Naturally, portals can also be subverted with this model.

The most classic example is today's headlines, Qu headlines, etc.

However, now is not the time to think about portals, so let's get the video part done first.

A few days later, Li Xuelin and Wang Xiaochuan came to Chen Yu's office again.

Although Chen Yu designated Li Xuelin to be in charge of the video going to sea, Chen Yu also called Wang Xiaochuan over.

At first, Wang Xiaochuan thought that he only needed to be in charge of technology, but after Chen Yu turned over the new model, Wang Xiaochuan became more and more shocked the more he studied. He feels that through a kind of big data analysis and recommendation, maybe the search engine he is responsible for will be able to overtake in the future, catch up with Baidu, and even compete with Google Pk.

Suddenly, Wang Xiaochuan was extremely concerned about the video business.

For the latest plan, I studied it with Li Xuelin for a whole week.

"Well, that's a good plan. ”

Seeing the latest plan, Chen Yu was satisfied.

However, when he saw the funds behind, Chen Yu frowned.

"Xuelin, what's the deal with this $100 million?"

"Mr. Chen, this is the money we need to invest in the early stage. ”

"So much?"

"It's a lot. ”

Li Xuelin explained: "Video websites are not as good as ordinary websites, and they require a lot of resources for bandwidth and video storage. Especially after the website attracts more popularity, the amount of user uploads every day may not be able to be seen by individuals in a lifetime. ”

"Xuelin, not a day, but the amount uploaded in 1 minute, may not be able to read it in a lifetime. ”

Wang Xiaochuan, who is in charge of technology, corrected Li Xuelin and said.

Such a terrifying upload resource, so his investment is also very large.

This is also the reason why many video sites have not been able to find a profit before.

It's not that they can't make money, it's that the cost of saving these videos and allowing users to watch them normally is a huge expense.

"How much money is left on the Universal Portal account?"

"Mr. Chen, don't worry, the company can still get money in the company's account for the time being. ”

The company Li Xuelin refers to is not Huanyu Technology Group, but Huanyu Portal.

Although the Huanyu portal does not seem to be profitable, the secondary channel of the Huanyu portal is still quite profitable.

At present, Huanyu Automobile is not only a car portal, but also involved in car trading, car insurance, ...... and other businesses. As the most authoritative and professional platform in China, although the overall Huanyu portal network is not necessarily stronger than Xinlang, it is not one or two points stronger than Xinlang in terms of earning ability.

"I know. ”

Chen Yu nodded: "But Xuelin, didn't you say that it costs a lot of money to make videos? 100 million US dollars are needed now, how much will it cost in the future?"

"It's not certain, but I estimate that we'll need financing after $100 million. ”

If you don't raise money later, ordinary enterprises won't be able to withstand it.

After all, if you want to make video websites bigger and stronger in the future, and make them to the world, any website will be tens of billions of dollars.

Such a scale is not something that a single company can afford.

Even if they could afford it, the average business wouldn't do that.

"Take your time in financing, and if you want to finance it, you must first do a good job of the website. ”

"In this case, you can start the business first, and I will consider the funds needed later. ”

Chen Yu made a video website to make money.

Although in order to make money, it is necessary to invest in the early stage.

But Huanyu Portal is not necessarily very rich, and Chen Yu is also heartbroken when he invests too much at once.

Moreover, to be honest, after receiving Lin Benjian's lithography machine, Chen Yu was already very poor.

Even if there is money in the accounts of some subsidiaries now, Chen Yu does not dare to spend money casually.

......

A few days later, Chen Yu took Li Xuelin and Wang Xiaochuan to the United States again.

However, Chen Yu did not join Li Xuelin and Wang Xiaochuan.

Instead, let them take care of the video business themselves.

Li Xuelin is also smart, but he went to Wang Chang for the first time.

Although Wang Chang is now in charge of the friend network, he can be regarded as having worked together back then.

After asking Wang Chang for guidance, the preliminary work of Huanyu Video in North America was progressing very smoothly.

As for where Chen Yu went?

He went to youtobe.

Recently, there are rumors that you want to sell this piece.

All of a sudden, a lot of capital, as well as a series of global IT companies, have come into contact with youtobe.

Hearing such news, Chen Yu naturally couldn't react without a reaction.

So, he also contacted Chen Shijun, the founder of Youtobe.

Right.

That's right.

Youtobe's founder is also a Chinese-American.

The reality is very unexpected.

It was a Chinese-American who founded Yahoo, and it was a Chinese-American who founded Youtobe.

Of course, Chen Yu did not contact Chen Shijun to buy Youtobe.

Although Chen Yu has a reason to acquire.

But the acquisition of Youtobe is too expensive, Chen Yu on the one hand is very tight on funds, on the other hand, he does not want to acquire at all.

He has to make his own video site, wouldn't it be better to beat Youtobe?

