More than 400 years ago, a Frenchman named Nostradamus made a prophecy about the end of the world, saying: "In July 1999, the sun, moon and nine planets in the sky will form a cross. At this time, the Demon King of Terror descended from the sky......"

Devil, big liar!

But this does not prevent many well-fed guys from spreading rumors everywhere, and the whole world is in a "panic" that the end is imminent. Even Doraemon and Cherry Maruko are discussing the apocalypse in the comics, and some manufacturers even take the opportunity to sell apocalyptic survival tools.

The end of the world will definitely not come, and what is about to usher in is the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China.

Song Weiyang himself was still in the capital, and the Xifeng headquarters received a news that the province had determined that Song Weiyang, as one of the representatives of private entrepreneurs in Xikang, would go to the Tianxamen viewing platform to watch the military parade on the National Day.

At the same time, the American "Fortune" magazine also wanted to gain popularity, announcing that the annual "Fortune Annual Meeting" would be held in Shenghai, which was set a few days before China's National Day, and even invited China's big leaders to participate. The theme of the Fortune Annual Meeting is "Let the World Know China, Let China Know the World", and Song Weiyang, as a famous wealthy businessman in China, is also in the invitation list of the Fortune Annual Meeting.

When Song Weiyang was discussing the USB flash drive project in the R&D center, the China Business Times announced the top ten commercial websites in China, and Sina ranked first, and Sohu was thrown to second place.

In fact, Sina's development momentum is too strong, and Lifang Online merged with Huayuan.com in the United States, which allowed Sina to have both Chinese and American markets, and also engaged in mirror servers, and the website data of China and the United States are compatible. At the same time, Sina is also wealthy, with Sitong Company in China, Morgan Stanley in the United States, and even in Wanwan and Singapore.

The funniest thing is that during Morgan Stanley's fundraising, the veteran multinational investment group had no knowledge of the Internet, and no one in the group's top management even visited Sina's website. It wasn't until 10 minutes before the financing meeting that Morgan Stanley's senior management found the project leader, temporarily supplemented his knowledge of the Internet and Sina, and finally knew what click-through rate and ICP were for the first time.

During the negotiations, the Sina team announced that the future strategic direction is to build a portal. A senior executive at Morgan Stanley suddenly stopped talking, and then quietly asked the project leader: "I have always thought that Sina is an Internet company, will they still build doors in the future?"

The first half of the word "Portalwebsite" means "door".

It's not a joke, Morgan Stanley's senior management did ask this, which shows that it is not only the Chinese local bosses who don't know anything about the Internet.

What's even funnier is that as Morgan Stanley's top management has become more and more "profound" in Internet knowledge, their enthusiasm for Sina has also increased, and they specially hired Mary Meek, the "witch" of Wall Street, to visit Sina. The sorceress, a legendary technology stock analyst, was so contemptuous of Sina that she fell asleep directly while listening to Wang Zhidong's speech, because she had listened to similar speeches countless times in the United States.

And just half a month ago, Ma Xiaoyun and his team climbed the Great Wall, and one of them cried and shouted at the Great Wall: "Why!

Ma Xiaoyun is very unhappy in the subordinate enterprises of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, he is a nominal shareholder, but he cannot cash out and turn it into funds, and he no longer has any right to speak. Therefore, he is ready to leave and end this period of not a glorious career in the north.

Ma Xiaoyun said to his team of six: "I brought you to the capital, but I want to go back." What I want to tell you is, first, you can stay in the capital, join Sina, join Sohu, join Yahoo, I call to recommend, it should not be a big problem, the salary will be very high; second, you can stay in the big organs in the capital, your life will be very stable, and the salary is good; third, you can go back with me to start a business, no one has a monthly salary of 500 yuan, there is no rest day in 10 months, you can only work in my home, we can't afford to rent an office...... If we fail after 10 months, we'll go our separate ways. If we don't fail, we move on. You think about it for three days, and if it's decided, let me know. ”

These six people are all top talents, and they stay in the capital with a monthly salary of at least tens of thousands.

