You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 275 Internal fighting expert
Qvod has become famous since the acquisition and has become the first Internet concept sought after by venture capital.

After all, it is extremely rare in the history of the Internet to soar from 12 million US dollars to 300 million US dollars in three months.

Even when the Internet bubble was at its peak, there had never been such an exaggerated Internet star.

As the big investor of Qvod, Xiong Xiaoge strongly recommended this project and was praised by people in the industry for his keen vision.

As one of the earliest venture capitalists in China, he didn't care much about these false reputations, but he still couldn't resist the joy of success in his heart.

Every time he meets with colleagues in the same profession, they will mention Qvod and give him a few compliments, which makes him feel particularly happy.

Xiong Xiaoge was in a good mood and started to pay attention to the outside world of Kuaibo. He took people to inspect Kuaibo.com in person.

When Qin Shaoyan heard that Xiong Xiaoge was going to Qvod, he took it very seriously and rushed to Qvod despite being sick, ready to welcome the arrival of the investor.

Although the investor was not considered a leader, Qin Shaoyan still asked Kou Hongfei to lead everyone in cleaning up, or at least tidy up the things on the desk.

The sleeping bags, folding beds and other items under his feet were neatly placed. At least from the visual point of view, Qvod.com had some of the status of an Internet company.

Qin Shaoyan looked at the brand new office environment and said with satisfaction: "In the future, the company's cultural construction must keep up. First of all, the mental outlook must be more advanced."

"We are not only an Internet company, we will also become a cultural company and a film and television company in the future. We can no longer be like you guys who are nerds and run Internet cafes."

Kou Hongfei said quickly, "I've made a note of this, Boss Qin. I'll mention this to everyone at the monthly meeting in a few days, so they can be more self-conscious."

"Bring it up tomorrow." Qin Shaoyan warned, "Don't take it lightly. You programmers are used to being sloppy and don't care about this kind of thing at all."

"Qvod is no longer the makeshift company it was three months ago, but a world-renowned video website that even YouTube dared to reject."

"Qvod.com has a lot of attention. You have to dress up Qvod.com and make it look like an elite IT site."

"How does it sound to ask your programmers to stop wearing plaid shirts?"

Kou Hongfei was a little puzzled, "Then what should I wear if not a plaid shirt?"

"Buy some fashion magazines and learn how to dress." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. I'll have someone make you some clothes."

"Ah, you need custom-made?" Kou Hongfei was surprised. It was the first time he heard that an Internet company had requirements for the decoration.

Programmers only need to do their technical work well, so why does Mr. Qin also give advice on dressing?

Isn't this the wrong way?

Qin Shaoyan naturally has his own reasons for this. As the first Chinese video website and a benchmark enterprise, Qvod will definitely be imitated and learned by later competitors.

He wanted to try to divert the other people's style.

Of course, this is not the main reason. Now Qvod has become a company that attracts much attention, with a valuation of over 300 million US dollars.

Of course, the company cannot be as rough as it was when it was first established. At least it has to appear bright and beautiful on the surface.

Don’t underestimate superficial work, as it will affect the company’s image and even further affect the company’s valuation.

Qin Shaoyan had seen this before with his own eyes. A startup team made their company look too much like a black internet cafe, which made investors doubt the professionalism of the team and led to the failure of the investment.

The formalization of company management must be done step by step, but the mental outlook of employees and the internal environment of the company are the easiest to solve, so start with the surface work.

"I heard that several people left the company. Has it affected the development progress now?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

Kou Hongfei hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to complain.

Because Chen Guangxia left, those who were encouraged by him to leave were naturally backbones with strong technical capabilities, which naturally led to a shortage of staff in development positions.

He didn't really care about factions, but he was annoyed when it affected product project development.

But the matter of Chen Guangxia was too sensitive. It had been rumored within the company that it was the boss's former trusted CEO who had angered the boss and was therefore killed and kicked out of the company.

Not only did he lose everything, including stocks and options, but all the benefits the company had given him were also lost.

Not only did Chen Guangxia leave, but his core staff also resigned one after another, making everyone in the company feel insecure, fearing that they would be kicked out as well.

"The development progress is somewhat affected, but we can overcome it." Kou Hongfei said immediately, "HR has been recruiting new people recently, so the talent gap is not a big problem, and there are no major features to be developed recently."

Qin Shaoyan did not comment, and said calmly: "You are now the company's CTO and vice president. You take charge of Qvod first, and I will send a CEO here later."

Kou Hongfei asked cautiously, "Is Mr. Zhang coming over?"

"No." Qin Shaoyan denied, "Mr. Zhang still has campus network issues to take care of, so he won't come to Qvod."

"But if you have any questions, you can go to him directly. He can handle it all while I'm away."

"I understand." Kou Hongfei was a little disappointed. He knew his own worth. Being a CTO was ok, but he was unsure about handing over the management of Qvod to him.

Qvod is now worth 300 million US dollars. He is afraid that he cannot bear the responsibility if something goes wrong.

