From school to cafe, Zhang Chaoyang's ideas gradually became clearer. He was not going to fool him, but planned to tell the truth.

To attract investment, one set of rhetoric for those who don’t know what you know, and another set of rhetoric for those who know what you know what you know.

Lin Zhuoyun personally brought the coffee and smiled and said, "Have you skipped class again?"

"How can you say again? I worked very hard and did it well? I used to ask for leave formally." Song Weiyang said seriously.

Lin Zhuoyun was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Ming: "Please use it slowly."

"Thanks."

Zhang Chaoyang took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Song, then I'll tell the truth. With the current situation of the Chinese Internet, it is impossible to make a profit in commercial websites, and it is impossible to have any good project content immediately. However, the Chinese Internet has developed very rapidly in the past two years, and the number of netizens has soared from hundreds to at least tens of thousands. According to my prediction, hundreds of thousands of netizens may develop next year! Do you know what this means?"

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "A brand new, blank market."

"That's right," Zhang Chaoyang smiled, "we can build commercial websites first, slowly enrich content, and slowly accumulate popularity. When China's Internet reaches a certain scale, we can immediately achieve leapfrog development. Take one step ahead and lead step by step. Now investing is to seize the market in the future, otherwise we will always fall behind."

"It's also a way of thinking." Song Weiyang nodded.

"So, is Mr. Song willing to invest?" Zhang Chaoyang was quite looking forward to it.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "Your statement is equivalent to the government's need to develop Pudong. Although Pudong is still a wasteland now, it will definitely make money in the future. So, if you ask me to invest in a piece of land in Pudong, I don't know if it is used for real estate or for building factories. There is no plan for any project, and I want me to pay for it if I have nothing to say. This seems... it's a bit of a matter of course?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "This is a strategic investment."

"There are many commercial websites in the United States, but only one Yahoo has been successfully listed," asked Song Weiyang. "How do I know if you can become Yahoo or other commercial websites that are notorious?"

"Any investment itself carries certain risks," said Zhang Chaoyang.

"That's gambling?" Song Weiyang smiled.

Zhang Chaoyang was already very relaxed and spread his hands and said, "It can be said that it is just gambling."

Song Weiyang picked up the coffee and crossed his legs and said, "A few days ago, I browsed foreign websites and saw a news. The British Shetland Times sued Shetland News, suing the other party for using hyperlinks to infringe on it, which is called the 'the first case of global links'. Do you know about this?"

"I don't know much," Zhang Chaoyang was stunned. "I have been running back and forth between China and the United States for the past two months, and have not paid much attention to British news."

Song Weiyang asked again: "Why doesn't Yahoo's trick work in China?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "The most attractive thing about Yahoo is that its search is very accurate. It relies on the global Internet market. But there is a problem in China. Most netizens are accustomed to using Chinese and can't use it even if they find a bunch of English websites. There are no commercial websites in China at all, only some official websites such as technology and education. The number of websites is too small and the content is too small. Netizens only need a URL directory, and there is no Chinese search engine at all."

Song Weiyang said: "Beijing Telecom, Bank of China and Tsinghua University are working together to do Oriental Netscape. Do you know this?"

"I know," said Zhang Chaoyang, "but that is not a simple commercial website, and it is not connected to the Internet yet."

Song Weiyang said again: "Do you know Sitonglifang (the predecessor of Sina)?"

"I know, it was just founded two months ago and it is China's first official Internet site." Zhang Chaoyang said.

"These websites are very small in scale and have very little content, which is not conducive to netizens browsing and obtaining information. Even using search engines is a waste of time," Song Weiyang smiled, "Do you understand what I am talking about?"

Zhang Chaoyang really didn't understand it, mainly because he was thinking too much and most of his energy was thinking about how to fool Song Weiyang into investing.

Ding Ming, who had been listening to their conversations, suddenly said, "Brother Yang, are you saying that we are making hyperlinks and stealing all the useful content of those small websites?"

"Hahaha," Song Weiyang laughed, "The spirit of the Internet is sharing. How can this be called stealing? This is called sharing spirit!"

Zhang Chaoyang was stunned. There were such things in Europe and the United States, but they all did them secretly. There was really no website that could make it bigger by stealing content from hyperlinks.

The statement in our previous chapter may be somewhat problematic. Historically, what Zhang Chaoyang did was not navigation websites, but stealing websites of various hyperlinks. If any useful content appears on websites such as Oriental Netscape, Ruide Online, Lifang Online, Xinhuanet, People's Daily, etc., Zhang Chaoyang immediately stole the hyperlinks and named these hyperlinks "Compass".

Gradually, Zhang Chaoyang's hyperlink content became more and more, and he was listed in categories, so a large portal website was born.

This must be an act of stealing, just take a news article from People's Daily for example. Someone worked hard to send reporters to interview and write articles, and the editor was also reviewed and proofread. As soon as it was posted on his own website, Zhang Chaoyang stole the hyperlink, and the copyright fee of a penny was not given at least this was the case at the beginning.

The so-called sharing spirit of the Internet is ultimately one word: steal!

Zhang Chaoyang frowned and said, "This kind of copyright infringement is OK. If you make it bigger, you will definitely be sued."

"The law is blank," said Song Weiyang, "not only in China, but also abroad. The 'Global Link First Case' that happened in the UK is still fighting a confused lawsuit. The plaintiff and the defendant both have different opinions, while the judge prefers the defendant. The existing laws of various countries do not make strict regulations on hyperlink infringement, it depends on who hires the lawyer to be more verbally."

"Did you ask me to make hyperlinks specifically?" Zhang Chaoyang couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I originally wanted to be the number one person in China's commercial Internet, but I didn't expect to be the number one person in China's Internet theft."

"It's sharing, not stealing." Song Weiyang corrected.

"Then, let's share!" Zhang Chaoyang gritted his teeth.

Song Weiyang said: "I will give you 500,000 start-up capital first, and then 2.5 million to the end of the year. How about you invest in technology and management?"

Zhang Chaoyang said: "I saved 20,000 US dollars myself, so I can invest it together."

Ding Ming suddenly interrupted: "I took out the money from the stock market, and I have more than 300,000 yuan, and I want to invest too!"

Zhang Chaoyang looked at Ding Ming in surprise. He was just an ordinary fat man, but he was also a little rich man who dared to start a business.

Song Weiyang thought for a while and said, "Then let it be. I invested 3 million in two separate times, accounting for 55% of the shares. Ding Ming invested 300,000, accounting for 5.5% of the shares. Mr. Zhang, you invested 20,000 US dollars and invested in technology and management, accounting for 39.5%. How about this?"

"No problem." Zhang Chaoyang didn't even bargain and agreed immediately.

Song Weiyang's equity distribution plan is already very good. If it were replaced by American investors, it would be difficult for Zhang Chaoyang to acquire 30% of the equity.

Ding Ming said excitedly: "Brother Zhang, I will leave school after finishing this semester and follow you to start an Internet business!"

Song Weiyang said with a hilarious look: "If your father knows, he will definitely beat you to death!"

"It's just not letting him know," Ding Ming said, changing the subject, "What's the name of our company?"

"How about Aitesen? Intertehnologypany, abbreviation itc, Internet technology company." Zhang Chaoyang had already thought of his name.
Chapter completed!