Chapter 160 Sorry, I refuse! "I understand the significance of IDG's investment, otherwise I wouldn't have responded positively to your kindness..." Upon hearing this, everyone in Pitt's team rolled their eyes. Leaving someone out in the cold for almost half a month is called a positive response? When one of our own employees brings people to a small open-air table to drink "Starry Sky" tea dregs, this is considered a positive response? That's a great response. Don't respond like that next time. Lu Shan has lived two lives and has a very stable mentality. He continued, "If you can't make decisions for your own company, then what's the point of it existing? Besides, IDG has many examples of failure in managing startups... This shows that your management level is also questionable." Lu Shan didn't name anyone, but it was obvious that he was talking about UC. Although he didn't say the rest, everyone understood what Lu Shan meant, which was that IDG's specific management capabilities were not good enough. This was a slap in Pete’s face in front of everyone. At this time, the members of Peter's team were embarrassed, and one of them said, "Mr. Lu Shan, we came here with sincerity, but you have never shown sincerity." "Nothing in the world is perfect. IDG has indeed had investment and business failures, but top Internet giants in Xiaguo such as Penguin and Baidu are also our success stories." "Mr. Lu Shan, I think you may not understand the company's operations and advanced business philosophy!"
These are very serious words. This time, Peter didn't say anything. He was also angry. At this time, Jiang Luowen from the investment promotion department and the assistant to the president of Jiangzhou University subconsciously wiped their sweat. The negotiation was going to fail! So Jiang Luowen quickly tried to smooth things over: "Everyone, take a break first. Student Lu Shan, you should also think about it for a while. Negotiations are bound to go back and forth. It's impossible to kill someone in one go..." Lu Shan felt a little helpless. He had clearly made concessions and agreed to the other party to send a team to manage the industry. According to his idea, if he already had a complete team, he would not want IDG to send a team over. They were all arrogant and had a sense of superiority as investors, and were not down-to-earth. How could he lead such a team? After a long while, Lu Shan spoke again: "How much investment my company is worth depends on my products, not other trivial matters. If the wine is good enough, it will be popular. Besides, Jiyue Company has opened up other channels. I believe that other investors will come to inquire soon." As soon as these words came out, Pete's heart started beating fast. Capital pursues profits, so there is no such thing as a ban. If IDG does not make this money, other institutions will take advantage of the situation. But the problem now is that he cannot agree to such conditions. He must discuss it with the headquarters and strive for more rights and interests. Otherwise, after the deal is completed, he and even IDG will become a joke. The meeting ended unpleasantly. Pete and his group all had gloomy faces. Lu Shan sat there calmly and didn't even bother to pretend to be nice when he got up to see them off. Jiang Luowen and the principal's assistant sent the person out in a gentle manner, and continued to persuade him. "Young people don't understand a lot of things. We can just go back and do some work. We can discuss the conditions of both parties. This matter can still be discussed!" Jiang Luowen forced a smile on his face but cursed in his heart, wondering if Lu Shan's vision was too high. Jiang Luowen is in charge of investment promotion and he knows that Lu Shan’s conditions are not excessive. The first installment is 5 million dollars, what about the follow-up? I can't even imagine it. Such a large order must not fly! The assistant principal also chimed in, saying that if this investment was implemented, the entire school would benefit. Lu Shan's project had already been tested in the school, and the school could use Lu Shan's project as an example to strive for some national computer research projects and get more abundant resources. Now it seems to be gone, and he feels it is a great pity. When Chen Qiyi left, he patted Lu Shan on the shoulder and said, "Someone should come talk to you later. Remember to call me then!" "Thank you, President Chen, for your kindness!" Lu Shan accepted the gift. As expected, Jiang Luowen went back and reported the matter to Huang Tianlin. Huang Tianlin was unhappy, but the investment target was the students' private enterprise, not a government project, so he had no choice but to call the school and ask them to try for it. Zeng Mingxiang couldn't deal with such a matter directly, so he asked Dean Zhou Wei of the School of Computer Science to talk to Lu Shan. He was very familiar with the student Lu Shan. He had handled the previous incident personally and approved the use of the server. "Lu Shan, it would be a shame if IDG's investment was gone. I don't deny that there will be other investors, but it will delay the company's development."