Qin Shaoyan was also having a headache as he was now in a situation where no one was available.

Before, there was one job for each person, but now Chen Guangxia has run away, leaving him with only one job.

Fan Xiaoqian also has to stay in charge of the game company, as there are several projects there that need his attention.

What's more, the game project is Qin Shaoyan's key focus. It is his future cash cow and there must not be any mistakes.

Don't think that it's okay to put it aside for a year or two. A certain fox thought so back then. As a result, everyone in the gaming department switched to spiritual mages, and it took Mr. Zhang several years to discover this.

The campus network is Qin Shaoyan's signature business, so naturally he needs Zhang Pingyi, his trusted general, to lead the charge. He will not be able to leave for at least two years.

Looking at the current situation on Qvod, Qin Shaoyan wanted to catch this guy Edward to fill the hole.

When Qin Shaoyan was thinking about new candidates, Xiong Xiaoge and his deputy Zhou Dao entered QVOD.com.

"Mr. Xiong, you're here really early." Qin Shaoyan greeted him with a smile.

Xiong Xiaoge patted Qin Shaoyan's shoulder enthusiastically and asked with concern: "How are you? Are you feeling better?"

"It's OK, not as serious as before, but I still have a slight fever." Qin Shaoyan raised his left hand and showed the needle hole on the back of his hand left by the IV drip. "I still have injections every day."

"Just take a good rest if you are sick." Xiong Xiaoge reminded him, "I just came here to take a look around. You came all the way here and you don't feel tired at all."

"You can't fall ill. Both the campus network and Qvod network need you to support them."

"It's okay, I'm young and in good health." Qin Shaoyan patted his chest confidently, then started coughing violently.

Xiong Xiaoge criticized Qin Shaoyan helplessly, but in his heart he labeled Qin Shaoyan as a workaholic.

Although those who work hard are not necessarily successful, many successful people are workaholics.

Next, Xiong Xiaoge, accompanied by everyone, took a tour around Qvod.com, looked at the backend data with his own eyes, and listened to the work report of the Qvod.com management.

Xiong Xiaoge was quite satisfied with the recent development of Qvod.com and encouraged everyone to keep up the good work. He then promised that the financing funds would be received soon.

After sending Kou Hongfei and his group out of the conference room, Xiong Xiaoge looked at Qin Shaoyan and asked, "How do you plan to spend the funds after they are in place? Buy copyrights, invest in film and television dramas?"

"I will definitely continue to buy copyrights." Qin Shaoyan answered seriously, "I will not use Qvod's funds to invest in film and television dramas. I will raise funds through other channels."

"Self-raised funds?!" Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised. "Actually, you don't have to do that. The funds raised this time are so abundant. You can invest in a few films to test the waters, but don't have too high expectations."

"This is not how you spend investors' money." Qin Shaoyan shook his head and said, "I won't take risks with my own money for something this risky, and it's not difficult to raise funds on your own." Seeing Qin Shaoyan's words, Xiong Xiaoge no longer insisted, "It won't take that much money just to buy the copyright."

"I'm considering launching a plan to support original videos, giving some rewards to those who publish videos with the highest number of daily views." Qin Shaoyan paused for two seconds and said, "The amount of the bonus will range from a few thousand to tens of thousands of yuan, depending on the quality and number of views of the video."

"We can also recruit some freshly graduated directing students to shoot some films and build some good relationships in the circle in advance."

"The next biggest activity is to cooperate with the International College Student Summer Camp on the campus network, and let college students who go abroad to study shoot some videos from their personal perspective and post them on the website, so that domestic netizens can see the situation abroad."

"Then we can invite celebrities to register accounts. Blogs are very popular now. We can start a video blog."

“Try to create a group of Internet celebrities to attract netizens.”

Xiong Xiaoge did not comment on the pros and cons of these plans, but the fact that Qin Shaoyan was able to come up with several plans so quickly seemed to be a result of careful consideration and planning.

This is much better than more than 90 percent of entrepreneurs, who basically have no plan, take one step at a time, or even wait to copy their peers.

Xiong Xiaoge suddenly asked, "I heard that the CEO of Qvod has resigned."

"Yes." Qin Shaoyan replied calmly.

Xiong Xiaoge frowned, "Why did you resign? I haven't heard you talk about such a big thing."

"This is an internal matter of Qvod.com, it's not a big deal." Qin Shaoyan said lightly.

"Isn't this a big deal?" Xiong Xiaoge said unhappily, "The CEO of Qvod is second only to the CEO. I also heard that he is a veteran of the campus network."

"The departure of such an important person has a very bad impact on Qvod.com and may cause significant losses to the company. How could you not inform the shareholders?"

"What was the reason for his resignation?"

"It's just a personal reason." Qin Shaoyan still acted calmly, "The public statement is that I need to rest due to health reasons, but in fact, it's because of a small disagreement with the business philosophy that I decided to leave."

"This is no small matter." Xiong Xiaoge said seriously, "Now many people are watching every move of Qvod.com. We just completed the financing and you replaced the CEO of Qvod.com. This can easily lead to unnecessary speculation."

