Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 524 Internet 2.0
""The richest man in the Xia Kingdom shorts Xia Qi, is it a moral distortion or a loss of human nature?""

""Shorting domestic high-tech companies, what is the intention of Xia's richest man?""

""The richest man smashed the plate, and Zha Lang broke his fortune. Is it for personal enmity, or for profit?""

In February 500, Zha Long received [-] million US dollars of overseas venture capital including Goldman Sachs Bank, which was the largest investment received by a domestic Internet company at that time.

This was a big event that caused a sensation at the time.

And Zlang was listed on NASDAQ, and it was also the first information Internet company in mainland China to go public in the United States, which naturally attracted attention.

Now, Zhalang, which has just been listed, has not been as powerful as everyone expected in the international capital market. Instead, it broke within a few days after listing, and its performance has surprised many people.

The most important thing is that it was Lu Yiming, the youngest richest man in mainland China's history, who caused Zhalang's stock price to break.

The grievances and hatreds involved, find a writer, and it is estimated that they can write a novel based on this outline.

Therefore, when the news that the stock price of Zhalang was short-sold by Lu Yiming's Saltwater Fund, resulting in a break of the IPO, various news media all embraced the mentality of "it's not a big deal to watch the excitement", and went crazy with headlines. News and fictional imagination, compiled a variety of eye-catching "news" content.

In all the reports, the roles played by Lu Yiming are almost always the villainous villains.

After all, Zhalang is the first Internet information company in mainland China to be listed on the U.S. stock market, and it represents some kind of "face". It can promote the prestige of our country.

As a result, it broke when it was listed, and the face was slapped——Xia Guo's Internet is so vulnerable?
Not to mention those Internet-related start-up companies that dream of going public in the United States, even ordinary people are quite critical of Lu Yiming's behavior and find it difficult to accept it.

And the media saw that this matter was very topical, and they were even more happy to see it succeed. They frantically guided in the reports, and their minds were full of thinking about how to make things big and how to make it so explosive.

Unsurprisingly, Lu Yiming's image and reputation plummeted in an instant.

Among them, many Internet practitioners pushed the waves, also played a big role.

After all, if Zha Lang succeeds, it will have a positive effect on the Internet industry of Xia Kingdom as a whole.

But now he was smashed by Lu Yiming himself, which is equivalent to smashing everyone's livelihood, and the feud has exploded.

In some reports, Lu Yiming has become the "internal traitor" who "hinders the development of the Internet industry and high-tech industry in Xiaguo".

Verbal criticisms and criticisms come and go, and condemnation of crimes is endless.

For a while, Lu Yiming stood on the cusp of public opinion again.

Li Yiwen, who watched the whole process of Lu Yiming's shorting Zhalang with his own eyes, saw that the newspapers were full of scolding Lu Yiming, and couldn't help but said: "Look, I told you, you don't believe me. You didn't make any money by shorting Zhalang How much, but also provoked a show, what are you planning?"

Lu Yiming looked at all kinds of yin and yang and wantonly smearing reports in the newspapers, he didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Why don't you steam the steamed buns to fight for your breath? He dares to piss me off in the media. If you don't show him some color, he might not Take me, the richest man, seriously."

Lu Yiming thinks that he is not a person who likes revenge overnight, because he usually wants to revenge on the spot.

In addition, it wasn't a day or two since he was unhappy with Zha Lang, and now he had the opportunity to add insult to injury, how could he be polite.

Before being reborn, I often used Weibo to get high blood pressure, but I couldn't help Zha Lang. Now that I can toss Zha Lang at will, why don't I ruthlessly trample Zha Lang again?
However, Lu Yiming has been with Lu Yiming for so long, and Li Yiwen knows Lu Yiming's temperament best, so naturally he doesn't believe this kind of nonsense, and immediately said: "You tell me the truth, you are so useless. Stones also have the character to squeeze out oil, I don't believe that you are purely for venting your anger."