But they discussed with each other for three minutes, and then gave Ma Xiaoyun a reply: "Let's go home together!"

Ma Xiaoyun asked everyone to take out all the money, only keep their own living expenses, and finally made up enough 500,000 yuan, he said: "Let's set the rules first: first, don't borrow money from relatives and friends, if you lose, we lose, don't let your parents come to me, then the matter will be complicated; second, the 500,000 yuan, we estimate that we can use it until October 99, and it is a failure if the money runs out and there is no income." ”

These people stayed in the capital for a few more days, visiting the attractions everywhere, because they didn't have much time to visit in the capital before.

On the eve of leaving Beijing, it was snowing heavily.

Ma Xiaoyun took his subordinates to find a tavern, and the seven of them chatted while drinking, then hugged their heads and cried, and sang "True Heroes" in unison.

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang, Ma Xiaoyun answered the phone in a daze, and heard Song Weiyang's voice: "Hey, Lao Ma, I'm in the capital, when will we drink together...... Are you singing Kara KO over there? I hear the singing. ”

"I'm afraid I won't have a chance to drink in the capital, I'll go back to Linzhou tomorrow. Ma Xiaoyun smiled bitterly.

Song Weiyang asked, "Where is it, I'll go and look for you now." ”

Ma Xiaoyun reported the address and continued to drink with his subordinates. After a while, in a daze, he heard the sound of a powerful engine outside, and then two figures walked into the tavern.

"Oh, it's snowing so hard. Song Weiyang patted the snowflake on his shoulder and said.

"Come on, sit down," Ma Xiaoyun was already drunk, his face was flushed, and he shouted a few shadows of everyone, "Boss, add two more dishes and chopsticks!"

"Boss Song!" the other six people stood up to greet one after another.

Song Weiyang smiled: "Sit, sit down." You're all red-eyed, did you just cry?"

The crowd was silent, and one or two of them smiled awkwardly.

At this moment, it should be regarded as the most lost time in Ma Xiaoyun's life, even more lost than when he abandoned the Chinese Yellow Pages. He asked weakly: "Old Song, do you say that there is really a future for e-commerce in China?"

"Of course there is a future. Song Weiyang said.

"Yes, there is a future," Ma Xiaoyun laughed miserably, "It's a pity that the future is bright, the road is tortuous, and I have walked for several years and am still standing still." ”

Song Weiyang asked: "Are you going to go back to Linzhou to open a company?"

Ma Xiaoyun nodded and said, "In the end, I will fight again, and if I fail, I will become a teacher." ”

Song Weiyang said: "Is the money enough? Do you want me to invest?"

When the other six heard this, they all became excited, as if they had heard the sound of a fairy in hell.

Ma Xiaoyun waved his hand and said, "Don't invest in me." I'm not sure about it myself, and I don't know how to make money, I'm afraid that your investment will be wasted. ”

"Hahahaha," Song Weiyang laughed, "Who hasn't failed a few times?" Lao Ma, you are doing great things, I am not investing in enterprises, I am investing in you as a person. Say no more, cheers!"

Ma Xiaoyun was moved by these words too much, perhaps because of his emotions, he cried out, held Song Weiyang's hand and said, "Old Song, you don't know how aggrieved I am in the capital this year." You say I'm doing big things, but I don't even know what big things I can do. I remember your affection, and I will definitely repay it when I have the opportunity in the future. I'll do this glass of wine first!"

After drinking several glasses in a row, Ma Xiaoyun treated Song Weiyang as a trash can, poured out all the bad things, and leaned on Song Weiyang and talked for more than 20 minutes.

Suddenly, Ma Xiaoyun choked in his throat: "Gross!"

"Fuck, just vomit!" Song Weiyang was doused with vomit.