"Then I will make a small statement to the public." Qin Shaoyan paused for two seconds and said slowly: "Comrade Chen Guangxia is no longer able to perform the duties of president due to health reasons. From now on, Vice President Kou Hongfei will act as his deputy. At the same time, I announce the establishment of the Qvod.com Emergency Committee to jointly deal with the daily operations of Qvod."

"..." Xiong Xiaoge's face darkened, "Change your words."

"Then I'll let Chen Guangxia issue a resignation statement himself." Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "Then the company will issue an announcement to thank Mr. Chen Guangxia for his hard work for Qvod.com and hope to cooperate again in the future."

Xiong Xiaoge glanced at Qin Shaoyan and said, "Why did I hear that he quit his job and started his own business?"

"Hey, Mr. Xiong is well-informed." Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "He has indeed started a business. He has set up a video website called Yiku.com."

"Video website?!" Xiong Xiaoge was shocked. "You just let him go like that. Don't you have a non-compete agreement? Why don't you initiate the non-compete agreement and sue him?"

"There's no need to kill them all, Mr. Xiong," Qin Shaoyan advised. "We're all in the Internet industry, and it's not fair to use non-compete agreements all the time."

"If everyone does this, who would start a business in the Internet industry?"

"Aren't you afraid that he will become your competitor?" Xiong Xiaoge asked with a frown.

"There are so many competitors, we can't miss him." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "What's more, it's Microsoft that invested in Yiku.com. We played a trick on Davis, so we should give him some compensation."

Xiong Xiaoge quickly figured out the trick and asked, "Does he want to use Yiku.com as a scapegoat?"

"Almost." Qin Shaoyan gave an affirmative answer.

"Tell me the truth, are you and Davis playing a double act?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.

"Absolutely not. I have nothing to do with Yiku.com." Qin Shaoyan quickly clarified, "Although Chen Guangxia wanted me to take a portion of the shares, I refused."

Xiong Xiaoge asked suspiciously, "Is there really no insider trading?"

"Absolutely not." Qin Shaoyan assured solemnly, "Do you still not trust my character?"

Xiong Xiaoge sneered and did not comment on Qin Shaoyan's character.

"How are you going to solve this Yiku.com issue?"

"How do you solve it?" Qin Shaoyan pretended to be confused and asked, "Are you talking about competitors?"

"That's easy. It won't live more than five years. There's no need to worry about it."

Xiong Xiaoge snorted coldly, "Really? I don't believe it."

"Then let's make a bet agreement." Qin Shaoyan said dissatisfiedly, "Betting on equity, do you dare?"

"Forget it." Xiong Xiaoge gave up directly.

……

After Qin Shaoyan returned to the campus network, he complained to Zhang Pingyi about Xiong Xiaoge, "Old Xiong, you are talking about something irrelevant."

"I was already very sad when Senior Brother Chen passed away, but he kept bringing this up."

"I feel bitter in my heart!"

Zhang Pingyi was somewhat speechless and said awkwardly: "Chen Guangxia came to see me yesterday."

"Huh?!" Qin Shaoyan frowned, "Why did he look for you? Isn't he trying to poach someone?"

"That's not the case." Zhang Pingyi shook his head. "Senior Brother Chen looks even older than before. He complained to me."

"Complain?!" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised. "He is in the prime of his career, what can he complain about?"

"Microsoft sent him more than a dozen directors, who argued with him every day, which made him very upset." Zhang Pingyi seemed to want to laugh. "It's a newly established company, and its website hasn't even been launched yet. I don't know why they sent so many directors?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and asked, "Did Microsoft send a group of managers from Hong Kong and Taiwan?"

Zhang Pingyi was very surprised, "Hey, how did you know?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said nothing, then suddenly said, "It's broken."

"What's broken?" Zhang Pingyi was startled.

"I told Xiong Xiaoge before that Yiku.com wouldn't last more than five years, and it looks like it won't last even three years." Qin Shaoyan felt a little regretful. "If I had known this would happen, I would have forced Xiong Xiaoge to sign a bet agreement."

"It's not that exaggerated, right?" Zhang Pingyi was shocked by Qin Shaoyan's evaluation.

"Let's wait and see if you don't believe me." Qin Shaoyan said with emotion, "It's not easy for Davis to gather so many talented people."

"It seems like he really has high hopes for Yiku.com, but he's overdoing it a bit."

If they send in a bunch of people from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Gaohua, they will not be able to accomplish anything except internal fighting. Yiku.com may get into trouble itself, not to mention fighting its competitors.

When Qin Shaoyan was gloating over his misfortune, his secretary knocked on the door and poked his head in, "Boss Qin, there's a guest named Liu Mingzu outside who wants to see you, but he doesn't have an appointment."

"Hey." Qin Shaoyan became happy, "This is a distinguished guest, please come in."

Zhang Pingyi was a little surprised, "Who is Liu Mingzu?"

"The son of a coal boss." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "We have a source of money to invest in film and television dramas."

(End of this chapter)