Start with a small fishing boat Chapter 175 If the world is not lonely, I don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are called kings
Chapter 175 If the world is not lonely, I don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are called kings
"Are you short of money? How much alms do you need?" Gu Kun picked up the Longjing tea in front of him, blew the tea leaves floating on it leisurely, and then took a slow sip.
With just one sentence, Ding Sanshi's expression changed slightly.
How the hell can this be called alms?
Isn't that the same as a society that extorts protection money, or a female sympathizer who extorts hush money?
Rhubarb Yi is the benchmark for freedom of speech!
Ding Sanshi's reaction was naturally a little gunpowder: "Mr. Gu, it seems that meeting you is not as good as being famous. So that's what you have? I don't want your money, but I want to give you an opportunity to share and make money - to the portal.
For BBS to carry out stricter and more responsive content management, additional costs will be required.
This is something I didn't even bother to do now. You know, national laws currently have little regard for what people who post on online media say. If you want to file a lawsuit with me, just see who can drag it out.
I’m telling you this for Brother Ma’s sake, and after all, you are different from those big oil investors in the Middle East. It’s not shameful to take your investment, and you’ll get some media bonuses!”
Internet companies cannot take money from oil giants and coal bosses. This is almost a common practice at home and abroad.
Because taking this money means that "this company is not attractive, and insiders are not willing to give them money. They can only deceive the sharks outside the circle, especially the most shark-like mineral resource tycoons, then
Pure money that is just money without resources."
Once a high-tech company leaves such a track record, the company will never be able to raise decent money again.
(I have given examples of this in many books. The most famous one is JET-BONE, later known as the father of the wearable device field. After thirteen rounds of venture capital, it still has not figured out the business model. Even the smart money in the industry with resources has
I stopped following him, and finally got desperate and took money from a certain Hussein oil prince in the Middle East. I was then permanently shunned by the entire circle, and eventually went bankrupt.)
In Ding Sanshi's opinion, if he is willing to continue playing with Gu Kun, he should give Gu Kun some opportunities to clear his name and go ashore.
Although Gu Kun had invested in Ma Feng and Ali Baba before, the industry would not despise Ali Baba because of this, because Gu Kun had not yet acquired the Lanfang Oil Field at that time, and he was not yet a big oil tycoon.
You won’t be looked down upon as a bitch by the tech world.
However, Gu Kun did not intend to appreciate Ding Sanshi's behavior, which he considered an olive branch.
Because the chains of contempt are all relative. After people in the technology industry take oil money, they will be despised by their peers in the technology industry.
But people in the luxury industry will still be despised by their peers in the luxury industry after investing in a traffic company.
This is a process of looking down on each other.
But please pay attention to the wording above: it is the luxury giants who will be despised after investing in "traffic companies", but it does not mean that they will be despised if they invest in high technology.
To give a simple example, if Gu Kun was qualified to invest in Sony, he would not be despised by other peers in the luxury industry, because Sony is a distinguished company with cool black technology and high prices to rip off customers. Take a step back and be better than Sony.
It's a bit cheaper, and you won't be looked down upon if you invest in Apple.
One thing to say is that although there is a lot of black stuff about Apple not respecting human rights, not respecting consumers, and not respecting the sacred property rights, there is still nothing to hide when it comes to "whether it makes dignified profits."
However, if a luxury giant invests in Xiaomi, it will definitely be despised. This has nothing to do with Xiaomi's technological content, but simply because its products are sold too cheaply and without dignity.
As for those low-level people who give money and rebate to users to boost traffic, let alone that. They starve to death in taxi rides, ugly groups buy unfortunate coffee, as long as you get a little bit of it, you will be despised by your peers in the luxury world and regarded as eternally unworthy.
The turned bitch.
The reason why the Chinese business community doesn’t pay much attention to this logic is that in previous generations, no one in the Chinese luxury business became big or strong.
In the past 20 years, the Chinese have paid more for whatever they bought and cheaper for them to sell. This curse is not just rhetoric.
There is not a single true success story, so I need to analyze these.
It is impossible for Huang Yi to be as good as the four cheap customers who paid for fake traffic in later generations. He is probably on an equal footing with Xiaomi, but this has made Gu Kun unwilling to invest in the other party in a high-profile way.
Even if there is a chance, it is just a financial play at best. It is the kind of selling high, buying low, drifting and playing without being ruthless, without talking about your philosophy or loyalty to others.
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Although Gu Kun felt clear-minded, it was still too arrogant and offending to say such straightforward words.
He could only absorb 70% to 80% of the magical powers of the keyboard warrior trolls, and only used a few to successfully reject Ding Sanshi tactfully:
"...All in all, I think you are not worth the price. If you want me to invest financially, I will come when the bubble subsides a little in the future and I think I can buy the bottom.
But you are talking about 4 yuan and 8 dollars per share now, and the issuance price is expected to be 6 yuan in eight months. There is no need to talk nonsense. Even if the issue price is 6 yuan, I can't escape. When I can run, I think it will be far away.
Far from worth 6 bucks.
