The atmosphere in Yanjing City has been a bit strange lately, with a huge city empty and pedestrians on the streets like ghosts, making it hard to believe that there are still tens of millions of people living here. But in the northeast area outside the Fifth Ring Road, in Zhongguan Village, known as China's Silicon Valley, there is a self-named No. 1 Chinese portal company called Sufox.com, and the employees in its office are still busy.

Zhang Chaoyang looked at the report handed in by the financial department, his face was full of smiles, the Korean game "Knight Online" represented by Suhu.com has gained a lot in two months since it was launched, and he has been doing the Internet for so many years, and now the speed of making money is not as fast as a small online game.

Although it can't be compared with the grand bloody legend, it can still get a piece of the pie, and it has made the fast money of online games, and it has not left the same portal as the network E in front and behind.

"Old Gu, you and Chu Yuan come to my house in the evening, let's have a few drinks." Zhang Chaoyang, who was in a good mood, dialed the internal phone and informed his partners Gu Yongqiang and Yu Chuyuan. At this time, most of the hotels were closed, and there was no place to go, so he had to go to his villa in the northern suburbs.

The three of them are all returnees, whether it is the pursuit of work or quality of life, they have a common intersection, and they also constitute the stable executive management of today's Suhu.com, and it is common to open a bottle of red wine for recreation in their spare time.

"Yo, are you willing to take out the Romani Conti that you have treasured for so many years? Did you pick up the money today or are you planning to get married? ”

Gu Yongqiang used to think about this bottle of wine, but Zhang Chaoyang never let people touch it, but he didn't expect to be so generous today. Produced by the top French wineries, it takes three vines to make one bottle, and even the barrels that are first filled are made of the latest oak and dried for three years before they can be used.

Although this is not from the 1990s, it is worth a lot of money, and a bottle of wine is worth a house in the second ring road.

"Our Dr. Zhang is very happy, the performance in the first quarter is very bright, and after the Q1 financial report is released on the NASDAQ next month, how many bottles of wine will come out!" Yu Chuyuan is the chief financial officer, and the company's finances must pass through her hands, shaking the goblet elegantly, admiring the dew drops hanging on the crystal clear glass wall, and smiling like a flower arrangement.

"Am I such a philistine?" Zhang Chaoyang said with a smile, "I just think that over the years, it is not easy for everyone to persist until now, haven't you been thinking about this wine, so you will open it today!" ”

"Okay, then I'll have to drink enough!" Gu Yongqiang raised his glass, took a sip, and closed his eyes to feel the stimulation of the mellow wine on his taste buds.

Zhang Chaoyang graduated from Massachusetts, Gu Yongqiang is from Stanford, and Yu Chuyuan is Berkeley, and the three have different feelings about life in the United States. While drinking wine and chatting, and then thinking about the various hardships at the beginning, now there is a sense of satisfaction that comes from bitterness.

A bottle of wine quickly bottomed out, and the servants even opened the CD and played soothing jazz music, slowly shaking it in the room.

Until it was disturbed by the urgent phone ringtone, it was Yu Chuyuan's mobile phone.

"Hey......" She was a little drunk, and she spoke with a little hazy drunkenness.

"What? You repeat! When Yu Chuyuan heard the content on the phone, he woke up as soon as he drank and said loudly, "Okay!" Good!! I got it, I'll let the board know. ”

"What's wrong?" Zhang Chaoyang, who noticed the abnormality, turned off the music and walked over.

"As soon as the Nasdaq opened, the B&P Foundation issued an announcement to reduce its holdings."

"How much is the reduction, is there a third party to take over or direct circulation?" Zhang Chaoyang also realized the seriousness of the situation at this time, and hurriedly asked.

"All... Division... Subtract... Hold!! The reason is that B&P wants to withdraw funds to invest in other projects, and it is directly flowing into the stock market, and no third-party institution has expressed its willingness to take over for the time being! ”

Zhao Chaoyang's already dark face had a hint of gloom, he took out his mobile phone and pressed it for a long time, finally found a number and dialed it, waited anxiously for dozens of seconds before finally connected, and angrily yelled at the phone, "Zhao Chuan, what the hell are you B&P doing?" You guys are bare** taking advantage of the fire! ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Zhang, and I just learned the news about this matter. But this is all a decision made by the US headquarters, and I have no right to inquire about the specific situation. ”

Zhao Chuan had been instructed by Li Zhaojun in advance, so naturally he would not give him any promises, and he was only an investment partner in China, so he couldn't manage the United States at all, so he hung up the phone after a few painful replies.

