Chapter 376 The person who forgot to bring his wallet

"Did the deal break down?"

"Yeah~ OK, I get it!"

"It's okay~ Business is business~ It won't affect you!"

In the red Xiali parked on the side of the Third Ring Road, Chen Li shook his head after hanging up the phone.

"What? I'm in love with you. I'm worrying for nothing."

"Huh~!"

Chen Li was speechless and even muttered to himself, but in the end he let out a sigh of relief.

Two days ago, Chen Li abstained from voting on Red Pony's acquisition of Tengxun after discovering that his management was a bit lenient.

Originally, Chen Li was ready to influence the world again, but as a result, the matter took a turn and was shelved.

Logically speaking, if one wants to sell and the other wants to buy, this matter should be resolved easily.

However, the reality is that the price cannot be negotiated!

Yes~ Both parties directly caused this acquisition to reach a deadlock due to price issues.

This thing is actually quite normal~

Because this time Ma Xiaoteng went to Yanjing to seek buyers interested in OICQ, which was considered the first time for Tengxun.

In the past life of the Internet, there were many related rumors about Tengxun and later QQ.

For example, in the early days, Ma Xiaoteng almost sold Tencent and QQ.

This is actually not a rumor, because this program was born from the beginning. It was actually intended to be sold.

It's just that although Ma Xiaoteng and others made the things at that time, they did not sell them in the end.

In other words, the early OICQ was actually a waste.

Of course, it is somewhat exaggerated to say that it was a hit in the hand. Anyway, in the early days, OICQ did not achieve the expected results of Ma Xiaoteng and other five tigers.

If it's something ordinary, if it fails, you'll have to open a new instance again.

But at this time, the overseas ICQ that OICQ imitated was acquired by an American company for nearly US$300 million.

When ICQ was acquired by the American company, its registered users had just exceeded 10 million.

It is precisely for this reason that the acquisition price of ICQ is as high as US$287 million.

After several people from Tengxun learned about this situation, they thought of finding another way and planned to officially operate OICQ.

It's just that Internet companies have a big problem, and that is burning money.

If the 500,000 yuan invested by Tengxun Company in its early days was thrown away in the Internet industry these days, it would probably be nothing.

The biggest trouble in operating OICQ is that it is impossible for OICQ to bring any income to Tencent in the short term.

In fact, it’s not that Ma Xiaoteng and others don’t know how OICQ should make money, they know it. But they can’t do it.

For social software, the best and most direct benefits are advertising and membership fees.

But this is simply impossible for OICQ, which has just established and started operations!

During this period of time, it is impossible for anyone to seek out OICQ for advertising, and it is also impossible for users to pay Tengxun membership fees for using OICQ.

At the very least~ it’s impossible in a short time!

Therefore, Ma Xiaoteng and others know very well that without new sources of funds, Tengxun and OICQ will not be able to survive the day of dawn.

So here comes the multiple-choice question~Should we persevere until we win? Or should we cash out in time?

Ma Xiaoteng and others chose the latter!

The reason is very simple~ Ma Xiaoteng and others founded Tengxun without many lofty reasons.

To put it bluntly~ Since you are starting a company, the ultimate goal is to make money.

In order to establish Tengxun, Ma Xiaoteng and others invested more than half a million yuan in it. If they cannot make a profit before the money is burned out, then the situation they will face will be very uncomfortable.

In fact, before coming to Yanjing, Ma Xiaoteng had already found some people in cities such as Shencheng and Yangcheng.

It's just that the Internet in China has just started these days, and most people actually don't know much about the Internet.

The Internet is booming now, so many people are actually very interested in the derivatives of the Internet.

But it is precisely because of their lack of understanding that everyone is a little cautious about the Internet.

To put it bluntly, many people in China have very little understanding of the Internet, and they are not willing to invest heavily in the Internet.

Many people are willing to pay for the Internet ~ but there is actually a limit.

Once this limit is reached or exceeded, people will be less willing to pay.

This is actually the reason why early domestic Internet companies were unable to raise money from domestic bosses, because they wanted far more than those bosses were willing to give.

In fact, it’s not the bosses’ fault.

After all, China at this time has unlimited business opportunities and there are so many ways to make money. Why choose the Internet?

