rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 374 Should we acquire Tengxun?

"Brother Ma~ I couldn't help myself before."

In the community where Chen Li rented, when Chen Li sent Ma Xiaoyun, Cai Jinxin and Zhou Hongyi away, he planned to apologize to Ma Xiaoyun.

Because at the wine table before, Chen Li spoke a bit harshly in order to prevent Ma Xiaoyun and Ma Xiaoteng from reaching a certain deal.

Although what he said is actually quite reasonable, given his relationship with Ma Xiaoyun, even when explaining the key relationship, generally speaking, he would not take his words so seriously.

At that time, Chen Li almost blamed Ma Xiaoyun in order to stop the two horses.

So after avoiding Ma Xiaoteng and Zeng Lijing, Chen Li decided to talk things out. After all, he and Ma Xiaoyun could be considered friends now. His previous way of almost accusing seemed a bit disrespectful to Ma Xiaoyun.

If Ma Xiaoyun was a small-minded person, he would probably have a rift with Chen Li because of this!

"It's okay, it's okay~!"

"Actually, what you said just now, Mr. Chen, is quite right!"

"Although I was actually...Mr. Chen, what is the name of that word you said?"

"Yes~ Orally high! Actually I was oral high at the time, but now that I think about it, it's really inappropriate."

"And just like what you said, Mr. Chen, I did make a mistake by talking to people about this directly without informing you and Lao Zhou."

"Mr. Chen ~ Lao Zhou ~ I will learn from my mistakes in the future and try my best not to make such mistakes again."

"Lao Cai~ From now on, you should also keep an eye on me."

Ma Xiaoyun's attitude is very sincere, and he is actually very aware of his own shortcomings.

But since a fault is a fault, it means that it cannot be easily overcome.

Take the situation just now as an example. Strictly speaking, the topics he discussed with Ma Xiaoteng were not very rigorous.

But he really couldn't control it, and he drank some wine just now, so he subconsciously started to get high with the other person.

In fact, there is another problem, that is, Ma Xiaoyun was invited by Chen Li this time.

He subconsciously thought that since Chen Li invited him here, it meant that Chen Li might be interested in Ma Xiaoteng's news.

He thought Chen Li called him over because he wanted to use his communication skills to bargain with the other party.

This kind of tacit understanding that Ma Xiaoyun thought led him to make a wrong judgment about tonight's banquet.

Later, Ma Xiaoyun figured it out. If Chen Lizhen was really interested in Tengxun, he would have made it clear to him on the phone before.

To put it bluntly, this is a deviation from the previous tacit understanding between Ma Xiaoyun and Chen Li.

But overall, this does not affect the "friendship" between Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun.

The reason is very simple. Most of the "friendship" between Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun is actually connected by interests.

This is not to say that the friendship between Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun is not a real friendship, but that the conflict of interests between the two of them accounts for more.

Some people may think that "friendship" generated by interests will be unreliable, but in fact, most of the time, relationships connected by interests are more reliable than feelings.

Of course, the premise is that this benefit is enough to maintain the relationship.

Just like Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun now, if you really want to say that the two are good friends, it would be somewhat false.

The current relationship between the two of them is that of friends at most, but more of partners.

Chen Li needs someone like Ma Xiaoyun to help him deal with many things!

And Ma Xiaoyun also needs someone like Chen Li to provide him with the "help" he needs!

In the context of the relationship between the two, as long as the mutual interest relationship is not broken, there will be no problems between the two because of Chen Li's little accusation.

Unless one day, Chen Li no longer needs Ma Xiaoyun to help him deal with those things, and Ma Xiaoyun no longer needs Chen Li to provide him with help, then the relationship between the two will return to the original "friendship".

However, Chen Li was not very optimistic about how strong the "friendship" at that time was.

After all, Ma Xiaoyun is not Li Yuan, so talking about friendship is a bit nonsense.

However, precisely because of this conflict of interests, Ma Xiaoyun naturally still holds a "positive" attitude towards Chen Li.

Under this premise, as long as Chen Li does not point his finger at Ma Xiaoyun, or in other words does not touch Ma Xiaoyun's "bottom line", then the relationship between the two will definitely be fine in a short period of time.

Not to mention that Chen Li took the initiative to apologize at this moment, so Ma Xiaoyun would naturally take advantage of the "face" handed over by Chen Li.

