Chapter Seventy-Six: The Internet Bubble

As a man, he made a lot of money, and his girlfriend was so caring, Wu Xiang felt that he was worth it, and it was worth it for the rest of his life.

As for buying a car, it's a mountain bike anyway, it seems to be a reliable one for the big G family this year, the treasure island brand is produced in the mainland, the price is conscientious enough, and the configuration is okay. As for other brands, what Daming, Trick, this is too expensive, we are not so trenched, isn't it just a cover.

Of course, this is all the information that Wu Xiang got after consulting Brother Kun, Brother Kun still has a little research on cars, anyway, he is better than Wu Xiang.

The car was bought, one for one person, Wu Xiang didn't skimp on money, he spent more than 6,000, but this Haiqing classmate still thinks it's not worth it, how can there be a bicycle so expensive?

So, after a period of verbal arguments, the boss who sold the car gave a bunch of things sweating profusely, what riding clothes, what helmets, what glasses, gloves, bottle cages......

"Your daughter-in-law is really good at living. That's what the boss said.

Wu Xiang smiled with satisfaction after hearing this......

Actually, this is what Mr. Hai doesn't understand, professionally speaking, a 3,000 yuan mountain bike is just an entry level, but for the two of them, it is enough to ride.

Of course, don't ride back together, that's too suspicious, this detail needs to be noted.

Overall, Wu Xiang is very happy, this heart has always been beautiful recently, Shun!

It's just that, for some people, it's not so smooth.

"You say slowly, what's wrong?...... Something happened again?......" Wu Xiang answered a phone call, this call is a long-distance call, from Pengcheng.

Ma Huateng had an accident again, this time it was not that he was sued, but that he was afraid.

It is now the middle of March 2000, and a very, very important historical event happened, that is, the Internet bubble burst at this time, and the Internet companies that were originally awesome and bombarded collapsed in an instant!

The NASDAQ index plummeted, implicated in the Hong Kong story plummet, and even when it was broadcast on Jade Channel, this was not called a big fall, but a blast!

It's like a bomb, and it's not something as powerful as a bubble.

Na pointed out that if something happens to Hong Kong stocks, can the mainland market be left alone?

One by one, the stocks that were originally hanging in the sky fell to the floor in an instant, and even some of them were too rubbish and were directly delisted!

In such a period, how many IT elites have been ruined, and how many companies that once stood in the cloud have collapsed. Ma Huateng, as the leader of a small IT company who still hasn't made a penny and throws money into it, really has no bottom in his heart.

Don't you just have no bottom? I'll fill in your bottom!

According to the bet, "First Close Encounter" should invest 12 million RMB in penguins, however, because the value of penguins is too low now. Although there are a large number of users, they really don't make money, and they haven't earned a penny, so they can only be valued by insolvency, especially in such a period, because Wu Xiang's investment is only 10 million RMB.

This is not a regulation, but the current penguins really can't come up with the corresponding things to compare 12 million, and even 10 million is actually not comparable to him, but the two sides agreed through an agreement.

According to the bet, Wu Xiang will not account for more than 30% of the shares, so the 10 million will have too much premium problem, so what should I do?

Wu Xiang came up with a trick, that is, options, stock options.

To put it simply, the current penguins are not listed, but we can sign an agreement, and when you can go public, the extra money I have now is the stocks in the secondary market, of course, we have to ask professional people to do this to make it legal. As for how many shares a dollar can be exchanged for, this question is hehehehe, keep it secret for the time being.

The problem of formalities is not difficult at all, I found a professional to come and do it, Pengcheng is very close to Hong Kong, the financial center of Asia, and it is easy to find such a person. Wu Xiang himself can't be a lawyer, he simply follows the example of many invisible riches and registers a company in the Cayman Islands as a tax haven, so there is no need to say more about the details here.

Wu Xiang put things out one, two, three, four, I gave you the money, and I absolutely support you, so you can let go and do it boldly!

Ma Huateng looked stupid directly, he really didn't meet, this young guy who made movies is so confident in his company, this is simply ...... In fact, Ma Huateng's initial idea was to sell the company!

"If you don't want much, I want 1 million!" This was Ma Huateng's original intention, but he didn't expect that Wu Xiang would take the lead and not give Ma Huateng a chance to bid at all. What else can you say about this? Can you still say that you sold a penguin? Ma Huateng is not an idiot.

Wu Xiang really didn't know that Ma Huateng had this idea, he just thought that this was a good opportunity, he could get more penguin stocks, wouldn't he be more bullish in the future?

So, Wu Xiang missed an opportunity to own a penguin, an opportunity to become the richest man!

The direct reason for this very strange result is because Wu Xiang is a reborn!

It is precisely because Wu Xiang is a reborn person that he knows the value of penguins in the future, and it is precisely because he is a reborn person that Wu Xiang would not have thought that Ma Huateng, the IT boss who will call for wind and rain in the future, would have thought of selling this old hen that can lay golden eggs, oh, it is an old female penguin.

Because this is incredible, don't you know what your company will be like in the future? Don't you know how awesome it will be in the future? I know what it will be!

This is actually a mindset, even if Wu Xiang is a very smart guy, sometimes he can't escape this mindset.

He was so focused on making more money, but he didn't expect to be able to make everything his own.

But then again, if Wu Xiang is really asked to stop making movies to engage in penguins, then he can't do it, because he is not this material, he doesn't know any skills, he just knows the development trend, but if it really works, I'm afraid it's a blind man touching an elephant.

