Chapter 227, Investing in Jingshan Software?
Of course, Song Yang didn't want to pull them to do anything big now.
But didn't you say that you wanted Li Ping to be the first angel investor?
Now is the time to sow the seed.
And today, it may become the first fire in the most powerful circle of the Internet in China in the future.
At the very least, let the Internet circle, which is still in the process of gestation, release this news on the Huiduo network, which has the largest concentration of Internet talents in China.
If you have ideas and projects, you can find Chunya to invest.
Within 1 million, you can unconditionally support to try, accounting for only 20% of the shares.
At this moment, no matter who is in the audience, they are all excited.
"Mr. Song, the ...... of Jingshan Software" The first person to speak was to ask for uncle.
Song Yang looked at Lei Jun, and then said to Qiu Bo with a smile: "Don't sell the villa, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
In a state of excitement, the participants of CFIDO's first webmaster congress took a group photo in this small conference hall.
Standing in the C position are the two academicians.
Vi Qiu and Restart S are also standing on the side.
"Why restart s?" He asked.
Song Yang smiled and looked at the hotel staff holding the camera in front of him: "If the machine is broken, restart it and try it, and if the road is not good, change it." ”
Ask Bo to be thoughtful.
What Song Yang thought when he registered this ID at that time was: This will be the most colorful chapter in the future, because because of him, there will be a new beginning.
……
If there is no Song Yang's horizontal intervention at this time, then more than a year later, Jingshan Software, which is in trouble, will have to accept Lianxiang's entry. After the reorganization, Lianxiang will become the majority shareholder of Jingshan Software.
But early the next morning, Qiu Bo and Lei Jun went to Songyang's Chunya Investment on Financial Street together.
Although Song Yang is interested in investing, he needs to understand the context of Jingshan Software and the current equity status.
Qiu Bo is also a young genius.
Thirteen years ago, two events made the front page of the newspaper in Changsha, Xiangcheng.
First, the Galaxy supercomputer was born at Changsha University of Defense Science and Technology. Second, it was a student who single-handedly succeeded in developing the library system of the National Defense University of Science and Technology.
That student is Qiu Bo.
"You've done it in Sitong?"
Qiu Bo nodded: "Yes, at that time, I was still the only non-local employee of Sitong. But later, I met Zhang Xuan. ”
Jingshan Software was actually called Xiangdao Jingshan at the beginning.
This company is an agent of various computer accessories, and Zhang Xuan is the son of the owner of this Xiangdao company.
He came to Yanjing to run a business, and his partner was Sitong, and he was deeply impressed by Qiu Bo's technical ability.
Later, he was sent to Pengcheng, and there was a disagreement between Qiu Bo and the company's business direction.
"Mr. Duan is not interested in me developing typing office software for personal computers." Qiu Bo sighed, "The main product of Sitong is typewriter, and 80% of the domestic market is Sitong." However, Mr. Duan did not think that personal computers would replace typewriters in the future. ”
In this case, Zhang Xuan invited him to join Xiangdao Jingshan Company.
The rest of the story is a silent and lonely legend: Qiu Bo lived in a room in a small hotel in Pengcheng for a year and a half, accompanied only by a 386 computer and countless instant noodle buckets. Except for three episodes of liver disease and being sent to the hospital, he hardly went out, and even held the computer and typed code in the hospital.
A year and a half later, in 1988, WPS 1.0 was born with 120,000 lines of assembly code.
With almost no publicity, WPS sold 1,000 units on the day of its launch, with annual sales of more than 30,000 units. At its peak, 90% of the country's Chinese software market was monopolized by WPS. Computers in university computer rooms, government offices, print shops, and company factories almost all have blue interfaces.
After listening to his introduction, Song Yang summed up in a deep voice: "So, there have actually been changes the year before last. The current Jingshan Software is actually Zhu Hai Jingshan, and Yanjing is a branch, so what about Zhang Xuan? ”
"He went to the founder of your Yanda and served as the president of the Founder Xiangdao Company." After a pause, he said, "I also looked for him, and he still has shares in Jingshan Software." ”
The current Zhu Haijing Mountain was established by Zhang Xuan and Qiu Bo.
After Lei Jun came in, he established the Yanjing branch for Pangu Office, and he served as the general manager.
