You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 278

Qin Shaoyan was in a good mood today, so he laughed and said to Zhou Dao, "Bill Gates' mansion is really luxurious. It is located by the mountains and the water. It hollowed out half of a small hill and built a large underground garage."

"Bill Gates likes Porsches. He has hundreds of them in his garage, all kinds of models."

"The whole house uses a lot of wooden structures, especially the large living room. Sitting there and looking at the lake through the French windows, the scenery is really beautiful."

"He has a lot of trees planted in that yard, and the layout is quite reminiscent of a Chinese garden."

Zhou Dao was very envious and asked, "I heard that Bill Gates' house is full of high-tech, known as the house of the future, using all kinds of high-tech smart technologies to create a smart home."

"Boss Qin, can you tell me what the experience was like? Is it really that amazing?"

When the House of the Future first came out, the concept was indeed amazing. In the 1990s, it was full of imagination and longing for the future and sounded very sci-fi.

On the one hand, it comprehensively showcases Microsoft’s technological products and future visions; on the other hand, it also showcases the future intelligent life scenarios of mankind.

This system claims that the bathtub will automatically fill with water and adjust the temperature while the owner is on his way home.

A body examination system is installed in the toilet. If any abnormality is detected in the owner's body, the computer will immediately sound an alarm.

Computers monitor the trees, and directly sound an alarm when there is a lack of water, so as to replenish water directly to the trees.

Once visitors enter the residence, they are given a pin that allows them to interact with sensors placed throughout the house.

After inputting his preferences into the system, no matter which room he walks into, the computer will satisfy or even anticipate the guest's needs based on the guest data received and adjust the environment to make the guest feel at home.

Anyway, it was exaggerated to be miraculous, but it sounded particularly magical at the time.

After being processed by the media and everyone's own imagination, it becomes astonishingly beautiful.

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "Actually, this thing is just like that. It just turns some of the work that needs to be done by hand into computer control, and the program is set in advance."

"For example, you can draw the curtains, fill the bathtub, or play music. Chips are installed in furniture and electrical appliances to receive commands."

"That sounds amazing." Zhou Dao sighed, "I wonder when I can experience this kind of life."

"Hey, this thing is not high-tech. In ten years, smart homes will be very cheap, and then you can just install one yourself." Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "Now the development and iteration of electronic technology is very fast, and various home appliances have more and more functions and are becoming more and more complex, aiming for all-round intelligence."

"It's not difficult to customize a whole-house smart home, as long as you have money."

Zhou Dao smiled and said, "I hope so."

Liu Mingzu was listening attentively, his face full of longing and fantasy for the high-tech mansion of the world's richest man.

"Bill Gates' fish tank is pretty good, by the way." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Being able to keep a whale shark in the fish tank in your own living room is something you can't afford even if you have money."

"Whale shark?!" Liu Mingzu was stunned for a moment, "Whale and shark?"

"The whale shark is a fish. It is the largest fish in the world, up to 20 meters long, and is an endangered species." Qin Shaoyan briefly introduced it. "This thing is like a living fossil, and it is very difficult to breed artificially."

"Bill Gates has specially arranged a team of experts to raise whale sharks. It takes a lot of effort just to regularly change the seawater in the fish tank. It is quite troublesome to raise whale sharks."

Liu Mingzu was shocked when he heard this. Rich people really know how to have fun.

He thought it was cool to raise tigers and bears. Look at what Bill Gates does.

He even hired a scientific research team to raise fish for him.

……

Liu Yuanrui didn't drink tea today, he drank coffee instead.

Looking at the coffee with milk foam in the white porcelain cup, Liu Yuanrui examined it carefully with a look of suspicion on his face, as if he wanted to see something.

Old Wang, who was sitting next to Liu Yuanrui, took a sip and smacked his lips. "Ah~, what kind of coffee is this? It's not even as good as aged vinegar."

Another coal boss sitting opposite me joked, "You old man really don't know how to enjoy life. Coffee is popular now and foreigners love to drink it."

"Last time my daughter came back from the United States, she brought me a pack of Blue Mountain coffee. The taste was so delicious!"

The coal boss took a sip and then spit out, "Pah!"

"What the hell is this? It tastes so bad?"

Lao Wang laughed, "Lao Huang, coffee tastes very fashionable, drink more, drink more."

Old Huang cursed as he poured the coffee into the flower pot beside him and threw the cup on the table. "You might as well drink tea."

Liu Yuanrui calmly put down the cup and said calmly: "Coffee tastes better with sugar."

As he spoke, he picked up two sugar cubes and threw them into the coffee, then stirred it continuously.

