Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 660 Rejection
In fact, since the day when Shengtong Network was founded, Chen Li has already predicted many things that will happen next.

At this moment, many people in the outside world still have some doubts about the prospect of online games, but Chen Li is very clear that the online game market is really huge.

In fact, it's not that Chen Li hasn't thought about this aspect. After all, there is Fuji Xun in the previous life, so I dare not say too much~ It is really not that difficult for Chen Li, a reborn person like Chen Li, to build a game empire with a market value of trillions.

To put it bluntly~ For a person like Chen Li who lives a heavy life once, as long as he passes the initial accumulation period, as long as he doesn't mess around in the subsequent development~ he can almost make a big achievement in the end.

The online game industry~ is the best choice for reborn people to make money after passing the accumulation period and entering the development period.

No way~ It is too easy for reborn people to make money in this industry.

What game was popular in the previous life~ I acted as an agent for any game, and after earning money, I bought Tianmei~Mihayou and other famous studios, and then basically just sat and waited for the money to be collected.

But in the end~ Chen Li gave up this idea, because he has a system!
If there is no system, Chen Li might really have an idea for the online game industry, after all, the money is really quick in this industry.

But because of the existence of the system, coupled with the advantage of Chen Li's rebirth, it can be said that he has plenty of opportunities to choose from.

That's right~ People say that you may meet several opportunities to change your destiny in your life, but for Chen Li who has double BUFFs, there is no shortage of opportunities.

So Chen Li gave up on entering the game industry. After all, if he does this, he will definitely be scolded.

But even if Chen Li didn't plan to enter the game industry, he never thought of giving up the interests of the online game industry. Anyway, he can invest in game companies without making games!

So there is the emergence of Shengtong Network!

However, because it does not involve the operation and management of the company, Chen Li predicted one thing very early on, that is, sooner or later, Shengtong Network will be paid attention to by capital, and will take a share of Shengtong Network.

This is almost inevitable, because Chen Qiao and Chen Li are different.

In fact, Chen Li has always been against the listing of the company in his heart, and the most important thing is that he now has the capital to prevent the company from listing.

Not to mention it's listed, the ideal food under Chen Li's name is not even willing to join the franchise, and all of this is based on the premise that Chen Li has enough accumulation.

But Chen Qiao is different. The only goal of this buddy to start a company is actually to make money.

Of course~ Maybe he has always had a dream of the so-called "Internet Disney" in his heart, but the realization of this dream cannot be achieved in a short period of time.

As far as Chen Qiao's character is concerned, he is not the kind of person who is willing to wait, otherwise, the Shengda Group in the previous life would definitely not end up like that in the end.

Therefore, whether it is Shengda or Shengtong, financing~listing~rapid development, this is almost an inevitable path for Chen Qiao.

Needless to say the disadvantages, everyone knows it!

But the advantages are also very obvious. The reason why Shengda was able to secure its position as the leader of the Internet so quickly in the previous life is inseparable from its listing and getting a lot of money.

After all, at that time other online game companies were still struggling to accumulate capital, while Shengda had already started throwing checkbooks around and throwing money at it.

It can be said that at that time, Shengda took the absolute advantage, and now Shengtong Network also has the advantage, so with Chen Qiao's ambition, it would be a ghost if he didn't seize this opportunity.

Shengtong Network will accept financing sooner or later, but due to differences in timing and other factors, the final results are also different.

So. When Chen Li was on the phone with Chen Qiao, Chen Qiao was very excited and said that he could talk, but in the end, Chen Li directly poured "a pot of cold water".

Uh~ To be precise, Chen Li almost scolded Chen Qiao directly, the kind without profanity.

The reason is also very simple. Talking about financing with Goldman Sachs at this time is actually a very meaningless thing.

Because the popularity of the legendary game is just getting started.

Of course, from Chen Qiao's point of view, because he doesn't know how popular "Legend" will be in the future, it seems that there is nothing wrong with talking about financing when Shengtong Network has good news at this time.

But Goldman Sachs is not a fool. Even if they really want to talk about investment with Shengtong, it may even take several months to talk back and forth.

