Walking from the school to the café, Zhang Chaoyang's thinking gradually became clear, he was not going to fool, but planned to tell the truth.

Attracting investment, there is one set of rhetoric for those who don't know how to do it, and another set of rhetoric for those who know how to do it.

Lin Zhuoyun personally brought the coffee and said with a smile: "Skipping class again?"

"How can you say it? I've worked very hard to make it good, and I used to take official leave. Song Weiyang is serious.

Lin Zhuoyun didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said to Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming: "Please use it slowly." ”

"Thank you. ”

Zhang Chaoyang took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Song, then I'll tell the truth." With the current situation of China's Internet, it is impossible to make a profit as a commercial website, and it is impossible to have any good project content right away. However, China's Internet has developed very rapidly in the past two years, and the number of Internet users has soared from a few hundred to at least tens of thousands. I predict that there could be hundreds of thousands of Internet users next year! Do you know what that means?"

Song Weiyang smiled: "A brand-new, blank market. ”

"That's right," Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile, "We can start a commercial website first, slowly enrich the content, and slowly accumulate popularity." When China's Internet reaches a certain scale, it will immediately achieve leapfrog development. One step ahead, step by step, investing now is to seize the market in the future, otherwise it will always be lagging behind. ”

"It's kind of an idea. Song Weiyang nodded and said.

"So, is Mr. Song willing to invest?" Zhang Chaoyang looked forward to.

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "Your statement is equivalent to the government to develop Pudong, although Pudong is still a wasteland, but it will definitely make money in the future." Therefore, you asked me to invest in a piece of land in Pudong to help you, and I don't know whether it will be used for real estate or to build a factory. This seems to be ...... It's a bit of a no-brainer, isn't it?"

"This is a strategic investment. ”

"There are a lot of business websites in the United States, but only one Yahoo has been listed," Song asked, "How do I know if you can become Yahoo or become some other obscure business website?"

"Any investment comes with a certain amount of risk. Zhang Chaoyang said.

"That's gambling?" said Song Weiyang laughed.

Zhang Chaoyang was already very open, and spread his hands and said: "It can also be said that it is gambling." ”

Song Weiyang picked up the coffee, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "A few days ago, I browsed foreign websites and saw a news. The British "Shedland Times" sued "Shedland News" for infringement of the use of hyperlinks, which was called the "first global link case". Do you know about this?"

"I don't know much," Zhang Chaoyang was stunned, "I've been going back and forth between China and the United States for the past two months, and I haven't paid much attention to the news in the UK." ”

Song Weiyang asked again: "Why doesn't Yahoo's system work in China?"

"The most attractive thing about Yahoo is that its search is very accurate, and it relies on the global Internet market," Zhang said. But there is a problem in China, most netizens are used to using Chinese, and they can't use a bunch of English websites when they search for them. At present, there are no commercial websites in China at all, only some official websites such as science and technology, education, etc. The number of websites is too small, the content is too small, netizens only need a URL directory, not a Chinese search engine at all. ”

Song Weiyang said: "Jingcheng Telecom, Bank of China and Tsinghua University are teaming up to make Oriental Netscape, you know this, right?"

"Yes," Mr. Zhang said, "but it's not a commercial website, and it's not connected to the Internet yet." ”

Song Weiyang said again: "Sitong Lifang (the predecessor of Sina) You know, right?"

"As you know, it was founded just two months ago and is the first official Internet site in China. Zhang Chaoyang said.

"These websites are very small in scale and have very little content, which is not conducive to netizens browsing and obtaining information, and even using search engines is a waste of time," Song Weiyang laughed, "Do you understand what I'm talking about?"

Zhang Chaoyang really didn't understand, mainly because he was thinking too much, and most of his energy was thinking about how to fool Song Weiyang into investing.

Ding Ming, who had been listening to their conversation on the side, suddenly said: "Brother Yang, are you saying that we will make hyperlinks and steal all the useful content of those small websites?"

"Hahaha," Song Weiyang laughed, "the spirit of the Internet is sharing, how can this be called stealing? This is called the spirit of sharing!"

Zhang Chaoyang was dumbfounded, this kind of thing also exists in Europe and the United States, but it is all done secretly, and there is really no website that relies on hyperlinks to steal content to make it big.

There may be some problems with our statement in the previous chapter, because historically, Zhang Chaoyang did not do navigation websites, but various hyperlink stealing websites. If there was any useful content on websites such as Oriental Netscape, Ruide Online, Lifang Online, Xinhuanet, and People's Daily Online, Zhang Chaoyang immediately stole the hyperlinks, and named these hyperlinks "Compass".

Gradually, Zhang Chaoyang's hyperlink content became more and more and more listed, and a large portal was born.

This must be an act of stealing, take a news article from People's Daily Online. Others worked hard to send reporters to interview and write manuscripts, and some editors were responsible for reviewing and proofreading, and as soon as they posted it on his own Internet, Zhang Chaoyang stole the hyperlink, and he didn't pay a penny of copyright fees - at least in the initial stage.

The so-called shared spirit of the Internet boils down to one word: steal!

Zhang Chaoyang frowned and said: "This kind of copyright infringement is okay with a small fight, but it will definitely be sued after it becomes bigger." ”

"There is a legal gap," Mr. Song said, "not only in China, but also abroad." The 'Global Link No. 1 case' that took place in the United Kingdom is still a confusing lawsuit, with both the plaintiff and the defendant disagreeing on their own opinions, and the judge favoring the defendant. The existing laws of various countries do not have strict provisions on the infringement of hyperlinks, and it depends on who hires a lawyer who is more likely to play tricks. ”

"Are you asking me to specialize in hyperlinks?" Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I originally wanted to be the first person in China's commercial Internet, but I didn't expect to be the first person to steal China's Internet." ”

"It's sharing, not stealing. Song Weiyang corrected.

"Then, let's do sharing!" Zhang Chaoyang gritted his teeth.

Song Weiyang said: "I will give you 500,000 start-up capital first, and then 2.5 million at the end of the year." How about you take a stake in technology and management?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "I have saved $20,000 myself, so I can invest it together." ”

Ding Ming suddenly interjected: "I took out the money in the stock market, there are more than 300,000, and I also want to invest!"

Zhang Chaoyang looked at Ding Ming with some surprise, just an ordinary little fat man, but also a little rich man who dared to start a business.

Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "Then so be it, I will invest 3 million in two installments, accounting for 55% of the shares." Ding Ming invested 300,000 yuan, accounting for 5.5% of the shares. Mr. Zhang, you invested $20,000 and invested 39.5% of the shares in technology and management. How's that going?"

"No problem. Zhang Chaoyang didn't bargain and agreed.

Song Weiyang's equity distribution plan is already very good, if it is replaced by those investors in the United States, Zhang Chaoyang wants to take 30% of the equity.

Ding Ming said excitedly: "Brother Zhang, I will take a leave of absence after reading this semester, and follow you to start an Internet business!"

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "If your father knows, he will definitely kill you!"

"Don't let him know," Ding Ming said to change the subject, "What's the name of our company?"

Internet Technology Company, abbreviated as ITC, Internet Technology Company. Zhang Chaoyang had already thought of the name.

Song Weiyang shook his head and said: "If it is not distinctive, it is better to be called Sohu." ”