Homecoming of Rebirth

"Where?"

Qi Lei, "That grilled wing restaurant on East Street 17."

"Oh." Brother Xiao Ma fell into memory, "Don't even mention it, I kind of miss that one."

Qi Lei smiled, "Isn't there going to be an industry forum next month? You can just come here."

In October, there will be an official Internet enterprise development forum, and Xiao Ma and Ding Lei are all invited.

Brother Xiao Ma thought for a while, "Okay!"

Afterwards, Brother Xiao Ma pondered for a while, "The European fund that I wanted to invest in before received a notice today and lowered the offer price to 1200 million US dollars."

Qi Lei, "How much did they pay?"

Little Ma, "1600 million, 30%"

Qi Lei sighed, "It feels like something is wrong!"

Brother Xiao Ma nodded on the other end of the hand, "The bubble is about to burst, maybe..."

"This is the last madness."

Qi Lei once predicted to Lao Qin that around 01, there would be a bursting pain of the Internet bubble.

He also told Xiao Ma and the others about this matter.

After all, the relationship is so good, and I don't want them to suffer too much loss in this catastrophe.

And Brother Xiao Ma's phone call was not to complain to Qi Lei.

Brother Xiao Ma is not reconciled! !

At present, domestic Internet funds are surging, and everyone is willing to invest.

In this money feast, only two companies did not participate in it.

One is Three Stone Company, and the other is Penguin.

Sanshi Company is responsible for its own profits and losses and does not accept financing, which can be called a mudslide in the Internet industry.

The sum of state assets is a last resort.

As for Penguin, he didn't have the confidence of Sanshi.

Apart from receiving $400 in the first round of financing, I never ignored the temptation of any capital, and it was purely hard work.

However, Xiao Ma and Qi Lei are different!

Sanshi Company did not raise funds, but Sanshi Company has been making money, so they have the confidence not to raise funds.

On the contrary, Xiao Ma has no way to make money at all, and is completely losing money.

At present, the number of registered users of Penguin has exceeded 2400 million, and it is still increasing rapidly at an astonishing rate. It has completely dominated the domestic instant messaging market.

However, these are only superficial prosperity.

A huge user base means taking up more servers and performing more data access.

What's more terrible is that the current qq is very different from the previous qq. The group function has been launched, which has increased the cost of data storage.

Today, there is not a single coin in my pocket that can be used on rental servers.

He is really out of ammunition!

So, at this moment, brother Xiao Ma was a little shaken, should he continue to listen to Qi Lei and persevere?

However, he really couldn't hold on anymore.

"Stone..." Little Brother Ma let out a long breath, his tone a bit difficult.

"This is really the last chance!"

"If this wave of financing is given up again, once the bubble bursts, no one will be optimistic about instant messaging, let alone get money."

This is the truth, unlike portal websites and games, at least they can see profit points, investors are more acceptable and willing to pay.

But at present, instant messaging software is a loser in the industry. Even Ding Lei and Wang Zhendong are privately the least optimistic about Xiao Ma's penguin.

Therefore, there is not much capital willing to invest in instant messaging.

If the 1200 million US dollars is not put in his pocket now, who will dare to touch him, a money-losing product, when the catastrophe arrives?

Brother Xiao Ma is particularly difficult at this time, "How about... let's think about it?"

"Even if we give him a little less shares, it won't delay our plans."

"Huh..." Qi Lei sighed for a long time, "Do you want to accept financing?"

When Brother Xiao Ma heard this, he was a little anxious and denied it: "I didn't say that I had to accept the money! Our own brothers, don't you understand me?"

"I mean..."

"At least the money you want to throw in can be used in the name of financing and come in legitimately!"

"Let's start some profitable projects first, and we'll get over this difficulty before we talk about it?"

"Why use a private name? Go around this detour? If I give you the shares, it will be over."

Qi Lei, "..."

After pondering for a while, "It's best not to do this."

When Xiao Ma heard it, he almost collapsed, "Fuck!! That's it again!"

"How easy are you to say!"

"Do you know how scared I am!?"

Qi Lei laughed when he heard that, "What are you afraid of?"

Brother Xiaoma, "I'm so afraid that Penguin really won't be able to survive this bubble. If it collapses, what will I do to pay back your [-] million!!"

