The sky is still hazy, and the northern heating is fully activated.
The house in Palm Springs is well heated, and even with a thick quilt, it feels hot. After sleeping one night, my mouth becomes dry. At around nine o'clock in the morning, the humidifier in the bedroom is humidifying, and Yin Yin has already gone to work.
When Yao Yuan came back from the United States, he dealt with 360 matters that day and had no time to rest until he was done.
He woke up once and fell asleep again after eating. The quality of his sleep was generally not good and he had various dreams. He seemed to hear the phone ringing while he was asleep. At first he thought he was in a dream, but then he realized it.
"Hello?"
"Smash it!"
"Dad? What are you doing?"
"You haven't gotten up yet. How are you? Don't be too tired all day. Your mother and I want to see you!"
"Tell me what you have to say!"
A good father is like a son. As soon as Yao Yuan heard his father's attitude, he knew that something must be wrong.
Sure enough, Yao Yuemin hesitated and said with embarrassment:
"The principal came to my mother and I two days ago and said that you are now a famous person, and you have also studied in the school. This is the glory of your alma mater... The photo we personally selected has been posted on the wall, next to you
It's Newton, good guy, who also said a famous saying, 'Dreams should not be laughed at!'"
Oh my mom!
Yao Yuan's head hurt and he said: "Just tell me how much it is?"
"I didn't mention money. It's so tacky to ask for money. What I mean is, can you donate an experimental teaching building? Get an inscription outside and engrave you on it..."
"Okay, okay, I'll find someone to contact the school. Is there anything else?"
"No more, no more!"
Yao Yuemin paused and said: "Recently, people looking for us have been queuing from our door to the county government. No one dared to agree, for fear of causing trouble to you. But the school is really embarrassed to ask, so you can just donate.
, just give back to your alma mater.
Mainly for the two of us, wouldn’t it be a little inappropriate to stay here any longer?”
Yao Yuan understood that his parents were in their fifties and would retire after a few more years of work. The teaching position was not valuable to them, but they had worked hard all their lives and hoped to end well.
"Then you two can keep your job, have fun, do whatever you want, and don't stay in your hometown."
"Is this possible?"
"I already donated a building, why not?"
"Oh, let's discuss it then."
The phone hung up.
In fact, Yao Yuemin is a man with great ideas, he is as wise as he is foolish, and he acts decisively. However, he has a son who defies his will, so he unconsciously wants to listen to his son.
Many parents have this change. When their children's achievements are too outstanding, as they grow older, they will subconsciously become weaker, just like when their children faced them when they were young.
"Hey, one phone call builds a building!"
Yao Yuan was energetic now. He got up and washed up. There have been countless similar things recently, and they were all just for fun. His parents were still confined to the county. In fact, people in the city and province had already contacted him.
He hummed and hahaed, not wanting to go back and invest.
Especially these two years have been very sensitive, and it will be 2012 soon...
As his wealth grows, he will lower his label as an "Internet giant" and focus more on e-commerce, logistics, mobile phones and other industries.
In future news reports, it would be better not to talk about how much money Yao Yuan made from his games, but how many farmers the e-commerce logistics has benefited, and how many countries the mobile phones have been exported to...
To put it bluntly, it is also about establishing a character.
In the past, the persona was based on dreams, but in the future, the persona should be set on being a doer.
…………
In the afternoon, Yao Yuan took Cheng Wei to the 360 headquarters.
360 Company is indeed not a big company, with only a few hundred people. Zhou Hongyi and Qi Xiangdong stood at the bottom of the building to greet them personally. After experiencing an unprecedented crisis or tribulation, Lao Zhou seemed a little more stable.
It's just a little bit, but he still has a Jianghu temperament.
The two took Yao Yuan around and entered the office.
The office is similar to other bosses' offices. The most special thing is that there is a set of high-end speakers inside. Lao Zhou proudly knocked on it: "The sound of Berlin, perfect listening enjoyment!"
"Oh, I don't understand this. It's quite beautiful."
