Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 839 Heard Another Thing
Shi Zhengrong actually didn't know much about the situation of the Deep Space Company. He didn't know what kind of cooperative relationship between Yu Dong and Jimmy was. There were many things that he could only guess for himself.

What he knows is that Yu Dong is the major shareholder of Deep Space China and Jimmy is a minority shareholder, but he doesn't know the structure of Deep Space America.

The most rumored outside world is that Yu Dong owns 20.00% to [-]% of the shares in Deep Space America.

But in Shi Zhengrong's view, Yu Dong's shares are definitely more than that.

Compared with Deep Space America, Deep Space China is actually much smaller. If Yu Dong only holds 20.00% of the shares in Deep Space America, I am afraid that the relationship between him and Jimmy will not be like this.

Sometimes, Yu Dong can directly make decisions for Deep Space America, which is obviously not a right that a small shareholder can have.

This time, Yu Dong was invited to come to the house, and Shi Zhengrong also wanted to test Yu Dong, but it was obviously not an easy task, and Yu Dong refused to accept the trick at all.

Since Yu Dong did not accept the offer, Shi Zhengrong did not intend to force Yu Dong to accept the offer. He just followed his own words and said, "Amazon has developed very well in the past few years, and Deep Space has made a very good investment. I I once thought that you would move the Amazon model to China and start e-commerce in China. This should not be a difficult task for you, but there has been no movement on your side. Even the 8848 website Come out, you guys are still motionless."

Yu Dong said with a smile, "No matter who it is, energy is limited, and it's normal to neglect many things. The 8848 website is developing very well in China now. After getting Yang Zhiyuan's money, they have made great strides. Big."

"You mean, their steps are too big?" Shi Zhengrong asked very sharply.

Yu Dong waved his hand, "No, no, no Internet company is too big no matter how big it is."

The 8848 website has been really popular for more than a year, not only in China, but also well-known abroad.

In February of this year, the US "Time Magazine" reported that 8848 website is the most popular e-commerce site in China.

Of course, in fact, there are not many e-commerce sites in China at this stage, and the 8848 website has almost no competitors in China.

Some people also compare 8848 with Deep Space, and think that 8848 is very powerful now, and may pose a threat to Deep Space Corporation one day in the future.

In fact, this kind of thing is said every year.

In the past few years, there have been many newly established Internet companies in China, and each Internet company will be popular for a period of time after its establishment, and then some people will compare these Internet companies with deep space companies.

Before 8848, NetEase and Sohu had appeared, but because of too much business overlap with Deep Space, they did not have much competitiveness in comparison, and the development of these companies was not very good.

There are also companies that went public on Nasdaq, but just happened to encounter a sharp drop in the stocks of the Internet industry, and they were also hit hard.

Only 8848 and eBay, they have done e-commerce, avoided the deep space company, and obtained a piece of development soil of their own.

Regarding the two companies 8848 and eBay, Yu Dong and Jimmy have also discussed many times and had many ideas.

At the beginning, Jimmy wanted Amazon to acquire these two companies, but the two companies gradually developed and the acquisition cost increased, so he simply gave up this decision.

The main reason is that neither Jimmy nor Yu Dong paid much attention to this matter, because in their previous strategic plan, the e-commerce business in China will not be launched until later.

According to Yu Dong and Jimmy, although 8848 has earned a lot of buzz, it is very tiring, and the cost performance is not at all. It is not the best time to do e-commerce in China.

In addition, by 2002, Deep Space's financial strength was much stronger than it is now. At that time, multi-line operations were much easier. Unlike now, every time you add a front, you will be more likely to collapse.

In view of various situations, it is the best for Deep Space to start deploying e-commerce in China in 2002.

However, regarding companies such as 8848, Deep Space has always been paying attention, and every step they take is clear to Deep Space.

Shi Zhengrong looked at Yu Dong with a smile on his face. Although Yu Dong was unwilling to reveal anything, Shi Zhengrong still got some news from Yu Dong's words.

He can see that Deep Space Corporation still has its own layout on the Internet, instead of just reacting passively as those investment experts said.

Shi Zhengrong's attention to these matters does not mean that Acer is also going to enter the Internet industry. It's just that a veteran like him is very sensitive to market developments, and he needs to make full preparations for possible changes in the future.

How far the Internet will develop and what form it will develop into is a question that Shi Zhengrong must consider, because it is closely related to their PC industry.

Once the situation in the Internet industry changes, their PC business is likely to be affected as well.

In addition, Shi Zhengrong regards Shenkong as their strategic partner, so naturally they have to make a reasonable and sufficient assessment of Shenkong, whether this partner is reliable, and what their future strategic direction is, these are all things that Acer needs to consider of.

In other words, in the turbulent Internet industry at this time, a series of actions by Deep Space vaguely revealed a sign that they would go against the market.

If Deep Space really wants to go against the market in the future, it will either be hit hard, or it will be a wave of prosperity.

Once there is a problem in the deep space, it will definitely affect BenQ Dentsu first, and then Acer will have a huge impact.

If Shi Zhengrong judges that Deep Space’s operation is more likely to fail, then he can make a decision to reduce cooperation with Deep Space in the later stage, reduce Acer’s own risk factor, and try not to be affected by Deep Space.

But if Shi Zhengrong thinks that Shenkong’s operation is correct, then now is the time for them to establish a good relationship with Shenkong.Otherwise, when the Deep Space Company takes off behind them, they won't even smell a fart behind them.

Shi Zhengrong picked up the teacup and drank the tea, poured himself another cup, and then said with a smile, "Actually, I heard about another thing recently."

Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I heard that some time ago, a company specializing in pet medical treatment was established in the United States. The name is Cat Doctor. After the company was established, it made a big move. They acquired a well-known chain of pet hospitals in the local area. Sky, and helped the pet hospital to open several new stores one after another. Not only that, this company also vigorously promotes the pet hospital, and has a posture of opening Mao’s sky pet hospitals all over the world. It’s not something ordinary people can do.”

Yu Dong looked at Shi Zhengrong with a smile, but he was very surprised in his heart. The fact that he and Jimmy started a new company, Cat Doctor, was not announced to the public, and most people don't even know about it.

But since Shi Zhengrong knew about this, there was nothing to hide. Yu Dong nodded and said, "It is true that Jimmy and I participated in Dr. Mao, but I don't know much about the company's operations. I didn't expect that Mr. Shi would be so Pay attention to us, we have never told anyone about this."

Shi Zhengrong smiled and said, "But you didn't hide it on purpose, otherwise I wouldn't know. If I'm not wrong, your next step is likely to be the idea of ​​pets. They just raised some money in February. But under the current situation, it is impossible for them to get other funds, so after the money they have on hand is spent, their company will be unsustainable, and then it is your time to sell. Although I don’t understand why you want to be in At this time, you entered the pet medical industry, but your overall thinking is still quite clear, which proves that you did not do this on a whim, but after careful consideration and planning in advance. You even reserved a part in advance for the establishment of a new company. cash."

Hearing Shi Zhengrong's guess, Yu Dong couldn't help but twitched his lips.

In the first half, what Shi Zhengrong said was very correct. Dr. Cat will have the idea of ​​making pets in the next step, and now he is waiting for pets to spend all the money on hand.

But Shi Zhengrong made a mistake in the second half. Although the operation on pets this time was not a sudden whim, it was definitely not well thought out and planned in advance.It's just that Jimmy discovered this opportunity and just happened to have money in his hand, so he made a decisive move. The money was not specially prepared for pets in the first place.

From when Jimmy found out about the pets, to when he decided to launch the project, there wasn't much time wasted.

Maybe Shi Zhengrong himself did everything after a long period of planning, so he took it for granted that Yu Dong and Jimmy were the same, but they didn't know that although the two of them sometimes invest very impulsively, or to put it more simply, they are decisive.

But Yu Dong didn't explain, just said with a smile, "pets is indeed one of our choices, they have what we want, but they are not necessary."

Shi Zhengrong nodded, "pets is just one of your options, and after a few months, you will be the only choice for pets. In fact, even if you go to tell pets now that you will buy them in a few months, they will not buy them." There is no way, unless they can find other people to invest in them. But in this situation, absolutely no one is willing to spend tens of millions of dollars on such a business.”

"Except for us." Yu Dong smiled.

Shi Zhengrong put his hand on his chin, "So I'm curious, what kind of actions will you and Jimmy do after the acquisition of pets. This kind of curiosity does not involve business. I am purely as an audience, thinking that you and Jimmy's operations are wonderful. Very entertaining. If I was a guy in his early 20s, I would definitely follow you guys."

Yu Dong leaned back lightly, put his hand on his chin as well, and said, "Since Shi is always an audience member, I'd better not spoil it, otherwise you will lose the fun."

Shi Zhengrong's expression froze, and then he burst out laughing, "Sure enough, he is a great writer, even the words of rejection are so interesting. Okay, okay, I also know that this involves commercial secrets, so I won't ask. As a loyal audience , I appreciate your good show, and I hope you, the leading actors, can work hard to make this play a little more exciting, and don't let me down."

"We will definitely try our best."

Shi Zhengrong stood up with a smile again, walked to the edge of the bookshelf, and put the "Curse" that had been on his lap back on the bookshelf.

After putting the books back, Shi Zhengrong looked at the full bookshelf and sighed suddenly, "When I first got this bookshelf, I naively thought that the books in my house could fill this bookshelf, but when I put all the books in my house on it It was only later that I realized that my books could not even fill one-third of this bookshelf. From then on, I had an obsession to fill this bookshelf. For us, wanting to fill a bookshelf It's not a difficult task, as long as you are willing to pay, the bookstore will come with enough books to fill it."

"But I want to add some difficulty to this matter, so that this matter will be more meaningful. So I told myself that only the books I have read can be put on it, but—"

Speaking of this, Shi Zhengrong laughed, "But this is too difficult for me, so I lowered the difficulty. I have to go to the bookstore to buy books in person, and I can't buy more than two books each time I go to the bookstore. From then on , I often go in and out of bookstores, but only to buy books and put them on the bookshelves. I am a person who often goes to bookstores, but lacks the contradiction of literary reading. Later, I finally filled up the entire bookshelf. In order to fill the bookshelf exactly so that no gaps would be left, I took a tape measure and looked for books of the right thickness in the bookstore. Having a bookshelf full of books satisfied me for a while, but recently, I suddenly felt that this bookshelf It’s too full. Now I don’t even have the desire to enter a bookstore.”

Hearing Shi Zhengrong say all these emotions, Yu Dong also stood up and walked to the bookshelf.

Yu Dong likes to analyze a person's taste and hobbies through the books on his bookshelf, but the books that Shi Zhengrong bought back seem not to provide any useful information.

On this bookshelf, there are all kinds of books, and there is no preference. It seems that when Shi Zhengrong buys these books, the only criterion is the size of the book.

"Maybe, you can change to a bigger bookshelf."

Shi Zhengrong looked at Yu Dong unexpectedly, "I thought you would say, let me try to really read the books on the shelf."

"I hope that everyone in this world can read more books, but I think that no matter what you do, you should start simple. It will be much easier for Mr. Shi to change to a bigger bookshelf."

Shi Zhengrong said with a smile, "I will take it as if you are giving me advice sincerely, not teasing me."

Yu Dong shrugged, "Of course."

(End of this chapter)