Zhang Weihua's face was solemn, and he seemed to have an opposing idea: "Lao Long, do you really want to start the 'Baibao.com' project? During this time, we have done a lot of social surveys, and the feedback we have received is actually very bad, and the vast majority of people think that online shopping is impossible in our Huaxia, and we do not have this foundation and business environment at all." ”

Xu Xiaobao, the sales director with a big waist and a round waist, had a flash in his eyes, stood up from the small swivel chair, and agreed with Zhang Weihua's opinion: "Boss, we still have to be cautious in this matter, once the Baibao.com project is launched, our team's expenses will be like flowing water, and we can't collect it." The current capital reserves are simply not enough to deal with it, and it may be that our group of people will not be able to pay their monthly salary of 500 yuan, and everyone will have to drink the northwest wind by then. ”

Xu Xiaobao's view was also agreed by Chen Luoxin, the chief financial officer, who also received a meager salary of 500 yuan every month, and was reluctant to buy a lipstick.

Although people have to stick to their dreams, on the road to sticking to their dreams, people still have to eat.

In short, the biggest problem of the team at present is one word, poor!

If it weren't for the huge problems encountered in fundraising, the Baibao.com project could have been launched as early as early 2001, and the course of history would have changed as a result.

However, because Long Yu and his team were unable to raise enough funds, the feasibility of the Baibao.com project was also very different, and the project had to be shelved.

Even if they have visited all the major venture capital fund companies in China, none of them are optimistic about this project, and they all think that this is a brain-dead project with an unclear business model, fast money burning, and high risk.

There are even many people in the investment community who described Long Yu and his team as a group of swindlers "under the guise of the Internet", and did not give them a good look at them at all, and sent them away in a few words.

For this reason, Long Yu has eaten all the closed-door soup and suffered all the cynicism, but he did not give up, and is still running around for the Baibaowang project.

Therefore, after Long Yu returned to Nanhang City, he re-mentioned this project that was about to be shelved.

"The environment needs to be changed, and the habits of users also need to be cultivated. Long Yu said loudly, "I believe that the Baibao.com project represents a new direction for future shopping, shopping through the Internet, not only faster, but also more diverse, and it is only a matter of time to win the recognition of consumers." Although there are still many problems to be solved, its advantages are irreplaceable. ”

Although Long Yu's words are very reasonable, everyone is obviously not very confident, I don't know if the project will die at birth, and there are still many people who raise objections or ask for a postponement. This is in stark contrast to the situation that more than ten years later, Long Yu will become the godfather of e-commerce and respond to every call in the business world.

As long as people succeed, they will be whatever they say, but if they are not successful, they are nothing, which is the cruelty of reality.

Long Yu is facing such a situation now, as long as he is not successful, he will attract a lot of doubts and ridicule from a bunch of people, and it is already quite good to have a small team to follow him.

He continued: "This time I went to Xianhu City to participate in the summit forum, not only learned a lot of advanced concepts of the Internet economy, but also harvested an unexpected joy, that is, the pioneer fund company in Xianhu City decided to invest in our Baibao.com project, I plan to sell part of the equity of the express navigation network, a total of two million funds, as long as we have this fund, we can do a lot of things." ”

Only then did Long Yu show his financing plan in front of everyone.

At present, there are only nine people in the entire team of Longyu, and because the profitability of the express navigation network is very limited, it is already stretched to support these nine people, let alone expand the scale.

Without financial support, there is no way to start a new project, and the nine members of the team are trapped in the project of the express navigation network, and they are not alive and alive. Therefore, two million funds are undoubtedly a long-term drought for the whole team.

In 2001, the level of domestic consumption was still relatively low, and two million funds were definitely a large amount for a small start-up company, and it was even a reflection of a small company's financing ability to raise two million funds at one time.

Especially for these Internet projects, at the beginning of the 21st century, because people's understanding of the Internet economy is just beginning, most people do not think of the Internet as a money-making field, and will not consider it as a business at all.

can raise two million at a time, which is already the level of a medium-sized Internet company, and finally makes Long Yu, who has been aggrieved for a long time, feel proud for the first time.

"Boss, is this true?" Chen Luoxin, who was in charge of the company's finances, widened her eyes in surprise, she couldn't believe that the largest amount of money she had ever operated before was only a hundred thousand.

Zhang Weihua, Xu Xiaobao and others on the side were also stunned, and their big mouths opened to show the surprise in their hearts.

