You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 99 Returning to Beijing
Qin Shaoyan and Xiao Ma visited each other in a joyful atmosphere and said a few auspicious words.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Shaoyan picked up his chopsticks and started eating dumplings while thinking about Penguin's listing.

Seeing how anxious Xiao Ma is, it will probably happen in June or July this year.

Regarding the penguin empire that would become famous in the future, early penguins had an embarrassing problem.

How to make money?

As a chat software, Penguin has never found a suitable way to make money.

In the early days, money was continuously burned and the number of users continued to grow, which turned out to be a burden.

Brother Ma has tried to sell the penguin several times, but he was rejected after looking around.

When IDG invested, the senior partners took the team to the south for inspection. It is said that they sat there that night and kept asking Xiao Ma how to make money with this thing.

Until the early hours of the morning, Xiao Ma Ge finally said, "I know everyone likes this thing, but I don't know who to collect money from."

Later, after joining the Monternet plan, Penguin began to really make money.

In 2004, the vast majority of Penguin's revenue still came from Internet value-added services, and the proportion of advertising was not worth mentioning.

Why is Penguin going to be listed on the Hong Kong stock market? The United States does not recognize Penguin’s story and believes that chat software has no profit model.

The popularity of the online game market has led Internet companies to embark on a journey to make money.

In particular, Shanda and NetEase have made a lot of money from online game business, making other Internet companies jealous.

Penguin also wants to find new profit growth points and push up its market value.

It was just the first wave of testing the waters that I was deceived. The Korean online game "Triumph" I was acting as an agent went out of business very quickly.

At this time, Penguin was very anxious. He wanted to get a share of the online game market, but he was also afraid of being cheated again.

So when the big pie of the Counter-Strike online game fell on their heads, Penguin was confused internally.

Damn it, is there such a good thing?
Counter-Strike is now the well-deserved king of FPS, and this golden name alone has considerable value.

When Ren Yuxin told Brother Xiao Ma and several senior executives the news, everyone's first reaction was, you won't meet a liar, right?
Who is Qin Shaoyan? He said he could do it if he could do it?
Ren Yuxin vowed to talk about Mr. Qin’s glorious deeds, including Mr. Qin’s connections in V agency and his record-breaking sales in the United States.

There is also the golden keyboard that is "No. 1 in Chinese gaming". These are things that cannot be real anymore.

In order to verify Mr. Qin's background, Penguin also asked someone to make inquiries in the United States.

When he learned that "Plants vs. Zombies" was quite popular in North America and even continued to break sales records, Penguin no longer doubted it.

In particular, Mr. Qin went to the publishing office to hold a meeting with the leaders to discuss taking China Games to North America to cooperate with V Agency.

If the leaders have certified something, is it fake?

After confirming that Mr. Qin had many connections in V Agency and that Mr. Qin had strong production capabilities, Penguin couldn't wait to sign the contract on Mr. Qin's hand.

That's why Xiao Ma personally called me to express New Year greetings and test the sincerity of cooperation.

Qin Shaoyan's mood here is more subtle. Brother Xiao Ma is so anxious, which makes him very embarrassed.

In the next few days, apart from lying at home waiting for feeding, Qin Shaoyan was just thinking.

The New Year's Eve was short-lived. After a few days of vacation, Qin Shaoyan had successfully turned into a disgusting person and had to pack up early and prepare to return to Yanjing.

When setting off on the journey, my parents gave me serious advice and daily nagging, especially my father’s constant instructions, “You must learn well and follow the right path.”

Qin Shaoyan patted his chest and promised that he would abide by the law and embarked on his return journey.

After returning to Yanjing, Qin Shaoyan first went back to the company for an inspection and gave big red envelopes to the programmers on duty.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the company, he turned around and went to visit Brother Dong.

Brother Dong did not go back to his hometown during the Chinese New Year this year in order to successfully hold the exhibition match after the new year. He lived directly with his brothers in the company. As soon as Qin Shaoyan entered the door, he saw Brother Dong with a haggard face and counting the goods.

"Brother Dong, happy New Year." Qin Shaoyan enthusiastically came up and gave Liu Qiangdong a hug, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Dong."

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Qiangdong is still in a good mood. Although he is a little tired now, everything is developing in a good direction.

Qin Shaoyan took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to Brother Dong, "Here, give me a red envelope and ask for good luck."

Liu Qiangdong took it with a smile and sent one to Qin Shaoyan with his backhand.

Qin Shaoyan was a little dumbfounded, "This is creating GDP, right?"

"What's wrong with it? Let's get some luck." Liu Qiangdong took out the bill of goods and handed it to Qin Shaoyan, "Mr. Qin, come and take a look. This is something that will be put on the shelves in the mall after the new year."

"Well, MP3 is a bit too much, so reduce it a bit." Qin Shaoyan crossed out some small things with a pen, "You need to prepare your computer better."

"When the school term starts, we will organize a campaign to bring discounted computers to campus. Students will definitely have a demand to buy computers. The value of computers is not low, and the total amount will be considerable."

Liu Qiangdong asked: "How many computers are prepared?"

"Let's build 10,000 units first." Qin Shaoyan thought for a while, "The school should be able to absorb it."

Liu Qiangdong thought for a while, "Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei should be the three places."

"If it doesn't work, I will expand the campus network to the northeast and add three provinces." Qin Shaoyan cautiously estimated the market. It was his first time doing it, and no one had a bottom line.

"In this way, I will conduct a small survey on the website in a few days to see how many people are willing to buy computers, so that we can have a rough estimate."

"Okay, this is a good method." Liu Qiangdong praised, "It's convenient to do business online on campus. The students are very high-quality and there aren't so many weird things."

"High quality means high quality." Qin Shaoyan warned again, "Our after-sales service must be good to satisfy customers."

Liu Qiangdong nodded, "I have recruited more than a dozen maintenance masters. As long as customers have problems, we will repair them as soon as possible."

"We will set up an online customer service later to help students solve some minor software problems." Qin Shaoyan suggested, "Some people are new to computers for the first time. Some minor problems can be solved by themselves. There is no need to go out of their way to solve them." Bring it for repair."

"You can set up a QQ group and let all users join in." Liu Qiangdong added.

Speaking of the QQ group, Qin Shaoyan remembered the agreement with Brother Xiao Ma, picked up his phone and sent a message to the other party.

"I have arrived in Beijing, and penguins are welcome to visit at any time."

Brother Dong glanced at it and said, "Who are you sending this message to?"

"To the QQ boss." Qin Shaoyan replied casually, "He asked me to meet him after the year to talk about promoting the campus network."

"Mr. Qin's connections are getting better and better now." Brother Dong joked, "It would be great if Mr. Qin could get to know the president of Lenovo. We can negotiate a preferential price."

"..."

Qin Shaoyan suddenly smiled and said, "I will definitely get to know each other if I have the chance. Maybe we can win together."

"Brother Dong, we will definitely not have a small volume of goods in the future. It is best to sign long-term agreements with several computer brands to give them more discounts."

"Okay." Liu Qiangdong nodded, "I will talk to them separately and try to cut more."

"Well, you can cut more." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "We have the final say on what computers students buy in the future. I don't believe they won't be tempted."

The two were chatting enthusiastically when Qin Shaoyan's phone rang. He picked up the phone and saw that it was Brother Xiao Ma's phone.

Qin Shaoyan answered the call smoothly, "Hello, Mr. Ma."

Brother Ma didn't waste any time and said straight to the point: "Mr. Qin, I'll go there tomorrow. Is it convenient?"

(End of this chapter)