Chapter 1127 Intention
The company's financing required a lot of money. In addition to the money that Song Yangming supported her, Song Zijun and Qin Wenchang also invested all the pocket money they had saved over the years to start this company. In total, they spent a lot.
Such a large amount of money may seem like a lot in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is nothing at all in Internet companies.
Many years ago, when Zhang Hao founded Netscape and Yahoo, financing was extremely convenient for the newly emerging Internet industry. Especially because of Netscape's successful listing and huge returns, capital turned its attention from traditional industries to emerging Internet companies.
Because of this, a lot of capital has been bet on the Internet industry, and some of it has reaped huge profits.
Overnight, the birth of millionaires, tens of millions, or even billionaires is no longer a new thing in Internet companies. Just like Zhang Hao and his partners, they have become new stars that everyone is paying attention to through this industry. In a very short period of time, they have completed a journey that most people cannot complete in their entire lives, thus achieving financial freedom.
At that time, as long as you set up an Internet company, come up with a seemingly good project, and have some eloquence, you could easily get large investments from investors.
After the funds are in place, the next step is to "burn money". The term "burning money" also appeared at that time. In order to please investors and produce beautiful data, Internet companies do not treat money as money at all. They spend money lavishly and spend it however they want. Not to mention millions or tens of millions, even more funds can be spent in just a few months.
What if you run out of money? The answer is simple: just keep asking investors for more. If investors feel bad about spending the money, it’s okay to be stingy. There are so many investors out there waving money to invest in the Internet. If you don’t pay, there will be others who will. There will always be a lot of suckers.
Song Zijun was still very young at the time, but she also heard Zhang Hao talk about these scenes at that time. The popularity of the Internet industry at that time was simply unimaginable now, and the convenience of financing was even easier.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, only a few years. With the bursting of the Internet bubble and the loss of capital's confidence in Internet companies, the cold wave of Internet companies inevitably came.
At that time, Internet companies of all sizes went bankrupt every day, and a large number of investors and capital were implicated. For a time, the previously popular Internet companies became an industry that no one dared to touch, even the leading companies in the Internet industry suffered a heavy blow.
During the bursting of the Internet bubble, the emerging Internet industry experienced a reshuffle. After the test of the times, only the best companies in the industry survived.
As the Internet industry gradually recovered, capital and investors once again turned their attention to them. But compared with the previous enthusiasm, capital and investors today have become much calmer and more cautious in their investments. Even if they decide to invest, there are certain regulations on the money-burning model of the invested Internet companies. It is no longer possible to spend money as freely as before.
The current domestic video websites and other related Internet companies, both large and small, are all created after experiencing the Internet winter. Of course, this is also related to IT software and hardware technology. Before, these projects only existed in possibilities, but with the breakthrough of technology, there is an opportunity to turn possibilities into reality.
Song Zijun saw this point. In addition, she and Qin Wenchang both studied media majors in college. In addition, under the influence of their personal experience in the United States and Zhang Hao, they decided to start a business in this area.
Song Zijun has been thinking about where to get some money to inject into the company, or to find a large amount of financing. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to achieve this goal, and Song Zijun does not want to ask Song Yuanchao for money. She knows her father's character too well. First, whether Song Yuanchao will give her the money, and second, even if he gives her the money, he will definitely make many demands on Song Zijun.
Song Zijun was rebellious from childhood, how could she bear the constraints of Song Yuanchao? Besides, she also had her own pride and didn't want to rely on Song Yuanchao to achieve success.
Although Song Zijun has a good relationship with her elder brother Song Yangming, Song Zijun knew very early that the family business would be inherited by her elder brother Song Yangming in the future. As a daughter, it is impossible for her to bypass Song Yangming and gain control of the family business. If she wants, she can follow the path arranged by her parents, including the funds prepared by the family, and happily be a rich girl. It will be easy for her to never worry about money for the rest of her life.
But the stubborn Song Zijun didn't want this, she hoped that she could achieve something. Perhaps in her heart, she always wanted to compete with her elder brother Song Yangming, and she also wanted her father Song Yuanchao to look at her with new eyes one day.
Moreover, the person Song Zijun admired most in his life was Zhang Hao. As the only son of Zhang Yuanchao, Zhang Hao could have been the eldest master of the Zhang family in peace and stability.
Zhang Jianguo has done a great job, his logistics company and express delivery company are among the largest in China. Zhang Hao's mother is also not bad, whether it is the clothing business in Maiyang Road at the beginning, or later working with Gu Jie to run a boutique clothing business, or investing in the Eighth District Commercial Company and now running a real estate agency, etc., the assets she has earned through hard work over the years are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
But Zhang Hao did not rely on his family. He started his own business while studying in the United States. In less than a year, he created an astonishing Internet miracle and became the "richest man in China." Then, after leaving Netscape and continuing his studies, Zhang Hao founded the famous Yahoo with his friends, and is a well-deserved Internet godfather.
