Chapter 989 Joining
The current Internet speed is not fast. While opening the website, Zhang Hao went to make himself a cup of tea. When he came back, surprisingly, Jerry and his friends' website was already displayed on the computer.
"Huh, it's not slow." Zhang Hao was a little surprised. He sat down and looked carefully at the opened website. He soon found out why Jerry's website opened so quickly, because this website was very simple, with very little graphic content on the website, and the design was also optimized.
"Haha, quite interesting." Zhang Hao laughed. The design of this website is unique. Although the Internet has not been around for long, there are many different websites on the Internet. In particular, the number of web pages on some web sites is increasing every day. As the founder of the Internet, especially Netscape, Zhang Hao is not unfamiliar with this situation.
After all, Netscape made browsers, and browsers are the main tools for surfing the Internet. Compared with many current websites, Zhang Hao's website is mainly simple and does not use a large number of images that take up more resources, which is a good experience for users at the beginning.
Then, Zhang Hao studied the website and quickly understood the concept and core part of Jerry and his team's Internet navigation guide.
The so-called Internet navigation guide is simply a directory of Internet websites. Through Jerry's website, you can easily search for Internet full address information. And Jerry and his team were quite thoughtful when designing this Internet navigation guide. They classified the Internet website directory by topic, and then divided each topic into many sub-topics.
When you need to find the corresponding Internet website, you only need to enter the corresponding information on Jerry's website, and then click OK. The website will search for the required full URL list and information through the theme and sub-theme content according to the algorithm.
This function is very good for Internet users. After all, it is impossible for ordinary people to remember the full URL of the website when using the Internet. Moreover, the Internet is developing very rapidly. In just a few years, the Internet has developed from nothing to what it is now. Various websites are being born every day. With so many websites, it is impossible to remember them all, even if you have a good memory.
Jerry and his team's website, the so-called Internet navigation guide, is used for this purpose. Users can log in through their website and search and find the required full address guide website list and information. To put it bluntly, this idea is somewhat similar to a phone book. You can look up a phone number in the phone book. By the same token, to find the required full address guide website list and information, you can also search through Jerry and his team's Internet navigation guide website.
After trying it out on Jerry's Internet navigation guide website, Zhang Hao entered some website information he needed to find one by one and made a detailed evaluation of the Internet navigation guide.
Unconsciously, time passed by little by little. After Zhang Hao completed another search and compared the search results with the information, he picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip of tea. As soon as the tea entered his mouth, Zhang Hao frowned slightly, because the tea had already gone cold, and cold tea did not taste very good.
Putting down the teacup, Zhang Hao glanced at the clock on the lower right side of the computer, only to find that it was already midnight.
He didn't expect that so much time would pass in just this moment. Zhang Hao shook his head and smiled, put away the notebook full of words in front of him, closed the webpage with the mouse, turned off the computer, washed up and went to rest.
Two days later, Zhang Hao called Jerry.
When the call was connected, Jerry was very excited to learn that it was Zhang Hao who called him. The two chatted for a few minutes on the phone, asking about each other's recent situation. Then Zhang Hao stopped beating around the bush and told Jerry directly that he had logged into their Internet navigation guide website and carefully evaluated their website.
Upon learning this, Jerry hurriedly asked Zhang Hao how he felt about the evaluation. Zhang Hao first talked about the advantages of their website and affirmed the idea. Just when Jerry seemed very happy, Zhang Hao also pointed out some problems and shortcomings he found in the evaluation, and compared with the advantages of the current website, the latter accounted for a larger proportion.
Zhang Hao's words made Jerry's mood obviously depressed, and Zhang Hao quickly felt this on the phone.
"Jerry, the problem I just mentioned does exist, but it does not mean that the Internet navigation guide website you made has no merits. From my personal evaluation, the idea of your product is very good, and from the perspective of the Internet, this product should also have a good prospect. As for problems, what product has no problems? Hasn't Netscape's browser always had problems from the beginning to now? Otherwise, why would we continue to improve and upgrade it?"
"Isn't the replacement of versions, including the improvement of functions, a means to solve these problems? The same is true for your Internet navigation guide website. Finding problems, solving them, and making it better and better, isn't this what you should do basically?"
Jerry, who was a little depressed, was stunned when he heard this, and then he understood what Zhang Hao meant.
He said to Zhang Hao gratefully: "Thank you, Mike, thank you very much for your encouragement. With your words, my confidence is back!"
"Hahaha, actually you will understand even if I don't say these things, it's nothing. Jerry, your idea is indeed good, and the product has certain advantages, but you still have to remember that the development speed of the Internet from its emergence to now is very amazing. Just relying on a genius idea is only a possibility of success, but constantly improving it and making it the first choice of all users is the foundation of success."
Jerry nodded repeatedly on the other end of the phone, feeling extremely moved.
