Chapter 761: Yahoo is the victim this time
Lu Yiming's words were so domineering that not only did the reporters become so excited that they lost themselves in excitement, but they also became extremely excited.
But these days, there are countless people who make big promises, especially those so-called entrepreneurs, who are more boastful than the others. So the reporters soon calmed down.
A reporter asked: "Mr. Lu, according to reliable information, you invested in Xiaolingtong a few years ago. Xiaolingtong's performance is indeed very good now. Do you plan to copy Xiaolingtong's successful path and produce a large number of affordable mobile phones to occupy the market?"
Given the current domestic economic environment, the cheap and affordable Xiaolingtong is the first choice for many ordinary people who cannot afford a mobile phone or pay for phone bills.
But Xiaolingtong is originally a cheap 2G technology that Wu Ying bought from an island country, which has long since phased out its use.
But ordinary people don’t know this. Moreover, the low-price strategy is beneficial to consumers in the eyes of ordinary people.
However, Lu Yiming continued to make shocking remarks: "Phone phones are too low-end. Although they are very profitable now , they are only a flash in the pan. I can boldly predict that within three years, the development of Phone phones will fall into decline. In five or six years at most, Phone phones will be eliminated by the market. What I want to do is to make a phone that will change the world."
At West Lake in Hangzhou, Wu Ying, who was having afternoon tea with Jack Ma, was so angry when he saw the report in the newspaper that he threw his bowl and said with anger: "Xiaolingtong is being eliminated? This is absolutely ridiculous!"
Jack Ma, who was sitting opposite Wu Ying, saw Wu Ying so angry and quickly comforted him, saying, "Old Wu, don't be angry. Don't you know what the moral principles of these domestic media are? They write whatever is outrageous and take things out of context. Not a single word they write is true. Think about it, Mr. Lu is a major shareholder of Xiaolingtong. Would he want Xiaolingtong to be eliminated by the market? Who would go against their own money? At most, I think he just made a little joke and the unscrupulous media took advantage of it."
At this time, Wu Ying still had a very powerful status. No matter in terms of seniority or strength, Jack Ma and Little Ma could only be his younger brothers. When they met them, they had to respectfully call him "Big Brother".
In addition, Jack Ma and Wu Ying are fellow villagers and are both part of the Zhejiang business community, so they are naturally on the same side on this matter.
Although Jack Ma's words were well-reasoned, Wu Ying still felt indignant and said, "You can't make fun of me. No, I have to ask Mr. Lu for clarification."
Among the wealthy people in China, Wu Ying can be considered a self-made man. When he went to America in his early years, he did all kinds of dirty and tiring work to make a living. Now in recent years, he finally seized the opportunity of "Xiaolingtong" and with the financial support of Lu Yiming, he finally took advantage of the situation and became a billionaire.
With his life experience, he is very sensitive and can't stand being looked down upon by others.
What's more, it's not acceptable for Lu Yiming to say that he is not good enough in front of reporters and media. He is not willing to do that even if it's a joke.
The best case scenario is that Lu Yiming never said this at all, and it was all just unscrupulous media making things up.
In his heart, Jack Ma is definitely on Wu Ying's side, but Lu Yiming is also his financial sponsor. It is impossible for him to scold Lu Yiming just to get close to Wu Ying.
So, for a moment he didn't know what to say.
As for Nokia and Motorola, which were also dissed, they simply chose to ignore it.
They didn't take Lu Yiming seriously, thinking that this so-called richest man in Asia was just boasting and trying to take advantage of the popularity of his own company.
If I really respond formally, that would be beneath my dignity.
China Overseas.
Lu Family Garden.
Li Yiwen and Lu Yiming sat in the yard drinking tea and reading newspapers.
"You, you are such a grown-up, but you still speak without restraint."
Lu Yiming seemed a little unconvinced by Li Yiwen's comments, and argued: "Can't you just tell the truth? Their phones are really rubbish, ugly and hard to use, and you don't allow others to criticize them?"
