Listening to what you say, Xiao Li, I am looking forward to the future again! ”

Wang Teng said hahadaxiao, obviously Li Yifan's words also made him feel good.

"That is, in fact, Brother Wang, although the current forty thieves have taken a lot of shares from the current Forty Thieves, at least the right to operate this company is still in the hands of our white spoon, isn't it? So we don't have to be too pessimistic, and when we sign this financing contract with them, there are also proviso clauses, and when they want to withdraw their funds, don't we also have the right of priority to repurchase? Therefore, this financing is actually not too much of a loss for us. ”

Li Yifan continued to comfort Wang Teng and said, to be honest, in the original history, the two financings of these forty thieves in the early days of their establishment made Wang Teng suffer a lot of losses.

At that time, Wang Teng did not have the support of Li Yifan behind him, and the start-up capital for his website was only 500,000 yuan, which also had to remove a considerable part of the cost of resources and operating expenses.

So at that time, the forty thieves website could be said to be struggling at the beginning of its establishment, although it started well, but it was precisely because of the tension of the capital chain that it became the biggest shortcoming of their desire for foreign funds.

AT THAT TIME, WANG TENG WAS UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE, ON THE ONE HAND, A PART OF THE CREDITOR'S RIGHTS WERE AFRAID THAT EBAY WOULD TURN ITS FACE AT THAT TIME, AND IF THEY DIRECTLY OPENED A DIRECTLY COMPETITIVE WEBSITE IN CHINA, THEY WOULD HAVE NO WAY TO RESIST, SO MANY OF THE EARLIEST WEBSITES WERE FOUNDED IN THE HOPE THAT WANG TENG COULD SELL THE COMPANY TO EBAY.

The other part of the entry is because of the demand for funds, and it is the unconditional tolerance and concession attitude of these investors who are expelled from the conditions.

This is completely different from Wang Teng's attitude, at that time Wang Teng can be said to be the enemy, on the one hand, the strong pressure from the financing party, on the other hand, the company's internal thinking is not unified, although he carried out fierce resistance, but in the end he had no choice but to take a compromise.

Although he has retained the right to operate the company, but in terms of the transfer of shares, he has made much greater concessions than now, but in this life, with the support of Li Yifan's funds, the initial stage of the Forty Thieves website is much better than the previous life, and Li Yifan, the major shareholder, has always been firmly on Wang Teng's side, which did not make him like in his previous life, a single shadow stock, and the enemy on his back, so in the negotiations with Softbank and EBAY, he was a lot tougher.

Not only is the transfer of shares less than before, but also when signing the financing contract, there are many additional clauses, such as when the capital injection party's enterprise is not operating well and the capital is in difficulty, if the other party needs to sell the shares, Wang Teng has the right to have the right of first refusal, and when reposing, the price can be much lower than the market price.

In fact, such additional clauses are attached to every newly born Internet company when seeking foreign capital injection, and when signing financing contracts with investors.

IT'S JUST THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE PREFERENTIAL STRENGTH OF THE ADDITIONAL TERMS, IN THE PREVIOUS LIFE, WHEN WANG TENG SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH FINANCING PARTIES SUCH AS SOFTBANK AND EBAY, OF COURSE, THERE WERE SUCH ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS, BUT THE PREFERENTIAL STRENGTH WAS NOT AS GREAT AS IN THIS LIFE.

THEREFORE, SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS LATER, WHEN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES SUFFERED A SERIOUS FINANCIAL CRISIS, EBAY, SOFTBANK AND OTHER COMPANIES NEEDED TO WITHDRAW FUNDS TO SAVE THEMSELVES, WANG TENG'S REPURCHASE FUNDS WERE A SMALL NUMBER.

And after having such an advantage in this life, when Wang Teng faces such an opportunity again, his opportunity cost is much lower than in his previous life.

If these words were to come out of his mouth, Wang Teng might not feel too much excitement, but when these words came out of Li Yifan's mouth, the feeling would be different, Bi Jing, the little brother, has always been his loyal follower, and his future direction and views on the Internet market are shockingly similar to himself, and he is the so-called like-minded good friend.

"Brother Wang, in fact, during this time, while you are working hard to build the website of the Forty Great Thieves, you might as well work hard to package yourself."

Li Yifan said as if he was unintentional, but this made Wang Teng feel very surprised.

