Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 496

When the time came to the end of November~ the original plan for Xiao Ma to go abroad for inspection was cancelled.

Uh~ To be precise, the study trip abroad has not been cancelled, what has been canceled is only brother Ma's trip abroad.

Because the guy got rejected.

This seemed a bit ridiculous to Chen Li. You must know that Brother Xiao Ma was the richest man in China in his previous life~ a person like him was rejected for a visa.

But in fact~ in [-], it was actually a very normal thing to be refused a visa.

Especially in those developed capitalist countries, the domestic refusal rate is quite high these days.

The main reason is that many people don't go back after going to these relatively developed countries.

Such problems are not only aimed at the country, but also at almost all relatively economically backward countries.

Wait another 20 years~ After the domestic economic conditions improve greatly, except for a very few countries with relatively tense relations, most other countries will almost relax the visa requirements for the country.

This is why going abroad is still a very rare thing these days.

Just like Chen Li went to Germany before, although he didn't go back to Erlong Town after returning to China, many people in Erlong Town knew the news.

Because Ms. Wang has been showing off this matter in the town for many days.

Not to mention that it was only 20, even if it was [-] years later, going abroad to a small place like Erlong Town would be considered a very big deal.

Of course, the premise is that you have to go to those big countries with developed economies. If you go to some small countries, people in the town may think that you have gone abroad to commit some fraud.

It is difficult to go abroad~ The difficulty lies in the visa.

The reason why it was so easy for Chen Li to get a visa before was because his German was almost at the same level as the Germans, and his financial situation and Lucas also put in a little effort.

So even though it was Chen Li's first time to go abroad, Chen Li still easily got the visa under the circumstances of multi-pronged approach.

But brother pony is lucky!
As a college student in the 90s, Xiao Ma naturally knows some English, but his English level can only be regarded as average.

Even if he is studying computer, he is no stranger to English, but the use of English by computer and the level of English are completely different things.

In addition~ Brother Xiaoma's family background is good, but because he just sold Fujixun, he is now considered unemployed.

In addition, when this buddy was in the interview, he told the visa officer that he wanted to go to the United States to have a look.

The final result was obvious. He was rejected.

It's quite funny to say, this buddy seems to have been refused a visa in his previous life.

And at that time, Brother Xiao Ma was still the boss of Tengxun, and Tengxun had already become famous in China at that time.

The reason why Brother Xiao Ma went to the United States at that time was said to be to investigate the market prospects of online games~ I planned to go to a game show in the United States to have a look.

As a result, Brother Xiao Ma was directly rejected, but Lao Zeng, who went with him, passed the visa.

The reason is said to be that when Lao Zeng was interviewing for the visa, he directly talked to the visa officer about the great prospects of Fujixun, and then he over-signed.

But he signed it, but the big boss Xiao Ma did not, so the old comrade Zeng pointed to Xiao Ma and said:

"This is my boss!"

Then Brother Xiaoma just mixed up a visa like this.

This may seem funny to others, but in fact it is the personality traits of the two people that caused the different endings.

This is why so many people think that Lao Zeng looks more like a boss than Xiao Ma.

Not only do many people in China think so, but even visa officers for foreigners think so.

Because this time, although Xiao Ma was rejected, Lao Zeng successfully got the visa again.

This made Xiao Ma very depressed, but he had to accept the reality.

So ~ the person who finally went to the United States to conduct e-commerce market research changed from Xiao Ma to Lao Zeng.

Of course, Chen Li paid for the air ticket.

Although Xiao Ma and Lao Zeng both said that Chen Li should not pay the money, Chen Li still insisted on paying for Lao Zeng's round-trip air ticket.

Because Chen Li believes that when Lao Zeng returns from the United States, he will naturally bring relatively more accurate information about the e-commerce industry.

Otherwise, these four little tigers would have to work hard with their heads covered, and they might have to go through the scene they had experienced in Fujixun again.

It is not impossible to engage in e-commerce with a capital of 50 yuan~ but it must suffer a lot.

