It's also a shame that Gu Mojie forgot history, so he didn't know: at the beginning, just a few months after he figured out the "universal input method", a key node in history had been changed by the butterfly effect he brought.

If there is no Gu Mojie's appearance, the concept of "a new generation of pinyin input method beyond intelligent ABC" would not have become popular in 03. There will be no attention from a rich second generation like Shi Guanghu, and Zou Sheng will not be forced by his master to switch to the field of input methods.

If Zou Sheng hadn't been forced to change careers halfway, then the download tool he developed in 03 would have successfully been named "Thunderbolt", and then slowly fought and grew in the field of download tools, and finally relied on chance to achieve decisive success.

It's a pity that there is no if. Today's reality,Even Zou Sheng failed to do the input method,The old business of making download tools is almost useless。 Although the technical foundation is still there, the brand value and the technological frontier are no longer there.

Some people may think: Isn't it just that Shi Guanghu's waste scum has been delayed for a year and a half? Isn't it a big deal to rely on the start-up capital of the 2 million team, do it first, and then pull new investment and regroup?

The fact is that everything in the Internet world is ever-changing, cruel and abnormal.

Every thing, the appropriate entry window, is only a flash in the pan, after this village, there is no such shop.

The first half of 03 may be a wiser time to enter the field of download tools. But by the middle of '04, the market in this area had deteriorated dramatically.

The Internet Express, also known as FLASHGET, has occupied 78% of the domestic market share in the history of the original time and space, at this point in time in the middle of 04; And now in this time and space, because "Thunder" no longer exists, the market share of Internet Express once soared to more than 85%, faintly approaching 90%.

Zou Sheng in history, from the middle of 04 to the end of the year, the most difficult window period in this half year. I was shaken for a while, I felt that I had chosen the wrong direction of entrepreneurship, and I regretted that I had started the film head-on with the Internet Express.

What's more, now, Zou Sheng is already very injured?

Of course. Zou Sheng is not without dying and struggling, and he has not worked hard. In the month since he was abandoned by Shi Guanghu, Zou Sheng has approached several Internet industry investors in Guangdong Province to try to convince them to invest in his relaunched "new generation of P2P resource-oriented breakpoint connection download tool", but those venture capitalists all scoff at his business case:

Joke! The Internet Express is already so awesome, and you are still rushing into this field to give a bloody blood? Dislike that people's Internet Express is not cool enough to grab people's heads, and the equipment is not fast enough? The person who does this kind of business case. At first glance, it is not far-sighted! This kind of person, even if he has the technology, what about it?

So, after a month of wandering, Zou Sheng, who didn't know where to go with his brothers, noticed Gu Mojie's new movements.

Zou Sheng has always paid attention to the movements of Hatsune Network Technology, of course, as an enemy.

In this more than year-long process of attention, Zou Sheng has sunk in the sand many times. Whether it is on the problem of malicious advertising on the botnet or the optimization of Google's ADSENSE advertising algorithm, Gu Mojie has deceived Zou Sheng again and again. Ming Xiu plank road secretly crossed Chen Cang, and finally beat Zou Sheng to the current field.

But speaking from the heart, although Zou Sheng hated Gu Mojie so much that he gritted his teeth, he still felt in his bones that Gu Mojie had the ability and vision, and he was by no means comparable to the rich second generation of Shi Guanghu and others...... Even, he himself had to bow to the wind.

In the process of paying attention, Zou Sheng will naturally notice that Gu Mojie's newly launched "Hatsune Computer Manager" is actually a combination of an optimization master and a software download tool.

That's not comprehensive enough, as downloading tools don't actively help users retrieve resources. And Gu Mojie's Hatsune computer butler can. So to be precise, what Gu Mojie has done is a three-in-one convenient software of "optimization master" plus "download tool" and "special search engine that can accurately find available resources for pirated users".

With Zou Sheng's vision in the field of download tools, he can certainly see it at a glance. Gu Mojie's "Hatsune Computer Manager" is not yet "complete", and in the shortcoming of the download tool, Gu Mojie is tied to the Internet Express. The Internet Express must be installed on the user's computer at the same time in order for Hatsune Computer Manager to download the software they want for the user.

Here, it is a technical team that makes download tools to find a way out!

If it is said. Now to make a brand-new, pure download tool in China, it has missed the window period. Then, there is still a market for a combination of "pirated software resource search engine" and "download tool". In this innovative field, no one has competed with Gu Mojie so far!

Except for Gu Mojie, no one in China seems to be going to smash money into the already white-hot market of download tools at this point in time!

Zou Sheng was in extreme pain and wanted to understand this. Then, he obediently flew to Qiantang and wanted to talk to Gu Mojie.

After all, Zou Sheng is still a person who believes in technology in his bones. An investor, a businessman, perhaps as long as he is willing to pay, can be fully and thoroughly transformed. And an engineer, a scientist, it is difficult to completely transform, if the knowledge he has learned all his life is outdated, he can only follow it. This is the insistence of engineers and scientists, and it is also their sorrow.

