Chapter Eighty-Seven: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
As a well-known private technology enterprise in China and an important force in the electronic information industry, Sitong Group cannot be said to be weak.
But enterprises are just like ordinary people, and every family has its own difficulties. Since its establishment in 1986, Sitong Group has made significant contributions to the localization of 'office automation', but it has also encountered the same problem as all private enterprises of the same era - property rights.
As a pioneer of private high-tech enterprises, Sitong in the early 80s had no choice but to adapt to the situation at that time to find a 'red hat' to wear - hanging the signboard of Siji Qingxiang enterprise, which is also the origin of Sitong's so-called "collective ownership" enterprise nature. It's not easy to take off this hat when you put it on, and the property rights issue is like a "tight spell" on the head of the enterprise.
These things are not related to Li Jiaming, the more troublesome people are, the happier he is, and the smoother it will be for him to make a fuss about this matter. After poaching half of Wang Zhidong's right-hand man through Yahoo (Huaguo), which is being built, Li Jiaming, who has finished showing off his muscles, went to talk nonsense to others, talking about the congenital deficiencies of Sitong Group.
But Wang Zhidong, who sat opposite him and listened for a long time, when he came to persuade his junior brother to be a clown, he couldn't be said to be a clown, he should be a kid with poor donkey skills.
This kid is ruthless, he called his brother behind his back to his face, and from time to time he sent people to deliver white fungus and dried mushrooms, and made one behind his back, almost killing Li Fang. Fortunately, Lao Tzu is smart, and he directly gets a pirated disc that simplifies the installation of the system, and uses all the software to assemble the machine, and adds a navigation URL to it, so that this kid can do the that Lenovo did in vain.
Li Jiaming also observed the expressions of others while talking nonsense, the cow man is the cow man, this big cow is too much than Lao Zhang's sea turtle cow. The website navigation he did made him cope with the past, how can the brand PC machine be sold than the assembly machine, and he forced himself to take the initiative to add the Lifang online on his own website navigation, so as not to remove the link from his own home, and lose both sides and cheapen the bastards who followed the Lifang.
That's not all, the best thing about this bull is to grasp the psychology of quasi-netizens, engage in entertainment gossip and catch eyeballs, he is engaged in serious political and economic news, and invited several of Hong Kong's best critics to open columns.
In today's society, not only the people of Peking are keen on politics, but also the entire people. Everyone usually likes to talk about national affairs, and they are also in the era of gossip and political concern, and the political and economic column of Lifang Online does not cater to their needs? Damn, the click rate of sohu is high, and theirs is not low, according to Lao Zhang, they estimate that it is at least 60 million / day, which is equivalent to the sum of the third to tenth places.
This is also the reason why Li Jiaming and Lao Zhang are afraid of this bull, neither of them can be sure what tricks this cowman can come up with, rather than being chased by him like this, it is better to spend money to destroy his team to save worry.
Let's talk about it, when Li Jiaming leaned on the discord again, Wang Zhidong, who didn't want the people above to be suspicious, hurriedly interrupted. This kid is yin, he may not have a foreign business in technology and management companies, and he can do more conspiracy and tricks than anyone else, and he doesn't know what this kid grew up eating, and the tricks he made at a young age are all tricks.
"Jiaming, my good tea tube is enough, but if you persuade me to change jobs, you won't talk about it. You just poached all my people through Yahoo, and I could retrain a batch within a month.
Boy, there is no shortage of people in our garden and next door, and all of them have extremely high IQs. I still wish Yahoo would arrange a high salary for them, tsk, five thousand yuan a month, and this salary can only be opened by a giant like Yahoo!"
was exposed again, Li Jiaming was not embarrassed, but said proudly: "Senior, you can't say that, won't I delay your old man for at least a month? ”
Wang Zhidong, who was smiling, suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of powerlessness in his heart, this is the gap in strength, the other party can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to dig the foot of the wall at any time, and even dig in batches, but what about himself? The head office does not agree to buy back shares, and also asks himself to look for venture capital, but how can venture capital be so easy to find?
I finally got in touch with Founder, HP, and Dell, and wanted to copy Lenovo's model of exchanging hardware for shares, but Sohu immediately came to the door with a financing plan and immediately made others retreat. With Lifang's reputation in the software industry, the United States has found some investors, but the conditions of the people are extremely harsh, leaving a large number of hidden dangers in equity and decision-making power.
Sighing secretly, Wang Zhidong, who was silent, asked suspiciously: "Jiaming, I have something I don't understand, can you help me answer one or two?"
"Please say that although we are opponents, the character and knowledge of the senior are deeply admired by my Li Jiaming. If it weren't for the unavoidable, I would never have done dirty things. ”
What a villain, but Wang Zhidong, who was half dug up, hated this guy's itchy teeth, and he couldn't turn his face with this bright and honest real villain.
"You and Zhang Fox are so jealous of me, you must think that I can catch up with you, but I just can't think of a way to catch up, you teach me?"
Don't dare, don't look at the current Lifang Online being trampled under the feet of SOHU, but ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and ICPs (Internet Content Providers) in Hong Kong and the United States all recognize Smarton Lifang because they are the founders of Richin. With their reputation in the software industry, it is not difficult to raise money, coupled with their superior technical strength and endless solutions to solve problems, it is not impossible to catch up with Sohu.
