Chapter Twenty-Nine: Growing in Distraction
In fact, Du Qiu originally planned to go to Silicon Valley after completing Microsoft's work and invest in Yahoo in the name of a private person, but in mid-June, Chen Dayou also proposed the idea of investing in Yahoo, because after more than two months of tossing, he found that although the labor cost of his icard is very low, Yahoo's first-mover advantage is very obvious, and it already has a good reputation and millions of usersγ Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The advantage of investing in the name of the company is that you can form a strategic cooperation with Yahoo, complement each other's advantages, and benefit each other, but the disadvantage is to lose some future personal gains, because Du Qiu only has 65% of the company's shares, but Snapdragon is the foundation of the business, and he also has the opportunity to make money, which can afford this loss, so he agreed to Chen Dayou's proposal and was quite satisfied with the results of the negotiations.
"The matter here is almost discussed, the rest of the work is in charge of Kotoko, I will return to China on the 28th, when will you go back?"
"There are still some details to tweak in the browser. Du Qiu raised his hand and looked at the date on the electronic watch, and said, "About July 10th, I will ask Qin Mu and Dawei to go back with you, and Xu Yongrui will stay for a few more days." β
"Then you work harder, don't go wrong, I'm waiting for Microsoft's $2 million rescue, otherwise the software park won't be able to start." β
Microsoft's $4 million cooperation fee will be paid in 3 installments, 1 million when the contract is signed, 2 million when the browser is completed, and the last 1 million when the cooperation expires. β
"Have you read the email that Liu Yunlai sent yesterday?"
Liu Yunlai, as a consultant, sent an email to Du Qiu and Chen Dayou yesterday, suggesting that the electronic tax calculation software be spun off from Snapdragon and set up a new joint venture with a well-established enterprise in Beijing to specialize in government procurement.
Although the electronic tax calculation software comes quickly, but the technical content is relatively low, and the stripping can allow Snapdragon to avoid the notoriety of collusion between politics and business, and maintain the purity of technology supremacy, Du Qiu agreed with this and said: "I have seen it, you can do this, you can talk about it, as long as the other party doesn't make too many mistakes." β
"I called and asked, and Liu Yun said that the other party is the kind of person who is more aggressive, not a gentleman, and should understand the rules. Although Chen Dayou is also a second generation, he is far from being able to compare with the second generation in the capital, and he is a little weak-hearted, and said: "I will return to China to ask someone to inquire first, and then decide whether to cooperate or not, Snapdragon can not be affected by the current situation, I would rather not do this business, than let the scoundrels be entangled, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses." β
"Hmm. β
"If the other party is sincere, I plan to take this opportunity to kick Lao Jia and Lao Deng out of the Snapdragon, so that they don't always chirp and give blind commands. β
Lao Jia and Lao Deng are both investors brought over by Chen Zhiyang, accounting for about 5% of Snapdragon's shares, and they don't know anything about the IT industry.
Sure enough, talking about money hurts feelings......
Two months ago, my uncle and uncle were very affectionate, and two months later, Lao Jia and Deng disliked it......
"How do you kick?"
"Gu Fatzi of the Provincial Trust and Investment Company wants to buy the shares in the hands of Lao Jia and Deng Hao, and they have been dragging their feet and don't want to sell ......" Chen Dayou seemed to have a sound on his side, and he paused for a moment before continuing: "These two old guys like to be inflammatory, as long as they know that the new company is a joint venture with relatives of provincial and ministerial-level senior officials, they will definitely be willing to throw away the shares of Snapdragon and switch over there." Gu Fatzi is a person who knows current affairs very well, but he is simply engaged in financial investment, and will not dictate the company's operation, which is more reassuring. β
Du Qiu accounts for 65% of the shares of Snapdragon, has absolute control over the company, and does not care about the changes of minority shareholders, it doesn't matter, he said: "We should recruit a financial director, the company used to have no revenue, only expenses such as procurement and wages, and the financial problem is not big, and now there are subsidiaries and branches, and the business has begun to develop, so we have to standardize the financial system to facilitate future financing or listing." β
"That's true, I'm going to recruit one when I return to China this time, and the personnel department will also get started, Jiang Danfeng said that now the company has more than 50 interns, and you are not in the country, the group has no leader, and it's a mess. β
"Okay, you can also recruit a personnel director, I will return to China in July and then rectify. After chatting about the company's management for a while, Du Qiu suddenly remembered something and asked, "The official website of Cloud City has been done a long time ago, why hasn't it been launched?"
"Secretary Zhong is so happy that he wants to combine the official website with the software park and have a press conference. Chen Dayou smiled and reported: "Zhou Yuan said that a few days ago, the municipal government allocated another 160,000 yuan, and the previous 140,000 yuan together, a total of 300,000 yuan for publicity, planning to carry out a marketing campaign to attract investment in the United States. β
"300,000 yuan is equivalent to about 35,000 US dollars, let alone advertising on TV stations, and even newspaper advertisements with a larger circulation can't get up, what big news can be made?"
"It's not an advertisement, Secretary Zhong means to ask me to find some reporters from the United States to go to Yuncheng to attend a press conference, to put it bluntly, the 300,000 yuan is travel expenses. β
Du Qiu smiled dumbly and said: "It's the 90s, and I still use such an old-fashioned way to engage in propaganda, Yuncheng is similar to African tribes in the eyes of Americans, and it has no news value at all, even if there are reporters who are willing to go, it is just a free tour, and those who can't write press releases can't publish it, and the money is almost 100% wasted." β
"Anyway, it's not our money, it doesn't matter if you don't play it or not, aren't you very good at marketing? Or you want to find a way, after all, the cloud city is promoted, we can take advantage of the situation to help other cities make websites, this thing is simple, low cost, fast money, very profitable, and this is also helpful for our software park to engage in foundry." β
"When does Secretary Zhong plan to hold a press conference?"
On August 1st, he felt that this day was more formal, and the planning sketch of the software park should be done at that time, and the cooperation with each other would look imposing. β
At this time, Du Qiu saw Marin Elle, who was wearing a beret, carrying a few bottles of beer, and a middle-aged man walking next door to the cafΓ©, and said, "Let me think about it, if there is something now, I will talk about it later." β
"Hey, Autumn, come and get to know you, this is Microsoft's savior, the great Dave Wesse!"
Dave Wesse?
The legendary programmer who took only two months to write the protection mode, brought the operating system back to life, and made Microsoft turn over and become the world's largest software company in one fell swoop?
This is a super-awesome...... (To be continued.) )