"A staff member from the company will be coming up soon. Do you mind, Sister Man?"
Qin Manyuan shrugged his shoulders charmingly and said: "Your Du Xiaoyu doesn't mind, but I have nothing to mind. It's just that all the employees of your company have come to Bao'an to report to you? This work enthusiasm is a bit too much.
Is it high?"
"I asked him to come. I thought that if my idea could be approved, I would let him follow up here. Now it seems that I have overthought it."
"That's not necessarily the case. When I just confirmed the time to meet tomorrow with my friend, I mentioned your idea. She said that the idea is not completely feasible, but it will definitely not work if you ask a traffic star to do it.
Yes. She said she would think about it at night to see if there were any other entry points."
Cheng Yu was a little surprised and said, "Don't comfort me. I'm a layman. It's normal for my ideas to be rejected."
"I really don't have time to comfort you. When you meet tomorrow and have more collisions, maybe we can actually get the project approved?"
"Let's talk about it then..." Cheng Yu felt someone approaching from behind, and when he turned around, Du Xiaoyu arrived.
Cheng Yu stood up and moved his seat so that Du Xiaoyu and Qin Manyuan could sit next to each other.
"Thank you." Du Xiaoyu said softly to Cheng Yu, then looked at Qin Manyuan with a smile and said, "Sister Xiao Man, are you teasing my husband again while I am away?"
Qin Manyuan took a wine glass, slowly poured a glass of wine for Du Xiaoyu, and pushed it in front of her.
"Aren't you married in secret? It's no big deal if I tease you, right?"
"You don't care whether we are married in person or not, in short, he is now my husband protected by law. It's not a good idea for you to flirt with a married man so blatantly, right?"
Qin Manyuan shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly: "You two have never even slept together, so this is too thorough. Although I am a few years older than Mr. Cheng, I am still of the right age anyway. With such an excellent person
A man you don’t want is someone who wants you.”
"Aren't you afraid that Brother Xue will be jealous?"
"Is it his turn? Is it possible that I reject a man's pursuit and still have to be responsible for him?"
"Anyway, it's not okay for you to tease my husband!" Du Xiaoyu huffed angrily, her chest rising and falling, as if she was really a little angry.
Qin Manyuan smiled slightly and stopped arguing. He just picked up the wine glass in his hand, shook it back and forth, and looked at the color of the wine under the dim light of the bar.
"Don't think you can get by without talking! Sisters are sisters, and men can't be shared..."
"Then you can use it once for yourself. How can we share it with a man who has never used it before?"
"Qin Manyuan!" Du Xiaoyu patted the table lightly...
…
Now, the biggest headache is actually Cheng Yu.
He rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "You two are teaming up to tease me..."
Du Xiaoyu, who looked very angry just now, burst into joy. Qin Manyuan still smiled slightly, and the two women picked up the cups, clinked them, and drank them all in one gulp.
Du Xiaoyu lightly pinched Cheng Yu's arm, leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Although Sister Xiaoman's image is a bit nun-like, her figure is still very graceful. Are you not tempted?"
"I sleep in the same room with you every day, but I'm not attracted to you either? Men are not all animals that think with their lower bodies."
Cheng Yu was very good at dealing with Du Xiaoyu, but he was a little at a loss in front of Qin Manyuan.
In one sentence, Du Xiaoyu was completely discouraged, but Qin Manyuan burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Mr. Cheng, after we have been together for so long, your reply has the most weight. It seems that the little princess Xiaoyu has really met someone who can cure her!"
Du Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows angrily and said, "Qin Manyuan, do you believe that I will call Xue Changyun to Bao'an right now?"
"He can't come. He is busy with his father's affairs now. If there is no news, he will have to wait. If there is news, if it is not guaranteed, he will have to fly directly to Europe."
Qin Manyuan seemed calm and relaxed, but Cheng Yu thought to himself that Xue Changyun was really a licking dog in front of Qin Manyuan. He didn't hide anything from her, even the things about classmate Zhang Ziqing's father were told to her in detail.
Of course, this matter is not something that needs to be concealed, but Mr. Xue's health is still related to the status of the Xue family. If he didn't trust Qin Manyuan extremely, or simply licked him from toes to the top of his head, Xue Changyun would have kept it
This is the secret.
Looking at the door of the bar, Tan Wulian's figure appeared. Cheng Yu stood up and said, "People from my company are here. I'll go over there."
