Chapter 649
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9527 Corporate Headquarters.
Just after 9 a.m., the conference room was already filled with smoke.
Zheng Yuehu gathered all the executives at 7:30 in the morning, but from beginning to end, he barely said a few words. His daughter-in-law sat beside him, enduring the choking smell of smoke, gently holding his hand, conveying a trace of insignificant comfort and warmth to Zheng Yuehu. In just two and a half months, 9527 has gone from the grass creation to the introduction of the first fund, and then to the quagmire of the present, the company seems to be on a roller coaster, experiencing the "joys and sorrows" that all startups are bound to experience. So if nothing else, of course, it will be the turn of the "clutch".
Whether to retreat decisively or grit your teeth and hold on, the life and death of 9527 are waiting for Zheng Yuehu's words at this time.
"As of 23 o'clock last night, the number of registered users of Weibo has exceeded 16 million. Qin Feng's marketing this time has been extremely successful, not only in the domestic entertainment industry, but even in Hong Kong, Taiwan and some parts of Southeast Asia, Weibo users have also begun to appear, and the entertainment industry effect is more powerful than we imagined. Coupled with the husband and wife duo of Qin Feng and Su Tang, they have the ability to create topics, and Weibo's current attention is rising across the board, and all similar Weibo products on the market are already regarded as copycats, including our products. According to calculations, our market share has dropped from 11.8% half a month ago to 2.1% now, and the situation will continue to fall, it may fall below 0.5% within a week, and the number of active users of our 9527 Weibo yesterday has been less than 20,000 ......"
The company's marketing director, who doesn't know where to get the data, listens to every sentence in the hearts of the people in the office.
When Zheng Yuehu heard this, he let out a long puff of green smoke, frowned, and unscrewed the cigarette butt.
He sighed lightly, and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Can our funds last for 6 months?"
The marketing director nodded: "Yes, if you stop some of the marketing expenses that have been useless, you can last for another 2 months." ā
Zheng Yuehu thought for a while, tapped his index finger on the tabletop, and asked, "Now turn around and do something else, is it too late?"
"If you want to do it, you must be in time, but it is difficult to say whether Baidu will continue to inject capital. The marketing director said, "And we lost so badly this time, investors all saw it, and it is not easy to rely on the signboard of 9527 to find venture capital in the future." ā
"Alas......" Zheng Yuehu sighed, then turned his head and asked the actuary, "Da Fei, what do you think?"
"I don't dare to look at it......," actuary Da Fei shook his head and said, "I found a foreign agency the day before yesterday and made a rough asset appraisal for Weibo.com." According to calculations in the United States, Weibo is now valued at more than $30 million, and if it continues like this, Yahoo and Google will have to make a move, and if you are lucky, Weibo may be listed on the NASDAQ by this time next year. I'll tell you the truth, if the Yankees have the heart to build Weibo into a second Baidu in minutes, plus there is a bottomless Outou in China, our company's current situation is not on the same level as Weibo at all. Just like those section-level cadres in the countryside who think they are awesome in the county, let them go to the capital for a walk, and they will know that they are not even a fart. ā
Zheng Yuehu scratched his scalp and shook off a bunch of dandruff. Last weekend, he didn't take a shower or go home, and he stayed up for two days and two nights to figure out a way, but he didn't even come up with a fart, and he didn't know what the point of staying up all night was.
The assistant who was sitting at the remote end playing the computer suddenly pushed the notebook over and said, "Mr. Zheng, Weibo is doing it again, take a look." ā
Zheng Yuehu took the computer, and listened to the assistant say with a wry smile: "Even Qujiang University and Dongou City Public Security Bureau have all come out to the Weibo website, plus "Qujiang Daily" and "Dongou Daily", Mr. Zheng, seriously, I think this Qin Feng looks more like the third generation of red than you." Now it seems that the official media and propaganda agencies of the entire Qujiang province are supporting him. The institutional resources of the entire Qujiang Province can't be done by ten hundred degrees combined, right?"
"If it is really a provincial institutional resource, it is useless to come to 100 Baidu, and the GDP of Qujiang Province last year was 1.3 trillion. Actuary Da Fei complained.
Zheng Yuehu stared at the screen and said in a deep voice, full of powerlessness in his heart: "Outou's relationship in Qujiang Province is too complicated......
"Leverage, that's the big leverage. Da Fei sighed, "We are borrowing money, and others are using money to build momentum, which is really not ......on the same level."
"Let's change careers. Zheng Yuehu suddenly said.
There was a dead silence in the conference room.
"I can't do it anymore. Zheng Yuehu pulled his hand out from under his daughter-in-law's palm, held his face with both hands, rubbed it vigorously, and said a little depressed, "This money can't be burned in vain, it's meaningless." ā
Everyone looked at each other.
After a moment of silence, the little daughter-in-law beside him whispered, "Then what are you going to do with your career?"
"I don't know. Zheng Yuehu shook his head, and after a while, he said slowly, "Let's dismiss the meeting, the whole company has a day off today." ā
Da Fei has seen a lot of companies go bankrupt in the United States, but he has a good attitude and said with a smile: "You said it earlier! Several of the children outside live outside the Fourth Ring Road, and they got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and rushed here, and now you let them go home?"
"Then don't take a holiday, whoever wants to go home can go home, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't care. Zheng Yuehu faintly planned to break the can.
His daughter-in-law took his hand and said softly, "Don't worry, it's a big deal to go back to work." ā
Zheng Yuehu put his arms around his daughter-in-law's waist, openly sprinkled dog food in the conference room, and said heroically shortly: "Where do you have the face to go back......"
Seeing this, the executives hurriedly ran out, and within a few seconds, only Zheng Yuehu, his daughter-in-law, and Da Fei were left.
Da Fei walked to the door, closed the door, then turned back and asked Zheng Yuehu, "You really didn't do it?"
"Hmm. Zheng Yuehu nodded, pondered for a moment, and then muttered, "Weibo is too deep, I think it's better to make something simple, how about you watch the video website?"
"What about our Weibo?" Da Fei asked.
Zheng Yuehu said: "It's best to let Baidu acquire it directly, and we can cash out, if they choose to withdraw their capital, we will look for Outou." ā
"What kind of traitor idea are you?" Da Fei said in horror, "If you can't beat it, you will join the enemy?"
"How can this be called surrendering to the enemy?" Zheng Yuehu said vigorously, "I am taking the initiative to ask for peace and not to cause chaos in society." ā
Da Fei was speechless.
Here, Zheng Yuehu pointed to the notebook again, and said with an unkind look: "You want to find a way to help me inquire about what these-stirring sticks were arrested by the Dongou City Public Security Bureau." Just messed up Lao Tzu's business, and Lao Tzu had to make them suffer a little. ā
"What do you want to do?" Da Fei said nervously.
"Don't worry, I'm measured. Zheng Yuehu said gloomily, "At most, one hand ......"