Rebirth: Starting from selling water to become the world’s richest man

When the news of Ni Guangnan joining Kirin Technology Company spread, the whole of China was sensational.

A boss who sells water, plus a researcher who was swept away by Lenovo, these two people want to develop chips together?

Ni Guangnan was even nicknamed Don Quixote of Huaxia.

Liu Dezhi faced an interview with the media and proposed that the Huaxia chip industry is better to buy than to buy, buy is better than rent, he feels that buying foreign advanced technology or engaging in joint ventures with people can enhance his core competitiveness.

In Li Shanshan's view, this is a fool's dream.

However, he did not bother to pay attention to the comments of the outside world, after all, before the thing was done, everyone would be treated as Don Quixote.

The development of chips requires a long process, and there will be no good results in the short term.

Li Shanshan now has patience, so he never urges the other party.

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On the third day of the company's establishment, Ni Guangnan suddenly took the initiative to find the door, followed by a young man.

"Elder Ni, have you encountered any problems?" said Li Shanshan with a smile.

"No, no.

Ni Guangnan waved his hand again and again, he was very happy in the past few days, after all, Li Shanshan was willing to throw money, ask people to dig people, and ask for equipment to buy equipment, which made him feel full trust, and now he is full of energy.

He came to Li Shanshan this time, mainly because a young man he admired came to him, wanting to meet the boss behind him through his connections.

"Mr. Li, I don't talk about work today, I mainly want to recommend someone to you.

After Ni Guangnan finished speaking, he pulled a handful of the young man standing behind him.

"Mr. Li, hello, I am Lei Jun of Kingsoft Company. If

nothing else, the divine comedy of "Are you ok", Li Shanshan doesn't know how many times he has listened to it, and it is really quite brainwashing.

Li Shanshan shook his hand very warmly, and then looked at him carefully.

Now Rebs is twenty-six or seven years old, and he is also fashionable in dressing, and the overall feeling is that this is a very handsome young man.

"Mr. Li, I came to you this time with a reluctant request. Lei Jun was still a little restrained in the face of this occasion.

"It's okay, you say.

Li Shanshan recalled Rebs's personal experience, he should be the general manager of Kingsoft now, but this year is the most difficult time for Kingsoft.

In September 1989, the founder of Kingsoft Company Qiu Bojun, launched a Chinese office software - WPS, in that era, there was no press conference, no flowers and applause, WPS quietly entered the computers of thousands of households.

In just two years, WPS became the standard configuration of Huaxia Computer, quickly accumulating 20 million users.

At that time, Microsoft had not yet entered Huaxia, WPS was almost synonymous with computers, and in that era of rampant piracy, a set of genuine software worth 2200 yuan sold more than 30,000 sets, which also created a myth.

In 1992, Lei Jun joined Kingsoft Company, was appreciated by Qiu Bojun, and was appointed as the general manager of the company.

In the same year, Microsoft entered Huaxia, and at the beginning the two enterprises were cooperative relations, Microsoft was a big customer of Kingsoft, and Kingsoft helped Microsoft to do the localization work.

BUT THEN MICROSOFT FINALLY SHOWED ITS FANGS, AND AFTER GAINING THE TRUST OF KINGSOFT, KINGSOFT AGREED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH WORD DOCUMENTS IN WPS, WHICH ALSO BECAME A TURNING POINT FOR WPS FROM PROSPERITY TO DECLINE.

In just two months, most of the 20 million users that WPS has accumulated over the years have been robbed.

In 1996, with the popularity of the Windows operating system, Microsoft successfully transitioned most WPS users into its own users through various means, and since then WORD has become the mainstream of Huaxia office software.

This also became the last straw that crushed the camel, Jinshan entered the trough, the original company of several hundred people only a dozen left, even the salary could not be paid, the founder Qiu Bojun even to the point of selling the house.

Lei Jun saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, only then did he think of coming to Li Shanshan to invest through his teacher Ni Guangnan.

"Mr. Li, I heard that you founded Kirin Technology Company and wanted to develop the chip industry in Huaxia, I admire you very much. Lei

Jun was the boss behind Longshan Spring for the first time, but he didn't expect that the other party was so young and maybe younger than himself, so he felt that he praised the other party more, maybe the other party could invest as soon as he was happy.

"Mr. Lei, you're welcome, you can say something directly. Seeing

the other party so polite, Li Shanshan was a little embarrassed, and Li Shanshan still admired the famous Rebs in the future.

"Then let me say it bluntly, Mr. Li, our company is in urgent need of a fund to develop a new version of WPS and regain the market. This

is also the result of his discussions with Qiu Bojun, by developing new versions to bring users a better experience, so as to regain the lost market.

This decision can be said to be a broken cauldron.

Especially for Qiu Bojun, in his previous life, he sold his house and pooled 2 million yuan as research and development funds.

Later, after more than a year of research and development, the WPS-97 version was finally developed, which sold well as soon as it was launched, saving the bankrupt Kingsoft Company.

Li Shanshan knows the future direction of Jinshan, this is definitely a high-quality asset, but he can't be too active now, after all, giving charcoal in the snow is always more precious than the icing on the cake, so he said unhurriedly: "How much money do you need?"

"Twenty million, I will acquire 80% of the shares of Kingsoft Company, and at the same time support you to continue to develop a new version of WPS, what do you think of this suggestion?" As

soon as these words came out, not only Lei Jun was shocked, but even Ni Guangnan next to him couldn't help but gasp.

"You... That's a lot of money. Lei

Jun no longer knew what he said, you must know that from the time he met the other party, it was only more than ten minutes in total, and he didn't expect that the other party was willing to pay so much money.

And this result is not the same as what he thought, he wanted to pull an investment before, but he didn't expect that now the other party directly wants to buy the company.

"Mr. Lei, the reason why I am willing to pay for the acquisition of your company is more because of your ability to seek the total shares, and the remaining 20% of the shares will be divided by the two of you through negotiation. In

Li Shanshan's view, investing 20 million to hold Kingsoft is simply profitable, WPS software is only one aspect, and the other key is to let Rebs work for himself!