"Alipay charges a handling fee, but we provide it to them free of charge."
"Those merchants said that they can trust Alipay, even though Alipay will charge them channel fees, but they don't trust our company's products."
After hearing the report from his subordinates, Qin Jiong looked a little pale and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to go out.
Snap!
Lighting a cigarette, Qin Jiong smoked quietly in the office, immersing himself in the smoke. His face full of breath showed vicissitudes of life, but his real age was only thirty years old.
Qin Jiong graduated from the Computer Science Department of Shuimu University, and then went to MIT to further his studies in the computer finance industry. At that time, he saw the development prospects of Internet finance.
In particular, the number of domestic Internet users is growing rapidly. Qin Jiong believes that Internet payment will replace traditional bank payment in the future, so he turned down offers from several large companies and chose to return to China to start a business.
Because he was a top student from Massachusetts and a returnee from overseas, Qin Jiong was favored by capital. He immediately attracted investment. A certain company invested five million, plus the two million he had accumulated over the years, a total of seven
With millions of funds, he founded an online payment company.
After spending nearly more than a year, Qin Jiong finally made the product. However, when he was excited to promote the product to the market, he was poured cold water on it.
On the domestic Internet, there are already hundreds of third-party payment platform companies, and there are many good and bad companies. There have even been many scam companies that directly take away merchants' money and run away.
Therefore, many merchants have become cautious about the choice of third-party payment platforms. They would rather spend money to use payment platforms backed by several giant companies than use free or low-cost small payment platforms.
Qin Jiong is not discouraged when promotion is hindered, because he believes that as long as he relies on his operations, the company's products will eventually be accepted by merchants.
What really makes Qin Jiong despair is that the company that originally invested in him went bankrupt, which means that not only will he not receive additional funds, but his company's shares will also be sold at a low price by the other party.
Qin Jiong pursues perfection in everything he does. Take the establishment of a payment platform as an example. If it was just a general payment platform, it would not take so long. The investment company also urged him to go online as soon as possible, but he refused.
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Because he knows very well that if his product is the same as those payment platforms on the market, then his product does not have many advantages, so he has to polish the product well so that there are no problems in terms of speed and security before it can be launched online.
The investment company went bankrupt and there was no endorsement from a big company. In the current market, it is understandably difficult to promote a new payment platform. Qin Jiong had only two choices in front of him.
The first option is to sell the product and then dissolve the company. The second option is to sell the company to another large company and become its subsidiary.
As a product that cost him more than a year of hard work, Qin Jiong was reluctant to sell it, especially if it was sold at a low price. However, the second form was also difficult to use because Internet giants all had their own payment platforms.
"Why are you smoking again? Smoke less."
The office door was pushed open, and an intellectual woman saw the smoke filling the office, frowned, and spoke to persuade.
"Don't come in, you're pregnant."
When Qin Jiong saw his wife walking in, he stood up in a panic, put out the cigarette butts, and then opened the window of the office to let in the cold wind from outside.
"You still like to smoke so much even though you know I'm pregnant. Even if you don't think about your own body, you still have to think about the children in our belly."
The woman waited until the air in the office was almost circulated before she stepped in. She first smoothed Qin Jiong's wrinkled shirt, and then said dissatisfiedly: "You haven't shaved your beard for how many days. Did it start when I returned to my parents' home?"
, you haven’t taken care of yourself.”
"Yes... yes, I just didn't shave."
Qin Jiong lied. Since his wife returned to her parents' home a week ago, except for sleeping once at home, he has slept in the office most of the time.
"You can still deceive me. Why, is the company in trouble? If not, just mortgage our house."
"no!"
Qin Jiong interrupted his wife without hesitation. If... if his wife was not pregnant, he would really have such thoughts. After all, this company is his hard work, but the child in his wife is also his.
hard work, and the latter is more important.
"You can just rest at home and raise your baby. I will take care of the company's affairs. Don't you still have confidence in me?" In order to comfort his wife, Qin Jiong deliberately showed a confident smile on his face.
"Of course I have confidence in you. When you were in college, you were outstanding. Otherwise, why would I pursue you?"
Hearing his wife's words, Qin Jiong's eyes showed a hint of self-deprecation. Yes, his grades in all subjects during college were outstanding among the departments. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get a degree from MIT.
offer.
However, many of the classmates who were in the same class back then, whose grades were not as good as mine, are now middle-level managers in major Internet companies, and several have even become corporate executives.
On the contrary, I, who had high hopes from the teachers at the beginning, is still struggling for the survival of the company.