At present, the shareholding structure of Jingshan Software is quite flavorful of this era: Qiu Bo 40%, Zhang Xuan 40%, Lei Jun and some other backbones 20%.
"I want to persuade him to stay." Qiu Bo looked at Lei Jun, "This time, let him personally account for at least 15%. ”
Song Yang understood these situations and concluded: "At present, it is mainly WPS and some other computer software, and a game studio has been established. What's next? ”
"WPS has to be rewritten." Qiu Bo paused for a moment, as if he felt the difficulty, "The current WPS is still based on the DOS operating system, and if it can be on par with Office95, I am afraid it will take at least two or three years to rewrite." In addition, it is to continue Lei Jun's idea of developing Jingshan Word Tyrant and Jinshan Poison Tyrant, and continue to develop some functional software. ”
"What about the game?" Song Yang asked with a smile.
“…… Planted. Qiu Bo was a little embarrassed, "There is only one game, "Zhongguancun Apocalypse", which can't be sold. Now, the studio has a new idea, modelling last year's popular fairy sword to make a martial arts game. But now, of course, you can only do the win95 version, and you need a lot of money. ”
Song Yang knew that this would be a successful game, "Swordsman Love", and since then, stand-alone, online games, and mobile games, this series will be long-lasting.
In the future, Jingshan can be listed, also because the first-generation online game of this IP has been a great success.
"If I invest, how does Mr. Qiu consider the valuation of the company?"
Qiu Bo and Lei Jun glanced at each other, not knowing what to say.
The past is indeed glorious, but the current Jingshan is in the most embarrassing state.
"Does Mr. Song believe that we can make WPS a success?" Qiu Bo asked first.
"I believe it." Song Yang sighed in his heart, in the Internet era, piracy will be a pain for all software developers, "but it may take a long time." ”
Qiu Bo said again: "Last year...... Fairy Sword was launched in China and sold more than 100,000 sets in the first month. ”
Song Yang laughed: "Ask for the president, hurry up." Let me contribute as much as I want, and give as many shares as I want. ”
Qiu Bo gritted his teeth: "10 million, Mr. Song takes 25% of the shares." With this money, we can come up with a new version of WPS in three years and make the game too! ”
If it weren't for the current state, Jingshan Software would be worth at least tens of millions or even more.
But now with the new version of Office, the people who originally wanted to occupy some shares in Jingshan Software are gone.
Three years ago, Qiu Bo also met someone who offered 100 million yuan to Jingshan Software.
Time has passed, and Qiu Bo needs to sell his house to save the company, so he has to bow his head.
"Less."
As soon as Song Yang's words came out, Qiu Bo's heart was cold.
Is 25% not enough?
Song Yang said solemnly: "I can't just think about it for three years. Please, let me tell you about pirated CDs. ”
Qiu Bo and Lei Jun's faces turned pale.
Of course they know the risk. The previous software was small and was also mostly sold via floppy disks.
Later, big software had to be sold on CD-ROMs, and so did games.
Before VCD discs appeared, or before this year, pirated discs were not so harmful.
But now pirated film and television discs are selling very well, and there are already people in the software circle selling pirated software and pirated game discs.
Otherwise, Yixian Sword broke 100,000 sets of sales in the first month in the mainland at that time, and there was no reason not to promote sales now.
It is said that sales are declining very quickly.
So Song Yang said: "It's only the first version of Microsoft's graphical interface operating system, and it's far from being stable and mature. Their updates will be very fast, and so will Office. So whether it's software or games, you have to keep an eye on the new version of the operating system when developing. Ask for the total, 10 million is less, and you have more ammunition to prepare. In addition, you can't bet on only these two types of products. ”
Qiu Bo and Lei Jun were a little dazed for a while: "Then what else can you do?" ”
Song Yang looked at the two.
Qiu Bo and Lei Jun are both technical thinkers at this time, and they are very idealistic.
They make things, and they have ingenuity.
Or, in other words, more ethical.
So from this moment on, Jingshan Software will enter a long period of winter.
The software that comes out is good, but it doesn't make any money.
Single-player games have become a very influential series, and they also don't make money.
In the time when everyone else was doing portals, they were still burying their heads in rewriting WPS and missed the initial golden period.
During this period, Lei Jun's investment in Excellence Network also belongs to the vision of the forward-looking, but all aspects of the conditions are not mature enough.
