Homecoming of Rebirth

In addition, the initial positioning is to build the purest literature website in China, which makes Xia Banyan afraid to accept advertisements no matter how popular it is.

So here comes the problem. At present, without financing and before the boss finds a new home, this is a bottomless pit of pure paper burning. Saving costs is really the top priority.

Not only under the banyan tree, but all the websites, except those with rich capital behind them, are saving costs.

Look at Brother Xiao Ma, he has been forced to the point of being a bigwig in women's clothing.

So, the question before Qi Lei now is, should we add servers?Do you want to burn money too?

Is it important to save costs, or to retain these seemingly useless negative traffic?

After pondering for a long time, Qi Lei was not in a hurry to reply to Station Master Ning's words, because he had to solve another problem before he could set the direction for the banyan tree.

That question is... focus on brother Ma's message.

"Talk about..."

What can we talk about?It's just a matter of money.

Brother Xiao Ma's user growth rate is too fast, the money is burned out, and he is worried that there is nowhere to change the money!

Then Qi Lei is of course the best choice.

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Moreover, the appearance of Qi Lei caused some deviations in the thinking of Xiao Ma and his previous life.

In the time and space of the previous life, when Penguin was first created, what Brother Ma actually wanted to do was to sell it.

That's right!Qi Lei didn't know about these things in his previous life, but in this life he has been in contact with Brother Xiao Ma a lot, so he chatted with him when he had nothing to do, and learned a lot of things from him that he didn't know in his previous life.

For example, the purpose of Xiao Ma doing OICQ is to bid for the online software of a state-owned unit in Guangdong Province.

After the completion, the asking price is 50.

But even if it's so cheap, people don't want it.I have no choice but to run it myself.

And even after the software is launched, Xiao Ma wants to sell it quickly, even if it costs 80 yuan, so that he and his friends can continue to develop the supporting program for the pager with the money.

If you use the perspective of future generations, plus a classic joke from the cross talk queen:

"Isn't this stupid?"

But the reality is like this, the current limitations make Xiao Ma pay more attention to the pager program, thinking that this thing can make a lot of money.

As for OICQ, don't talk about it now, in two years, Brother Ma doesn't know how this thing can make money.

However, the appearance of Qi Lei changed Xiao Ma's mind.

Since Qi Lei got caught up in the fire because of the women's clothing boss incident, it is impossible for Qi Lei's cognition from later generations not to be reflected in the chat process, and the subtle influence has greatly inspired Xiao Ma.

Coupled with the previous hype, Penguin has gained a lot of glory, and its development is a little bit faster than in its previous life.

This makes Xiao Ma no longer want to sell software, but wants to make it himself.

But here comes the problem, lack of money!

Qi Lei also used to ask people if they want to invest in a lowly way, so it became the current situation, Brother Xiao Ma has the cheek to chase after debts.

In the past few days, I often see brother Ma's messages, but Qi Lei just doesn't have time to talk to him.

But today, Qi Lei has to think about this issue.

Depending on the situation, Brother Ma really couldn't hold on anymore.

You should know that OICQ is not the same as a website. A website only needs one main server and several cache servers are enough.Even if it is a popular website, the number of people online at the same time is limited, and there is almost no interaction, just reading data.

As for Xiao Ma, not only does he need to operate servers and cache servers, but he also needs to interact with servers and host servers. The usage is not at the same level as the website.

The cost of renting a server alone is huge.

Moreover, the more users, the greater the usage, which is boundless.

If there is no money to rent a server, it is over and completely paralyzed.

So Brother Ma was in a hurry, and Qi Lei had to pay attention to it.

It stands to reason that there is nothing to consider about this matter. Can Brother Ma give us shares?

It's like picking up money.

However, Qi Lei was still hesitating, should he invest money in Brother Ma?

Now Qi Lei is mainly considering two directions:

First, Qi Lei actually has no money now.

Well, there is really no money.

After all, Sanshi Company has just started. Although its ability to attract money is amazing, so far, only the one or two hundred Internet cafes under the first batch of contracts have started to open one after another, and some funds have been recovered.

Some time ago, there were about 700 million on the books.

The money seems to be a lot, but Qi Lei's prodigal ability is also top-notch!

Nan Guanghong's system laboratory has already landed, and Qi Lei's first fund has also been transferred to Nan Lao.

Those who did not directly give it for one year, but only gave it for half a year, 250 million.

He spent another 300 million yuan to buy under the banyan tree, and gave the writer's fund of 50 yuan to Station Manager Ning.

This is 600 million gone!

Then, the daily working capital of Sanshi Company, the cost of renting the server under the banyan tree, and the wages and expenses on both sides are a lot of money, right?It is necessary to reserve 100 million for emergency.

Where did you get the money for Brother Ma?

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Second, even if you find a way to get money, is it a suitable choice to invest in Penguin now?

Qi Lei faintly felt that now was not the best time to vote for Penguin.

Before I asked Brother Xiao Ma if he wanted to invest, it was a spoof, just playing with Brother Xiao Ma.

In other words, if you are not familiar with Brother Xiaoma, it is not a loss if you really vote.

But the situation is different now, it's another matter when the two get to know each other well.

