Zijin Hotel, the best hotel in Zijin City, has been inherited for more than a thousand years. It was the leading restaurant in Zijin a thousand years ago. Since ancient times, the Zijin area has been prosperous, with fish, rice, salt and iron going hand in hand. People here also pay attention to enjoyment and know how to eat well.
Play. This thousand-year-old hotel is a representative of eating and playing. The consumption here is extremely high, and it is not something that ordinary families like Zhang Cundao can afford.
Zhang's father has come here to eat occasionally, but it was always a treat for the patron. Today, Zhang Cundao, Zhu Xuanxuan and Mr. Zhu came here together, also for a treat.
Two friends from Guangnan came to visit Mr. Zhu. In order to fulfill his friendship as a landlord, Mr. Zhu naturally chose to entertain guests here. And Zhang Cundao was also called, so it was naturally related to him.
In the box, before the guests arrived, Mr. Zhu said to Zhang Cundao: "This editor-in-chief Hou is the editor-in-chief of Guangnan Media Group. He has a wide range of contacts. Guangnan Media Group also has several investment funds, representing those in Guangnan.
The interests of the rich.”
"The information technology company they invested in has some overlap with yours in terms of business. I brought the CEO of that company here this time, presumably to negotiate with you."
When Mr. Lao Zhu said this, Zhu Xuanxuan beside him became a little unhappy. She said softly: "Dad, in this case, this is a banquet without a good banquet, so why are we here? Let's just compete in the normal market."
Zhu Xuanxuan still felt sorry for Zhang Cundao. Just when his career was improving, someone came to stop him. Her old father was actually helping outsiders! This made her very angry.
Mr. Lao Zhu glanced at his daughter. This is really a case of girls going out and not keeping girls in college! But there is no way, who told him to spoil his daughter? So he patiently explained: "Good girl, this is not how market competition works. Today
Cundao's company has made progress, but it is still very immature. If we directly confront others head-on, it will only be a waste of strength and it will easily be taken advantage of by others."
He glanced at Zhang Cundao and found that Zhang Cundao also nodded, agreeing with his words. He felt a little comforted in his heart. Although Zhang Cundao was the same age as his daughter, his temperament was much better than other young people. He didn't look like a man in his early twenties at all.
Young people are more like middle-aged people in their thirties and forties.
He continued to say to his two juniors: "Nowadays, the information industry is a mixed bag, and there is no particularly powerful company as the leader. The competition below is already very fierce. Cundao can make chat software, and other companies can too. And the one in Guangnan
The company currently occupies a good share. If we compete with each other now, it will be a snipe and a clam fighting for the profit. It is better to negotiate well and then expand the market to attack other potential competitors."
He glanced at Zhu Xuanxuan and said, "This is just like wooing the top classmates in school and attacking other students. As long as you form a head advantage and reduce the dimension to attack other students, it will be difficult for others to turn around."
Zhu Xuanxuan's face changed slightly when she heard this. She glanced at Zhang Cundao and said quickly: "I didn't hurt other classmates. Dad, don't talk nonsense."
Mr. Lao Zhu has been immersed in business for decades. Although what he said is cruel, this is the essence of business. The more oligarchs there are in the industry, the lower the vitality of the industry. Because as long as there are start-up companies making some achievements, the oligarchs are not
Acquisition is killing.
Zijin Mining has definitely done a lot of things in this regard. It deceived other companies into buying depleted mineral veins, used other companies to develop difficult-to-exploit mineral veins, and then used its own size to manipulate the market and drive other companies to death.
, then annexed and took over other companies.
The information industry is an emerging industry that has only developed in the past few years. Everyone is busy with layout, and there are no leading companies that are astonishingly large. At this time, joining forces vertically and horizontally is the best way to develop.
The three people were talking, and not long after, Mi Shu opened the door and came in and said: "Mr. Zhu, the guests have arrived."
Mr. Lao Zhu took Zhang Cundao and Zhu Xuanxuan and said, "Let's go to the door to greet the guests and show our grace."
So the three of them came to the door and met today's guests.
