Chapter 19: The Cruelty of the Internet Industry
Mo Xinyu stayed in place for a long time, and finally sighed, put away the gemstone necklace, and silently walked into the dormitory building.
On the other end, Jiang Dahao trotted all the way back to the dormitory after separating from Mo Xinyu, changed into clean casual clothes, and then quickly went out and walked outside the school.
At ten o'clock, he arrived at the Dream Romance Bar on Qigu Road, a three-storey bar that looks high-end from the outside, with hundreds of laser lights on the golden faΓ§ade and a large LED screen embedded above the main entrance of the bar.
It may be because it is the golden hour of business, and the guests who enter it at this time are in groups of three or five, and the eight welcome ladies standing on both sides of the main entrance are in their flaming red long skirts, with a courteous smile on their faces at all times, and they slightly bow to the guests and leak half of the spring light on their chests just right.
As the flow of people enters the bar, the dance floor is filled with people's heads, and everyone dances and sways to the music, which is both spectacular and somewhat funny.
Without too much nostalgia, he bypassed the crowd and went directly to the second floor, the environment on this floor was obviously much quieter, composed of small private rooms, shuttling through the labyrinthine darkness and walking inside, from time to time he would meet a young lady with revealing clothes and a charming smile, intentionally or unintentionally being thrown to the eyebrows, rubbing his body, Jiang Dahao's evil fire in his heart was also faintly hooked, so he had to speed up his pace.
After some hard exploration, he finally came to the staircase leading to the third floor, and was about to step on the stairs, but the sound of men and women quarreling came from his ears.
He looked up, was stunned, and then raised his voice and shouted: "Hehe, Li Ming, you kid is hiding here." β
A man and a woman were looking at each other and standing at the corner of the stairs, the man was Li Ming in the same bedroom, he turned his eyes when he listened to the voice, and after a while, a smile appeared on his originally gloomy face: "Haha, it's Brother Hao here, everyone is waiting for you in box 302, I guess you have to drink tonight." β
Jiang Dahao came to the two of them, smiled, and then glanced at the girl beside Li Ming, this girl was wearing a pale green dress, the same age as them, about 1.65 meters tall, with a curvy figure, a cute ponytail, and a small apple-colored face hanging down, unable to distinguish her appearance.
"What's the matter, it's twisted?" Jiang Dahao quipped.
Li Ming's face was bitter, and he said, "Brother Hao, she is my cousin, her name is Bai Jingxuan, she is now in the third class of film and television, and she was there when she was in Seafood City just now." β
At this time, Bai Jingxuan also raised his pretty face and nodded at Jiang Dahao: "Hello." β
Seeing the true face, Jiang Dahao's expression is bright, the girl has fair skin and delicate facial features, especially the pair of big watery eyes are clear and bright, like the film and television actress who plays Xiaoyanzi.
After being stared at for a long time, Bai Jingxuan also felt a little shy, and his pretty face flushed slightly, Jiang Dahao saw this, and hurriedly coughed lightly and waved his hand: "What are you doing standing here, let's go in and talk again." β
Bai Jingxuan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly grabbed Li Ming: "Cousin, you just let me go and talk to Hua Shao." β
"Don't make a fuss. Li Ming glared at her, but the girl still pouted stubbornly: "I also know that I am messing around, but the company is my brother's brainchild, and I just want to help him." β
Li Ming's face was slightly gloomy: "Then you say, what are you going to do with Hua Shao?" The website has reached this stage, either hundreds of millions of funds will be invested, or it will be wasted, if millions can solve the problem, I don't need you to say that I will borrow it from Hua Shao." β
Bai Jingxuan bit her lip and was silent, her eyes blinking as if there were tears brewing in it, looking at her pitiful appearance, Li Ming sighed, and his face was gloomy.
"What's going on?" Jiang Dahao asked curiously after hearing some sporadic information.
Li Ming just shook his head and didn't answer, but Bai Jingxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Jiang Dahao hopefully: "Hao, Brother Hao, you and my cousin are in the same bedroom, please help my brother." β
Jiang Dahao was confused, and after thinking about it, he said: "Why don't you find a place for you to talk to me, I will help if I can, standing here is as changeable as advertising." β
Bai Jingxuan nodded heavily, and Li Ming on the side also agreed after hesitating for a moment, so the three of them returned to the second floor and found a private room with no one to sit in.