In the past few months, it was enough for Goldman Sachs to figure out how much benefit "Legend" could bring to Shengtong, and how far Shengtong's prospects were.

And Chen Qiao's anxious look is like telling the people of Goldman Sachs
"You came to trick me!"

Uh~ In fact, Chen Qiao is not an idiot. Although he will appear very excited, he will actually be able to react after the phone call.

But Chen Li seized this moment and woke up Chen Qiao with a "severe reprimand". In the end, Chen Qiao thanked Chen Li on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Li entered the living room and looked at Howard Wise who was drinking tea and chatting with Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi.

To be honest~ he doesn't understand this old guy a bit.

Although Shengtong Network has made some disturbances in the country recently, it is obviously nonsense to say that it can alarm this person.

As a senior executive of Goldman Sachs, it stands to reason that this old guy should be very busy every day, and the other party should be busy with some "big" business.

Not to mention alarming Howard Wise for such a small project as investing in Shengtong Network, the management of Goldman Sachs Huaxia did not even need to come forward.

After all, Shengtong Network is actually a small company in the Internet industry today, and its valuation is only a few million dollars.

But Howard came to him just like that, and he came for Shengtong Network, which made Chen Li a little confused about what this old guy was thinking.

"I talked to the CEO of Shengtong Network!"

"I won't go around in circles with you, I'll just say it straight!"

"At present, Shengtong Network is not short of money. The funds I gave him before have not been used up at all."

"And based on the performance of the game "Legend" before, it is estimated that the future benefits will be very considerable!"

What Chen Li said was true. To know the reason why Shengda was able to earn a million dollars a day in 02 in his previous life, it must be said that Legendary's game's ability to absorb money is too strong.

So ~ if Goldman Sachs is allowed to enter the market at this time, then Chen Li's previous life is almost in vain.

"Chen~ I understand what you mean, and I can guess some of your thoughts."

"But it's not as simple as you think for a company to grow rapidly."

"I've read some things about Shengtong Network. I heard that their servers are rented, and the servers don't seem to be that stable."

"Also~ Although it seems that the development of Shengtong Network is very good, you can't guarantee that their games will continue to be popular."

"You know very well that when a game starts charging, it will inevitably lose a large number of users."

"From the perspective of the number of users of Shengtong Network, even if Shengtong Network continues to develop in the future, I am afraid it will not be as good as you said."

Before Howard finished speaking, Chen Li's shoulders suddenly shrugged, and then he heard Chen Li trying to hold back his laughter.

Alright~ Chen Li really couldn't bear it anymore!
What to say~ Howard Wise is actually right. For any game, there must be a very obvious difference between the number of users in the free period and the number of users in the paid period.

But this old guy overlooked one thing, that is, the online game market is still in its immature stage.

It is true that many people will naturally give up a game after it announces the fee. After all, it is impossible for a game to be loved by everyone.

If it is free, maybe many people will barely play it, but once it is charged, many people will leave the game.

But the problem is that with the passage of time and the development of the computer and Internet industry, the number of gamers in this group is also increasing.

Especially for a market like Huaxia, where the computer Internet has just started, the number of gamers lost is not even as large as the number of gamers that has not grown.

So this has also caused a phenomenon, that is, the early online game market has become more and more mature, and correspondingly, the number of players of each game has increased significantly.

Take "Legend" as an example, the early legend actually only had a few servers in one district, and now the legend has been opened to [-] servers in ten districts.

During this period~ Although due to various reasons, the game did lose a small number of players, but this is a normal thing.

And after the game officially starts charging today, this number will continue to increase, even by a large margin.

But the fact is that Shengtong Network has already prepared multiple groups of servers, and plans to open three to five districts in the next month, that is, 24 to [-] servers.

Alright~ In fact, Chen Li understood what Howard Wise meant, but he couldn't hold back when he heard the other party mention this.

It's obvious~ This old guy must have learned some information about the online game industry, but he doesn't know much.

But this is also normal, even in the United States ~ online games are actually a new industry.

