In 1997, Ma Datang came into contact with ICQ for the first time and became its user. He also felt the charm of ICQ personally. However, ICQ had great limitations, namely its English interface and difficult operations.
As a result, ICQ has never been popularized, and most of them are only available to professional-level experts.
At that time, Ma Datang, Zhang Shidong and their partners just developed a Chinese ICQ software and then sold it to powerful companies. They did not think about operating a Chinese ICQ that required a huge investment but could not make any money.
At this time, there happened to be a powerful company that wanted to get involved in the field of Chinese ICQ. Ma Datang and others wrote a project proposal and began to develop and design it. However, during the bidding, Ma Datang and others did not win the bid, and then they decided to do it themselves.
So Zhou Hao knew that the launch of OICQ by "Tencent" was purely accidental. If that large company had not planned to get involved in the field of Chinese ICQ at that time, there would be no OICQ, and if Ma Datang and the others won the bid, there would be no "OICQ"
Tencent’s OICQ, so the subsequent success of “Tencent” was, to a certain extent, half luck and half strength.
Zhao Zebang's information contains detailed information about OICQ, and is also accompanied by a market analysis. Zhao Zebang's market analysis is very accurate. Zhou Hao is aware of the subsequent network development, so he knows that QQ has a bright future, but Zhao Zebang is now
He wrote about this market prospect, which shows his keen vision.
"Mr. Ma." After reading the plan, Zhou Hao looked up at Ma Datang, who was sitting across from him with a nervous expression, and said: "Using this software, if you really want to set up a company, the registered capital will only be one million.
RMB, but we have paid two million here, why are you still unwilling to transfer the controlling stake, and are only willing to give me 45% of the shares?"
When Zhou Hao was reading the plan just now, Ma Da Teng and Zhang Shidong arrived very nervous. After all, Zhou Hao was famous. If they could get Zhou Hao's investment, they would no longer have to go around begging grandpa and suing grandma like before.
I'm looking for a company to promote.
Now that he heard Zhou Hao's words, Ma Datang calmed down and said: "Mr. Zhou, in my opinion, neither you nor Mr. Zhao are experts in IT. The reason why I refuse to give up the controlling stake is because I'm afraid
You are not familiar with the IT industry. In this case, if you make decisions about the company because you do not understand the situation, it will be of no benefit to everyone.
If we, the knowledgeable insiders, are allowed to make development decisions, we can set the most appropriate direction for the company."
"To put it bluntly, it's to prevent laymen from commanding experts." Zhou Hao sneered: "Yes, we are not insiders in the IT industry, but even if we don't understand, we have plenty of funds, and there are people outside who are willing to use them for us.
We are experts, so you don’t have to worry about the company’s development strategy at all.”
Zhou Hao is very clear about Ma Datang's intentions. Ma Datang is not the kind of technician who only knows how to work hard. He has the ambition to become the top leader and has the ability. Otherwise, he will not be able to operate "Tencent" into a company with a market value of more than 40 billion in the future.
The behemoth of the dollar.
It is true that Ma Datang does not want to have a situation where laymen give blind orders, but ultimately it is still a matter of profit distribution. Since even Zhou Hao, the "stock god", is interested, the market prospects of this project are really very broad.
, Ma Datang saw this clearly and knew how big the profit would be, so he refused to let go of such a large piece of cake.
If it were Ma Datang ten years later, Zhou Hao would still value it more, but now Ma Datang, and especially Zhou Hao, have a clear understanding of the future development of the domestic Internet, and there is no need to accommodate Ma Datang's request.
Zhou Hao sneered and said: "Mr. Ma, any programming team in the United States can write this level of network communication software. Hum hum hum… This is not an innovative technological development.
Do you really think we can’t survive without you? You’re overestimating your capabilities.”
As Zhou Hao said, the OICQ, or QQ, developed by Ma Datang and others is not a revolutionary technology. As long as there is a strong programming team, it is not difficult to write it. Therefore, Ma Datang and others are not even qualified to invest in technology.
, let alone wishing to hold a controlling stake.
In the original history, the reason why "Tencent" was able to develop so rapidly was because no one thought about the prospects of Chinese ICQ software at that time, but Ma Datang and others discovered this business opportunity and successfully accumulated a large number of users. This created
their brilliant career.
In fact, Ma Datang's success is due to his innovative thinking and business acumen plus luck, with technical factors accounting for a small proportion.
