December 7 is a very ordinary day among the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year.

Today, for Changzheng and the new starting company, it is an extraordinary day.

In the conference room of the new starting point company, Chang Zheng, Dou Yan, Lin Yonggang, Ma Yuan, Zou Peng, Sun Qian and other middle and senior leaders of the company sat around the table. They will discuss the future of New Beginnings.

The focus of the discussion is how to spend the company's current liquidity of more than 16 million yuan.

General Manager Chang Zheng presided over the meeting, and he first made opening remarks: "Comrades and friends, we are already on the journey and will go further and further. The company was registered in April this year, and the new starting point website was opened on July 5. Eight months have passed since the date of registration of our company. In the past eight months, with the continuous participation of all colleagues, our company has achieved and continues to achieve good results. ”

"The times have given us opportunities, if we can't grasp them, wouldn't it be a pity? Today, our new starting point has reached a historic turning point, is it a turning point for God or a turning point for God, and where will we go? That's what we're going to talk about today. In short, now that we have the funds, we need to expand our business scale and further seize the market. Scaling up means making additional investments. Investment must be added, we must take advantage of the victory! Okay, let's share your opinions and suggestions. Express your own opinions, don't hide it, just say it. ”

Zou Peng first said: "Mr. Chang, my personal suggestion is to upgrade the hardware and software of my station immediately. Now there are more than 100,000 books in my site's inventory, and the daily hits on the whole site have exceeded 10 million last week, and are approaching 15 million. The hardware and software we bought for more than 700,000 yuan before are almost unbearable! This system supports the current data flow almost to the theoretical limit. ”

Lin Yonggang paused in agreement, "What Section Chief Zou said is very reasonable. It's time to upgrade the hardware and system. Recently, many book lovers have reported that they are very stuck reading books on our site, and the webpage often cannot be swiped out and errors are reported. The author is also complaining that the author's backstage comes to the big aunt every day...... I'm sorry, but I'm saying that it's hard for authors to get into their own author backend, and it's not uncommon for them to be unable to upload new chapters. Today is only the 7th, and in December we have announced that there are two days that will not be counted in the statistics of the full attendance award, because the mother bled too much in those two days and fell unconscious. The author's background was completely paralyzed for several hours. Oh, the authors now nickname us New Beginnings.com. ”

Chang Zheng nodded: "Well, I agree with Section Chief Zou's suggestion." Actually, I wanted to upgrade the system for a long time, but I had no choice but to have no money. Section Chief Zou, how much budget does it take to upgrade? It is estimated based on the scale of 100 million hits per day and 1 million book inventory. "He has a lot of ambitions, and this scale can be ranked among the top three in the country.

Zou Peng thought for a while and said, "Fifty million, fifty million should be enough." ”

"Huh?" Chang Zheng was a little uneasy, the people sitting in the conference room were all his own people, so he didn't have to be too upright. "Dapeng, you tease me! Where did I get my 50 million? We do have some money now, but not 50 million. ”

"Well...... Zou Peng thought about it a little and said, "An additional investment of five million should be able to sustain it for a while." "He has been in contact with Chang Zheng for so long, and he generally understands a little bit of Chang Zheng's leadership style. The initial offer is divided by 10, and Mr. Chang will generally accept it.

"Five million...... That can also be considered. Chang Zheng relaxed a little, "What scale can five million be upgraded to?" ”

"There are 25 million to 35 million hits a day, and there are 200,000 to 300,000 books in stock. After investing $5 million to upgrade hardware and software. We should be able to cope with the traffic load described above. Zou Peng replied.

"Oh." Chang Zheng was noncommittal, and he asked Lin Yonggang: "Old Lin." Based on your estimates, how long will it take for us to reach the data that Section Chief Zou just said? ”

Lin Yonggang said to Ma Yuan: "Pony, how long will it take?" ”

Ma Yuan looked at his laptop and said, "According to the current growth trend, it is estimated that it will be three months soon, and half a year at a time." ”

Chang Zheng continued to ask Ma Yuan: "Those 50 million days click." What about 500,000 books? ”

Ma Yuan: "It is estimated that it will take at least a year or more." We run fast during the sprint period, but there will always be a bottleneck period, and the development will become more stable when entering the bottleneck period. The two fives that Mr. Chang just mentioned are a bottleneck. If we break through this bottleneck, we will enter a new period of rapid development. ”

Chang Zheng turned to Zou Peng and asked: "Fifty million." 500,000, how much additional money is needed? ”

Zou Peng was also looking at his laptop, and he said as he looked at it: "The more you upgrade to the later stage, the bigger the investment will be." 50 million clicks, 500,000 deposits, requires an additional fee of about 20 million yuan. ”

Chang Zheng closed his eyes slightly, and his left index finger tapped lightly on the tabletop, as if he was typing Morse code.

