What Zhao Yihua didn't expect was that Sogou, which he thought would never be sold, did not refuse Wang Xiaochuan after receiving his call.

After silently listening to Zhao Yihua's relays of Lin Feng's shareholding conditions, especially the independence of Sogou from Sohu, Fengxing will invest funds, and merge FF input method and Maxthon browser with Sogou search engine, and set aside some shares for the management team, Wang Xiaochuan's answer is very interesting: "I have no say in this matter, and my boss Charles must decide." …… However, I personally and the Sogou team tend to cooperate with Fengxing. ”

Lin Feng was overjoyed after getting Wang Xiaochuan's feedback.

It seems that the disagreement with Zhang Chaoyang on the development of browsers, and the development of Sogou over the years, made Wang Xiaochuan also realize the importance of separating from Sohu and developing independently.

Originally, Lin Feng was worried that the biggest obstacle to taking a stake in Sogou was Wang Xiaochuan, after all, in his previous life, he wanted to invest in Sogou more than 360 times, but Wang Xiaochuan refused with all his might, and even did not hesitate to beg Ma Yun and Ma Hua to stop it.

Lin Feng thought, it seems that he and Fengxing have a good impression in Wang Xiaochuan's heart, at least they have not been treated by Lao Zhou......

And with Wang Xiaochuan's willingness to cooperate, the matter of becoming a shareholder of Sogou has become more than half!

As for talking to Zhang Chaoyang, Lin Feng is still very confident.

Although he has an incomparably glorious history in this life, once had a lot of titles such as "China's first Internet person", one of the "Three Musketeers of the Internet", and China's earliest "entrepreneurial hero", Charles (Zhang Chaoyang's English name) has not intersected much, and has only met and nodded at some industry summit forums, but Lin Feng is very familiar with him......

Because, in his previous life, Lin Feng was also an employee of Sohu and a subordinate of Charles.

Among Lin Feng's many work experiences in his previous life, his time in Sohu was still very unforgettable.

At that time, it happened to be 2006-2007, he had just failed to start his first business, and the music sharing website he founded burned the initial investment of 20 million yuan from investors, and with the ebb and flow of the EB2.0 concept, investors in Hong Kong and the United States were reluctant to continue to invest in it, and the company that had just been established for a year was closed.

After Lin Feng, who was depressed, rested at home for a while, he was pulled to Sohu by his old colleagues to help and entered Sohu's wireless business department.

Although the Sohu Wireless Division was not as good as before in Sohu because of the decline of the wireless value-added industry as a whole, it still accounted for nearly 27% of Sohu's overall revenue, especially Gong Yu, the boss of the wireless business, had just been promoted to the company's COO, so the wireless team was still very nourishing.

And it was this wireless team that later followed Gong Yu out to start a business, constituting iQiyi's initial entrepreneurial team......

At that time, Lin Feng drove from the CY district in the east to the Wudaokou Sohu Building in the north every day to work.

Like all Sohu people, he also inserted the yellow belt badge into the butt pocket of his pants, leaving a long strap behind the buttocks, flicking it like a "fox tail"......

Because the entire Sohu Building is non-smoking, he often sits on the steps outside the building, looking at the Google building opposite, chatting and farting with people from other departments while smoking, or sneaking downstairs to Subway, drinking a cup of coffee and stealing a lazy ......

At that time, the sun was very good, and the days were easy.

As a big boss, Charles has a good reputation among Sohu employees.

In the eyes of many old Sohu, Charles is a good person. He is casual and gentle, does not hurt others, is tolerant and trusting to his subordinates, and everyone who leaves Sohu misses Boss Zhang very much, and feels that he will never meet a boss like him who gives his subordinates a relaxed trust space. The gathering of the old Sohu people also did not hesitate to express their gratitude to Zhang Chaoyang.

Even some bigwigs and opponents in the industry have the same evaluation of him, Zhou Hongyi once said: The first to return to China to start a business, he maintained the simplicity of returnees, very kind, he is a good person, good people generally can't beat bad people.

This is also the reason why he was always called "good guy Zhang Chaoyang" in the Internet industry later.

Lin Feng is still very confident in talking to Charles about investing in Sogou.

On the one hand, at this stage, Sohu's focus is all on the work related to the sponsorship of the Olympic Games, and Charles is full of confidence at this time, hoping to surpass Sina through Olympic marketing and become the No1 in the field of portals and news.

Sogou is not taken seriously internally at this time, like chicken ribs. Even Sohu Games, which has just started with the game "Sword", is more valued than Sogou.

On the other hand, with Fengxing's status and influence in the industry today, cooperating with Sohu and investing in Sogou will not only enhance the popularity of Sohu itself in the capital market, stimulate the stock price, and divert the resources of Fengxing to Sogou.

Missing the search and being sprung up by Baidu has always been Charles's heart disease, if there is a chance to do Sogou, he is a smart person, and he should not understand.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng picked up his mobile phone and dialed Charles's number.

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Kellett Island, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Yacht Club.

Formerly known as the Victoria Regatta Club, the club has been hosting related events since 1849 and was renamed the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in 1893, making it one of the largest yacht clubs in the world and the oldest yacht club in Hong Kong.

Although after 97 years, the Hong Kong Yacht Club deleted the word "Royal", but the Hong Kong people still refer to it as "Royal Yacht Club".

The yacht club adopts membership management, with a lifelong membership system and a private membership of HK$350,000 per year.

