Chapter 541 I’m here to disrupt the industry again
The next day, the media headlines were almost all dominated by the Fire Banquet in Lu Family Garden.
Not only did it report the news that many big shots went to congratulate, but it also broke the news that Lu Yiming and Bill Gates were going to jointly invest 600 million US dollars to create a software industrial park.
As soon as the news came out, it caused an uproar.
"Six hundred million dollars! Converted to Xia Country's currency...it would be more than five billion."
"How much is five billion? It would take a big truck to pull it, right?"
"A 100-yuan note weighs 1.15 grams, 10,000 yuan weighs 115 grams, 100 million yuan weighs 1.15 tons, and 5 billion weighs 57.5 tons. A Dongfeng truck can carry five tons, which means it would take 12 trucks to carry all that money."
Many reporters went to Lu Yiming to verify the investment issues.
Surrounded by microphones, Lu Yiming knew in his heart that this must be news deliberately released by the Zhonghai city officials. After all, this kind of favorable news can greatly enhance the soft image of a city.
Facing the reporter's questions, Lu Yiming looked calm and spoke freely: "This investment is indeed true, but the specific content involves commercial secrets and will not be disclosed to the outside world for the time being. However, the investment amount is certain. In the first phase, we plan to invest 600 million US dollars. In addition to the construction of the park, more than half of the funds will be used to support the development of Xiaguo's software industry. I hope that by planting a phoenix tree, we can attract a golden phoenix."
After receiving a positive response from Lu Yiming, the news immediately made the headlines of the next day's newspapers, and the stock price of the company also began to soar.
After all, now that the news has spread, it is known that Zhalang, which has officially changed its name to Quwen, has Bill Gates among its major shareholders. Given the personal relationship between the two richest men, there is no doubt that Lu Yiming would never cheat his partner Bill Gates, so many people are speculating that Quwen will definitely make a big move next.
Capital reacts very quickly. With Lu Yiming's strength and record, the golden signboard of "never defeated" alone is worth betting heavily on him.
So much so that on the eve of NetEase and Sohu's listing, Quwen's stock price took the lead in rising, and the money Lu Yiming invested in the software industrial park had almost been recovered before it was fully invested.
As the steward who managed Lu Yiming's money bag, Li Yiwen was caught off guard by this sudden change. There was a thick stack of documents in front of him. He wore glasses and stretched his neck to read. His eyes were sore, but he still didn't understand the logic in it.
"Has the capital market gone crazy? Your cooperation with Bill Gates hasn't even started yet, how come you've already made back your investment?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "This is capital, this is finance. You can't play the financial industry with your industrial mindset. In the stock market, confidence is often more important than performance and financial reports. Bill Gates and I worked together to create such a big event during the worst of the Internet winter, so of course the market response was enthusiastic."
The previous stock market crash was essentially because the rich people were scared and did not dare to invest blindly, so they withdrew their money, which in turn caused panic among retail investors and ultimately led to a stock market flash crash.
But money has to be made after all. Now that the two richest men are optimistic about this project, those hot money investors who have money but nowhere to invest will definitely set their sights on this piece of fat meat as long as they are a little bolder.
Li Yiwen used to work in a foreign trade company and was used to normal trade where money was exchanged for goods. Although he made a lot of money by speculating in stocks with Lu Yiming, he still did not have a thorough understanding of the operating mechanism of the financial market.
In fact, Lu Yiming didn’t really understand. He really had no intention of hyping it up this time. He could only say that luck had come and it couldn’t be stopped.
Then Lu Yiming said to Li Yiwen: "Take advantage of this opportunity to develop the text messaging business of Quwen. By then, the stock price will probably rise again."
Li Yiwen had been with Lu Yiming for so long that he had become cunning now. He immediately said, "You can ask Secretary Xu for help with this matter. It would be a waste if you don't use the favor he gave you for attracting investment."
Lu Yiming pinched his chin and nodded: "That makes sense."
