Counterattack 1988

Chapter 1335 The Godfather of Business
The conversation between Wang Lin and Li Yanhong was very speculative.

Li Yanhong was very excited that he could meet the biggest business elite in the country.

Wang Lin talked to his wife and asked them to stroll around first, while he and Li Yanhong came to the other party's company.

Sitting in Li Yanhong's spacious and bright office, Wang Lin chatted with him while drinking coffee.

Through conversation, I learned that Li Yanhong's company is a subsidiary of Wall Street Dow Jones.

Anyone who has been in contact with stocks will be familiar with the name Dow Jones.

Dow Jones Corporation is a world-class provider of business and financial information, as well as an important news media publishing group. Headquartered in New York, it owns newspapers, magazines, news agencies, radio stations, television stations and Internet services, and has nearly 1700 journalists around the world.The stock price index compiled by Dow Jones is even more famous.

Wang Lin asked, "Why did you give up the opportunity to study for a Ph.D.?"

Li Yanhong said: "Among the foreign students in the United States, there is a trend that students who study for a doctor's degree will give up their studies once they find a job. At first, I thought I would not do this. But the boss of this company is also a technical expert. He is very interested in my research. Appreciation. He and I feel like we met each other later. He died for his confidant, so I decided to leave school and accept the position of senior consultant of this company."

Wang Lin actually knew a little about his resume, but at the moment he could only treat him as a stranger and asked, "Which university did you study in China?"

"Peking University!"

"Peking University? That is the highest institution in China. What major do you study?"

"Library and information major."

"Oh? Why did you apply for this major in the first place? It should be said that this is a very unpopular major."

"I wanted to apply for the computer major of Peking University. I was studying in a key high school in the city, and the school was equipped with the first computer classroom in our city. Since I like computers very much, my family signed me up for computer interest classes. .In order to be able to go to the computer room to study on the computer, I often fiddled with the teacher, hoping to sit in the computer room for a while. After the college entrance examination ended, I was the number one student in the city’s college entrance examination.”

"Excellent!" Wang Lin praised sincerely, "With such good grades, why didn't you apply for a major in computer science?"

"Although computer is my favorite major, the computer major at Peking University is very popular. If I fill out the computer major and fail to be admitted, will I not be admitted? If you choose a relatively unpopular major, you may be admitted with a high probability. My teacher My family and I also persuaded me in the same way, let’s go to a prestigious school, no matter how bad it is, you can work in the system after graduation, right?”

Wang Lin said with a smile: "Three points in the exam, seven points in the report. Your choice is not wrong. Although the library and information major is unpopular, it is actually a science of information management. If you master this science, you will be promising."

Li Yanhong said: "That's what I thought at the time. Since I was admitted to Peking University, I should study hard. But when I really came into contact with the professional courses of library and information science, I realized that this subject is boring. It is far from my ideal. It's far from it. I even became tired of studying."

Wang Lin couldn't help being interested: "What happened later? How did you finish your studies?"

Li Yanhong said: "In 1988, after I returned home from the summer vacation, my father asked me to go to the train station to sell popsicles. At the end of the summer vacation, my father asked me: Which do you think is more tiring than selling popsicles or studying library information? I couldn't help but suddenly realized, and I realized that my father's education method is called popsicle therapy."

As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Wang, in 1988, when I was selling popsicles, I saw the newspaper that you became a millionaire. At that time, I made you my idol, and I have been following you ever since. Your success. I have studied for several years, and you have become the richest man in the country."

Wang Lin smiled slightly, in another parallel universe, you are my idol.

Li Yanhong opened up the chatterbox and talked about his life experience: "After the summer vacation in 1988, after I returned to school, I re-emphasized the major of library and information, and my grades also rose sharply, and ranked among the best. Later, my third sister graduated from Peking University with a master's degree. After graduating, I went to the United States to study for a doctorate, and I decided to try to follow my sister's path."

Since his junior year, he bought all kinds of books about the TOEFL test and graduate school test and read them frantically, living a three-point-one-line life from the classroom to the library to the dormitory.He has only one goal, which is to study abroad in the United States and study his favorite computer major.