“weishenme？”

"Hehe, Brother Wang, in fact, this is also a way to enhance the soft power of enterprises, just like when they mention Bill. Gates will think of Microsoft, and you will think of the cyber empire he founded. Sometimes, as long as Bill makes his name known, then they will go extremely smoothly in any business activity, weishenme? It's that they are willing to believe in Gates! Because his name is the image symbol of an enterprise, it is an invisible soft power. In fact, we also have such conditions, and I think you can become the Bill of our country. Gates! ”

Li Yifan mentioned soft power, which is actually a kind of influence.

The embodiment of this kind of soft power lies in the fact that it will bring an intangible credibility to your product or company.

It's like a beggar who walks out with a diamond in time, and doesn't want to believe that he is holding a diamond, but prefers to believe that he is holding glass.

And if Bill. If Gates walked out with a piece of glass, I believe that many people would prefer to believe that he was holding a diamond in his hand, and this is the credibility that his name can bring!

"I know what you mean, isn't it just about hyping up fame? But what is the benefit of such a hype of fame? ”

At present, Wang Teng is still an entrepreneur, and he is not the leader of the giant network enterprise worth hundreds of millions of dollars and managing tens of thousands of employees in later generations, so he has not yet grasped the benefits of this soft power.

"Hehe, Brother Wang, you underestimate the benefits of this kind of soft power. You think that if you can expose it in various news media from time to time, then it will bring you a certain degree of popularity, and also increase the popularity of the company under your name, which is also a win-win road. And as long as we don't make mistakes in business ideas, then in the next few years, I believe that the top 40 pirate websites will definitely embark on the fast track of rapid development, and when the time comes, the company will become bigger and bigger, and you and this company are in front of the media, properly ensuring a certain exposure, which is of great benefit to you and the company. And the biggest advantage of this is that in the future, if Brother Wang, when we are creating a B2C website, you want to wait until then you and your successful B2B business model has become a legend in the industry, and you are ascending to the heights and planning to create a B2C business website, then when this website starts, will it be as laborious as when the B2B website starts? ”

Li Yifan's explanation made Wang Teng fall into deep thought, what Xiao Li said is indeed reasonable, sometimes being famous can indeed bring some unexpected benefits.

If this reputation can bring a huge boost to his future road to entrepreneurship again, then why not do such a good hype?

In fact, in the original history, Wang Teng's reputation is indeed very inferior compared with several other people who first entered the Internet era.

For example, Ding Yi, Zhang Chao, MCA, etc., these were the earliest people in the Internet era, and when their network companies were just emerging, they had repeatedly packaged and promoted themselves, and some were often frequent visitors on the domestic rich list, and such a reputation did bring considerable benefits to their white spoon enterprises, especially when the subsequent development needs business development, or when financing negotiations, their white spoon opponents often unconsciously shorter than half a point when they hear their white spoon reputation.

On the other hand, Wang Teng, when he first started his business, did not pay special attention to the packaging of such a reputation and soft power, and even at that time, he was often on the news, or some negative news, such as the news of his discord with the investor, etc.

This situation did not gradually improve until he later founded the leak net, and Wang Teng, who had begun to taste the benefits of fame, began to pay attention to packaging himself and quietly improving the soft power of his own and his own business.

And in this life, with Wang Teng, who is assisted by himself, Li Yifan certainly doesn't want him to make the same mistakes as in his previous life.

And in his opinion, their main entrepreneurial road in the future should be in the B2C business network model that is popular in the future, you must know that when Wang Teng founded this website, he suffered huge resistance from the side of the forty thieves, especially his investment, until the success of this website, they changed their views on him and that website.

Therefore, it is of great benefit to start a business again after starting Wang Teng's soft power now.

"Brother Wang, in fact, this reputation is also a kind of soft power!"

After some contemplation, Wang Teng also believes in Li Yifan's words, but this matter is not in a hurry, Bi Jing and their white spoon enterprises, it is still just starting, everything has to wait until this website is really bigger and stronger, otherwise even if you want to hype it now, I'm afraid those news media will not buy your account.

Li Yifan and Wang Teng chatted for a long time that night, and then they mainly focused on the ideas and policies for the operation and expansion of the website, so they stayed in Hangzhou for two years.

Finally came to Hangzhou, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to go to Haode to appreciate the beauty of this city known as the middle of the house, with such a small regret, Li Yifan stepped on the plane back, and Wang Teng once again after some brainstorming, embarked on his own journey!

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