But aside from Chen Li's previous accusations and current apology, the matter itself still made Ma Xiaoyun a little confused.

"But having said that, Mr. Chen, what kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?"

"To tell you the truth~ I thought at first that you called me here tonight because you planned to acquire Tengxun!"

"Just now I saw that boy Ma Xiaoteng, he was actually talking like a lion."

"What five million~ is pure nonsense."

"I just took a look and I estimate that I spent two million, so that guy should be able to sell it."

"I'm thinking. If this OICQ is half as successful as that guy Ma Xiaoteng said, the two million should not be a loss."

"It's only two million anyway, so I think I can still do it!"

Although Ma Xiaoyun seems to be very relaxed when he talks about two million at a time, in Chen Li's opinion, this is actually a bit ironic!

If we compare the timeline of this time and space with Chen Li's previous life, in fact, at the end of May of 1999, two million was definitely a lot of money for Ma Xiaoyun at that time.

Many people know that Ma Xiaoyun received five million US dollars in his first financing in his previous life. Later, with his personal charm, he even impressed SoftBank's Masayoshi Son in just a few minutes and received more than 20 million US dollars.

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But how many people know how many times Ma Xiaoyun failed before his Ali Baba received its first financing?

Ali Baba's start-up capital is only 500,000 yuan, which is not even a splash in the Internet industry.

Therefore, soon after Ali Baba was founded, Ma Xiaoyun started Ali Baba’s financing journey.

In his previous life, Chen Li read a report saying that Ma Xiaoyun had hit a wall in financing dozens of times at that time.

At that time, when Ma Xiaoyun was talking to people about his career, they thought he was a liar. He talked about profits with them, but in the end, he was regarded as a pyramid scheme.

Every time he was rejected, after Ma Xiaoyun returned, he would tell the people in his team that he was the one who rejected that VC.

At that time, Ma Xiaoyun experienced dozens of failures, but every time, he worked hard to "warm" his team.

Because he knows very well that if he cannot warm his team, the team will definitely be "frozen".

It was not until later that Cai Xinxin joined. Because of his early work experience, Cai Xinxin helped secure the first round of financing of US$5 million.

Many people say that without the addition of Cai Xinxin, Ali Baba might not have been able to become as big as it was in the future.

There is really nothing wrong with this sentence!

But if it weren't for Ma Xiaoyun, Ali Baba's Arhat team would probably have dispersed long ago.

At the very least~ if Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun were swapped, Chen Li felt that it would be impossible for him to still have the courage to seek financing after experiencing dozens of failures.

To put it bluntly, Chen Li probably couldn't stick to the number of dozens of times.

Chen Li estimated that he could last up to ten times or more, but it would definitely not be more than twenty times.

This is already a standard that Chen Li has set for himself after infinitely improving his mental endurance.

This also means that if Chen Li was put in the position of Ma Xiaoyun in his previous life, he would not succeed.

Even though e-commerce was definitely a hot topic on the Internet at that time, Chen Li still felt that he would not be able to fly.

So, to be honest, among the business tycoons in China twenty years from now, there will be no one like them. In fact, none of them will be simple.

The same logic can be applied to Zhou Hongyi.

This guy was scolded so much on the Internet in later generations, but to be honest, if you were to replace someone in Zhou Hongyi's position at that time, it's hard to say whether Qishi 350 will be a company twenty years from now.

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Chen Li still remembered that he had seen some information about the company Qishion 350 in his previous life. This Internet security company had a bad reputation in the eyes of ordinary people, but it was actually "famous" in the industry.

In particular, the security team of Qishi 350 enjoys a high reputation even around the world.

Therefore, even Zhou Hongyi, whose reputation is almost notorious, is actually beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Whether it is Ma Xiaoyun or Zhou Hongyi, they actually experienced many setbacks in their early stages of entrepreneurship.

But that was a previous life!

But now, whether it is Ma Xiaoyun or Zhou Hongyi, their life trajectories have changed dramatically because of the appearance of a man.

In his previous life, Ma Xiaoyun failed in financing thirty-seven times. It is said that Ali Baba was almost unable to pay its employees a monthly salary of 500 yuan.

But now, after following Chen Li and making a fortune from the Y2K patch, Ma Xiaoyun no longer values ​​two million in funds.

In fact, this has a lot to do with Chen Li, not just because Chen Li led Ma Xiaoyun to make a lot of money.

