At 2 pm on July 7, 2000, more than 70,000 candidates taking the college entrance examination in Shanghai and Hainan opened their Chinese language test papers and saw the essay requirement: "Recently, our government announced its support for Shanghai's bid to host the 2010 World Expo. Please contribute to the 2010 World Expo."
Establish a theme for the 2016 Shanghai World Expo, demonstrate it, and talk about your ideas. Write an article of about 1,000 words (except poetry) with a title of your own choosing."
The title of this essay produced a huge response among thousands of families in this city that day. From then on, the three words "World Expo" were closely associated with this city.
"Stay, Mr. Shi."
In the Golden Magnolia Square on Nongjiabang Road, Shanghai, the protagonists of the post-millennium era are gradually emerging. Shi Yuzhu and his team live in seclusion here, silently licking their wounds, hoping to use melatonin to regain the country.
He smiled and sent Peng Bo to the door of the building. At this time, there were two things that bothered him, one was the Giant Building and the other was the scar on his face.
Last year, near Huangshan in Anhui Province, his car fell into a 7-meter-deep valley at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. He miraculously survived, but the scars on his face will never disappear in his life.
"Mr. Peng, let's go." This lion who could only hide in the corner and lick his wounds was very grateful for Peng Bo's arrival and helped him in times of need, because Peng Bo not only sent warmth, but also funds.
"Mr. Peng, are you so optimistic about this person?" Bao Bufan asked. After returning from Xiangjiang, his karma ability has been proven. Today Peng Bo brought him to see Shi Yuzhu. In the past, he only knew that this person had disappeared from the world.
Unexpectedly, it is hidden in the city, but it is in the most prosperous corner of Shanghai and Hainan.
"Quite optimistic. To judge a person is not to see him standing on the top of the mountain with unlimited glory, but to see whether he has the ability to turn around again when he hits the bottom. I am envious of so many employees who follow them unswervingly..."
This is the magic of being an entrepreneur!
Magic, looking out from the car window, the Magic City is still rolling forward as usual, never stopping.
Many people are pushed forward by the times to change, but only a handful of people can change the times.
In September, Ma Feng and Mr. Jin Yong jointly issued a "Hero Post", inviting the world's heroes to the West Lake to "sip tea and discuss swords". Among the invited guests, the first Hero Post was sent to Peng Bo.
After attending the appointment, Zhang Chaoyang and Ding Sanshi were not very happy because the Nasdaq collapsed. In this Internet stock market crash, Sina's stock price fell to 1.06 US dollars, and Sohu's stock price fell to 60 cents.
As the most highly educated founder of the Internet, Zhang Chaoyang looks very prosperous, but he has too much depression in his heart. He obviously feels various pressures and distrust from the board of directors, and he cannot take the initiative.
Although NetEase was listed on Nasdaq, Ding Sanshi was in no mood to raise pigs. During the stock market crash, NetEase's stock price fell to 53 cents, and it was even issued a delisting warning by the exchange.
From the West Lake to the Jin Mao Tower, Bao Bufan also came back from Shenzhen and Hong Kong. "Xiao Ma suffered from lumbar disc herniation and was very sick." After returning from a business trip, Bao Bufan's beard looked dark and thick, "I just
Ask him, what do you think of the future of your company? He was silent for a while: "I don't know either."
"Then how did the investment agreement be signed?" Wangcai Xiaoqiang Capital has no money in its account, but Heinwei has worked in many international banks. Borrowing money is not a problem, financing is not a problem, and she can even sell a Penghuo.
It is not a problem to cash out the shares of Bo TV, but Peng Bo does not want to take advantage of the small and medium-sized investors in Xiangjiang.
Bao Bufan smiled, "When the investment agreement was officially signed, the five founders gathered around silently. Xiao Ma asked them: "Is this really the case?" Zeng Liqing urged: "That's it. If it's too late, we'll be fine.
