Rebirth of the Wild Age

Walking from the school to the coffee shop, Zhang Chaoyang's thoughts gradually became clear. He was not going to fool around anymore, but was going to tell the truth.

Soliciting investment is one set of rhetoric for those who don't know how to do it, and another set of rhetoric for those who know how to do it.

Lin Zhuoyun brought the coffee herself, and said with a smile, Skipping class again?

How can you say it again? I study very hard, okay? I used to ask for leave formally. Song Weiyang said seriously.

Lin Zhuoyun didn't bother to talk to him, and said to Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming, Please use it slowly.

Thanks.

Zhang Chaoyang took a deep breath and said, Mr. Song, let me tell the truth. Given the current situation of the Internet in China, it is impossible to make a profit from a commercial website, and it is impossible to have any good project content immediately. But! China's Internet has developed very rapidly in the past two years, and the number of netizens has soared from a few hundred to at least tens of thousands. According to my prediction, there may be hundreds of thousands of netizens next year! Do you know what this means?

Song Weiyang said with a smile: A brand new, blank market.

That's right, Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile, We can build a commercial website first, gradually enrich the content, and slowly accumulate popularity. When China's Internet reaches a certain scale, it will immediately achieve leapfrog development. One step ahead, one step ahead , investing now is to seize the market in the future, otherwise it will always be left behind.”

It can be regarded as an idea. Song Weiyang nodded and said.

So, is Mr. Song willing to invest? Zhang Chaoyang looked forward to it.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, What you say is equivalent to the fact that the government wants to develop Pudong. Although Pudong is still a wasteland, it will definitely make money in the future. So, you asked me to invest in a piece of land in Pudong for you. I don't know why. Whether to use it for real estate, or to build a factory, there is no plan for any project, and the empty talk wants me to pay for it. This seems...a bit taken for granted, right?

Zhang Chaoyang said: This is a strategic investment.

There are many commercial websites in the United States, but only one Yahoo has successfully listed, Song Weiyang asked, How do I know whether you can become Yahoo or other commercial websites that have disappeared?

Any investment has its own risks. Zhang Chaoyang said.

That's gambling? Song Weiyang laughed.

Zhang Chaoyang had already let go, spread his hands and said, It can also be said that it is gambling.

Song Weiyang picked up the coffee, crossed his legs and said, I browsed a foreign website a few days ago and saw a piece of news. The British Shetland Times sued the Shetland News, suing the other party to use hyperlinks to infringe copyright, which is called global link. First case'. Do you know about this?

Not very clear, Zhang Chaoyang was taken aback, I have been running back and forth between China and the United States for the past two months, and I haven't paid much attention to British news.

Song Weiyang asked again: Why doesn't Yahoo's approach work in China?

Zhang Chaoyang said: The most attractive thing about Yahoo is that its search is very accurate, and it relies on the global Internet market. But there is a problem in China. Most Internet users are accustomed to using Chinese, and even if you search for a bunch of English websites, you can't use it. Ah. And there are no commercial websites in China at all, only some official websites such as science and technology and education. The number of websites is too small, and the content is too small. Netizens only need a directory of URLs, and there is no need for a Chinese search engine at all.”

Song Weiyang said: Jingcheng Telecom, Bank of China and Tsinghua University are teaming up to build Oriental Netscape, you know that?

I know, Zhang Chaoyang said, but it's not a purely commercial website, and it's not connected to the Internet yet.

Song Weiyang said again: Sitong Lifang (the predecessor of Sina) you know?

I know, it was just established two months ago, and it is China's first official Internet site. Zhang Chaoyang said.

These websites are very small in scale and have very little content. It is not conducive for netizens to browse and obtain information. Even using search engines is a waste of time, Song Weiyang laughed. Do you understand what I'm talking about?

Zhang Chaoyang really didn't understand, the main reason was that he was thinking too much, and most of his energy was thinking about how to fool Song Weiyang into investing.

Ding Ming, who had been listening to their conversation, suddenly said: Brother Yang, you mean we make hyperlinks and steal all the useful content from those small websites?

Hahaha, Song Weiyang laughed, The spirit of the Internet is sharing. How can this be called stealing? This is called the spirit of sharing!

Zhang Chaoyang was dumbfounded, this kind of thing happened in Europe and America, but they were all done secretly, there really wasn't any website that became big by stealing content through hyperlinks.

There may be some problems with our statement in the previous chapter. Historically, what Zhang Chaoyang did was not to navigate websites, but to steal websites of various hyperlinks. If any useful content appeared on Netscape, Ruide Online, Lifang Online, Xinhuanet, People.com, etc., Zhang Chaoyang immediately stole the hyperlinks and named these hyperlinks Compass.

Gradually, Zhang Chaoyang added more and more hyperlinked content, and listed them by category, so a large portal website was born.

This is definitely an act of theft, just take a piece of news from People's Daily Online as an example. Others worked hard to send reporters to interview and write the manuscript, and they were also responsible for editorial review and proofreading. As soon as it was posted on their own website, Zhang Chaoyang stole the hyperlink, and did not pay a penny of copyright fees, at least in the initial stage.

The so-called sharing spirit of the Internet boils down to one word: steal!

Zhang Chaoyang frowned and said: This kind of copyright infringement is fine if it's small, but it will definitely be sued if it becomes big.

The law is blank, Song Weiyang said, not only in China, but also in foreign countries. The 'first global link case' that happened in the UK is still in a muddle-headed lawsuit. It is inclined to the defendant. The existing laws of various countries do not have strict regulations on hyperlink infringement, and it depends on who hires a lawyer who is more slick.

You want me to specialize in hyperlinks? Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help but smile wryly, I originally wanted to be the number one person in China's commercial Internet, but I didn't expect to be the number one person in China's Internet theft.

It's sharing, not stealing. Song Weiyang corrected.

Then, let's share! Zhang Chaoyang gritted his teeth.

Song Weiyang said: I will give you 500,000 initial capital first, and then I will give you 2.5 million at the end of the year. How about you investing in technology and management?

Zhang Chaoyang said: I have also saved 20,000 US dollars, and I can invest them together.

Ding Ming interrupted suddenly: I took out the money in the stock market, there are more than 300,000, and I want to invest too!

Zhang Chaoyang looked at Ding Ming with some surprise. He was just an ordinary fat man, but he was actually a little rich man who dared to start a business.

Song Weiyang thought for a while and said: Let's do it this way. I will invest 3 million in two installments, accounting for 55% of the shares. Ding Ming will invest 300,000, accounting for 5.5% of the shares. Mr. Zhang, you invest 20,000 US dollars, and use technology and Management shares, accounting for 39.5% of the shares. How about this?

No problem. Zhang Chaoyang agreed without haggling.

Song Weiyang's equity allocation plan is already very good. If it were replaced by investors from the United States, Zhang Chaoyang's desire to take 30% of the equity would not be enough.

Ding Ming said excitedly: Brother Zhang, I will drop out of school after finishing this semester, and start an Internet business with you!

Song Weiyang laughed and said, If your father finds out, he will beat you to death!

Just don't let him know, Ding Ming said, changing the subject, What's the name of our company?

How about Aitexin? intertehnologypany, abbreviated itc, Internet technology company. Zhang Chaoyang had already thought of the name.

Song Weiyang shook his head and said, It's nothing special, it might as well be called Sohu.