Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: July 5, 2004}

{Location: United States-California}

Li Ying sat opposite Dong Qianqian and Zhang Miaoying, looking at the two people who were pouring coffee into their cups for a long time, and she suddenly realized a problem.

It seems that there are all kinds of girls around that guy all the time. The statistics on the male-to-female ratio of Emperor Penguin members are even more interesting. The female ratio actually accounts for more than 40% of Emperor Penguins, reaching an exaggerated data ratio of 41%.

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Of course, this has something to do with the exaggerated 80% female employees of Emperor Penguin’s Treasure Digging Trading, but at Luban Technology, female employees also account for a high proportion of 34%.

Calculating it this way, although the guy never mentioned the issue of gender equality, he used various means to subtly recruit many female employees to weigh the company's structure. It seems that many problems in the eyes of others are not in his eyes.

It's like it doesn't even exist.

I don’t know if it’s because he thinks having more girls in the company will be pleasing to the eye, or because of some other reason.

In short, this "uneasy" boss has always been an unconventional person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to watch the European Cup three days before acquiring Yahoo!

Could it be that he took his girlfriend to relax?

But, he just wants to relax, so why should I think about this problem?

Li Ying shook her head gently to clear this thought from her mind.

Just as she was about to follow her train of thought, she suddenly noticed a line of sight coming toward her.

Li Ying raised her head alertly and saw "that guy" walking not far away in the direction she was facing.

There were no traces of time and weather on Ning Zimo's cheerful face. When he came closer, before she could say hello, he smiled and waved to her.

"After waiting for a long time, the fanatical fans almost didn't let me catch the plane. Fortunately, when I got to the airport, I still had some time to send it to the family of the little guy who voices Peppa Pig."

Li Ying digested the meaning of his words in an instant and smiled, "Why did you kidnap the young actor when you gave yourself a holiday? Do you think other people will like football as much as you do?"

"It's fate. Last time when I was besieged by poisonous snakes in Tai O Village, I was saved by the younger brother of the two little guys with a football. And the younger brother was accidentally recommended by Mo Ying to become "Peppa Pig"

"In the role - George's voice actor." Ning Zimo shrugged, "The story of their family is interesting. I will talk to you in detail when I have time. Now, let's go to the hotel."

Li Ying frowned slightly when she heard that Ning Zimo was besieged by venomous snakes in Tai'ao Village. But when she thought about this guy standing in front of her intact as before, she realized that her worries were unnecessary.

"There is no need to go to the hotel this time," Li Ying said, "I bought a house in Mountain View. You can stay at my house when you come to California."

"Oh... the rich lady has established her own business, and I am planning to go to the Hayes mansion to experience the Spanish style." Ning Zimo said in surprise, "The villas in Mountain View City are not cheap."

"Fortunately, you can buy a 180-square-meter double-story villa with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms for 750,000 U.S. dollars. With so many bedrooms, it's enough for you." Li Ying stood up and took the bag from Ning Zimo's hand.

Curious, he asked, "What is this?"

“Portuguese chicken and 2 bottles of wine are considered souvenirs.”

"oh……"

"Where's mine?" Zhang Miaoying said with a smile.

"Also in the bag..."

Dong Qianqian stood up and followed the three of them. She suddenly felt that she was a little redundant. She could only follow the three of them in silence and got into the car.

The car drove all the way towards Mountain View City, aiming for Li Ying's large villa in Mountain View City.

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"According to simple information issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the past year, Yahoo! has made a profit of US$40 million after CEO Zhou Hongyi came to power. It can be said that Yahoo won 3721 and pushed Zhou Hongyi to the CEO position. It is still theirs.

The most correct move."

Zhang Miaoying stepped forward and handed the information in her hand to Ning Zimo who was sitting on the sofa.

Unlike in the car just now, now it was time to talk about business, and she naturally got into the mood quickly.

Zhang Miaoying frowned again after Ning Zimo took over the information, "But Yahoo China's profit is only 40 million US dollars a year. For Internet pioneers like Yahoo, they have not been successful in planting flowers and pioneering."

"Hey... I have only been working in the Internet industry for less than a year, and your vision has improved a lot." Ning Zimo praised.

"Thanks to you, if I don't follow you faster, I'm afraid I will be pulled down by the team anytime and anywhere." Zhang Miaoying curled her lips and said, "Besides, so many of our Internet businesses can quickly generate profits, no matter what

No matter how much profit we make, it shows that our direction is better than other companies. If we see more like this, we will gain new insights."

Ning Zi smiled nonchalantly and lowered his head to look at the information.

After a while, he pointed to a set of numbers and said, "Yahoo merged 3721 to form Yahoo Assistant. Although Zhou Hongyi led Yahoo to make some money, it achieved some profits. But so far, Yahoo's profit model is

It’s not clear yet.”

Historically, Yahoo in the United States earned US$3.5 billion in advertising revenue in 2004, accounting for nearly half of the online advertising in the United States.