In order to learn computer professional knowledge well, Li Yanhong took almost all the courses of Peking University's computer major.He secretly made up his mind: I will learn whatever the computer majors study, and I must learn as well as them, or even better than them, so that I can go to the United States.

Although the study of the computer department is very hard, Li Yanhong did not despise the study of books and information majors because of this.Later, the "three swords" of TOEFL test study, computer professional study, and professional study were launched.During that time, he was under three times the study pressure of ordinary undergraduates, but he was strong and persisted.

Later, he applied for studying abroad to more than a dozen well-known universities in the United States.Hard work paid off, and he finally enjoyed the joy of success. In 1991, the Computer Science Department of the State University of New York at Buffalo in the United States sent him an admission letter.The computer major of this university ranks in the top 20 in the United States and is very famous.

Since it was the first time he came to the United States, Li Yanhong seemed a little cautious in front of the teachers and students, but this did not stop him from studying hard.In order to catch up with those students who are more excellent in study as soon as possible, he did not hesitate to burn the lights and fight at night.

Due to his outstanding performance, he was hired by the school as the assistant supervisor of the computer laboratory. This position, in addition to enjoying tuition-free treatment, can also receive a subsidy of 8500 to 9500 US dollars per semester from the school.In a sense, he was paid for his two years studying abroad at the University of Buffalo, which is something that ordinary American students cannot do.

"The reason why I gave up the opportunity to study for a Ph.D. and came to work in this company is mainly because I want to learn and research more cutting-edge technologies. What I value is not the salary of this company, but the technical strength and talent team of this company Strength. Of course, I did not give up studying, for me, research and study are more important than earning money."

Wang Lin listened carefully to his narration.

Perhaps Li Yanhong really regarded Wang Lin as a life mentor and a youth idol. When he was excited, he confided to Wang Lin his own life experiences, perceptions, and thoughts.

"As a successful senior—there is a priority in hearing the truth, and those who have achieved it are respected. In my eyes, although we are the same age, you are my senior. Mr. Wang, do you have any advice to tell me? I sincerely ask for advice."

After listening to his narration, Wang Lin looked at the sincere young man in front of him, and couldn't help but feel emotional, and said: "Persist on your dream, keep going on the road of computer, and you will surely succeed in the future."

Li Yanhong asked: "President Wang, do you know much about computers?"

Wang Lindao: "I know a thing or two. The computer industry in China has just started and is full of chaos, but it is also an opportunity. As the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times. I suggest you, after you finish your studies, you must return to China to develop. Maybe One day, you will be able to dominate the domestic computer market."

Li Yanhong's expression was shocked: "Mr. Wang, your goal is too ambitious! I'm afraid I won't be able to achieve it."

Wang Lindao: "Let me give you another suggestion, do the technology you are most interested in down-to-earth, and create unique patents. In any industry, as long as you keep cultivating it, you will definitely achieve something. I will After arriving in the United States, I often surf the Internet when I have time, and I have a certain understanding of the Internet."

"Mr. Wang, the Internet economy in the United States is going downhill."

"This is the dot-com bubble, but it will be corrected by the market soon."

In 1994, Americans had various competitions around browsers. Browsers and websites were already very popular at that time. With all kinds of convenience, they began to invest crazily towards the Internet economy.

When the domestic Internet economy was still in full swing, Americans once experienced an Internet bubble.

The reason why the Americans formed the Internet bubble in the first place was not only caused by the inflow of a large amount of Internet funds, but also a very important reason is that the Internet construction of the Americans can be said to be very rapid.

A lot of infrastructure has been invested in the construction process, which includes many aspects, such as switches, network cables, and a large number of network wireless communication equipment.

With the widespread investment in these things, hot money is slowly pouring in, which has led to many people making money while lying down with the help of the Internet.

Market prices will self-regulate, followed by a series of credit collapses.So the bubble burst in the process of getting bigger and bigger.

"Mr. Wang, are you optimistic about the Internet economy?"

"Of course."

"Then why don't you invest in this one?"

"No one worthy of my investment has come out yet." Wang Lin showed a mysterious smile.

"What kind of person can get your investment?"

"Persons who persevere." Wang Lin said in a deep voice, "Persons with real skills and creative ideas."

Li Yanhong fell into deep thought.