Although Jerry and Zhang Hao met last time because of Dongfang Ze, and they had a good chat.
However, Jerry didn't actually hold out much hope for Zhang Hao's evaluation of their Internet navigation guide website before he said goodbye. After all, compared with the booming Netscape, Jerry's website was just one of countless ordinary websites, and there were countless websites popping up on the Internet every day.
As for their small Internet navigation guide website, it is just an ordinary member among countless websites. Moreover, their website is just created by Jerry and his friends themselves, and they are doing it all by themselves, both in design and maintenance.
Compared with Netscape, whose market value has reached nearly 3 billion US dollars, their website is like the gap between a multinational corporation and a small family workshop. Although Zhang Hao made a promise to Jerry, Jerry knew in his heart that Zhang Hao might not be able to keep this promise, and it might just be a polite remark.
Moreover, more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye after breaking up with Zhang Hao. During these days, Zhang Hao had not contacted Jerry. Although Jerry had Zhang Hao's phone number, he was too embarrassed to call and ask. As time went by, Jerry's expectations became weaker and weaker.
Who would have thought that just when Jerry thought he would no longer receive any message from Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao suddenly called him. Not only did he talk to Jerry in detail about his evaluation of his Internet navigation guide website, but he also encouraged him in this way, which really touched Jerry.
Especially the latter, if Zhang Hao didn't value Jerry and regarded him as a friend, he would never say such words. After waking up, Jerry knew very well that only people who really cared about him and regarded him as a friend would say such things, otherwise Zhang Hao could have just picked something nice to say instead of pointing out the problem directly.
Jerry was moved and couldn't help but think deeply about the questions and opinions raised by Zhang Hao. He had to admit that Zhang Hao had a sharp eye and strong technical ability and judgment. Some of the problems he mentioned were already discovered by Jerry himself, and some were things Jerry had never thought about, but after thinking about them carefully, he felt that they made a lot of sense.
No wonder Zhang Hao, as one of the founders of Netscape, was able to achieve such success. This is really admirable. But Jerry thought of another problem, that is, it is impossible for him and his friends to solve the problems raised by Zhang Hao, because Zhang Hao's perspective is higher and his way of looking at problems is more in-depth. To achieve this, in addition to some technical support, financial investment is also needed.
With the current two-person team, it is impossible for them to do it alone, as they are extremely lacking in both technology and funds. After hesitating, Jerry told Zhang Hao the situation frankly. After listening to Jerry's answer, Zhang Hao thought about it and asked if Jerry and his friends would be willing if he helped Jerry improve the technology and provided financial support.
"Yes! Of course we are willing!" Jerry was overjoyed when he heard this. It would be a blessing for him if Zhang Hao could do this. Jerry had this intention when they met before, but Zhang Hao had not evaluated his Internet navigation guide website at that time, so he just tried it out.
And now, Zhang Hao actually directly proposed to participate in it, which was a pleasant surprise. Zhang Hao was the founder of Netscape, and he was even better than . In addition, Zhang Hao's success in the Internet industry was obvious to all, especially now that Zhang Hao was a famous billionaire, and he definitely had no shortage of funds.
"Haha, why don't you discuss it with your friend before making a decision?" Zhang Hao asked with a smile on the phone.
"I think David will not object. You don't know, after I told David about meeting you a few days ago, he complained to me for a long time, saying that I should have called him at that time because you are also his idol. If he gets a call now and knows that you want to join the team and invest in this project, I think he will agree immediately!" Jerry explained excitedly on the phone.
"Okay, but even so, I still hope you can discuss it first. Also, I remember that your project has not yet officially registered a company, right? If I join, I hope some work needs to be prepared. The first thing is to register the company, so that I can make normal capital injections. So the proportion of shares owned by everyone in the company, the responsibilities of each person, and the improvement of the future technical team, etc., all of these must be discussed in advance. By the way, you can ask your cousin, Mr. Dongfang, for help. He is a lawyer. Let professionals handle professional matters. What do you think?"
Zhang Hao made his demands clear, and he didn't hesitate to do so. Jerry was not surprised by these. After all, he was a Chinese American who had been in the United States for a long time. He was familiar with the Western idea of friendship and business.
And just as Zhang Hao suggested, if they want to make this happen, many aspects need to be formalized. It is not enough for the two of them to just rely on their own ideas like before. Jerry also understands this, because this is also the key to the problems they have encountered in the process of carrying out this project and have not been able to make progress.
The two discussed this for a long time on the phone. After the call, Jerry rubbed his hands excitedly and was very excited.
After a while, Jerry slapped his head, picked up the phone and called David, telling him about it. Just as Jerry had predicted, when he learned that Zhang Hao was going to support the team and provide financial support, David jumped up excitedly, agreed to Jerry right away, and then couldn't wait to tell Jerry that he would come over to discuss it right away.
