Chapter 911: West Lake on the Sword I
Many people may not know the name of West Lake Lunjian, but when it comes to Taobao, you will think of Ma Fengyun. Because the richest man in the future is a martial arts fan, everyone knows it.
However, the West Lake Sword Debate is not a martial arts film, but a grand event on the domestic Internet. Of course, the current West Lake Sword Debate is not a grand event, because Alibaba is just an Internet company, and it can only be regarded as a small reputation in China. And part of this fame comes from the $20 million financing that Ma Fengyun got from SoftBank.
Such a huge amount of financing is undoubtedly rare in China, especially when the bubble of the Internet industry bursts in the past few years and the global Internet industry is full of mourning, such a large investment has naturally caused a lot of sensation in the industry.
According to the normal historical trajectory, the Zucchini case, a gathering of Internet entrepreneurs, should have been held in September last year, that is, in September 2000.
At that time, the global Internet industry was in a recession, and although China was not affected much, it was the same industry after all, so many Internet tycoons had the idea of sitting together.
And Ma Fengyun, who got such a large investment, burned half of the money back from financing in a few months, and burned a lot of achievements, such as the number of registered members of Ali exceeded the 300,000 mark.
In this way, he also wanted investors to have some confidence in himself, so he organized such a conference. However, because of the appearance of Yang Dongxu, it is not as difficult for Ma Fengyun to get investment from SoftBank as in the original historical trajectory.
At the same time, SoftBank also has special trust in Ma Fengyun, and does not urge the results or anything. Coupled with the hot domestic game market, instant chat software is even more inseparable.
Although the outside is stormy and stormy, the country is a lively and thriving harbor. So there was no urgency to sit down and discuss anything.
In this way, the time of the West Lake sword debate was placed on March 8 of this year from September 2000 in the original history. I don't know if I had foreseen that in the future, the woman in China will be the strongest driving force for me to become the richest man, and Ma Fengyun's choice of this time is very intriguing.
Of course, this is just Yang Dongxu's malicious speculation, so it is estimated that this day is the most likely to be coincidental. Because it was the first time it was held, it was not as grand as it was reported in later news reports.
It is the CEO of a group of Internet companies, whether it is making games, chatting software, or other software development.
Everyone was very curious about Ma Fengyun, who could raise $20 million in financing, so after he sent out the invitation, everyone had nothing to do anyway, so they all went to Hangzhou to get together.
The meeting place is not Alibaba, because his company is not that big now, and Hangzhou does not have a maverick Ali headquarters.
The meeting place chose Xinghai Hotel, Xinghai Hotel has its own lake, as long as it is not the peak period of tourists need to be diverted, it can usually be blocked to specialize in hotel guests.
In addition, as a five-star hotel, the supporting facilities are also extremely perfect, not only there is a large venue that can accommodate thousands of people for the annual meeting, but also a top-level conference room suite, and even a more luxurious presidential suite. At the same time, there is also the security and service of a five-star hotel, which is undoubtedly satisfactory.
Therefore, Ma Fengyun, who likes to burn money and has never been afraid of burning money, directly regarded Xinghai Hotel as the venue for this party. Yang Dongxu was also invited.
After all, Rising Sun Technology has definitely been unbeatable in the domestic game market in recent years, even if the legend has not eased up until now because of the previous incident of internal personnel stealing equipment and gold coins.
But Legend is still the hottest online game in China, but the gap between it and several other popular games is not so exaggerated compared to before, and it has been caught up by the other party.
And this year, that is, next week, Rising Sun Technology is ready to launch an online version of "Swordsman Love", which is definitely a game that has become popular on the Internet before it has been launched, and last year, when some internal players showed off some internal information and pictures on the post bar, they could attract tens of thousands of rumors and replies.
Although there is the meaning of Qiu Bosong cooperating with his former disciples' propaganda, this game, which completely belongs to the style of Chinese martial arts, has indeed stirred up the dreams of countless netizens, after all, martial arts rivers and lakes are childhood dreams for everyone in China.
Because it is a private invitation party, the form and rules are very free, and the CEOs who have come are standing on the balcony of the hotel, looking at the distant lakes and mountains and drinking.
And Yang Dongxu's arrival has attracted the attention of many people, first of all, his height. Let's not say that the people who do the Internet are short, but there are really not a few who can be as tall as him.
The second is young, when it comes to Internet bigwigs, many people think of men who are not tall, a little fat, wearing glasses and baldness, while women have a serious face and exude the atmosphere of exterminating the master. So a tall and handsome young man suddenly mixed in with such a group of people, and it was difficult to attract the attention of others.