There are always people who think they are holding on to a favor and will use it at a critical moment.
In fact, this idea is too naive. In reality, those who use favors in this way will usually end up with the response of "Someone come, feed the young master some cake."
The truly reliable favors are based on mutual interests, and only when there is give and take can the favors be used more and more, and become more and more profound.
After all, human relationships are about interactions. If you don’t interact with others, how can you have any human relationships?
Xu Wentao is now in great stride, having helped China Overseas attract over 600 million US dollars in investment. He is now very powerful, and even attended a commendation meeting in the city yesterday, where he was set up as a role model.
With this achievement, his future career will probably be much smoother. After all, these days, if you want to climb up the career ladder, being able to revitalize the local economy is the most important indicator.
When Lu Yiming went to find Xu Wentao, all the wrinkles on Xu Wentao's face were smiling, and he said hurriedly: "The software industrial park project has been approved, and the land use rights will be approved soon. In addition, the three connections and one leveling will be completed in advance, so you can rest assured."
Lu Yiming shook his head: "I didn't come here today for this matter, I have other problems and I want your help, Secretary Xu."
Xu Wentao naturally responded to every request from Lu Yiming, the financial sponsor. He patted his chest and said without hesitation: "No problem, Mr. Lu, just ask. As long as it is within my ability, I will never say no."
Lu Yiming immediately smiled and said, "It's like this. I want to ask Secretary Xu if you know anyone in the telecommunications department. Quwen has some business and wants to cooperate with the telecommunications department."
When Xu Wentao heard this, he was a little troubled. Although Xiaguo's telecom operator was state-owned capital, it was not in the same system as his after all. But since Lu Yiming had spoken, he couldn't refuse.
Fortunately, one of his classmates held an important position in China Shipping Mobile, so he agreed: "Mr. Lu, I haven't been involved in this business yet, but I have a classmate in China Shipping Mobile. I'll give him a call and ask."
"Okay, please help Secretary Xu."
"It's not a bother, Mr. Lu, please wait a moment."
Xu Wentao hurriedly found the classmate's phone number and dialed it.
"Hello, Yang Shengli, it's me, Lao Xu, hey, what are you doing?"
On the other end of the phone, in a spacious and bright office, Yang Shengli, who was drinking tea and reading a newspaper, suddenly received a call from Xu Wentao. He was also surprised and smiled and complimented him, "It's not easy. Secretary Xu, a famous figure in Zhonghai, actually has time to call me. By the way, congratulations first. You are so impressive now, with an investment of $600 million. You are really capable. Now all departments and systems are calling on them to learn from you."
Xu Wentao tried to hide his smile and replied modestly: "I just met a noble person."
On the other end of the phone, Yang Shengli looked envious after hearing this: "Mr. Lu, this is indeed quite expensive. How come I don't have this opportunity?"
Xu Wentao smiled and said, "Who said that? Isn't the opportunity here?"
Yang Shengli sat up straight at once: "Oh? What do you mean?"
Xu Wentao didn't keep the secret and said directly: "Mr. Lu is right next to me now. He said that his company has a business that wants to cooperate with the telecommunications department. I plan to recommend you to Mr. Lu."
Yang Shengli was excited when he heard this and said, "Old Xu, my good brother, you really care about me when you have good things. I will definitely treat you to a good meal when I have time next time."
This is an opportunity to connect with Mr. Lu, the richest man. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is priceless. Thinking further, if I can take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with Mr. Lu, can I also connect with Mr. Lu's connections?
As a veteran in government agencies, Yang Shengli thought of a lot of things at once, and he wished he could go directly to Xu Wentao's office to enhance their friendship.
Xu Wentao said, "The issue of eating is easy to discuss. Do you have time now? If you are free, come to my office and sit down."
Yang Shengli was just waiting for this. Now that Xu Wentao had spoken, he immediately said, "Of course there is. Wait for me for half an hour and I'll be there right away."
