1980 My literary era

Shen Xujia and Wang Shuo divorced, and Wang Shuo left home.

Over the years, Wang Shuo has made a lot of money and spent a lot, but no matter how much is left, it will be left to Shen Xujia and his wife after the divorce. This is the confidence for Shen Xujia to take her children to the United States.

After putting away the watch, Lin Weimin never mentioned Shen Xujia and Wang Shuo again, and instead asked her about her future life arrangements.

Her and Wang Shuo's daughter, Wang Mi, is just in her early tenth year and has not graduated from elementary school. She is going to the United States now and will have to stay for a long time.

"I plan to come back after spending time with her in high school. The identity issue has been taken care of by someone else. It's not a big problem."

"Is there enough money?"

Lin Weimin asked bluntly.

It is true that Wang Shuo has made a lot of money over the years, but what he earned is RMB, while Shen Xujia and his wife spent rice. They have been away for seven or eight years, and Wang Mi's college education is also an expense.

Shen Xujia smiled and said, "Do you think I am going to the United States to be a rich wife? I will go there to work, and with the savings in my hand, it will not be a problem to support her until she graduates from college."

Lin Weimin nodded and said, "If you need anything when you go to the United States, just call me. I have a few friends there who can help."

"Don't worry. If I need you, I have to call. I won't let you, a rich landlord, go."

The two chatted while dinner was prepared.

When he came to the dining table, Lin Weimin stroked Wang Mi's hair and said, "Eat more. If you go to the United States, you won't be able to eat such authentic hometown dishes."

After he said this, Wang Mi had no reaction. Tao Huimin's nose became sour and she said angrily: "Why do you say this so quietly?"

Lin Weimin looked a little apologetic, "I'm going to express my feelings, I'm going to express my feelings."

After eating, Shen Xujia and her daughter sat at Lin Weimin's house for a while, then got up and prepared to leave.

Lin Weimin asked them to wait a moment. He went into the room and came out with an jade pendant in his hand. The pendant was in the shape of a Pixiu. It was crystal clear and extremely transparent with a red rope strung on it.

Seeing this, Shen Xujia quickly stopped Lin Weimin, "What are you doing!"

"It's not for you, it's for the children."

Lin Weimin ignored Shen Xujia's obstruction and put the jadeite Pixiu pendant on Wang Mi's neck.

"I'm going to the United States soon. I don't have anything to give you. I'd rather give you a piece of Pixiu. It can attract wealth and ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. It's a bit vulgar, but it's just a lucky draw."

He looked at each other twice and said, "Yes, it looks pretty."

Then he told Wang Mi: "Put it in your clothes and don't take it out casually. Pixiu can avoid disasters. If you take it out, it will help you ward off disasters. Do you remember?"

Wang Mi nodded in confusion, "Thank you, uncle!"

"good!"

Her daughter was young and did not understand the profound meaning of Lin Weimin's words, but Shen Xujia on the side had tears in her eyes.

She couldn't help but hugged Tao Huimin, "Huimin, thank you."

Tao Huimin also hugged her and patted her shoulder, "Live a good life in the United States and think of calling us often."

"Um."

The two sisters cried as they talked. Lin Weimin advised: "Okay, we haven't left yet. Can you two cry again when you go to the airport?"

Shen Xujia stopped crying and rolled her eyes at Lin Weimin, "What a disappointment!"

After saying a few more words and sending Shen Xujia and her daughter off, Tao Huimin felt unhappy and depressed.

Xiaodou Bao was very blind and jumped up and down in the courtyard. He was spanked several times and cried a lot before he calmed down.

She huddled in Lin Weimin's arms, feeling very aggrieved.

"You don't have any eyesight at all. Why are you messing with her at this time?" Lin Weimin scolded his daughter.

Xiaodoubao called out "Dad" in aggrieved manner. Lin Weimin stopped talking and held her in his arms to watch TV.

It was past seven o'clock now. Except for the local station, "Xinwen Lianbo" was the only one, and the cartoon had finished. Xiao Doubao insisted on watching it for two minutes and then couldn't stand it anymore. She ran to play with her toys. Lin Weimin was alone. Sit on the sofa and continue watching TV.

"The origin of a laugh

Love opens two doors

Troubled Times Souls of Troubled Times

A life of hard work

Men run amok

…”

At eight o'clock in the evening, a CCTV TV series was broadcast, and a familiar theme song sounded in the living room.