I took the opportunity to get rid of the embarrassing situation here.
As for how Du Xiaoyu and Qin Manyuan bickered, Cheng Yu obviously had no interest.
"Xiao Tan." Cheng Yu waved to Tan Wulian, who quickly walked over.
The bar is on the top floor of the hotel. It is not very large. Except for the entrance, there are large floor-to-ceiling windows in the other three directions. Outside is an extended terrace, overlooking the lights of the entire city.
Bao'an is located in the southernmost part of mainland China. Even in January, the temperature is not too low, and it is still above 10 degrees at night.
Cheng Yu didn't want to be teased by Du Xiaoyu and Qin Manyuan, two women with similar odors, while talking to Tan Wulian. It seemed too cowardly to be teased in front of his subordinates.
So, he and Tan Wulian simply pushed open the balcony door and sat outside.
After ordering two bottles of beer and some peanuts to go with the wine, Cheng Yu began to listen to Tan Wulian's report on his trip to northern Anhui.
Basically, it is a self-employed project by a college student. Since this project was written by the college student alone, he then asked a design student from the school to package and beautify the interface, and then used the computer in the dormitory to set up a simple server.
, the results were pretty good after uploading, so I started looking for investment.
The project itself is considered a pretty good project among college students to start a business, but perhaps the initial success came too suddenly, and after the app was launched, several venture capital institutions came to the door, which made the college student a little inflated.
It’s understandable that a good bird chooses a tree to roost, or that it hesitates in front of many venture capital institutions with investment intentions. Who doesn’t want to maximize their own interests?
But even if you get investment, you are still an entrepreneur with a current net worth of no more than 10 million. It is understandable to be hesitant, but it is annoying to be too arrogant and even think that the venture capital institution is trying to be your dog.
What's more, there are no secrets in the Internet industry. Once your app is online, it means putting your core competitiveness in front of everyone.
Venture capital institutions want to invest directly because they don’t want to waste time. Money is in investment banks, which is the least important thing.
But this does not mean that these venture capital institutions are unable to build a new company on their own and "copy" an app with similar functions.
In the Internet industry, a qualified entrepreneur should quickly formulate investment targets before his product gets widespread attention, and then use the funds raised to quickly grow bigger and stronger, without giving lessons to latecomers or "plagiarism"
"The opportunity is the last word.
This is also the reason why Cheng Yu asked Tan Wulian to give up after roughly knowing the opponent's posture.
Cases like this college student who had a pretty good project but quickly failed in front of capital are common in any industry.
The Internet industry often amplifies this situation.
Of course, some people will say that whether it is plagiarism or borrowing, it is a sign of disrespect for intellectual property rights.
Admittedly, this is a good statement, but it is difficult for the law to make a reasonable definition in this situation. After all, the apps that appeared later are only functionally similar to yours, whether in terms of interface or core program programming and implementation.
There will be huge differences.
In the face of the law, these are just two apps with a high enough overlap in functionality. To be more precise, these are two apps with highly overlapping audiences. It is almost impossible to resort to plagiarism by other companies.
At best, you can criticize the other party on a moral level.
But you have no chance to become bigger and stronger. Who can hear your meager voice of accusation?
Cheng Yu is not saying that this level of borrowing and "plagiarism" is reasonable, but the general environment is like this, and the rules of capital are like this. Since you choose the end, you need to abide by the current rules.
If one day the law can be perfected to eliminate this form of reference, Cheng Yu will be happy that the capital market has been partially purified, but now, Cheng Yu can only abide by such rules.
At present, what Cheng Yu can do is not to do such things himself, not to learn from others, or to "plagiarize". If the other party accepts his investment, then everyone will work hard for this new company.
If he chose to treat it with arrogance, Cheng Yu could only express regret and then give up.
As for whether this app will be borrowed and "copied" by other companies in the future, Cheng Yu doesn't care who will survive and get more time in the end.
Tan Wulian has not yet figured out that the biggest reason why he is reporting to Cheng Yu in such detail is that he has not given up yet.
He wanted to try again.
But Cheng Yu would never give him any chance again.
Seeing that Tan Wulian was still chattering, Cheng Yu made a gesture to stop.
"Okay, this project has become a thing of the past, and I already understand your efforts in it. We should no longer waste time on a project that has been abandoned."
