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Chapter 1439 Welcome to invest, but I'm afraid you won't make any money

"Well, this is indeed a problem," Zhang Qihang responded, and asked, "What do you think, Fox?"

Zhang Huli's tone was very firm: "If Sohu.com wants to make a difference in the 'Internet+' era, it must have its own map!"

Zhang Qihang on the other end of the phone couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: He is worthy of being called Zhang Fox, his vision is really accurate!

  Yes, in the Internet+ era, how can we live without maps? Take-out, catering, hotels, travel...which of these things can be separated from maps and navigation?

Zhang Huli said: "The more I study these days, the more I feel that maps are important. In my opinion, electronic maps are the highways and bridges of the Internet and the infrastructure of 'Internet+'. This thing may not make money, and may even require continuous investment, but even if it does not make money, it must be done!"

It's good that you have this attitude...

Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded: "So what are you going to do? Do you have any ideas?"

  "Yes," Zhang Huli's tone was obviously excited on the other end of the phone, with a strong desire to express himself: "First of all, I plan to talk to Carlife, Daodaotong, and Chengjitong, the companies where Jijia Navigation is located, to see if I can invest in them. It would be great if I could invest in one of them;

If these three companies refuse to agree, then I will go and talk to Li Shuai.

  Speaking of which, Li Shuai's Qiandu Search has been making maps for several years, and it has always been pure investment. I heard that Li Shuai is under a lot of pressure. Now someone has come forward and wants to cooperate with him. As long as the conditions for cooperation are right, I guess Li Shuai will not refuse;

If Li Shuai is unwilling to cooperate with us, then we can only take the last option: buy electronic map services from companies like Carlead in the early stage, and then try to apply for map surveying qualifications and make maps ourselves. "

"Okay, I think that's great. Let's do it according to your idea," Zhang Qihang agreed happily. "Well, Fox, you communicate with everyone according to your idea first. If you have any problems, tell me and I will help you coordinate. If I can't coordinate, ask the leaders above to help coordinate."

  With Zhang Qihang's words, Zhang Huli felt relieved: This matter is settled! Brother Zhang has made such a promise, who dares not to give face?

Zhang Huli is a smart man. He suddenly came up with a better idea: "Brother Zhang, I think it will be inconvenient for future operations if this map company is directly listed under Sohu.com. How about we set up a separate joint-stock company to operate this project?"

Zhang Qihang did not agree immediately, but asked: "Fox, have you thought about it? If you do this, I think there will be a lot of opposition within your company."

As expected, Brother Zhang is still inclined to do this...

Zhang Huli, who understood Zhang Qihang's attitude, became more determined: "Brother Zhang, I've thought about it. I think this is the best way. In the future, when other companies want to cooperate with us on maps, they will feel more at ease when they see that we are an independent company."

"Okay, since you think it's appropriate, then let's do as you wish."

  Zhang Qihang smiled and nodded: Why is it that dealing with smart people is less troublesome?

Zhang Huli was also very concerned about the car-sharing project. If Sohu.com could make it and successfully list it, Sohu.com's stock price would definitely rise significantly. So after talking about this, Zhang Huli asked again, "By the way, Brother Zhang, how did your talk with Mr. Horn go?"

Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "This guy has been very carefree these days, traveling around."

Zhang Huli was stunned for a moment, then frowned and was a little angry: "Is he deliberately provoking you? How dare he?" Was Richard Horn deliberately provoking Zhang Qihang?

I guess so, but not completely.

"That's not the case," Zhang Qihang said calmly. "We are unfamiliar with the situation in Europe and need to find a local boss to cooperate with. Richard Horn is well aware that his biggest advantage is his familiarity with the local situation and his connections and relationships in the local area, even though his overall strength is totally incomparable to ours. He will certainly try his best to gain greater benefits for himself."

"...You are right," Zhang Huli paused for a moment, and finally nodded: "Is this really their only advantage as a local snake? But you don't have to take them too seriously. There are a lot of small and medium-sized car dealers like Horn in Europe, but it's not a difficult thing."

"I understand," Zhang Qihang said with a smile, "After all, this is a normal way to gain benefits for yourself. When it comes to matters involving interests, it all comes down to who has more patience. Even if you change a company, they may not be as good as Richard Horn."

After saying that, Zhang Qihang paused for a moment, then continued, "Don't worry, Fox. I will inform you as soon as there is any news here."

"it is good."

With Zhang Qihang's promise, Zhang Huli breathed a sigh of relief.

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What Zhang Qihang didn't expect was that he had just contacted Zhang Huli in the morning, but in the afternoon, he received a call from Li Shuai, the CEO of Qiandu Search.

Li Shuai was very polite on the phone. He knew that Zhang Qihang was busy, so after a few simple greetings, Li Shuai explained the purpose of his call: "Mr. Zhang, Fox just chatted with me for a while and said that you also want to make a map?"

"Yes, that's the case." Zhang Qihang did not hide anything and agreed readily: "We have a project that requires real-time positioning and navigation. Mr. Li, are you still interested in cooperating?"

  it is as expected!

Li Shuai breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, if you want to cooperate, that's great. On behalf of us, I warmly welcome you. But Mr. Zhang, I have to tell you the truth about some things."

Zhang Qihang responded, "Boss Li, just go ahead."

"We at Qiandu Search are very optimistic about the application and future of maps, so we started making maps in 05. We invest a lot of money every year, and users use it widely. But so far, we have not found a stable and reliable profit model, and the entire map business has been in a loss-making state." Speaking of this, Li Shuai couldn't help but sigh, and his voice was inevitably a bit depressed and helpless: "If Mr. Zhang wants to invest, we at Qiandu Search certainly welcome you, but I have to tell you the truth, you probably won't make much money from this project."