Chapter 983: A Banquet That Lasts in the World
With the consent of Song Yuanchao, Qin Zhengguo and others discussed with great interest the direction of investment in Internet companies.
At this time, Luo Yang said one thing, that is, on May 15 last year, the first Internet website was established in China, which was called "Window of China".
Speaking of this website, it was established by the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Academy of Sciences, and its establishment is a coincidence at all, because a researcher named Xu Rongsheng went abroad to participate in the world's first 3W conference, and when he attended the conference, he found that many countries have their own web sites, but China does not.
Xu Rongsheng made a temporary phone call to inform his colleagues in China to cooperate and urgently set up a 3W server. At that time, there was no dedicated server, and it was a PC486 machine with Linux operating system running software to achieve content publishing, and the designed web page was relatively simple, and the content was not much, but under the conditions at that time, it was already a complete website, which was not inferior to other countries.
After returning to China, Xu Rongsheng adjusted the website that had been temporarily established, in addition to introducing the information of China's high-energy physics research trends and other specialties to the world on the original website, he also deliberately set up a professional propaganda column, called "Tour in a", to introduce contemporary China to the world.
Who wants to have the intention to plant flowers and flowers will not bloom, and unintentionally plant willows and willows. The former is too professional and does not have many visits. However, the latter has aroused the interest of many foreign netizens, and many foreigners have learned a lot about contemporary China through the Tour in a column, and as time goes by, the number of visits to this website has also increased, and it has gradually become famous.
For this reason, the original website was renamed "Window of China" to enhance the information content and promotion of the previous columns. It can be said that the emergence of Window of China is the first official website after China entered the Internet era, and it occupies an important position.
With the success of the Window of China, this year, the Window of China has been imitated in various places, and the Window of Yanjing, the Window of Shancheng, the Window of Shanghai, the Window of Tianjin, the Window of Hangzhou, and the Window of Jinling have been established...... and countless other sites of a local nature.
However, including the original establishment of the Window of China, the main role of these websites is only to serve as a window for external publicity, and in terms of the use and information of the websites, they are still very rudimentary, and they have little commercial value.
"You mean ......?" Li Daqi frowned slightly and asked Luo Yang.
Luo Yang smiled and said: "My meaning is very simple, from this point you can see that the Internet era is coming...... No! It can be said that it has arrived. Although the Internet industry in China is still very simple, or even very simple, the emergence of the window of China and the windows of various places proves the role of the Internet. ”
"I think that investing in the Internet is a very good direction, but in view of the current domestic situation, the current direction of our temporary investment still has to be overseas, after all, the speed of overseas Internet development is faster than that of China, and the possibility of successful investment is also greater."
Li Daqi thought about it and nodded, expressing his agreement with Luo Yang's opinion. However, he also pointed out that since there is also a primary Internet industry in China, we can also pay attention to the domestic aspect in the investment process, after all, Shenghua's advantages in China are greater than overseas.
It is even possible that Shenghua can directly intervene in the Internet industry and build a similar Internet company according to the foreign model, but how to do it specifically, Li Daqi does not have this ability, not to mention Qin Zhengguo, he also knows nine out of ten tricks for this thing, but Luo Yang is a little interested, he proposes that his cultural company come forward to try it, anyway, the current domestic investment in doing these is not large, if it succeeds, it is gratifying, even if it is not successful, it doesn't matter.
Just when Song Yuanchao was discussing how to invest in Internet companies and plan to get a piece of the pie in the Internet wave, Zhang Hao, who was far away in the United States, had just finished talking about cooperation with a middle-aged man, and the two shook hands with smiles and said goodbye.
Seeing off the middle-aged man, Zhang Hao took a car to the company, and just returned to the office, the office door was knocked.
"Come in!"
"Mike!" Mark and Jimmy walked in, and they asked Zhang Hao anxiously, "I heard that you transferred the shares just now?" ”
"Sit, sit down, what do you want to drink? Is it coffee or tea? Or some wine? Zhang Hao greeted him with a smile and asked Mark and Jimmy.
"I don't want to drink anything, Mike, I remember you promised me!" Mark was a little angry and scolded Zhang Hao, and Jimmy on the side tugged at Mark's arm, signaling that he didn't have to.
"Mike, that's not what Mark meant, he's just a little excited......."
"Nope! I'm not excited! I just wanted to ask why you're doing this? Have you forgotten why we started the company in the first place? Have you become a businessman who only knows how to pursue profits? Mark shook off Jimmy's hand and continued to ask Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao sighed, he knew that what was going to come was coming after all. He didn't say anything, walked to the side cabinet and took out a bottle of wine, took three more wine glasses and poured some of them, and handed one of them to Mark: "Take a sip, sit down and I'll explain to you slowly." ”
Mark's reprimand Zhang Hao was not surprised, and he did not argue with him, under Zhang Hao's calm reaction, the anger in Mark's heart gradually subsided, he hesitated and took the wine glass handed by Zhang Hao, raised his hand and drank it in one gulp, and then sat down on the sofa.
