Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 610 Old Routine, New Object

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming looked unhappy.

Let’s forget about Softbank, he did put Sun Zhengyi together before, but what does IDG and Carlyle Investment mean when they find fault with me?
Regarding the fact that Saltwater Fund has made countless enemies on Wall Street, Lu Yiming is not conscious at all.

The rules are the same for everyone, isn't it because of you that you lose?
Lu Yiming made a phone call and said to Li Yiwen depressedly: "Damn it, the shareholders of Ctrip, IDG and Carlyle, actually rejected my acquisition! It's simply unreasonable."

However, after hearing what he said, Li Yiwen said, "It's unreasonable if they don't refuse. I remember that when you shorted US stocks, some Internet companies that IDG and Carlyle invested in were all bankrupted by you." You, you offend people all over the world, but you don't even remember the name of the other party?"

Lu Yiming scratched his head and said depressedly: "What else is going on?"

Then he complained again: "How do I know they are so stingy? It's just a trivial matter of hundreds of millions of dollars, but they still hold grudges to this day? It's really unstructured, and they are mixed with US stocks. I feel ashamed for them!"

Hearing Lu Yiming's complaint, Li Yiwen said angrily: "You've almost got it. Is that a matter of hundreds of millions of dollars? The brand image that they have built up with great difficulty has been completely beaten by you. I heard that several The previous clients of this fund have all run away, and this loss is not something that can be taken away by a mere few hundred million dollars. Okay, let’s stop talking nonsense, I’m afraid it’s useless to invest in Ctrip now, what are you going to do?”

The major shareholders behind Ctrip are not to be trifled with, they are all ruthless characters.

Let’s not mention Softbank. Most of the domestic Internet companies have this company behind them.

As for IDG, it is the world's largest information technology publishing, research, exhibition and venture capital company.

The Carlyle Group is not simple, it is one of the world's largest private equity investment funds.

Basically, it can be said that behind Ctrip, there are either American capital or Japanese capital, and few people would dare to mess with it, not to mention invincible in China.

Lu Yiming thought for a while and said, "Don't fight for steamed buns, I want them to know that refusing my kindness will be the biggest mistake they make in their lives."

They said they would join if they couldn't win, Lu Yiming kindly chose to join first, but was rejected.That has no choice but to kill him.

As for whether you can beat it?
Lu Yiming didn't think about it at all.

After hearing Lu Yiming's words, Li Yiwen had an ominous premonition in his heart, and hurriedly asked: "Are you planning to do online travel business yourself? Didn't you say that the hotel reservation system alone is difficult to operate, and that it cannot be operated without a reliable team? "

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Isn't it just a professional team? As long as you are willing to spend money, what professional team can't be found?"

The Internet is really profitable, especially this kind of industry concept game. As long as it is done, the money will be like picking up for nothing. Once you close your eyes and open it, you will make money much older. No matter how much you invest in the initial stage, as long as it works , You can get your money back in minutes.

Li Yiwen persuaded: "Didn't you tell me before that investment is not only about the track, but more importantly, picking the right players. If you are optimistic about Liang Jianzhang's team, it means that they are doing very well. Can the people who come here be their opponents?"

After several years of tempering, Li Yiwen has also met many people in the investment field and accumulated rich experience.

Especially in the project of investing in Google, he learned a lot, knowing that at least one reliable leader can lead the whole company to take off.

As the saying goes, one general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

But reliable entrepreneurs are not so easy to find. If you find a rookie and come back, it will really be a loss to grandma's family.

Lu Yiming said confidently: "They are good, but if they are the best, I still disagree, because I am the best. As for the one to lead the team, I already have a candidate."

"Who?"

"Secret. It's okay, hang up, I'm eating barbecue."

"..."

Zhonghai, Tianwen Building, Nandan Road, Ctrip headquarters.

Ji Qi is carefully correcting the documents in the office. On the desk in front of him, the documents are piled up half a meter high.

In this age of paper-based offices, computers are still a decoration most of the time.All documents and materials are usually sent on paper.

After reading dozens of documents one after another, Ji Qi only felt sore eyes and sore wrists.He had to stop what he was doing, leaned back against the back of the chair, and took out a bottle of eye drops from his pocket.

After taking the eye drops, he felt a lot more comfortable in his eyes. He picked up the coffee next to him and took a sip, letting the bitter taste spread in his mouth.

A person came in with a stack of documents, slammed it on Ji Qi's desk with a "bang", and said, "Mr. Ji, this is the order contract counted today, take a look."

Ji Qi said weakly: "Leave it alone, I'll see later."

Among the four gentlemen of Ctrip, Shen Nanpeng and Liang Jianzhang still work in the original company and participate in the company's operation part-time without receiving salary.Only Ji Qi started his own business, with relatively independent time. He was responsible for the establishment of the company full-time and received a high salary of 3000 yuan per month.

In this era, for a company employee, 3000 yuan a month is definitely considered a high salary.

But for a senior executive of a company like him, or a senior executive at the founder level, it is definitely a pitifully low number.

