Duan Zhaoxiang told Zhang Chen that through the collation and analysis of known information, the purchase price of the QQ domain name was finally estimated to be about $300,000.

Hearing this price, Zhang Chen was completely dumbfounded, according to the current exchange rate, 300,000 US dollars is equivalent to 2.5 million yuan, but all the funds on his hand are only 1.2 million yuan, which also includes a 500,000 yuan fixed deposit certificate.

If the difference is not very much, Zhang Chen can still find a way to make up for it, but the difference of more than 1 million is equivalent to directly announcing the failure of this acquisition plan.

Zhang Chen said truthfully: "I don't have that much money. ”

Duan Zhaoxiang didn't seem surprised: "Then what is your maximum budget for this domain name?" ”

Zhang Chen thought for a moment, and then replied: "I can take out a maximum of 1.2 million myself, and if I borrow a little more, 1.5 million is the maximum limit I can bear." ”

"1.5 million? It's a bit difficult, it seems that we can only play the emotional card, you let the introducer in the United States continue to have a good relationship with Robert, and then wait for the right opportunity, this matter can't be rushed. ”

Zhang Chen sighed: "Okay, listen to you, how sure do you think we are?" ”

"Fifty percent, if you didn't arrange for your friend to approach Robert before, I will directly persuade you to give up, in fact, our biggest opponent is not Robert, but Tengxun, once Fujixun finds out that the QQ domain name is in Robert's hands, and inserts a foot in, then it is estimated that you will be out of play."

Duan Zhaoxiang really saw through the essence of the problem at once, and speculated the importance of the QQ domain name to Fujixun, but judging from the professional ethics of a professional agent, he should not have sold the news to Fujixun without profit, otherwise his company would not be able to do so big.

"Mr. Duan, since you have agreed to help me, do I need to pay some deposit in advance?"

"You said that you helped you, what else do you need, I know you don't have much money, so let's do it, if this matter is negotiated, I will raise 10% of the transaction price plus 30% of the budget difference, if it doesn't work out, you just give me the round-trip plane ticket."

Zhang Chen knew that this was completely Duan Zhaoxiang's personal price for himself, so he hurriedly said thank you, Duan Zhaoxiang laughed on the phone, and said: "Thank you, thank you, as long as you don't forget my brother after you are developed, I will do it." ”

The two of them exchanged a few more words, and then hung up the phone, although they wanted to get the QQ domain name as soon as possible, but Zhang Chen knew that this matter could not be rushed, otherwise it would only be a waste in the end, and only by waiting for the right time to make a move, could he win the battle.

After looking through the calendar, there is still half a month to go before the Spring Festival, and Fang Xiaomeng will return to China in two days, and it is estimated that there will be no progress before the year, so Zhang Chen simply stopped thinking about the domain name at all, saving himself from worrying about it every day.

remembered that Jiao Kai said on the phone a few days ago that he wanted to set up a software company, so Zhang Chen called him and asked him to have dinner with him, and talk about it by the way.

The place to eat is the Sichuan Wangfu hot pot restaurant, which is the most frequent gathering point for Zhang Chen in high school, the price is not expensive, the food is lively, it is very suitable for student dinners, although he has some money in hand now, but when he gets together with his high school classmates, he still likes to come here.

While waiting for the food to be served, Zhang Chen asked straight to the point: "If you need manpower to set up a company, do you have the right candidate?" ”

Jiao Kai wiped the fog on his glasses and said: "I have a few friends on the hacker forum, all of whom are very skilled, I told them about the idea of the information publishing website in the same city, these people are quite interested, but the problem is that they all have their own jobs, if the salary is not high, it is estimated that they will not give up their original jobs." ”

If it was a week ago, Zhang Chen would definitely dig up talents at any cost, after all, now the 365 website has tens of thousands of advertising profits every month, and there is no problem with raising a few programmers, but now, because it takes a lot of money to acquire QQ domain names, he has to calculate every expense.

Zhang Chen asked, "What is the current salary of these people?" ”

"There are a few recent graduates who have a monthly salary of about 800 yuan, and there are two more experienced ones with an annual salary of more than 20,000 yuan, but I think the most suitable is the webmaster of our forum, this person is far beyond me in terms of technology and experience, he is also very interested in this project, his current annual salary is 100,000, if we can offer the same conditions, we should be able to dig him over."

After listening to Jiao Kai's words, Zhang Chen did not respond immediately, but pointed to the meat and vegetables that had been served and said, "Come, eat something first." ”

Although Jiao Kai is much more cheerful and confident than he was in high school, he still talks very little when he is out of the field he is good at, so the two of them are just burying their heads in hot pot and have no communication.

After destroying the third plate of meat, Zhang Chen took a sip of beer, and then said, "You talk to these people, how much money they got in the past, and how much is it for us." ”

Jiao Kai frowned: "In this case, no one will give up their original job to come to us." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet, although the high salary can attract a person, but it is not enough to fully stimulate this person's enthusiasm for work, since you said that they are very interested in this project, then in this way, let's formulate an equity agreement, as long as you enter our company, you can distribute the corresponding equity according to ability and pay, and wait for the company to make a profit, and then give them dividends according to the share of equity, so as to stimulate their fighting spirit and let them do this work as their own career." ”

Jiao Kai didn't fully understand it for a while, but after thinking about it for a while, after digesting and understanding what Zhang Chen said, he immediately felt that Zhang Chen's method was very good.

If it is only a high salary to poach talents, then these people are likely to be attracted by higher salaries in the future, but if equity distribution is carried out, it is equivalent to firmly tethering these people, the more the company earns, the more they earn, and naturally there is no need to worry about these people's enthusiasm for work.

Zhang Chen and Jiao Kai analyzed the profit model of the same city information website, after all, it is impossible to really attract people by relying on the ethereal concept alone, and only by letting these people understand that they are about to embark on a very rich development path can they give up their original jobs and devote themselves to the project of the same city information website.

Now Jiao Kai is accustomed to Zhang Chen always being able to put forward some creative ideas, he has long regarded Zhang Chen as a bright light on the road of life, he doesn't need to do anything, just follow this bright light.

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(At the train station, I saw a few classmates who were about to leave hugging and crying, recalling the boss who was the first to leave the dormitory because he didn't want to see his brother leave, and the boss who wanted to send his brothers away one by one and finally left the dormitory, brothers, are you okay?) If you don't get mixed up, don't come to me, for I'm not as good as you - to my brother who used to be in the dormitory! ）