It's too early.
If it weren't for the fact that "Legend" became popular and they made "Swordsman Romance Online Version", how could Jingshan Software get to the point of going public?
Rao is like this, Qiu Bo was also tossed out of the rivers and lakes, and Lei Jun was exhausted. After several years of hard work, I finally boiled a pot of millet porridge.
Song Yang felt that there was no need for them to spend all their time rewriting WPS in this golden period.
"From now on, the way of thinking is going to change." Song Yang decided to teach them a lesson, "After the backbone network is built, our country will really have the Internet." On the new operating system, the software is only one of the entrances, and the weight will be smaller and smaller. Browsers, more important. ”
"Make a browser?" Qiu Bo's heart sank.
This field is now a war between IE and Netscape. In addition to WPS, Jingshan Software still has to do with Microsoft in this area?
"Nope." Song Yang shook his head, "It's the content in the browser." ”
Lei Jun will be surprised: "For example, the BBS forum on the win95 system? ”
"You don't have to do this." Song Yang laughed, "After there are more users, the Internet will be messy." Just like Huiduo Online, there are so many sites and a lot of content, and newcomers like me feel a little unsightly. What I want to advise you to do is, of course, more technical. What about search engines? ”
Qiu Bo suddenly realized.
Song Yang looked at Lei Jun with anticipation: "It's like when you find out that a customer wants you to teach you how to get started with computers." Once you have learned to surf the Internet, you will also need a primer on the Internet. Make a website like this so that others can find other websites more easily, and want to know what can be searched through this website. ”
“…… So this, how to make money? "Lei Jun can't turn a corner.
CFIDO's site is where everyone contributes for free.
Song Yang pondered for a moment and then said, "My understanding is like this. If you want to make money, it will eventually fall on people. The Internet is different from many businesses in reality, and its biggest beauty is that it can bring together people from different places in the space of the Internet. When people are gathered, there is always a way to make money. ”
"If I want to understand the Internet today, what I see is information." Song Yang guided them to think, "It's like what I've seen: I'm an advertising company, and the reason why companies advertise is to let others know and understand them." If there are more and more people on the Internet, then it is possible to advertise on the Internet. It just so happens that now win95 has come out, and the monitor may become the TV of the future. ”
He summed it up meaningfully: "Not only watching TV, there are too many types of programs, but also making friends with others, playing games, listening to songs, and working...... Now Sanyou Electronics can spend more than 70 million to buy CCTV advertising, and in the future, there may be companies that pay more money to buy advertising on the Internet. ”
The two of them, who had been only making money by selling software, couldn't help but look at him blankly.
Would it be that exaggerated?
"Do things that require more advanced technology, and make money with technology." Song Yang looked forward to them, "I believe you can do this well." Of course, the same goes for games. Remember? I'm a singer. If the game is better, then ask a very well-known singer to help sing the theme song, and sell the genuine version through the Galaxy Audio and Video store, I can help. ”
He emphasized: "But I want you to put more effort into search engines while not giving up WPS." In these directions, you shall divide the work well. ”
Song Yang didn't want the search engine overlord of this time and space to finally succumb to interests and let the search bidding ranking ruin the search experience.
What portals ...... Didn't there be a Ding Sanshi on the table last night?
A company with technical power should do something more technological.
If you make a game, you will make a really good game for Huaguo.
To be a search engine should also be a bit more ambitious.
If you keep making money, these two people shouldn't be tired, right?
After all these things are straightened out in front of him, Song Yang will pull them together to realize the original intention he said last night.
The operating system of the PC is no longer a head.
But the operating system in the era of mobile Internet is not necessarily without fun.
I also talked about my own patents in MPEG2, VCD technology accumulation, and video players, of course, small software can also be done.
The conversation was hot, and Qiu Bo and Lei Jun both forgot about the investment.
Song Yang still felt that it was almost the same, and said with a smile: "For a period of 5 years, I will vote for you 30 million." Shares, of course, a little more, 30%. Jingshan is not only worth 40 million, I know it. Now, it's a bit floating to say that it's worth 100 million. But after I invested 30 million, the current foundation plus the direction we talked about today is worth 100 million. ”
Qiu Bo's heart was shocked, and his eyes were full of light.