A waiter followed up, Jiang Dahao
Jiang Dahao guessed that Bai Jingxuan's heart must be full of anxiety, and he said directly: "Anyway, everyone is a classmate, I'll call you Jingxuan, you talk about the matter and see if I can help." β
Bai Jingxuan nodded, sorted out his thoughts and said: "My brother founded the website 'Travel the World' with one of his classmates four years ago, the main business is to sell discounted air tickets for major airlines, in the first half of last year, my brother's website ranked in the top five in China, and there were institutions valued at 50 million yuan at that time. β
"Later, my brother also found a few limelight companies to talk, they are also willing to inject funds and then help the company go public, but unfortunately the conditions were not negotiated in the end, it was delayed, it was okay, the company's monthly accounts are positive, daily operations are not a problem, but, in the first half of last year, the industry's first trip to the network announced that there are overseas limelight to join, began to launch the listing plan, and then it is overwhelming advertising, all of a sudden to grab a lot of market share, other companies in the same industry have begun to have deficits, my brother's company is no exceptionγ β
"A Cheng carry network to make it difficult for other companies to survive, and then at the end of last year, an overseas website in the same industry tbxtx suddenly came in, and was ready to invest 300 million yuan to develop the market, they came in after the first did not advertise, but the two websites that ranked second and third in China were acquired, and then the resources were integrated into tbxtx, at the beginning of this year..."
Her feelings gradually became excited, and she quickly took a sip of her drink to calm down before continuing: " In the first half of this year, my brother's company had a monthly deficit of more than 300,000 yuan, and now there are still three months to go, a bank loan is about to expire, the company's current liquidity is almost zero, my brother is about to go crazy, he only sleeps two or three hours a day, and his hair has fallen out a lot, and if the company continues like this, my brother will definitely fall ill. β
At the end of the words, she couldn't hide the sadness in her heart, two lines of tears slipped down her cheeks, Li Min handed over a tissue, and looked at Da Haoku: "Brother Hao, this girl originally wanted to go to Ding Hui, and gave me a lecture directly, and now she said that she was going to find Hua Shao, what do you say Hua Shao can help, even if Hua Shao doesn't care about borrowing one or two million in front of his classmates, but investing in the company is enough to maintain operations for two or three months, even if he repays the bank loan of three million three months later, he still can't save the company, and now he just files for bankruptcy..."
"Bankrupt, where do my brother and I live? Bai Jingxuan intercepted: "The family's real estate bank loan is mortgaged, and it will be confiscated if it is liquidated, and it is insolvent and bankrupt, what will you do if you call my brother in the future." β
Jiang Dahao didn't interject, through the dialogue between the two, he understood all the information, in general, Bai Jingxuan's brother's website was completely defeated in the market competition, from the original market value of 50 million to a negative company, and now facing the company's liquidity problems, bank loan maturity pressure, and more importantly, no clue about the next market competition, yes, it is almost a dead end.
As a traverser, he has memories three years later, it seems that at that time, Huaxia is the dominant one of Cheng Xiewang, listed in the Jianlimei entrepreneurial sector, accounting for more than 50% of the market share, that tbxtx finally retreated and left, of course, this is not important, the important thing is that there is a way to come back to life at the moment.
His eyes narrowed slightly, he lit a cigarette and smoked, this is a habit when he thinks about problems, in the career of the Weilong team, he has served as an executive figure in the world's largest drug trafficking group as an undercover agent, and also gave a lecture to a full class of students in the economics lecture hall of Hafei University, a well-known university in Jianlimei, he has always inspired himself: "The world has never lacked miracles, but there is a lack of people who dare to create miracles." β
For fifteen minutes, no one spoke in the room, save for the occasional crunch of a glass hitting the glass table.
"Now this industry is almost the world of Chengxiwang and TBXTX, isn't it?" Jiang Dahao snuffed out the cigarette butt between his fingers and said under Bai Jingxuan's expectant eyes.
Bai Jingxuan nodded quickly: "It's either bankrupt or loss-making, my brother said that the total market share of nearly 100 other websites in the same industry in China is no more than 30 percent." β
Jiang Dahao asked again: "What is the number one in the whole industry now?"
Bai Jingxuan's face was full of self-deprecation: "Ranked third, except for those two, it is the first, the higher the ranking, the higher the daily operating expenses, and the bigger the stall, the more difficult it is." β
Li Ming interjected: "The current situation is that all other websites will die, it's just a matter of time, and in the end there will only be those two giant websites left, the Internet is originally an eyeball economy, and it rises and falls quickly, so I will say that this girl is messing around, is it difficult to let Hua Shao take out 120 million to burn and play, isn't it a joke." β
Jiang Dahao said "En", Li Ming is right, there will only be one or two dominance left in each market segment in the Internet industry, and other websites are stepping stones, and the survival of the fittest is particularly obvious here.
Bai Jingxuan wiped the tears from her face and was surprisingly quiet, but the look in her eyes became gloomy, she didn't know the cruelty of market competition, but now her brother was in torment every day, which made her in a crazy state of rushing to the doctor.
"Ranked third in the industry, with a shortage of working capital and three months to repay the bank loan. He muttered in his heart, and suddenly, Jiang Dahao smiled at Bai Jingxuan: "This is quite challenging, can you let me meet your brother, I think this matter can be played." β