Lao Wang quickly followed suit. After putting in two pieces, he probably felt it was not enough, so he threw in two more pieces.

Old Huang stared at the empty coffee cup for a moment, a little unhappy, "Old Wang, when will the accountant Jia you mentioned come?"

"Don't worry." Lao Wang said casually, "Accountant Jia is meeting with some VC in the United States and will be here soon."

"Is the Internet you're talking about really that magical?" Old Huang frowned. "A website can be sold for 300 million US dollars in just three months? Isn't that just nonsense in the newspapers?"

"Why do I sound like a liar?"

Just as Lao Wang was about to explain, Liu Yuanrui slowly said, "This is true."

"Old Liu, do you know?" Old Huang turned his gaze to Liu Yuanrui and urged curiously, "Tell me what's going on?"

Liu Yuanrui said with a very reserved expression, "My useless son has also set up a website. He is in the circle and knows the boss of Qvod.com. He knows some inside information."

Old Wang asked curiously, "Which son of yours? The one who drinks and drives fast every day?"

Old Huang glared at him and said, "Don't interrupt me, Old Liu, please continue."

Liu Yuanrui continued with a straight face: "The boss of Qvod is not a simple person. He is very successful in the United States and is acquainted with Bill Gates."

"Which Bill Gates?" Old Huang was stunned for a moment, "The one who supports the ranking list?"

"It's the world's richest man." Liu Yuanrui said calmly, "The one who bought Qvod was Bill Gates' company. He was very rich and sold it to the rich man because he liked Qvod."

"Oh my!" Old Huang exclaimed, "As expected of the world's richest man, he is so generous, spending $300 million in one go."

"No, what's so good about this Qvod website?"

Lao Wang interrupted and said, "You don't understand this. Do you usually use a computer to surf the Internet?"

"Ahem." Old Huang was a little embarrassed. "I don't have the time. I just need it occasionally."

"This computer, in addition to surfing the Internet and reading the news, can also be used to watch movies." Lao Wang said mysteriously.

Old Huang's eyes lit up, "Tell me more about watching the movie."

"This Qvod website is a website for watching movies online." Lao Wang gave Lao Huang some advice. "Normally, to watch movies, we have to buy discs, or go online to find something like Waga and eMule to download."

"Qvod has solved the problem of not being able to find movies. It directly puts all the movies on the website. You can see them as long as you go online. They are placed there in rows. You can click on what you want to watch and play it directly."

"Really?" Old Huang was excited, "What kind of movies are there? Are there any foreign movies?" "Yes!" Old Wang counted them on his fingers, "What are there from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, as well as domestic movies."

"There are movies like this in China?!" Old Huang was shocked. "Hey, I really need to go watch it."

"The boss of Qvod is quite smart. He actually thought of letting people watch movies online."

Lao Wang said proudly, "Just tell me, how can this kind of website not make money, right, Lao Liu?"

Liu Yuanrui tensed his face and responded vaguely.

But I felt very contemptuous in my heart. How could I build a successful career by working with these local bosses?

I'm always thinking about those things. That's the Internet, high technology. How can it be the same as selling movies?

When the three bosses were chatting and laughing, a man in a suit hurried in and said, "Sorry, bosses, I've kept you waiting for a long time."

Lao Wang pointed at the plain-looking man and said jokingly, "Accountant Jia, you are late. You have to drink three glasses of wine as a penalty."

"I deserve a fine, I deserve a fine." Accountant Jia said with a smile, "But I did have my reasons. It was all because the Microsoft representative was too enthusiastic and talked to me so much that I didn't pay attention to the time."

Old Huang asked curiously, "Did you meet someone from Microsoft just now?"

"It's Microsoft's VC." Accountant Jia paused and explained casually, "That's the manager in charge of Microsoft's investment. They are looking for video websites everywhere recently and are very interested in my company."

Lao Wang said with a smile, "We also want to see this company that even Microsoft is interested in. Accountant Jia, please stop hiding it and tell us about it."

"Then I will make a fool of myself in front of all the bosses." Accountant Jia quickly took out his laptop, connected it to the projector awkwardly, and opened the PPT on it.

Looking at the simple PPT, Accountant Jia's whole spirit changed and he started to explain.

“The times call for disruptive changes, and the world needs disruptive innovation. What will the future look like?”

"I believe that in the next decade, China's Internet companies will lead the global Internet into a new era of Internet blue ocean."

"The first generation of the Internet copied the American model. The future development of the Internet can no longer meet the needs of the next era. The next era needs conceptual innovation."