If nothing else, take real estate as an example. As long as you have money, invest in the real estate market. Basically, just wait and count the money!

It’s not that you can’t invest in the Internet, but compared to many traditional industries, the Internet is too risky and not worth investing too much money.

This is also one of the reasons why Ma Xiaoteng in his previous life went around selling Tengxun but could not sell it.

In his previous life, when Ma Xiaoteng was selling Tengxun, he was almost at the end of his rope. If he had not found financing later, Tengxun and QQ would probably not exist in the future.

If it were true that in his previous life, Ma Xiaoyun came out and said that he wanted to spend two to three million to buy Tengxun, I guess Ma Xiaoteng would have laughed so hard.

But at this time in the first half of 1999, Ma Xiaoteng was still dreaming of selling Tengxun for a lot of money.

Ma Xiaoteng’s idea is very simple~ICQ’s 10 million registered users have sold nearly 300 million US dollars.

Although there are currently less than 200,000 registered OICQ users of Tengxun, the current growth rate of Tengxun users is there.

Not to mention selling for 300 million US dollars, but 5 million Chinese coins are still worth it, right?

Yes~ In Ma Xiaoteng’s opinion, Tengxun is currently worth at least 5 million!

But in Ma Xiaoyun's view, the current OICQ, let alone 5 million, is actually not worth even 2 million.

The reason why he was able to give a high price of 2 to 3 million was because he felt that Chen Li was very optimistic about this project.

Ma Xiaoyun is not stupid. He knows that Chen Li values ​​this project, which at least means that the OICQ project must be headed.

Therefore, he is willing to pay a little more for Chen Li's vision. But this price is limited!

Three million is the limit that Ma Xiaoyun can afford, because if it is any higher, it is actually not worth it.

It's very simple~ If you spend millions to buy OICQ, it is actually better than Red Pony spending money to re-create the instant messenger software.

Ma Xiaoyun believes that if he is willing to spend 3 million to build an instant messaging software similar to OICQ, the final effect will definitely exceed the current OICQ.

The reason why he didn't choose to do it himself was because the current red pony was really short of people.

The supporting facilities for a red pony security guard have not yet been developed. It is really difficult for the red pony to open a new dungeon!

So ~ Ma Xiaoyun feels that if Tengxun and OICQ can be acquired at a price of three million, it is still within an acceptable range.

But if it exceeds this price, it’s not worth it!

Rather than spending more money to acquire Tencent and OICQ, it would be better to wait for the red pony to recruit troops and open a new copy.

So here’s the problem. Ma Xiaoteng thinks that Tencent and OICQ are worth at least five million, but Ma Xiaoyun is only willing to pay three million for Tencent and OICQ at most.

Under such circumstances, the two sides naturally cannot reach an agreement!

In fact, it's not that we can't reach an agreement, but that Ma Xiaoyun in 1999 was not as comfortable with business negotiations as he was later.

This guy is good at deceiving people, but he is far worse at serious business negotiations than his assistant Cai Qixin.

Unfortunately, it was Ma Xiaoyun who made the decision on this matter. Cai Xinxin, who had just joined Red Pony, did not have much say yet.

And according to Ma Xiaoyun, Cai Xinxin is actually not very optimistic about OICQ.

The reason why Cai Xinxin is not optimistic about OICQ is not that he is not interested in social software.

But Cai Xinxin knows very well that OICQ is actually a copycat of ICQ.

If OICQ is from Tengxun, it will naturally not matter. But if OICQ becomes a product of Red Pony, then there are some things that need to be paid attention to.

Cai Xinxin's worries are justified, because in his previous life, Stenxun was sued by the American company that acquired ICQ.

It is precisely for this reason that Ma Xiaoteng changed the name of OICQ to QQ.

But to be honest, this is actually opportunistic.

That is to say, Tengxun is a Chinese company, and international litigation is really troublesome. If it were an American company, Tengxun would probably be sued directly for bankruptcy by the company that acquired ICQ.

To be honest~ It is probably because of this time that Ma Xiaoteng tasted the benefits, so Tengxun later habitually imitated and copied others for a long time.

If that American company had chosen to sue Tengxun from the beginning, would Tengxun in its previous life have been so keen on copycats and imitations?

Uh. Okay~ This doesn't really make sense.
To be continued...