Wang Lindao: "Library and information management, in the age of the Internet, is actually information management. There are many information on the Internet, which are complicated and chaotic. It is difficult for people surfing the Internet to find the information they want. Therefore, I think that information search, It will definitely be necessary for everyone in the future, and it is also an outlet for Internet entrepreneurship. Are you interested in this?"

"Search?" Li Yanhong's eyes lit up, "Mr. Wang, I've been thinking about which direction I should work towards the computer. If you say it, let me clear the clouds and see the blue sky immediately! Search, yes, I will work towards Advance in the direction of search! I will strengthen the accumulation of knowledge and technology in this area."

Wang Lindao: "In your opinion, what is the most important factor for business success?"

Li Yanhong said: "Of course it is technology! Science and technology are the primary productive forces!"

Wang Lin said with a smile: "Technology is of course important, but it is not the most important. Many people have technology, but those who have technology may not necessarily become top businessmen."

Li Yanhong asked in confusion: "What is that?"

Wang Lindao: "Technology itself is not the decisive factor for success, business strategy is the real decisive factor."

"Business strategy?" Li Yanhong fell into deep thought again.

Wang Lindao: "It's like the two sides in a war. Whoever has the superior equipment and weapons will definitely win the war?"

"No." Li Yanhong shook his head, "This point has long been verified by countless wars. Mr. Wang, you are right, business strategy is as important as strategy."

Wang Lindao: "You should have paid attention to the struggle between IBM and Microsoft, right?"

Li Yanhong said: "I have seen some stories."

Wang Lindao: "Microsoft's rise is not only due to its technology. Look at how they compete with the giant IBM? How do they annex their peers and fight against competitors? Software technology is something that IBM originally looked down upon, so they outsourced it. Do it for Microsoft, but it turns out to be made by Microsoft.”

Li Yanhong said: "IBM did make a wrong move."

Wang Lindao: "You are abroad, maybe you don't know that there is a Wanyan brand VCD in China?"

"VCD? I seem to have heard of it." Li Yanhong said, "But this kind of machine is not popular in the United States. Mr. Wang, what's wrong?"

Wang Lindao: "Wanyan's boss is the first person in the world to invent VCD. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to operate it, let alone the dangers of commercial warfare. He issued VCD without registering a patent. There is no multinational patent registration, so once the VCD was launched, countless people at home and abroad followed suit. Wanyan VCD played a good hand, but the result was poor. So I say that technology is very important, but business strategy is more important. Only when the technology is correctly grasped Only in the hands of the right people can the greatest value be brought into play.”

This conversation greatly shocked Li Yanhong.

Wang Lin used concise language and vivid examples to bring Li Yanhong's thinking into the business world in advance.

Li Yanhong and Wang Lin didn't meet each other so late and kept him talking.

Many years later, when Li Yanhong returned to China to start his own business with the hope of immortality, he was lucky enough to get start-up capital from Wang Lin.

When Li Yanhong became one of the giants of the Internet, he recalled this conversation again, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

As early as 1994, Wang Lin predicted that the domestic Internet would be divided into three parts!

And he followed Wang Lin's guidance, worked conscientiously in the search field, and finally made a breakthrough.

From Li Yanhong's point of view, Wang Linzhi's foresight is as farsighted as Zhuge Kongming's.

In an interview with later generations, Li Yanhong publicly said: "Everyone will meet noble people in their lives. It just depends on whether they can seize the opportunity and control their own destiny. My noble person appeared on Wall Street in 1994. At that time, I just Entered Dow Jones to work. I clearly remember that it was a sunny day. I walked past the gate of the New York Stock Exchange and passed by my nobleman. Fortunately, I recognized him and took the initiative to talk to him. I said hello, that's why I have today, today's career, and your favorite Du Niang!"

The reporters were greatly surprised and asked Li Yanhong one after another: "Mr. Li, who is your nobleman?"

Li Yanhong was full of affection, with tears in his eyes, looking towards the direction of Shencheng, and said excitedly: "My nobleman, he is Mr. Wang Lin! Yes, he is the one you know - the founder of Aixiu Group, Wang Lin, the largest shareholder of our company! I would like to be called the godfather of business!"

(End of this chapter)