They don't understand why this pioneer fund company is so aggressive, throwing out two million at a time and investing in a project that has not yet been brushed up.

To be honest, even they themselves are not very optimistic about the project of Baibao.com, and they feel that this project will be messed up nine times out of ten. Otherwise, they would have mobilized their relatives and friends to invest in shares.

Zhang Weihua patted Long Yu's shoulder, showing a rare ease: "Brother Long, it's not bad, it seems that your brainwashing skills not only washed the eight people in front of us, but also washed the pioneer fund company." ”

"Hehe, it's really not me who washed people's brains this time. Long Yu shook his head and smiled awkwardly, "It's because people are very optimistic about the field of Internet e-commerce, and the ideas put forward by others are far ahead of us." After all, someone washed my brain!"

"Wash your brains, I'll drop my God, who has such a great ability to wash our Brother Long's brains?" everyone's eyes widened and they exclaimed.

Since everyone embarked on the road of no return to entrepreneurship together, Long Yu's passion for work is naturally nothing to say, and the whole person is like being beaten with chicken blood, and it seems that he has inexhaustible energy.

And the most amazing thing is that this buddy has one theory after another, his eloquence is also very good, and his words are very infectious and appealing, so he brainwashes everyone one after another.

Although concepts like "online shopping" are far from being realized in China, in Long Yu's mouth, it is called a skyscraper, and it is simply popular all over the country in minutes.

It is precisely because of the contagion of Long Yu's super eloquence that gradually, everyone began to believe in Long Yu's chatter.

At the beginning, a whimsical idea to buy something on the Internet gradually came into being. In order to implement this idea, the whole team spent more than two months to study and learn from the experience of American shopping websites.

It's just that although the project is there, the funds have not been received for a long time, and it has become an egg that has not yet hatched.

Now everyone hears that someone can brainwash Long Yu, it's incredible. A person like Long Yu has a brain hole that is bigger than the sky, and he can still be brainwashed, how big a brain hole does it take to do it?

"Brother Long, tell us, what kind of character is it? Is it from Mars?" Ji Weihe, a software engineer on the side, raised his glasses of more than 1,000 degrees and asked.

"I think it's from Mars. Xu Xiaobao was funny on the side.

The rest of the people are wondering too.

"Haha, you guys, I know that you didn't watch the TV broadcast, so you don't cheer me on. Long Yu said, "This person's name is Li Feng, he is only seventeen years old this year, and he is definitely a genius." Being able to cooperate with such a person, our company will not worry about no future. ”

"Seventeen years old?" Xu Xiaobao pinched his fat face with his hand and pinched his mouth crookedly, "Brother, what were you doing when you were seventeen?"

"Going to school, taking exams, doing homework. ”

"Smoking, drinking, playing mahjong. ”

"Eat, sleep, play games. ”

"Singing, dancing, and beautifying. ”

Hehe...... Ha ha...... Ho Ho ......

There was a burst of undisciplined laughter, and after everyone finished laughing, they realized that compared with Li Feng in Long Yu's mouth, they were really too far behind, and their expressions became bitter.

"Old Dragon, this person is not reliable, don't be a delusional maniac. Zhang Weihua still felt uneasy, after all, he was used to being hit before, and he still felt incredible that he suddenly got such a large investment this time.

"I'm also delusional, and I've had delusions since I was a child. However, if we develop the website step by step and follow the rules, where will there be the idea of doing Internet e-commerce, and where will there be the project of Baibao.com? Why is there controversy, because we are opening up a new frontier of commercial civilization. Therefore, controversy is not only not a bad thing, but it is precisely a good thing! People must have dreams, and people without dreams are no different from salted fish, and the road to realizing dreams is always full of hardships, and we must also experience all kinds of contempt and ridicule. Now, it's time to test our will and mind!" Long Yu gave everyone a shot of chicken blood, and his expression became more and more excited, "In a word, the project of Baibao.com, do it or not?"

Long Yu's words once again ignited everyone's enthusiasm, reminding everyone of the oath they made at the beginning of the company, and everyone said in unison: "Dry!"

"Okay, since everyone has made up their minds, then let's immediately sign a financing agreement with Pioneer Fund Company, and as soon as the funds are in place, we will devote all our energy to the project of Baibao.com. Long Yu announced loudly.

"Okay, we're ready to start the Baibao.com project!" Zhang Weihua finally made up his mind to implement Long Yu's decision.