Although the shares in his hands have been continuously diluted, Ji Qi's passion for entrepreneurship has not faded. In order for the company to go public as soon as possible, he is almost a worker who forgets to eat and sleep. He is the first to come to work and the last to leave after work. Under the management, everything inside and outside the company, large and small, is handled in an orderly manner, and the speed of development is rapid.

At nine o'clock in the evening, he finally finished his work and called his wife who was far away in the United States. After chatting for a while, he was about to go home, but just as he got up, the phone rang again.

He thought it was a call from his wife, but after pressing the answer button, he heard a man's voice through the receiver.

"Hello, I'm Lu Yiming, the CEO of Ctrip, right? Do you have time to come out for supper?"

Before co-founding Ctrip with Liang Jianzhang, Ji Qi was a gold medal salesman for several years, so he has always been a good person, and he is best at dealing with interpersonal relationships.Hearing Lu Yiming's voice, he guessed in his heart about Lu Yiming's intentions, but he didn't refuse immediately, instead he said: "Boss Lu's call is really timely, I haven't eaten dinner yet. "

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Isn't that just right? Come out and have a drink or two. I'll wait for you at a banquet in Liang."

"it is good."

Disregarding the phone, Ji Qi turned off the computer, locked the desk, and left the office.

At this moment, Ji Qi's heart was still pounding.

Among the four gentlemen of Ctrip, his background is the worst one.

Although Shen Nanpeng and Liang Jianzhang's family backgrounds are not prominent, they have no worries about food and clothing, and these two are geniuses at the "child prodigy" level. They have already shown outstanding talent and IQ at a young age. Pa.

Only Ji Qi, relying on his own hard work and hard work, was able to fight his way from the countryside to the bustling metropolis of Zhonghai as a small-town problem solver, barely becoming the bottom of the list of academic masters.

Therefore, his desire for wealth and success is extremely strong, and it is undoubtedly a great joy for him to be able to establish a relationship with a "big man" like Lu Yiming.

"I don't know what Boss Lu asked me to talk about. If other shareholders don't agree with the investment, I can't help it. Could it be that he plans to buy the shares in my hand?"

With doubts, Ji Qi walked towards the door of the company.

But in the corridor, he accidentally ran into Fan Min who just came back from outside.

Fan Min is the fourth of Ctrip's Four Gentlemen, and graduated from Zhonghai Jiaotong University.

"Hey, old Ji, are you going to get off work? You are quite early today."

Ji Qi is a workaholic. He works overtime at the company until very late every night. It is normal for eleven or twelve o'clock.It was only after nine o'clock, and he came home from get off work, which was a strange thing for Fan Min.

Ji Qi said casually: "Ah, yes, I have other things to do tonight. Mr. Fan, you haven't got off work yet."

Fan Min said, "Hurry up, I'll leave my things in the office and leave."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

Ji Qi drove his own car to Liangshe's night banquet.

Liangshe Night Banquet is a particularly stylish restaurant, and it is also one of the most expensive restaurants in Zhonghai.

The restaurant has only one menu with [-] dishes, which are: The Wizard of Oz, Mirage, Alice Dreamland, Golden Peach in Samarkand, Fish Show under the Moon, Vegetable Cold Soup, Xishi Dumplings, Cherry Soup, KALEIDOSCOPE Kaleidoscope, CRUST crust, WONTON wonton, LOLLIPOP lollipop, golden tongue fragrance.

Standing at the door of Liangshe's banquet, Ji Qi couldn't calm down for a long time.

To be able to be named the "most expensive" in a place like Zhonghai is undoubtedly something that he, the "company boss", would not be willing to spend.

Under the guidance of the staff, Ji Qi entered the box and saw a large round table with a diameter of more than two meters, on which more than a dozen dishes that could be called works of art were placed, and felt a great shock in his heart again.

Is this the life of the richest man?
"President Ji, nice to meet you."

Lu Yiming took the initiative to shake hands with Ji Qi.

Ji Qi was a little flattered and asked: "Mr. Lu, do you want to buy my Ctrip shares?"

He thought a lot along the way, and felt that Lu Yiming was the most likely, and he was planning for the little shares in his hand.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Yiming directly denied his speculation: "I did think about investing in Ctrip before, but since I've been rejected, I won't make any further entanglements."

Ji Qi was a little stunned and asked, "In that case, I don't know why Mr. Lu asked me out today?"

He couldn't believe that Lu Yiming invited him over with such a big ostentation, really just to have a supper.

Lu Yiming said straight to the point: "Of course it's for you. I'm planning to start a new company, and I need someone like Mr. Ji to join me. The CEO position is just waiting for me."

After hearing this, Ji Qi couldn't laugh or cry. All he thought about was Ctrip and shares, but he didn't expect the situation to be small.

Lu Yiming came here to poach the wall.

He said without hesitation: "Mr. Lu, thanks to your wrong love, I now have my own business. I'm really sorry for job-hopping."