At this moment, Howard Wise also felt that there must be something wrong with what he just said, otherwise Chen Li would not have behaved so gaffe.

In fact, at this time, Howard Wise had every reason to lose his temper at Chen Li, but he did not do such a thing. Instead, he looked at Chen Li and asked:
"Chen, you should understand that at my age, my understanding of the online game industry is definitely not as good as your young people."

"So~ can you explain to me why you were laughing just now?"

Uh~ Well, Howard Wise did not lose his temper, but his words were also full of guns and sticks.

To put it bluntly~ the little old man still has a little temper.

"Sorry~ Howard!"

"I didn't laugh on purpose, nor was I laughing at what you said just now. I just remembered a happy thing just now."

"Also~ About the online game industry, what can you say?"

"I don't know much about the current market situation in the United States, but the domestic industry is just getting started!"

"It's the kind that's really just getting started!"

"To tell you the truth, before the Shengtong Internet game appeared and became popular, the vast majority of Internet users in our country hadn't even been exposed to online games."

"Howard~ Do you know how many people we have in Huaxia?"

"Do you know how many people in our country have access to the Internet, even with very little computer penetration today?"

"Howard, let me give you a suggestion!"

"You can ask the people in your Huaxia branch to do a corresponding data survey. It's better to be more accurate."

"Then... next year, you will do another survey like this, so you will find a very interesting thing."

"Hmm~ Yes, it's very interesting, but it's probably going to be a little surprising. I hope you're mentally prepared!"

Chen Li restrained his smile, and replied in a very serious and serious tone.

You know~ In the past few years at the beginning of the century, the development speed of the domestic computer and Internet industry has shocked the whole world.

Especially with the blessing of Huaxia's huge population base, this makes Huaxia's computer Internet industry market extremely attractive!

As we all know ~ since last year ~ because of the impact of the crisis brought about by the bursting of the Internet bubble, the world seems to have raised its vigilance against the so-called Internet industry.

However, there are countless capitals focusing their attention on China's Internet market. Many Internet companies that are familiar to everyone are almost all favored by those foreign capitals during this period.

Some people will say that the fundamental reason why those companies cooperated with those foreign capitals was that no one in China dared to invest money at that time.

But why don't you think about it? Why were those domestic investors unwilling to invest?
We must know that the impact of the Internet bubble crisis was there at that time. Many investors were "cautious" when they even talked about the Internet.

In addition, the Internet was an emerging industry in China at that time, and everyone didn't understand this industry at all. Who would dare to spend money on the Internet?

But people in China don't understand it, but people abroad know it very well!
Huaxia's computer Internet industry has just started~ For those foreign capitals, this place is simply a big cake that is just ready to be developed.

Especially with China's population base there, if you want to make money here, it's even easier than doing it in the United States.

And~ these people are not fools, and they are not willing to invest in any company.

Just like why early portals and e-commerce websites are easier to finance than so-called social software?
That's right~ what I'm talking about here is the comparison of what happened to Jiulang~Wangnan~Sohu~Ari and Fujixun in their previous lives.

It is much easier for these portals and e-commerce websites to raise funds than Fujixun, a social software company.

Because of these types of Internet companies~ there have been successful examples in the United States.

What about social software?Looking at the development of ICQ after it was acquired, you can understand why it was so difficult for Fujixun to raise funds at that time.

"Is that right?"

"Okay~ I understand."

"However, we at Goldman Sachs still hope to reach a cooperation with Shengtong Network, Chen~ can you help me with this?"

Howard nodded, expressing that he understood, and then left a favor in Chen Li's hands.

To be honest~ Chen Li was a little confused by Howard Wise's behavior.

But when Howard Wise said these words, he was too emotional and reasonable to refuse.

It’s okay~ In fact, he didn’t intend to reject Goldman Sachs from the very beginning.

"Hmm, okay! Shengtong Network does not resist financing, let alone cooperate with Goldman Sachs."

"But...not now!"

"Well~ give me some time, and I will convince that stubborn CEO!"

(End of this chapter)