If you don't make a movie, you can't do it specifically, and you can't do penguins while filming there, that's even more impossible. It's hard, it's hard, he really likes this thing in his bones.

After finishing all this, Ma Huateng really admired Wu Xiang, he admired this young director for keeping his promises, and admired him for being more courageous than himself, but to be honest, going public?

"Director Wu, can I ask you, why do you have to invest in my penguins?"

Wu Xiang can tell the truth at this time, "It's very simple, I'm optimistic about you, your future development will surprise everyone." ”

The answer is decent, Wu Xiang actually has something that he hasn't said, that is, you will become very, very rich in the future. But in fact, Ma Huateng didn't say half a sentence, that is, I was going to sell the company to you.

Well, if these two people have said everything now, then I don't know who will vomit more blood than who.

"But we don't have a way to make a profit right now. "Ma Huateng is also very honest now, everyone is a partner, there is no need to hide it.

"Want to make a profit, won't you all make a profit?" Wu Xiang's expression at this time was extremely mocking, but in fact, this was an expression he deliberately made.

"This, this, let's ......" Ma Huateng squeaked, no way, the penguin was a free software from the beginning, and it was because she was advertised as free that she was so popular, how can you make money when it's free?

Please note that there is no such so-called free online game that will be extremely cheating in the future.

"I know that penguins are free, and that's exactly right, old horse, you have to stick to this free spirit. Because in this way, you can have a cornerstone of development, that is, the customer base, the potential customer base!" Wu Xiang began to say his true thoughts at this time.

"Potential customer group?" Ma Huateng had some thoughts on the term.

"Yes, you have 100,000 simultaneous online users, right?" Wu Xiang asked.

"It arrived last month. Ma Huateng nodded.

In fact, the first time in history that penguins broke through the 100,000 simultaneous online mark should have been in May, when even "People's Daily" did relevant reports, which shows the objectivity of this number. But now because of Wu Xiang's movie, this time has been advanced.

"100,000 is far from enough! You want more, more development users! 1 million, 10 million, or even 100 million! This is the ......" Wu Xiang was about to draw a beautiful blueprint for the future, but Ma Huateng immediately interjected.

"No, that 100 million is free, how many servers do I have to fix, just you give me this 10 million is not enough!"

Wu Xiang is so angry, 'It's really short-sighted!' But today he came to persuade education, we have to pay attention to some methods and methods, and we have to pay attention to some quality, and we can't spray indiscriminately.

"Don't just see it's free, you have to know that they are all potential customers, think about it, if you have 10 million potential customers, then what can you do? Even if only one-tenth of the people are willing to spend money, that's 1 million consumers, and you earn 1 yuan per consumer, that's how much? What if you have 100 million potential customers?" Wu Xiang is kind to him.

"Makes sense. "Ma Huateng is starting to get into the trap.

Wu Xiang saw that there was a door, and then said: "So you have to go even more crazy to find these customers, aren't you communication software? What communication equipment is the hottest now? Is it a mobile phone? Look for them, mobile, Unicom, telecom, whatever you want, as long as you can put the penguin in their mobile phone! You can do anything!"

"Can people agree?"

"If you don't agree, you'll throw money! If you don't agree, we'll develop a mobile version of Penguin, and let mobile phone users do it themselves." ”

"Will they install our penguins?"

"It doesn't cost you a phone bill, do you think it will?"

"That's right!" But after talking for a long time, it's still free, how can we make money?" "So, what do we do to make money?"

In fact, Wu Xiang had already thought about this matter. When he was doing that viral marketing before, penguins couldn't make moving pictures, and at that time he started to study this problem.

Wu Xiang thought back a lot, he had used penguins before, and he thought of one thing, that is, it seems that the first time penguins make money is through a penguin show.

Wu Xiang didn't understand this thing, but he could check it, and it turned out that this penguin show was actually a paper doll system.

So, Wu Xiang turned on the computer and took out some of the information he had collected before, which contained an introduction to the paper doll system.

The paper doll system has been created, and it is now widely used in some online games, such as the famous "Genesis", but this system is now mostly made by Japanese or Korean companies.

"Avatar?" Ma Huateng couldn't help but say this word when he saw this information.

Because of the paper doll system, it is called Avatar in English, and this word has not been related to a super director yet.

"That's right, it's Avatar!" Wu Xiang really wanted to laugh in his heart, Avatar may not be as smart as Avanti, but he will save a penguin.

In fact, the paper doll system was the later penguin show, but it made a lot of money by changing clothes and hair. And now Ma Huateng looks at it, and thinks that this thing is good, fun, and good-looking, which is very in line with the preferences of young people.

But there is a problem here, this kind of technology has been seized by Japanese and Korean companies, which means that intellectual property rights are in the hands of others, if we want to do it, there are only two ways.

One is to buy it directly from other people's ready-made, but the cost must be very high, and there will be many technical restrictions, and the maintenance and upgrade costs in the later stage must not be low.

The other is to innovate yourself, start from scratch, and develop a new paper doll system with a completely different engine, which means that you have to develop a new engine.

The former is take-it-or-leave-it, and the latter is innovation, so which one will Ma Huateng choose?

"We can save money by doing it ourselves, but it takes time. But if you buy it directly, I think it's okay in South Korea, it's too expensive in Japan, I think it's better to buy in South Korea, saving time and cost, and it should be the most cost-effective. Ma Huateng gave an answer.

But is Wu Xiang satisfied with this answer?