Rebirth of the Wild Age

The first "West Lake Discussion of Swords" was held on Ma Xiaoyun's birthday. This guy was purely a whim, planning to hold a special birthday party for himself, so he brought the scene in Jin Yong Town, and then invited the CEOs of the four major websites.

Sina made a special request, and Wang Zhidong wanted to live broadcast the entire process of "On Sword".

While Ma Xiaoyun agreed to Sina, he also decided to increase his influence, so he invited dozens of media reporters. The news was leaked in an instant, and the provincial and municipal governments paid special attention to it, because no matter whether it was Jin Yong or the CEOs of several major websites, they would definitely attract the attention of countless people, so the government not only sent reporters from the official newspaper, but also gave green lights all the way to help carry out the news. Activity planning.

This is tantamount to making "On Sword" formalized. At that time, what you will speak will definitely be the language of the scene, and it will be impossible to have substantive communication in front of the public.

Therefore, the private communication was brought forward, that is, the night before the West Lake Sword Talk, the venue was Huanbi Xiaozhu in Ruan Gongdun, a small island in the middle of the lake.

Ma Xiaoyun ran to the hotel in person, accompanied Jin Yong to the scene, and then the two sat in the tea room chatting and waiting.

Song Weiyang and Zhang Chaoyang arrived together, and Ma Xiaoyun immediately stood up and introduced: "Mr. Cha, this is Mr. Song Weiyang, chairman of Xifeng, and this is Mr. Zhang Chaoyang, CEO of Sohu."

"Hello Jin Daxia!"

"Hello!"

The three shook hands with each other and then sat down.

Zhang Chaoyang is not a fan of Jin Yong at all, he has never read a single martial arts novel, he only read "Water Margin" when he was a child, so he was not very excited when he saw Jin Yong.

But Ding Sanshi who came later was different. The moment he saw Jin Yong at the door, the man stared into his eyes and shouted as he walked in: "Mr. Jin, Mr. Jin, you have ruined our young people's time!" Ah, how many people peek at your novels in class!"

Ma Xiaoyun introduced: "This is Mr. Ding Sanshi, CEO of NetEase."

Jin Yong immediately stood up to shake hands, and Ding Sanshi bent over to shake hands, looking like a super fan who saw his idol.

Wang Juntao and Wang Zhidong, who came next to the scene, were also die-hard Jin Yong fans, but they behaved a little more naturally, but each took out a novel and asked Jin Yong to sign all pirated copies.

When Jin Yong signed it, he smiled. He was used to it. The first time Ma Xiaoyun asked him to sign, the novel he produced was also a pirated version, and it was a pirated version bought from Xinhua Bookstore.

Several people also greeted Song Weiyang differently. Ding Sanshi was enthusiastic and casual, after all, he had known each other for a long time, while Wang Juntao and Wang Zhidong's attitudes were more formal and formal.

There is wine, tea, and great lake crabs.

The big lake crab is full, eat whatever you want.

Song Weiyang quickly peeled off the crab's shell, and he ate up one crab, but Zhang Chaoyang looked at the crab and couldn't do anything.

Ding Sanshi smiled and said, "Lao Zhang, I'll teach you."

Under Ding Sanshi's hands-on teaching, Zhang Chaoyang finally peeled off one, but it obviously didn't suit his taste. Seeing this, Ma Xiaoyun immediately recruited his subordinates and called to order the delicious food from the northwest.

"Come, come," Ma Xiaoyun raised his glass and laughed, "Today, the West Lake Discussion of Swords invites not only Jin Daxia, but also all the Internet masters. It's an unprecedented event. Let's have a toast first!"

Everyone stood up to clink their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

While eating crabs, Ding Sanshi made friends with Jin Yong, and he used the dialect of Zhejiang Province.

Ma Xiaoyun, Wang Zhidong and Wang Juntao also joined soon, and instead of chatting about the Internet market, they discussed various plots in Jin Yong's novels.

