Tuantuan Farm is spreading at an alarming rate. When Li Yuan came to Los Angeles, he was also shocked by the latest statistics.
In the current ranking of website visits, Yahoo is still far ahead, becoming the only one in the ranking.
But in the second echelon, Parallel Community has surpassed AOL and Netscape one after another, and has opened a long distance, becoming the only second-tier existence. And at an alarming speed, it has narrowed the distance with Yahoo?
Damn it! This crappy thing like stealing food is indeed a magical weapon!
You know, because the current hardware is not that good, Tuantuan Farm adopts the form of a word game. It just clicks the selection button, and then a few lines of text pop up, not even an animation screen, background music, etc.? Otherwise, the network speed will not be at all
It is not supported.
But even so, are you still loved by everyone?
But having said that, word games are indeed too monotonous. In order to add some fun, Tuantuan Farm has added many side tasks. And Li Yuan also put forward many good suggestions, which is to open a new door for those first-generation Shaqiao netizens.
The door to the world. (laughing and crying)
After meeting Martin, Elna and Huo Laien, the three of them were also very excited.
Martin couldn't wait to suggest: "Li! We should learn from Yahoo, set up our own news department, and strive to surpass them. We also need to set up a browser development team as soon as possible to take advantage of those new users and also surpass Netscape. In this case, our parallel lines
We will remain the leader in the three major areas of browsers, portals and customized homepages. We are the future kings of the Internet! Hahaha!"
Li Yuan glanced sideways: "Where does the money come from?"
It's true. Games like "Stealing Food" are a crooked game. After being popular for a while, people will lose interest in playing it.
On the contrary, news is king. That is the guarantee of attracting traffic. Just like Douyin later, when they first attracted traffic, didn't they just use algorithms to push headlines?
But how expensive is it to build your own news media team? Besides, there is also the reason why I am Chinese.
After thinking about it, Li Yuan ordered: "Go to major news agencies for annual subscriptions! We don't do news, we are the porters of news. Haha."
Annual subscriptions for several major news agencies are not expensive, only a few hundred thousand dollars per year. This cost is still affordable.
"What about the browser?"
"It's the same thing again - no money!"
"MGD! *** Villain! Many investors have come to our door now. Are we afraid of running out of money? As long as we can become the king of the Internet! Our listing valuation can surpass Netscape and Yahoo, and it will exceed two
One hundred million dollars! Two hundred million dollars!”
"Then what? We rushed to the front and fought with Microsoft until we were bruised and bruised? Are you so confident that you can trample on the soul of Bill Gates under your feet? And other companies are hiding behind our backs and laughing, and they are always ready to attack us.
Stabbing in the back?"
"Do we really care that far? As long as we can go public, we can become millionaires, and you are a billionaire?"
"If we go public now, we can become millionaires and billionaires!"
"MGD! Then are you going to do nothing? Li! This is Silicon Valley! If we don't follow up, we will be eliminated soon! As for customizing the homepage, I have done market research and can guarantee it for up to two years in the future.
Time. Moreover, small companies that develop homepage creation software have appeared in Silicon Valley, and they will definitely seize our market in the future.”
Li Yuan frowned slightly, Martin's statement was not unreasonable.
Of course, for businesses like customized homepages, Martin and the others could never have imagined that Internet users in North America would experience explosive growth. And in addition to North America, there will also be overseas countries in the future, as well as China. Therefore, this golden period will at least
It can last for five years!
But if you do nothing, it will affect the morale of the employees, and it will also affect the internal stability of the company. After all, it is best not to make any big news before Parallel Line goes public.
Li Yuan turned around and told Huo Laien: "Huo Laien, please contact the investors. We are preparing to open Series A financing in parallel. The plan is
Release 5% to 10% of the equity. Then contact a reputable Wall Street investment bank and ask them to provide a complete listing plan. Netscape should be listed in March 1995, and Yahoo should be listed in the summer. We should be listed in 1995 at the latest.
It will be listed on NASDAQ before the end of the year."
Martin, Elna and Huo Laien all breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. As long as the listing plan can be launched, there will be no problem.
Li Yuan continued to order: "After we get the financing, we will establish a new European branch and put its headquarters in...Ireland! In addition to promoting browsers, we will mainly customize homepages in French, German, Spanish, Russian and other small languages. As for Asia,
The region is left to the Chinese headquarters. At present, Silicon Valley almost ignores overseas shopping malls, so we will be the first to seize this land!"
