my return 2002

Chapter 245
Not long after Zhuang Yan left, Lei Jun entered the office with a serious expression.

"Shen Nanpeng and the others are here."

Shen Lang stood up slowly, buttoned up his suit, and smiled at Mr. Lei: "These people are really well-informed, let's go and meet them."

When the two came to the reception room, they saw that Shen Nanpeng, Xiong Xiaoge, and the representatives of Shenzhen Venture Capital, China Resources, and Modu Lianchuang all had serious expressions on their faces, as if they were asking questions.

Shen Lang didn't take it seriously either: "Why are you all so free today, come together?"

Shen Nanpeng and the others looked at each other, and finally Xiong Xiaoge stood up and said with a straight face: "Mr. Shen, I heard that you are going to invest in the Godson project team of BOE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Is this true? As a shareholder of the company , why have you never communicated with us about this?"

"That's right, I have to get wind of my company's affairs from others, Mr. Shen, isn't that justified?" Shen Nanpeng said a little angrily.

The three representatives including Shenzhen Venture Capital also looked dissatisfied.

Shen Lang's expression was calm, and he opened his mouth when they were done venting, and smiled lightly: "Haha, I wonder why it's so motivating."

Xiong Xiaoge interrupted: "Mr. Shen, this is not a small matter. We injected capital into the company in the hope of improving the company's business. You privately used the money to make other investments, and you didn't contact us. Say hello."

"Yeah, you don't have to do things like this."

Shen Lang waited for them to vent again, still with a faint smile on his face: "Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient, I wonder if there is some misunderstanding? That's right, I do intend to invest in BOE and the Godson project team. It was indeed time to investigate, but it was only a preliminary contact, and it was far from reaching the standard for project approval. Who would have thought that everyone would be so well-informed, more sure than me, the client.”

These words were half-soft and half-hard, causing a trace of embarrassment to flash across the faces of Xiong Xiaoge and the others.

Shen Nanpeng sneered to smooth things over: "Mr. Shen, don't get me wrong. We are also concerned about the company's development. After all, the company is in the Internet business and has nothing to do with hardware manufacturing. Moreover, these projects have a long investment cycle and slow results."

Shen Lang laughed secretly in his heart, finally got to the point, to put it bluntly, the capital is most concerned about the income, seeing Shen Lang spend money on projects that are not high enough, this is why he came to Xingshi to ask the blame.

"I believe everyone should have heard of the Shanda Box project, right?" Shen Lang said.

Shen Nanpeng, Xiong Xiaoge and the others looked at each other, and they all saw a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"Shanda Box has been sold in the market, but the retail price is as high as 8000 yuan, which is higher than the price of configuring a computer, and Shanda does not have a digital TV license in hand, the policy risk is too great, I am not optimistic about this project. "Xiong Xiaoge said.

Shen Lang nodded: "Indeed, Mr. Chen's idea is very good and advanced, but the conditions are not yet mature. The core components of the Shanda Box are all purchased from outside, and the cost remains high. This is also the reason I plan to lay out the hardware. reason."

Xiong Xiaoge's voice trembled a little: "Mr. Shen, are you planning to make a TV box too?"

"Isn't this too risky? What about the digital TV license?"

"Yeah, Chen Tianqiao spent 10 billion US dollars and didn't do it. Isn't that too risky?"

Shen Lang said lightly: "I don't plan to make a TV box, this thing is too bulky, what I plan to do is a mobile terminal."

"Mobile terminal?" Shen Nanpeng and the others looked at each other suspiciously.

At this time, Lei Jun took out several design drawings from his briefcase and handed them one copy for each of them.

Shen Lang explained: "Last year, I invested in a company called Meizu. Mr. Xiong should know something about this company. I plan to launch a mobile terminal with Meizu. I call it [tablet computer]. The company All products will be ported to this product. Users can use this tablet computer to read e-books, watch videos, browse the web, and chat on YY. Except that they cannot play PC games, everything that can be done on a computer, It can all be realized on this product!"

The hands of Shen Nanpeng and Xiong Xiaoge holding the design drawings were trembling. They knew very well that if Shen Lang's vision could be realized, it would be a huge leap in business for the three companies.

As for risk?What capital is afraid of is never the risk, but the unequal risk and return.

