Chapter 989 Internet

Chapter 989 Internet+

"Hey, have you heard? Yiguo's first round of financing valuation has exceeded 1 billion US dollars."

"Not only heard, the entire Chinese Internet has exploded, and now everyone in the forum is talking about this."

"Too awesome, I remember Yiguo was launched only two years ago? It's worth 1 billion US dollars!"

"Tsk tsk, if that's the case, then Senior Qin's net worth is close to 10 billion RMB?"

Xie Qiao and Xu Lin also felt unreal when listening to their classmates' discussions. Although they never doubted Qin Hao's ability to make money and knew that Yiguo was developing better and better, they never thought that Yiguo would be so valuable. That's 10 billion US dollars, which is 8.27 billion RMB when converted into RMB.

"Old Qin is awesome, Xie Qiao, do you think our lives are boring compared to him?" Xu Lin said with emotion.

Xie Qiao casually replied: "If you compare like that, then we are not the only ones who are boring. How many people in the world can be like Lao Qin?"

"Now that you say that, I feel better."

At this moment, the classmate next to him suddenly said to Xu Lin: "Xu Lin, can you go directly to work at Yiguo after graduation?"

"I heard that Yiguo's benefits are super good, comparable to foreign companies. I really envy you."

"Tsk, what's an ordinary employee? With the relationship between Xu Lin and Xiao Qianxi, they must get a manager."

Seeing that the classmates were focusing their attention on them, Xie Qiao and Xu Lin quickly found an excuse to slip out of the study room.

"Good fellow, these people are really bold. They want to get a manager at every turn. Do they really think Lao Qin's place is a shelter?" Xie Qiao said with lingering fear, patting his chest.

Xu Lin rolled his eyes and said, "Well, if we really can't find a job after graduation, can we go to Lao Qin to get a job if Qianxi persuades us?"

"If you want to go, go ahead. I'm too embarrassed to ask that."

"Hey, I just said that casually. Besides, we are top students who graduated from Peking University and Tsinghua University. How can we really not find a job?"

As the two were talking, Xie Qiao's phone rang.

"Hello, Qianxi, congratulations, you are about to become the girlfriend of a billionaire."

Faced with Xu Lin's teasing, Xiao Qianxi said in a sleepy tone: "You all know it."

"Of course I don't know it. Even Beijing Satellite TV reported it. Now your Lao Qin is the pioneer of the younger generation of entrepreneurs."

Xie Qiao pushed Xu Lin away and asked with concern: "Qianxi, where are you? You sound listless."

Xiao Qianxi yawned: "Didn't he hold a celebration party after signing with Softbank yesterday and asked me to attend with him? , and it didn't end until the second half of the night. That kind of occasion is totally not suitable for me. It's boring and tiring. "

Xu Lin's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Are there many celebrities at the party? Qianxi, you are so ungrateful. So many people are trying their best to attend but they don't have the chance. "

"Let's not talk about this. Where are you? Let's have dinner together. I'll pick you up. "Xiao Qianxi stretched her body and her graceful figure was in full view. Qin Hao was in high spirits last night. Naturally, he would not let her go easily after the party. This is the real reason why she slept until this point.

Xie Qiao asked in confusion: "Where is Lao Qin? Are you sure you need these two light bulbs?"

"He left early in the morning. The company just completed financing and a lot of things are waiting for him." Xiao Qianxi said while washing.

"Well, we are at school."

"Wait for me for a quarter of an hour, I'll be there soon."

A quarter of an hour later, Xie Qiao and Xu Lin saw Xiao Qianxi's Audi A6.

"Quick, we're here so soon." Xu Lin sat in the back seat very consciously.

Xiao Qianxi smiled: "After being with him, I didn't learn anything else, but I have a very good sense of time."

"Qianxi, you have to be careful. Lao Qin is so busy now. Maybe in a few years, you will have to make an appointment to have dinner with him." Xie Qiao sat in the co-pilot and teased.

Xu Lin echoed: "Don't say it, it's really possible."

"It's not as exaggerated as you say. He is just busy with financing recently. He usually has time to accompany me." Xiao Qianxi started the car while talking.

"Tell me, where do you want to eat? The food at the cocktail party last night was not delicious at all. I just drank water."

Xu Lin's eyes were full of envy: "The cocktail party is not a place to eat. Qianxi, you are now considered a person who goes in and out of the upper class."

"What upper class, it's just that the clothes you wear are a little expensive, but you still have two arms and two legs. Qianxi, if you don't like such occasions, you can tell Lao Qin that you won't go in the future." Xie Qiao said seriously.