Just over ten minutes later, Lu Yiming saw Yang Shengli in Xu Wentao's office. He was about the same age as Xu Wentao, and looked quite gentle with glasses on.
"Old Yang, this is Mr. Lu, the richest man. I believe you are familiar with him, right?"
"Mr. Lu, this is my classmate Yang Shengli."
Yang Shengli shook hands with Lu Yiming with some excitement, and said incoherently: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I have heard of your name for a long time. It is really an honor to meet you."
Lu Yiming said modestly, "No, no, Mr. Yang is young and energetic, and he can become the vice president of China Shipping Mobile at such a young age. This is real ability. I am just lucky and made some money from the reformed Dongfang. It's not worth mentioning."
Lu Yiming's modesty gave Yang Shengli a very good first impression of him. After the two greeted each other, Yang Shengli couldn't wait to ask, "I heard that Mr. Lu has a project that we can cooperate with China Mobile. What kind of project is it? For a patriotic businessman like Mr. Lu, we will definitely do our best to cooperate with him."
Lu Yiming was not vague and directly took out the prepared business plan and handed it to Yang Shengli.
After Yang Shengli took it, he read it carefully, and then his eyes lit up and he praised it endlessly: "This plan is really amazing!"
Because Xiaolingtong's text messaging service was so popular, China Mobile and China Telecom had to follow up in advance. However, text messaging was a new service after all, and many people did not realize the huge commercial benefits hidden in it.
However, in Lu Yiming's business plan, he made full use of the SMS subscription and monthly service - this was a business that was proven to be a huge cash cow around the Olympic year!
Watching Lu Yiming mark out the profit points of the business one by one, Yang Shengli felt so happy that his soul was about to leave his body.
Lu Yiming's plan has opened a new door for the entire industry, and outside the door is a road paved with gold.
Yang Shengli has even begun to imagine how big a response this business will have and how much profit it will bring to the company after it is launched by him.
And for him, there are even more benefits!
After reading the plan, Yang Shengli was overwhelmed with emotion and looked at Lu Yiming with burning eyes: "Mr. Lu, when can this thing start?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "As long as you nod, we can start at any time. The Fun News team has already made all the preparations."
Xu Wentao knew very well that Yang Shengli was a very calm person. The fact that Yang Shengli could lose his composure like this could only mean that the plan that Lu Yiming came up with was so awesome that even Yang Shengli, who had seen a lot of the world, couldn't control himself.
After seeing Lu Yiming off, Xu Wentao asked curiously, "Old Yang, isn't this just a text messaging service from what you guys are talking about? It's been around before, so is this different for Mr. Lu?"
"Of course it's different!"
Yang Shengli said with an excited expression, "You are not in my industry, so you don't know how powerful it is. Let me tell you this, after the launch of this business, believe it or not, some Internet companies that were about to go bankrupt immediately turned losses into profits?"
Xu Wentao was shocked: "Is it really that powerful?"
Yang Shengli said: "Don't doubt it, it's more powerful than you think."
In fact, domestic telecom operators have long been debating whether to engage in SMS business.
Although they were forced to follow up by Xiaolingtong at the beginning, as the business gradually developed, China Mobile and China Telecom gradually became addicted to it. However, the solution that Lu Yiming came up with directly ruined this business.
Yang Shengli said with a sigh: "Mr. Lu is indeed the richest man in China. His advanced business vision is unmatched in China. No wonder he has become a billionaire at such a young age. It turns out that there are geniuses in this world."
In the office, Joe Bert looked at the overwhelming reports in the newspapers. The stock price of interesting news was rising day by day, and he felt as bad as if he had stepped on dog shit.
The fact that he sold his shares in Sina at a very low price has become a stain that will never be erased in his career. Especially at that time, he was completely tricked by Lu Yiming using Xu Dadan. When he thinks back to this day, the anger still boils in his chest.
