Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 603: The $400 Million House

QQ is an Internet communication software. Having lived two lives, Lu Shaohua knows very well that QQ has unlimited potential. It is irreplaceable in work, life, and entertainment. Naturally, there is no need to say more about their profits. In one word, it is huge.

Now that Lu Shaohua has traveled through time, QQ has been launched ahead of schedule and is directly facing the global market. Great changes have taken place. As for what the effect will be after it is launched on the market, Lu Shaohua does not know and needs to wait for Ma Huateng to come up with the statistics.

However, seeing that several days had passed, Ma Huateng should have an answer as to the results of the past few days. So Lu Shaohua picked up the phone and dialed Ma Huateng's office number to ask him for the results.

"As of now, there are more than 500,000 registered users worldwide, and the number is still increasing. In my opinion, it is not the peak period yet, and the effect of our publicity has not yet been shown." Ma Huateng first stated the current achievements, and then made some estimates.

More than 500,000 registered users, this number was nothing in the past, but it is a huge number now, because there are not too many users in the world who own computers and are connected to the Internet, and QQ is an Internet communication software, and computers and the Internet are indispensable. Therefore, it has more than 500,000 registered users in just a few days after it was launched on the market, which is already a terrifying existence.

"Very good." Lu Shaohua was very satisfied with the number and praised it. Then he said, "The domestic market is our base camp. We can give up this market with unlimited potential. We should make the base camp an iron bucket. If possible, we can also monopolize the market."

According to his memory, Lu Shaohua knew very well that there were not many Internet communication software like QQ in China. There was Bubble produced by NetEase, and another one called eHuatong. However, the latter two had no place in China at all and were all squeezed out by QQ.

“Don’t worry, I’ve already asked someone to plan the advertisement, and it will be out in the next two days, but… but…” Ma Huateng on the other end of the phone seemed to have something to hide.

Phoenix Tencent is a subsidiary of Phoenix Group, and its founder Ma Huateng holds 20% of the shares of Phoenix Tencent. This was the result of an agreement between Ma Huateng and Lu Shaohua, and these 20% of the shares are permanent. Even if Phoenix Tencent goes public in the future, these 20% of the shares will not change.

Of course, during the negotiations, Lu Shaohua also added another clause to the contract, which was that Ma Huateng was not allowed to sell his shares to others. If he really wanted to sell, Phoenix Group had the first right to purchase. If Phoenix Group did not purchase, then Ma Huateng could sell to others.

However, Lu Shaohua is not worried at all that Ma Huateng will sell his shares. When QQ really takes off, Ma Huateng might try every means to acquire more shares. He will not sell his shares to others.

It is precisely because Ma Huateng holds a 20% stake, and it is a technology investment, that the operating costs of Phoenix Tencent will all be paid by the Phoenix Group. If they want to run advertisements now, it is impossible for Ma Huateng to come up with the funds.

This is where the problem arises. It is impossible for Ma Huateng to come up with funds to invest in advertising, but now he urgently needs advertising, and a huge amount of it. The advertising fees have to be paid by the Phoenix Group. Who is the person in charge of the Phoenix Group? It is Lu Shaohua. Without Lu Shaohua's approval, funds cannot be allocated. This is also Ma Huateng's unspeakable secret. After all, asking for money is not a glorious thing.

Lu Shaohua was no fool. He knew what Ma Huateng meant as soon as he heard it. He smiled and said, "Don't worry. Just ask Mr. Chu for the amount of funds you need. He will support you. If necessary, invest a huge amount in advertising. Money is not a problem."

The current advertising expenses are not as much as those in the 21st Century. If you invest 10 million yuan in advertising now, it can be comparable to the 100 million yuan in advertising in the 21st Century. The ratio is ten to one. However, 10 million is just a drop in the bucket for Lu Shaohua.

What's more, QQ's profit in the future will far exceed this number, and the initial investment will bring Lu Shaohua huge wealth. Lu Shaohua will certainly not refuse the small investment now.

"Okay, I will launch the propaganda campaign as soon as possible." After getting Lu Shaohua's approval, my idea is to turn the official website into an information website, with news and all kinds of random things in it. "

In later generations, QQ official website is one of the giants of information network, comparable to Sina and NetEase. Now Lu Shaohua just revealed it to Ma Huateng in advance to let Ma Huateng know the next development focus.

"Okay, I will plan it according to your idea." Ma Huateng agreed without even thinking about it.

Who is Lu Shaohua? He is the chairman of Phoenix Group. He is an 20-year-old young man who has just become an adult, but he has a net worth of trillions and a legendary experience. He is also a business giant in China. In Ma Huateng's view, this person is undoubtedly a god. His will is beyond doubt. Even though Ma Huateng owns % of Phoenix Tencent's shares and is the largest shareholder, he will only follow Lu Shaohua's will on the development path of Phoenix Tencent.