Song Weiyang just ate crabs with his head depressed, talking to Zhang Chaoyang from time to time so that this buddy wouldn't get bored.

Looking at China's Internet industry in 2000, Zhang Chaoyang is an absolute star figure, and his popularity is higher than that of the other four combined. This has nothing to do with the strength of the company, it's simply that Zhang Chaoyang knows how to put on a show, and is reported by the media every now and then. As for others, whether it is Sina or 8848, although the company is very famous, people rarely know who the CEO is.

As for Ma Xiaoyun and Alibaba, heh, the Americans are more familiar with them than the Chinese, and they are actually more famous abroad.

Except for the more polite host, Ma Xiaoyun, and Ding Sanshi, who was more casual, the rest of Wang Juntao and Wang Zhidong were pushing out Zhang Chaoyang intentionally or unintentionally. And Zhang Chaoyang also felt it. Although he likes to show off in front of the media, he is introverted in private and doesn't like to talk very much, so he just sits there drinking tea.

Jin Yong was also a man of few words, he obviously regarded Zhang Chaoyang as the same kind, and took the initiative to lead the topic: "Mr. Zhang doesn't like to eat crabs?"

Zhang Chaoyang said, "I'm from the Northwest, and I've never eaten crabs before."

"You can give it a try, you have to be brave to try new things." Jin Yong said.

Zhang Chaoyang gave Jin Yong a lot of face, and immediately started peeling crabs again, but still didn't take the initiative to chat. He's a completely boring gourd, which is completely different from his image in front of the media.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Ma Xiaoyun smiled and said to Song Weiyang: "Why is Lao Song not talking today?"

Song Weiyang sipped rice wine and crab meat, and said with a smile, "Food and wine come first, I can't be distracted. Besides, you are all the heads of various factions on the Internet, and I'm the only one who sells drinks. Tell me, I'll listen."

Ding Sanshi was immediately amused: "If we are the head of the Five Sacred Mountains, you will be Feng Qingyang hiding behind."

"Is there any allusion to this?" Jin Yong didn't understand.

Ma Xiaoyun pointed at Song Weiyang and said with a smile: "This Mr. Song is the largest shareholder of Sohu, the second largest shareholder of Alibaba, and the third largest shareholder of Netease. He is the person behind Mr. Zhang and Mr. Ding." Big donor, no matter how much money we earn, we are all working for Mr. Song."

Jin Yong said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Song is the hidden expert in China's Internet arena."

"An expert doesn't dare to be a master, he's just a sufferer." Song Weiyang said.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed.

Jin Yong didn't know why, so he immediately asked what he meant.

Wang Zhidong explained with a wry smile: "Now is the global Internet winter, and all the funders who invest in Internet companies have suffered miserably. If you survive the past few years, you may be able to get a huge return. If you can't survive, the investment money will be lost." For nothing."

If it wasn't for selling to Bank of China Investment, Song Weiyang would not choose to sell the shares of Jinniu Capital in the near future, because it would be too much of a loss. Google's valuation has fallen below US$400 million. Fortunately, China Technology's assets continue to expand, otherwise the 1.8% of the Taurus shares would not be able to cash out US$30 million.

This deal, Song Weiyang is more about political considerations.

Because the scale of China Science and Technology is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people are jealous. Last year, it was not enough for China Science and Technology to exchange shares with a fund under the Ministry of Information Industry. Bank of China Investment’s shareholding in Taurus Capital was not high.

Only then did Jin Yong understand the truth, and said: "The ebb and flow of the tide is normal, the more it is like this, the more you have to work hard."

Ma Xiaoyun said: "This time I invite all my friends to come to the West Lake, just want to keep warm together, let us work together to tide over the difficulties."

"It should." The others responded one after another.

Song Weiyang smiled without saying a word, trying to get through this difficult time together.

Among these five people, three are engaged in portal websites, wishing that the other party would die quickly. The remaining two are e-commerce companies, one is b2b and the other is b2c. It seems that there is no competition, but Wang Juntao is being forced by shareholders to transform and will soon have a direct confrontation with Ma Xiaoyun.

