Chapter 489 Looking forward to it
“After Himalayan Radio is established, Sequoia Investment will see it!”
Moritz wanted to wait and see before making a decision, but Li Dongling did not force anyone to do anything difficult. Begging for Moritz or something.
What Radio Himalaya lacks now is not funding, but resources and connections!
But since Sequoia Investment is not willing to place a bet immediately, then if Himalayan Radio goes online, if it performs well, Sequoia Investment will rush over to give money without asking.
Holding this banquet today is actually to tell Silicon Valley that Himalayan Radio has appeared, and to let Silicon Valley, the center of the American Internet, know about the existence of Himalayan Radio.
The last thing to rely on is the performance of Himalayan Radio. If you are a flower blooming, butterflies coming, whether you are a mule or a horse, you have to walk through it to understand.
“Yahoo will support Himalayan Radio!”
After Moritz left, Yang Zhiyuan expressed his attitude to Li Dongling, which was also a thank you to Li Dongling for his support to the Yahoo founder team.
Li Dongling is still counting on the rewards that Yahoo will bring to the Zhixing Foundation. How can he allow it, someone will cut off Yahoo halfway!
If Yahoo can reach the market value of its previous life after going public, at its peak, Yahoo's market value exceeded US$128 billion. Based on the 7.5% stake in Yahoo held by the Zhixing Foundation, the value of this equity will exceed US$9.6 billion!
Of course, it is impossible for such a large amount of US dollar stocks to be cashed out at high points. Basically, after Yahoo’s market value approaches one hundred billion US dollars, it will start to slowly cash out. At the highest point, Yahoo! The stock was almost completely sold off, so I kept a little as a souvenir and retained my identity as a member of Yahoo's board of directors. Li Dongling would not snatch the last piece of steel from Yahoo!
“I believe in Yahoo’s founding team and that under your leadership, Zhiyuan, Yahoo can exceed outside expectations. The vote in the hands of Yahoo’s board of directors and the Zhixing Foundation will always be for you! ”
Li Dongling’s chicken soup export made Yang Zhiyuan, who has seen the intrigue between Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions in recent years, deeply moved.
Not all venture capitalists will be like Li Dongling, who has almost unconditional support for the founder of the company. It is normal for the venture capital company to abandon the founder, turn against the founder of the company, and kick him out. Nothing strange at all.
On the contrary, it is quite rare in Silicon Valley for Li Dongling to be so supportive of the founder. Yang Zhiyuan feels that only investors from his hometown in the mainland can have such a situation in a place where only US dollars are used as the standard. The drama between Zhong Bole and Chollima!
"As long as I am still at Yahoo, Yahoo will support Himalayan Radio, I promise!" Yang Zhiyuan said solemnly to Li Dongling.
Li Dongling looked at Yang Zhiyuan's expression and wondered what was going on in his heart, but looking at Yang Zhiyuan's expression, Li Dongling nodded.
More than half of the banquet, Li Dongling collected a lot of business cards, many of which were founders of Silicon Valley start-up companies, and gave Li Dongling business cards.
Although the Zhixing Foundation is not as famous as Sequoia Investments, KPCB, etc. in Silicon Valley, its two bets, Yahoo and Soxin, are now very famous, especially since Yahoo is about to go public. The 100% success rate has made many small Internet companies want to try their luck with Li Dongling.
"Li!"
"We need to talk!"
After Li Dongling greeted the founders of several small Internet companies, Steve Kihir, president of Soxin, couldn't help but Found Li Dongling.
Looking at Steve Kihir’s serious look, Li Dongling glanced at the time and said, “Tomorrow, go to the Himalayan Silicon Valley office to talk!”
Steve Kihir hesitated After a while, he nodded. Although he was anxious, he also knew that some things couldn't be rushed, and he didn't care about the time of the night.
"What's going on over there?"
When the banquet entered the second half, Li Dongling, who had drunk a lot of drinks, quit and returned to the hotel conference room and asked Zhou Hualiang.
He is in charge of Dongling Hi-tech's business in America, including Feiyan Technology, Zhixing Foundation and other businesses. Zhou Hualiang naturally knows the things about Soxin the best.
“I’m afraid it’s mainly a matter of funding. Internet companies don’t have enough funding. Not all Internet companies are as lucky as Netscape and Yahoo, being able to go public within a year and a half, or to receive large amounts of venture capital. ." Zhou Hualiang said.
The funding for Soxin is about to bottom out, but the search industry is not favored by investors and is considered a money-losing product!
Netscape plays with browsers, and Yahoo has never claimed that it is a search company, but the concept of a portal. Soxin is a search company through and through. No one knows how to monetize search. Naturally Not welcome anymore.
The venture capital companies in Silicon Valley do not want to see search companies such as Soxin and ASK at all. Seeing that their funds are about to be burned out, coupled with the news that Yahoo is going to go public, some excitement has come to the Soxin company.