Zou Sheng's years of technical accumulation allow him to give full play to his residual heat only in the field of downloading tools.

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In Gu Mojie's office, Zou Sheng talked openly and honestly with Gu Mojie about the ins and outs for more than an hour, and the more Gu Mojie listened, the more surprised he became, he had never thought of this possibility.

He thought that Zou Sheng might be abandoned by Shi Guanghu and had to find another investment. However, no matter how you look at it, you are not an investor, how can you find yourself in this kind of thing? Moreover, he is still his enemy.

After being analyzed by Zou Shengtiao for so long, Gu Mojie suddenly discovered: It turns out that in China, it is such a bloody and white-hot thing to make a download tool from a new stove. It turns out that major investors are reluctant to take over a software that will immediately connect with the Internet Express.

Gu Mojie pondered the language, trying to press Zou Sheng's bottom line. After all, he was a former enemy, and Gu Mojie did not hesitate to extract the maximum residual value from the enemy.

"You see, I'm working well with the Internet Express right now...... I provide a computer butler, provide resource retrieval and recommendation, and Hou Yantang provides a download tool. What's so bad about getting along like this? ”

Zou Sheng didn't care at all about Gu Mojie's prevarication. He didn't believe that Gu Mojie had no ambitions.

"No matter how good the cooperation is, it's better to master all the technology yourself - if there is a user of Hatsune Computer Manager who doesn't have the Internet Express installed on the computer, can you just look at your resource search function and go straight to the nest? Let users only watch, not play. ”

"You can't look at it that way – Hatsune has less than 10 million installed bases today. The Internet Express already has an installed capacity of 70 or 80 million, and maybe it will exceed 100 million by the end of the year. At the moment, I am cooperating with Hou Yantang, as long as Hou Yantang can see that I have a future, he will naturally recommend each other's products to me. A small software with only 10 million people, and a giant with 80 million people. Swapping referral slots with each other, do you say I earned or lost? If I show a little intention to download tools by myself now, do you think Hou Yantang will still cooperate with me like this? ”

Zou Sheng was unwilling and retorted: "But you can do it secretly and be prepared." With technical reserves, you are not afraid of others getting stuck in your neck. ”

Gu Mojie picked up the teacup and took a sip. The part of the face covered by the teacup is full of smugness.

"Secretly—of course I'm willing to do it. However, this also means that the new downloader will not be eligible to appear as a standalone product right away, and will only be available as a plug-in package for Hatsune PC Manager. In the future, even if it is gradually noticed by the Internet Express, we have to explain that we will not launch independent download software; The purpose of this plugin package: Just to make sure that 'if you don't have an Internet Express installed on your computer, our Hatsune PC Manager won't be able to download the download function in the future' - can you accept such a treatment? ”

You can only do things, not your name. Moreover, if the name cannot be corrected, there is no way to set up an independent settlement project department, and it is impossible to accept investment as an independent subsidiary, and Zou Sheng's authority and the share options he may get will be much lower.

Zou Sheng felt that his throat was dry, and asked in an almost hoarse voice, "If I accept it, what conditions do you give me?" ”

Gu Mojie stood up and stretched his muscles. Then he turned around, looked at the night sky and lights outside the window, and said coldly: "Calculate carefully, you still have 2 million." But I'm not short of funds. If you want to bring it in, I can give you a percentage. As for your original legacy of downloading software technology, I will also price you 2 million, and some of the scattered human capital and residual brand value of the rest of the team, I will calculate a total of 5 million for you, and you are not convinced. ”

Zou Sheng seemed to suddenly see hope. Gu Mojie pressed him for so long at the beginning, but he didn't expect that in the end, when he valued his team, he still estimated it according to a very pertinent value. It is Zou Sheng himself, who also feels that he is only worth three or four million at most now.

Gu Mojie saw Zou Sheng's eyes brighten, and poured a basin of cold water on it.

"Don't rejoice too soon - I haven't said how much my company is worth now. My company, with its cash flow and technological achievements, is 30 million yuan. With so many users and brand value, how much do you think it should be worth? For such a company, how much can your team account for if you accept your five million joining? ”

Zou Sheng was dumbfounded.

Gu Mojie's company has always been owned by himself, and he has not received any venture capital investment, so it is naturally easy for people to ignore the company's valuation. Therefore, Zou Sheng subconsciously never thought about the question of "how much is Hatsune Network Technology worth".

Now that I think about it, if Gu Mojie valued his own company by hundreds of millions, wouldn't his five million still only account for 1%~2% of the shares?

Sure enough, Gu Mojie stretched out two fingers: "I can only give you 2% of the option, 1% for yourself, and the remaining 1% for the rest of your team, you can think of a distribution plan." You can only choose to accept it, or not to accept it. ”

Zou Sheng was not convinced, but he did not dare not accept it. If you don't accept it, maybe there is no second person in China who has the courage to do this kind of business that has to be in close contact with the Internet Express.

"I ...... It's not that I don't accept it, but can you give me a good reason? How do you calculate the market capitalization of your current company? If I can't be convinced, how can I accept it? (To be continued.) )