Xiao Qianxi shook his head when he heard this: "If I don't go, he will have to bring other female companions. By then, those women who are eyeing him covetously will probably wake up laughing in their dreams."

"Ah? Lao Qin has other suitors."

Seeing Xie Qiao's surprised look, Xu Lin rolled his eyes: "Xie Qiao, you really don't understand Lao Qin. He is so young and has a net worth close to 10 billion yuan. How many eyes are staring at him."

"Wouldn't Qianxi be under a lot of pressure?" Xie Qiao looked at Xiao Qianxi worriedly.

Xiao Qianxi tapped the brakes, but soon regained his composure: "Actually, it's not bad. Apart from business exchanges, he rarely interacts with the opposite sex."

Xie Qiao and Xu Lin looked at each other and couldn't help but think of what Wang Ying had said. They couldn't help but worry about Xiao Qianxi. Qin Hao's pace was too fast, and ordinary people couldn't catch up at all.

The Audi drove to a five-star hotel. There were so many luxury cars in the parking lot that Xie Qiao and Xu Lin couldn't recognize them all.

Xiao Qianxi took them to the restaurant with ease.

"Qianxi, why don't we change places? There's no need to waste money." Xie Qiao looked at the prices on the menu and was shocked.

Xu Lin's eyes were straight: "My goodness, eating here is not enough for my living expenses for a year. This is too expensive."

"He has a diamond membership here, and there is a discount. If he doesn't order red wine, it's actually not that expensive." Xiao Qianxi saw that the two were slow to order, so she simply made the decision herself.

Seeing Xiao Qianxi's familiarity, Xu Lin couldn't help but sigh: "Qianxi, you and Lao Qin have been here many times, right?"

"Yes, but usually to meet clients. You should also know that foreigners pay special attention to family and will bring their wives to various occasions. If he comes alone, it will be too impolite."

After Xiao Qianxi finished speaking, he handed the menu to the waiter: "That's all for now, thank you."

"Apart from anything else, my spoken English has improved a lot now, which is often practiced with those foreign wives."

Xu Lin asked suspiciously: "Why does Yiguo still have so many foreign customers?"

"In fact, Yiguo has been actively introducing some foreign brands since March this year. On the one hand, the white-collar market has a demand for these foreign brands, and on the other hand, it is also to enhance Yiguo's overall image and avoid giving users the impression that Yiguo's brand value is low because of its low prices." Xiao Qianxi explained like a treasure.

Xu Lin gave a thumbs up: "Qianxi is really a bit of a workplace elite now."

"Yeah, that's right. I was in a trance just now. I thought Lao Qin had come." Xie Qiao nodded in agreement.

Xiao Qianxi was happy: "It's not as exaggerated as you say. I just learned a little bit from him. To be honest, the more I understand this industry, the more I admire him. Many of his ideas are so amazing that even those foreigners applaud."

"Well, I didn't expect Qianxi to be Lao Qin's number one fan."

As the three of them were eating and chatting, Xie Qiao's knife and fork suddenly paused.

Xu Lin looked over with some doubts in the direction of Xie Qiao's gaze. After seeing the other person clearly, he winked at Xiao Qianxi.

Xiao Qianxi looked and found that it was Yang Cheng, who was accompanied by a tall beauty.

Yang Cheng seemed to have noticed Xiao Qianxi and the other two. He said something to the beauty beside him and walked over here.

"Oh, isn't Qin here today?"

Xiao Qianxi looked at him straight in the eyes and said coldly, "None of your business."

"Hmph, Xiao Qianxi, don't think you are a member of the upper class just because you have been to some high-end places with Qin. When he gets tired of playing, you won't even be qualified to enter here." Yang Cheng snorted and said disdainfully.

Xu Lin's temper exploded: "Yang Cheng, you are looking for a fight, right!"

Yang Cheng was startled and subconsciously took two steps back. After keeping a safe distance, he sneered at Xiao Qianxi, "You'd better keep Qin under control, so that he won't come out to harm people."

"Are you going to get out or not!" Xu Lin almost picked up a stool and threw it at him.

"Hmph, I don't want to argue with you." Yang Cheng saw that Xiao Qianxi's face was extremely ugly, and he returned to his seat proudly.

Seeing this, the tall woman asked curiously: "Yang Cheng, do you have a grudge against them?"

"No, I just can't stand that guy playing two women at the same time. I'm happy to make him feel bad." Yang Cheng said lightly.