Most of the time, innovative thinking and business acumen are the key to career success, and they are also the absolute advantages of successful people over mediocre people. But the key now is that people with this business acumen are no longer just Ma Datang, Zhou
Hao even knows the prospects and development routes of this market better than Ma Datang does today, so Ma Datang has no advantage at all in front of Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao squinted his eyes and looked at Ma Datang, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about using two million to buy the 45% of the shares. I won't even give you a penny. Just listen to me."
It is undeniable that Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong are both rare talents. If they were just ordinary technical talents without management skills, they would not be able to achieve the level of "Tencent".
However, given the choice, Zhou Hao would never cooperate with these two people, because Zhou Hao has no good impressions of them.
Yes, Zhou Hao once regarded Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong, the top figures in the emerging industry, as idols, but later he disliked them very much. The reason for this was the Internet war between "Tencent" and "360" in his previous life.
In that incident, it was meaningless who was right and who was wrong, because as things developed later, it had a profound impact on the majority of users, and the impression of domestic users on these two companies was reduced to the lowest level.
In particular, "Tencent" complains while holding users hostage, using its monopoly position in the domestic online chat market to threaten users. If they don't give up using "360", they will ban "Tencent QQ". This is like a thief stealing your money.
It's shameless to say that he was forced to do so.
In Zhou Hao's previous life, the monopoly on the domestic online chat market made Ma Datang, Zhang Shidong and others so pampered that they were so arrogant that they even ignored the requests of state departments.
In that incident, it would have been better for ordinary users, but for those who contacted customers through QQ, "Tencent"'s shameless behavior would cause them heavy losses.
For example, when Zhou Hao was doing financial work at Huangshi Group, he used QQ to contact his colleagues and some familiar staff at the tax bureau. In that incident, Zhou Hao was unable to contact the tax bureau in time.
The staff caused problems in the tax filing process and three months' salary was deducted by Huangshi Group.
With such an experience, how could Zhou Hao have a good impression of Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong?
When Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong heard Zhou Hao's decisive words, their expressions changed. They originally wanted to use OICQ technology to gain Zhou Hao's appreciation. Even if they could not have a controlling stake in the end, they could still strive for more benefits.
I never thought that Zhou Hao would abandon them completely after just one disagreement.
Even Zhao Zebang was stunned. Of course he didn't know what happened in Zhou Hao's previous life. He only thought that Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong were rare talents. Unexpectedly, Zhou Hao ignored them at all and immediately vetoed Ma Datang's excessive request.
Two people.
But Zhao Zebang would not raise any objections, because Zhou Hao was not only his brother-in-law, but also his biggest supporter of these investments, not to mention that Zhao Zebang admired Zhou Hao very much.
"Zhou, Mr. Zhou, this, this..." Ma Datang had been highly praised by Zhao Zebang before, and was told to bring him to meet the "big boss". At that time, he was already full of confidence and came here to meet Zhou Hao.
After that, Ma Datang became more confident about his future.
He never expected to be rejected by Zhou Hao so decisively. He almost begged: "Mr. Zhou, if you are not satisfied with those conditions, we can still discuss it. We can also give in to the controlling stake, as long as you are not satisfied with the conditions."
Just a portion of the shares will be enough.”
But Zhou Hao waved his hand: "It goes without saying, I have made up my mind, please come back."
After saying that, Zhou Hao handed the plan back to Zhao Zebang. Zhao Zebang didn't say anything and directly returned the information to Ma Da Teng and Zhang Shidong.
Seeing that the situation had been decided, Ma Datang and Zhang Shidong were disappointed and stunned but also a little angry. Ma Datang stood up and said to Zhou Hao: "Mr. Zhou, I know you really want to get involved in this field, but you gave up on us like this. Is it true?
Aren’t you afraid that we will vote for someone else and compete with you?”
Zhou Hao looked at Ma Datang with great interest, squinted his eyes and sneered: "What I am least afraid of is others playing against me, Run Run Shaw, and Soros. I have a lot of experience in playing against each other. How can you do this?
Just don’t let me down."
Ma Datang's expression changed again. He didn't know that Zhou Hao had competed with Run Run Shaw, but Zhou Hao's battle with financial giants such as George Soros attracted worldwide attention. Ma Datang asked himself that he did not dare to compare with big names like Soros.