Tan Wulian was stunned, and his words stopped abruptly. He looked at Cheng Yu, feeling uneasy, and at the same time whispered in an extremely contradictory voice: "Mr. Cheng, have you really given up like this? Maybe there is a turning point..."
Cheng Yu made a stop gesture again.
"stop!"
Cheng Yu looked at Tan Wulian, picked up the beer at hand, took a sip, and motioned for Tan Wulian to take a sip as well.
Tan Wulian was obviously a little depressed. He usually didn't drink much, but after picking up the bottle, he tilted his neck and drank the entire bottle of beer.
Cheng Yu smiled and then said: "I know you are a little unwilling.
But, Xiao Tan, if you think about it carefully, does your unwillingness come from being optimistic about the future of this project, or from feeling that if we can successfully become their investors, we will receive extremely generous returns.
Or maybe it's just because you think you've put in so much work during this period without getting any substantial reward.
On the contrary, you have also lost your right to speak in certain aspects of the company because of this, and you think your efforts over the past few months have been in vain?"
Tan Wulian was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at Bao'an outside the terrace. Although it was late at night, the lights were still as bright as day.
“I don’t want to hear any more about the specific operational details of this project.
But I can tell you for sure that even if we invest in this project, its benefits will not meet your original expectations.
In fact, this may even be a failed investment.
I know you are unwilling to do so, but even if this project can really bring huge returns to the company, you have already wasted too much time.
Compared to such a project, what I need more is for you to focus on future projects, so as to bring more confident investment to the company.
This is not the only project in the world waiting for you to invest. If you hesitate here, other projects will not be waiting for you."
Tan Wulian lowered his head.
Fortunately, he figured it out quickly.
He raised his head, looked into Cheng Yu's eyes, nodded heavily and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Cheng, I wasted too much time. It was my mistake to focus on the area of college student entrepreneurship. I will
Will pay attention."
Cheng Yu smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't deny yourself completely whenever something happens.
I have never said that various entrepreneurial projects by college students are not worthy of attention, nor have I said that this is not a direction for investment.
However, if you only focus on this aspect, you are wasting yourself.
I want to train you to be a responsible manager, not an executor.
Whether it is the environment for college students to start their own businesses, or those corporate executives who have resigned to start more confident businesses.
No matter what kind of investment environment it is, you need to pay attention to it instead of putting all your energy into one direction.
Our company is not yet large in scale now, but your venture capital department already has more than twenty subordinates.
In addition to the projects you are looking for, you should focus more on how to deploy these more than 20 people.
Reasonably arrange the projects they need to follow up on, reasonably plan their career prospects, and effectively and efficiently grasp their career characteristics, thereby pushing them into more suitable investment fields.
This is what you have to do."
Cheng Yu stood up, opened the door of the bar, and asked the waiter to bring two more bottles of beer.
“College student entrepreneurship plan, this direction is not not worthy of attention, but it is not worthy of your full investment.
A reasonable approach is to ask some people in the venture capital department to pay a certain degree of attention to this field. When you encounter a suitable project, it doesn't matter whether you personally work on it or arrange for your subordinates to do it.
Remember, you are the head of the venture capital department, and you need to optimize and deepen your career path more effectively.
Only in this way can you be worthy of the heavy responsibility you shoulder.
It is not a good thing for a department head to always be on the front line of department functions."
Tan Wulian nodded slowly, and unconsciously touched the beer with his hand, drinking and thinking at the same time.
Not long after, Tan Wulian pounded the table hard and said, "Mr. Cheng, I understand. I'm sorry, and I'm very grateful that you tolerated my indulgence during this period of time."
Cheng Yu waved his hand and said: "I'm serious. Although the company has been established for less than a year, it has completed several good projects in succession and has never encountered any setbacks. This is not only for you, but also for any employee of the company."
It's all detrimental to your growth. I'm not tolerating your indulgence, but I consciously want to see you have the experience of failure. Success can certainly make people go smoothly, but failure often makes people grow more."
Tan Wulian finished the beer in the bottle again, his eyes slightly red.
"I asked you to come to Bao'an this time. Originally, I had a new idea that I wanted you to implement. But after talking to the other party just now, I found that my idea was not mature enough, so I may not need you to stay in Bao'an.
Yes. But it’s not a foregone conclusion. I’ll wait until I meet the boss of the other company tomorrow. You can come back with me.”
"good."
"If there is still something to be done, you can stay in Bao'an for a while. This investment is not too important. You are more of an executor.
