Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 659 We are very interested in Shengtong Network

In the initial stage of the development of China's Internet industry ~ in fact, many companies that people are familiar with have been born.

For example, the three early portal websites Sohu~Jiulang and Wangnan, and the founders of these three Internet companies are also called the Internet Three Musketeers by netizens.

Leaving aside the achievements made in the future, let’s just say that these people dared to enter the Internet industry to develop in the early days. In fact, it is a very commendable thing.

Later people all know that in the early Internet industry, belonging was an absolute outlet.

But in fact~ in the early days of the Internet industry, when most people looked at the Internet industry, they actually held a negative attitude.

In Chen Li's previous life, there were even older industrial entrepreneurs who looked down on those who worked on the Internet.

Especially in the early stage of the development of the Internet industry, there are countless so-called Internet companies all over the country, which cost a huge amount of money, but in the end they have nothing that can be achieved.

In later generations~people will know about Jiulang~know Sohu~know Wangnan, not to mention those two who have been lost by Chen Li and Tengxun and Ari Baba.

However, there are more than these companies that entered the Internet industry in the early stage.

So here comes the question, where did these companies that entered the mainstream together with Internet companies such as Jiulangsouhuwangnan go?
The answer is obvious, they did not persist until the moment of victory!
To put it bluntly, in the early development of the Internet industry, few companies were able to achieve profitability, and most companies even had no idea where their future profits would be.

Even Ma Xiaoyun, who finally succeeded in starting a business in his previous life, said that he was actually confused when he founded Ali Baba in the early days, because he didn't know where the future was going.

It's just that even Ma Xiaoyun, who was in a period of confusion, firmly believes that the future of the Internet industry is promising!

It is precisely because of this reason that Ma Xiaoyun in his previous life was able to continue to take root in the Internet industry after successive failures in entrepreneurship, and finally achieved success.

In fact, almost all early Internet companies have experienced similar things.

Because they were crossing the river almost by feeling the stones, but they were the first group of people who dared to bite the crab with its teeth and claws.

But are there any Internet companies that have not experienced such a thing?

The answer is. Yes!
Not only is there such a company, but this company even caused a big wave in the early Internet industry.

Because of the existence of this company, almost all Internet companies in the early days set their sights on a branch of the Internet industry, that is, online games.

And this company was also Shengda Network, which later became the leading player in the domestic online game industry.

How good was Shengda Network at that time?
In 2002, Shengda Network had achieved the achievement of earning millions of dollars a day.

Of course~ Some people may think that this seems to be nothing, after all, Fuji Xun and other game companies can even earn hundreds of millions a day!
But the question is what the hell? But in 2002, when millionaires were still a rarity, Shengda Network earned more than 100 million a day from selling point cards.

And those Internet companies in the same period, not to mention how much profit they made, most of them couldn't even find a way and direction to make profits.

Then~ a phenomenon appeared. At that time, almost all the Internet companies that could be counted in China began to extend their tentacles to the online game industry.

There was no way~ At that time, Shengda Network’s profits were there. For those Internet companies that hadn’t found their way, online games simply pointed out a clear path.

Of course~ This is not to say that other Internet companies entered the online game industry because of Shengda Network. In fact, the online game industry had already started to become popular in China at that time.

It's just that before the success of Shengda Network, everyone only had certain expectations for the online game industry, but the sense of expectation was not very strong.

But Shengda Network succeeded!

So Jiulang~Sohu and other Internet companies~ have started to pay attention to online games.

And the facts also proved this point. For a long time, the online game industry has always been the easiest project to make money in the entire Internet industry, or even one of them.

As the leading player in the online game industry at that time, Shengda Network could hardly be described as full of money, because there was simply no way to hold so much money in pots and bowls.

But it was precisely for this reason that Chen Li turned his ideas on Chen Qiao and Shengda Network.

Now Shengda Network is gone, replaced by Shengtong Network jointly invested and founded by Chen Li and Chen Qiao.