It's sad to say, but Ma Xiaoyun and Ding Sanshi were the only ones who supported the five people in front of them in history.

By next year, Wang Zhidong was the first to be kicked out, and the directors invited by him personally worked together to clear him out. Those directors negotiated in private, got the support of shareholders, and directly launched a surprise attack. When Wang Zhidong went to work at Sina, he didn't know that his CEO position had been sacked.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Juntao followed suit. First, the vice president of the board of directors was airborne, and he was emptied step by step, and then Wang Juntao was told to leave.

Zhang Chaoyang was frightened by what happened to these two, so he chose to completely compromise with the shareholders. One hammer and one stick, slowly bringing Sohu into decline. Now with Song Weiyang's support, it might be a little bit better, it depends on how far Zhang Chaoyang can do it.

And what about Ding Sanshi's choice?

This guy is very honest, trying to make money and profit, while promising the future to shareholders. If you encounter a shareholder who strongly opposes him, then there is nothing to talk about, just buy back the stocks in the other party's hands, and find a way to make money when the company runs out of funds.

And Ding Sanshi was very picky, the other four got financing, and they all spent a lot of money, only Ding Sanshi broke a penny into two petals to spend, and carefully calculated every penny. This guy's pickiness has gone deep into his bone marrow, and sometimes he takes his subordinates to dinner, but he doesn't even take the initiative to treat them. A deputy of Ding Sanshi later recalled that NetEase had already gone public. When Ding Sanshi was drinking tea in a teahouse and refilling his cup, the waiter wanted to calculate the price for two cups. Ding Sanshi asked angrily, "Why?"

After Song Weiyang's interruption, the others finally changed the topic from martial arts novels to the Internet industry. The problem was that Jin Yong didn't understand the Internet, so the topic changed after he didn't say a few words, and now Zhang Chaoyang fell silent again.

In the end, it was Jin Yong who took the initiative to ask about everyone's entrepreneurial experience, and the atmosphere finally became lively.

Wang Juntao talked a lot about how he chose to do e-commerce, and he also stated what the significance of 8848 is, and he wants to be the number one peak in the Internet industry.

Wang Zhidong and Jin Yong have known each other for a long time. "Ming Pao" uses Founder's typesetting system, and Wang Zhidong was in charge of relevant affairs in Founder at that time, and the two were very familiar with each other. He first talked about Fangzheng, then Sina, and talked a lot.

Zhang Chaoyang said: "I wanted to go back to China to start an Internet company very early on. I found many investors in the United States, but none of them were willing to provide me with start-up capital. At that time, I just heard that Boss Song invested in Jinshan, so I went to Fudan to try my luck. It only took a few minutes, Boss Song agreed to invest in me. In terms of starting a business, I have to thank Boss Song."

Ding Sanshi smiled and said: "Boss Song is timely rain, we have known this for a long time, and now Jinniu Capital is still the third largest shareholder of NetEase. Boss Song, when will we make an additional investment in NetEase?"

"Who is with whom? We are old friends," Song Weiyang said. "When NetEase's stock price drops to single digits, I will pay for as much as those American shareholders are willing to sell."

Ding Sanshi was overjoyed: "What you say is what you say!"

Song Weiyang held his glass and said, "I didn't drink much tonight."

Ding Sanshi suddenly felt confident, and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty is worthy of being an Emperor, so domineering!"

"What emperor?" Wang Juntao asked.

Ding Sanshi pointed at Song Weiyang and said with a smile: "Boss Song and I have known each other for several years, and we have always been good friends on the Internet. He used to have an Internet called 'There are always troublesome people who want to harm me', and everyone called him the emperor, and he talked loudly. Very good! Well, he also used this word Sao very often, full of sassy words!"

Jin Yong nodded and said: "There are always people who want to harm me, this name is very interesting."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Everyone burst into laughter again, not knowing what they were laughing at.