Now Zhang Hao has started to get out of the Internet and invested in projects that he is more interested in. His successes are like myths. In Song Zijun's eyes, Zhang Hao is her real goal, and Zhang Hao's achievements that are more amazing than his parents' without relying on his family are also what Song Zijun expects.
Song Zijun was very surprised by Hu Yaoqing's arrival today, but she didn't expect that during a few simple conversations, Hu Yaoqing suddenly expressed his interest in her company and asked her if she needed investment.
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Song Zijun's mind. This very smart girl immediately saw the opportunity, but she also did not want Hu Yaoqing to gain control of the company in this way. This was not the result Song Zijun wanted.
Song Zijun wanted to get some money from Hu Yaoqing, which could be used for financing. She and Qin Wenchang could also use the company's valuation to sell a portion of their shares to Hu Yaoqing. This is a very normal investment method and a common practice for Internet companies to raise funds.
But there is one thing Song Zijun must make sure of, that is, in addition to having sufficient funds, the money must not affect his control and management of the company, but this is not so easy to achieve.
Song Zijun has known Hu Yaoqing for a long time. Hu Yaoqing even held her in his arms when she was very young. Song Zijun also knew that Uncle Hu Yaoqing was a friend of her father Song Yuanchao, and also had old friendships with her mother and grandfather.
But even so, Hu Yaoqing is a businessman after all, and as a businessman, he puts interests in the most important position.
In addition, although Song Yuanchao never talked about his relationship with Hu Yaoqing at home, Song Zijun was not stupid. She was no longer a child. She could sense from clues and other aspects that the relationship between Hu Yaoqing and her father Song Yuanchao was not very good. They were just ordinary friends, and it was more of an exchange of interests.
Compared with Qin Wenchang's father Qin Zhengguo, Li Daqi who grew up with his father, Luo Yang, Sun Yaoliang, Gu Jie and others, they are far behind.
But these have nothing to do with Song Zijun, she only cares about the money in Hu Yaoqing's hands. She knows that Hu Yaoqing is a local rich man, with as much money as her father Song Yuanchao, and Hu Yaoqing has a strong background. If the company has Hu Yaoqing's investment, let alone being able to use Hu Yaoqing's skin as a banner, even using Hu Yaoqing's channels can make her company go further.
How could Song Zijun give up this opportunity? Immediately, Song Zijun rolled her eyes and started bragging to Hu Yaoqing, saying something like her company was not short of money at the moment, and Song Yuanchao had already told her that if she needed money, she could tell her.
Song Zijun also talked about his company's current user base and click-through rate, etc., and then talked about the development trend of the overall video Internet companies and the advantages of his own company.
It must be said that Song Zijun was a good talker, and many of what she said were indeed true, but she also had some tricks up her sleeve, and slightly exaggerated in some aspects. Coupled with her embellishment and guidance, Hu Yaoqing actually enjoyed listening to her.
Finally, Song Zijun said that for the sake of future development, it is not impossible for the company to accept some investment, but the company also has its own ideas and requirements under the premise of accepting these investments. If these cannot be met, she, Song Zijun, would rather not accept the investment, continue to develop patiently, and wait for large amounts of financing in the future.
Who is Hu Yaoqing? To put it bluntly, he has eaten more salt than Song Zijun has eaten rice, and has crossed more bridges than she has walked.
Even though Hu Yaoqing usually doesn't take care of things in the company and is more concerned with eating, drinking and having fun, he is able to control the company tightly. The people below him dare not disobey him. Even Liu, a business tycoon, sometimes obeys Hu Yaoqing. This is enough to show Hu Yaoqing's ability.
Song Zijun concealed it well, and her performance in front of him was acceptable. But Hu Yaoqing saw through the little girl's thoughts at a glance, and couldn't help but feel happy.
However, Hu Yaoqing did not expose Song Zijun's little idea. Instead, he pretended to be ignorant and asked with interest what conditions Song Zijun could accept if he wanted to invest in Song Zijun's company?
Hearing this, Song Zijun's eyes suddenly lit up. After thinking for a while, she tentatively told Hu Yaoqing the answer. After listening to it, Hu Yaoqing pondered for a moment and did not say whether he agreed or disagreed. He just asked Song Zijun to get some formal information for him to see, and everything would be decided after he had read it.
