Chapter 995: Asking for help

Zhang Hao's question Song Chaoyuan was difficult to answer for a while, because the scope is too big, and Song Yuanchao understands the general direction of capital operation, but he doesn't know too much about the details, after all, he is not a financial professional, and with his current identity and status, there is no need to do many things by himself, there is a professional team to deal with it below, he only needs to make requests.

However, since Zhang Hao asked, Song Yuanchao still patiently answered some basic things, and after talking for a while, he asked Zhang Hao curiously why he suddenly remembered to ask this? Isn't the Netscape thing solved? Now Zhang Hao has withdrawn from Netscape's operation, and most of the shares in his hands have also been transferred, and there is not much left.

"Brother...... That is true...... I invested in a friend's Internet navigation guide company some time ago, and this company is growing rapidly these days, and there is already capital to try to get in touch, so I plan to ....... Zhang Hao explained to Song Yuanchao on the phone, Song Yuanchao was surprised after hearing it, how long has it been, Zhang Hao just left Netscape on the front foot, and invested in another Internet company on the back foot?

"Aren't you back at school? Why did you suddenly remember to invest in this company? Song Yuanchao asked in wonder.

"That's a coincidence, brother, have you ever heard of the 100-person meeting?"

"The 100-person meeting? It seems familiar, let me think about ....... Song Chaoyuan thought for a while and asked: "Is it the Chinese Elite Association in the United States led by the architect Mr. Pei?" What's wrong? They didn't invite you to join the 100 Club, did they? ”

"Hehe, I guessed it right for you." Zhang Hao said with a smile on the phone, and then told Song Chaoyuan that Dongfang Ze went to visit him, and then left an invitation, and he accidentally went to the Los Angeles branch on the way back from Los Angeles to school, so as to join the 100 Association.

Subsequently, Zhang Hao mentioned Dongfang Ze's introduction to Jerry that day, and it was for this reason that Zhang Hao and Jerry met and learned about the Internet navigation guide made by Jerry and his friend David.

After Zhang Hao went back and carefully studied Jereh's product, he found that the Internet navigation guide they came up with really had some features and ideas, and then after contact and negotiation between the two parties, Zhang Hao joined the project and invested in Jerry and David, thus establishing a formal Internet company together.

Zhang Hao personally invested $1.5 million, owned 38% of the Internet company's shares, and became one of the founders of the company.

However, because of the previous Netscape, Zhang Hao did not serve as the chairman or CEO of the company like Netscape at the beginning, but only had the title of CTO. At the same time, Zhang Hao is not responsible for specific affairs, but is mainly responsible for some technical aspects and guidance of Internet operation, which is also to avoid some unnecessary troubles.

The reason why Zhang Hao made this investment was because of Jerry, he and Jerry had a good chat after meeting through Dongfang Ze, and both parties were Chinese, engaged in technology, and had a lot of common language.

The second aspect is that although Zhang Hao left Netscape, he was light on the surface, but he was very unwilling to this ending in his heart. After all, Zhang Hao, as the founder of Netscape, has invested a lot of effort from the beginning, just like a parent watching his child grow up and finally have a chance, but at this time, the child suddenly ran away from home, and it happened under his own reluctance, even if Zhang Hao's heart is strong, he can't help but lose and regret.

These reasons, coupled with the fact that Zhang Hao is really optimistic about the ideas and ideas of this product after carefully studying Jerry's Internet navigation guide product, so Zhang Hao decided to invest in Jerry and David and founded this company together, which can be regarded as a way to make up for his unwillingness after leaving Netscape.

After Zhang Hao joined the project, with technical support and Zhang Hao's financial support, the company developed rapidly after registration. In less than two months, with the upgrading and improvement of the product, the number of visits began to increase. At this time, Zhang Hao put forward the idea of advertising cooperation and converting traffic into revenue, which was endorsed by Jerry and David, so they tried it.

Who would have thought that the first attempt was successful, although the revenue from the conversion of visits through advertising is not much, but this is an unprecedented way for a website to create profits, and directly opened the beginning of the Internet from virtual to profitable.

This is revolutionary for the current Internet, from products to revenue, you must know that the Internet has not been long since its appearance, but it has always been that many companies, including individuals, are in the exploration stage to convert Internet products into revenue.

One of the most common models is the paid use of products, such as Netscape Browser, which is an Internet software that obtains revenue through the purchase and payment of customers. But a website and a browser are two different things, the former is a software, and selling software is a normal business practice. However, the website is an open site, not in the form of a separate software, it is only the information on the website that attracts people.