Don't be stressed. If you don't have to do anything, you don't have to go back to the company.
It’s time to celebrate the New Year in a few days, so take the holiday early and go directly back to your hometown to spend time with your parents.
Travel expenses and some necessary expenses can be reimbursed through the company's account.
Xiao Tan, look at you. In the first half of the year, the company was just established. Although you didn’t have a salary, you still got a lot of commission.
As a result, in the past six months, all your energy has been focused on things you shouldn't be doing.
You’ve had almost no income in the past six months, right?”
Tan Wulian remained silent.
Cheng Yu picked up the bottle and took another sip of wine and said, "Okay, don't be so depressed. I still have friends inside. You can think about it and relax. After drinking this bottle of wine, go down and rest."
.Wait for my call tomorrow morning.”
Tan Wulian stood up and escorted Cheng Yu into the bar. He returned to the table and sat down again, drinking beer one after another.
As soon as he returned to Du Xiaoyu and Qin Manyuan's table, Du Xiaoyu looked curiously at Tan Wulian on the terrace outside and said, "Why did you bring Xiao Tan here?"
Cheng Yu smiled, briefly talked about Tan Wulian, and then said: "He probably hasn't fully figured it out yet. I originally wanted him to take over a new investment, but now it seems that the new investment is estimated
If there is no chance, we should let him relax for a while."
"New investment? Isn't it just because of her that you came to Bao'an?" Du Xiaoyu pointed at Qin Manyuan.
Qin Manyuan explained with a smile and repeated Cheng Yu's previous thoughts.
Du Xiaoyu frowned and said: "You are really not idle for a moment, and you actually want to invest in TV program production. Your company does not have such projects, and you are not familiar with the TV program market. Why, financial investment is not enough
Are you busy?"
“Who hasn’t become familiar from the unfamiliar?
Is this to expand the company’s investment direction and investment areas?
You have also seen that in recent years, the entertainment industry has played an increasingly larger role in the national economy. It is also a direction to enter the layout earlier.
Anyway, my company will never interfere in the operation of any enterprise, and I don’t want to set up any holding group. Even if it is a long-term investment, I hope it will only be a medium- to long-term investment.
I don't plan to become a shareholder from an investor.
This requires the company to have more investment directions.”
Du Xiaoyu was very dissatisfied.
"If you have the time and energy, would you care more about Qian Jin? Do you know how busy Xu Dong and I are?"
"Then how hard you worked."
"Hey, why do we have to work so hard? You, the shareholder, are just the boss, right?"
"I have already said that I only want to be an investor, not a shareholder. So, you really have to work harder."
"I've never seen you like this!" Du Xiaoyu shook his head, very dissatisfied.
Cheng Yu laughed and said: "I have never seen you like this. Other business leaders are eager for investors, and the funder's father will not interfere with their company's operations at all. But it's better for you, you insist on letting me do this
Shareholders are dictating. I studied macroeconomics and am good at investing. You and Xu Dong are better at specific project operations and business operations. Each performs his own duties and fulfills his responsibilities. This is a perfect cooperation."
Du Xiaoyu rolled her eyes angrily.
"Too lazy to tell you."
The three of them chatted for a while, and it was almost midnight. As expected, the bottle of wine was divided between Qin Manyuan and Du Xiaoyu.
What's commendable is that the two women are not too drunk yet, they just feel a little tipsy, which refreshes Cheng Yu's mind about Du Xiaoyu's drinking capacity.
Since Du Xiaoyu had nothing to do during the day the next day, the client she wanted to meet this time was actually from Hong Kong, and those people would not come to Bao'an until close to dinner time. So the three of them made an appointment to work with the program producer the next day.
Meeting with the boss of the company.
Cheng Yu got up early the next morning.
After going to the restaurant to have breakfast, Qin Manyuan's phone call came in, asking if Cheng Yu was ready to go to her company to sign a contract.
Knowing that Cheng Yu had finished breakfast, Qin Manyuan said that she would personally come to pick up Cheng Yu.
It took Qin Manyuan about twenty minutes to get to the hotel, so Cheng Yu called Guanlu.
I wanted to tell Guanlu that Xue Changyun's funds might arrive today, but unexpectedly, Guanlu directly told Cheng Yu that there was suddenly an extra 100 million in the company's account, and asked Cheng Yu in a fuss what was going on.