Think about Ma Xiaoyun in the previous life~ Don't look at this buddy's Ari who quickly received an investment of up to 500 million US dollars in the early stage.

Everyone only knew that Ma Xiaoyun took less than 10 minutes to take away 2000 million US dollars from Softbank.

But in fact, how many people know how much Ma Xiaoyun has prepared for this less than 10 minutes?

Ma Xiaoyun in the previous life, that is, later succeeded, if he didn't succeed, this guy might have to be labeled as a liar.

Perhaps it was because the lives of Fuji Xun and the others were too smooth before, so it had some influence on this person.

Especially. Originally, these buddies should have stayed at Fujixun, and then they would have experienced a long period of difficulties. Now, because of the influence of Chen Li, the butterfly, the difficulty of these buddies’ difficulties has been greatly reduced. .

So this may have created an illusion for these people, that is, 50, it is completely possible to get things done.

Even if it’s not enough~ we’ll talk about it later!
So ~ Chen Li had no choice but to let them go to the United States to open their eyes.

In the end~ Lao Zeng went to the United States. It is said that Brother Ma entrusted his relationship and found an acquaintance for Lao Zeng in the United States.

The remaining three tigers are preparing a new studio in Yanjing.

That's right~ The new e-commerce company has settled in Yanjing, not Shencheng, which is the original headquarters of Xiao Ma.

This can be regarded as a talk of experience, because these days, whether it is the Internet or venture capital, the focus is almost all in Yanjing.

Just like Ding Sanshi from Wangnan, he obviously started his business in Yangcheng at the beginning, but when he got money, he immediately moved the company to Yanjing.

So this time~ the new Penguin Studio will be directly located in Yanjing.

This "penguin" was obviously started by Chen Li.In fact, not only the name "Penguin", but even the penguin logo of Fujixun's OICQ before, has Chen Li's participation.

In fact, many people don't know that the logo of the early OICQ is not the penguin that everyone is familiar with later, but a pager.

Because the reason why OICQ was born in China was originally to provide network paging services.

But later, because it was not sold, Xiao Ma and others had to operate it by themselves, and everyone felt that this Logo should be more interesting.

It is said that Fujixun’s artists drew a lot of logos at that time, including pigeons~pandas~penguins and so on.

But ~ as the major shareholder, Xiao Ma still thinks it is better to use a pager.

Then, when there were differences of opinion, Chen Li raised an opinion while chatting with Brother Xiao Ma on the Internet.

Since there are internal differences, why not let the market help them choose.

So ~ Later, Fujixun organized a voting activity, allowing users to decide what Logo to use.

In fact, at the beginning, it was said that the pager logo had more votes, but Chen Li at the time knew that it was not that everyone liked this logo, but that other logos were too ugly.

So Chen Li gave Lao Zeng his opinion through OICQ at that time, and then the artist of Fujixun redesigned the logos of those stupid and ugly animals.

In the end~ a black and white version of the thin penguin, which was different from the fat penguin later, won the final victory.

It can be said that Chen Li is responsible for the birth of this Logo.

So when discussing the name of the new studio, Chen Li was not too impressed with the various names given by other people.

Because it's too formal!

Chen Li felt that since it was an Internet company, even a studio, it could be more novel and interesting.

So when Chen Li proposed the name Penguin Studio, it got the approval of everyone else.

The name is there~ but the office location is another problem.

Because according to Xiao Ma's previous vision, the start-up capital of 50 is definitely enough to find an office in Yanjing.

But the 50 start-up capital, naturally, cannot be used to rent office buildings.

So ~ the best way is to give up those high-end office buildings and focus on other places.

So something happened that made Chen Li dumbfounded. These guys actually rented two houses near the University of Foreign Studies.

One set is a large three-bedroom apartment with an area of ​​more than 120 square meters, which is used by them as an office.

And another small three-bedroom apartment is used as their residence.

When Chen Li heard the news, he was so dumbfounded.

These guys obviously got a lot of money from selling the company, but they are still so "stingy" now, which made Chen Li very puzzled.