By attracting people to the site, all that is generated is traffic, which is real but never generates real revenue. But now, Zhang Hao and they use the model of introducing advertising to convert traffic into real revenue, which can be said to be a pioneering model, and also brings a new business idea to many other websites.

After pioneering this model, the company further increased its investment in the website, continued to improve the templates and algorithms of the navigation guide, and achieved a more relevant and user-friendly technical update based on the user experience.

In addition, at Zhang Hao's suggestion, the portal of the website itself was subdivided, and new templates were added to the original simple templates, such as entertainment templates, news templates, life templates, sports templates, etc...... All of these have greatly attracted the interest of visiting users, making users have a certain stickiness, thus further increasing the number of visits.

Through this series of models, the number of visits to the website has skyrocketed again, the daily visits to the website just exceeded 100,000 last month, and this month has not yet reached 300,000, and this number is still increasing, which makes Zhang Hao extremely happy.

As the number of visitors to the website continues to rise, the advertising revenue also starts to increase, and at the same time, the fame of the website increases.

Now, some capital has begun to notice this newly established Internet company, especially when it was discovered that Zhang Hao was also the founder of this company, which immediately aroused the strong interest of many capitals. Just yesterday, Zhang Hao received a call from Jerry, in which Jerry told Zhang Hao that a capital had officially proposed an investment intention to their company, and offered a good price for the company's valuation.

After receiving the information, Jerry and David were very excited, and the attention of capital represented that their efforts were recognized, and both Jerry and David are now somewhat inclined to talk to capital, looking for the most suitable capital cooperation, and borrowing the power of capital to make their company a second Netscape, so as to achieve great success.

Zhang Hao also felt that this news was reasonable, but he didn't expect success to come so quickly, you must know that it has only been a few months since he decided to set up a company with Jerry and them! The sensitivity of capital has exceeded Zhang Hao's imagination, and he found it so quickly.

Although Zhang Hao has invested in the company and is also the founder of the company, the investment of capital and personal investment are completely different. Zhang Hao, who has experienced the success of Netscape, knows the difference very well, and from the future development of the company, including for individuals, Internet companies introduce capital, and then enter the listing operation like Netscape, which is an unavoidable ending.

Once these operations are successful, then Jerry and David will be the next Mark and Jimmy, and he Zhang Hao will once again become the man of the Internet.

Faced with this situation, it is difficult for Zhang Hao to refuse, because once he refuses Jerry and David, he will definitely oppose it, and the three people who originally cooperated closely will have a rift, which will be a great blow to the development of the company. But once agreed, Zhang Hao also knew very well how the capital would operate next, and he would be exposed to the eyes of the Immigration Bureau.

Last time, Zhang Hao made a huge concession, thus giving up the rights to Netscape and selling most of the shares. But this time, Zhang Hao doesn't plan to continue to give up like Netscape, if so, what is the purpose of his cooperation with Jerry? And because of Netscape, Zhang Hao was already holding his breath in his heart, and it was easy to lower his head again, but Zhang Hao couldn't pass this level in his heart.

Thinking about it, Zhang Hao did not seek professional lawyer consultation in the United States, because once he found a lawyer for consultation, some things could not be guaranteed to be hidden. Although most lawyers in the United States have professional ethics, Zhang Hao, a powerful member of the Immigration Bureau, including other government departments, has been taught, so Zhang Hao decided to come to Song Yuanchao for help to see if there is a way to ensure his rights and interests in the new company without attracting the attention of the Immigration Bureau.

"You kid, you can really toss, how long has it been." After listening to Zhang Hao's narration, Song Chaoyuan couldn't help but say this.

"Hey, don't mention it, I didn't expect the website to develop so fast, I originally planned to finish my studies first, but now it's good, it's like this in the blink of an eye, brother, you have to help me with this matter, I don't know many people in the United States, and ordinary lawyers don't dare to look for it, and besides, this matter will involve other aspects in the future, so I can only come to you first." Zhang Hao said helplessly on the phone.

"You didn't ask for help? You are now a member of them, isn't Dongfang Ze, who helped you with membership before, a lawyer? Song Chaoyuan asked rhetorically.

Zhang Hao said that he didn't plan to find the 100-person association for this matter, after all, although he is now a member of the 100-person association, but after all, he has just joined the association, and he doesn't know much about the internal situation of the 100-person association.

And although Dongfang Ze is a lawyer, they have only met once, plus the relationship between Dongfang Ze and Jerry, so they don't contact Dongfang Ze. Isn't there an old saying? It is better to rely on others than on yourself, and you can't trust outsiders too much, but the Song Dynasty is different.