Comparing this to the mere 4,000,000 yuan earned by Yahoo!, it really doesn’t make sense.

Unfortunately, the data shows that this part of the revenue is not real search advertising revenue, but belongs to the business transfer of 3721. This makes it even more obvious that Yahoo, an Internet company that started with search, has shown no value at all in its flower-growing business.

Zhang Miaoying handed over the second document and continued, "This is the problem with Yahoo's flower cultivation now. There is no source of profit and no business that can be expanded. However, according to our evaluation, this acquisition may require more resources than Blizzard.

The estimated amount of funds is at least 1.5 billion."

"Price is not the biggest issue. The key is why you choose to enter the country at this time because you are committed to developing overseas Internet business." Li Ying looked at Ning Zimo and said, "This will stretch our front line very long. Our team

Can you take care of it?"

"Emperor Penguin is, after all, a domestic company. Although it started its business abroad, its roots are still in China." Ning Zimo responded to Li Ying, "The domestic Internet landscape is the same as that abroad. When war is raging, it will not be the same."

If we participate in it, when we finish occupying the foreign market and then look back, we may not have a place."

After all, the Internet is a regional market, with the United States on one side, Europe on the other, and Flower Planting on the other. With economic development and the advancement of time, Flower Planting will be closer and closer to catching up with foreign powers. By that time, if any company

In a head-to-head battle with Emperor Penguins abroad, Emperor Penguins can rely on the domestic market to obtain sufficient funds to compete.

But this move must be done quickly, and it must be completed before the future bat takes shape.

Otherwise, if emperor penguins only bloom abroad but have no roots in China, then they will become rootless trees?

Besides, part of the reason why I acquired Flower Planting Yahoo was to supplement the shortcomings of the Flower Planting team. Although there were many talents in the Special Economic Zone, the Special Economic Zone was still not as attractive as Peking and Shanghai in terms of Internet talents at that time. Yahoo Planting Flowers had a branch in Peking.

The entire team is a team that makes me covet.

Besides, the acquisition of Yahoo! has another unexplained role. It will be announced next year, and there is no need to explain it to them now.

After Ning Zimo finished speaking, he saw Li Ying glance at Zhang Miaoying. This small gesture immediately made him realize that Li Ying was using his words to explain something.

After thinking about it, Ning Zimo added, "The differences and commonalities between developing countries and developed countries are not the same but there are some similarities. Generally speaking, the potential markets owned by developed countries will be quickly copied in developing countries.

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Therefore, we cannot think that now is not the time for us to expand domestically. Rather, we must make it clear that the domestic market without giants at this time is the best time for us to enter."

Ning Zimo raised the two pieces of information in his hand and said, "It is precisely because Yahoo does not have a reasonable profit model that they are determined to cut off their own strength. Now the Yahoo Mall launched by Yahoo is colliding head-on with eBay and Amazon in the United States, so this

The time is right for us to buy Yahoo China.

As long as we win Yahoo China, whether it's Bing, Gmail, Dropbox or Lingying, they will have the development foundation to enter the flower growing market. Naturally, winning Yahoo is an inevitable move for us."

Zhang Miaoying nodded thoughtfully, "In other words, the purpose of acquiring Yahoo is to better copy the foreign ecosystem to the flower cultivation country to occupy the market?"

"That's what I said, but it's still slightly different." Ning Zimo nodded, then shook his head, "The flower-growing Internet has its own ecological environment, but this environment has not yet formed a scale at the moment. We won the flower-growing Yahoo

In the end, we need to make corresponding localizations, part of which will continue to pursue foreign markets, and part of which must maintain a foothold in the country."

"Well, Jerry has made an appointment for July 7th." Li Ying handed the cup in her hand to Ning Zimo and said, "Because it is a domestic business of flower planting, and you are an old partner, so this time he is going to

Talk to you personally."

"Emmmm, if he takes action in person, won't it be difficult to negotiate the price?"

"I think he will make concessions on time."

"Oh, even if it's a little expensive, we don't have to worry too much."

Ning Zimo took the cup and saw that it was iced coffee. He took a sip and felt the coolness and pain that stimulated his taste buds, which immediately activated his nerves.

"Then it's settled. Once Luo Shuohan brings the detailed information on growing Yahoo from PricewaterhouseCoopers, we will spend the rest of the day scrutinizing the negotiation strategy in detail." Ning Zimo said with a smile, "Get it.

Planting Yahoo will lay a more solid foundation for us as Emperor Penguin, and in another year, I will let you see how I made Planting Yahoo profitable!"

Zhang Miaoying looked at Ning Zimo, then turned to look at Li Ying, and then glanced at Dong Qianqian who was huddled on the sofa.

She suddenly felt that as long as the first master and the second master were together, the two of them could handle everything in the world.

At this time, she and Dong Qianqian

It seems a bit redundant.