You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 344 The Troubles of Happiness

Zhang Pingyi was a little confused. "Your peers have begun to attack in a big way. Even if you don't fight back, you have to defend yourself."

"Master, you know me well. I prefer to be passive." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by their fierce voices and the creator plan they are doing, which seems to be a big deal. In fact, they are still stingy."

"Except for a few role models who are given bonuses as a symbol of paying a huge sum of money for a horse's bones, in reality, most creators don't get any money."

Zhang Pingyi frowned, "They won't do that, won't they? This will only ruin their reputation."

"Internet companies are always living from today to tomorrow, so they don't have time to worry about this. Besides, why do they need reputation to make money?" Qin Shaoyan sneered. "Maybe they really wanted to burn money at the beginning, but the objective situation does not allow it, because with the surge in traffic, the cost of website operation will continue to increase."

“With a lot of creators coming in, the number of videos that meet the requirements will continue to grow.”

"Except for the biggest prize, there is no limit on the number of winners for other excellence awards. What if there are thousands of excellence awards? There needs to be an explanation for who wins."

"Tudou.com set up this plan, except for the top few who can win awards, small and medium-sized creators can get nothing."

"If you can't get paid, why waste time and effort on it? It's hard to sustain your creative passion."

“That’s not the way to spend money.”

Zhang Pingyi sighed, "It's all about money."

"The money Tudou.com has is only enough for him to burn for a year. After the Spring Festival, Boss Wang will have to consider the next round of financing." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "It will be more difficult by then, after all, no one will help him hype the product."

Zhang Pingyi thought about it, "What if he is also planning to go public through an IPO?"

"Tudou.com went public?" Qin Shaoyan suddenly laughed, "I'll make a bet with you that Youku.com will go public earlier than Tudou."

"Why?" Zhang Pingyi was puzzled. "Tudou.com's performance is obviously better than Youku.com. The difference in terms of the number of users and traffic is huge."

"This has nothing to do with the data." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "This chess piece is out of the game."

"Is it because Gu Yongqiang has an investment banking background?" Zhang Pingyi was even more confused.

"It's because Wang Wei got divorced." Qin Shaoyan laughed, "If they can't even run a good family, how can they run a good company?"

Zhang Pingyi seemed to understand something, and after a moment's silence, he said, "The ancients said that one should cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country, and pacify the world. Managing one's family comes before pacifying the world, which means that if one cannot clean one's own house, how can one clean up the world?"

"Almost, almost." Qin Shaoyan did not explain much, "We are colleagues in the same field. Even though we are shouting louder than each other, we are actually weak inside."

"The concept of video websites is so popular now, and I don't know if the real big players will exit early."

Secretary Chen came back again, "Boss Qin, Boss Chen Guangxia is here."

"Hey, Senior Brother Chen is here." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "Please invite him in."

Chen Guangxia came in from outside with a bag on his back. Although his face was vicissitudes, he was full of energy and greeted with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Qin, Hello, Mr. Zhang!"

"Brother Chen, you must be tired after traveling all the way. Please sit down." Qin Shaoyan greeted him while calling his secretary Xiao Chen to serve tea.

"It's just sightseeing, I can't say I'm tired." Chen Guangxia put down his backpack, took the fat otaku's happy water and took a big gulp, "I went out to see the natural scenery this time, and my mood improved a lot."

"I was busy working hard on my career a while ago, and my body was almost broken and my mood was bad. Now I'm traveling around like this, and I feel more energetic. It's like I've been baptized, and my soul has been sublimated."

"It's good to take a break." Qin Shaoyan followed with emotion, "I also fell seriously ill during the Chinese New Year period, and I almost collapsed. After I recovered, my mood was very different."

"Yes, after I came out this time, I felt that life is so wonderful. You fight so hard for something but you can never get it. But when you let go, it comes." Chen Guangxia seemed to have really realized it, and his words were full of philosophy. "I now feel that money is just that, you can't bring it with you when you are born and you can't take it with you when you die. What's important is that people should find the meaning of life and the value of life."

You say that because you make money. If you didn't have the 20 million dollars, I don't think you would say that. Chen Guangxia sighed, "When I was camping in the wild, I looked at the Milky Way in the sky and felt that the universe was so vast and humans were so small. This person..."

Oh my goodness! Qin Shaoyan was afraid that Chen Guangxia would say something else next, so he interrupted him quickly, "Brother Chen, what are your plans for the next step?"

"I want to travel around the world, visit some of the bigger cities, and take a trip around the world," Chen Guangxia said in high spirits. "I plan to take some time to settle down, and then start a business after I come back."

Hey, you are addicted to starting a business.

Qin Shaoyan showed an interested expression, "Do you have any ideas for starting a business? I can help you contact venture capital."

"It's better not to trouble Mr. Qin. I don't have any idea for the time being. Let's talk about it later." Chen Guangxia declined.

He really doesn't have any ideas now, and on the other hand, he is frightened by the experience at Yiku.com.

Before starting Yiku.com, President Qin gave him many warnings and advised him to keep an eye on his own shares. However, when he saw the $5 million investment, he gave away one-third of his shares in a moment of excitement.

This also planted the seeds of disaster for Chen Guangxia in the future. Those Hong Kong and Taiwan directors repeatedly made things difficult for him because they had the veto power.

Moreover, Chen Guangxia also realized that cooperating with investors with powerful backgrounds was not a good thing.

Anyway, I have money in my hands, so I might as well try it myself first. When it becomes big enough and I have the chips, I can talk to investors.

Qin Shaoyan stopped asking about Chen Guangxia. "That's good. Since you want to travel around, why don't you come with me? We have an international college summer camp. The main content is to take college students around. You can come with us. The company will pay for the food, accommodation and travel expenses. It's convenient to travel with a group. You can help take care of those students."

"No problem." Chen Guangxia agreed without hesitation.

"Brother Chen, please help me. You've already resigned but you're still working for me for free." Qin Shaoyan thanked him.

"I should be the one to thank Mr. Qin. Besides, I'd be happy to work for him even if I don't get paid."

This time he traveled not only by himself, but also with six trusted associates, four of whom had defected from President Qin with him.

Life is full of vicissitudes. After many twists and turns, I didn't expect that I would come back to work for Mr. Qin a year later.

Although he didn't get any money, Chen Guangxia felt much more relaxed.

Zhang Pingyi happily took Chen Guangxia out and settled the people who came with him.

Qin Shaoyan was thinking about his next plan. He was the biggest winner in this acquisition.

Microsoft's acquisition was said to be worth $23 billion, but it did not cost that much, mainly because Microsoft had a portion of the shares in it, which it did not have to pay for.

The total cash payment was $16 billion, which was exchanged for some equivalent Microsoft stock and YouTube shareholders.

Qin Shaoyan did not ask for stocks, but asked directly for money, a total of nearly 11 billion US dollars.

Such a huge sum of money certainly cannot be left there, and Qin Shaoyan does not plan to invest it all in the United States. If he is not careful, he may lose it all. It has only been two years since 08, and the subprime mortgage crisis would have caused heavy losses.

Apart from buying some Apple shares, most of the rest will naturally be brought back to China.

But how to transfer so much money back to China is a very troublesome matter.

What a happy trouble.

(End of this chapter)