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "This anger is definitely going to come out, and by the way, I will kick Wang Zhidong out of the game, and then prepare to buy Zha Lang."

Li Yiwen was shocked: "What the hell? Buy Zhalang? Didn't you say that the portal website has no future? You want such rubbish?"

Lu Yiming said in a flat tone: "The company is rubbish, but the people in it are not, and right now, Zhalang is still worth a little money, and it will be dismantled and sold later, so it's no problem to earn some pocket money."

"Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind."

For Lu Yiming who was causing trouble everywhere, Li Yiwen was already numb. He had just returned from the United States for a few days, and he started to line up with others again. It really didn't stop for a moment.

Lu Yiming read all the news.

Although there are various sources, he is very sure that many of them must have come from the hands of Zha Lang.

Regarding Zha Lang's urination, Lu Yiming thought he understood it.

After reading all the news, Lu Yiming also began to plan how to fight back.

Wang Zhidong is very good at hype. Now he puts himself in the position of a disadvantaged group to win sympathy and make the public opinion completely point the finger at Lu Yiming.

All kinds of news are competing to report every day, under the pressure of public opinion, Lu Yiming is about to become what they call the heinous big devil.

So when Chen Li, the beautiful host of Zhonghai Finance and Economics Channel, called and said she wanted to give him a special interview, Lu Yiming directly agreed.

When the day when the program was agreed to be filmed, Lu Yiming came to the TV station early.He doesn't like to wait for people on dates, and he also doesn't like to be waited for too long by others.Just like every time he takes a high-speed train by plane, he will show up at the station at least an hour earlier, so Lu Yiming also came to the TV station a long time earlier.

Increase error tolerance.

This is a good habit that Lu Yiming has always maintained.

When Lu Yiming appeared in the TV station building, the staff who saw him had strange expressions on their faces. They didn't know why Lu Yiming came to the TV station suddenly.

It wasn't until Lu Yiming walked away that these people began to discuss in twos and threes.

"What is Lu Yiming doing at our TV station?"

"I don't know, Zha Lang suffered a malicious short sale, and now everyone says it was done by Lu Yiming. This guy plans to come to us to advertise and clarify?"

"It's not the advertising department over there either. If you want me to tell you, Lu Yiming is most likely to be blamed. Think about it, Lu Yiming came back in March, and Zhalang went public in April and was shorted. Lu Yiming can also be blamed for this." Who doesn’t know that the U.S. stock market has been short-sold? Is it just out of my mind to go to the IPO at this point?”

"That's right. Besides, it's obviously that Wang Zhidong himself has a bad mouth, and Lu Yiming's mouth is too high. It's purely self-inflicted. If you want me to say, I wish it was Lu Yiming who did it, so I can teach this guy a lesson."

"What you said, is Xiaojiazi angry? It's just a little quarrel, but Lu Yiming's attack on the Internet companies in his country is a bit too domineering, and he has no regard for the overall situation."

"That's right, you're too small, and you're still the richest man."

"Others are just having fun, but he won't lose a piece of meat."

"He was only scolded a few times, but many people lost their jobs, and even went bankrupt and jumped off the building."

I have to say that there are quite a lot of people who think that Lu Yiming's actions are unreasonable.

After all, right now when the Internet bubble is bursting and the economic crisis is coming, finally an Internet company from Xiaguo bucks the trend and gives everyone some hope, but in the end you, Lu Yiming, pushed Zha Lang's head under the water with your backhand, which is too much .

The argument "I'm weak but I'm justified" has always had a market in Xia Guo.Leaving the facts aside, you just got scolded a few times, and you actually fought back?It's just too much.

Of course, Lu Yiming didn't know about these discussions.He was familiar with the road, and soon arrived at Chen Li's office.

Chen Li didn't expect that Lu Yiming would come so early, and the presence of the half-eaten instant noodles suddenly became much stronger.

"Ah, Mr. Lu, you're here."