Li Yiwen had no choice but to lie back on his chair and said, "Okay, okay, I can't argue with you. The newspapers are saying that you are just trying to attract attention. Everyone is waiting to see you make a fool of yourself."
Lu Yiming smiled disapprovingly and said, "In this world full of fools, it is inevitable that a genius like me will not be understood by ordinary people. But Nokia and Motorola are really patient and didn't even scold us back."
Li Yiwen obviously couldn't stand Lu Yiming's smug and arrogant look, and complained: "Nokia and Motorola are international brands. They are afraid that you will try to get attention, so they are too lazy to respond to you. Don't be so narcissistic."
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "What if they are big brands? Once my invincible mobile phone comes out, they will be crushed into pieces in seconds."
Li Yiwen was too lazy to discuss this with Lu Yiming, so he said, "I'm going back to Baiyun tomorrow morning. Is your private jet not ready yet?"
Lu Yiming said unhappily: "No, Airbus is really slow. No wonder it can't beat Boeing. Anyway, I have nothing to do here. I will go back to Baiyun with you tomorrow."
Li Yiwen teased, "Aren't you here to accompany your girlfriend?"
Lu Yiming sighed, "She is going to graduate school, and spends all day in the library and classroom. The little rest time she has is to take care of Yuedu."
Li Yiwen laughed and said, "You were so proud before, but now you know you are wrong."
At the beginning, Li Yiwen could only watch Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue show their love in front of him, but now Li Yiwen has married Li Zixian and has his beautiful wife, while Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue are rarely together because of her postgraduate studies. This makes Li Yiwen feel that things have changed.
Then, Li Yiwen asked curiously, "Shi Qingxue has chosen to continue her postgraduate studies, why don't you do that?"
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said, "She is studying for a master's degree because she has nothing to do. The school did promise to keep me in the program, but I'm very busy, okay? I have so many companies to manage and so many decisions to make every day, how can I have the time to study for a master's degree?"
Li Yiwen thought that if Lu Yiming went to graduate school, he would definitely have to do these things, so he quickly said, "Indeed, it is the right decision for you not to go to graduate school. Okay, then I'm leaving. I have to pack up. See you at the airport tomorrow morning."
"OK."
The next day, Lu Yiming and Li Yiwen returned to Baiyun City.
At noon, Ning Xuehua prepared a table full of delicious food for Lu Yiming.
As a result, just halfway through his meal, Lu Yiming unexpectedly received a call from Zhou Hongyi.
"Mr. Lu, are you in Baiyun City? I was recently on a business trip in Baiyun City. I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you have time to chat?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Your phone call is like a surveillance camera installed on me. I just came back from Zhonghai less than two hours ago. Just find a place and tell me and I will go there directly."
An hour later, Lu Yiming and Zhou Hongyi met in a cafe.
Lu Yiming sat down opposite Zhou Hongyi and teased, "Why did you come to Baiyun instead of staying in Beijing?"
Zhou Hongyi frowned slightly and said seriously: "I have encountered a little problem recently, and I would like Mr. Lu to give me some advice."
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "You are a bad guy with a lot of bad ideas in your mind. Do you still need me to give you some advice?"
Zhou Hongyi was so angry when she heard this that she glared and said, "Forget about it!"
After saying that, he stood up and left.
He himself is not a person with a good temper. Even though Lu Yiming is his financial sponsor, he still doesn't give him a good face.
After all, it was an old ox that would be used to "plow the land" in the future. Lu Yiming quickly pulled him to sit down and said, "You have come to my door, we are good brothers, how can I not help you?"
Zhou Hongyi rolled her eyes at Lu Yiming and said unhappily, "Brother, what the hell. When you forced me to buy the shares of 3721, you didn't treat me as a brother."
Lu Yiming shamelessly defended himself, "What do you mean by forced purchase? It was clearly a strong alliance. Only when we work together can we make the company bigger and stronger. Don't always dwell on some details. We need to open up the situation, okay?"
Zhou Hongyi didn't give Lu Yiming any face at all and immediately exposed his rhetoric: "I also make promises to my employees every day, so stop fooling me."
