Downstairs.

A group of seven people just walked out of the door of the apartment, because today is Perry's birthday, a few friends came to celebrate his birthday, Ji Cheng naturally can't sweep everyone's interest.

So Ji Cheng plans to arrange for everyone to play for a while, have a meal, and take the time to talk to Perry about the specific content of cooperation.

Ji Cheng took out the car keys, turned his head and said, "Do you have a car?" ”

"Uh...... No car. Jack spread his hands and said, "Whoever buys a car in this place in New York is stupid." ”

Although the number of cars per 1,000 people in the beautiful country reached a historic 711 cars as early as 1980, and then reached 822 cars per 1,000 people at the peak in 2015, in fact, not everyone has a car, especially living in New York, a city where parking spaces are hard to find, and many people would rather take a taxi than buy a car, so it is not surprising that Jack and others do not have a car.

Ji Cheng thought for a while and proposed: "I can't fit seven people in one car, otherwise, Perry, Mark and Jack will take my car, and the three ladies will call you another car, and we will meet together in Atlantic City later, as for the evening, I will arrange for you to celebrate Perry's birthday at the Plaza Hotel, what do you think?" ”

"Yay!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ji!"

"Wow, Mr. Ji, you are so good!"

A group of people are excited, today's Atlantic City is a hot land, but it is much more prosperous than the modern society, not to mention that not everyone can reserve a place in the Plaza Hotel now, they are a group of ordinary young people, and they must be excited to have the opportunity to eat in such a high-end place.

Ji Cheng took out his mobile phone and dialed Michael. Baker's phone asked him to send someone to pick up the three girls in a Rolls-Royce Silver Thorn.

While he was calling, Yin Lizabeth was speechless: "Mr. Ji is Mr. Ji, he is too generous, not only invited us to play at the newly opened Golden Palace Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, but also arranged for us to celebrate Perry's birthday at the Plaza Hotel in the evening, he is simply too rich." ”

Alice was also excited, and said, "I haven't been to the Plaza Hotel since I'm so old, I really want to bring a camera in and take pictures." ”

Matt next to him was also communicating with Jack, "Man, do you think this Mr. Ji is really that bold?" He drove nothing more than a Lexus car, which was expensive for us, but it was nothing for the truly super-rich, right? ”

"You really don't know what Mr. Ji's status is?" Jack rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, while Mr. Ji is on the phone, I'll tell you who he is, he is ...... Hua."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Cheng hung up the phone, turned his head and smiled: "Three beautiful ladies, you wait here, the car I called will arrive in ten minutes at most, and I will take Perry, Matt and Jack to Atlantic City first." ”

"Okay."

"You go first."

The three ladies agreed.

Then Ji Cheng invited the three men to get into his grocery cart.

Only Matt was curious, Jack said half of what he said just now, he really didn't know Ji Cheng's identity.

……

Manhattan is still a long drive from Atlantic City.

While driving, Ji Cheng discussed the investment with Perry, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Perry, how much money do you want to invest?" Ji Cheng asked while leaning on the steering wheel.

Perry didn't answer immediately, he, like Mark, still thought that Ji Cheng was a millionaire and didn't dare to ask for too much money to invest, for fear that Ji Cheng would be scared away later, he hesitated for a while and said, "I...... I want a $200,000 investment...... Well, if that's too much, $100,000 isn't impossible. ”

Halfway through his speech, he saw Ji Cheng frowning over there, thinking that he wanted too much investment, so he quickly changed his words.

Jack, who was sitting in the back, was anxious for him, Ji Cheng, a great god, was willing to invest, and you only need one or two hundred thousand dollars? The head show is funny, right?

On the contrary, Matt nodded secretly, feeling that Perry wanted so much money, after all, Ji Cheng was only a millionaire, and it was a lot to take out more than ten or two hundred thousand dollars at once.

"A hundred thousand dollars?" Ji Cheng said a little speechlessly: "Do you want so much money?" ”

Perry couldn't tell what he meant by this, thinking it was still too much, and explained with a wry smile: "Mr. Ji, it's not that I really want so much money, but I really can't help it, the instant messaging software I developed needs to use two relatively large servers, one of which is an instant messaging server, and the other is a file server, you also know how expensive the server is, and there is no private personal website yet, I also need to develop a static web website for the public, It allows our users to search for our products from the Internet and then download them to their computers. ”

Ji Cheng was surprised: "You still want to develop a static web website for the public?" ”

It was not until December 1990 that the world's first static web site was discovered by the father of the World Wide Web, Tim Brown. Bonas. Lee and Robert. Cario was developed and then opened to the public in August 1991.

He has been eyeing this technology before, and has collected a lot of information in modern society, preparing to release it before CERN, but he has been busy with the stock market recently, and has not been looking for anyone to develop it.

