Chapter 43 I am here to fulfill your dream
For someone like Xu Guyong, whose father built up his huge business from scratch, it means he has received a good education.
As for how much he absorbs, it depends on his own IQ.
The best thing the country has done is to firmly embed the idea of education into the minds of the masses. Of course, this is also related to the imperial examination system that has lasted for thousands of years. As the saying goes, all other things are inferior except for studying. Dong Ge, who was unaware of his beautiful wife, passed the exam and became the top scorer and went to study at Renmin University.
Why? I simply thought that I could become an official after graduating from Renmin University.
No matter what, many wealthy people keep saying that studying is useless, but don’t those college students still come to my company with their resumes to find jobs?
They say this, but then they send their own children abroad for gilding.
If your own children are promising and get into 985 or 211 in the domestic college entrance examination, do you think that rich man will be even more arrogant when he goes abroad?
Xu Guyong had experienced this before. Back then he was an ignorant fool who could only score single digits in math. The late 1990s was the peak of his family's prosperity.
But in that year, Xu Guyong's father's archenemy, his apparently stupid-looking son, was admitted to Peking University in one fell swoop.
The mortal enemy held a buffet for seven days and seven nights, with loud gongs and drums, blasting firecrackers, and banners hanging all over the street. Even the county government sent people to congratulate them.
That time, Xu Guyong read deep envy in his father's eyes for the first time, which deeply hurt the little Guyong's heart. After that, he worked hard and bought a master's degree in business administration with his saved pocket money, and became proud of himself.
The blind worship of famous schools has also taken root in Xu Guyong's heart.
When establishing the investment company this time, he did not have too many requirements for the female employees, but for the male employees, they had to be from a 211 university. No one from Peking University or Tsinghua University had applied for the position yet, and Xu Guyong was very disappointed.
But now there’s a guy from Minghai University here, that’s fine, let’s listen to what he has to say.
When the girl at the front desk brought Liang Fei in, Xu Guyong was already dressed in a suit and tie, and his secretary Louise was standing beside him with dignity, making for a very grand occasion.
"Hello, Mr. Xu, my name is Liang Fei." Liang Fei was calm and composed, neither humble nor arrogant, and smiled as she looked at Xu Guyong.
Xu Guyong was also looking at Liang Fei, thinking sourly in his heart, this girl who graduated from a prestigious university looks so good, luckily I have money, otherwise I would have been outdone.
"Why do you come to me so openly? What's the matter?" Xu Guyong asked.
Liang Fei nodded: "Mr. Xu, you are an open-minded person. I will not sell the lawsuit anymore. You have the resources and I have the project. If we join forces, it will be just around the corner to defeat Tencent."
"ah?"
"Mr. Xu, I heard that you came to us with real money , but those blind people at Tencent actually rejected your investment. I think their future is fading, and they might go bankrupt one day."
This is true. When Xu Guyong was drunk one time, he pulled Liang Fei aside to complain about his youthful past.
More than a decade later, Xu Guyong would feel that he was a young and inexperienced person who was not afraid of tigers. But now, Xu Guyong truly feels that those people are so awesome that they don’t even want money. If they were in North China 20 years ago, they would have been killed by someone.
Xu Guyong didn’t understand the tricks of the financial world. He was very straightforward and wanted to invest in Tencent.
He has the vision, but the method he used is a bit extreme.
Xu Guyong stood up and called Liang Fei: "Come, sit down and talk, Louis, pour the tea."
The secretary bent down to pour tea for Liang Fei, and then pointed the full moon at Xu Guyong.
"Tell me about it." Xu Guyong blew on the tea and took a sip. "I know the tricks of you guys in the Internet industry. You get something for nothing. You mess around with the angel investors' money. If you're lucky, you can come up with something special. If you're unlucky, you just walk away and the investors' money goes down the drain."
"But you are so arrogant, kid."
Liang Fei nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Xu, if it were ten years later, I would definitely not dare to be so arrogant, but right now, there are too many blanks left for us to fill."
"oh?"
Xu Guyong frowned: "Games are monopolized by Tencent, online shopping is monopolized by Alibaba, what else is there? Let's talk about practical matters."
This is stupid, damn.
Liang Fei straightened his expression and said, "Boss Xu, since the iPhone 4 came out, have you noticed that you spend more and more time playing with your phone?"
Xu Guyong thought about it and nodded slightly.
"If I say that everyone will be holding a mobile phone for more than seven hours in the future, do you believe it? You will definitely believe it. After all, if you want to get involved in the Internet, you must have done market research in this area."
"Uh, yes."
