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Chapter 448 Future Agriculture and the Internet

Ding Lei, Zhang Chaoyang, Brother Xiao Ma, Qing Zi and others had already arrived ahead of time. They heard Ma said that they would come to the airport to pick up Li Lei, so they followed suit. Seeing Li Lei's Gulfstream plane, they all envied Li Lei. Inviting them to take a look inside, everyone reacted differently. Tenteng was still shy and kept silent. Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Lei sighed again and again. If the Internet bubble hadn’t burst, they could have bought one too, but now, just We can only postpone the time. As for when we can buy it, it is hard to say.

There is no need to worry about being left alone, from the interior decoration of the plane to the uniform of the stewardess, and finally concluded, "I know that some people in China have bought private jets now, but they seem to be small planes, and they are easy to sit on. It’s not very comfortable, and the range is not good, it’s still your style!”

"If you want to use it, I can lend it to you. Anyway, I don't use it every day. The main reason is that it is more convenient to fly abroad; but this flight is still not enough. I had to refuel and rest in the Middle East when I came back from Brazil, so I plan to use it again. Change to a bigger one in a few years!" Li Lei patted Qingzi on the shoulder, "Make the company well, and I believe you will be able to let me change planes soon."

"Hey, even if it's for Li Dong's plane, we all have to work hard!" The old horse laughed. Although it was a joke, it can also be seen that Li Lei has confidence in them. Confidence is the most precious thing in the season, and even the biggest investors are optimistic about them, so Lao Ma is relieved.

Zhang Chaoyang is very playful, so he immediately borrowed a plane from Li Lei to go abroad for a while. Sohu is now on the right track. Although the Internet bubble has caused their stock price to plummet, the company's performance is still developing very well, so He can still have this leisurely mind.

Brother Xiao Ma can’t do it anymore. Recently, QQ has developed very rapidly, and the number of registered users has been increasing. However, this has also brought them huge financial pressure. Just renting a server costs a lot of money. He wants to talk to Li Let's discuss to see whether it is to slow down the user registration speed, or to think about any way to make money. They have not yet found a profit channel for QQ.

After the visit, a group of people left the airport for the West Lake. The HZ city government was very generous and opened the State Guest House by the West Lake to them. After arriving, they had a short rest, and then had dinner together at night. The official meeting was held the next day. At this time, the provincial The leaders of the company also came, and the specifications were not low. Leader Chai personally attended to support them.

The theme of this meeting is "New Millennium, New Economy, New Network". Originally, the last one was Xinwangxia, in order to cater to Jin Yong. Now that Jin Yong has been replaced by Li Lei, naturally there is no need to mention it An inexplicable chivalrous character.

For a meeting, the most important thing is to arrange the seats. Li Lei and the leader were invited to sit on the stage, and there were still five seats on the stage. Everyone invited Zhang Chaoyang, CEO of Sohu.com, Wang Zhidong, President of Sina.com, and Ding Lei, Chairman of NetEase. , Wang Juntao, chairman of 8848, and Ma Yun, CEO of Alibaba. If the four bigwigs in the Internet field are ranked according to the size of the company, it is actually not Jack Ma's turn to come up, but who will let him be the host?You still have to have some face.

As for Xiao Ma, he could only sit in the audience, and Li Lei immediately thought of the doctor's song: "I was [-] that year, but I think it seemed the same when Lao Ma accompanied Yahoo Yang Zhiyuan to climb the Great Wall a few years ago, no matter how old he is. The bosses of the company have come step by step, and success has never been so simple.

The guests took their seats one after another. This time, "West Lake On Sword" officially started. Reporters from major media quickly started to take pictures. Among them, Li Lei and the leader consumed the most film, followed by the three major players of Sina, Sohu and Netease. Dude, now their companies are already listed in the US, then 8848, and finally Jack Ma. As for the following ones, it’s almost enough to take a panoramic view. Few reporters take pictures one by one, and their film also costs money. , The unit will not report if there are too many shots.

