Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 593 Upstart Chen Li
At this time in 2000, as some domestic Internet companies were listed on NASDAQ one after another, a saying became popular in the domestic Internet circle.

The Three Musketeers of the Internet!
The so-called Three Musketeers refer to the founders of three Internet companies, Sohu, Wangnan and Jiulang.

The fame of these three people soared to a small peak after their company finally went public.

To put it simply, anyone in China who has a little knowledge of Internet-related information basically knows these three.

But if you want to say that the leading boss in the computer Internet circle is definitely the Fantasy Group.

Of course, the premise is that the fantasy group is really included in this circle!
In the eyes of Chen Li, a reborn person, Fantasy Group is just a large assembly factory.

But at this time in 2000, Fantasy Group was still the light of China, especially when Fantasy Group acquired IBM's PC business a few years later, Fantasy Group's reputation directly reached its peak.

In his previous life, Chen Li read some posts on the Internet, which criticized the transaction of Fantasy Group's acquisition of IBM's PC business.

In the eyes of the person who posted the post, it was a big loss for the fantasy group that staged the snake swallowing to win the other party's PC business at that time.

This point makes sense. If you look at it 20 years later, it seems to be the case.

But if it was placed in the early years of the century, no one would dare to say this.

After all, 20 years later, the mobile terminal is the king, and the PC business is basically not doing much.

But at the beginning of the century, the PC business was the king. Chen Li still remembers that after Fantasy Group acquired IBM's PC business, there was a lot of publicity in China.

The exaggeration of the media at that time even directly wrote the headline that the Fantasy Group acquired the IBM Group.

Anyway, Chen Li in his previous life thought that the Fantasy Group had acquired the entire IBM, and IBM was one of the top [-] companies in the world!

After all, Chen Li at that time didn't understand the twists and turns. When he understood later, the fantasy group had already been mobilized and attacked.

But looking back at the acquisition of the PC business at that time, Chen Li still felt that he would be happy for the fantasy group at that time.

Although some people later said that IBM's PC business was actually losing money year after year, the reason why it was sold to Fantasy Group was actually to set up a game for Fantasy.

But in any case, considering the environment of the computer industry at that time, the deal of Fantasy Group was not a loss.

Even in terms of international reputation, Fantasy Group can be said to have made a lot of money.

It's a pity that the fantasy group later made some bad moves one after another, and the development model of the fantasy group gradually exposed many problems. Just the lack of its own core technology almost made the fantasy group doomed.

Therefore, Chen Li can hate the fantasy group and his leader 20 years later, but in 2000, Chen Li must also admit that the current fantasy group is indeed the light of China.

Not to mention anything else~ Just the large amount of taxes they pay for the country every year can make many people shut up.

As for the future, that is the future, and in 2000, the leading company of the domestic computer Internet is the Fantasy Group~ There is nothing wrong with it at all!

However, after getting rid of the fantasy of leading companies, and then getting rid of the three major Internet companies under the Three Musketeers, then it is the turn of Red Pony Technology, which has always been making troubles in China in the past two years.

Even because of the strength of Red Horse Technology in the past two years, some people once compared Red Horse Technology with the three major Internet companies.

As for the reason~ it was because of Ma Xiaoyun at the time.

Don't look at this guy, although he doesn't understand computer technology, but he understands marketing~ he understands publicity~ Although they are all wild ways, the effect is really good!

In particular, the media also likes to deal with Ma Xiaoyun, after all, this guy will come up with a few news-breaking words from time to time.

Just like during the previous soft-killing battle, Ma Xiaoyun once said in an interview:

"Only talking about the ability to kill software, I'm not boasting."

"I am not targeting other antisoft companies, I can only say that their products are rubbish!"

This passage came from the mouth of Ma Xiaoyun, the CEO of Red Pony Technology, and then...he was sprayed by a bunch of people.

This guy even went to Chen Li to ask for comfort later, because what he said was actually said by Chen Li.

But Chen Li has confidence in saying this. After all, Red Horse Technology's antivirus software was exchanged from the system at that time, and he was confirmed by the system elf Xiaomeng.