Anyway, if Chen Li were replaced by these people, he would definitely not treat himself so badly.

Even if Brother Xiao Ma explained that this is only a temporary foothold, mainly used for the construction and design of the e-commerce platform in the early stage.

Then wait until the platform is officially built to form a framework, and then move to a formal office building.

Although there was an explanation, Chen Li still felt that this group of guys must have suffered enough from having no money to operate when they were engaged in Tengxun before.

So this time to start a business ~ everyone seems to be more willing to spend money wisely.

Although Chen Li expressed understanding on the surface, in fact, he really didn't understand it in his heart.

You must know that this time Fujixun sold it, and these guys got a total of 800 million yuan.

That is to say, even Lao Chen and Lao Xu~ who had the fewest shares each received about 80 in cash.

According to the original share capital of these guys, Lao Chen and Lao Xu's final profit was as high as 65.

As a result, these guys who searched and searched were only willing to spend 50 yuan as the start-up capital. This is simply too bloody.

If it was Chen Li, he estimated that he would give 15 to his family, and then use the remaining 50 to continue his business.

Calculate like this~ With a few people together, at least the start-up capital can be two to three million, plus Chen Li's joining, the entire three-four million start-up capital. Chen Li thinks it is very suitable.

It's just that Chen Li overlooked one problem, that is, he actually took it for granted.

From Chen Li's point of view, it seems a bit nonsense for these guys to treat themselves too harshly in order to save money.

But actually?The practice of Xiao Ma and the others is the basic operation of many entrepreneurs these days.

Whether it was the Ari team in the previous life, or the Guofeng software that Zhou Hongyi worked on before, they all actually started to operate in this way from the beginning.

But Chen Li is different~ He never started his own business in his previous life.

Although Chen Li has worked on many industries in this life, his starting point is not at the same level as those normal entrepreneurs.

Whether it was rebirth or the system on him, his starting line directly surpassed others by a large margin.

Brother Xiaoma and others start a business~ They are trying to try with the idea of ​​the possibility of failure.

And Chen Li's entrepreneurship ~ because it is based on the dual advantages of rebirth and the system, so he almost doesn't have to consider whether it will fail or not.

With such a foundation, Chen Li naturally had the confidence to say that he would not treat himself so harshly.

But in fact~ he completely forgot that when he first came out to work in his previous life, it was the basement where he lived in Yanjing for a long time, or the kind of basement that was almost completely closed without windows.

Therefore, there is still a lot of truth in the old saying that "it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant and difficult to go from extravagant to frugal".

But~ Fortunately, although Chen Li felt that these guys were a bit picky, he didn't show it.

In fact, it's not that he deliberately pretended not to show it, but no matter how you say it, this kind of thrifty style is itself worthy of praise.

Especially the more Chen Li felt that he couldn't afford to suffer like this after earning money. So he admired these guys more and more.

No wonder these people were able to create such a large game empire in their previous lives. This kind of energy alone is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

But ~ Chen Li will not join them. Although Chen Li has not yet lived the extravagant life that should belong to a multi-millionaire, he will not squeeze in a rented house with a few big men and face the computer every day. .

Not to mention that he has a girlfriend who is as beautiful as a flower, just the mess of the property under his own name is enough for him to be busy.

Now Ideal Fried Chicken has begun to go out of Yanjing~ and is expanding the market to surrounding provinces and cities.

Although Chen Li doesn't need to manage this mess by himself now, he still needs to ask about some things.

For example, his second uncle is in charge of the supervision department.

Just in November, Chen Guoqiang, the director of quality supervision who had just taken office for less than two months, successively caught nearly ten fried chicken restaurants with problems.

If it was someone else, they might feel very depressed when they found out that so many fried chicken restaurants had problems.

But Chen Li was very happy. After all, it was much better to be discovered by his company's supervision department than to be exposed after something happened.

And this is precisely the reason why Chen Li asked his second uncle to be in charge of the quality supervision department.

Because of the supervision. Chen Erbo is a professional.

(End of this chapter)