Editor Hou is considered a celebrity. He has been famous for a long time. He often publishes articles in TV newspapers and criticizes current affairs. He knows many people. And beside him is a young man who seems to be about the same age as Zhang Cundao. This should be that person.
A CEO of a competing company.
Mr. Lao Zhu and Editor Hou greeted each other, and then introduced the people they brought. Then everyone sat down to eat, and they didn't mention anything else, just chatting about family affairs and romance.
The three young people present did not say a word, they just ate with their heads down and only said a few words when asked about themselves.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the dinner table was finally over. Mr. Lao Zhu smiled and said: "Lao Hou and I went to the smoking room to smoke. You young people can chat by yourselves for a while. You are all young people, so you should be able to chat."
together."
What he meant was that you should negotiate your own matters, and the parents behind both parties will tell each other. After they finished speaking, they walked to the smoking room next to it.
Zhang Cundao and the others entered the tea room, where Zhu Xuanxuan made tea while the two men chatted.
Zhu Xuanxuan had studied tea art. She played with it for a while. After both parties drank the first cup of tea, the young boss opposite said: "Classmate Zhang's fog chat is very good. It is both innovative and interesting. Unlike
We are still struggling. I just don’t know if Mr. Zhang is willing to share it with us? We are willing to represent Wuliao’s business in Guangnan.”
This is the young man's strategy. He discussed with the sponsors behind him that competing with Zhang Cundao's company would be a lose-lose situation for both sides. Zhang Cundao is not a newbie. His company has Zijin Mining, a big sponsor, and if Zijin Mining really wants to
If you work hard, you can leverage huge amounts of funds.
Although their company has the support of Guangnan Media, they are not afraid of running out of money. However, if things continue to develop, it is very likely that Zijin Mining and Guangnan Media will compete behind the scenes, which will be detrimental to both parties.
Since it's not easy to fight, let's make peace. Even though Zhang Cundao's company is in great turmoil now, promotion is still a big problem. If they take over their business and rely on Guangnan Media, they will definitely be able to carve out a world in the south. At that point
Sometimes, it is not impossible to annex the parent company with a subsidiary.
The current plan is to unite the two companies, integrate their strengths, consolidate their territory, and then march towards the northern market. Let the Yankees see the financial resources of the Southerners!
In this regard, Mr. Lao Zhu has similar ideas to them. They are both business giants, and no one can deceive anyone.
However, Zhang Cundao did not answer the young man's words, but said: "I wonder if you have any ideas about entering the game industry?"
"Game?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and then said: "We do have this idea, but our energy..." Before he finished speaking, Zhang Cundao interrupted him, and then said: "My fog chat
It’s impossible to operate it for you, and it’s impossible to divide it into regions. First of all, you don’t have the strength, and secondly, you don’t understand our plan. To put it bluntly, you are holding us back by joining our team.”
Hearing Zhang Cundao's rude words, even though this young man was quite mature, he could not hold his breath anymore. He sneered and was about to retort when Zhang Cundao stopped him.
At this time, Zhang Cundao naturally revealed a temperament that was different from ordinary people. His temperament was noble and calm, confident and restrained, sharp and sincere. He had a vague sense of control over the situation.
He said calmly: "I have also learned about your company. Your company has been losing money now. You have put in a lot of advertising, but the results are not necessarily very good. Because you are backed by Guangnan Media, you have certain discounts in advertising. Otherwise,
The advertising costs alone can overwhelm you."
"But this is not a big problem. Your core problem is operating costs! Your computer room is rented from Guangnan Telecommunications Bureau, and the monthly maintenance and operating costs are hundreds of thousands. And we have calculated that every time you add an effective
Users, your operating costs will increase by 50 cents every month. If we add another million users, your direct expenditure costs will exceed one million every month."
"If you want to operate with us, you must share the profits with us. This is another expense for you. To be honest, I don't think you can bear it."
What Zhang Cundao said is true. The biggest problem in business operations is cost. Their costs are so high, and the pressure of competition will be very high.
Zhang Cundao said: "But we are different. Our computer room is our own. We have the ability and strength to maintain the best computer room in the world. For this alone, our cost is less than one-tenth of yours.