Lu Yiming said casually: "Eat less instant noodles and more fresh and healthy vegetables. The teacher said that the body is the capital of revolution."

Chen Li said with some embarrassment: "Isn't this lazy?"

She got up and walked around the station, and said, "Boss Lu, how about I take you to make up first?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "You should finish eating first, this thing will taste even worse when it's cold. Seriously, even if you're lazy, you should try Zhenxiang fast food, if it can be delivered here."

A few minutes later, Chen Li finished eating the instant noodles.I don't know if it's because Lu Yiming was embarrassed to eat instant noodles, or the taste of instant noodles is too exciting, anyway, his face is flushed, and his forehead is slightly sweaty.

"Mr. Lu, let's go. I'll take you to put on makeup first, and then check the script a little bit."

"Ok."

Half an hour later, the talk show officially started.

In the studio, everyone took their seats. After Chen Li said the oral broadcast, she looked at Lu Yiming and asked, "Mr. Lu, there are rumors outside that you are targeting a domestic Internet company like Zha Lang for your own personal anger. As for many people thinking that you are disregarding the overall situation, what do you think about this matter?"

Lu Yiming retorted one by one very calmly: "The first thing I want to say is, first, it is Saltwater Fund that shorted Zhalang, not me, so don't talk nonsense, this is slander and slander against me."

Chen Li was surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Isn't Saltwater Fund a company under your name, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yiming immediately denied it: "Who said that? I just invested in Salt Water Fund and own the shares of this company. I'm not even the largest shareholder. How can I say that this company is mine? It's nonsense!"

These words are of course true. Lu Yiming only owns less than [-]% of the shares of Saltwater Fund. Among all the shareholders, he barely ranks in the top three, and he is not a controlling shareholder at all.

But to control a company, you don't necessarily have to be a controlling shareholder.

What is the core asset of a saltwater fund company?
It was the frighteningly powerful investors brought in by Lu Yiming, and the huge amount of money they invested, all of which were under Lu Yiming's control, so he could control the entire Saltwater Fund without the need for a controlling stake at all.

However, such truth cannot be disclosed to the public. Instead, Lu Yiming should immediately disregard his relationship with the Salt Water Fund, so as not to become a target of public criticism.

Afterwards, Lu Yiming continued: "The second point is that Zhalang is a Xia country company. I have doubts about it. After all, most of the company's shares are in the hands of foreign capital, and the founder People's speech is also very biased, so I doubt whether their position is on our Xia country's side."

This is the position of publicly questioning Zha Lang. Lu Yiming just wanted to let everyone know that this is a banana company with yellow on the outside and white on the inside.

Chen Li was very surprised—and this was not an act: "Mr. Lu, what do you mean, Zha Lang, a portal website of the Xia Kingdom, has been completely controlled by foreign capital?"

This news is absolutely explosive.The domestic Internet companies that people regard as pride are actually controlled by foreign capital?

If the show is broadcast, it will definitely stir up waves with one stone!
This subverts people's cognition!

However, Lu Yiming also uttered a point of view that shocked countless people: "Actually, I am not optimistic about the future of this kind of portal companies. Not only the domestic Zlang, Sohu and Netease, but even Yahoo in the United States. In my opinion, it is also big and inappropriate, sooner or later it will not keep up with the pace of the times, and will eventually be replaced by the latecomers.”

The words are not amazing and die endlessly!
You know, the three major domestic portals at this time are the backbone of the Xia Kingdom's Internet banner.

As for the BTA troika, there are even horses now, and they are still struggling between life and death.

And Yahoo in the United States is in full swing. Even though its stock price suffered a heavy drop during the stock market crash, its potential is still huge and it is favored by many investors.

But Lu Yiming said he was pessimistic about the future of the portal website?

If it weren't for the title of the richest man in Xia Kingdom on his head, he would have been labeled as a fool long ago.