And the most important thing is that Chen Li only said this in front of him and Zhou Hongyi, but he, Ma Xiaoyun, said it in front of the news media.

This guy wants to pretend to be a fork in front of the media, and being sprayed is completely self-inflicted!
And this guy has been scolded~ not once or twice, and now this guy is even used to being scolded.

The most ridiculous thing is that this guy was scolded and scolded. He found that the company's performance had actually improved. After some investigation, it was found that this had a lot to do with his frequent appearances.

Although many people are criticizing him, when some people choose antivirus and office software, the first brand that comes to mind is Red Pony Technology!

To put it bluntly~ everyone hates Ma Xiaoyun mainly because this guy does not conform to the modest and cautious image of Huaxia people.

But this has nothing to do with the products of Red Pony Technologies!
If Ma Xiaoyun is just arrogant, but Red Pony Technology's products can't keep up, then Ma Xiaoyun may be a clown.

But the problem is that although Ma Xiaoyun is arrogant~ but there is nothing to say about the products of Red Horse Technology.

Even those competitors of Red Horse Technology dare not talk about Red Horse Technology's products.

And because most of the users who use computers are young people, although Ma Xiaoyun's "arrogance" is somewhat displeasing, in the eyes of many young people, such Ma Xiaoyun has a special charm.

It is said that there are quite a few fans of Ma Xiaoyun on the Internet, and some people even set up a BBS for Ma Xiaoyun to gather fans.

This made Chen Li very speechless!

So, don't look at Ma Xiaoyun always complaining in front of him that he is a broken pot now, but in fact, no matter how he looks at it, Chen Li feels that this guy is having fun.

In short~ because of the personal charm of Ma Xiaoyun, an Internet celebrity, the popularity of Red Pony Technology has risen rapidly in the past two years.

Although it may be worse than the three old Internet companies, the difference is definitely not much.

And the most important thing is that in terms of profitability, the Red Pony Technology in 2000 could beat the three major Internet companies by a few blocks.

If it hadn't been for the Internet bubble crisis, I'm afraid that the current Red Pony Technology would have started preparations for listing on NASDAQ.

And even if the impact of the bubble crisis is huge, the company still has plans to go public in the United States, after all, the operating status of Red Horse Technology is there.

After all, companies like the three major Internet companies that have not achieved profitability can rise, and it is only a matter of time before Red Horse Technology goes public.

It was precisely for this reason that Xu Xing let Chen Li go only recently.

Because it was with Chen Li's approval that Xu Xing and the capital behind her had the opportunity to participate in the financing of Red Horse Technology.

Now that the development momentum of Red Horse Technology is unbelievable, Xu Xing is not willing to push Chen Li too much.

In case Chen Li is really upset at that time, and directly cooperates with other shareholders to wipe out her and the capital behind her, then the loss outweighs the gain.

Don't think that capital can do whatever they want. When capital encounters a super-excellent enterprise, capital will also lower their heads because of their interests.

And when an excellent company joins hands with other capital, even the capital has to worry about whether it can get the cup of cake.

As for the listing of Red Horse Technology, Chen Li did not intend to stop it.

The reason is simple~Redhorse Technology's listing definitely has more advantages than disadvantages.

After all, it is difficult for Chen Li to get more shares in the current Red Horse Technology. It is not that Chen Li has no money, but that Ma Xiaoyun dare not let Chen Li continue to get more shares.

In fact, after Red Pony Technology went through two rounds of financing, Chen Li's shares have dropped from the original 20% to less than 15%.

However, the valuation of Red Pony Technology has changed from the initial 1000 million US dollars to the later [-] million US dollars.

Although the valuation of Red Pony Technology has been lowered due to the bursting of the Internet bubble, Chen Li's shares can easily be sold for more than 1000 million, and the unit is still US dollars!

But Chen Li will definitely not sell it. In fact, he even spent some money to buy some shares from Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi some time ago. 20%.

At present ~ Ma Xiaoyun is still the largest individual shareholder of Red Pony Technology, he currently owns up to 37% of the shares of Red Pony Technology!
Chen Li became the second individual shareholder of Red Pony Technology, owning 20% ​​of the shares of Red Pony Technology.

