Chapter 74 I really want to build a campus network
Qin Shaoyan came out of Sequoia Capital headquarters with a frown on his face.
Although he was talking and laughing when facing Taylor, he seemed confident and had everything under control.
In fact, he was not relaxed at all, and his nerves were tense.
This is not the first time that 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.
The local local bosses in China 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.
Venture investors are not fuel-efficient.
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 pity, the plan is a good one.
Taylor was not fooled at all.
Qin Shaoyan had actually felt 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 be 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 school network. This really caught Qin Shaoyan's weakness.
Because Xiaonei.com is just an empty structure, with only 60,000 to 70,000 registered users, and less than 20% of its daily active users.
Forget about group buying, he hasn’t even developed e-commerce yet.
Now, he must seize the time and solidify the PPT he blew out. Even if it is just a fool, he must 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.
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Qin Shaoyan hurriedly found Zhang Minyi and said with a serious face, "Hurry up and pack your things, we are going back to China immediately."
Still studying his face Zhang Pingyi, who was reading the 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, "Your game has been exposed. ?”
“Absolutely.” Qin Shaoyan was a little helpless, “But it’s almost done.”
Zhang Pingyi was stunned. After two seconds, he realized that Qin Shaoyan didn’t seem to be joking. Asked: "What happened?"
"I went to meet the investor today, Taylor from Sequoia Capital." Qin Shaoyan looked regretful, "I asked him for $200 million in financing. ”
"Two hundred million dollars?!" Zhang Minyi was completely shocked and jumped up from his chair, "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 very much and agreed, "People like us are very knowledgeable. I have seen many of my colleagues and have developed sharp eyes. It is really not easy to deceive them."
After all, they are all foxes for thousands of years, so what are you talking about?
Zhang Pingyi comforted: "If you really can't find another company, lower the valuation. You are not short of money now, so there is no need to take such risks."
Qin Shaoyan said helplessly, "Taylor did not refuse my financing. But he has a condition." Zhang Pingyi suddenly felt bad and asked with a vigilant look: "What condition?"
"He will come to China in April next year. Look at our school network and its business model." Qin Shaoyan then talked about today's meeting with Taylor in an understated way.
"Xiaonei network? Business model?" Zhang Pingyi was dumbfounded after hearing this, "We have nothing, what are we showing to others?!"
"So, this is the trouble we have to solve." Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Minyi very sincerely, "Zhang Tianshi, you have to help me."
"No." Zhang Minyi looked confused and shocked, " How do you ask me to help you? I can't force Taylor to invest money for you."
"That's not necessary." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "In our business, we don't have to do it with our hands. What matters is our brains. "
"This time we have to really build up the campus network, instead of just being empty like before."
"Originally, my plan was to use Facebook's financing and take advantage of it. Some of the money went back to China to 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 deceive 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 developing international markets.
Using U.S. venture capital funds to build a domestic website should be extremely fun to burn.
Even if there are competitors in the country, 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 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 shocked, "How did you see it?"
"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 not good at all.
“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 just a cakewalk.”< br>
“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 must expand into the field of online games in the future, and social platforms can provide low-cost traffic for online games, and the profits of online games can feed back to social platforms.”
"So making social networking sites is an important part of the game industry, so the campus network is still very important to me."
Zhang Pingyi nodded, this rhetoric sounded much more reasonable, and it formed a Logical closed loop.
“But there is a problem.” Zhang Pingyi frowned, “But except for you, none of us understand group buying. Is this thing complicated?”
Qin Shaoyan said very sincerely. : "It doesn't matter, I don't understand either."
"Huh?!" Zhang Pingyi was confused for a moment, "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 by almost the same?”
“Brother Dong needs to cooperate with this matter.” Qin Shaoyan held his chin and said thoughtfully, “Brother Dong and we are brothers, it’s time for him to contribute. It’s time.”
(End of this chapter)