It’s too late.”
Peng Bo smiled, and he signed it. Now his Wangcai Xiaoqiang Capital already owns shares in two major companies, Alibaba and Tencent Future.
"You take a break first. We will go to the capital next week. There is still a battle waiting for us there, but this man has quite a personality..." Peng Bo said with a smile.
"You have personality, I like it!" Bao Bufan was very excited. I like to fight with such people, "Who is it... Oh, it's him!" Bao Bufan looked very disdainful, "I understand, Mr. Peng,
Investing in this company can effectively connect our publishing department with the Internet department. This is a good move. Then our Internet department will form four major sectors: "securities", "games", "online advertising" and "booksellers".
Plate.”
Peng Bo said nothing, smiled and gave a thumbs up.
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Dangdang was founded in 1999, which was a "big year" for Internet entrepreneurship. Alibaba, Ctrip, Shanda, etc. were all founded in this year. Liu Qiangdong and Ma Huateng founded JD.com and Tencent respectively in 1998, and Robin Li founded it in January 2000.
Baidu was founded in the same month, and several of the most influential Internet figures of later generations almost started at the same time.
1999 is also the year when China’s e-commerce started. Alibaba was also established in 1999, but it was a wholesale intermediary.
At that time, e-commerce had just emerged, Alibaba had just started, Liu Dongqiang was still selling optical and magnetic products everywhere, and the B2C market was almost blank.
Dangdang.com was put into operation in November 1999. It can be said to be the pioneer of China's B2C e-commerce. Moreover, Lin Guoqing and Yu Yu's couple are simply a pair of swordsmen. They compete against Amazon. Starting with books, they quickly seize a large number of markets and become the leading book e-commerce company in China.
business website.
Even in April 2000, when the Nasdaq plummeted and the Internet bubble burst, Dangdang still received US$6 million in Series A financing from SoftBank China and IDG Capital, ushering in the first golden period of book, audio and video cooperation.
Many investment institutions are now very ignorant of Dangdang, including Peng Bo.
At this time, it was the ten years since Dangdang started, the most difficult and most glorious ten years.
"Mr. Peng, Lin Guoqing graduated from Peking University, and his wife Yu Yu is from Wall Street and has outstanding financing skills. They don't seem to be short of money." Bao Bufan has already made some efforts to deal with the situation. "However, now that the Internet is in the cold winter, we have to touch it face to face.
Get through their thoughts.”
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Our trip will not be in vain."
Peng Bo smiled and said, the car stopped in front of the China World Hotel in Beijing. Bao Bufan looked at Peng Bo's tall figure under the light. This figure was a bit lonely, but in the capital of this era, it was unique. Although the world was huge,
Let him go alone.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Heinwei also flew to the capital. After a chat, the two of them stared at each other happily. Tomorrow, the two of them will officially face off against Lin Guoqing and Yu Yu!
"Brother." Peng Bo and Heinwei came to the lobby after breakfast. Suddenly a person stood up from the sofa on the side of the screen. Huang Xiaoming quickly greeted him, "Sister-in-law." He greeted Heinwei politely again.
Say hello.
Heyinwei was still a little uncomfortable being called sister-in-law. She smiled and nodded before turning to look at Peng Bo. Peng Bo smiled and said, "Why don't you come up to me when you're here?"
"It's okay. I'll wait down there for a while. I don't know if it's convenient for you today."
"Is something wrong?"
"No, no," Huang Xiaoming said hurriedly, "I just want to be familiar with the capital, so I can run errands and lead the way."
Peng Bo smiled, and he suddenly remembered the past of Chow Yun-fat waiting for TVB executives at the elevator entrance. Everyone's success is not simple, and they have to go through the days of looking at people's faces and looking up to them.
"You're welcome, Xiaoming. I'll be at Dangdang this morning. Are you interested?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Huang Xiaoming said three words in a row, "Then I'll call a taxi."