"This is great for fun. It's absolutely top quality. Mr. Yao doesn't seem to have any hobbies in collecting?"
"Collect it..."
Yao Yuan thought for a while, it's really nothing special. Hey, does it count as I like to collect Internet tycoons?
He came to meet the shareholders of 360 today. He deliberately arrived a little early just to catch Lao Zhou first. He exchanged a few words and said, "I didn't go into details that day. Now I can tell you what I think."
He took out the Meizu 2 again and said: "The future will be the era of mobile terminals. This is undeniable. I hope you will develop security technology, accessibility functions, browsers, search and APP channels for mobile terminals.
The vast majority of mobile phone manufacturers do not develop security technology themselves, but seek cooperation. If we develop this thing, we can provide technical support to manufacturers in the future.
It is best to package this thing together with auxiliary functions into a mobile phone manager, which can anti-virus, clean the background, clean up junk files, transfer information to and from the computer, etc.
There is no need to talk about browsers and search.
The APP channel is similar to this Meizu store, but we can also make a 360 channel.
Don’t underestimate the profits. For example, "Angry Birds" is temporarily free for Android devices and $1 for Apple devices. Although 30% is given to Apple, there are already more than 30 million Apple users overseas playing it."
Hiss!
The two of them took a breath, can this make money? We have worked so hard this year, and our net profit is only a few million US dollars.
Lao Zhou had a quick mind and said: "And we can make our own mobile phones and support our own channels without sharing the profits with others."
"Yep!"
Qi Xiangdong was also very excited.
The two of them looked at Yao Yuan again, this is the God of Wealth!
"No, I want to say more than that, the pattern should be bigger."
Yao Yuan said seriously: "Currently, 360 mainly serves personal network security, but as the Internet and society become more and more closely connected, corporate network security will also be a market in the future.
We can find another company that specializes in enterprise security services.
What about a bigger pattern?
Can you cooperate with central enterprises and let them take shares, and we can help with national-level network security protection?"
"..."
Lao Zhou and Qi Xiangdong were silent and looked at each other, they couldn't compare, they really couldn't compare!
National-level network security protection makes my blood boil when I hear it!
In 2014, Qi Xiangdong branched out and founded a company called Qi Anxin to provide security support for government departments and enterprises.
In 2019, the "China Electronics Group", which is directly managed by the central government, took a stake in Qi'anxin.
Qi'anxin has been officially incorporated to provide security guarantees for various major events including the Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, and is even establishing a national emergency response center.
Yao Yuan incorporated 360 at this time to make up for his own shortcomings and make the ecosystem more complete. After talking for a long time, Lao Zhou and Qi Xiangdong expressed their full support.
After a while, shareholders and brokerage representatives also arrived, and the three of them entered the conference room.
"Old Shen!"
Yao Yuan went in and took a look, and immediately spotted an acquaintance, Shen Nanpeng of Sequoia Capital—who also invested in 360.
"Old Yao!"
Shen Nanpeng hurried over to shake hands. It would be easier if you have acquaintances. He helped introduce you.
Currently, Lao Zhou holds 50% of the shares, Qi Xiangdong holds 43%, Shen Nanpeng holds 48%, and Wang Gongquan holds 05%. Company executives and investment institutions also divide the remaining shares.
It was already in the process of IPO, but was interrupted by the 3Q war and the underwriters ran away.
Now that it has been resolved peacefully, the underwriters are back, but there is another Yao Yuan. Of course, all parties need to discuss how to allocate equity before restarting the IPO.
Yao Yuan didn't want to waste time arguing, so he first asked about the valuation of 360.
Less than $1.5 billion.
"To make a long story short, I will be the first shareholder in the equity structure of 360 after its listing. Based on this, you can discuss the specific process by yourself."
Very welcome.
Some people acquiesce, some don't care, some are unhappy but understand the situation, and naturally some are dissatisfied and fight back: "Mr. Yao is trying to bully others? If we don't agree, what can you do?"