As for the comment section of the news portal, Huang Yi’s BBS forum revealed the so-called ‘Lanfang business model with a big start’. If you are willing to stop, that’s the best. If not, I will not sue you to increase your reputation.
Yes. I will wait for you to go public and see if the market recognizes you. Then I will become a major shareholder at a low price and let you conduct yourself as a person."
Gu Kun's tone was very calm, not like he was angry with anyone at all.
But what he didn't expect was that Ding Sanshi was actually very calm and didn't feel humiliated when he heard what he said.
It seems that Ding Sanshi, who is only 28 years old, has very strong self-confidence.
Only people with low self-esteem will react particularly violently when being criticized. People who think they are awesome and who are not eager to prove themselves are often very calm.
Just like the French people who hear people criticize French food as being terrible, they all just laugh and are too lazy to get angry with you.
Ding Sanshi looked up and down playfully: "Then you came today to amuse me, didn't you? Oh no, I mean, you came today, weren't you wasting your own time? You should have imagined that I, Brother Thomas, are negotiating with you.
, I must have plans to raise equity with you, and we can both benefit from the partnership. Since you have no interest at all, why bother coming here? You are also worth tens of billions, and your time should be more valuable than mine."
Gu Kun scratched his ears casually: "I can't say that I'm not interested at all. It's just financial investment, making some money and having people say good things to me. I still have this interest. Taking advantage of others at high prices is the so-called in-depth strategy.
I'm just not interested in cooperation - I'll just put it bluntly, if you give me 50 cents a share, I still want it. We can also negotiate 60 to 70 cents."
Gu Kun's words are very excessive in the current context, but from a historical perspective, they are not excessive.
Because in the late Internet winter years, Huang Yi was actually listed for six yuan. Within a few months after listing, it fell below the issue price. At the worst time in 2002, it fell to US$50 per share.
Gu Kun said, "I want it for five cents a share." He just wanted it if he could get the lowest bargain price in the cold winter.
These words finally made Ding Sanshi feel extremely humiliated.
Grass (a kind of plant)! I have already negotiated with the IPO broker that I plan to cooperate with for an IPO of at least 5 yuan. You tell me 50 yuan?
"Then there's nothing to talk about, but don't worry, I'm a very generous person and won't retaliate against you. Mr. Gu, it's really not as famous as meeting him. I thought that you voted for Brother Ma, which means that your vision is superior to other big resource owners."
Well, it turns out he is also... haha."
"Then I'm really sorry for misunderstanding you." Gu Kun crossed his legs and talked and laughed calmly.
"Now I'm not afraid to tell you why I didn't directly invest in other Internet startups, but invested in Ma Ge. What I actually want is not the financial benefits I got after investing in Ma Ge - I want it, but that's
Secondary, not the main cause.
My main purpose is because I see that he is a reliable person, and I feel that Chinese e-commerce will either fail or succeed in his hands.
I voted for him because I just hope that when fakes are rampant in the Chinese e-commerce world in the future, the brands I have will not have fakes, and Ma will help me eliminate anyone who sells fakes.
As for my competitors’ brands in the future, I don’t know if anyone in the Chinese world is selling fakes or if their reputations have been tarnished, and I won’t ask.”
As soon as Gu Kun said this, Ding Sanshi didn't react too strongly, he just felt shocked.
Ma Feng himself, who had been mediating, was so shocked that he almost stood up.
What the fuck?! So this is what Boss Gu wanted to invest money in for Ali Baba?
However, Boss Gu said, "Huaxia e-commerce either can't do it, and if it can do it, it basically needs to be done in the hands of Brother Ma." This sentence is quite useful to Ma Feng.
For a moment, he was praised and criticized again. Ma Feng didn't know whether to agree or refute.
Embarrassed, Ma Feng had to persuade him in a conciliatory manner: "Mr. Gu, why are you saying that? I have always admired your vision, but you really did a good job in this matter... With all due respect
, the future imagination space of the Internet and media technology industries far exceeds that of cultural tourism, luxury and other industries.
You started in the tourism industry, which is your path dependence, I understand. But now you have reached this historical juncture and are sitting on tens of billions. If you want to be another Sun Zhengyi, or even completely surpass Sun Zhengyi, you have a chance.
Why should you be locked in by the path dependencies of the industry you started in?"
Gu Kun smiled and patted Ma Feng on the shoulder: "This is not a matter of path dependence. I just recognized my historical mission and what I must do.
I know that with or without me, Chinese people will definitely be successful in the Internet industry. There is no shortage of talents in this area. But without me, Chinese people will definitely not be successful in the luxury field. There are too many Chinese people who can make hard-earned money.
Well, there are too few Chinese people everywhere who can earn aristocratic dividends. I am the only one.
When money reaches tens of billions of dollars, it is just a number to me. What I want is to make the cake in the Chinese world bigger, not to divide the cake among those who already have a cake. Therefore, I cannot undermine my efforts to make those who have no
I, the Chinese are destined not to be able to make money."
When he said this, Gu Kun's tone was like Cao Cao's saying, "If there were no orphans in the world, how many people would be emperors and kings" or the owner of Shuangfeng Noodle House said, "If there were no orphans in Sanhe, how many people would be homeless?"