But what Wang Zhidong couldn't even think of, how could Li Jiaming think of it? It was because he and Zhang Zhaoyang couldn't think of it that they felt that it was worth spending some money to strangle this strongest opponent.
Pretending to think for a while, Li Jiaming said half-truthfully: "Senior, Yahoo has promised to carry out the seventh round of financing at any time, and 10% of the shares will be exchanged for 50 million US dollars." Our company is not short of money, it is because we can't think of how you can turn defeat into victory, so we want to spend a little money to solve you and your Lifang online. ”
This is direct enough, but Wang Zhidong, who has a technical background, is willing to listen to such truths, although the other party's attacks have been resolved one by one, but they cannot recover the huge advantages and disadvantages of the two sides. If the other party has such a big advantage and is polite to himself, then you really have to doubt the other party's true intentions.
"Hehe, you can look up to my old king. Okay, you're so honest, and I won't hide it from you, I've already received an investment interest from a U.S. venture capital fund, and it's estimated that I can raise $10 million. ”
Li Jiaming's heart was stunned, and he said tentatively: "(Softbank)"
"How do you know?"
What is there to know about this, it is not an exaggeration for the Japanese monkey to call it the owner behind the Huaguo Internet. The Japanese monkey is named Chao Descendant, but he learned the cunning of the Japanese, and the greatest success in his life is to take a ride on the Chinese country.
"It's useless, senior. You're still ignoring what I just said, you have a problem with your own ownership structure, and the more shareholders you bring in, the less equity you and your team will have. If you can catch up with us smoothly, then it is possible to succeed, as long as the slightest thing goes wrong, you will be a victim of capital. ”
That's right, Wang Zhidong knows this very well in his heart, but this is just 'the lesser of two evils'.
With the advent of the Internet era, all software companies in China are facing the problem of piracy, and 95 sells only 10 yuan a CD in the electronic market in Zhongguancun.
In such a grim situation, Microsoft's software giants have the support of a sound legal market, do not care about selling their pirated copies in China, and snipe at all potential opponents, but the weak Lifang company has lost the advantage that it is most proud of. It can be said unceremoniously that if Liberia wants to survive, it must take the initiative to embrace the Internet, otherwise there is only a dead end!
"Senior, do you remember the business card I gave you last time? I didn't tell the truth completely last time, but I didn't tell a lie, in my eyes, you alone are worth 10 million dollars. As long as you nod your head, I will immediately invest 10 million dollars in you, and all the affairs of the company will be decided by you. ”
"What if you abandon the portal?"
"Yes, I can't do the 'left hand to the right hand' thing."
Wang Zhidong instinctively wanted to refuse, in addition to being a portal website and earning advertising fees from manufacturers, the current Internet has other profit models? But when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back again, and this kid in front of him was the one who found the profit model of Internet enterprises, and maybe this kid still had some bezoar dog treasure hidden but not taken out.
Seeing that the other party wanted to speak and stopped, Li Jiaming knew that the heat was almost over, and in the face of a competitor who was not much sure of winning, smart people would not be brutal. If you can find another way out, no one really wants to fight to the death. What's more, no matter how well Lifang does, it is just a copy of SOHU, and it is impossible to kill Sohu, only that Sohu can completely kill Lifang.
"Senior, I can assure you that as long as we let us acquire Lifang Online, you will become the founder of another field of the Internet!"
"Tell me about it?"
This can't be said casually, the other party's IQ and technical strength are too high, and spitting out the open-air machine is causing trouble for himself, Li Jiaming shook his head and gave an ultimatum.
"Senior, this is a trade secret. And I'll be honest with you, if you don't agree, I'll bypass you and talk to Duan Lao. I don't believe that if we exchange Sohu's shares for Lifang's shares, investors like him will reject them.
Don't forget, the complex property rights issues of the Sitong Group give them too many opportunities to take advantage of with the higher level of government. And one of our major shareholders is Lenovo Group, and they have a lot of resources at the top, which is enough to help us make trouble for them.
Taking a step back, Elder Duan blindly and confidently rejected our plan, and we will come up with at least $20 million to comprehensively encircle and suppress you. ”
The strength is not as good as the people, and no matter how good the bull is, it can't be tough. Wang Zhidong only holds 30% of the shares of Lifang, and if Li Jiaming really goes to Sitong Group to talk about share replacement, and he talks with Lenovo's social resources, he is ninety percent sure that he will succeed. If he succeeds in bypassing Wang Zhidong, without a good team, how can Wang Zhidong be able and technically strong?
is still the same sentence, no matter how strong an individual is, he is a sheep, and a strong team is a wolf!
"Senior, cooperate! Instead of being a victim of capital, why not create your own business? Lao Zhang only paid 25,000 US dollars, but now he has a firm grasp of SOHU, you can know my sincerity. ”
After speaking, Li Jiaming took out the prepared acquisition plan and put his hands in front of others to show respect. He was born in a family of craftsmen, and since he was a child, he has respected people with real skills, and the software genius in front of him is one of those who have real skills.