A week ago, "The Mansion Gate" was officially broadcast on CCTV 1.

This TV series took director Guo Baochang half a lifetime of hard work. It was finally put into production the year before last, but the investors withdrew their funds. Fortunately, Zhang Yimou was able to connect the dots, and Wencheng Film and Television became a new investor.

With the support of Wencheng Film and Television, the crew of "The Mansion Gate" has sufficient funds. Based on the principle of excellence, it took nearly two years to finally complete the production.

This TV series created a ratings of 13% on the first day it was broadcast, which is extraordinary.

In the past few years, Yang Weiguang, the director of CCTV, was inspired by Lin Weimin. In the past two years, he gradually established his own ratings statistics network for CCTV, and the ratings data can be collected every other day.

The premiere of "The Mansion Gate" received extraordinary ratings, and the ratings continued to rise in the following days. In just one week, the ratings exceeded 22%.

Lin Weimin doesn't care about the ratings, he just thinks the TV series is good.

It’s worth it for Guo Baochang to film such a TV series in his life!

When he was concentrating on watching TV, a hand unexpectedly placed on his shoulder, startling him, and he turned around to see Tao Huimin.

She sat next to Lin Weimin and asked, "How much is the pendant you gave Xiaomi worth?"

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "What's wrong? Are you feeling distressed?"

Tao Huimin patted him and said, "I'm afraid that if something happens to the two of them, they won't be able to handle it."

"Don't worry, it's enough. I've worn glass ones before, as long as they find the right buyer," Lin Weimin said.

Tao Huimin felt relieved, leaned next to him, and watched the TV series with him.

"Chen Baoguo's performance is really good!"

"The second grandmother acted better."

…

Two days later, Lin Weimin received a call from Zhang Chaoyang.

Zhang Chaoyang was extremely excited on the phone. He told Lin Weimin that the American "Times" was going to do a special issue on Chinese high-tech companies, and Sohu was selected as a representative company.

Sohu and Zhang Chaoyang are going to be listed in "Times", which is of course a great thing. It will not only be of great benefit to Sohu's domestic development, but also very helpful for future listing financing.

Zhang Chaoyang invited Lin Weimin to Sohu, ostensibly for inspection, but actually wanted to learn from him some of the procedures and precautions for interviewing "Times".

Lin Weimin went to Sohu and chatted with Zhang Chaoyang for more than an hour. Before leaving, he asked: "Do you know the NetEase website?"

His question immediately woke up Zhang Chaoyang who was immersed in excitement, "Why are you paying attention to this website?"

"Their development momentum is strong. They have put up a lot of advertisements. It's hard not to pay attention." Lin Weimin said casually.

Zhang Chaoyang pondered: "NetEase is a website from Guangzhou. We noticed this website last year. Their email address is very strong. This year they launched an email address and immediately attracted hundreds of thousands of users."

Lin Weimin nodded, "Yes, I think they seem to be transforming into a portal website recently."

Zhang Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "Everyone is transforming in this direction. There is no way. The profit model in this direction is the clearest and most certain now."

"Our Chinese Literature Society plans to invest in this website."

Lin Weimin's words solidified the smile on Zhang Chaoyang's face. Sohu is now building a portal website, and Chinese Literature Society is their shareholder. Now it wants to invest in NetEase, which has just transformed into a portal website. This news makes Zhang Chaoyang a little uncomfortable to accept.

"It's not that we are not optimistic about your development. If you have had contact with American investors, you should understand their investment logic. Many venture capital investments sometimes invest in individuals or companies. My ideas are different from theirs. I prefer investing in track.”

"Invest in the track?"

Facing this new vocabulary, Zhang Chaoyang's face flashed with confusion, but after careful consideration, he understood the meaning behind these four words.

Sometimes, he really felt that Lin Weimin was the one doing the Internet. Every time he heard some refreshing terms from the other person's mouth.

"You mean investing in the entire industry?"

Lin Weimin smiled and said: "It's not that exaggerated. It should be said that it is investing in a certain promising segment. For example, we are currently optimistic about the field of portal websites, so why simply invest in a few more potential companies? It is just like farming. If you sow a lot, even if you suffer some disasters, you will still get a harvest."

