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Chapter 288
Domestic venture capital companies have been around for several years, but there are not many who are willing to bet on the Internet industry. The first to eat crabs, of course, can make huge profits, but they are generally the most vulnerable.

The venture capital department of Star Wish Fund is the first in China to declare that it wants to invest in the Internet and technology industries, and the investment in Ying Haiwei should also be the first Internet company in China to be invested by venture capital!

From the news from the media to Song Yang's departure from Ying Haiwei, the news has already spread to all major cities in China. For ordinary news viewers, they may think it is just news, but for the Internet and technology industry , This is probably a new era is coming.

Just like the wind on the prairie, the domestic Internet is like a small flame on the prairie. As a result, when it encounters the wind of venture capital, it is like a spark that starts a prairie fire, which quickly makes the entire Internet boil.

On the BBS forum, the posts went crazy, "Ying Haiwei got the first venture capital in China!", "Star Wish Fund invested 400 million yuan in Ying Haiwei", "Song Yang became Ying Haiwei's first venture capital investment!" The three major shareholders" posts ran wildly on the BBS forum.

The stationmaster of Pengcheng Station, Rebs, Ding Sanshi and others were all watching. This happened right in front of their eyes. It was the first time they saw a domestic Internet company and got a venture capital investment of 400 million RMB!
For this group of people who brush posts or watch screens, this is definitely a huge shock. Rao, their current salary is already much higher than that of ordinary wage earners, but this venture capital investment is quite a lot. Because they can save it for hundreds of years without eating or drinking!

For the first time, the huge profits of the Internet were revealed in front of their eyes, and they really understood why the Internet practitioners on the other side of the ocean were so crazy about the Internet. Realize Wealth Freedom!

Regardless of the hype and how the media reports it, the Internet wealth creation movement that took place on the other side of the ocean has always had the feeling of a spectacle in China, and this time Ying Haiwei received a venture capital investment of 300 million dollars. Get rich overnight, and instantly appear from the news to reality!
Star Wish Foundation invested 300 million US dollars in Ying Haiwei, and got 15% of Ying Haiwei's shares. In addition, Song Yang got 5% of Ying Haiwei's shares from Ying Haiwei with the agency right of Hotmai mailbox in Greater China. After this venture capital investment, Song Yang is equivalent to Ying Haiwei's third largest shareholder, second only to Zhang Shuxin and his wife.

300 million dollars in venture capital, in exchange for 15% of Ying Haiwei's equity, that is, in an instant, Ying Haiwei's valuation reached 2000 million dollars, equivalent to 6000 million yuan.

Just like the shock that Netscape brought to America when it went public, an Internet company that has only been established for more than a year has easily surpassed General Dynamics, which has been established for 43 years!

That kind of shock is unimaginable for traditional companies in America. Similarly, when Ying Haiwei received 300 million US dollars in venture capital and his valuation exceeded 6000 million yuan in one fell swoop, when the media released the news Yes, the impact on the country is also indescribable.

Not only on the BBS forum, but when the central media news channel broadcast this news to thousands of households in the country, the whole country saw the magic of the Internet for the first time, and knew for the first time that the stuff on the Internet is really special How can I make money!

The major local newspapers are also scrambling to report on this matter. Even many media know little about the Internet, but they also know that the Internet industry may really become valuable.

The 300 million US dollars that Song Yang invested in Ying Haiwei may not know when he will be rewarded, or may never be rewarded, but for the domestic Internet industry, it is nothing less than opening up a new world!
"Ying Haiwei, a venture capitalist of Star Wish Fund, is a memorable day for the domestic Internet industry, and a domestic Internet wave will emerge from this!"

"Computer News" reported this in the special issue of the day, thinking that this was the beginning of a domestic Internet wave.

Compared with TV station news and newspaper reports, the discussions on BBS forums are much more heated.

On the BBS forum, which was originally boasting and pouring water, the smell of lemon appeared for the first time, and voices envious of Ying Haiwei and Zhang Shuxin began to appear. The previous discussion on Ying Haiwei, on the BBS forum, was still biased towards technology, and there were also dissatisfaction with Ying Haiwei The network cable is difficult to use, but most of them are discussing normally as colleagues, but after this day, I suddenly found out that the couple are worth more than 5000 million yuan, can you not be sour...

In addition to discussing Ying Haiwei, there are also discussions on the forum whether "Lao Rong" has gone to Yanjing, whether Song Yang will meet "Lao Rong", and there are serious discussions with the stationmaster Ma of the Pengcheng BBS site, what? Time to develop a domestic instant messaging product, but also get a few million dollars in venture capital.