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows and said bluntly: "It belongs to your own business? Do you mean Ctrip? Although you are one of the founders, does Ctrip have a half-money relationship with you now? You are just Ctrip now Ctrip does not belong to you. Mr. Ji, you are a genius in entrepreneurship, but your understanding of equity and capital is too amateurish. Do you know that for Ctrip, you, the founder, have Is it dispensable? I can even guarantee that you will be kicked out of the company before Ctrip goes public."

Ji Qi naturally didn't believe it, and was even a little angry: "Mr. Lu, I hope you don't try to provoke discord."

Lu Yiming sighed again and said, "I know you don't want to believe it, but facts are facts. How many shares do you have left? Or you can go to Shen Nanpeng or Liang Jianzhang, or other major shareholders of Ctrip , and see how they respond to you."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Ji Qi still doesn't want to believe it, because Ctrip is a business he and Liang Jianzhang started from scratch, and for the company, he has paid too much, and even had to live in two places with his wife, almost devoting himself to Ctrip development and growth.

Now Ctrip's performance is booming, and the momentum is so good that even the cold winter of the Internet has not knocked him down. Seeing that the company will be successfully listed in two years, Lu Yiming said that he will be kicked out?

How can Ji Qi believe this kind of thing?

But if it's fake, then why did Lu Yiming come up with it?

Ji Qi felt that there seemed to be a mass of paste in his head.

Of course, he hoped that what Lu Yiming said was all false and that he was trying to stir up harmony within the company.

But he was not [-]% sure, after all, he couldn't afford to lose.Once Lu Yiming's words were true, the blow to him would be too great.

"Mr. Lu, give me a quick word. How true or false is what you said?"

Lu Yiming looked at the future "Godfather of Entrepreneurship" of Xia Guo in front of him, and felt quite emotional in his heart: "Mr. Ji, I am also an entrepreneur. After making money, I have invested in many companies, and even have a dedicated financial team to serve me. , so I think I still have a say in this regard."

Regarding Lu Yiming's ability to make money, Ji Qi naturally admires him, but it is related to his future, so he still has some doubts and dare not believe it: "Mr. Lu, you said that other shareholders of Ctrip will kick me out. Is there any proof?"

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "If you ask such a question, it seems that Mr. Ji really doesn't understand capital."

Ji Qi was puzzled.

Lu Yiming did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "After three rounds of financing, you should not have many Ctrip shares in your hand, right?"

"Yes."

He originally held 30.00% of the original shares in his hand. After several rounds of financing, now basically only single digits are left, even less than [-]%.

"However, if Ctrip wants to develop rapidly, financing is the only way. Although I have few shares, I still firmly hold the company in my hands. What's more, the shares of our original shareholders are all proportionally reduced. , I don't think there's anything wrong."

Lu Yiming looked at Ji Qi with a half-smile: "Really, what about the right to speak? How does your right to speak compare to that of Shen Nanpeng and Liang Jianzhang when making major decisions on the company's development? Is it the same? Simply put Say, is anyone listening to you?"

Ji Qi was left speechless by the question. Before, he didn't pay much attention to this trivial matter. He only wanted to make Ctrip bigger and stronger. Now that Lu Yiming mentioned it, his mood inevitably fluctuated.

Because Lu Yiming's words hit his heart!

In recent major decisions of the company, he and Shen Nanpeng had disagreements, and in the end, all major shareholders in the company supported Shen Nanpeng without exception!

Seeing the change in Ji Qi's face, Lu Yiming went on to say: "Shen Nanpeng was originally from finance, and all the company's financing plans were handled by him, so he basically maintained a good personal relationship with investors. Liang Jianzhang is the company's The technical core, both are indispensable to Ctrip, so they both have a certain right to speak. But you, Mr. Ji, are in charge of the company's operation and management. To put it bluntly, you are just a big butler, not irreplaceable. "

In a company, once there is no "irreplaceability", it is really not far from death.

Just like the workers on the assembly line, why are they all energetic young people in their 30s and [-]s?And it's very fast?
Because their work can be done by individuals.

Human energy is limited, and with age, production efficiency will inevitably decline. For capitalists, it is more cost-effective to replace a young man with quick hands and feet at this time.

And once the "irreplaceability" increases, you are indispensable for this position, and the cost of finding someone who can replace you is very high, so the boss will keep you no matter what.Any decision made by anyone is based on their own interests.

Before, Ji Qi had a lot of shares in his hands, so of course people would listen to his words.But now he has very few shares in his hands, and his "irreplaceability" in the company has been reduced.It's not impossible to change the jobs he does.In this way, if Ctrip goes public, is there still room for him to speak?
Maybe when the company directly hires a new professional manager to manage the company, his presence will be even weaker.What's more, as Lu Yiming said, it is not impossible for the company to directly fire him.

As for Ji Qi, Lu Yiming also went so far.He took out a business card of his own from his pocket, handed it to Ji Qi, and said, "That's all for now, Mr. Ji, you can go back and think about the rest. When you figure it out, call me Let's call."

(End of this chapter)