"TMD, these unrighteous Yankees!" Zhang Chaoyang was furious, and threw the empty wine glass against the wall, slammed it, and said with a trace of reason, "Chu Yuan, immediately use the liquidity to buy back the shares, do your best to restore the trust of investors, and I will immediately arrange for the board of directors to issue a notice." ”

At the same time, in Hangzhou, western Zhejiang, although it was already late at night, Ma Yungang and Ali's executives had a meeting. The entire company has temporarily moved to work from home, and Taobao has also ushered in the best period of development.

Taobao CEO Lu Zhaoxi obviously learned the latest news, and with his eyebrows fluttering, he handed the content of the text message on his mobile phone directly to Ma Yundao, "Suhu just turned over and was smashed again, I'm afraid I will fall behind." ”

"I'm afraid that Xilang and Wang E are also in danger for everyone." Ma Yun showed a shallow smile, the three portals signed an exclusive agreement with eBay, and blocked him out of the door a long time ago, although he didn't have any grievances, but he must be angry in his heart. Then he sighed, "Capital is a double-edged sword, it can make you live and let you die, this is the bloody lesson, Zhang Chaoyang is a doctor of physics, but he is not a qualified leader, his pattern is too small." ”

"I heard that Chen Bo is now in the United States, do you think this matter has anything to do with him? And he is very close to B&P, and every time he raises money, he goes through the channels of this foundation. ”

"Well, it's not impossible, this kid is very ghostly. However, he stabbed others in the back, and naturally some people dared to set fire to his lair! ”

"So what do we do, do you want to add a fire and tell Yahoo America?"

A meaningful smile appeared on Ma Yun's face and said, "No, someone will be more positive." Now if we don't move, we don't have to choose to take sides, just wait to see a good show! Let's hope he makes it through. ”

Chen Bo, who was on the other side of the world at this time, didn't know what was happening in China, and he was meeting with the founder of LinkedIn at a coffee shop in Mountain View.

"Mr. Hoffman, tell us about your vision for LinkedIn."

Sitting across from him was the huge white fat man Red. Hoffman, who co-founded LinkedIn with his classmates at Stanford University, and a former board member and executive vice president of yPal, chose to leave his business after it was sold last year.

"I define it as a professional networking network, which allows all registered users to maintain the people they know in business interactions, and to expand their network by constantly inviting their friends to join them."

Reed. Hoffman said that the Asian face in front of him is common in Silicon Valley, and he doesn't find it strange that he always comes into contact with a lot of investors in the process of starting a business, which is also one of his main jobs.

"What's the difference between this and Monter?"

Chen Bo asked, Monter is the top job search website in the United States, similar to Zhilian and 51job.

"LinkedIn's positioning is not a recruitment website, but a professional social network, I am building a free social platform, sharing industry information, providing recruitment solutions for more enterprises, helping users achieve self-worth growth in long-term career planning, this is definitely not a simple information release."

"So what's going on now?" Chen Bo asked again.

"It's not ideal for the time being, but I'm very confident in the whole team, but we need more funding to address some of the deficiencies in corporate communications."

Although Hoffman did not specify how many users there were, how often they registered and how often they were used, he was basically more sincere.

The basic data of the website, Chen Bo has already understood the door clearing, Ant Index can clearly analyze the average daily traffic and click-through rate of this website, as for how many users register such information can not be obtained, after all, they are search tools, not hackers.

"So, may I ask this Mr. Qin, will you consider our financing needs?" Seeing that he was a little silent, Hoffman asked bluntly.

"My surname is Chen, not Qin, you should call me Vincent." Chen Bo corrected him, the pronunciation of "Chen" did make them a little awkward, and most people would pronounce it as "Qin", which also made him quite embarrassed. "How much money do you need?"

"The first batch needs $5 million, and I have a big promotion plan now, and you have to know that if you want to talk about cooperation with social tools like MSN and Fox live, you can't do it without money." Hoffman shook his fat body.

"Money, not a problem. But I hope not in the form of financing. Chen Bo said.

"And what do you want to do about it?" Hoffman was confused.

"Acquisition! I'll put it bluntly, I buy 85% of the shares, and you and the founding team reserve 15% of the options. I won't dilute your stake until LinkedIn goes public, and I'm going to inject a steady stream of money to help LinkedIn expand the market, even the global market. ”

"Acquisitions? Aren't you a partner in a B&P fund? ”

"Maybe you misunderstood, it was the B&P fund that led the introduction, but my main business is the Internet. The Fox live you just mentioned is just one of the projects I run. Chen Bo said lightly.

"Fox live is just one of them? Oh my God, this product has made MSN cry out of tears, and next door to my office is Hotmail's workspace, and you don't know how much they hate this free email. Hoffman couldn't believe that the young man sitting across from him had the resources he had always dreamed of.