Liang Fei took out a business plan from her bag and handed it over with both hands: "Mr. Xu, the update and iteration of mobile phones represents the arrival of the mobile Internet era. Tencent has laid out various projects based on QQ, but QQ can no longer adapt to the upcoming new era. It can no longer meet the needs of users."
"And we want to make this thing before they do."
"In the foreseeable future, those big companies that dominated the PC era will come to an end, and mobile games, social networking, and various apps will rise."
"Boss Xu, I'm a man of few words. Do you want to vent your anger? If you want to vent your anger, I'll help you."
"You're helping me vent my anger?" Xu Guyong sneered, looked at Louis and asked Liang Fei, "Then what should I do?"
Liang Fei said: "You pay."
Xu Guyong: “…”
The reason why Liang Fei dared to ask for money so easily was because this era was so crazy.
Haven’t you seen that in Zhongguancun, there are countless entrepreneurs in large and small entrepreneurial bases and coffee shops, working hard day and night to come up with one unreliable project after another, starting over again, over and over again, without stopping.
As for the investors, they walked in with swagger and shouted, "Come here if you have real ability!"
Entrepreneurs will swarm in like mosquitoes smelling blood, and investors will invest money directly if they like the companies without any further ado.
This kind of madness has long been commonplace.
Most of the lucky ones who got investment failed and suffered a setback. Investors learned from their mistakes and went to the entrepreneurial base to look for the best talents.
This is a different kind of madness, completely different from the surge in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.
Xu Guyong flipped through the business plan seriously, then looked up at Liang Fei and said, "How can this thing kill QQ?"
“Because I’ve already started.”
Liang Fei took out his mobile phone and notebook and showed his achievements to Xu Guyong: "Shake it, drift bottle, voice transmission, Mr. Xu, please download one to experience it."
Xu Guyong is a big boss, how could he do such a small thing? He waved his hand and said, "Louise, Ellie, you two are next."
The secretary and the receptionist responded crisply, and then threw a message in a bottle.
The receptionist said "Hi" to the phone, and soon an unknown college student responded: "Sister, you have a nice voice. Which university are you from?"
The receptionist suddenly found it interesting and showed it to Xu Guyong happily: "Boss, someone really replied. Should I continue the conversation?"
"Let's chat."
Xu Guyong waved his hand and said to the secretary: "You don't need to chat anymore. There are many scammers on the Internet."
Louise put down her phone obediently.
Looking at Liang Fei, Xu Guyong leaned forward and asked: "Your current gadget is aimed at college students?"
"Most of them are, but the reason why this app can surpass QQ in terms of user volume is that in the near future, it will also include middle-aged and elderly people."
Xu Guyong waved his hand: "That's impossible. Old men and women don't understand how to use mobile phones."
"Once smartphones become popular, nothing is impossible." Liang Fei said seriously, "Mr. Xu, in the future, WeChat will allow voice calls and video chats. How many migrant workers in our country are separated from their loved ones and cannot see their elderly and children for a year?"
"It's hundreds of millions. They will have mobile phones in the future. This is a reality that will inevitably become a reality after the living standards improve. No one can stop it."
“And WeChat will be the pure communication method for everyone in the future.”
"In the future, there will even be another sales model, which I call micro-business. Although I feel that the direction of this thing will be a little funny, it is definitely a good thing."
Xu Guyong thought for a moment and continued to ask: "So, most of the current users are college students?"
“Yes, the number of users is around 10,000.”
"How much do you want?"
Xu Guyong was already tempted. He had come into contact with many Internet projects before, but they were all empty-handed. This was the first time he had seen Liang Fei looking for investment for a completed project.
Moreover, the progress was indeed very good. Xu Guyong felt that he did have some vision, after all, he was a master's student.
Liang Fei knew that Xu Guyong was straightforward, but he didn't expect that he would be so straightforward at the age of 30, so he spread his hands more readily: "Mr. Xu, do you think this number is acceptable?"
Xu Guyong frowned instantly: "It's impossible to ask for 50 million right away."
Liang Fei: “…”
Damn it, I really underestimated you, I really underestimated you!!
"I'll invest five...three million first." Xu Guyong stood up, walked to the desk, put his hands on the table and looked at Liang Fei, "This money will be paid to you in one lump sum. I want to see results within a year."
One year?
Tencent will soon swallow me up. Old Xu, you are so cute.
Liang Fei, who originally only wanted 500,000 yuan to save some for Xu Guyong, also stood up and nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Xu, in a year, you may really be able to realize your dream."
Xu Guyong thought that Liang Fei was talking about his successful investment that brought honor to his family.
What Liang Fei said was that he successfully acquired shares in Tencent.
Although I don’t know how long this type of shares can be held.
