Chapter 91: Accidents
Jiang Yizhou listened to the words on the other end of the phone, and immediately came to his senses, because this was a transoceanic call, Wu Tianming from the United States.
The reason he was so anxious was that the company received its first acquisition offer, which came from an institution that Jiang Yizhou, a guy who didn't know much about venture capital, had never heard of, and it was five million dollars.
"Boss, what do you say! I'm a little panicked!" Wu Tianming is actually just a technical talent, he never thought of such a far place, and he didn't have such great ambitions, otherwise he wouldn't have refused the invitation to participate in the shares.
From more than 200,000 at the beginning, two backbones plus a few interns, a few computers, and then to the entry of venture capital, the company's valuation has become 2.5 million US dollars.
Wu Tianming's mental journey can be described as shocking, to unwillingness, to calm, and then to shock, is this thing really so valuable? 3% of five million dollars should be 150,000 dollars, more than two million yuan, and he may become a millionaire?
According to the option pool mentioned in the contract, he felt that he could only get 3%, came to the United States, and with the help of several people who negotiated with IDG and were interviewed by Jiang Yizhou, he set up a branch and launched the international version of qim.
There are too many capable people, and he is a pure CTO, because he is not yet proficient in oral English, and the communication is also a little difficult, except for completing the tasks required by Jiang Yizhou, he feels that he is not very useful.
"Tell me, what happened?" Jiang Yizhou, who didn't care about transatlantic calls at all, cared more about venture capital.
"Early this morning, I heard that there were venture capitalists who came to the door soon after I arrived at the company, because there was no one who could call the shots, I just listened to them talk about the basic intentions and quotations, and then called you to ask for your opinion!"
Jiang Yizhou smiled bitterly, his passport is estimated to come down before the year, it can't be faster, and he doesn't know the situation over there, how can he judge?
"You will have people collect information and the specific situation of that venture capital, and then write a report and send it to me immediately! I'll go to find someone on my side in the middle of the night, and I'll deal with it immediately when I get up tomorrow!"
Jiang Yizhou actually didn't take it too seriously, because because of the number of netizens in China, there is really no need to invest too much, the basic conditions are not good, and most of the financing is directly transferred to the American branch, which also makes Zhou Quan very puzzled, did they invest in an American company or a Chinese company?
Now the financing is far from being used up, and he estimates that it will last at least until May and June next year, which may be advanced due to the increase in the number of users, but it is not yet time to run out of money.
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"How?" Schmidt looked at Wu Tianming, the employees of the American branch were recruited temporarily in a short period of time, and when he knew that he was going to work for a Chinese boy, he was also a little disgusted, but when he came into contact with QIM, not to mention the technical content, at least the creativity was very good, and the prospects for it as a job were good, so he agreed.
And so far I haven't seen the founder, only like an echo worm through communication with the founder on the other side of the ocean, pushing the company forward little by little, which makes him very uncomfortable, thinking that this situation will continue for more than a month, he wants to punch the echo worm who has no Internet thinking in the face.
Fortunately, the development of QIM has allowed him to suppress his emotions, and another phenomenal product is on the market, and it is also a good choice to take a ride.
"It's late at night on the Chinese side, and he said that he will give a reply tomorrow, so let's collect information as soon as possible, write a report and send it over. Wu Tianming was worried, he missed the time when he was in a software company and took a team to study hard.
"Oh, everyone, don't be so nervous, the boss is sleeping peacefully, everyone continues to work!" Schmidt made an inconspicuous joke, dispersing the stopped staff.
He didn't think it was that important, he was fortunate enough to be part of the rise of a company that he could see the future of the company with years of experience in the IT industry, at least this month has reached 50,000 registrations and a large increase in the cost of adding servers and lines, the only concern is the company's fragile team of founders.
Strictly speaking, there is only that Chinese kid at the core, this guy is just an excellent programmer who can be seen everywhere in Silicon Valley, no matter how good a programmer is, he is just a programmer, and he can't create great products, and the reason for sitting in this position is only to replace the boss in the branch.
There's also the ICQ that has just emerged, but it's not as threatening as the problem from within.
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For Jiang Yizhou, who can be said to be fighting alone, there is very little to rely on, there is no knowledge and family background, and his parents are just ordinary people who stay in a few acres of land in the countryside.
If you are a friend, there are not many, except for netizens, who are probably IDG people, which is why he is obsessed with financing, because he has no connections and prestige, he can only develop through IDG's tiger skin.
What, this is the company that developed qim, it is broken and small, and there is no prospect of profitability, and the founder is also a small person who has never heard of it, so naturally no one pays attention to him, but after accepting IDG's financing, Zhengyi Technology has become a high-tech company with a bright future, don't you believe it? Venture capital has invested $1 million.
Not to mention the bonus brought by the connections from IDG, otherwise returnees like Song Ru basically don't look at them, and now they are working for him with all their heart.
I know very well that I am nothing more than a lucky egg who knows the strategy in a sense, but it is impossible to be so lucky all the time, there will always be encounters that are not within the scope of his knowledge, negotiations, management companies, and network exchanges, all of which need to start from scratch for Jiang Yizhou.
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It's already a bit cold, and there is no heat in the city, and the countryside is even colder.
"Sister-in-law, little brother, are you at home?" The woman who had just stepped into the leveled plot outside, and began to shout was Jiang Maoqiang's cousin, they were all ranked separately according to men and women, and Jiang Maoqiang was the youngest male under the same grandfather.
"What's the matter at home?" Gao Qingzhen walked out of the door, she has been living a good life recently, her face is full of red light, recently her son will send money back every month, at least thousands, she didn't spend any of these money, but began to prepare for the beginning of spring to pick up this old adobe house, build a two-story building, if it goes well, it is not bad to pull up the yard.