After all, Souxin and Yahoo were invested by the Zhixing Foundation at the same time. However, seeing that Yahoo is so popular and is about to go public with a large amount of venture capital, Souxin has to hold back. How can you be willing to live with a tight belt?
Hearing the situation of Souxin, Li Dongling thought for a moment. He must not let Souxin collapse. No matter what, he must let it survive. When the Internet market fully picks up, let it go public, or like Just like in the previous life, find a big financier like Disney to take over Souxin.
But no matter what, within the next two years, Souxin must not be allowed to collapse. How much relief food must be prepared for Souxin, and the poisonous chicken soup cannot be stopped! ……
“Larson, we are in charge of Silicon Valley Himalayan Radio and will put it online as soon as possible!
What you need to do is to recruit needed creators for Himalayan Radio and build momentum. Let the podcast creators and podcast program content on the Himalaya platform form public opinions and topics in America and attract more people’s attention!”
After the banquet, in the hotel conference room, Li Dongling, Yao Luoying, Zhou Hualiang, and Xu Yansheng, Larson, who had drank a lot, was also present.
Larson will return to New York tomorrow. Li Dongling has many things that need to be entrusted to him. The most important thing is that Larson needs to recruit many special and talented podcast creators for Himalaya Radio. who.
For example, some people who support the flat earth theory are asked to promote their flat earth theory on Himalayan Radio. There are also people with big mouths and unbridled speech who are asked to spray vigorously, criticize the sky and the earth, and complain about the air. Frustrated hip-hop rappers, etc., can be recruited.
We are not afraid of their loud mouths and unrestrained speech, but we are afraid that they will not let go. Only when there is controversy can there be topics. Only when topics have topics can we attract more people's attention. Only when people pay attention can there be traffic. The Internet Once the company has traffic, it can go public!
“I know,” Larson said, although his face was full of alcohol, but his eyes were still shining, “Li, don’t worry, I will find the talents you need as soon as possible, but to be honest, they Can it really help Himalayan Radio?”
To be honest, Larson is a little skeptical about the creators of the Himalaya podcast that Li Dongling needs. He knows that he is not a good bird, but the group of people Li Dongling is looking for , obviously not a serious person, at least they are almost completely different from those people who appear in traditional media.
“The Internet is a completely different platform from traditional media. Sometimes novelty can attract attention and traffic. A dog biting a man is not news, but a man biting a dog is!”
Li Dongling briefly explained the logic of the Internet to Larson, and Larson scratched his head. Although he was still a little confused, he felt that Li Dongling's theory seemed to be correct...
Black and red, too. Hong, in the past life, countless people were on the Internet, and in order to become famous, they almost resorted to any means, even if they were ruined, because it was really profitable!
As long as you become popular, have traffic, and start a live broadcast, even if there are countless people scolding you, but by feeding and giving rewards, you can earn a monthly income that ordinary people can earn in half a year or even several years. Once it is popular, Under such circumstances, it is not a problem to be shameless and live broadcast to bring goods, and it is not a problem to make millions a month. If it is cleared up in the later stage, there is no chance that advertisers will receive sponsorships.
For some people, face and conscience are nothing. If the money is gone, you can make money again, but if you don’t have conscience and face, you can make more money.
It is precisely because it is profitable that "outliers" appear on the Internet. After all, who is willing to do something that is not beneficial?
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The next day, Li Dongling and Yao Luoying got up from the hotel where they stayed in Silicon Valley and headed towards the Himalaya Silicon Valley office.
In the office, unlike yesterday, today the worries of Ma Chaoyang, Shi Beiyang and other Himalaya employees have all been wiped away.
When they learned that the parent company of Ximalaya Internet Radio was Feiyan Technology, and Feiyan was owned by Dongling Hi-Tech, Ma Chaoyang and the others did not need to worry at all.
With Dongling Hi-Tech as a big sponsor, as long as Himalaya is not stretched too much, there is no need to worry about the big sponsor not being able to support it, and there is no need to worry about funding!
Especially at the banquet last night, Ma Chaoyang and the others understood that the parent company was obviously preparing to use Himalaya to compete with the American Internet industry in Silicon Valley!
“This is Himalaya Internet Radio. The most important technical engineer is Justin Frank. This guy’s name will definitely appear in the history of the Internet in the future!”
General Manager of Himalaya Radio Silicon Valley Company After Lu Kui, Li Dongling and others came to the technical department, they praised the technician without hesitation in front of a technician who looked a bit immature and obviously young.
“Himalaya Radio, the most important AMPMP3 digital playback engine program, as well as compression technology, was developed by Justin. This program supports MP3, MP2, MOD, XD and other formats!”< br>
Lu Kui told Li Dongling about the contribution of Justin, who was only nineteen years old. If the Himalayan Internet Radio Station was launched, it would be inseparable from the software developed by Justin.
(End of this chapter)