Chen Li didn't expect that Lu Yiming would throw out such an explosive argument on her show, and asked nervously, "Mr. Lu, are you serious?"

Lu Yiming, who is familiar with the development trend of the Internet in the future, naturally said without hesitation: "Yes, this is my opinion. In the future of the Internet, portal websites will no longer be the mainstream, and they will even be swept away to the corner to survive."

Chen Li was shocked by this point of view, and asked, "Mr. Lu, why did you make such a judgment? Is there any basis for it?"

Lu Yiming talked eloquently: "The rise of the three major portal sites in China is entirely due to the lack of news channels in our country. They are playing poor information. They are essentially information dealers. With the gradual rise of the Internet, the number of people accessing information on the Internet is increasing. Doubling. It is precisely for this reason that domestic portals have sprung up like mushrooms.”

Chen Li didn't understand these things at all, so she asked reflexively, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Lu Yiming shook his head slightly, and said: "There's nothing wrong with it, but this kind of portal website is nothing more than moving the old media news model to the Internet. It can be said that there is no innovation, and it does not reflect the real core advantages of the Internet at all. "

Having said that, Lu Yiming changed the subject and his tone became sharper: "I call the current Internet industry dominated by portal websites the 1.0 era of the Internet. When it comes to the real 2.0 era, the situation will be the same as it is now. Quite different."

Chen Li was obviously aroused by Lu Yiming's words, and asked, "Mr. Lu, what kind of Internet 2.0 era do you envision?"

In Lu Yiming's mind, he recalled the passionate years of surfing the Internet and being a keyboard warrior, and in front of Chen Li, he also felt it.

He said in a melodious tone: "In the current Internet 1.0 era, professionals are still disseminating information and opinions, and ordinary Internet users can only passively accept it. But in the 2.0 era, ordinary netizens will Will gain the right to express, everyone, without violating the law, has the right to express on the Internet! Using the Internet, we can not only communicate with each other, express our own ideas, but also transfer technology and knowledge, in thought Under the collision of each other, infinite sparks of wisdom flashed."

Chen Li was shocked by Lu Yiming's description, but also felt deeply suspicious: "Can the Internet really do this?"

No wonder she was skeptical, because the current Internet model is still very rudimentary, and the so-called business innovation of Internet companies is still at the superficial stage, and its impact on traditional industries is still very small.

It's not like the future. Due to the advancement of technology and the continuous popularization of smart devices, the Internet has already penetrated into all aspects of people's livelihood and economy.

Lu Yiming said very firmly: "It must be possible, and this is the only correct path. Only Internet companies that walk on this correct path will have a future."

Chatting and chatting, the show has already timed out. Listening to the voice of the conductor coming from the earphones, Chen Li said with a lot of interest: "Okay, thank you Mr. Lu for giving us such a novel point of view..."

A few days later, this talk show was broadcast.

Lu Yiming's novel point of view directly caused public opinion to explode.

Especially inside Zhalang, where the stock price had plummeted and people were panicking, they were even more frightened by Lu Yiming's words.

Good guy, with Lu's richest man opening and closing his mouth, there is no future for the portal website?
Wang Zhidong was trembling with anger, and cursed: "Scaremongering, nonsense! Portals are the future of the Internet. The 2.0 era is all nonsense. Don't listen to his nonsense. Ordinary people don't get information on the Internet at all. Ability, our portal website is to be a bridge of communication..."

But Lu Yiming is the richest man after all, and the several Internet companies he invested in are all booming. For example, Google, which is basically not affected by the collapse of technology stocks, has continued to rise in valuation.

Saying that Lu Yiming doesn't understand the Internet is definitely not enough. If such an investment-minded person doesn't understand the Internet, who dares to say that he understands the Internet?

So don't look at Wang Zhidong comforting Zha Lang's employees, he is actually panicking in his heart.

Is the portal really going to be confused?

Isn't this just the beginning?

Where is the next stop?
(End of this chapter)