Chapter 666: Special New Year's Gift

Except for Fan Ting and her husband who went back to spend the New Year with her mother-in-law, everyone else in the family was having fun in Beijing.

The Spring Festival Gala has reached a bottleneck. For most viewers, it is tasteless and a pity to discard it. Moreover, during the New Year, almost every station is broadcasting the Spring Festival Gala, and several other satellite TV channels will also be subject to some restrictions, which has caused everyone to continue watching the Spring Festival Gala.

In other words, it is not unbearable to take a casual look while everyone is making dumplings and playing mahjong, but there are fewer and fewer programs that can be called classics in this New Year's Eve party.

Fan Heng's family is naturally no exception. In addition to his family, there are also Fan Heng's guards, Fan Wubing and Fan Kang's bodyguards, and the chefs and nannies who are responsible for household work. Basically, they also spend the New Year here together, so it is quite lively.

The hall of the Fan family is relatively large. Fan Wubing made a few plans and directed everyone to decorate the house with a festive atmosphere. The warm red color scheme formed a strong contrast with the snow outside. Once people come in, they will feel that spring is in the air and another new year has arrived.

Strength lies in numbers. The dumplings were wrapped in a blink of an eye. After dinner, everyone set up several mahjong tables in the house. The whole hall was filled with the sound of clattering. If the police heard this, they might come to arrest the gamblers.

In fact, Fan Wubing and his team did pay.

The Fan family has always treated the nannies and security guards very well. In addition to receiving the government salary and allowances they deserve, Fan Wubing would give them a few more red envelopes during festivals as a thank you. Over time, many people naturally rushed to serve in the Fan family.

Later, Fan Wubing felt that this seemed a bit ostentatious, so he changed the rules and only gave money on New Year's Eve at the end of the year, which means one big red envelope a year. In addition, the gambling money for mahjong was also provided by Fan Wubing, and the amount was definitely not small. For this part of the table income, everyone's traditional solution was to see the result at the card table. In the end, the winner took out most of the money, and then everyone went out to spend money together and have fun together, and this year was over.

Because this way of handling is relatively gentle, everyone is just having fun at the card table, and there will be no red-faced and thick-necked things. It's just that it's the end. Everyone is talking about who has better luck.

"The crosstalk in the Spring Festival Gala is getting worse and worse; there are no highlights. Fan Heng is an old crosstalk fan. When he was in Pingyuan Factory, he was more interested in this. He also followed the union to do employee performances, but later he gradually became a cadre and had no time to do that, but when it comes to this topic, he still misses it.

"The song program is also very different.

Zhang Mei plays cards together. While saying to everyone, "In the past, one person sang eight. Now, eight people sing one. The quality of the show has not improved, but more and more people want to come up and make themselves known."

Fan Kang touched his mother Zhang Mei's 40,000. He played a three-of-a-kind card and said with a pout. "Isn't this the result of the operation of the entertainment company? Wubing's entertainment company specializes in this. Every year before the Spring Festival Gala, there are always many people who come to buy their company's performance quota at a high price. This item alone makes their company earn tens of millions.

Fan Wubing chuckled, this is the truth.

He had an agreement with CCTV at the beginning. Among the programs of the Spring Festival Gala, some quotas are reserved for him to use. For these quotas, he has the right to decide on the specific arrangements. CCTV is just to review whether these programs are suitable, and cannot question the specific personnel arranged for the program.

In this way, although it is a program. But if Fan Wubing is willing, it is not too outrageous to squeeze in five or six people. After all, it is a market economy now. The dominant idea of ​​CCTV's Spring Festival Gala is also to operate around this theme. Moreover, because they have too many relationships to take care of, they sometimes greet Fan Wubing. I hope to buy back some of Fan Wubing's quota for use.

However, the direct consequence of doing so is The result is that the Spring Festival Gala is getting longer and longer than in previous years.

At first, the gala usually ended after the clock struck midnight, but in recent years it has been dragging on longer and longer. Even after one o'clock, it may not be finished. This is the result of the operation of entertainment companies. Everyone needs to use such a stage that the people of the whole country pay close attention to to launch their newcomers. Of course, the Spring Festival Gala is still the battlefield. After all, it is still the most watched gala.

And another very important point is the number of replays of the Spring Festival Gala in the first month of the year. That is quite a lot, even the audience in it can leave a deep impression on everyone, not to mention the actors who occupy most of the shots?

Fan Heng is not very interested in mahjong. Fan Wubing is not very interested either, so after a glance, the father and son retreated, sat aside, watched TV, and chatted by the way.

Fan Wubing put his notes aside, connected to the broadband network, clicked randomly, and wandered around the major portals.

There is a scene of joy online. Thanks to the excitement of the Nasdaq market and the investment of angel investors like Fan Kang in major websites, many websites have received considerable amounts of financing. , after having money, it is natural to prepare for the development. Traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival cannot be ignored.

For the three major portals, Fan Wubing hopes that they can be listed on Nasdaq within this year. Therefore, in addition to allowing Fan Kang to inject capital in advance to obtain a larger proportion of equity, he supports them to cooperate with companies such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Contact Lee and other investment banks to actively discuss listing matters.

For now, several major investment banks are still very enthusiastic about the three major portals that have been hotly discussed in China. After all, the success of the Yahoo model makes everyone feel profitable, and Chinese concepts can be obtained on the Nasdaq market. With a trump card that everyone is paying attention to, it is relatively easy to successfully go public.