Of course~ This is information that only insiders know. In fact, in order not to be scolded~or less scolded in the future, Chen Li asked Mu Xiaoqing to register with Hong Kong City when he invested in Chen Qiao a company.

So even though Shengtong Network has become the most popular Internet company in China because of the popularity of "Legend", there are not many people who really know the connection between this company and Chen Li.

But what to say~ Isn't there an old saying that "there is no impenetrable wall in the world"?

This sentence really makes sense, because the foreigner named Howard Wise sitting in front of Chen Li at the moment knows the news.

This made Chen Li a little depressed. Although he knew that this kind of information could not be hidden from some interested people, the news leaked too fast, right?

Of course~ Chen Li was depressed, but he knew the whole story in his heart.

Because the online game "Legend" represented by Shengtong Network will be officially launched on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Before that, the game "Legend" had just reached a peak of online numbers because of the monster siege event held before. It can be said that "Legend" has become one of the most popular online games in China. .

What's more disgusting about this guy, Chen Qiao, is that he put the siege of Sabac on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, that is, after the operation of "Legend".

You must know that Shengtong Network has hyped up a wave of so-called Sabac siege gameplay before, which directly filled the expectations of countless players.

And under the support of these various factors, a phenomenon directly appeared. That is, the point cards of Shengtong Network were sold out!

In the previous life ~ at that time, Shengda Network also had such a phenomenon, but in addition to the popularity of the game itself, it was also because of the lack of preparation for Shengda Network's point card sales at that time.

After all, at that time, Shengda Network was poor, and even the server and broadband were tricked and coaxed by acquaintances, so it is not surprising that there is a lack of work preparation.

But this time is different, because with the support of Chen Li's investment, Chen Qiao, who has always acted decisively, is actually well prepared.

But even so~ the sales of "Legend" point cards are still sold out.

Attention~ It is a pre-sale and it will be sold out immediately.Fortunately, Chen Qiao made sufficient preparations at the beginning, otherwise, before "Legend" was officially launched, there would be a big problem in point card sales.

However, recharging point cards these days is not as convenient as later. It takes time to make a point card and distribute it to each point of sale.

Shengtong Network worked overtime to deliver a batch of point cards before the official operation, but it turned out that the point cards were sold out before the first day of the new year.

The reason is not complicated, because before this~ no one knew that an online game could become such a hit in China.

And the most unexpected thing is that so many people are willing to spend money to play online games!
Of course~ In fact, Chen Li knew it.

Although Chen Qiao made some seemingly adequate preparations, Chen Li still knew clearly that that little preparation was definitely not enough.

But he didn't remind Chen Qiao, because it doesn't make much sense to remind him.

What about Chen Qiao's personality?

It is better to act decisively, but the problem of self-willedness also exists in him.

The reason why Chen Li only got 49% of the shares of Shengtong Network is because Chen Qiao killed his own shares and must not be less than Chen Li.

For this reason~ he would rather Chen Li invest less in him.

Of course~ There is nothing wrong with this point, and many founders actually do not allow such things to happen.

But the problem is that Chen Qiao still made an agreement with Chen Li that unless there was a major mistake in his decision, Chen Li could not intervene in the operation and management of Shengtong Network.

Of course~ this condition is actually what Chen Li is happy to see, but in fact it also proves the character of Chen Qiao.

Chen Li can give him advice, but whether he listens or not is another matter.

So Chen Li didn't mention this directly, and it's actually not a bad thing. This kind of hot phenomenon will cause a kind of "public opinion" influence instead.

Think about it~ When a player wants to buy a point card and finds that the point card has been sold out, the player's first reaction at this time is
"Fuck~ Do so many people recharge the card?"

When the player fails to buy point cards in the second place, his idea will become
"Fuck~ Is it so hot?"

At this time~ the player already has an idea in his mind, that is, he must buy a point card. If he can't buy the feeling that others can play but he can't, it will be too uncomfortable.