After his anger, Joe Bert was still more confused.
What happened to the promised land of opportunities in Xia?
Why did I come all the way here and lose money all day long?
Is it because I am not capable enough?
Of course he refused to admit it.
"That's impossible. I'm a financial elite from Wall Street. It's definitely not me who has the problem. The problem is this country!"
"This is a civilized desert. Both the people and things here are too absurd and unreasonable."
Just as he was cursing, the phone rang.
The call was from Jin Mai.
Joe Bert did not hide his disgust for this subordinate who messed up everything. He cursed loudly and asked angrily, "What do you want?"
As if to redeem the mistake he made in the matter of Xu Dadan, Jin Mai said excitedly: "Boss , I found the problem of Quwen Company and I am reporting it to you now!"
Joe Bert instinctively didn't want to trust Jin Mai anymore, but he was afraid that he would miss a chance to retaliate against Lu Yiming, so he asked, "What did you find?"
Jin Mai said: "Ever since Zhalang changed its name to Quwen, I have been keeping an eye on it. Today I found that even Zhalang's previous webpage has been completely changed. I will send you an address, you can go and take a look."
"good."
Joe Bert sat in front of the computer and received the URL sent by Jinmai via email. He opened it and found that the interface was indeed greatly changed, refreshing and simple, with clear levels.
“See?”
Joe Bert said with some confusion: "I see, is there anything wrong with this URL? It is normal to revise a website."
Jin Mai said mysteriously, "Didn't you notice that there are no ads on this page?"
After Jin Mai's reminder, Joe Bert realized that there was indeed no trace of advertising on the entire interface.
He frowned, as if he had grasped something, but after thinking carefully, he still couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask, "And then?"
Jin Mai said somewhat proudly: "According to my investigation, all advertisements were removed after the revision of Fun News. For this, they had to pay a large sum of money to the advertisers, and they also refused to accept the original advertising method."
The Internet winter is still continuing and is getting worse. For many Internet companies, in order to survive, they are willing to do any business that can earn cash flow, even if it means fighting for it and getting hurt.
But what’s interesting is that they just reject the advertising leaflets directly?
What is this operation?
Joe Bert thought, isn't this just courting death?
First it lost a huge sum of money, and then it refused advertising revenue. So how did this Zhalang... no, interesting news, rely on to make a profit?
Is it just for love?
He said to Jin Mai approvingly, "Okay, your information is indeed very important. Let's see how long their money can last! I will study it carefully, package and spread this information, and short-sell it on Wall Street!"
What does Wall Street look at? They look at profits and stories. A company without a profit point and an unsatisfactory story cannot survive on Wall Street!
Even if the boss behind the scenes is the richest man in Xia country, so what? The richest man in Xia country has more than one company, and it is impossible for him to invest all his resources in Quwen. When the stock price of Quwen drops to a level that even his mother can't recognize it, will he, the richest man Lu, still take out money to save Quwen?
That's impossible!
After finishing the call with Jin Mai, Joe Burt called George Soros.
Although his status among international hot money is not as high as before, compared to small characters like Joe Burt, George Soros is still a big man that he can only look up to.
"Mr. Soros, I have very important news to tell you."
After receiving the call from Joe Burt, George Soros was calm and asked in a dull tone, "What's the news?"
Joe Burt relayed what Jinmai had told him to George Soros, and then said: "Quwen has now removed its advertisements. As a portal website, advertisements are the core source of income. Without advertisements, the portal website is useless. Even if the customer experience is great, without a profit model, there is no commercial value at all."
In Joe Bert's opinion, the current anecdotes are going further and further down a dead end. Even if anecdotes provide a better customer experience, what's the use?
It's like everyone needs to breathe air, but who will pay to breathe air?
Maybe my third brother is the exception.
After hearing the news about Lu Yiming, George Soros finally became interested and asked seriously, "Are you sure that your source is reliable?"