Perry said helplessly: "If we don't develop static web pages for the public, no matter how good our products are, it is impossible to accumulate many users, and not everyone is willing to buy floppy disks to install chat software, so I don't want to invest $100,000 much." ”

Ji Cheng was almost laughed at by him, "Do you think that 100,000 US dollars can develop a static web website for the public?" Do you know how much it takes to develop a static web page? ”

Perry seems to be very well versed in this, "Of course I know, isn't there a search Internet that has been booming lately?" They set up a file for the FTP site, called Archie, and this software periodically reaches all open file download sites, lists their files and builds a searchable software index, and all I have to do is simplify their software index, and then embed it on our own web site, just for downloading our products, and to do that, I have to develop a WAN friendly interface, well, New York Public University has a WAN, once I can develop a friendly interface, If you convince a university to contribute WAN functions to the public, then you will form an incomparably large network, which I call the Internet! ”

No way!

You're not just a genius, you're a demon!

Ji Cheng really obeyed Perry's idea, isn't this how the world's first Internet-friendly interface appeared? It was about 1991, when the University of Minnesota wanted to develop a simple menu system to access files and information on the campus network over a local area network, and the mainframe believers and proponents of the client-server architecture began to argue, and at first the followers of the mainframe system had the upper hand, but since the proponents of the client-server architecture declared that they could build a prototype system, the mainframe believers had to admit defeat.

Proponents of the client-server architecture quickly produced an advanced demonstration system called gopher, which proved to be very useful, and over 10,000 gophers appeared worldwide over the next few years. It does not require knowledge of UNIX and computer architecture. In a gopher, all you have to do is type in a number and select the menu option you want. With theuofmiagopher you can select all gopher systems worldwide.

It is because of this, plus in 1991 that Tim. Bonas. Through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol and Hypertext Markup Language, Li and his companions have truly "connected everyone", and the Internet has truly stepped onto the stage of history and become an indispensable part of the world!

Just when Ji Cheng was secretly pondering.

Perry continued to say: "Once I have a good interface for wide-area netizens, then I can design a plain text file, which can be stored in a computer in a certain corner of the world, and it can become an independent web website for browsing pictures, text and downloading software in a specific language format, so Mr. Ji, do you think I want to invest more than 100,000 US dollars?" ”

Ji Cheng knew that he had picked up the treasure, and said bluntly: "Perry, your idea is too huge, and the $100,000 fund is not enough to support the product, in my opinion, if you want to implement the complete network empire plan in your head, you need to invest at least $10 million or more, and this is not something you can achieve alone, you need a professional team, I estimate that a team of no less than fifty people." ”

Perry sighed, "Do you think you need this much money?" ”

Ji Cheng affirmed: "Yes." ”

Perry bowed his head and was silent, 10 million dollars is too much, Mr. Ji in front of him is only a millionaire, it is impossible to afford such a huge investment, can he really only go to Silicon Valley to seek investment?

Jack, who was sitting in the back, was so excited that he almost shouted to Perry to ask Ji Cheng for an investment of 10 million US dollars.

Matt, on the other hand, was disappointed, knowing that there were too many funds to be used.

Perry was silent for a while, then smiled wryly: "If it doesn't work, let's put the software files in the Archie site file for people to download, but if you do that, it will take a lot of money to publicize it to attract customers." ”

In fact, it is not impossible to do this, and it does not cost much to invest the money.

Ji Cheng asked Zhuang Xiaomei to help make software from the beginning of modern society, and he was ready to promote it like this.

It's just that after listening to Perry's idea and future blueprint just now, he felt that he could build a huge Internet business empire with Perry as the core.

If you want to build this huge Internet business empire, only 10 million US dollars of investment may not be enough, this can only be said to be an early investment, and there must be additional investment later, and it is really hard to say how much it is.

But one thing is certain, if the Internet is developed by his own company, and then he applies for a patent, he will definitely make a lot of money. Bonas. Lee is so great that he can give up the chance to become the richest man in the world.

Yes, if Tim. Bonas. If Lee applies for patents for basic protocols such as the World Wide Web, URIS, and HTML, he can easily become the richest man in the world.

"No, isn't it just 10 million dollars, I'll personally invest in you!" Ji Cheng said very decisively: "And I will find you the best team, you only need to be responsible for developing the idea in your head, half a year, I will only give you half a year, you must realize this idea, are you confident?" ”

"Huh?"

"Ten million dollars, you promised to invest?"

Both Perry and Matt were taken aback.

They all say in their hearts do you have that much money?

Only Jack shouted over there, "Oh my God, Perry, hurry up and promise Mr. Ji, hurry up, don't miss the opportunity!" ”

Taking advantage of the traffic light in front of him, Ji Cheng turned his head sideways and asked, "Perry, are you confident?" ”

As if grasping at a life-saving straw, Perry said with a full sense of anger: "Yes! I'm sure I'll be able to develop it! ”

"Good!" Ji Cheng nodded with satisfaction, "I'll find a lawyer to sign a contract with you tomorrow, today is your birthday, you have a good day first." ”

Matt finally couldn't help it, and said weakly: "Mr. Ji, I want to know where you got so much money?" ”

Ji Cheng smiled: "Don't worry, there are many in the bank." ”

Oh!