He remembered that a few days ago, a classmate called him to invite him to work in the other company. Although he knew that this classmate did not deliberately laugh at him, but really wanted to help him, and he also had confidence in his skills, Qin Jiong
There is still a sense of awkwardness in my heart. To put it bluntly, it is my pride that is causing trouble.
"Maybe it's not a bad thing to give up the company and work for a big company. At least in this way, you can provide a stable income for your family without having your wife take risks with you."
Qin Jiong was thinking in his heart, and there was a knock on the door of the office.
"Mr. Qin, there is a gentleman who calls himself Su Wang and wants to see you."
The person who knocked on the door was the company's administrator. Qin Jiong recalled that he didn't seem to know anyone named Su Wang, and he didn't make an appointment with anyone today.
"Since someone is looking for you, let's talk about business. I'll go shopping elsewhere in the company."
Hearing his wife's words, Qin Jiong knew that his wife would not go home but would wait for him at the company because he was afraid that he would stay at the company and work overtime until late again.
"Well, there is a lounge over there. You can go and sit there."
After sending his wife out of the office, Qin Jiong also noticed a young man walking towards him under the leadership of the company's administrator.
However, Qin Jiong frowned when he saw the other person's appearance. This person looked about the age of a college student. Could he be a student of Shuimu University, his junior?
In fact, when Qin Jiong first returned to China to start his own business, the company did have students who had come to Shuimu University, because he promoted it to the school's entrepreneurship department in order to recruit employees.
Of course, I also sponsored a sum of money to the school’s external relations department. Could it be that this is a student of the school’s external relations department?
"Hello, Mr. Qin, my name is Su Wang, a student from Shuimu University."
Hearing the other party's introduction, Qin Jiong felt something in his heart. He was really his junior. He couldn't really come to him to ask for sponsorship fees. Although the money was not much, just a thousand yuan, but now he
The company's finances are already stretched thin, and every penny is spent in two cents.
"So it's my junior, please come and sit in the office."
Hearing Qin Jiong's invitation, Su Wang felt a little emotional. This is why he went to Shuimu University. Sometimes the aura of this famous college student is really useful. He not only represents an honor, but also represents a circle of connections.
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If he hadn't graduated from Shuimu University, and if he hadn't had a so-called alumni relationship with Qin Jiong, Qin Jiong might not have talked to him. But with this relationship as an alumnus, Qin Jiong would still do his best on the surface, regardless of whether he was really welcomed.
of.
In his previous life, Su Wang once attended a relatively high-end dinner party. There was a leader at the dinner party. Compared with several other entrepreneurs present, Su Wang could be said to be a little transparent.
But it turned out that because someone next to him introduced where Su Wang was from and that he happened to be a fellow villager with the leader, the leader took the initiative to have a drink with Su Wang to save face, and the two of them even added WeChat.
Of course, Su Wang’s WeChat Moments of the leader cannot be seen, and the WeChat friends he added have not been chatted with. This is more of a superficial form, showing the leader’s kindness to fellow villagers.
Fellows and alumni have the same meaning.
Qin Jiong led Su Wang into his office. As soon as he entered, Su Wang frowned because he smelled the strong smell of smoke, and he didn't think Qin Jiong was the kind of old smoker who was so good at smoking.
There is only one reason why I smoke so much, and that is when I encounter troubles and unpleasant things.
"Junior, what's the matter with coming to my place?"
"It was rude of me to come to visit without making an appointment with my senior, but I did come here this time because I have something to talk to my senior about."
Su Wang had a smile on his face. He had recently investigated domestic third-party payment platforms, and among many payment companies, he finally chose Senior Qin's company.
There are two reasons. The first point is that Mr. Qin’s payment products are very good. Both the user experience and security are better than most payment platforms. Of course, the most important point is that he understands that this company currently
We are in trouble with a broken capital chain.
The product is good but he is short of money, which is exactly his ideal acquisition target.
Qin Jiong didn't answer Su Wang's words. If it had been the same in the past, he would have said, "If you have anything to do, just say it. As a senior, I will definitely help." But now that he has nothing to offer, he doesn't dare to make random promises.
"I'm here today because I want to acquire your company, senior."
Su Wang spoke with a smile, and then watched Qin Jiong's expression change rapidly.
First he was careless, then he was surprised, and then he was angry. His emotions changed so fast that Su Wang couldn't even understand it.
ps: Is the portion of this sidekick enough? Ahem...someone can express it consciously.