As for the reason for contacting Chen Shijun, it is actually simple, to make money.

Whose money is it for?

Engage Google money.

"Shijun, who are the people who have come into contact with you?"

"Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Apple...... Both. ”

"Hehe, Microsoft doesn't have the genes to do the Internet, and Apple is estimated to not be able to make so much money now. Yahoo is possible, but I think they might want to do their own video, and I think Google wants your youtobe the most. ”

"That's what I think. ”

Chen Yu and Chen Shijun chatted very well.

Probably the age difference between the two is not particularly big, and the reason why both of them are Chinese.

Moreover, Chen Shijun has studied Chinese since he was a child, and Chen Shijun is also very interested in Chen Yu.

"How did you come up with the idea of selling Youtobe, did you mean it, or did the whole team think about it?"

"There's my reasons and there's the whole team's reasons. ”

"Something happened to me and I need to take some time to recuperate, so I probably don't have much energy to take care of youtobe," Chen said. And the team also believes that having top IT giants to escort us is also more conducive to the development of youtobe. ”

Chen Shijun didn't hide anything from Chen Yu.

In fact, this is the conventional method for many Internet companies to become bigger and stronger.

After all, it doesn't take any business to become a giant.

It's not like you can go global with a business that seems to be more innovative.

There are too many uncertainties, and too many challenges.

"Understandable. ”

Chen Yu nodded.

According to the news of the previous life, it also confirmed the reason why Chen Shijun sold Youtobe.

Of course, his body is only a minor problem, and it will be fine to recuperate for a while.

As for why it is still sold to Google, on the one hand, it may want to cash out and leave, and on the other hand, it may also be for the development of Youtobe.

Of course, Chen Shijun may not be able to guess that if everything goes according to the course of history, Youtobe will be worth 100 billion in the future.

And it's also in dollars.

"I think Google can only bid up to $3 billion. ”

"We don't know yet. ”

Chen Shijun didn't say anything this time.

Although he is also interested in Chen Yu, Chen Yu's contact with him is not necessarily a simple chat.

"Hehe, Shijun, you can communicate with Google for a while. Maybe less than $3 billion...... If I joined, maybe they would pull the price to 4 billion. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. ”

"You're also interested in our Youtobe?"

"So to speak...... But I can tell you right now that while I'm interested in youtobe, I'm not going to buy it. ”

"Why?"

"I think the same thing as Yahoo. ”

"Hehe......"

Chen Shijun smiled.

This is also normal.

Why buy and why not make your own?

Why Yahoo is not interested, in fact, it also wants to do it itself.

Why didn't Chen Yu buy it, it is also because they have a network of friends, and they can also do it themselves.

Both are very professional Internet companies, and they are also confident to do another video website.

Why didn't Apple buy it, the problem is that they really don't have the money right now.

So in the end, why Google is most interested, because they are search engines, they not only complete the search for text and images, but also complete the search for videos. But they used to do search, they don't have a particularly high Internet website operation gene, at this time to acquire a potential website and then through their search engine support, it is the best.

"You're trying to help me raise the price?"

"That's right. ”

Chen Yu nodded: "You know, people in the industry call me the little prince of price raising." ”

"Hahaha......"

Chen Shijun laughed.

He had heard several things about Chen Yu's price increase.

When Yahoo acquired 3721, Chen Yu raised the price and pitted Yahoo.

When Lenovo acquired IBM's personal laptops, Chen Yu cheated Lenovo again.

This time, it looks like it's going to cheat Google.

"Chen Yu, are you cheating Google or me, I still have some shares. ”

"You have too few shares, you might as well sell them all. Besides, as soon as I make a move, I will directly give you a $1 billion increase, and this deal is worth it no matter how it is calculated. ”

"What benefits do you want?"

"Just give me 30 points for the benefit. ”

"Deal. ”

Since you want to sell youtobe, what will happen to youtobe in the future has nothing to do with Chen Shijun.

Although Chen Shijun originally planned to keep some shares to see if Youtobe can grow into an international giant in the future.

But this kind of thing, who knows?

Or the cash you get in hand is the safest.

As for Google not being fooled, Chen Yu is extremely relieved.

First of all, Google is in great need of youtobe.

It's not just that Youtobe is doing well, but Youtobe is also about their search business.

If other competitors had come in, Google might not have been so worried.

But if Chen Yu makes a move, Google will definitely not let go.

After all, the friend network is now popular all over the world, almost under their Google.

Of course, it's nothing.

Most seriously, Google should understand that Friends.com is more than just a social networking site.

He can likewise threaten Google's position.

You think it's impossible?

No.

They only need to implant a search engine box on their friends' websites, and they can instantly increase the market share of a certain search engine by 10 points.

In other words, no matter who gets youtobe, they can't let Chen Yu's friend network get it.

Even if he knew that Chen Yu was here to raise the price.

Bite the bullet and take down Youtobe too.