After the meeting started, Lao Ma first delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the organizer, and then the leader gave a speech. The content of the speech did not exceed Li Lei's expectations. It was nothing more than expressing his optimism for the Internet industry and various preferential policies for supporting Internet companies in the province. Wait for some official words.

After the leader finished speaking, it was Li Lei's turn, and Li Lei took the microphone, "Actually, I came here this time mainly to have a look, and to cheer everyone up, I didn't plan to say anything. After all, this is an Internet industry conference, and I am alone. People who are engaged in agriculture can't take the lead, but since the microphone is here, let me say a few words!"

"The issue that everyone is most concerned about now must be the bursting of the Internet bubble in the United States. Many companies have been affected and become panicked and began to doubt the prospects of the Internet. Many venture capital companies dare not continue to invest in Internet companies! Still confident! Especially in our domestic Internet industry? Why? It can be easily seen that the Internet problems in the United States are caused by the bubble blowing too much, and the stock prices of Internet companies do not match the real situation, that is, Internet investment is overheated !"

"And our domestic Internet companies have just started, and there is no problem of blowing too much bubble or overheating investment. For example, Sohu, when it was listed on Nasdaq before, the stock price was 17 US dollars, and now the stock price has plummeted continuously. , has almost fallen below one dollar! But you only need to look at Sohu's financial statements, you can clearly understand that Sohu's stock price is far undervalued, so if anyone has spare money and wants to invest, I think you can buy Sohu's stock will have at least dozens of times the income in the past few years!" Li Lei pointed to Zhang Chaoyang and said, Zhang Chaoyang laughed loudly in the audience, this is the richest man in the country giving himself a platform.

When Sohu launched Sogou in the future, the stock price soared to 48 US dollars, so if you buy Sohu's stock now, you will have at least 8848 times the return, and the appreciation rate is quite considerable, but this rate is nothing compared to the companies present today. Netease, Alibaba, Penguin, and any investment in any one, the yield is higher than buying Sohu stock; [-] will not work?
"The development speed of Internet companies is closely related to the number of Internet users. In 97, there were only 62 Internet users nationwide. By 98, the number had more than tripled to 210 million, and last year it had quadrupled to 890 million. It's over, but judging from the data in the first half of the year, the number of people surfing the Internet this year will definitely exceed 2000 million. If it continues at this rate, it may only take three to five years for the number of people surfing the Internet to exceed [-] million nationwide, providing hundreds of millions of people with Services such as online social networking, shopping, consulting, etc., what a huge market this is!"

"We are now in a booming blue ocean area. The competition here is lower than traditional industries such as agriculture, and there are more opportunities! Therefore, everyone must have confidence in their careers and not be intimidated by the bursting of the Internet bubble in the United States. It's just begun, and the harvest season is still to come, whoever plants the most seeds now will get the richest harvest." Li Lei came up to cheer them up.

The audience burst into applause. They also understood what Li Lei said. The Internet development in China and the United States is indeed at different stages. It cannot be concluded that there are a lot of bubbles in the Internet industry in China based on the collapse of the Internet in the United States. However, they said the same thing as Li Lei. Lei said that the effect is completely different. Although many websites have been listed in the United States and have created many new rich people, their qualifications are still too shallow. Li Lei has been known as the richest man in the country for many years. His speech is convincing. Much stronger.

Among other things, from the reaction of the leaders on stage, it can be seen that originally he just regarded this meeting as an ordinary industry meeting, but when he heard that Li Lei was so optimistic about the development of the Internet, his expression became more serious; Needless to say the reporters in the audience, they are rushing to write down Li Lei's words, and these words will definitely be published in major media.

In this way, readers will have more confidence in the Internet after reading Li Lei's words. This is extremely valuable to the Internet companies present. The confidence in the capital market is the most important thing. The investment made, the company can survive.

Li Lei said so much first, and then it was the turn of the five major Internet leaders to speak. Everyone also continued what Li Lei said, expressing their confidence in the Internet industry. The morning meeting is basically over. Go to dinner, take a short rest, and continue the meeting in the afternoon.

