Top of the big era

Lei Jun invites Zhou Buqi to smoke at the American Club.

It is located on the top floor of the China Resources Building on the second ring road, known as one of the four major clubs in the capital.

However, this is the old calendar.

In the early years, the domestic economy had not yet developed, and the giant businessmen were all from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Their favorite thing was to show off and be decent, which just catered to the mentality of a certain part of the officials.

But in the 21st century, the reputation is not as good as before.

The domestic economy is in a stage of rapid development, serious businessmen are busy, how can they have time to go to this kind of nonsense?

The big entrepreneurs have a decent name themselves, and they don't need to go through some shit club to give themselves face.

Gradually, it became a gathering place for corporate executives who wanted to mix in circles and local tyrants who wanted identity verification.

However, there are always exceptions.

After all, the service of this top-level club is top-notch. It is common to tidy up coats and maintain leather shoes, and even use nanotechnology to clean glasses for guests.

If people in the domestic IT industry want to pretend to be aggressive, they usually come to the American Club, and the lazy Zhang Chaoyang is a frequent visitor.

A workaholic like Lei Jun also came here, so he must have something very important.

Zhou Buqi knew what he wanted to talk about, and he didn't refuse, so why not go over and taste his cigars.

The club's interior is designed in a clear, concise, and proper American style, with strong American characteristics and a luxurious atmosphere.

"Is this a Cuban cigar?"

"Yes, COHIBA, Castro's favorite brand."

An elderly butler pulled out two cigars of different lengths from a cigar drawer with constant temperature and humidity, cut them professionally, and handed them over.

"How is your smoking habit?"

Zhou Buqi lit the cigar and took a puff. The taste was smooth and the taste was very pure, a bit like old-fashioned perfume, with layers of smoke rings, which looked particularly aristocratic.

However, he was not used to smoking, and felt that it was not as enjoyable as a stick of Hongtashan.

Lei Jun is much more professional. He looks like an old smoker. He said calmly: "Under normal circumstances, one pack a day is enough. When the pressure is high, two or three packs is also possible."

After speaking, he took out a box of Soft China from his pocket, which was already empty.

It was only two o'clock in the afternoon, and one pack had already been smoked.

The meaning is obvious, he is under a lot of pressure!

Zhou Buqi pretended not to understand, and said with a smile, "Everyone in our line of business seems to smoke."

"Writing code is easy to get sleepy, and smoking is just refreshing. Hey, it's not a good thing, it's better to smoke less."

"Yeah, I'm not addicted to cigarettes, and I usually don't smoke, except when I'm socializing."

"Well……"

Lei Jun froze for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

Then, three beauties in cheongsams came. Two of them were holding a dinner plate with some exquisite snacks, and one was wearing a tea set, and knelt down by the coffee table, and began to perform tea art with graceful movements.

Both of them were silent.

It seems that he is seriously appreciating the girl's tea ceremony kung fu.

"Jinshan has already started the listing process, and it will go to the Hong Kong government for listing. It is estimated that it will not be listed next year, and the year after will be almost the same." It was Lei Jun who couldn't help it first and spoke.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Congratulations! This is a bull market, and I think it will last for two or three years. It is indeed a good opportunity to go public at this time. With the scale of Jinshan, it has a market value of at least tens of billions, right?"

"Where is it?" Lei Jun shook his head and sighed, "Our initial internal pricing is 1.8 yuan, and we can adjust it at that time. It is estimated... about 3 yuan, four or five billion plates."

Zhou Buqi twitched the corner of his mouth.

That estimate is low enough.

So, the software industry still has no future, and we still have to do Internet services.

"Would you like to participate? Part of the strategic placement? I'll give you an internal price, and you can get it for 1 yuan." Lei Jun looked at him with a smile, showing his goodwill brightly.

Zhou Buqi immediately shook his head, "Forget it, I don't have that much spare money."

Lei Jun's face froze.

In the domestic personal antivirus software market, "Jinshan Antivirus" is the leader, with an annual revenue of more than 120 million yuan and a net profit of 50 million yuan. If it is enlarged with a conservative 30 times PE leverage after listing, it will be 1.5 billion!

This kid actually looks like he doesn't like oil and salt.

Don't give away money for nothing!

Lei Jun smoked his cigar silently, and after a while he said, "If Micropoint Antivirus is made into a free version, it will cost a lot every year, right?"

"Well, they've calculated it, and it's conservatively estimated... 100 million."

Zhou Buqi nodded, understating it.

I hummed in my heart.

If you don't even make such a large amount of money, you will change the strategic decision of Dongfang Weidian for the placement of Jinshan's shares? Mr. Lei, you look down on people too much, don't you?

"Is it worth it?" Lei Jun frowned and asked.

Zhou Buqi sighed, "No way, the trend of the times! You can see the effect of micro-point security guards, detonating the market. Especially after the launch of the function of detecting and killing Trojan horses, it can be said that the whole people are boiling. It can be seen that netizens are very concerned about security. The product is in huge demand."

