giants of the era

Chapter 362 Monopolizing Tourism on and Off the Chain

"I'll go back and write out the specific plan, and then I'll call you!" Li Zetian said.

"Okay." Bill Gates and Buffett both nodded in unison.

"Okay, it's late now, we should leave the hotel too!" Li Zetian said.

"Ah."

……

The next day, the AOL chat room.

"Do you know, a big event happened last night! The LY Foundation raised 111 billion dollars, 111 billion dollars!!!" A netizen named "Alpha" typed and expressed shock.

"I'm going, just kidding, how could so much money be raised overnight!!"

"Is today April Fool's Day? To make up such unreliable news, haha..."

"Hehe, only fools will believe it!"

"That's right, it's an insult to our IQ!"

Netizens expressed their disbelief.

Alpha suddenly became anxious, and typed: "Damn, I'm not lying. My cousin is a reporter. He told me personally that the LY Foundation raised 111 billion US dollars at the Hilton Hotel last night. Chronos Li, the world's richest man, attended the The late charity gala, donated 100 billion US dollars at once, without blinking an eye!!!”

The netizens in the chat room suddenly exploded!
"Damn, is this really happening?!! Chronos Li is really crazy, I can't even imagine 100 billion US dollars, he actually donated it like this!"

"Chronos Li is mighty and domineering, and treats money like dung!"

"Charity No.1 is really not blown out!"

"66666"

"Hurry up and log in to the Yahoo website. Chronos Li's donation is posted on the front page, even with photos. It's absolutely true!"

"Really or not, okay, go see it right away!"

A group of netizens moved to the Yahoo website one after another, and a message scrolled on the homepage - "Global Charity No. 1 Chronos Li Donates 100 Billion Dollars to the LY Foundation to Help Poor Orphans!" ! ! ".

"Damn it, it's even reported on the Yahoo website, it must be true! Mad, I'm already on my knees, Chronos Li is too rich, can you donate me a little bit. Just a little bit is enough!"

"Same as above, I beg Chronos Li to donate some money to me too, the rice for cooking is gone!"

"..."

At this moment, in addition to the Yahoo website reporting the matter, major media outlets across the United States also followed up.

"Chronos Li is good, donating 100 billion US dollars to orphans, this is a real businessman with a conscience!" "

"A $111 Billion Charity Gala Shocks the World! "

……

Beverly Hills.

The 12-year-old Youran read the newspaper and muttered, "Why didn't these newspapers report on my mother? Obviously, my mother is the chairman of LY, and she is the hardest worker and the one who contributes the most! Besides donating money, my father , didn't do anything. Hmph, it's really annoying."

Li Zetian: "..."

Shaking his head, Li Zetian continued to write the plan.

The name of the travel website is TripAdvisor. Trip means "tourism", and Advisor means "consultant". Together, they mean travel consultant. In English-speaking countries, the word TripAdvisor is easy to understand and remember!
If the company name is Ctrip, Tuniu or something, how do these European and American foreigners know what this website is for.

The plan was written very quickly, and Li Zetian had a very clear travel website as a reference in his mind, and even the design of the website was written in great detail.

crackling.

It took more than an hour, and a detailed planning case was completed.

"Yuqin, help me inform Buffett and Bill Gates, let them come to our house, and tell them that the planning of the travel website has been completed." Li Zetian beckoned to Dongfang Yuqin, who was sitting not far away and was browsing documents. waved.

"Oh." Dongfang Yuqin responded, picked up the phone and began to notify, and after a while, said to Li Zetian: "Okay, they will come at 1 o'clock in the afternoon."

Li Zetian nodded, and immediately printed two copies of the plan, looking at his own plan while meditating.

"If the travel website company becomes bigger and stronger, it can use its recommended resources to promote the development of aviation, scenic spots, and hotels! Conversely, if I master aviation, scenic spots, and hotels, it can also help the development of travel websites!"

Got huge sums of money from the collapse of the Soviet Union, where there was no place to spend them before, and now there is.

"Many scenic spots in China and Southeast Asia have not been developed, such as the resort island resorts of Phuket and Bali. Buy them while they are cheap, then spend money to develop them, and then use the recommended resources of the TripAdvisor travel website to attract users. Here...hehe, how can I be such a genius! By the way, the Space Exploration Corporation is developing a civilian airliner, and if it owns an airline company, it can produce and sell it by itself!"

