Wall Street Legend

The unspoken rules of Internet financing in the United States did not develop overnight. They experienced many problems in the early days. For example, Steve Jobs, who is very familiar to people, weakened his control over the company due to problems such as financing and listing, and was kicked out by the board of directors. , that was in the 1980s.

After suffering countless losses, when the entire industry system was improved, people realized that if financing an excellent company, AB class equity is a common practice, which allows the founders to continue to have a say in the company. Of course, if you want For investors to be willing to give up management rights, the returns must be very attractive.

Today's China is just like the United States in the 1980s. Financing problems plague almost every Internet entrepreneur. They are more willing to consider how to survive than how many shares they hold.

Bonny Ma has also experienced this kind of thing several times. Of course, the Little Superman in Xiangjiang and the American IDG Group took away 40% of Tencent's shares for only more than 4 million US dollars. If there hadn't been With this money, there would be no Tencent today. Therefore, not having regrets in terms of equity is something that needs to be considered only after success. In the early stage of starting a business, you only need to consider whether it can succeed. Venture capitalists bear the possibility of investment failure. It is natural for them to take risks and enjoy the rewards later. It can only be said that they have a better vision.

The Alibaba Group that Ye Dongqing is paying attention to also received a large amount of shares from SoftBank's Masayoshi Son due to financing. A similar phenomenon is quite common in the angel investment industry, which is one of the reasons why he was able to obtain a large amount of shares from Tencent. .

Nowadays, China's Internet industry has just started, and even the founders don't have much confidence. After all, it is not like Silicon Valley, which has truly successful oligarchs such as Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, etc. They know that it is probably possible, but where can it go? It's hard to say how far it will go, so as long as someone is willing to raise funds, they're willing to accept concessions.

There is no way, who made the first group of people to get rich not pay attention to the Internet industry, which gave Ye Dongqing an opportunity to take advantage of.

If mobile phones can do this, it doesn’t mean it won’t work. At least the possibility of failure is relatively small. In this country with huge consumption potential, pigs can take off when the wind blows. It shouldn’t be difficult to make quick money in a short period of time. As for whether it can be maintained in the later period. If you live in the market, it depends on how determined Ye Dongqing is to make it happen.

In addition to this proposal, after Mr. Zhang spoke first, some people talked about online news, some people wanted to open a website to sell cars, and some people suggested setting up a website to help sell various agricultural products, etc. There were all kinds of ideas. , such as Huicong.com, they also want to do online shopping mall business.

Ye Dongqing has a very big appetite. Since the funds in hand and the situation at hand are enough to support his huge appetite, of course he must try to maximize his interests. There are competitors everywhere in the United States, but here in China He has plenty of space to spread out, and given that Mr. Bernard Madoff will provide more financial support, he can use the money to complete an even larger layout.

The only thing that needs to be considered is whether it will be very tiring. He has already planned to acquire shares of some companies and help break down the areas he will focus on in the future. If he pays more attention in the future, there should be no big trouble. He plans to follow his own ideas here. We want to complete a majestic business empire plan on this piece of land, and the price is enough, more than ten to two billion U.S. dollars, and it will not affect American business.

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I thought I could go back in four or five days, and even the return ticket had been booked.

However, things were more complicated than expected. In the next few days, Ye Dongqing was busy meeting with the bosses of various Internet start-up companies to discuss specific financing plans, and by the way, he also put some ideas into their minds to help them. To plan a feasible path to rise, NetEase's games, Sina's social platforms, etc. are more in line with their current operational direction.

Financing plans were quickly finalized, and communication would need to continue later. It would not be too late to contact them again after returning to the United States. Ye Dongqing was ready to form a team to help deal with these problems. In 2004, China's Internet industry was short of money everywhere. The negotiation process usually goes smoothly, and the establishment of the China office has been put on the agenda. The headquarters will probably be placed in Pengcheng, or Shanghai.

Two days ago, I called Ms. Mahi to invite her to come to Xiangjiang. Unexpectedly, she actually agreed. Now she has checked into the Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang, waiting for Ye Dongqing to go find her.

Putting aside some unimportant things for the time being, Ye Dongqing got away from Pengcheng. He drank for several days in a row, which made his stomach uncomfortable. His favorite food was wonton noodles. It is said that there are several restaurants in Xiangjiang that taste the most authentic. He was going to stop by and have a taste.

It’s only a little far away from Hong Kong. This time we took the ferry directly there. When night falls, there are lights on both sides of Victoria Harbor. I saw it when I came here last time and it felt pretty good.

After contacting him by phone in advance, Mahi went directly to the pier to pick him up. The hotel provided a Rolls-Royce as a special car, and he first drove to the snack street to grab something to eat.

There was a bowl of fish egg powder on the small table. While eating, Ye Dongqing asked the beautiful girl sitting opposite him: "What have you been doing recently? Why haven't you returned to Paris? How did you handle the last blind date?"

"It's okay, it's almost settled. My father decided to respect my ideas and let's not talk about it for now. We'll talk about it after I graduate." Mahi looked a little depressed. She always thought that her father respected her. Now it seems that this is not the case. Postponing the marriage is already the biggest concession he is willing to make.

The two of them had a tacit understanding not to talk about the last spring night they spent in New York, which was already a month ago. It was more or less awkward to meet at this moment, because they both knew what would happen next.

An Indian was setting up a stall not far away. While he was playing a musical instrument, a cobra crawled out of a bamboo basket and made an aggressive gesture. People around him stayed far away, for fear that the thing would suddenly come and bite them.

After Ye Dongqing saw it, he suddenly thought of something interesting and asked Mahi: "Did you bring pencils and drawing paper? I just had a great idea. What do you think of designing a building with the image of a cobra?" "

"Cobra? I hate all snakes. If you really do that, you may lose many female employees. I will definitely not try to get close to it anyway."

Mahi's attitude revealed many problems, but he didn't care. He said, "But that would be cool, wouldn't it? It will be the most watched building in New York by then. It's best to use black and red. Look. It looks like metal, but also very evil..."