In order to moor the "Vivian" in Hong Kong, Lin Feng applied for membership of the yacht club very early on the recommendation of Li Zekai.

The Hong Kong Yacht Club has three clubhouses: the clubhouse at Chili Island in Causeway Bay is the main headquarters for meetings, receptions and accommodation and sightseeing, the Middle Island in Deep Water Bay is mainly a deep-sea area for rowing, diving and fitness, and the Shelter Cover in Sai Kung, New Territories, which is mainly for boats and outdoor barbecues.

Lin Feng and Charles made an appointment to meet at the Causeway Bay Clubhouse of the yacht club today.

The reason for inviting Charles is very interesting, Lin Feng said that he wants to buy a new yacht, but he doesn't know much about yachts, and he wants to ask Charles for help and advice...... , by the way, let's talk about the possibility of becoming a shareholder of Sogou.

Well, this is also a trick that Lin Feng slowly learned after studying in the CEO class and entering the China Entrepreneur Club.

At their level, it is not necessary to sit in the office or conference room to discuss business matters, sometimes, maybe make an appointment together, find an activity that everyone is interested in for entertainment, chat, and talk about business by the way.

The time has entered June, and the temperature in Hong Kong is already very hot, Lin Feng sat on the window seat in the lobby of the clubhouse, wearing white T and blue pants and sunglasses, looking chic and comfortable.

Seeing Charles walking in under the guidance of Li Zhao, Lin Feng smiled and got up to greet him, and stretched out his hand from afar, showing full respect for Charles.

Although Charles is 64 years old, 15 years older than Lin Feng, he has always been a fashionable and trendy entertainment expert, wearing brand-name casual clothes, and he also looks suave. The momentum is not weaker than Lin Feng at all.

Although Sohu seems to be a little behind in the wave of the Internet, Charles, who has already tasted the peak, is still keen on pleasure at this time, lingering in bars and various party parties.

This super student, who graduated from the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University and was born with a Ph.D. from MIT, has created an image of a suave American-style entrepreneur since returning from the United States, and "golden bachelor" is probably one of his favorite identities. He appeared half-naked on the cover of fashion magazines, led a team to take Sun Nan, Li Bingbing, Gao Yuanyuan, Jiang Peilin and other stars to XC Snow Mountain, bought a private yacht and docked in Sanya Bay, and all the tableware in the kitchen came from the UK.

At private parties, his original Charles dance moves are always the focus of the audience.

In the glass house on the top floor of Sohu Building, entertainment stars and celebrities from all walks of life sing every night......

Some media once described him like this: "He is like Fitzgerald's Gatsby, going up the mountains and down to the sea, owning mansions and yachts, sitting in a wide range of people, singing every night, and the glass façade of the Sohu building is enough to reflect the light of 100 suns." ”

Therefore, Lin Feng prescribed the right medicine and invited him to come to the Hong Kong Yacht Club, and asked him to help choose a new yacht in the name of asking for advice, which obviously suited Charles's appetite.

He likes the feeling of being respected.

"Chairs, thank you so much, it's a great honor for you to come to Hong Kong!" Lin Feng shook hands with him and said with a smile.

"Richard, you are too polite, you personally invited, even if I have a big matter, I will give you face!" Charles laughed.

Although he is arrogant and uninhibited, he thinks very highly of himself, but he does not dare to underestimate Lin Feng, a self-made man who has become the richest man in China in just 6 years and has a net worth of more than 10 billion US dollars.

The rise of Fengxing in the Internet industry, he and many early Internet people are from beginning to end, the trajectory of Fengxing's development and the pace of crazy expansion have also made their first generation of Internet entrepreneurs dumbfounded.

The most terrifying thing is Lin Feng's vision, he has pressed almost every move, from SP wireless business to games, from games to social, every step has come, every expansion and change of Fengxing has finally become the industry's leading first, this kind of ability, is not comparable to ordinary people.

From the bottom of his heart, for Lin Feng, Charles still admires, if he is not convinced, Sohu's current market value is only about 2 billion US dollars, and the estimated market value of Fengxing's listing has reached 30 billion US dollars, which is ten times that of Sohu.

Young and promising, Charles, who has always felt that he is very good, saw Lin Feng and had to sigh in his heart to be terrifying.

"Sit down and talk, Charles, I know you like red wine, and I grabbed a bottle of '90 Le Pin from a friend, which is said to have a 93 rating, and I asked you to taste it and see how it goes. ”

Lin Feng and Charles sat down, and the service staff of the club had already brought the decanted red wine.

"Yes, the aroma and flavor are vibrant, and the taste is richly layered. Charles shook his glass, looked down and sniffed the aroma, then raised his glass and took a sip of wine, tasted it carefully, and smiled.

Lin Feng also smiled: "I don't know much about red wine, it's best if you think it's good." ”

"By the way, Richard, do you want to choose a new yacht, is there a brand you are interested in? I have been looking at yachts lately, and I am more optimistic about Sunseeker's Manhattan collection......"

Charles gushed out.

Lin Feng smiled silently and listened carefully.

If he really bought a yacht for consultation, wouldn't it be more convenient to find Li Zekai to recommend it?

It's just that the meaning of drunkenness is not wine.

In fact, Zhang Chaoyang is willing to come to Hong Kong, and Lin Feng already knows in his heart that he should be ninety percent sure of the matter of investing in Sogou!