"Yuqin, come here, I have a huge plan to tell you!" Li Zetian said.

"Yes." Dongfang Yuqin walked to Li Zetian and sat next to him.

"Look at the planning plan of the TripAdvisor travel website first!" Li Zetian handed the printed document to her.

Dongfang Yuqin took the document and looked at it very seriously. After 10 minutes, she sighed slightly: "Mr. Li, this planning plan is very ambitious. It will establish a huge database and collect attractions, hotels, restaurants, Transportation, etc. are all connected together, and users can directly complete transactions on TripAdvisor! In this way, the platform fee alone is an astronomical sum!"

In this planning plan, Li Zetian wrote how to make money on travel websites. In addition to the most common advertisements, TripAdvisor has to charge merchants a small fee every time a user completes a transaction.

Li Zetian smiled slightly and said: "TripAdvisor is an online platform, like a castle in the air. Without the support of hotels and scenic spots, it is very unstable. I mean, we invest in hotels, scenic spots, restaurants, and airlines to support the development of TripAdvisor. Wait until TripAdvisor The popularity of the traffic has increased, and it can also feed back hotels, scenic spots, restaurants, and airlines!"

Dongfang Yuqin understood Li Zetian's intentions quickly, and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, you are trying to monopolize the entire tourism industry chain!"

Li Zetian was startled, then nodded and smiled, "That's right!!"

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said: "Okay, I understand. It seems that I have to become very busy again. Hotels, scenic spots, restaurants, and airlines all over the world have to investigate clearly, choose the right ones, and then buy them."

"Well, that's right, but we can start with the United States first. Let's take it step by step, don't worry!" Li Zetian said.

High-rise buildings start from flat ground, and the TripAdvisor website can even start with a state.

Around 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

Buffett and Bill Gates came to Li Zetian's house together.

Li Zetian greeted them briefly, received a small meeting room, and then sent them the planning plan he had printed out earlier.

After reading this plan, Dongfang Yuqin was extremely surprised.Both of them are no exception.

"Okay, this plan is great! Chronos, you really have it. If the TripAdvisor website develops, it will definitely become one of the world's top [-] companies! Countless attractions, hotels, and restaurants depend on us for food. We will completely change the tradition Tourism market, and push it to a new level!!!” Bill Gates excited!

Buffett also nodded in approval.

The beautifully written plan made Buffett see the possibility of success, especially when he saw the profit model of TripAdvisor.The current Internet companies are basically burning money. The reason why Buffett rejected Internet companies before is because Internet companies do not have a good profit model.

The most popular website at the moment is undoubtedly Yahoo, but Yahoo is still unable to make ends meet with advertising revenue alone.

"Mr. Li, I think it's feasible!" Buffett said after a pause, "Then look, how will the company's equity be allocated?"

When it comes to equity distribution, Bill Gates sits upright and becomes serious.

Li Zetian smiled lightly: "As the proposer and planner of this project, I naturally have to hold the majority of the shares. I hold 70%, how about you two holding 15% each?"

Bill Gates and Buffett looked at each other and nodded. They knew in their hearts that with Li Zetian's financial resources, no one else needed to invest.The two of them are very lucky to be able to join the group.

"I'm fine," Buffett said.

"I'm fine!" Bill Gates followed suit.

"Well, then let's talk about the details of TripAdvisor website investment and future development!"

"Ok!"

Two hours later, Li Zetian and the others walked out of the conference room with smiles.

The three reached an agreement, Li Zetian invested 7000 million US dollars, Bill Gates and Buffett each invested 2000 million US dollars, a total of 1.1 million US dollars as the registered capital of the TripAdvisor website.

"Haha, I can't wait to see the establishment of TripAdvisor!" Bill Gates smiled, paused, and suddenly asked, "Chronos, do you think we should hold a very grand press conference to announce the establishment of TripAdvisor and make it famous?" ?”

Li Zetian thought about it carefully. He has always kept a low profile in the Internet industry. At the beginning of the company's establishment, the outside world didn't know it at all.And the reason for being so low-key is that they are afraid that others will follow suit and cause unnecessary competition.

So, Li Zetian shook his head and said, "Let's avoid the press conference. Others see that I am the majority shareholder of TripAdvisor. Within a week, similar companies will spring up everywhere!"

