Chapter 10: Venture Capital
"What do you think about venture capital?"
"Some people say that venture capital is a vampire, investing in the dip and selling it at a high price. But I don't think there's a free lunch. Since others have paid, they need to reciprocate. In addition, there is also the possibility of being lost. ”
"You're right, venture capital is not a charity. I have been exposed to many traditional industries and am quite resistant to venture capital. It's like looking at the eyes of a wolf of wealth. Investors can bring not only capital, but also more business management ideas and resources that they cannot obtain. Li Zhaojun sighed that it was not long after returning to China, but her work did not go very well.
"I think your idea is very creative, an original platform for interconnection and sharing. If you have an investment analysis report, maybe I can help you find an interested investor. Li Zhaojun said. But this is not possible for our group, and we have now stopped all investment project approvals in the Internet industry. ”
Chen Bo was happy in his heart, but he sank down. Goldman Sachs Group is different from other venture capitals, and short-term holding of quick arbitrage is in line with their strategy. Now the Nasdaq stock index is plummeting like a pool of stagnant water. Goldman Sachs is not stupid, without arbitrage channels, even if it invests in the Internet industry, it can only be smashed into its hands.
Moreover, Goldman Sachs' main business is inter-company financing, mergers and acquisitions, and listing of financial guarantee business. The investment industry is really not a big one, and if you really want to find venture capital, it is better to choose some companies that can be held for a long time to cooperate.
Now he doesn't even have a specific business plan, and he hasn't launched a website, so it's a bit far away.
"Why is Sister Jun willing to help me?" Chen Bo asked the doubts in his heart. Anyone who just meets a friend who has met two sides and says that they want to help you will think about it.
"I think you're a young man with ideas and dreams." Li Zhaojun smiled again, "You call me sister, can I not help my brother?" ”
"Sister Jun, aren't you afraid that I will mess up and waste the investors' money?"
"Investing is inherently risky. It's normal for an investment to fail. And my eye for people is still very accurate, I am optimistic about you! ”
"Don't worry, the website hasn't been launched yet, nothing yet. I think venture capital is still a bit far away, and I want to do one thing in a down-to-earth way. ”
"It's best if you can have this kind of idea, how many potential startups are dying on the road of too big a stride and too high a heart. I'll help you look out for some of the more suitable VC firms. ”
Li Zhaojun is very satisfied with Chen Bo's attitude, a young man can face himself squarely, and it is a rare quality to not be anxious for quick success.
The two talked happily, time passed quickly, and before they knew it, the sun was setting. Chen Bo sent Li Zhaojun back to his residence, and then returned to his own dwelling.
As soon as I turned on the computer, I heard the OICQ "Didi" message in the stereo kept coming, and in the friend list, Zhang Yiming's avatar kept flashing.
Chen Bo opened the dialog box and looked at them one by one, and it turned out that this kid finally scanned out several big bugs of Wanwang after several days of unremitting efforts.
Once this kind of bug is publicized, even a rookie in the hacker world can follow these vulnerabilities to crawl into the server and easily destroy them. At worst, data will be lost, and the entire game server will be hacked.
The scanning program on Chen Bo's computer has also finished its work, and he hurriedly started the manual test session. This process is relatively boring.
After careful testing, it was found that the results were no different from those obtained by Zhang Yiming, so there should be no new discoveries. Just when Chen Bo was about to classify and sort out all the bug collections. Suddenly, a small bug popped up in the scanning software.
Chen Bo didn't care at first, but when he was testing, he found out that this was a bug in the game's recharge system, and through this bug, you can get unlimited recharge codes. A recharge card on the market costs 18 yuan per month, and you can only recharge it by scratching it off and entering the recharge code and password when you buy it.
There are no online payment tools, and although online banking is available now, it is not widely used.
Therefore, various game companies adopt this method of selling game recharge cards as agents to recharge. Including Huaxia Mobile and Unicom, they also pre-deposit phone bills in this way.
Now this bug will directly overwhelm the game's user system, which is equivalent to a free game. plus the bug that Zhang Yiming discovered. It is equivalent to grasping the two lifelines of Wanwang Company.
Chen Bo sent an email to Wanwang's operation mailbox, of course, it is impossible to send all the bugs, first give them two small bugs that are sure to exist but have little impact, and let them be sure that they are real. Then tell them that they have two big bugs in their hands that are big enough to bring the whole company down. I don't believe that they are indifferent.
In an office building in the imperial capital of Yanjing, the CEO office of Wanwang Company was hurriedly pushed open.
"What's the matter?" The man, who was looking at the papers behind his desk, saw someone breaking into his office and said unhappily, "Don't you know that it's polite to come in and knock on the door?" ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Wang." The man who broke in wiped the sweat from his forehead, and his face was grim.
"The next time there is such a situation, it will be punished severely. Hum! Mr. Wang snorted coldly and said in a deep voice.
"You'd better take a look at this, right?" As he spoke, he handed over a document.
Mr. Wang was afraid of missing something, so he read it carefully. Then he angrily slammed the folder on the table and scolded, "Are you in such a hurry just for these few little loopholes?" Well? Director Ma!! ”
"No...... That's not true. Director Ma hurriedly explained, "This was sent to the company's mailbox by someone else, and the other party claimed that there was a bigger bug." These few minor vulnerabilities are just for us to test. ”
Mr. Wang's face softened slightly, and said, "Has the technical department already tested it?" ”
"Yes,"
"What do you want?" Mr. Wang's face was a little solemn.
How could he be a fool if he could be in this position. Since the other party dares to use these small loopholes to verify, there must still be a backhand.
Online games are different from stand-alone games that rely on selling copyrights and peripheral profits, and rely on the stickiness of online players to recharge the game. And King of Kings, as the first graphic online game, I don't know how many companies have their eyes on them. If it is not handled well, the entire company will suffer huge losses.
"The other party is in Pengcheng and asked for an on-site interview. I think since the other party said so, it was not published on the Internet, so it should be easier to solve. ”
Director Ma put forward his own opinions pertinently.
"Then you book a ticket to Pengcheng immediately, you must take it for me! Also, bring the engineers from the technical department with you! Mr. Wang pondered for a while, and immediately gave instructions to Director Ma, who was in charge of operations, without procrastination.