The scorching heat in the deep city in July is also restless, and there are legends of getting rich overnight, as well as tragic rumors of bankruptcy and jumping off buildings.

Ding Lei, the boss of SOHU Shencheng Branch, is undoubtedly a legend who got rich overnight, originally NetEase Online couldn't hold on, and it was all supported by a little money scraped together, and the circle of friends was speculating whether Lao Ding could survive for a month or two months. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhaoyang, the chairman and CEO of SOHU, the world-famous Internet hero, suddenly acquired this small company on the verge of bankruptcy.

5% of SOHU's shares plus directorships,, isn't this an overnight rich? Now SOHU's valuation has exceeded $1 billion, as long as the national policy is introduced, it can be listed in the United States immediately, and it is estimated that the market value will have to rise! Lao Ding was still a big loser the day before, and his net worth of $50 million the next day was simply a 'salted fish turned over' in the mouths of the natives.

But Ding Lei, the lucky man in everyone's eyes, was in great pain if he was not happy for ten days - just seven days after the merger with SOHU, there was heavy news in the United States, and the China Online Market was successful, and 15% of the shares were raised to more than 90 million US dollars!

What is China.com?

No, it's a thing, the click-through rate and operating income are equivalent to 1/5 of SOHU, which is equivalent to 2 times that of NetEase. But Ding Lei was in full pain because of this set of numbers comparison. With a click-through rate and operating income of 1/10, he actually let himself only sell 5% of SOHU shares, why is he so unbreathable? Why can't you carry it for another month, and wait for China.com to test the water and then look for venture capital?

"Lao Ding, you can't say that, the shares of China.com are inflated. They just take advantage of a domain name, and the actual value is at most 1/10, or even 1/20 of sohu. ”

Ding Lei, who was regretting it, glared at his old friend opposite, and said angrily: "You won't comfort and comfort me?" ”

"If you need my comfort, Ding Lei? However, you are indeed a little anxious, and the success of China.com will definitely make a large number of venture capitalists flock to the portal. ”

"You don't have a backache when you stand and talk! Yingke only gave me a valuation of 20 million, and it was Hong Kong dollars! ”

The old friend on the other side also smiled helplessly, replacing himself as an old friend, facing a high price equivalent to 50 million US dollars for 20 million Hong Kong dollars and SOHU, it was difficult to think of mixing with Hong Kong people. Besides, Lao Ding can't hold on anymore, China.com didn't break even, and NetEase is the same, if it weren't for everyone's gritted teeth and insisted, they would have been crushed by the increasing losses. The reason why the industry deifies sohu is that those guys can not only break even, but also take the lead in making huge profits!

During the China Network Roadshow, it was touted as having a market value of 200 million, but who believes it? All industry insiders believe that China.com is worth 50 million at most, and firmly believe that SOHU, which has already achieved profitability, is likely to break through 1 billion. But it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, China.com, which has no balance in its income and expenditure, has rushed to a market value of 600 million US dollars, and people have to guess how high the market value of SOHU can be.

"Forget it, Lao Ding, the miracle of sohu is difficult to replicate. You see, not only have they taken out all the well-known brands in the IT industry, but they have also expanded their advertising users to traditional manufacturers, and now even real estate has soft advertising. This kind of super business ability, not to mention that you don't have it, even China.com doesn't have it. You have been able to grit your teeth and persevere to this day, and you have been very successful. ”

Alas, Lao Ding sighed, turned around and cheered up his friend: "Pony, persistence is victory, as long as you persevere, there will always be hope." Don't be like me, in the last few minutes. ”

Hang on? Ma Huateng, who was sitting behind the desk, took a sip of the long-lost Starbucks freshly ground coffee, and said with a wry smile: "Lao Ding, I just can't hold on, so I came to you for help." Can you lend me some money, our company is in some trouble. ”

"How much?"

After hesitating for a moment, Ma Huateng said tentatively: "500,000? ”

It's really not much, that is, a drop in the bucket of his book assets, but Ding Lei really has no money and it's hard to refuse. This is a real old friend, when everyone was a working boy, drinking beer and talking and farting, no one knew what the future would be, but they were like-minded.

