Ye Dongqing can make money on his own, so there is almost no risk of shortage of funds in the creation of Facebook and other Internet companies, and now that people know that he has money, many people who are trying to get financing from him come to the door.

Sammy Johnson was one of them, a more radical man, who came straight from Silicon Valley to Hawaii to meet Ye in person, try to sell him his entrepreneurial idea, and get financing from him.

Since the second half of last year, people have come to him almost every day, and he has attended a party in the IT industry circle, and from the beginning to the end, a total of more than 20 people have approached him for their own projects, which shows how short of money small and medium-sized entrepreneurs are.

At present, Silicon Valley is still in a state of economic downturn, the frenzy is long gone, a large number of companies have gone bankrupt, and a number of new projects have appeared, among which there are many high-quality enterprises worth investing in, but not every good project can be successfully financed, so that many entrepreneurs have fallen on the road to success.

If Ye Dongqing chose to directly enter the Internet field to start a business, maybe he would be like these people, struggling for financing all day long, and finally had to use a large amount of shares in exchange for a negligible amount of money to develop the project.

can understand the pain of these entrepreneurs, but this does not mean that Ye Dongqing will be kind to help them, the reason why he agreed to meet Sammy Johnson is mainly because the project mentioned by this guy is more interesting, he hopes to integrate all restaurants in the United States, and then use the Internet to do catering delivery services, and can also help others purchase goods for a fee, such as what is missing at home, and he is unwilling or inconvenient to go out, so he places an order online and asks others to help him complete.

I have read the project book, Ye Dongqing feels a bit funny, but according to the habits of Americans, they often leave the phone number of the merchant, many businesses have their own takeaway delivery services, Chinese food, pizza, fried chicken burgers, Thai food and so on, in the case of smartphones have not yet appeared, he is not sure if anyone will do this more and use computers to carry out such operations.

Even if it can be done, most of the business scale will not be large, and the profit is very limited, after all, the takeaway market is relatively mature, and the labor cost is too large, after the face-to-face interview with Sammy Johnson, he finally decided to invest one million dollars in exchange for 45% of the shares.

In fact, he thinks that he can invest in a few more projects that he is optimistic about, spend a small amount of money to fight, Apple, Amazon and the like have been successful, and there is not much suspense about the future development, which leads to the lack of a sense of expectation, similar to gambling money, if you know what cards others hold in their hands, although you can win money, but after all, it will be very boring, and there is a lack of sense of achievement.

The layout is already quite huge, and according to the current trend, Ye Dongqing no longer has to worry about money in his life, and he came to Hawaii for a period of vacation, which led to his mentality slowly changing, carefully examining his own shortcomings, and making some small plans for the future by the way.

Money still has to be earned, but you can't focus all your energy on the money itself, you have to do public welfare and charity, and enjoy life comfortably.

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After giving the promise of investment, let Sammy Johnson get out, speaking of which, the two are still Harvard alumni, this guy graduated last year and went to Silicon Valley to start his own business, if it weren't for this relationship, Ye Dongqing would not have taken the time to come over to meet him.

Sitting in a restaurant by the sea, he ordered a pizza, and when he received a call from Poni Ma, he was about to start tasting the lobster meat on the pizza, and after wiping his hands, he said, "Hey, what are you looking for me, I'm traveling in Hawaii." ”

"Hawaii, I'm inspecting a company in Yenching, didn't I visit that company called Amazon last time, and I found out that we are also going to do a similar business, and I want to come and learn about it, and then try this aspect myself, and you are also a shareholder, so I would like to ask your opinion before the plan starts." Boni's voice came over the phone.

Ye Dongqing didn't expect this, now Tencent is expanding rapidly in the instant messaging business, the number of users is about to double in just one year, and the performance is also rising.

He thought that Boni wanted to talk to him about the listing again, but he didn't expect to learn Amazon to play online retail, considering Tencent's current user base, it is not impossible to develop in this area, and he turned around in his mind, felt that there was a way to make money, and immediately asked: "There is no problem with funds?"

"It should be possible, there is still some money on the books, and the company is also making money, get a warehouse to buy some cars, let others help deliver things, how much can this cost, it is really not possible to go public and raise funds when the time comes, you will definitely be able to find money, otherwise it is okay to borrow from you and raise money from you, MIH Group agrees with my idea, they want us to diversify." ”

"This project is quite good, if you are interested, I will ask Amazon people to talk to you about entrepreneurial experience, now I am about to enter the Amazon board of directors, it should be no problem, you are ready to send a plan to my mailbox, as long as it does not mess around, I have no problem." ”

Ye Dongqing said, since Amazon can succeed, it means that this road is not wrong, Alibaba will be very good in the future, usually see its name from the news, now it is only 2004, there is a great possibility of seizing the market success.

He hesitated for a moment and then added: "I remember that you have a company called Taobao, you can summarize its successful experience with Amazon, and then go out of the most suitable path, Americans and yours have different habits, cost, consumption concepts and so on, my advice to you is not only to care about the project itself, but also to think more about how to make people willing to put money with you, and then use the money to make money." ”

“...... What do you mean?"

"Forget it, you can do it first, I'll tell you about this later, it's messy to talk about it now. Ye Dongqing pointed to Ant Financial, which he clearly remembers as an online bank, which was later valued at more than $100 billion and became the world's largest unicorn.

Since Alibaba can drum up this money-making model, he thinks that he can probably do it, the money and ideas are there, but the difference is only the real implementation, and there is no need to worry for the time being, you have to check the relevant policy terms first......