Qi Lei, "Did I tell you to pay it back?"

Brother Xiaoma stared and growled: "Why don't you tell me, I'm even more afraid!"

This is the truth, and it is also Brother Ma's true thoughts.

Once the bubble burst, Sanshi did not have financing, and the impact would be relatively small.

However, this is an industry-wide catastrophe!No one knows how far it will develop.

In case things got out of hand, how could it be so easy for Sanshi Company to be alone?

And now, Sanshi gave all the money to Penguin.

In case the capital chain is affected, those three stones will drag him down.

do not forget……

The others, such as Ding Lei, Wang Zhendong, and Tang Haichao, are all tied up in the market at No. 17 and No. 30 East Street!

When the catastrophe came, those families felt even more uncomfortable and the pressure was even greater.

If something happens to Sanshi Company, then everyone will die together.

It's all because he died alone. How can Xiao Ma bear the pressure?

Half the internet is on his shoulders.

At this time, Brother Xiao Ma was extremely irritable: "You, you, you, you can do it this way!"

"Then can we go out early!?"

"Why do you have to wait? I think now is the opportunity."

Speaking of this, Brother Xiao Ma was a little excited, "Really, why don't we go out now?"

"Taking advantage of the dot-com bubble, this opportunity is sluggish across the board!"

"As long as you give me the funds, I'll be able to overwhelm ICQ and MSN in no time, and occupy the foreign instant messaging field!"

"If you are afraid that foreign governments will interfere and prevent us from becoming bigger, then according to your idea, don't you just cover up?"

"Really!" Brother Xiao Ma was very excited, "I've made up my mind, a traitor will be a traitor, and I will be scolded if I get scolded, I don't care anymore!"

"Let's do it now!"

"Huh..." Qi Lei breathed out again, "No way!"

"Why!?" Brother Xiaoma became even more excited, "Aren't you already planning the layout? Are you ready?"

Qi Lei, "If we go out now, even if we seek hegemony, it's only the capital side."

"To put it bluntly, even if it is covered with a layer of skin, it is just a tool."

Brother Ma, "Isn't that enough?"

Qi Lei smiled, "It's not that it's not enough, it's that you don't live long enough."

Brother Ma, "How do you say it??"

Qi Lei, "It's too big. You can only follow other people's ideas. Do whatever they tell you to do. It's meaningless."

Brother Xiao Ma, "How can that make sense?"

Qi Lei, "I still lack a link, a link of content output."

"What?" Brother Ma didn't quite understand, "Content? I'm just an instant messaging software, where's the content?"

Qi Lei, "It's not right to go out."

Brother Ma, "???"

Suddenly realized a problem.

The other end of the phone stared round, "Grandson!! Are you hiding something again? You have an idea about QQ, but haven't revealed it yet?"

Qi Lei, "Ahem..."

Perfunctory: "Anyway, it's too early to say these things, wait for me."

"There will be a clue soon, at most a year and a half, okay?"

Brother Xiao Ma pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth: "Okay!!"

"But!" The subject changed, "You have to tell me the truth, what big move do you still have?"

Almost crying, "You have to give me a reason to give up $1200 million, right? What are you going to do?"

But Qi Lei smiled slightly, "I can only tell you now, what about icq and MSN, these are not opponents."

"It's not in the same dimension as us at all."

Little Ma: "..."

How come the more you hear it, the more mysterious it becomes?

Qi Lei continued: "Anyway, it's a platform, a platform that combines entertainment and interaction."

"At that time, our current manpower alone will not be enough!"

"When it comes to content and means of communication, we are not their opponents yet."

"So, we must first cultivate a group of content producers who are smarter and more advanced than them."

Qi Lei, "Hurry up, I'm going to start doing something right away!"

"So, give me a little time, just over a year! Okay?"

Little Ma: "..."

Suddenly a little empty...

"Stone, what are you doing?"

Qi Lei pondered for a moment, "Do you know what a banana man is?"

Brother Ma, "Who?"

Qi Lei, "Yellow skin...white heart!"

"Then have you ever eaten white cantaloupe?"

"White skin... red heart!"

"It's called being the first to strike first!"