"Pony, don't look at me as the boss, the head office has paid off my debts, equipped me with a BMW, and a high-end apartment, but I really don't have cash. The monthly salary is 2,000 yuan, and the official expenses are 40,000, and even coffee can be reimbursed. Why don't I lend you a high-end apartment with my company? Whether you want to work or live, you can do it, as long as you don't sublet it out. ”

"Really?"

"Lie to you, I'll hit five thunderbolts in the sky! Hey, no, what's wrong with you? ”

Ma Huateng, who looked like Sven, sighed, and while they were helping the telecom room, they secretly stole space and other people's bandwidth in other companies' servers.

"What's this? Let the telecom buddies help you settle down! ”

"It's useless!"

I don't know what's going on, such a secret thing is actually discovered, and a friend of the telecom is helping him delay time. If this matter cannot be settled immediately, Tengxin Company will have to shed its skin if it does not die.

"Lao Ding, don't you have a stake in Sohu? Mortgage it, and I'll pay three times the bank interest. ”

This is really not good, Ding Lei, who attaches great importance to this friendship, hurriedly shook his head.

OICQ is a competitor to Liberty's QQ, the boss of Liberty is the founder and de facto number two of SOHU, and SOHU also has an unknown number of shares in Liberia. It doesn't matter if you borrow money privately, if you take the company's shares to take out a mortgage, you are a rival. If this is known to the head office, the shares will not be deprived, but it will definitely be fired immediately like the expulsion of Sun Yun.

"What then?"

yes, so what to do? Ding Lei, who has more workplace experience than Ma Huateng, can make a straight decision, and it is definitely Li Fang who has started to make a black hand.

Li Jiaming's reputation in the industry is not as big as Zhang Zhaoyang's, but Ding Lei has heard conclusive news from his old classmates in the capital, who used to be second only to Sohu Lifang Online, Ruide Online, and Netscape Online, all of which were destroyed by that ruthless person. NetEase is so far away from the capital, as soon as they get the capital, they immediately sent Zhao Shiqing to set up a branch, and they did not hesitate to work locally to grab NetEase's advertising business. is carried by such a ruthless person, and the other party has strong financial resources, and his old friend is more than lucky.

Ding Lei, who was worried about his old friend for a while and couldn't think of a way, finally suggested: "Xiaoma, I'll give you a suggestion, go to the capital to find Li Jiaming." NetEase was acquired by SOHU, and it was also proposed by him, I heard Gu Zhenyun and Zhao Shiqing both say that he believes that if he can't beat the opponent, he must buy it, and if he can't buy it, he will fight for consumption, and fight to the death.

You have 1.48 million users, which has surpassed them, only a little less, and must have been in his sights. Instead of carrying it like this and eventually being dragged down by them, it is better to join them. ”

"This"

The self-made Ma Huateng is unwilling, Tengxin is not as good as NetEase, the number of users is only equivalent to 1/14 of the other party, and there is no income at all, how much can people buy in the past? The price of Shencheng Telecom is 600,000, how high can the profit side go? Everyone worked hard for a year, smashed the pot and sold iron, and invested nearly 700,000 yuan, and finally got back hundreds of thousands?

Ding Lei on the other side thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, Li Jiaming's methods are a little ruthless, but he attaches great importance to talents." Lifang Online made him collapse, and did not abandon it like Netscape Online and Ruide Online, but continued to inject capital to turn it to the field of instant messaging. ”

"Lao Ding, am I as powerful as Wang Zhidong?"

That's right, in the rivers and lakes of programmers, Wang Zhidong and Qiu Bojun are two legends.

"Then you can't drag it out, I'm sure your trouble will get bigger and bigger."

Yes, the server matter, it must be that the other party has started to hack into other people's servers, let alone super fierce people like Wang Zhidong.

"No, it's not just that, it's the 'e-era' Internet café. 'e era' was founded by Li Jiaming's brother-in-law, and the old man in Shencheng is always Zeng Qiang, and Zeng Qiang is a person who eats both black and white. If the

There is no need for Ding Lei to go any further, I didn't expect Ma Huateng at this level to start to furry in his heart. If you provoke a gray person who dares to use any means, not to mention that he is just a small boss of a small company, or the CEO of a large company, he has to be careful.

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