Rebirth: I Want to Surf

off work time.

Yao Yuan was still immersed in some work, the room was quiet and seemed extraordinarily empty, and there was a large conference hall across a screen. He looked up from time to time, mother, I'm still a little scared by myself!

After a while, there were brisk footsteps outside.

It was the sound of the soft soles of sneakers rubbing against the floor, not the rattling of high heels, it sounded like Yinyin.

"Are you done?"

"It's over!"

"I bought fried chicken Coke and a hamburger."

"What did you buy it for?"

"I don't think I'll be able to eat at night, and I'm just busy chatting. I'm so hungry. Let's fill my stomach first."

Yin Yin opened the paper bag and took out a chicken nugget, a chicken wing, a hamburger and a glass of Coke, fully expressing the meaning of the word "pad stomach".

Yao Yuan pulled out a fruit knife, cut the hamburger in half, walked to the window while eating, looked at the core area of ​​Haidian that had already entered the evening peak, and said, "I guess there is a traffic jam, the traffic here is too big."

"Yeah, I look at any store and there are people there. The Tuanjie Lake looks like a village."

Yinyin sat on his desk, with Coke in one hand and chicken wings in the other, and asked, "Is Sun Zhengyi Japanese? Why did he choose a Chinese name?"

"His grandfather's name is Sun Zhongqing, and he is of Korean origin. According to him, his ancestral home was in Putian, Fujian, and he immigrated to North Korea during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so his ancestors are Chinese."

"Southern and Northern Dynasties? Why didn't he say they were Xu Fu's five hundred virgins? It's close!"

Yinyin fed him a sip of Coke, then asked, "How is this man?"

"Let's open 50-50. When there are huge profits and huge losses, I prefer the Chinese market."

Fried chicken was invented for human taste buds. Yao Yuan ate a few pieces and hooked out the gluttonous bugs, killing them all.

Touch the belly, um, it feels like a cushion.

SoftBank spent 11.87 billion US dollars last year to acquire Vodafone (a mobile phone operator), for which it has incurred a huge debt of 1.9 trillion yen, and is currently under great pressure.

But the characteristic of Sun Zhengyi is that he dares to spend money, otherwise he would not spend 430 million US dollars to invest in Xiaonei, and also invested 250 million US dollars in pptv.

About eight o'clock, leave at seven o'clock.

Taking the elevator from the 18th floor to the underground garage, there is a sense of patrolling downstream, because every person who comes in will greet "Mr. Yao", and then worry anxiously that the boss thinks that he has not worked overtime and is doing poorly at a young age.

The distance to the Grand Hyatt Hotel is not close. Start from Zhichun Road, take the Madian Bridge, the North Second Ring Road, the East Second Ring Road, and then turn to East Chang'an Street.

Even if he deliberately delayed going out, he was still stuck in traffic and was almost late.

Entering a private room, there were two men and a woman sitting in it. The leader was in her 40s, with a refined temperament, but her hairline was slightly bald, and she had brush-shaped bangs to cover it up.

This person is Song Anlan, the main partner of Softbank China.

Graduated from Tsinghua University, went from undergraduate to Ph.D., and went to the United States to study as a postdoctoral fellow. He is a talent who really understands information technology.

Among the many myths of Ma Yun, there is one called "Sun Zhengyi's 20 million US dollars investment in 6 minutes", which is indeed true, but Song Anlan was the one who made the bridge.

"Boss Yao, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!"

The two shook hands, and Song Anlan spoke with a Hangzhou accent.

If it is a start-up company, there is a set process for meeting investors, just like Ma Yun, you are given a limited time, you introduce yourself, and then the investment institutions vote to decide, just like an interview.

No need now, Mai Wo is a very mature company with the largest market share.

There are only two things to talk about: valuation and equity!

Song Anlan's side prepared well, and brought a notebook, sorted out all kinds of data, analyzed and compared them, and finally gave a valuation: 3 billion US dollars!

To be honest, I underestimate Maiwo, but not too much.

Yao Yuan smiled and asked, "What is the valuation of the 3 billion?"