The bigger reason is Chen Li’s donation of US$50 million to Project Hope.

Chen Li donated 50 million U.S. dollars when he said he wanted to, and Ma Xiaoyun later followed suit and also paid 2 million U.S. dollars.

And it is precisely because Ma Xiaoyun paid for the two million US dollars that this guy really doesn't feel much about the two million Huaxia coins now.

You know, two million Chinese coins converted into U.S. dollars is even less than 250,000 U.S. dollars.

And just a few days ago, Ma Xiaoyun directly donated two million US dollars.

With this comparison, Ma Xiaoyun naturally felt differently about the two million Huaxia coins.

To put it bluntly, because of the emergence of Chen Li, Ali Baba and Ma Xiaoyun, who were originally under financial pressure, became wealthy at the end of May 1999.

In addition, under the influence of Chen Li, Ma Xiaoyun got a lot of "plans" for the development of Internet companies from Chen Li!

Like throwing money!

Yes~ When Chen Li and Ma Xiaoyun talked about matters related to the operation of Internet companies, Chen Li would always subconsciously tell Ma Xiaoyun the experience of some Internet companies in later generations.

For the reborn Chen Li, the basic principle of Internet business operations that he is familiar with is probably throwing money.

In later generations, almost all Internet companies will engage in certain "spending money" behavior during their early development.

The purpose of these money-spending behaviors is to attract a larger user base.

As long as they have a large enough user base, Internet companies can raise more funds, and then continue to spend money to attract more user bases, and then continue to raise funds and continue to spend money.

And this process is not only attracting more users, but also cultivating the corresponding market.

Finally, when the market matures, this Internet company can start cutting leeks.

And under the premise of a huge user base, even if a large part of the customer base will be lost as a result, the remaining users will be enough for Internet companies to start making profits.

It doesn't even matter if it is not profitable, because at this time, the company can be listed.

Then through listing, another round of money will be collected, and then we will find a suitable time to successfully exit the market.

Although doing this may lead to some infamy~ but in the face of enough benefits, that little infamy is really insignificant.

Moreover, the so-called "name-calling" is actually just a guide to public opinion.

At worst, a large donation, enough to change the direction of public opinion, will be enough to turn those "insults" into praise.

Then start a business again ~ burn money again ~ again.

Okay~ This seems ridiculous, but it is indeed reality.

When Chen Li was talking to Ma Xiaoyun about this, he actually had some emotions.

These emotions are the emotions that Chen Li, an ordinary person in his previous life, had towards those unscrupulous businessmen.

But when the same thing was heard in Ma Xiaoyun's ears, it had another impact.

It turns out that the user base is very important and traffic is very important! At the same time, being willing to spend money is also very effective!

Finally ~ Ma Xiaoyun came to a conclusion ~ that is the Internet ~ is really amazing!

At this moment, when Ma Xiaoyun learned that Tengxun's OICQ was improving at a speed that seemed a bit outrageous, he subconsciously felt that the acquisition of Tengxun was a promising thing.

To put it bluntly~ Because of Chen Li’s influence, Ma Xiaoyun’s understanding of the Internet industry at this moment definitely exceeds the time limit of 1999.

Ma Xiaoyun's current understanding of the Internet is definitely ahead of its time, and can even be said to be beyond the times.

After all, next year is the year 2000, which also means that we are about to enter a new century, so there is nothing wrong with saying "cross-era"!

After having such advanced knowledge, Ma Xiaoyun can easily discover the meaning of Tengxun and OICQ.

As long as OICQ can maintain or even continue to increase its development speed, Tengxun is definitely an Internet company with considerable potential.

Once the user base of Tengxun and OICQ reaches a certain level, it will definitely be a good thing for Red Pony Technology Co., Ltd., which is in urgent need of traffic and user base.

Therefore, Ma Xiaoyun wanted to try again. He tried to discuss it with Chen Li. He really wanted to acquire Tencent!

"Well!"

Chen Li looked at Ma Xiaoyun, who looked serious in front of him, and suddenly felt helpless!

After listening to Ma Xiaoyun's story, he suddenly discovered.

If OICQ can really be acquired, it will actually be beneficial to OICQ itself, Red Pony Technology Co., Ltd., and even Ma Xiaoyun and Chen Li.

So. Should we acquire Tencent?

At this moment, Chen Li was suddenly tempted!

(End of chapter)