Especially at this time is the Spring Festival, at this point in time, those players naturally do not lack the money to buy some cards in their pockets.

And in 2001~Although the spread of information was far less rapid than later, such a hot phenomenon still attracted some people's attention.

For example, when those players complained about not being able to buy point cards on some forums, they actually made another promotion for Shengtong Network and the game "Legend".

Then, Shengtong Network and "Legend" also exploded on the Internet.

In fact, the game Legend has been very popular on the Internet from the very beginning, but because the charging model is about to be officially launched, there are not no people who are bad-mouthing during this period of time.

And when the news spread that players went all over the Internet cafes just to buy a "Legendary" point card, it directly attracted the attention of another group of people.

And the identities of this group of people are people from the investment circle.And here~ includes people from Goldman Sachs Huaxia.

In fact, at the beginning ~ the people of Goldman Sachs Huaxia didn't plan to do anything, it wasn't that they didn't want to invest in Shengtong Network, but it was the Spring Festival in Huaxia.

Although for people in the investment circle, it doesn't matter what holidays or rest days are in front of sufficient interests.

But obviously at this point in time, it is definitely meaningless to go to Shengtong Network to discuss financing or something.

The best approach at this point in time is to collect specific information on Shengtong Network, estimate the future prospects and value of Shengtong Network, and then make a detailed plan based on Huizhong's information.

Goldman Sachs has been in the Chinese market for many years, so they naturally have no shortage of network resources.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that this inquiry actually found an acquaintance.

It's really familiar, because the most important project that Goldman Sachs Huaxia is currently working on is the Red Pony Technology that will be listed on the first day of the new year.

You must know that the scale of the public offering of Red Horse Technology has reached 1.2 million US dollars this time. This fund will allow Red Horse Technology to have sufficient funds to continue to develop in the next period of time.

At the same time~ based on the issue price of 16.5 US dollars, the market of Red Horse Technology has reached a scale of 4.95 million US dollars.

Of course, this is mainly due to the impact of the Internet bubble crisis, otherwise the market value of Red Horse Technology will be higher.

But the important thing is not this issue. The important thing is that Chen Li, one of the major shareholders of Red Horse Technology, is actually the largest shareholder of Shengtong Network.

In fact, at the beginning ~ people from Goldman Sachs did not find this clue at all, because according to official information ~ Shengtong Network actually only has two major shareholders.

One is Shengda Company, which holds a 51% stake in Shengtong Network. This company was co-founded by Chen Qiao and his relatives and friends.

The second is an investment company from Hong Kong City, the specific information is unknown.

But coincidentally, when Chen Qiao was still working on an animation website, he actually had contact with people from Goldman Sachs Huaxia in order to seek financing.

Although there is no cooperation between the two parties, there is still a relationship.

For example, Chen Qiao's younger brother made friends with this guy from Goldman Sachs Huaxia. After all, what if there is a chance to cooperate in the future?

Isn’t that the old saying~ getting to know more people~ just one more chance!

Therefore, when the staff member of Gaosheng Huaxia was inquiring about the news with his friend, Chen Qiao's younger brother, Chen Qiao's younger brother didn't think much about it, and directly confessed Chen Li.

Actually, Chen Qiao's younger brother is showing off to a certain extent.

Because Goldman Sachs Huaxia and Chen Qiao did not reach a cooperation before, but Chen Li invested in Shengtong Network, but Chen Li is one of the major shareholders of Red Horse Technology, which Goldman Sachs Huaxia has recently promoted.

So, at that time, Chen Qiao's younger brother actually subconsciously felt that the people in Goldman Sachs Huaxia might have some problems with their vision.

But in this way, the problem came to Chen Li.

"Chen~ We, Goldman Sachs, are very interested in Shengtong Network!"

Opposite the sofa~ Howard Wise put down the coffee in his hand, looked at Chen Li and said slowly!

(End of this chapter)