Zhang Hao motioned for Jimmy to sit too, and when they all sat down, Zhang Hao talked about his own business.
As for Zhang Hao's nationality, Mark and Jimmy knew about it before, after all, Mark rang the bell instead of Zhang Hao when Netscape was listed, which proved this.
As a friend and partner, Zhang Hao did not shy away from this, telling them that now Netscape is developing very rapidly after its listing, and that as one of the largest shareholders of Netscape and the actual controller of the company, unless he renounces his original nationality and applies for American citizenship, otherwise neither the American political or business circles will allow a foreigner to control the existence of a prosperous Internet company in the United States.
In this case, Zhang Hao must make a choice, which is to give up most of his interests in Netscape and thus marginalize his position in the company, so as to solve this problem.
"Mike, why can't you just consider the USCIS proposal?" Jimmy asked, somewhat incomprehensible.
Zhang Hao smiled and didn't answer, Jimmy didn't have any bad intentions in asking like this, because he was an American, as an American, plus because of his friends, it was normal to ask such a thing.
Mark understood Zhang Hao's thoughts, after all, he was much more mature than Jimmy, after listening to Zhang Hao's explanation, Mark's anger was much less, but he still didn't understand: "Mike, even if that's the case, you don't have to decide so quickly, maybe this matter will have a chance ......to turn around." ”
Shaking his head, Zhang Hao calmly said to them: "This is impossible, in fact, on the third day after the listing, the Immigration Bureau contacted me again and asked for my opinion." On the surface, they are still very polite, but in fact this is already an ultimatum, and if I don't react or reassure them, I'm afraid it's not just me who will be affected. ”
Mark was stunned for a moment by saying this, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and let out a long sigh.
"But don't worry, although I have made a choice, we are still friends and partners. You are here at the right time, and if you don't come to me, I will go to you. With that, Zhang Hao got up and returned to his desk, opened the drawer and took out three folders that had been prepared long ago.
Back in his seat, he handed two of the folders to Mark and Jimmy, and they took them suspiciously, and when they saw what was in the folders, they suddenly showed a shocked expression, and then hurriedly asked Zhang Hao what this meant.
"Hehe, you don't think I'm just going to transfer my shares, do you? Don't forget that we are partners and that the company has an agreement in the terms of the transfer of shares. Zhang Hao stretched out his finger and pointed to the folder in their hands and said: "According to the agreement, when I transfer shares as a major shareholder, you as the founder have priority, and the transfer of these shares is enjoyed as a priority right." Of course, I will continue to retain a part of the company's equity as an ordinary shareholder of the company, and other equity transfers as cash-out, which is also a little selfishness on my part, and I hope you can understand. ”
"But Mike, this ...... That's just too much, and we can't afford that much money right now. Mark said to Zhang Hao with wide eyes, and Jimmy on the side had almost the same expression, although Zhang Hao was right, they also had priority, but this was based on the premise that they had the ability to eat Zhang Hao's shares.
With the listing of Netscape, the three of them have increased in value, but in fact, they have not really gained much wealth, in other words, their wealth is only wealth on paper, not real wealth.
If according to the founder's priority, if he wants to eat the shares in Zhang Hao's hands, even if it is a part of the shares, it is impossible for either Mark or Jimmy to come up with such a large amount of money. Of course, it will be different after a year, and after a year, as the original shares enter the market, they can properly sell and cash out their shares on the stock market, and then the wealth on paper will become real wealth.
And now, Zhang Hao directly took out two equity transfer documents to them, in these two equity transfer documents Zhang Hao transferred nearly one-third of the equity in his hand to Mark and Jimmy respectively, and has also signed the documents.
As long as Mark and Jimmy sign their names in the place where they sign, then the document will officially take effect, and Mark will directly replace Zhang Hao as the company's largest individual shareholder, and Jimmy's shares will increase to more than 5%.
"It doesn't matter, this document was drafted by a law firm after I consulted with a professional lawyer, and you will hold these shares on behalf of you in the next year, and after the expiration of one year, you can make a formal purchase payment according to the right of priority, and there is no legal problem. Of course, this payment is based on the current stock price, which may be a big advantage for me, because no one knows what the stock price will be in a year's time, and if it falls, you will have to suffer a loss. Zhang Hao explained with a smile, this sentence sounded extremely moving in Mark's ears, Netscape's current future is obvious to all, and today's stock price is also rising, and after a year, this stock price will definitely be much higher than now, Zhang Hao's so-called advantage is actually a loss!