You need a loan from the bank!

Perry and Matt suddenly realized.

Especially Perry, who was moved to tears when he heard this, look, this Mr. Ji is so interesting, even if he has a bank loan, he has to invest in his project, he has thought about it, he must make a lot of money with the developed products, and he must not live up to his love!

Matt also admired Ji Cheng for the first time in his heart, no wonder people can become millionaires, investment is not a lake at all, even if it is a loan, you have to invest in projects that you feel valuable, this is not just a random rich man can have such a boldness.

"Let's talk about the stake side of things." Ji Cheng didn't know Hu Dao at all: "Because I have a lot of money and I have to find a lot of professionals to help you, so it is impossible to give you too many shares, about ten percent in the early stage, and the proportion of your shares may be further reduced if you raise funds in the later stage, do you have any thoughts on this?" ”

Investing 10 million US dollars, even if 10% of the shares are worth 1 million US dollars, Perry never thought that he would have the opportunity to become a millionaire, so he did not hesitate to say at the moment: "I don't have any opinion, indeed, Mr. Ji, you have made a lot of money and should occupy more shares, and it is good to give me 10 percent." ”

Ji Chengcheng didn't let the other party feel guilty, and took the initiative to say: "Although if you can really develop the product, the value will be very high, as high as even billions, tens of billions or even hundreds of billions of dollars, and ten percent of the shares seem to be unfair to you, but you know that everything is difficult at the beginning, and if you don't have a lot of money and the support of a professional team, you may not be able to develop it, so if the company becomes more and more prosperous in the future, the market value assets are more and more. You can't be dissatisfied with the fact that you only took 10 percent of the shares today. ”

Perry thought about it, and laughed: "If the company's market value assets are higher and higher, even if the proportion of my shares is getting smaller and smaller, but the value is rising, if one day the company's market value is 10 billion US dollars, and even one percent of my shares are worth 100 million US dollars, how can I be dissatisfied?" ”

Ji Cheng laughed and said: "If there really is that day, the shares you occupy must be worth more than 100 million US dollars, and I think that in a few decades, it will be no problem for you to become the richest man in the world with the shares in your hands!" ”

The richest man in the world?

Perry can't even think about it.

Matt also laughed, thinking that Ji Cheng was painting a pie for Perry.

……

After a short time, the group of four of them was the first to arrive at the Golden Palace Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. A brand owned by Wynn.

Of course, today's Stephen. Wynn is not as awesome as it was later, and even the $6.3 billion Golden Palace Casino Hotel, of which $5.65 billion is Michael Murphy. Milken helps Stephen. Raised by Wynn, it is said that the Golden Palace Hotel & Casino would have to earn a million dollars a day to pay off the huge loan and high interest.

"Hohoo!"

"The Golden Palace Casino Hotel is worthy of the Golden Palace Casino Hotel, it is simply too luxurious!"

"Oh my God! It's the first time I've come to such a luxurious casino to play, and I'll definitely talk to my colleagues when I get back. ”

Perry, Matt, and Jack were particularly excited.

Ji Cheng said with a smile: "Little gambling Yiqing, I will give you five thousand dollars of chips each later, I said in advance, you will not be allowed to play after losing, do you understand?" ”

"Wow, Mr. Ji, you're so good!" Jack patted his ass.

Perry was quite concerned about Ji Cheng, "Mr. Ji, you just promised me such a large investment, and now you are giving us five thousand dollars in chips, is it too much?" Otherwise, you can just give us a few hundred dollars in chips, there is really no need to give so much. ”

Matt also said, "yes, after all, you're going to come up with ten million dollars next." ”

They're talking.

Suddenly, a white man in a suit in front of him walked up with a large group of people.

At first, Perry and Matt didn't think much of it.

But the next moment, more than a dozen people from this group came to them.

The white man in the suit led by him said to Ji Cheng with a flattering face: "Mr. Ji, just now someone said that you came to our Golden Palace to play, I didn't believe it yet, but I didn't expect you to come, honored, honored, you can come to our side to play, our Golden Palace is really full of splendor!" ”

Ji Cheng shook hands with him, "Are you?" ”

"I'm Johnny, the CEO of the Golden Palace Hotel & Casino. Amos, it's really an honor to meet you, Mr. Ji. The casino CEO bent down and stretched out his hand, "Do you want to go to our VIP lounge to play?" ”

】

What?

The CEO of such a big casino just came out to greet Mr. Ji when he heard his name, and repeatedly said that it was too honorable to meet Ji Cheng? And also invited to the VIP lounge to play?

Perry and Matt looked stupid, and a strange thought was born in their hearts, is this the treatment that a millionaire can have?