"The emergence of YouTube proved the conceptual feasibility of video websites, and Qvod proved the commercial value of video websites to the world."

"Our Leshi.com will prove to the Internet that the future of the Internet is dominated by the ecosystem."

Accountant Jia was flipping through the PPT while giving a passionate speech.

"YouTube's business philosophy is to attract ordinary people to enjoy entertainment, and we at Leshi.com integrate film, television and music to build a new entertainment ecosystem."

Old Huang interrupted Accountant Jia and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about ecosystem. Just tell me what Leshi.com can do."

Accountant Jia was a little embarrassed. He paused for a moment and said slowly, "I think that video websites will replace TV stations in the future and become a new platform for film and television dramas."

Old Huang's eyes lit up when he heard this. "What, TV station?"

Liu Yuanrui's heart moved. It seemed that he was not the only one who discovered the significance of the video website, but the person in front of him was also a smart person.

But Lao Wang remained calm, as if he had heard this argument before.

Old Huang couldn't wait to ask, "How much money do you want to invest in this Internet TV station?"

"Well, Internet financing is more complicated." Accountant Jia hesitated for two seconds, "You can't invest directly in the website. You have to invest in the other two companies first."

"What?" Old Huang frowned. "From what you said, if we want to invest money in the website, we have to invest in others first?"

"I'm not investing in others. These two companies are my own," Accountant Jia explained.

"Then why can't I just invest money in the website?" Old Huang said dissatisfiedly, "Why do we have to go around in circles?"

"Boss Huang, it's like this." Accountant Jia chose his words carefully, "Because it's a video website, it's quite sensitive."

"The reason why we want to invest in another company is to invest in Leshi.com through this company."

Liu Yuanrui stirred his coffee expressionlessly, watching Accountant Jia explain to Old Huang quietly.

Although he didn't understand the significance of Accountant Jia's operations, his keen and primitive business sense made him realize that something was wrong.

Accountant Jia used all his skills to give a PPT presentation to the three bosses, which left Old Huang stunned.

Finally, the few people exchanged business cards with each other, and Accountant Jia left with his computer.

As soon as Accountant Jia left, Lao Wang looked at Liu Yuanrui, who had remained silent, and said, "Lao Liu, what do you think?"

Old Huang also urged: "That's right, you have been silent all this time, you have to say a few words at least."

Liu Yuanrui put down his untouched coffee cup and smiled, "It does sound good. What do you think, Lao Wang?"

Lao Wang nodded, "I think it's a good idea too. I plan to invest a few hundred or ten million just for fun."

"The Internet is high-tech, and it sounds better than coal mining."

"Even if it doesn't work out, there won't be much money, right?"

Old Huang echoed, "It's only 10 million, it's really not a lot of money, Old Liu, are you coming?"

"Ten million is really nothing." Liu Yuanrui said slowly, "I'd better go back and ask my son about this matter. He is an expert in the industry and is more professional than us."

Seeing that Liu Yuanrui didn't express his opinion, Lao Wang stopped talking. Lao Huang agreed and said, "We really need to find a professional to ask."

"I'll go back and ask around, and then I'll come back to you." Liu Yuanrui got up and left.

He had just returned to his courtyard in the capital when Liu Mingzu ran in excitedly, "It's done, it's done!"

"You're yelling and making a fuss." Liu Yuanrui frowned and scolded, "You're so grown up, can't you be more steady?"

"Dad, the website's financing is done!" Liu Mingzu excitedly raised three fingers, "Three hundred million!"

Bang!

Liu Yuanrui's hand trembled, and the tea bowl he was holding fell on the table. He raised his head and asked in disbelief, "How much?"

"The valuation is 300 million, and Mr. Zhou from IDG has agreed to raise 30 million for me." Liu Mingzu raised three fingers and shook them continuously.

"When will we get the money?" Liu Yuanrui asked.

"We'll sign the letter of intent tomorrow, and then we'll have the audit." Liu Mingzu thought for a moment, "If everything goes well, the first payment will be in our account next month."

"How come IDG made the decision so quickly?!" Liu Yuanrui was very surprised.

"Thanks to President Qin." Liu Mingzu said thankfully, "They decided to invest because of President Qin's face."

"Not bad, not bad." Liu Yuanrui nodded. "Although 300 million is the estimated value, it's already good to be able to achieve this level."

"Mr. Qin said that the valuation could double next year," Liu Mingzu said excitedly, "As long as the website continues to make money, we can consider going public in three to five years."

Liu Yuanrui didn't say anything about the listing. He thought for a while and suddenly said, "Please introduce me to Mr. Qin. I want to meet him."

(End of this chapter)