"Mr. Shen, how far has this product progressed?" Shen Nanpeng asked eagerly.

Shen Lang shrugged: "The hardware mold opening has been basically completed, and the software development is still in progress. The specific details are commercially confidential, so it is inconvenient for me to disclose them, but I can guarantee that I will invite everyone to come as soon as I have a prototype. Experience."

Shen Nanpeng and others were very excited, but Xiong Xiaoge was very depressed. At the beginning, IDG had investors who were very optimistic about Meizu. Unfortunately, Huang Zhang didn't even give IDG a chance to meet. Xiong Xiaoge didn't care too much at that time. , Who is not to vote for?
My heart is bleeding right now. If I had won a part of Meizu's equity back then, I'm afraid I'd have made a lot of money now.

Of course, what Shen Nanpeng and the others thought was to hurry up and take down Meizu before anyone else found out.

As for Shen Lang investing in hardware with the company's money, that's called a strategic layout, understand?
Shen Nanpeng and the others rejected Shen Lang's repeated attempts to persuade them to stay, and ran away quickly.

Lei Jun looked at Shen Lang worriedly: "What if they buy Meizu?"

Shen Lang smiled at him: "What kind of person do you think Huang Zhang is?"

"Stubborn, extremely stubborn." Lei Jun thought for a long time, but he could only find this sentence to describe it.

"Then it's over, just watch, these investment bank bosses will definitely run into trouble with Sassafras." Shen Lang gloated.

Lei Jun still frowned: "However, with Huang Zhang's stubborn personality, if we have disagreements with him in the future, it will not be easy to deal with."

Shen Lang sneered for a while: "The chip, LCD panel, operating system, and applications are all in my hands, so why worry about what he might make of it?"

Suddenly, Lei Jun felt a chill in his back, and Shen Lang unknowingly laid such a net for Meizu.

Sure enough, as Shen Lang expected, Shen Nanpeng and the others immediately changed their shape after going out from here, and went straight to the Pearl River. Sassafras was also a little surprised by the arrival of so many capital giants, and ran out to call Shen Lang on the way, asking Condition.

Shen Lang teased: "Boss Huang, if someone sends money to your door, why don't you just take it as ordered."

However, Huang Zhang rejected Shen Nanpeng's investment as usual. In Huang Zhang's impression, capital only pursues short-term interests, and Meizu has Shen Lang's capital injection before, and now it is not short of money.

Shen Nanpeng and the others could only leave depressedly. Originally they planned to use money to break through Sassafras's psychological defenses, but they didn't even listen to the offer, so they rejected it directly. It's the first time they've been investors for so many years. It's so oily and salty.

On the other side, Shen Lang hung up Huang Zhang's phone, and then called Wang Tao and Li Xuelin to the office.

"When is [Zhu Xian] expected to conduct an internal test?" Shen Lang asked.

The number of players online at the same time in Jianyu Jianghu has dropped to 50. This is also an inevitable result. Due to the double impact of World of Warcraft and [Zhengtu] closed beta, it is not easy to maintain this level.

Wang Tao looked distressed and said: "Mr. Shen, I'm afraid this is still uncertain, at least it will not be until the third quarter."

Shen Lang didn't get angry. The early development of [Zhu Xian] focused on the development of the game engine, which delayed a lot of time. In fact, the game development team was only given one and a half years, and it could be rushed out in the third quarter. Already tried my best.

"Well, don't worry too much, it's still the same sentence, quality comes first." After comforting Wang Tao, Shen Lang said to Li Xuelin.

"Xingchen Chinese.com is currently developing well, but don't just focus on male-based novels, but also female-based novels."

Li Xuelin was about to nod when Shen Lang continued to ask.

"In addition, Lao Li, have you ever thought about making Xingchen Chinese website overseas?"

Both Li Xuelin and Wang Tao looked at Shen Lang in surprise, they had heard of this game going to sea, but did anyone abroad read the online articles?
Shen Lang analyzed: "There is indeed a big difference between the cultures of the East and the West. This is also one of the reasons why many of our excellent literary works are not read abroad. Putting aside the conflict of values, it is actually more of a translation problem. Many The rhetoric of Chinese culture loses its beauty after being translated, and it is not as straightforward as foreign literature.”

