Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2067 Search Engines
In fact, the unspoken business rules in the United States are similar to those in China. In the early days of Duan Yun’s business in Shenzhen, he also had requirements for the SZ government. He asked for money and people for people. In the mid-80s Every year, the various funds used to fund Shenzhen's technological construction facilities have reached several million, and after a few years, this number has become tens of millions.

The same is true for starting a company and doing business in the United States, except that you can bribe those American politicians by name. Compared with the multinational giants in Japan, Europe and the United States, Duan Yun’s political donation of more than 200 million US dollars this time is actually not It’s a lot, companies like Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic donate more than tens of millions of dollars every year. It is precisely because of this that Japanese companies have developed smoothly in the United States over the years, even if they were affected by the Toshiba incident and Under the influence of the Plaza Accord, Japanese companies still occupy a strong position in the American business world, which is inseparable from the public relations and donations of these companies over the years.

Duan Yun has just come to the United States, and he is still in the stage of exploring the way. If the next step develops smoothly, he will definitely increase the amount of donations, not only in terms of political donations, but also in some educational and charitable organizations in the United States. In later generations, many domestic entrepreneurs did just that.

But this does not mean that the money earned in China is donated to the United States. In fact, Duan Yun intends to use part of the profits of the American branch as a donation in the United States. As the saying goes, the wool comes from the sheep, although the United States will not Companies doing business in their own country are required to have a sense of social responsibility, but if you only want to make money in the United States without taking anything away, it is almost impossible, unless you do not plan to develop business in the United States for a long time.

"I have already negotiated with the Motion Picture Association of America. We can sign a contract with them at any time. Considering that the copyright fee is too high, I think it is the most appropriate way for these film and television companies to release DVDs themselves." At this time, Li Yun After taking a look at Duan Yun, he continued: "In addition, I have also signed cooperation contracts with more than 200 electronic product distributors in the United States. They are all willing to provide special counters for our products, and they also agree to settle the payment every three months. In the early stage, More than 1000 prototypes are needed, and I have also rented suitable warehouses in New York and San Francisco. This year... I think the sales volume should exceed 5000..."

"5000 sets..." Duan Yun frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Obviously, Duan Yun is not satisfied with such a sales volume of 5000 units. You must know that the sales volume of Tianyin brand VCD in China has exceeded 55 units this year. In the second half of the year, there will be a large number of orders. Breakthrough 100 million units, and this is a relatively conservative estimate.

In contrast to the booming sales of domestic VCDs, DVDs are much higher than VCDs in terms of performance, and can even be said to be all-round crushing. However, such an epoch-making product has a very low sales volume in the United States. It is difficult to break through 5000 units, this kind of sales volume is simply not worth mentioning in Duan Yu's view.

However, even this kind of sales was achieved by Li Yun's unremitting efforts for several months. Since joining Tianyin Group, she has never worked so hard. Duan Yun is well aware of this.

In addition, although the sales volume of DVDs may not be much this year, Li Yun did help Duan Yun open up a sales network covering the entire United States in the United States. This is the most important thing. When the United States promotes new products, it becomes much easier.

It can be said that the current Tianyin Group has completed the most difficult opening stage in the United States. Duan Yun believes that Americans should still know what to buy. This year's DVD sales will definitely exceed 5000 units, and it will even be much higher than this number.

Duan Yun has also placed a heavy bet on developing the US market. Today, more than half of the foreign exchange obtained by the Today Voice Group is invested in the US market. With such a huge investment, it is impossible for Duan Yun to let him go in vain. .

In addition to planning to sell products such as Project DVD in the US market, Duan Yun is also planning to acquire some start-up Internet companies in the United States. In addition to buying shares in Amazon, Duan Yun is also planning to establish a new company in Silicon Valley in the United States to develop Internet search. engine.

Speaking of the Internet search engine in the United States, the first thing people think of is Google.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin jointly developed the Google online search engine in the student dormitory of Stanford University in the United States, and quickly spread it to information searchers around the world; Mountain View, California, incorporated as a privately held corporation.In the same year, he invented the Google PageRank patent, and the earliest version of this engine was released on the private network of Stanford University in August 8. It is a very simple intelligent web program.

Similar to when Amazon was founded, in order to realize their entrepreneurial dream, Larry Page and his little partner Sergey Brin formally established Google, and also received 10 US dollars in angel funding, relying on this 10 US dollars , the two founders created a miracle in the American Internet era in the following years.

In 2001, in order to promote the development of Google, Page and Brin recruited a great man to manage Google, and he was Eric Schmidt.Schmidt is not only experienced, but has also served as the CEO of many large companies.After Schmidt became Google's CEO, he worked hard for ten years and made great contributions to Google.Of course, these are things for later.

In 2004, after years of development, Google was already the largest search engine in the United States.Google has received a series of angel investment, coupled with its own online advertising products profitable, Google finally IPO.At that time, Google's valuation was as high as 270 billion US dollars.

With Tianyin Group's current software research and development strength, it is not difficult to make such a simple search engine. With such a basic concept, it only takes a month at most for him to make a first-generation search engine .

However, Duan Yun knows that if the search engine he developed is to be successful and widely promoted in the United States, it will definitely attract the attention of the U.S. government, and even directly intervene and control it, because if such an Internet technology company grows and is not controlled by the U.S. government , That is a very dangerous thing, so before Duan Yun establishes such a new company, he must make thorough preparations.

(End of this chapter)