Thinking of the scene that day when Qin Hao kissed Wang Ying passionately in front of him, Yang Cheng felt upset as if he had eaten a dead fly.

Xie Qiao was a little sad that Yang Cheng ignored her directly, but seeing Xiao Qianxi's ugly face, she could only comfort her first.

"Qianxi, don't listen to Yang Cheng's nonsense. Old Qin is definitely not that kind of person."

Xu Lin also echoed: "Yes, Qianxi, Yang Cheng's grandson is obviously here to sow discord. Don't fall into his evil plan."

"Yeah, I know."

Although Xiao Qianxi's tone was very calm, she always felt that Yang Cheng's tone of voice seemed to have a meaning. The most important thing was that Qin Hao was moving too fast. She always felt that she couldn't keep up and was afraid of dragging Qin Hao down.

"Perhaps only a young lady like Wang Ying can keep up with his pace?"

At this moment, she suddenly felt a little fortunate that Wang Ying went abroad to study, giving her time to grow up.

The five-star hotel meal, which was originally expensive, became tasteless after being messed up by Yang Cheng. Xie Qiao and Xu Lin finished it based on the principle that it was so expensive and wasted, but Xiao Qianxi basically didn't eat much.

When leaving, Xu Lin glared at Yang Cheng fiercely, while Xiao Qianxi and Xie Qiao turned their faces away and didn't look at him.

"It's so unlucky that a good meal didn't taste anything." Xu Lin said and patted Xie Qiao's arm with relief.

"Fortunately, you broke up with him. It's just such a disgusting thing. If you were with him, it would be disgusting to think about it."

Xie Qiao's face darkened. No matter what, Yang Cheng was her first love.

"Okay, don't mention him. We haven't sung karaoke for a long time. How about going to karaoke?" Xiao Qianxi suggested.

"Okay, it's a good time to vent."

Xie Qiao didn't want to spoil the fun, so he nodded.

"Okay, let's get a group purchase coupon later, the afternoon session will be cheaper."

Since March, offline group buying has also been included in the main business of Yiguo by Qin Hao, and it has developed very rapidly. The reason is very simple: there are no competitors.

The concept of group buying is still in its infancy in China. Although there are some websites that follow the trend, they cannot compare with Tesco in terms of scale and influence.

For offline merchants, group buying is a good publicity platform, and participating in group buying does not require any fees. At most, you only need to prepare a computer.

Of course, the offline group buying business did not go smoothly at the beginning. Many offline store owners did not equip their stores with computers, let alone a dedicated network cable.

Although the Internet access fee in 2004 was much lower than in previous years, it was still a cost.

However, as a group of offline store owners who dared to take advantage of the situation got better and better, they immediately attracted surrounding merchants to participate.

The reason is very simple. If you don't join group buying and others join, you can only watch others' business become more and more prosperous while your own business plummets.

The sudden rise of offline group buying is also one of the reasons why Qin Hao dared to put forward various harsh conditions in the first round of financing.

On the day of the financing conference, when Qin Hao came up with the concept of Internet+.

The heads of all the investment institutions present were like crazy, raising the bidding prices wildly. Those without authority also rushed to apply for financing quotas from the company's board of directors.

In the end, Qin Hao chose SoftBank as the lead investor in Series A financing. On the one hand, Masayoshi Son indeed paid the highest price, and on the other hand, it was also to create some trouble for Jack Ma.

At this time, Jack Ma's life was not easy. Taobao and Tesco were taking completely different routes. Taobao itself did not sell goods, so naturally there was no price difference to make. It was free for stores to open a store on Taobao, so Taobao now has no sales at all. A means of profitability, but it has to bear increasingly heavy bandwidth costs.

Qin Hao was not sure whether Jack Ma could survive the difficulties without Sun Zhengyi's help in times of crisis, but he would not miss such a good thing if he had the opportunity to suppress his competitors without even using a single soldier.

In the KTV, Xu Lin and Xie Qiao burst into tears.

Finally it was Xiao Qianxi's turn.

“I haven’t had a good feeling yet.

A climate where snowflakes bloom

We will understand better when we tremble together

What is gentleness..."

At the end of the song, Xu Lin and Xie Qiao's slaps turned red.

"Qianxi, you sing so beautifully, you're no worse than those professional singers."

"Yes, Qianxi, if you participate in the singing competition, you will definitely win the championship."

Xiao Qianxi smiled and shook her head: "It's not as exaggerated as you said. I'm just an amateur, far behind professional singers."