The leader is busy with work, so it would be nice to be able to stay in the morning. I will definitely not continue to accompany you in the afternoon. This is also good. At least everyone can talk a lot more easily. Set up a few tables in a place with beautiful scenery, prepare tea and snacks, and everyone can sit at the table and enjoy the beautiful scenery of West Lake while chatting on the Internet.

I don't know if it's to make the atmosphere more relaxed, or to imitate the Internet entrepreneurs in the United States. Everyone dressed casually when they came out, unlike other business meetings where everyone was dressed in suits and ties.

Internet giants occupied the best tables, and the circle around it was reserved for reporters. The reporters drank West Lake Longjing tea and ate refreshments to listen to their chatting and laughing. After a while, a reporter asked Li Lei, "Mr. Li, you are in agriculture. Why are you so interested in the Internet? These two industries seem to have nothing to do with each other, right?"

"Who said no? I have cooperated with some Internet companies now. For example, when I list my products on Lao Ma's Alibaba, customers from home and abroad come to us and want to cooperate with us. Sometimes the company needs to purchase. We will also publish information on Ali; there are also advertisements, we have invested in advertisements on Sina, Sohu, and Netease, and the effect is not bad.” Li Lei retorted.

Then he pointed to Xiao Ma, "When companies in different places of our company communicate with each other, they also use QQ, and conference calls have their own advantages; I also told Xiao Ma yesterday that he would develop an enterprise The version of QQ, it is best to bring file transfer, video conferencing and other functions, so that communication will be more convenient!"

"Just now these are just the combination of agriculture and the Internet. In a few years, this kind of cooperation will be even closer." Li Lei was aroused by the conversation, and simply described the future Internet for everyone, "Let's imagine now. For example, how should farmers sell their agricultural products after more than ten years?"

"At that time, the Internet should have been very developed, and many scenes that can only be seen in science fiction works may become reality. For example, Ding Lei, you have been doing the Internet for more than ten years at that time, and you may have begun to get tired of the Internet industry. , You have invested in a pig farm, which uses green feed to raise pigs. In order to make consumers believe in your products, you set up a live broadcast device in the pig farm, so that consumers can view the pigs at any time through their mobile phones or computers. When they see that your pig farm is indeed using green feed and the environment is extraordinarily clean and tidy, even if your meat is more expensive than others’, they will be willing to buy it!” Li Lei Pointing to Ding Lei and said.

"Hahaha, I am willing to buy Ding Lei's meat, no matter how expensive it is, give me ten catties first!" the old horse said anxiously.

Zhang Chaoyang next to him also followed suit, "I also want ten catties, and Lao Ding will cut it off for me. I want ten catties of lean meat. Cut it into sausages. Don't see any fat on it."

"Hey, you're all staring at my little meat!" Ding Lei didn't feel offended, but patted his stomach to show everyone that he really doesn't have much meat. This is the benefit of the Internet industry, and everyone compares it. Young and easy to crack jokes.

"At that time, the price of mobile phones should be very cheap, and the functions are more complete. For example, with cameras, they can use the Internet to broadcast live broadcasts, so that farmers can also use live broadcasts to introduce their own agricultural products to consumers all over the country!"

"When the big black plums are ripe, I go to the orchard with my mobile phone, pick one from the branch and eat it on the spot for everyone to see, 'Is the big black plum sweet?' It is naturally sweet; I made black garlic at home. , You can also live broadcast it for everyone to see! Consumers will definitely be unable to resist placing an order to buy, at this time, there is no need to log out and search on shopping websites, there is a link on the live broadcast interface! Click the link to buy."

"After placing the order successfully, you can still see the logistics information. On the first day, the fruit grower packs the big black plums and hands them over to the logistics company, and the logistics company then delivers them to the consumers. If it is fast, you can eat sweet and juicy plums on the third day There are so many black plums!" Li Lei described to them the future of the combination of the Internet and agriculture.

(End of this chapter)