"Nature is community."

"Oh, that means Mai Mai is not included, right?"

"Mr. Yao, you are joking. Of course we want to invest in the overall business."

"The community has 80 million users, Maimai has 110 million, and I can earn 200 million a year by relying on CRBT. And the product you use to benchmark Facebook has only 30 million users so far, and Microsoft estimates it at 15 billion US dollars!

Sorry, I can't see your sincerity. "

"Boss Yao, you can't look at things like this..."

Song Anlan calmly said: "The value of American Internet products is the highest, and everyone knows it. Apart from their voice status, media advocacy and capital enthusiasm, there is another important reason, that is, the products that have been very successful in the United States. It can often be spread all over the world, and it is aimed at the global market.

Domestic products cannot do this.

Although Facebook has 30 million users now, it may be 1 billion, 2 billion or even more in the future. And even if Mai Wo achieves the ultimate, it will only be the roost in the country, not to mention that you can't get netizens from all over the country to register. "

Song Anlan's words were harsh, but they were true.

The advantage of the domestic Internet is its own vast market; the difficulty is that it is difficult to go overseas. This is not just a problem of products and capital, but more of an ideological confrontation.

"..."

Yao Yuan was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I won't give you Mai Mai, what I've packaged includes the Mai Wo Community, Ring Tone and Kiwi Game Studio.

Yes, it is difficult for Maiwo to go overseas, and it can only develop users in China, but who said that I must use the community to go overseas?

In 2002, I created the prototype of Maiwo, and it was on the right track in 2003, a full year earlier than Facebook. Functions such as gift giving, likes, and friend updates were all created by us. Facebook is just borrowing the light of the United States.

This year Zuckerberg opened up the platform, intending to bring more ways to play for Facebook and attract users. We are at least a year earlier than him on this point. "

"you mean?"

"Of course it's a social game!

"Parking Space Grab" and "Friends Buying and Selling" brought at least 20 million users to Maimai. Many people wondered, why didn't I put it on the community?

Because I don't think it's a match, I have a better project, a social game that can make people obsessed, regardless of gender, and that's for the community.

Facebook is open, just in time, we use games to go overseas, not only Facebook, but also Japanese, Korean, British, and Malaysian. As long as they have social networking, we can make games that they like.

Communities have ideological constraints, social games don't!

We have long been used to challenging the whole world with one country, and some people are also used to comparing their own weaknesses with the strongest points of other countries, and then devaluing themselves as worthless.

It doesn't matter!

Even if Maiwo does not have the strongest point, even if the number of users in the future cannot compare with Facebook, we can still go to sea in our own way and let the world see our products! "

"..."

Song Anlan's face turned red and then turned pale. Although his words meant to lower the price, they also contained a trace of real thoughts.

Yao Yuan looked at him, and said again: "And I hope this time it's not financing, I want to transfer part of the equity."

Financing refers to capital increase and share expansion, and the money invested must stay in the company for development. The transfer of equity means that the individual sells the equity in exchange for funds.

"You are?"

Song Anlan was startled, but then realized, oh, it was for making a mobile phone.

For a moment, he couldn't help feeling a little admiration for Yao Yuan, it's so rare! It's so rare! He paused and asked the most practical question: "Mr. Yao, do you want the community to go public in the future?"

"If it was a few months ago, my answer would be no, but now I accept the game of capital, and I naturally follow the rules."

Yao Yuan stood up while speaking, stretched out his hand and said, "I think what we need to communicate has been completed, it's too late, we should go back."

"Okay, I also hope to reach an agreement as soon as possible!"

Yao Yuan left as soon as he said he would, and took Yin Yin out.

Song Anlan replayed the conversation just now. There are two key points: Maiwo will use games to develop the market, and Maiwo will go public!

That's enough. What Softbank wants is profit returns and results. Of course, the other party despises the valuation of 3 billion US dollars, and I have to communicate with Sun Zhengyi.

He had heard of Yao Yuan's reputation a long time ago, and now that he saw that his reputation lived up to his reputation, he could be called a martyr of idealism.

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