Martin and the others have absolutely no objection to this arrangement. These are now very mature and profitable businesses. No matter how small a mosquito’s legs are, they are still meat!
Li Yuan then said: "Martin, Tuantuan Farm's web games need to be developed more quickly. Don't be afraid of hardware and network speed issues. It's better to wait for games than for hardware to wait for games."
Seeing Martin nodding, Li Yuan smiled and said: "We also need to add a ranking function and a billing function. Although our Tuantuan Farm will always be free, what about personalized avatar design? Also, limited edition high-quality avatars require payment.
In addition to earning hard work by completing tasks, rare seeds are also open for purchase and can launch a mall function. There are also pet families and NPC families. If you find someone to write their background stories, you can develop animations and sell peripherals?"
What Li Yuan is talking about is changing skins, making money for local tycoons, and developing game peripherals...
However, Martin was speechless and looked up at the sky: "Li, that's it? What about our technology development? You are squeezing out all the potential, and the company will have no future!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Yuan couldn't help but be happy. The technical geek is so cute, huh?
It's better to find something for Martin to do! Don't let this sand wither and chill your heart.
Li Yuan suddenly thought: Pet family? He couldn't help but have an idea, that's it - electronic pets?
People decades later have almost no impression of electronic pets. However, when electronic pets were first born, I don’t know how popular and crazy they were!
It is no exaggeration to say that almost all subsequent development games such as Stealing Vegetables were inspired by electronic pets.
In the original history, electronic pets would be invented by Yokoi Akihiro a few years later, and then more than 80 million units would be sold worldwide. This does not include the countless copycat machines.
Therefore, there are no obstacles in terms of technology. In terms of creativity? There is already a pet family from Tuantuan Farm. The key is the notebook, and Li Yuan can use it without any psychological burden. Let you tremble in front of the reborn idiot!
"..."
"Ah? If you make such a simple thing, who the hell would buy it? Li, you don't think other people are idiots, do you?"
After listening to the product introduction, Martin was shocked, and then he strongly opposed it. People in this period had no idea that although electronic pets looked simple, how brainwashing they were to play with, especially how they gained the love of cute and stupid girls.
"That's it!" Li Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense.
Realizing that Martin still wanted to argue, Huo Laien quickly interrupted and asked: "Li, will we be involved in hardware manufacturing in the future?"
Li Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Our parallel line will never invest in manufacturing. We are responsible for R&D and design, and we rely on OEM factories for product production. Well... let's do it! I'll go to China and ask... you guys wait first.
"
[An app that has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old book-chasing tool. It is used by all old bookworms.
It is the world's factory. It doesn't even have a foundry. Otherwise... why not just set up one yourself?
In front of Martin and the others, Li Yuan directly made a domestic long distance call.
"Hello, are you Miss Ying Xin? I am honored to inform you that due to your outstanding contribution to literature, you won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature."
"Ahh..."
There was suddenly no sound on the phone, and Li Yuan glanced at the receiver strangely. Wouldn't this silly girl really believe it? Would she faint from joy?
"Ah——!" I finally heard a scream, "Li Yuan! Are you looking for death? I almost believed it——!"
(⊙?⊙)
"Hey! Talented girl, don't you have any idea whether you can win the prize?"
"Hey hey hey, you say I'm a talented woman, what's impossible?"
"Fuck! So what works do you have?"
"Of course! Are you looking down on me? Isn't there..."Merry"? That's a bestseller! Humph!"
After making a joke, Li Yuan asked: "Xinxin, are you already at work? You didn't take the postgraduate entrance examination, right?"
"Yes! I joined a big newspaper. Hehe." Ying Xin proudly showed off, "Liar, why did you come here to ask today? You don't care about me at all."
"What kind of work are you doing? Resign now!"
"ah?"
"You are already a millionaire, why do you still work nine to five? Are you going to give ordinary people a way to survive?"
"No, no. This is my ideal?" Ying Xin felt confused.
"Fucking ideals." Li Yuan laughed and scolded, "Xinxin, I have a difficult task for you. Aren't you a shareholder of Parallel Line? Now you have to contribute to the company."
"No! That's not what you said at that time." Ying Xin immediately became anxious, "Aren't I just like Yeshan Qingquan, I don't care about anything and just lie down and count money?"
"I'm sorry to tell you that I lied. Haha!"
"Hey, why are you like this?"
"Okay, okay! A new electronic pet project is going to be launched here in Parallel Line...forget it, you don't understand even if I say it. Now we need to set up a foundry...forget it, you don't understand at all. Anyway, it's produced
It’s an electronic product...forget it..."