"If there is a demand, doesn't it mean that there is a market?"

"This is different. People all over the country also have demand for small cars. Can they afford them? The economic base determines the conversion rate of demand."

"Is 100 million not enough?"

Lei Jun looked at him intently.

Zhou Buqi blinked, and his expression became serious, "Brother Lei, I remember Ali's Boss Ma, who asked you for investment back then?"

Lei Jun was a little embarrassed, "Yes, I thought he was a liar, so I didn't agree."

"As a result, Alibaba's current market valuation is already 4 billion U.S. dollars. Jinshan's listing valuation... 5 billion Hong Kong dollars? Didn't you find something?"

"Please advise?"

"Ali is still losing money now! Especially after I became a Weidian security guard, I blocked Taobao's rogue plug-ins, which caused them a lot of trouble. Unlike many rogue software vendors, they never approached us. They made rectifications on the product, even the Yahoo Assistant. They also made rumors that they would spend more money on marketing Taobao until they spent all the US$1 billion raised from Yahoo.”

Lei Jun was silent, and the purple smoke rings expanded outward layer by layer, covering his sighing and complicated sorrow.

As the top talent in this industry, how could he not see the situation clearly?

Internet!

Alibaba has suffered heavy losses, but it has sky-high valuations, because it is an Internet company with great room for imagination. What about Jinshan? Kingsoft is just a software company, a software company that mainly makes money.

Make money, right?

In this day and age, it could be wrong.

Dongfang Micropoint also makes software, and its Micropoint Security Guard and Micropoint Antivirus are software products. But unlike Kingsoft, Oriental Micropoint is not a software company, but an Internet company.

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "Brother Lei, let me tell you the truth, Micropoint Antivirus will be launched on the 1st of next month, and the whole network is free. Moreover, Micropoint Antivirus is more advanced than all antivirus software on the market. Antivirus technology. People all over the country need this product to protect their computers. Making money is of course important, but there is something more important, this market, this era. We start a company, run a business, no matter what we do, there is a It is very important to follow the trend. Only by following the general trend of the trend can we lead the next era.”

Lei Jun seemed a little distracted, and suddenly smiled, "Come, drink tea!"

Sitting on the tan leather sofa, drinking tea and smoking a cigar, this feeling... a bit like a bridge scene in a Hong Kong and Taiwan movie in the 1980s.

After drinking tea for a while, Lei Jun let out a long sigh, and stretched out a thumb, "Xiao Zhou, your courage is like this! The pattern is also like this! I admire you!"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Entrepreneurship, one-third of ability and seven-point courage."

"Yeah, after staying in Jinshan for so long, I lost all my courage." Lei Jun sighed with emotion, a little bit dispirited, "I also worked on Joyo.com, and I also know the Internet. However, Ali gave me too much stimulation. When I grow up, I will leave my job when Jinshan Operations is listed on the market.”

Zhou Buqi joked, "Come to my place?"

Lei Jun laughed.

In my heart, I was silently reminiscing about the word he just said emphatically - follow the trend.

Yes, it is not the enterprise that makes the country.

It is only under the background of the great era that one great enterprise after another can be achieved.

...

Lei Jun is a workaholic and has a tight schedule.

After only sitting for more than half an hour, the two withdrew.

In the parking lot, before getting into the car, Zhou Buqi said with a smile, "If you want me to say, Jinshan Antivirus is also free. Don't you understand the competition between Taobao and eBay?"

Lei Jun paused, shook his head and said, "I am the general manager of Jinshan, not the chairman, and there are many shareholders with high weight."

"All right."

There are indeed constraints.

"Also, I can't see the profit model of free antivirus software. Kingsoft is going public soon, and every profit is very important. Kingsoft's biggest strategy at present is to go public."

"Then don't blame me for grabbing the market."

The driver had already opened the car door, Lei Jun was not in a hurry to get in the car, and said curiously: "Will the micro-point anti-virus always be free? Are you still operating at a loss?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "This is the Internet."

After leaving China Resources Building, Zhou Buqi received a private call from an unfamiliar number.

"Hello? Is it Zhou Buqi?"

She's a girl with a nice voice.

"I am."

"Ah! It's really you, that's great, I'm Kiki."

"What are the sevens and eights?"

"I'm Ma Shangqi!"

"Oh, it's you, what's the matter?"

"Are you at school? I want to see you."

"What are you doing?"

Zhou Buqi had a headache and didn't really want to deal with her, feeling like he was being relied upon.

Ma Shangqi was weak and said pitifully: "My Taobao store is in trouble, can you give me some advice? Ma Pingshan is an idiot who knows nothing but making airplanes."

Zhou Buqi had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll go to your school to find you later."

"Yeah! Just come to the milk tea shop, and I'll treat you to milk tea!"

Ma Shangqi immediately became happy, cheering and beaming.