The person asking the question was Sun Softbank.

Others may not have much feeling or understanding after listening to Li He's words, but he is different!

What he is currently investing in and acquiring are all companies related to computers and the Internet!

For example, just now, he used extraordinary courage to invest 20 million US dollars in Yahoo!

"The most basic function of the Internet is the aggregation of information, thereby forming an information flow of endless value. In this huge information flow platform, the relationship between people is no longer constrained by physical space, and the way society exists has also changed. revolutionary changes.

The most commonly used service is email, which is what we call E-mail. Is this more convenient than telephone and express delivery?

The World Wide Web, file transfer, BBS discussions, news groups, including instant messaging, will undergo earth-shaking changes, as everyone can see. "Li He took the teapot handed over by the speaker, took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "Then let me talk about something that is not very common in front of us, such as online shopping. You can ask about an American named Bezos. I opened an online bookstore called Amazon. I am very optimistic about this, so a few days ago I asked Mr. Pan Youlin to invest 30 million US dollars without hesitation."

There was an exclamation from the audience!

They are not surprised by this amount. For the world's richest man, investing tens of millions is just a drop in the bucket!

What surprised them was that something like an online bookstore, which is intangible and invisible, how to buy things, how to sell things, how can it develop? And also give investment?

This is beyond their knowledge!

Their concept of the Internet is still limited to emails and searching for information.

"Mr. Li, but this depends on good electronic payment methods, right?" Only Sun SoftBank really understood here.

He came into contact with Amazon, a start-up company, and the reason for his rejection was simple, because the so-called profit model was simply ridiculous!

So in his opinion, it is not worth the investment.

Not only did he reject Bezos, but investors throughout Silicon Valley and Wall Street also rejected it!

Just a few days later, he heard that a company from Hong Kong had taken advantage of it and invested 30 million US dollars!

He was still laughing at it!

But even to death, he never thought that the person he was taking advantage of was Li He!

Li Hedao said, “In the early years, credit card payments began to be carried out through the Internet, a new information exchange channel. Even now, the transaction method is very simple and has almost no protection. It is just to transmit the credit card number through the Internet to complete the transaction.

Although there are many security measures, the transaction model in which consumers submit their card numbers to merchants has not fundamentally changed.

I think this is not a difficulty, but an opportunity. We need to look forward. If there is a start-up company that is engaged in online electronic payment, they can solve this problem. Then invest in him and acquire him without hesitation!

Because this may also be a market worth hundreds of billions or even trillions! "

"Mr. Li, no wonder you are so successful!" Sun Softbank's words came from the bottom of his heart.

Li He smiled and said, "No, no, I am also making a bet. I invest in ten companies. As long as two of them succeed, I will succeed. For example, I also invested in eBay."

"Mr. Li, your vision is really different from ordinary people." Sun SoftBank couldn't laugh or cry because this company was also rejected by him, and Li He was also the enemy he had mentioned before.

"Okay, that's all." Li He waved his hand and motioned for everyone to disperse.

After everyone left, he was about to sit on a chair for a while, but he was approached by two short and stocky middle-aged men.

Delta Airlines Chairman Gerhard, like his partner Bereshev next to him, has a broad forehead and a thick beard.

They came one day later than Temur, and they were not supposed to come, but because the route from Budapest, the capital of Hungary, to Hong Kong was officially launched, they came directly when they attended the Hong Kong direct flight ceremony.

Currently, Delta Air Lines has an international flight attendant team of more than 50 people from 7 countries and regions including the United States, Russia, Finland, and Romania.

Become a third-tier airline in the world.

I probably came here with the intention of claiming credit, and I hope that Li He can increase his financial investment.

But Li He was not satisfied. The Delta Airlines in front of him did not even have 20 aircraft in total, and they were all old models!

Looking at the global aviation market, if there are not 200 aircraft, it would be embarrassing to say that one is engaged in aviation!