Of course, these are mostly ridicules, dare to bet on the future, really quit the original iron job, and enter the Internet, after all, there are still a small number of people who play BBS forums, more or less have some computer skills, not like Lei Bu People like Si and Ding Sanshi, who earn good salaries in their respective companies, work in some state-owned enterprises, and if they can really give up everything, it is still much less.

After the ridicule was over, there was also a post asking whether the Wishing Star Foundation would invest in other domestic technology companies, such as Rising, Jinshan, Inspur, and a certain computer assembly factory. After all, the Wishing Star Foundation can claim that the investment of high technology company.

Rebs, who was pouring water on the forum, was quite moved when he saw this post. Now Jinshan is facing the pain period after the disastrous defeat. If he can build a relationship with Song Yang, it may change Jinshan's situation.

But after this post, someone immediately refuted, "Song Yang and Microsoft are allies, will he support Jinshan?"

Immediately afterwards, another well-informed person BBS posted, "There are only permanent interests, no permanent allies. Don't forget about Song Yang and AOL stabbing Netscape in the back last year!"

Good guy, as the popularity of Song Yang's news in China has increased these two days, some people have begun to go to foreign websites to check Song Yang's "glory years" in America, and they naturally picked up a lot of things, including the most famous The Backstab Netscape Event!
As the news from Silicon Valley further spread to China, the people on the BBS forum have a straight-line change in their views on Netscape. Knowing who is carrying the banner of the rise of the global Internet wave, their favorability for Netscape is Straight up.

These technicians who are still in the traditional concept have quite some opinions about double-click and AOL, who seek refuge with Microsoft and stab at Netscape. On the BBS forum, the comments on Song Yang's style also changed.

Whether it is the current BBS or the forums of later generations, as long as there is a crooked one, the entire post will be discarded, and this time is no exception. The original post was to discuss whether Song Yang would invest in Jinshan and other companies, and it instantly became Whether Song Yang and Microsoft are allies, whether the two sides will go to war in the future, etc. This is like the daily political and international situation that is indispensable. Discussing this kind of thing is more exciting than whether to invest or not. many...

After leaving Ying Haiwei, the huge motorcade and a large group of reporters and media all rushed towards Boss Zhang's territory.

Sohu’s Aitexin, which has not yet changed its name, now has an office in Guanghua Chang’an Building. The conditions are much better than before. When he first came back to China, Zhang Chaoyang lived with others in Wanquan Manor. In the area of ​​square meters, Lao Zhang eats and lives in it, and the boiler room is next door.

It is not much better to get Chang’an Building now. Aitexin now includes Lao Zhang, and there are only four people. It is also common to shop on the floor. Not only Aitexin now, but other Internet companies in Yanjing, eat daily food It is basically instant noodles with MSG, and cigarettes supplied. The latter is a strategic commodity that cannot be missing during a war. It is also a standard equipment in the Internet industry now.

So Lao Zhang is also suffering. After suffering for so many years, just like Uncle Liu Huang, he has fought all his life and still can’t enjoy it. It’s not surprising. There are so many gossips, and there have been rumors about models, actresses and even foreign stars.

When Song Yang and the others arrived, Lao Zhang had already been waiting there with the three staff from Aitexin.

"President Song and Manager Zhang are welcome!" Zhang Chaoyang shook hands with Song Yang and Zhang Shuxin and said, Song Yang just ventured into Ying Haiwei, Zhang Chaoyang already knew about it, for Zhang Chaoyang, this time It is also with anticipation!

Zhang Shuxin just nodded towards Lao Zhang. Although he was his family name, Zhang Shuxin had met Zhang Chaoyang before, but he did not invest in him. The relationship between the two parties was actually not very good.

Sohu, which is still called Aitexin, really has nothing to see. The reporters who came with them are a little boring. There is no place to stay in a small office. Boss Zhang didn’t pay the transportation fee, and they didn’t go in. The interest in reporting, at most, is to take a few photos, and then a large group of reporters went to the office corridor and began to discuss today's news.

Zhang Shuxin and other Ying Haiwei executives also talked with Whitman, Eiger and others, and basically came here as a formality.

But Boss Zhang doesn't care about these things. He even let go of his status as a top student at MIT. He doesn't care about these things. Regardless of whether people like the media and Ying Haiwei pay attention to him, he is still introducing Song Yang. Lao Zhang understands , this may be his most likely chance to get a large sum of venture capital this year.

"Now Aitexin's daily visits have exceeded 500 people. Now Aitexin's main business is to cooperate with domestic media to put all kinds of data and news on the Internet and put them on the Internet platform for the whole world. Users in need in the world use..."

Song Yang glanced at Lao Zhang, who didn't even blush. He might be the only one who could say "steal" the news so righteously.

(End of this chapter)