Bill Gates froze for a moment, suddenly realized, and couldn't help but nodded quickly: "Yes, you are right, we must not hold the release year!"

At this time, Bill Gates suddenly thought of Yahoo and Amazon.Although Yahoo and Amazon have not announced that the company's boss is Li Zetian, according to various clues, many people speculate that the possibility that the boss behind the scenes is Li Zetian is more than 80%.

The company does not raise funds, spends a lot of money, and cooperates with companies under the name of Li Zetian in various ways!
Is this Nima hard to guess?
Moreover, the previous Netscape company suddenly turned out, and it was finally proved that the boss behind the scenes was Li Zetian.

Anyway, Bill Gates believes that the current hottest Internet companies are all owned by Li Zetian, so keeping a low profile is king!
Buffett smiled and did not express his opinion, but it can be seen from his expression that after the establishment of TripAdvisor, it is not appropriate to make a public announcement, at least not to reveal that Li Zetian is the company's major shareholder.

Bill Gates smiled and said: "Chronos, you have experience in building an Internet company. From now on, the TripAdvisor travel website will be handed over to you. If you need any help, just ask. Buffett and I will definitely support it!"

Li Zetian nodded.

……

A week later, TripAdvisor was quietly established in Los Angeles, California, and then began to recruit a large number of people. In addition to the engineers who wrote the program website, the most recruited were business personnel with strong communication skills. The TripAdvisor website is different from ordinary Internet companies. It needs to run business crazily and negotiate cooperation with hotels, scenic spots, and restaurants around the world.Of course, it doesn't matter if we don't talk about cooperation, and upload their materials directly to the Internet for netizens to browse.Only in this case, users cannot book hotels, flights, attractions, etc. Firstly, the user experience is poor, and secondly, it cannot bring income to TripAdvisor.

TripAdvisor is backed by a large financial backer, so it is natural to choose a better development method.

Well, there is no need for Li Zetian to worry about these. Professionals will take care of them.

Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin are sorting out the information to see which companies to acquire, and at the same time save the trouble of visiting TripAdvisor. As long as they acquire these companies, they will naturally cooperate with TripAdvisor.

"Hilton hotels are famous in the United States, all over the United States!" Dongfang Yuqin suggested.

"Well, I've wanted to buy the Hilton Hotel for a long time!" Li Zetian said, he suddenly remembered that when his career was still in its infancy, the bank happened to be auctioning off his father-in-law's hotel at that time, and a manager of the Hilton Hotel laughed at the group of them. However, after so long, Li Zetian almost forgot about it.

Dongfang Yuqin said: "Okay, Mr. Li, the Hilton Hotel is one, then you want to buy it next..."

Li Zetian said: "TripAdvisor looks at the public. In fact, the style of Hilton Hotel is a bit high, and many people can't afford to live here. Therefore, if you buy some high-end hotels, you must also buy some cheap hotels, such as express hotels!"

"En!" Dongfang Yuqin took out a stack of information and handed it to Li Zetian, and said, "This is the information of some cheap hotel companies that I asked people to count."

Li Zetian flipped through them casually, and said, "Look at these, I trust your vision. Give me the information of the high-end luxury hotel."

"Ok."

……

Li Zetian first started from the hotels of various scenic spots, so soon, news of hotel acquisitions will frequently break out in the United States, which is surprising and strange.

However, it still did not attract much attention.

On March 3, an unknown overseas investment company suddenly launched an acquisition of Hilton, and the news spread like wildfire, causing a sensation in the United States.

The Hilton Hotel in the United States was founded in 1919. In less than 90 years, it has expanded from one hotel to more than 100, covering major cities on five continents of the world. It has become one of the largest hotels in the world and has a high reputation. The Hilton family also Therefore, it is very prominent and was once one of the top ten chaebols in the United States.However, that was only once!

"Damn, what kind of company is this? It's so awesome that it wants to buy the Hilton Hotel!"

"I don't know! Global International Hotel Investment Management Company, I've never heard of this name before!"

"It's the first time I've heard of it, but it's rich in financial resources. It's worth 105 billion U.S. dollars to buy Hilton Hotel!"

"The economic downturn in the United States these years has also affected the tourism industry. The development of the Hilton Hotel is not going well. Hehe, I just don't know if the Hilton family is willing to sell the hotel! If it were me, I would sell it quickly, 105 billion US dollars, definitely A high price!"

(End of this chapter)