Although Zhou Hongyi said he disliked it, he still admired Lu Yiming's vision for making money from the bottom of his heart, so he couldn't help but say, "Recently, 3721's development has indeed encountered some minor problems and has reached a bottleneck."
"Bottleneck? What bottleneck?"
Lu Yiming was a little puzzled. He quickly recalled the development history of 3721 in his mind, and for a moment he didn't know what problems the Red-robed Leader might encounter during this period of time.
The only thing Lu Yiming knew about the company 3721 was that it was eventually sold to Yahoo and he made a huge profit.
From the beginning to the end, Lu Yiming had no intention of letting this weak company cause any trouble, so he didn't care much about the daily operations of 3721. He just sent people to check the accounts occasionally to prevent Zhou Hongyi from making a rash move by claiming thousands of dollars for a roll of sanitary napkins.
"You don't know anything at all?"
Zhou Hongyi was quite hurt by Lu Yiming's ignorance of any of the questions.
"Good fellow, Mr. Lu, you really don't care about the life and death of our 3721 at all."
Lu Yiming smiled awkwardly and said shamelessly: "How is that possible? I have full trust in you, Brother Zhou."
Zhou Hongyi was very depressed. He was more than ten years older than Lu Yiming, but now he could only be "Brother Zhou".
But who made him not as rich as Lu Yiming?
I can only bear it!
As for Lu Yiming's words of trusting him, Zhou Hongyi naturally scoffed at it.
If they really trusted him, they wouldn't have sent someone to check the accounts every month. It's obvious that they are worried that he might embezzle the company's money.
Although he could indeed do such a thing, to put it bluntly, Lu Yiming still did not trust him!
Lu Yiming didn't dwell on these things any more, and urged, "Okay, stop talking nonsense and just tell me what trouble you're in."
Zhou Hongyi took a deep sip of coffee, letting the bitter coffee soak into his mouth, and then swallowed it, and then said; "The biggest problem I am facing now is how to go public with the company."
"Listed? Listed on what market?"
Lu Yiming was speechless after hearing this. After building up the company, why not just sell it to Yahoo, the sucker? Why bother going through the trouble of going public?
Zhou Hongyi couldn't read minds, so she naturally couldn't understand Lu Yiming's thoughts at the moment. Instead, she asked in confusion, "How can 3721 make money if it's not listed?"
At this time, although 3721 was the first Internet company in Xiaguo to achieve profitability , making a dime is still a profit, and making 100 million is also a profit, and profits are also divided into different levels.
3721's grade is very special. Its channel sales exceeded 100 million last year. After deducting various expenses and costs, it still makes tens of millions in profit a year.
But human greed is unsatisfactory. Compared with the money raised from the listing, tens of millions are obviously not enough to satisfy Zhou Hongyi's appetite.
Today, the main way 3721 makes money is by charging businesses a real-name registration fee on the Internet, which is similar to a virtual "business card" on the Internet, allowing Internet users to visit the website given to the company by 3721 by directly entering Chinese keywords in the browser.
The price is not expensive, it can be done for only 500 yuan.
Of course, if you want to customize a unique and fancy website homepage, the cost will be calculated separately.
Relying on this trick, Zhou Hongyi's 3721 successfully occupied the vast majority of the Chinese Internet market share. Guangdong Province is a province with a large concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises in Xiaguo, and it is also a region with developed enterprise informatization. The recognition and penetration rate of online real-name in Guangdong Province is very high. It is said that the annual sales of online real-name in Guangdong Province are as high as tens of millions of yuan.
Obviously, Guangdong Province is the key area for the sales of 3721 Company's online real-name products. So although Zhou Hongyi's company's headquarters is in Beijing, he spends most of his time here throughout the year.
Zhou Hongyi reported to Lu Yiming about the current operating status of 3721. After learning the details, Lu Yiming was puzzled and asked Zhou Hongyi: "So, 3721's financial report data is good, and listing should not be a problem."
