You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 74 I really want to build a campus network
Qin Shaoyan's brows were furrowed when he came out of the Sequoia Capital headquarters.

Even though he was talking and laughing when facing Taylor, he seemed confident and had everything under control.

In fact, he didn't feel relaxed at all, and his nerves were tense.

This is not the first time he has met investors. He has done this kind of work several times in his previous life.

Although it is not successful every time, the effect is pretty good every time.

Domestic local bosses are both ignorant and confident. As long as the story is told well, they can succeed three or four times out of ten.

But the United States is different. After all, it is a beacon of capitalism.

Those who make venture capital are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Qin Shaoyan's comprehensive set of Internet concepts, coupled with new concepts of business models, tell a big and round story.

If it were placed domestically, venture capital would basically pay for it.

What a shame, the plan was a good one.

Taylor wasn't fooled at all.

Qin Shaoyan had actually sensed Taylor's greed and his restless ambition, but these were restrained by Taylor's excellent professionalism.

Qin Shaoyan defeated an entire army with his backhand, causing him to become paralyzed immediately.

At that time, Qin Shaoyan's hand holding the coffee trembled. Fortunately, he had solid professional skills and covered it up.

Taylor asked to see the group buying business model of the domestic Xiaonei network. This really caught Qin Shaoyan's weakness.

Because Xiaonei.com is just an empty platform, with only 20 to registered users, and less than % of its daily active users.

Let alone group buying, he hasn’t even developed e-commerce yet.

Now, he had to seize the time and solidify the PPT that he had blown out. Even if it was just a fool, he had to show it off.

Otherwise, the valuation of one billion US dollars will be discounted, and it will be a green and beautiful knife.

In this day and age, beautiful knives are still very valuable.

……

Qin Shaoyan hurriedly found Zhang Minyi and said with a serious face, "Hurry up and pack your things, we are going back home immediately."

Zhang Pingyi, who was still studying the Facebook code, was very confused, "Why are you so anxious?"

"We have encountered a big trouble." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "We must return home as soon as possible to remedy the situation."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Pingyi asked jokingly, "Is your game exposed?"

"Almost." Qin Shaoyan was a little helpless, "But it's almost there."

Zhang Pingyi was stunned. After two seconds, he realized that Qin Shaoyan was not joking and asked hurriedly: "What happened?"

"I went to meet the investor today, Taylor from Sequoia Capital." Qin Shaoyan looked regretful, "I asked him for US$200 million in financing."

"Two hundred million dollars?!" Zhang Pingyi was completely shocked and jumped up from his chair, "Do you really dare to ask for it?!"

Qin Shaoyan was very melancholy, "He didn't give it to me."

Zhang Pingyi was relieved and praised: "Mr. Taylor has a sharp eye."

"Venture investors in the United States are well-informed." Qin Shaoyan agreed, "We have seen countless colleagues like us, and we have developed a sharp eye. It is really not easy to deceive them."

After all, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, so what are they talking about?

Zhang Pingyi consoled him: "If you really can't change the company, lower the valuation. You're not short of money now, so there's no need to take such risks."

Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "Taylor did not reject my financing request, but he had a condition." Zhang Pingyi suddenly felt something was wrong and asked with a vigilant look: "What condition?"

"He will go to China in April next year to see our school network and its business model." Qin Shaoyan then recounted today's meeting with Taylor in an understated manner.

"School network? Business model?" Zhang Pingyi was dumbfounded after hearing this, "We don't have anything, what can we show to others?!"

"So, this is the problem we have to solve." Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi sincerely, "Master Zhang, you have to help me."

"No." Zhang Pingyi looked confused and shocked, "How can I help you? I can't force Taylor to invest money for you with a gun."

"That's not necessary." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "In this business of ours, it's all about the brains."

"This time we have to really build up the campus network, instead of just being empty like before."

"My original plan was to use Facebook's financing, and then use part of the money to return to China and burn up the campus network."

"It's a pity that the plan didn't change quickly." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "Now we have to burn our own money."

Qin Shaoyan did not lie to Zhang Pingyi this time, that was his original plan.

After using Facebook to obtain this financing, he returned to China with part of the money in the name of exploring international markets.

Using U.S. venture capital funds to build a domestic website would be extremely fun to burn.

Even if domestic competitors appear, small fish and shrimps cannot make any waves. Even if big fish ends up, you have to consider whether the consumption is worth it.

After all, if you take out 10 to 20 million US dollars casually, it will be magnified eight times through the exchange rate. Such a sum of money is an astronomical figure on the domestic Internet.

Zhang Pingyi was shocked by Qin Shaoyan's plan and was silent for a long time. "Tell me the truth. What do you think? Do you really want to build a campus website?"

"Of course." Qin Shaoyan was a little dumbfounded, "Can I still lie to you?"

"I thought you preferred playing games." Zhang Pingyi said with a complicated expression.

"Huh?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "How did you tell?"

"Because you were in high spirits when you were in V Club, and you were always excited when you talked about games." Zhang Pingyi sighed, "I didn't see any true feelings on your campus website and Facebook. .”

Qin Shaoyan sighed, his acting skills are usually not good enough.

"I do prefer game production." Qin Shaoyan said in a rare sincerity tone, "When I first came to you, I really wanted you to help me make games, but building a campus network is by no means a mere painting."

"We are business partners, and I won't hide it from you." Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi seriously, "The purpose of making stand-alone games is to quickly accumulate funds, and then use the money to expand the team and establish a social platform."

"We will definitely expand into the field of online games in the future, and social platforms can provide low-cost traffic for online games, and the profits from online games can feed back to social platforms."

"So social networking sites are an important part of the game industry, so the campus network is still very important to me."

Zhang Mingyi nodded. This rhetoric sounded much more reasonable and formed a logical closed loop.

"But there is a problem." Zhang Pingyi frowned, "But except for you, no one among us understands group buying. Is this thing complicated?"

Qin Shaoyan said very sincerely: "It doesn't matter, I don't understand either."

"Ah?!" Zhang Pingyi was stunned. "Isn't that the end?"

"But Taylor doesn't understand." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "We don't really need to make a group buying model, but just make one that looks like a group buying."

"How to do it specifically?" Zhang Pingyi asked hurriedly, "Have you thought about it?"

"Absolutely." Qin Shaoyan replied.

"What do you mean almost?"

"Brother Dong needs to cooperate in this matter." Qin Shaoyan held his chin and said thoughtfully, "Brother Dong and we are brothers, and it's time for him to contribute."

(End of this chapter)