"He's the boss of Rising Sun Technology, he's really young, so old is probably not married yet, right?" Jian Yang, the boss of Zhonglian, held a glass of red wine in his hand, and looked at Yang Dongxu.
"It should be that he is right, he can still be invited here at such a young age, except for the CEO of Rising Sun Technology, it is estimated that there is no one else. Standing beside him was Lin Wei from Nine Cities.
If it is said that the tall and handsome Yang Dongxu is an exception to the middle-aged greasy and bald uncle who is interconnected. That Lin Wei is definitely a flower among female Internet employees, and it is still very delicate.
With a height of about 1.7 meters, that pair of long legs is particularly conspicuous in front of Jian Yang, a short and fat middle-aged man, and it is estimated that it is no problem to be a model on stage.
In addition to her long legs, Lin Wei's facial features are also very exquisite, especially her temperament, which makes people feel like a talented woman at a glance. She is indeed a talented woman, a doctoral student who graduated from the Department of Economics and Management of Harvard in the United States, plus a double degree master's degree, and is also proficient in computers.
This is an out-and-out female genius, and she is also a genius who is a top one regardless of her figure and face, plus her work ability and emotional intelligence.
When Jiucheng was first established, it was just a small game agency, but Lin Wei saw the development prospects of the domestic game market, and directly resigned from a high-paying position in the United States, not asking for a penny but asking for shares in Jiucheng, and became the CEO of this small game company with a market value of less than 2 million at that time.
But now Jiucheng's valuation has reached hundreds of millions, and it plans to prepare to go public in the next two years. At that time, the assets will pass through the magnifying glass of the stock market, and they will basically be ironclad.
If Yang Dongxu has been controlling the failure of Rising Sun Technology to go public, Jiucheng is likely to become the first game company in China with a market value of more than one billion, and he will feel a little old compared to Lianzhong, which he has already achieved fame.
"I wouldn't have come if I had known you were coming. "The first time he participated in this kind of gathering, Yang Dongxu still felt a little pilgrimage at first, after all, in the previous life, these were all cattle people for him compared to another world.
But it's just a sigh that now he is no worse or even higher than anyone present in terms of identity and status. But although it is a familiar face as far as the eye can see.
can really talk about acquaintance, basically Yang Dongxu knows these people through the network of later generations, and these people may also guess that it is him through Rising Sun Technology, but they have never spoken, so naturally they can be regarded as acquaintances.
Therefore, among all of them, the only thing Yang Dongxu is familiar with is Qiu Bosong, who was also invited, and then there is Ma Fengyun, who is greeting guests.
However, Ma Fengyun and Ma Fengyun can't be regarded as acquaintances, and the two can only say that they have met and said a few words. Although SoftBank's investment in Ali is Yang Dongxu's meaning, there is no communication between the two.
"If you don't come to this so-called domestic Internet gathering, it will be a bit monotonous. Qiu Bosong said half-jokingly.
It doesn't matter where the party is held, what matters is who holds the party and who the guests invited to it are is the measure of whether a party is a good party or not.
The current Ma Fengyun can only be regarded as a newcomer in the Internet industry, although this newcomer has been in the limelight recently. But it was just the icing on the cake for the party.
Therefore, if you can be invited, every time you can come, it will add a lot of glory to the party. Unlike Ali who became an empire in later generations, after Ma Fengyun became famous and became the richest man, even if he wore cloth shoes on the street, everyone felt very stylish, rather than old-fashioned.
"It's so full of jokes, is there a big one over there?" Yang Dongxu pouted in the direction of his three points.
It wasn't Lin Wei and Jian Yang who were standing over there, but Zhang Chaofan, the boss of Huiming.com, who was standing. Although the people invited to come are all leaders in the Internet industry.
But now those who make software undoubtedly look down on those who make games, so the boss of Huiming.com and the boss of Baidu, Robin Li and others, originally Qiu Bosong also belonged to their group, and Yang Dongxu should belong to Lin Wei's side.
When it comes to B2B, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind may be Ma Fengyun Taobao, but in fact, the largest B2B in China is HC Network, or in terms of the Internet industry, Huiming Network is the real boss.
Whether it is Rising Sun Technology, or Jiucheng, or the rapid rise of Feixun and Parkson in the past two years, they are all a big step behind, of course, if you want to talk about giants related to computing, in addition to Huiming.com, you must also add Lenovo and Rising Sun.
However, Lenovo and Ma Fengyun can't pee in the same pot, and Rising Sun Technology has always been a maverick, plus Yang Dongxu is over, Ye Rongrong feels that there is no need to come, so the three giants only came to Huiming.com, which instantly added a lot of glory to this party, and also became the absolute focus of the party.