Zhou Hongyi said: "The listing conditions of 3721 can be met, but there is still a lot of controversy within the company about where to list. The three options are Singapore in Southeast Asia, New York in the United States, and Hong Kong."
Lu Yiming did not directly choose an answer for Zhou Hongyi from these three options. Instead, he carefully considered it in his mind before asking, "Which one do you prefer?"
Zhou Hongyi sighed and analyzed, "First, the Lion City capital market is limited by its own capacity and prospects, and is not an ideal destination for Xiaguo companies. This can be seen from the statistics of Xiaguo listed companies. Xiaguo companies raising funds in New York will face the situation of too many people and too little porridge. After all, there are already too many Xiaguo companies listed on the US stock market. The only best way is to go public in Hong Kong, but the problem is that there are too many variables."
It has to be said that Zhou Hongyi and his team’s analysis was correct and their choice of route was also correct.
Lu Yiming was also aware of the variables in the Hong Kong capital market that Zhou Hongyi mentioned.
As a reborn person, Lu Yiming knew that at this point in time, the Internet cold wave at this stage was gradually fading away, and the new Internet 2.0 era was coming.
In the next few years, the Internet's wealth myths will be staged one after another, shocking the world's attention.
The market value is trillions of dollars at every turn. Can you bear it?
Of course, this is Lu Yiming's advantage as a reborn person. He knows this but others don't. Especially the Internet practitioners, they are still in fear and uneasy, fearing that after the cold wave, there will be an even colder cold wave.
Lu Yiming asked: "What changes can there be?"
Zhou Hongyi said, "Of course. The stock market is changing every minute. Even if 3721 is listed, venture capitalists will have to wait for a six-month lock-up period before they can sell it. By then, it is still unknown what the market conditions will be like. Isn't this a variable?"
Who should I contact if I want to quickly raise money in the stock market? Of course, I should contact venture capitalists. The lock-up period is now six months, and who knows what will happen in these six months? If the stock price of 3721 rises, it will be fine - even if it does not rise, but remains unchanged, there is still something to say. But if the stock price of 3721 falls a little bit in these six months, it will directly affect the confidence of investors. Can Zhou Hongyi still sell the stocks at a high price?
After listening to Zhou Hongyi's words, Lu Yiming finally understood why Zhou Hongyi was in such a dilemma. He said with a smile: "In the end, you just want to make a big profit steadily."
Zhou Hongyi said, "Why? You said that as if you don't think so."
We are all here to make a living. If we don’t start a business to make money, what else can we do for it? Is it for the common evolution of mankind?
As the saying goes, there are people who will get themselves killed, but no one will do business that will make them lose money. Zhou Hongyi has been in the industry for so many years and has done so many things. What else can he think of besides making money?
Lu Yiming did not deny Zhou Hongyi's statement, but said: "In fact, if you really want to make money, 3721 may not need to be listed."
When Zhou Hongyi heard this, she was puzzled: "How can we make money if we don't go public?"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "It's simple. Just find a rich sucker and sell it to him at a high price, right?"
After listening to it, Zhou Hongyi thought it made sense, and then began to look at Lu Yiming seriously and asked, "Mr. Lu, what do you think of my company?"
Lu Yiming was shocked: "Damn it, I'm giving you advice, and you're taking advantage of me?"
Zhou Hongyi smiled and said, "It's not shameful to make money."
"Shabby! Really fucking shabby!"
After Lu Yiming severely criticized Zhou Hongyi's dangerous ideas, he said, "What I mean is that you can sell 3721 to Yahoo."
Zhou Hongyi frowned: "Sell it to Yahoo? Will they buy it?"
Lu Yiming said, "Yahoo has always wanted to enter the Chinese search market. Yang Zhiyuan has been beaten back by Google, the rising star, in the United States. He wanted to buy it but was rejected. Now he is worrying about his way out. Think about it, isn't other people's troubles an opportunity for us to make money?"
Zhou Hongyi was not a good person to begin with, and immediately understood what Lu Yiming said, and gave him a thumbs up: "Boss Lu is very insightful!"