And every time we add an effective user, the cost only increases by less than two cents. This is the cost advantage brought by our technical advantages. You do not have technology like ours!"
This is all nonsense. Zhang Cundao basically spends nothing to maintain the computer room...
When the young man opposite heard these words, his face darkened, because these are all true. The strong do not unite with the weak, because this alliance does not have the ability to add to each other, but will hinder the strong. If his
The company has nothing worthy of Zhang Cundao's fancy, so how could Zhang Cundao join forces with them...
Zhang Cundao looked at him, smiled slightly and said, "But if you play games together, we may have a chance to cooperate."
"Game?" The young man was stunned, why did he turn to this topic again.
"Yes, it's a game! Our company originally planned to develop 2D graphics games, but as you know, the company's founders lacked manpower and energy. We have this plan, but it is difficult to implement. And your company, don't hold on to you
If the chat software is fighting with us, there will be no future. Why don’t you go all out to make games and we will cooperate in this aspect. With Guangnan Media as your backing, you have a natural advantage in the promotion of games."
After saying this, he said to the young man: "Moreover, we have plans to enter the field of display graphics cards in the future. When the time comes, you will sell games and I will sell graphics cards. Wouldn't it be wonderful!"
The young man's eyes popped out when he heard this. He murmured: "Graphic card? This is not software, there is hardware..."
Zhang Cundao nodded and said: "So, the layout must be opened up and the vision must be enlarged. Today's graphics cards have just started. There is no problem for me to join, but we need more funds."
He said calmly: "If you cooperate with us, you will occupy a city in the future market."
Zhang Cundao's words made the young man slightly absent-minded. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly said: "You won't lie to me, do you really want to get a graphics card?"
Zhang Cundao smiled slightly and said, "I never lie to others."
His words were confident and persuasive, his eyes showed absolute confidence in the future, and his face showed absolute confidence in himself. At this moment, he seemed to be glowing, and Zhu Xuanxuan, who was watching to the side, looked fascinated and excited.
Not to mention women like Zhu Xuanxuan, even young people who are used to seeing big shots were dazzled by Zhang Cundao's demeanor at this time. This kind of confidence is what those big shots often have.
The young man lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said: "I have been working on communication software and have never thought about games..."
"Now you can think about it. I will be fine as long as you have communication software. There are too many communication software, but they are incompatible. There are many games, but there is no incompatibility. If you dare to do it, I can give our company's word games to you.
You adapt it and provide some technical support. And after your game is made, we can provide a computer room to ensure the game runs, so that you have no worries."
This time, the young man was completely convinced. He nodded and said, "I will think about it carefully."
Zhang Cundao also nodded, and then said: "Let's drink tea, this tea is very good."
The tea was finished and the cigarettes were smoked. Both parties said goodbye politely. On the way back in the car, Mr. Zhu listened quietly to Zhang Cundao's words. He was very satisfied with Zhang Cundao's words, and then said with some surprise: "You really plan to
Are you going to enter the graphics card industry? Or are you just fooling that guy?"
Zhang Cundao said with a smile: "Why should I lie to him? I think this is the best way to distribute. He has no ability, so he can only play games, and then just provide me with cash. And I have the ability, so naturally I have to take on bigger tasks."
Responsibility to do better things.”
Listening to his words, Mr. Zhu had to be impressed by his self-confidence. This is what a young man is! Thinking back to when he was in his twenties, he was still a carefree young man, and he was not messing around every day.
He was just racing cars and making money. In the end, his father got angry and sent him to the exploration team for several years...
Zhu Xuanxuan also looked at Zhang Cundao with a fascinated look on her face, and the smile on her face never disappeared. If Mr. Zhu hadn't been there, she wouldn't have been able to help but pounce on him. Such an outstanding and confident man is her lifelong pursuit.
!
After bidding farewell to the Zhu family and his daughter, Zhang Cundao slowly walked back to his home. As he walked slowly, he was thinking about problems. At this time, he no longer considered business issues, but spiritual issues.
After thinking for a long time, he finally made up his mind. What kind of Taoist soldiers should he choose?