"However, web texts are different. There are not so many obscure words, so it is not so difficult to translate, but it is easier to be accepted by foreigners. Now that web texts have so many audiences, what do they rely on? Imagination and refreshment, each little person Counterattack, this just echoes foreigners' pursuit of individual heroism."

"Can the superpowers of Spiderman and Batman be compared to the spells that move mountains and fill seas and destroy heaven and earth at every turn?"

A look of excitement flashed in Li Xuelin's eyes. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was very challenging, but he soon asked another question.

"However, for web-to-English translation, the cost of finding a professional translator is not low. Will our upfront costs be too high?"

Indeed, in the era before artificial intelligence translation, translation was definitely a high-paying job, and many professional translators were paid according to the number of words.

Shen Lang shook his head disdainfully: "What do professional translators know about web texts? Why don't you just find those foreign students who like to read web texts to translate?"

Li Xuelin slapped his thigh and praised loudly: wonderful.

Except for a very few wealthy families, many families cannot afford the daily expenses of international students. Moreover, international students who go abroad are often dedicated to studying in China. They have no contact with society since they were young and have no life skills.

After arriving abroad, I can only do some jobs such as serving dishes in restaurants. Not to mention the low pay, I often encounter some unscrupulous bosses who blackmail their salaries, and even some female students are even harassed.

"Mr. Shen, this is a good idea. I know what to do." Li Xuelin seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du in one go.

After coming out of Shen Lang's office, he immediately summoned a few editors who usually hang out on the Internet, and began to post recruitment posts on some foreign literary forums and Facebook.

However, the effect was not good. After waiting for a day or two, few people applied for the job, and those who replied to them private messages were full of suspicion, thinking that they were liars.

Shen Lang suggested to Li Xuelin: "You haven't built a website yet, and you can't find your business registration. Others will definitely doubt it. Why don't you go to the United States to build a website first, and then recruit people? Doing business, how can you not take a risk?" risk, not investing?"

Li Xuelin scratched his head in embarrassment, and got used to careful planning in China.

Shen Lang called Shen Nanpeng and briefly explained his thoughts. Shen Nanpeng immediately expressed his willingness to communicate with Miguo Sequoia to help Li Xuelin, and at the same time asked whether Shen Lang needed investment.

Shen Lang smiled and asked: "Are you not afraid that I will lose money?"

"Investment is about investing in people. I believe Mr. Shen will not do unnecessary things." Shen Nanpeng said seriously.

Shen Lang thought for a while but refused: "The website hasn't been set up yet, and I don't know what Li Xuelin will do. Let's talk about it when we need funds later."

A few days later, Li Xuelin took Shen Lang's special approval of 500 million U.S. dollars and two editors with good English, and went to the United States. The office was completed smoothly.

Heeding Shen Lang's suggestion, Li Xuelin hired two American programmers to start building the website, which was named: Star International, Star International.

The only thing that makes Li Xuelin more angry is the working attitude of American programmers. They work eight hours a day and never work overtime. They also drink afternoon tea in the afternoon. The time spent on work is definitely not more than six hours.

This made Li Xuelin almost want to get a few programmers from China, but in the end he held back. Sometimes cultural differences still need to be taken seriously, and the best way to localize is to let local people do it.

Finally, a week later, the framework of the website was set up, and Li Xuelin couldn't wait to launch the website, but at this time the website didn't have any content, it just released a message to recruit Chinese students for translation.

Afterwards, Li Xuelin directly sent the recruitment information and URLs to various literary forums. Unexpectedly, in just one hour, he received hundreds of private letters and emails.

These replies are all asking about the specific work situation and remuneration, and the tone of some of the replies is very urgent.

Li Xuelin responded to his request, but just wrote out a sentence from the ten web articles he remembered most deeply, and filtered out 80% of the international students.

In the next few days, Li Xuelin received more and more replies, and the remaining two editors also began to join the screening process. At the same time, Li Xuelin recruited several local American literary editors and asked them to help review the translation test drafts of these foreign students , mainly to let them see with the eyes of Americans whether these translated works conform to the reading habits of Americans.

After tossing for half a month, the first batch of works were finally uploaded to Xingchen International, among which was the popular work [Beast Blood Boiling] [Little Soldier Legend] on Xingchen Chinese website

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