Zhang Chaoyang thought for a moment, investing in one company is also investing, investing in five companies is also investing. On the surface, such a wide-spread investment can easily result in losing all your money, but based on the experience of Silicon Valley, as long as one company succeeds, it can not only recover the investment, but also make a lot of money.

In doing so, the risk is high, but the benefits are equally huge, which is exactly the essence of venture capital.

"I understand what you mean."

Lin Weimin patted him on the shoulder and said: "Let me tell you in advance, I just don't want you to misunderstand. We are very optimistic about Sohu. Even if we invest in NetEase in the future, our support for you will not be reduced at all."

Zhang Chaoyang laughed and said, "Teacher Lin, you underestimate us too much. NetEase is not necessarily our opponent."

Lin Weimin laughed and said: "Okay, you have courage! I believe you!"

A few days later, a plane from Yanjing landed in Guangzhou.

A fat man wearing glasses stood at the airport pick-up gate, holding a sign in his hand.

"Welcome Teacher Lin!"

Ding Lei received a strange phone call last week. He introduced himself as someone from the Yanjing Chinese Literature Society, saying that the Chinese Literature Society was very interested in NetEase, the website he founded, and had the idea of ​​investing. Ding Lei's first reaction was that he had met a scammer.

NetEase was founded in May last year. It was founded by Ding Lei with 500,000 yuan earned from writing software for others in the past few years.

At the beginning, he built a large-capacity free personal homepage, but unfortunately it was tepid. There were only a hundred registered users in the first month.

Later, he worked hard and spent money to buy advertisements for three months on five websites including Yinghaiwei, China.com, and Yanjing Online, which made NetEase's personal homepage famous.

After that, Ding Lei and the company's employees worked overtime to write code, and launched a free email service in February this year. In just a few months, it gained more than 400,000 users. The company developed well, but Ding Lei had to face it. Faced with a problem that plagues all Internet entrepreneurs in China today-funding.

Zhang Chaoyang was short of money, and the first thing he thought of was to find investors. Even if he suffered a lot of torture, as long as he could get the money.

Ding Lei is completely different from Zhang Chaoyang. What stands out about him when facing investors is his pride.

NetEase has been developing rapidly in the past two months. Several investment companies originally approached him, but after talking to them, he felt that he could not accept the other party's conditions, so he stopped talking directly.

When the company ran out of money, he wrote software for others. When the company ran out of money, he wrote software for others. It lasted for several years. Later NetEase did not officially introduce external capital until 2000.

This time, Chinese Literature Society took the initiative to contact him. Ding Lei also did not take this investor seriously, but when he heard that the investor was the great writer Lin Weimin, he became interested.

Every man in science and engineering actually has a literary heart.

Investments and other matters depend on fate, and it is serious to be able to meet Teacher Lin.

"Hello, Teacher Lin!"

Ding Lei recognized Lin Weimin's face from a distance at the airport pick-up port, so he waved to Lin Weimin. When he came closer, he held his hand.

Lin Weimin looked at the naive little fat man in front of him with a smile on his face, "Hello, you are Ding Lei, right?"

"It's me, it's me, welcome to Guangzhou."

Ding Lei conveniently helped Lin Weimin carry his luggage, "Let's go."

Lin Weimin said: "No rush, I can come by myself. A friend heard that I was coming and came to pick him up."

He looked around as he spoke and saw a familiar figure not far away.

"Hello, Teacher Lin, we meet again!"

Zhang Yongjian held Lin Weimin's hand. He was a cadre of the Guangzhou Propaganda Bureau. A few years ago, Lin Weimin was interviewed in Guangzhou when he wrote "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea", and he was responsible for entertaining them.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Mayor Zheng, who is in charge of our publicity work."

"Hello, Mayor Zheng." Lin Weimin shook hands with the unfamiliar middle-aged man.

"Welcome Teacher Lin to come to our Guangzhou for business."

"I'm causing you trouble."

A few people exchanged pleasantries, chatting and laughing.

Ding Lei on the side was dumbfounded, the mayor picked him up? What level is the mayor of Guangzhou?

No, the person in charge of publicity should be the deputy mayor or deputy provincial cadre.

While he was thinking wildly, Lin Weimin took Ding Lei's arm.

"Mayor Zheng, let me introduce to you, this is your young talent in Guangzhou..."