Zhou Hongyi fell to the third place. He currently only owns 17% of the shares of Red Pony Technology.

As for the remaining shares, in addition to the 5% reserved for Red Pony Technology employees before listing, the other 21% are controlled by several capitals and institutions.

Baring Capital behind Xu Xing is one of them, and they are the capital with the most shares in Red Pony Technology among all institutions.

This also means that once Red Pony Technology is successfully listed, Baring Capital and Xu Xing will become the ones who get the biggest share of the cake among all institutions.

The same is true for Chen Li. The reason why Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi agreed to transfer the shares to him was not because they felt that Chen Li's shares were too small, but because they didn't want to hand over too many shares to capital and institutions.

But people~ everyone has needs.

If the Red Pony technology doesn't develop, it's fine, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with everyone cutting back on food and clothing for the sake of business development.

But now Red Pony Technology has become a star enterprise in the mainland Internet industry, and as the boss of the enterprise, both Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi will naturally want to improve the lives of themselves and their families.

Especially Ma Xiaoyun, this buddy partnered with Chen Li to sell the Y[-]K patch, and the first time he got the money was to buy a car and a house.

The house is a large villa, and the car is a luxury Mercedes-Benz. In short, the main focus is one consumption.

Later, because Ma Xiaoyun invested in Red Pony Technology and was "inspired" by Chen Li to make donations, he basically didn't have much money left.

Of course, as the CEO of Red Pony Technology, Ma Xiaoyun is naturally paid, even his salary is not low.

But the problem is that in the territory of Yanjing, Ma Xiaoyun, who has become the representative of the rich, naturally cannot be perfunctory in terms of basic necessities of life.

Not only him~ but also his family members, but the high consumption here in Yanjing is definitely far from what Lin'an where Ma Xiaoyun stayed in the previous life can compare with.

As for Zhou Hongyi, let alone this one, he was able to raise the money to start Guofeng Software with the support of his wife's family.

Later, Ma Xiaoyun invested in Guofeng Software, but the money was not given to Zhou Hongyi personally. If Chen Li hadn't stopped him, this person would have planned to sell part of the shares shortly after Red Pony Technology was founded.

As the saying goes, "The capital is big~ It's not easy to live in!", so both Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi intend to cash out their shares, but they are not willing to cheap capital and institutions under the influence of Chen Li on weekdays, so they can only cheap Chen Li.

It just so happened that Chen Li made a lot of money in Nasdaq before, this was no secret to Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi, but they didn't know exactly how much Chen Li made.

In the end~ Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi each transferred some shares to Chen Li, so Chen Li's current shareholding remained at 20%.

In other words, Chen Li, a young man in his early twenties, is currently the second shareholder of the famous Red Pony Technology in China.

This identity alone is enough to make Ms. Wu, a rich man from Hong Kong City, look at Chen Li with admiration.

You know, even though the valuation of Red Horse Technology has dropped to 8000 million US dollars due to the impact of the bubble crisis, this valuation...doesn't make any sense at all.

Because the current Red Horse Technology does not lack funds at all, and does not need financing.

This so-called valuation is just a judgment made by a group of institutions based on the current Internet situation.

But in fact~ Although the Internet bubble crisis had a huge impact, China's Internet industry was just in its infancy before, and the impact it could cause was relatively limited.

Not only was Red Horse Technology itself not affected by the Internet bubble crisis, but because of the rapid development of China's domestic computer industry, the momentum of Red Horse Technology's development has become even stronger.

So ~ if someone really wants to invest in Red Horse Technology, let’s not talk about whether Red Horse Technology will allow others to enter the market now.

Even if you agree, the so-called valuation of 8000 million US dollars is simply a joke.

As for Chen Li, as the second shareholder of Red Horse Technology, together with other industries under its umbrella, as well as hao123, which was previously valued at tens of millions, etc.
Chen Li, who appeared in front of Ms. Wu again, was no longer the rookie in the entertainment industry whom she had mistaken for, but a veteran of the Internet industry in the Mainland.
Nouveau riche!

(End of this chapter)