"Li Yuan, do you want to be beaten?" Ying Xin couldn't bear it anymore.
Li Yuan laughed: "Don't talk nonsense, this factory belongs to you anyway. We will discuss the specific situation later."
"Electronics factory? Be mine? Give it to me for free?" Ying Xin looked confused. She wondered if the sun was rising in the west?
"That's pretty much it. Just asking if you want it?"
"Yes! Why don't you want it? It's better than having stocks that you can't get! Hehehehe."
"Okay then! Prepare your ID card and I will ask someone from the company to find you and go through the procedures with you."
"That's it? Then what else do I need to do?"
"You don't understand anything, what else can you do? Hang up, little girl, you are no longer of use."
"Bah! Li Yuan! You are such a loser! Hey, hey..."
"..."
In a foundry of this type, Li Yuan certainly cannot hold a controlling shareholding or shareholding, at least on the surface. Otherwise, it will affect the business of his geometry company.
This is the truth that you can't have your cake and eat it too.
For example, Dell Computer has its own manufacturing plant, so the foundry will not take his business. If it does, it will never be interested, right? Otherwise, the business will be cut off at any time, and who should the foundry go to for the initial investment?
Want it?
And those OEMs that produce OEM products will never launch their own brand computers. Otherwise, who would dare to let you OEM? Isn’t that cultivating your own competitors?
However, the current situation is quite special. Li Yuan can't find an OEM here at all, so he can only solve it by himself.
And he also has toy equipment, plastic mold equipment, electronic assembly equipment..., a parallel R&D department (in the United States), funds from financing, and electricity
supply channels for sub-parts and cheap labor from the mainland.
The only thing missing is a tool person who seems to have no connection on the surface, has a certain knowledge reserve, at least graduated from a bachelor's degree (after all, the electronics factory still has some technical content), is trustworthy, stupid, naive, and easy to fool!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Who else can meet so many conditions except Ying Xin, a silly girl?
Of course, Ying Xin is just a name, and Li Yuan is still responsible for the actual management.
…
After hanging up the phone, facing the curious eyes of Martin and the others, Li Yuan smiled and said: "It's done easily! Martin, just follow my requirements and form a research and development team for electronic pets. If there is a lack of hardware product engineers, Huo Laien,
You have to find the right candidate as soon as possible. I’ll give you three months, and you must come up with the finished product!”
"Okay! You are the boss, and I will listen to you." Martin raised his hands and turned to leave, still cursing, "Fakeyu! Develop such a mentally retarded product? We might as well change our name to a mentally retarded company! Damn it*
**douchebag……"
Elna and Huo Laien were left looking at each other, looking somewhat embarrassed.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Elna said: "Boss, I still support you. I really don't understand the work of your programmers, but I think making money is the most important thing. The company is not a big toy for programmers. You can play whatever you want.
New trick. What should I and my girls do if we lose all our money?"
Li Yuan smiled slightly: "Well... research and development is very important."
Huo Laien on the side was a little worried: "Martin seems very unhappy. I'm afraid...?"
Li Yuan thought for a few seconds: "Elna, Huo Laien, tell me, according to our company's current strength, we can find a large number of top students from Ivy League schools, poach people from other companies in Silicon Valley, and even directly acquire other high-tech companies.
,Isn’t it difficult to do this?”
Seeing that Elna and the others were silent, Li Yuan continued to laugh: "If I do this, how should I arrange Martin? He is just a high school student! A self-taught programmer! How many people are willing to work for him?
work to earn a living?"
"Boss, what do you mean?"
"In fact, it doesn't matter if you are self-taught, the key is to have outstanding results. Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard, which professor or doctor would dare to look down on him now? So what Martin needs most is qualifications. The success of Parallel Line Community, this counts as one; Tuan Tuan
The success of the farm counts as one; if the electronic pet is successful again, then Martin will have no glass ceiling! Do you understand?"
Elna and Huo Laien nodded thoughtfully.
"So our priority is low-tech content, and profitability is our priority. Even if the electronic pet project fails, we actually don't have much loss. It's just some peripherals of Tuantuan Farm."
Huo Laien finally understood: "Boss! I will find an opportunity to explain it clearly to Martin."
Li Yuan smiled: "Thank you! We have started a business together. I also hope that all of us will succeed together, and I never want to see anyone left behind!"
"..."
After injecting chicken blood, Li Yuan turned around and left with the grateful eyes of the two of them...