Everyone else here knows that Mr. Chang is having a fierce struggle in his heart, and he is thinking.

The rest of the group remained silent, waiting for further instructions from Chang Zheng.

A minute later, Chang Zheng opened his eyes, and he said, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools." We all understand this truth, and it is indeed the truth. The website is too stuck, which will affect the reader's reading mood. If one day the website crashes and crashes, then we don't have to play. So I decided to invest an additional 20 million to upgrade the hardware and software of our site. After the upgrade, our new starting point network will have a carrying capacity of 50 million hits per day. ”

"When the day comes, the daily hits of our station will exceed 50 million, and we should have enough funds to upgrade to 100 million. Rolling development. Upgrading the system is a hassle, and you may have to shut down the website for a day or two. So I decided to simply invest more money this time and go straight up to 50 million daily hits. Save a few months and have to upgrade. ”

Except for Dou Yan, the rest of them all praised Chang Zheng's courage and far-reaching vision.

Dou Yan looked at Chang Zheng and didn't speak, the meaning in her eyes was: Do you have so much money? Million? Now our total net worth is only more than 16 million.

Chang Zheng looked at Dou Yan and smiled, and the meaning conveyed in his eyes was: Let's get on the bus first, and then make up the ticket.

"Twenty million is not a small amount. A project of 20 million is a big project. Chang Zheng seemed to be saying to himself, "20 million is a lot of money for our company, and I can't get 20 million at once now." But it doesn't matter, we can pay in installments. When we save enough 20 million to upgrade, the pace will be slow. Just like buying a house, most people take out a loan and mortgage, first coping with the mother-in-law and coaxing the girlfriend into a wife. By the time you have saved enough money to pay off the house in one lump sum, you will reach the age of your mother-in-law and father-in-law. That's the truth, right? ”

"That's it." The crowd agreed.

"I bought two houses, all with loans. Cash is king these days, and even if I have money, I won't pay for the house in one go. Lin Yonggang particularly agrees with Chang Zheng's view.

"Lao Lin, you are not married, why are you buying two houses? Housing prices are all speculated by people like you. Chang Zheng reprimanded Lin Yonggang.

"It's because I'm not married that I want to buy more houses." Lin Yonggang muttered in a low voice, "If you get married and buy it again, it's a joint property......

"Hey! This kind of thinking of yours, very that, whatever. This is not yet married, and it is considered after marriage. "Chang Zheng sometimes has nothing to do with Lin Yonggang, and it doesn't matter to him how many houses people buy," he said. What I mean by this is that when it comes to upgrading the system, we refer to the process of buying a house with a mortgage. Now you can make a 30% down payment for the first home, and the rest of the money will be slowly returned to the bank. ”

"30% of 20 million is 6 million, we can take 6 million out at the beginning, and the rest of the money will be given slowly. Now doing the project, no Party A will pay the contract in one go. Generally speaking, it is four-three-three, pay forty percent after signing the contract, pay three percent after passing the intermediate acceptance, and finally pay the balance after acceptance. ”

"Section Chief Zou, go find a hardware and software supplier. It doesn't matter if the hardware is the same, it's not the same which machine you buy. Software vendors don't have to use the one that helped us design the main system before, find a few more, and shop around. ”

"Technical negotiations, technical clarifications, etc., Section Chief Zou, you are responsible for the main negotiation and control the technical quality. For suppliers with qualified technical standards, I will personally discuss business standards with their leaders. Upgrading the system needs to be followed up immediately, OK? ”

Zou Peng took a pen and recorded Mr. Chang's instructions in the notebook and said, "OK, I'll follow up immediately." ”

It's not easy to make money, but it's not hard to lose.

Chang Zheng, a loser, lost 20 million in a snap of his fingers, and now he only has a total of more than 16 million funds. (To be continued......)