When it comes time to get money, there are actually many issues to consider.

First of all, if Qi Lei invests in Penguin, it must not be for short-term gains, but for long-term strategic considerations.

If you want to make quick money, sell the banyan tree now and start off ten times, there is no way to make money faster than this.

But now there are a lot of potential stock websites like Banyan Tree.

Tianya, Mopu, and even Jack Ma's Ali can do it all, so why go to Xiao Ma to make trouble?

Then, if it is a long-term strategic consideration...you need to be more cautious.

It doesn't mean that you invest a million or so to buy the penguin now, and ask Xiaoma to work for you, or how many shares you take, and when the penguin has a market value of trillions, you will be able to share hundreds of billions.

This is superficial arithmetic, but it is not that simple in reality.

There seem to be two options:

First, buy the penguins.

Second, shareholding in times of investment.

Let's talk about buying the penguin first.

This is bullshit!

It is necessary to find out whether it is the penguin that made the Internet empire of later generations, or the little brother and his team made that empire.

Don't look at Xiao Ma, who is quite a second grader now, the stain of a big boss in women's clothing will never be erased for a lifetime.However, one must not neglect his own abilities and functions.

Can the penguin without Brother Pony reach the scale of later generations?not necessarily.

Even if Brother Xiao Ma is left in Penguin and let him work for Qi Lei, it is still a question of whether the team that has lost its decision-making ability and sense of belonging can create future Penguins.

Qq does excel, but in 99, it was not irreplaceable.

At this time, the domestic instant messaging software is not just Penguin, there are several, and each has its own strengths.ICQ, which has achieved a dominant position abroad, is also attacking the domestic market.

Penguin is able to dominate the whole family, and it is entirely because Xiao Ma solved the software problem first, and then solved the financing problem.It was achieved little by little by relying on money and strength, as well as the overall quality and hard work of the team.

It is not necessarily enough to change a person, and it is not necessarily possible to become a penguin without one factor.

Since it is not enough to buy it, is it okay to invest in Xiao Ma now?

Not a good idea either!

If it was changed to someone else, or another project, such as the one in Hangzhou, Qi Lei would not hesitate even if he hesitated, you bastard if you have money!

But, Brother Ma...

These two months helped Qi Lei a lot, no matter if it was out of interest or what, at least the two of them chatted well and got along well, they were already friends.

Qi Lei didn't want to harm him.

Even if it's just for him to take some risks because of the butterfly's small wings, it may not be much risk.

But there is no need for that. If you want to earn money, find someone else, why bother to cheat your friends?

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If... Qi Lei has sufficient funds now, and if he takes out 200 million, according to the current situation, he can get about 30% of the shares.

This should be a friendly price, and it's also the reason why Qi Lei made an early move.

However, this equity ratio does not mean that it can be obtained for more than ten or twenty years.

There is also a series of dilution and realization of equity in the second round of financing, third round of financing, listing, etc. This is an inevitable process.After a few rounds, 30% may be left with 20, or even 10%.

10%, if not for making money, what would Qi Lei do with it?

As for Qi Lei's equity, if he holds it all the time without diluting it, it will be a burden for Penguin.

Xiao Ma will not be able to take out more shares in exchange for more funds in future financing.

Whether it can last until it goes public or makes a profit is a big question.

Even if it can, it is still a question whether it can develop and grow according to the trajectory of later generations when the financing ratio becomes smaller.

It's inevitable, and it could well change the penguin's trajectory.

Just like Qi Lei's role in the N League incident before, he was just a little butterfly flapping his wings and changing the trajectory of time and space.

Investment at this time is also a small wing of a butterfly, and the impact is basically negative.

This is like, even if you buy the newly established Ah L for hundreds of thousands, it is unlikely to become the next father.

There are human factors as well as complex other factors.

In short, you can use foresight to make money, but you must pay attention to a timing.

The best time is when Sun is looking for Jack Ma, you go and cut a beard.In that case, Ah L will not go off track, and you will earn money.

Similarly, if it does not affect the general direction and maximizes the income, the time to invest in Penguin is not now.

Of course, you can also invest in the first round, and then continue to spend money until Penguin goes public in 04, even if Penguin becomes profitable in 02.

But how much would that cost!

In the original history, Xiao Ma took 400 million US dollars in the first round of financing, which is 3000 million RMB, and it took just over a year to burn it out.

The second round raised 3200 million US dollars, more than 2 billion RMB, plus the profit from 02, it lasted until 04 when it went public.

How could Qi Lei have so much money to squander on him?

No matter how much money Sanshi Company makes, it won't be able to make that much.

Even if he earns money, Qi Lei can't throw it all on Xiao Ma, he still has a lot to do.

Of course, it’s still the same sentence, investing money now will definitely only make a profit but not a loss, that’s okay.It is a question of whether you can earn as much as future generations imagine.

It's not that Qi Lei has trouble with money.

But the scorer, because of himself and affects Brother Xiao Ma, that's not beautiful.

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But apart from the above two objective factors, Qi Lei doesn't want to make Penguin's trajectory too far from the original, there is actually another reason, which is also the main reason why Qi Lei doesn't want to invest now.