"Of course, the school supports whatever decision you make, but the conditions given by IDG are not that harsh." "For start-up Internet companies in the market, it is common practice to give 15% equity in the angel round, but 15% equity worth 500 million is quite rare. IDG is still a well-known venture capital institution in the industry, especially for Internet companies. The financial and industry connections behind it are not something you can match on your own." Lu Shan, however, was a person who came from the future and was very clear about what was going to happen next. However, he would not speak out, but instead half-jokingly and half-seriously explained the reason: "The benefit of accepting these terms from IDG is that you will get 15 million US dollars immediately, but what about the later stage? In the first round of financing, you have to hand over % of the equity. What about the second and third rounds? Then I can only work for Wall Street. They can be both the black knight and the white knight. So I can only be given Class B shares and cannot have decision-making power. " Zhou Wei thought about it and it seemed to be true. Referring to what happened in Xia State a few years ago, it was exactly the same. Through various tricks, they obtained absolute controlling rights. Whether it was a loss of state-owned assets is still being discussed. So Zhou Wei understood Lu Shan's approach and stopped persuading him. Lu Shan did not finish telling the true situation. The real situation was even more serious than what he said. Foreign capital invaded Xia State, looking for white gloves to continuously invest in Xia State's emerging industries, striving to control all of Xia State's emerging industries, and immediately invest as soon as there was any sign of success. Tourism, entertainment, games, every money-making field, Western capital wants to control it. These capitals even want to reach into people’s food baskets and affect their food problem. From the moment capital was born, every pore was bloody. After a busy day, Lu Shan returned to the dormitory. Gao Chuan took a look and immediately greeted: "How is the project worth hundreds of billions?" "The people who gave me the money wanted me to listen to them, but I disagreed, so I refused." Gao Chuan stuttered, "Eh? No, buddy, hundreds of billions won't make you obey? Just give me tens of thousands!" Quan Hai was reading a book to prepare for the make-up exam while saying disdainfully: "You brag without even a draft, and you're still involved in the pornographic project worth several hundred million yuan tonight..." Lu Shan smiled and asked Quan Hai with concern: "How are you preparing for the make-up exam? The information in your hand looks familiar." "Oh, it's you who organized the materials for us. I lent it to Quan Hai." Gao Chuan was a simple-minded person. Although he felt that Quan Hai was pretentious, he couldn't bear to see Quan Hai fail the make-up exam. This was embarrassing. Quan Hai really hadn't thought about this. He just asked Gao Chuan for some information. He didn't expect that the information was quite good, so he kept reading it. It turned out that it was compiled by Lu Shan. Lu Shan didn't bother with people like Quan Hai. He would never be able to see his own figure even if he looked up in his entire life. After dinner, Lu Shan went to Jiyue Company, and Zheng Kaige had already arrived. Except for attending classes and eating, Zheng Kaige basically stays here, working when there is something to do and reading when there is nothing to do. He is not exposed to wind, rain, cold or heat and is very content. Seeing the boss coming, Zheng Kaige immediately stood up and asked about the progress: "How is the negotiation going? Those foreign devils, the fake foreign devils didn't tell me much." "The first round is 15 million, % equity, and the operation team will join the management." "The terms are good. Have you signed?" "I refused!" "Ah?" Zheng Kaige just felt sorry, "What if IDG runs away? What about the five million dollars?" Five million US dollars, Zheng Kaige calculated how many zeros it would be after converting it into RMB. "Don't worry, IDG will definitely come back. In order to speed up the process, we need to optimize the Extreme Browser and prepare for version . I will build the framework in the next few days, and you can do some filling in." "Ok!" Lu Shan settled down in the company and started working on the update, which was completed in less than two days. Because the algorithm was already stable, the only thing that changed was the gameplay. The focus of the update is on segmenting and diversifying consulting content. First, the browser's consultation section is subdivided into news consultation, entertainment, sports, technology, finance and other content, allowing users to check according to their preferences and thus receive accurate push notifications.
Secondly, originality is encouraged. No matter who you are, you can open your own column or contribute to related columns. The income is naturally distributed according to the effective click volume. Those who simply increase the click volume will be identified by the program and then deducted. For excellent original creators, the website will sign a contract and provide a guaranteed plan. If they provide a sufficient number of works, they will have a fixed income. The content will be evaluated, and if the quality is greatly reduced, the guaranteed income will be reduced or the cooperation will be terminated. In the area of advertising, Lu Shan has relaxed restrictions. Many advertisements were rejected before, but now more advertisements are accepted after review. Those advertisements are arranged reasonably and have a conspicuous close button. As for the product link behind the advertisement that automatically pops up after three seconds, Lu Shan didn't even think about it and warned Zheng Kaige not to do it, because the person who invented this game has forced hell to open another nineteen layers to accommodate him, and the first eighteen layers of hell can't accommodate his sins... Updates are released quickly, there are very few bugs, and users are enjoying using it. "Fuck, Ji Yue is the worm in my stomach, he knows exactly what I like." “Sometimes I deliberately go in and out of some content pages, for fear that Ji Yue will think I don’t like it.” "Brother, is there a pretty girl on the webpage you are looking at?" "Nonsense! I was just reading someone else's fishing post! You are slandering me!" "..." Users can find the content they want to watch more quickly through a simpler layout, which is really refreshing. Although there are ads popping up, the interval is very long, and you can just click on it casually without jumping to the link. With advertising, Jiyue’s revenue increased by several levels. The increasing popularity of the Jiyue Browser has made Pete unable to sit still. (End of this chapter)