It’s just about how big the scale of financing can be. How much profit can you make? It was just unexpected.

Several major investment banks were also very enthusiastic about Huafeng.com, the most famous website in mainland China, and their level of interest was even higher than that of the three major portals. However, at this time, Fan Wubing had made up his mind not to let Huafeng.com go public. The other party didn't want to order "Chapter 666 Special New Year's Gift", so he had to settle for the next best thing.

"Is there any way to make money on that website?" Fan Heng looked at the things his son was playing with and asked a question he had been holding back for a long time.

Everyone has never been able to explain clearly how to make money. Fan Heng once asked some people, especially those who run websites, but apparently they were unclear. They all said that the money would come after listing on NASDAQ. .

But Fan Heng thought about it, if there is no way to make a profit and there is no hope of making a profit, why would other investors buy your stocks? Could it be that it’s just to help your website get a few pounds out of obligation?

Billionaire? Americans have been investing for so long, how could there be such stupid investors?

"That's a good question!" Fan Wubing smiled and then said, "In fact, although there are many websites imitating Yahoo or Amazon stores, developing portals or e-commerce websites, there are also some Professional websites, but at this time, the domestic network environment and physical resource environment are far from being able to support the profitability of so many websites. Therefore, for now, the best websites can only get a small part. If you want to make profits, you still need to continue to burn money.”

"You mean there is no website that can make a profit yet?" Fan Heng asked.

Fan Wubing nodded and replied, "That's true. Even our Huafeng.com is actually just burning money, but we have a physical foundation. We use the Internet to publish advertisements for our companies. We make Huafeng through the return of expenses. The operation of the Internet has basically reached a profit-loss balance now.”

"Oh, so that means that once your results are reflected and you get orders from external companies, profitability will not be far away?" Fan Heng said after hearing this.

"That's absolutely correct. In fact, the main profit is achieved through Internet. Then, as it develops, the number of Internet users increases, and some value-added services will appear. This part is the guarantee of profit." Fan Wubing answered road.

"I remember that there is a paid e-mail box on your website. Is it similar to that?" Fan Heng asked with a smile.

Fan Wubing nodded, then remembered something and said, "Ah, I almost forgot, I want to give you a special New Year gift this year."

Hearing Fan Wubing said that he wanted to give everyone New Year's gifts, everyone suddenly became stunned. Fan Wubing's move will definitely not be bad, it is quite exciting.

"Anyone who likes to surf the Internet, come here and get a number. Then fill in your information."

Fan Wubing used a printer to print out several five-digit numbers, and then asked everyone to choose. There is also a form at the back where you fill in some personal information and ask yourself to choose a screen name.

Although they didn’t know what Fan Wubing wanted to do, everyone filled out the form as required. After handing it back, Fan Wubing looked at it and then said, “In the first month of the year, our Huafeng.com will launch a new online product. Instant messaging software. The name you receive now is the number of this software. Through this unique number, you can use the software to communicate with each other through the Internet, even if you are far away from home. , and one thing you can rest assured is that there are no additional charges for this software. No matter how long you chat, no matter where you are, you only pay the fee, and no other fees will be incurred. "

"Then if it's abroad, wouldn't it be more cost-effective than taking an international long-distance call?" Fan Kang reacted immediately.

Fan Wubing smiled and nodded, "That's true, so if you want to go abroad, you can use this to communicate with the country. It's very convenient, as long as you have access to the Internet there."

"Ha, it's rare to find places where you can't access the Internet outside. It's just a price difference." Fan Kang laughed.

In fact, what he said is also true, that is, in China, as long as you are willing to tolerate the small dial-up.

Cat. As long as there is a telephone line, you can connect to the Internet. At least, using the telephone line for long-term chatting in other places is always much cheaper than using the phone to chat directly. The long-distance charges at this time are indeed quite expensive.

Most people in the room are interested in this, mainly because they heard that it is free. Some people even said that they want a few more for relatives and friends to play with.

Fan Wubing said, "The numbers I give you are reserved numbers. Keep them well. Others can apply online. They are all free. But you may not be able to apply for a five-digit number. Generally speaking, six-digit numbers are more common now. In the future, more people will play, and seven-digit, eight-digit, and nine-digit numbers will not be enough."

"Then hundreds of millions of people will play?" Some people think it is a bit unlikely. There are only a few million Internet users now. How long will it take for hundreds of millions of people to play a small software?

"Not many people used the mobile phones back then. Now they are all on the streets, right?" Fan Wubing said with a smile.

This makes sense, so everyone asked Fan Wubing to help them apply for a new number. Bring it to relatives and friends, Fan Wubing was also happy to try, and applied for ten in one breath. Finally, a dialog box popped up on the application page. It prompted that you have applied for ten numbers in a row. You cannot apply for more numbers within 24 hours.

"Ha, I guess you have watched it for so long, and you can apply for it yourself when you go back." Fan Wubing said.

After everyone tossed around for so long, the time came to midnight. After watching the fireworks and firecrackers outside stop, everyone also said Happy New Year to each other. Then they went back to their rooms to sleep.

Not long after Fan Wubing lay down, he heard a knock on the door, and then saw Fan Kang sneaking in.

"Do you have condoms? Borrow a few." Fan Kang said to his younger brother Fan Wubing.

"You" Fan Wubing was speechless, "Do you want the used ones?"

However, Fan Wubing still took out a box from his drawer and gave it to Fan Kang.

Fan Kang got the things and sneaked out again, but he didn't expect Fang Wubing to shout behind him, "Borrow and return!"