"Well, if you have any questions, just communicate directly with Mr. Chu. He has more experience than you in some aspects." Lu Shaohua did not forget to add one more thing at the end.

"Ah."

After ending the call with Ma Huateng, Lu Shaohua secretly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and walked around the hall twice out of boredom, looking up at the calendar hanging on the wall, as if thinking about something. It was already November 1996 in the Gregorian calendar, and Lu Shaohua began to think even more.

In 1986, Lu Shaohua left his hometown and set foot on the land of Shenzhen. In the middle of the following year, Lu Shaohua left Shenzhen again and came to Hong Kong, and then started his great dream. Up to now, he has not even stayed in school for a few days, and the number of times he has returned to his hometown is even more rare, which made Lu Shaohua almost forget about his family affection.

"go home."

This was Lu Shaohua's only thought at the moment, but before going home, it was not necessary for Lu Shaohua to make some arrangements. Not to mention that he now had dozens of bodyguards around him, there were already enough people at home, ten mercenary groups, as well as his parents, grandparents, and the three-story house was no longer big enough to accommodate them.

Building a house, building a large manor villa became a necessity. Fortunately, Lu Shaohua had plenty of money, so building a large manor villa was not a problem. As for the construction team, Lu Shaohua didn't need to worry about it. There was a medium-sized construction team in the real estate company in Shenzhen, which could be transferred back to his hometown at any time to start construction.

"Haha! I just made 500 million dollars from four companies in the United States. It's just enough to build a house. Just think about how fulfilling it will be." Lu Shaohua laughed secretly in his heart.

Yes, he made money from those four companies, got his revenge, and now he is using their money to build a house to live in. It is indeed a sense of accomplishment when he thinks about it. Lu Shaohua doesn't mind doing this.

Do it as soon as you think of it, this is Lu Shaohua's style of doing things. Once he has a plan in mind, he will execute it quickly. The first step is to mobilize funds. After the funds are in place, he will order the construction team to set off and rush to his hometown, and then start construction.

The first step of raising funds must be completed through Liu Mingzhang. Lu Shaohua did not delay and picked up the phone to call Liu Mingzhang directly, asking him to raise 400 million US dollars to Lin Qiquan.

Although Liu Mingzhang didn't know what Lu Shaohua suddenly wanted the $400 million for, he was the boss and as an employee he could only follow his orders. However, Liu Mingzhang did not forget to ask one more question in the end. "What are you going to do with this money?"

"Build a house, build a house in my hometown." Lu Shaohua spoke frankly and did not hide anything.

"What? Build a house? Four hundred million dollars to build a house?" Liu Mingzhang, who was holding the phone, broke out in a cold sweat.

"Manor-style villa." Lu Shaohua was frugal with his words and didn't say any more nonsense.

"Oh!" Liu Mingzhang finally understood. According to legend, Lu Shaohua already had a manor-style villa in Shenzhen worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It seemed reasonable to build another one now, especially in his hometown, which was his ancestral home. "No problem, just deposit the funds into the account in Shenzhen."

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua responded and then hung up the phone.

The first step of raising funds has finally been completed. The next step is to mobilize the construction team. The construction team in Shenzhen is controlled by Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi. Lu Shaohua must go through the hands of both of them to complete it.

With the development of modern communications, Lu Shaohua doesn't need to go to Shenzhen in person to give instructions to Lin Qiquan and He Chengyi in person. He can do it by just pressing a few buttons on his mobile phone.

However, when instructing Lin Qiquan, Lu Shaohua forgot to add one more thing, which was to complete the project as soon as possible, because Lu Shaohua planned to build the villa during the New Year so that they could have a happy new year. Lu Shaohua also rushed over before the New Year.

Of course, Lu Shaohua also made important arrangements regarding the yard outside the villa, which was to pave a long straight road for the landing of the special plane.

There was no way. Now Lu Shaohua was used to taking a plane when traveling long distances. If he were asked to take a car back to his hometown, Lu Shaohua would definitely not be able to bear it. And if the runway was not paved, Lu Shaohua's private plane would have no place to land.

Lin Qiquan seemed to know Lu Shaohua's purpose. Although the time was a bit short, it would be no problem to send the entire engineering team over and complete the task within the stipulated time. So when he knew that Lu Shaohua had already mobilized the funds, he said without any nonsense, "Guarantee to complete the task."

As for Lu Shaohua's house worth four hundred million US dollars, construction has officially started.