My 1999

"Mr. Xu, Internet users are loyal to one brand, but they may not be loyal to a new brand. Even if you really convince NTT and Fujitsu to merge into one, it is impossible to really inherit all the users of the three companies.

And based on my understanding of the presidents of the two companies, they will definitely not agree to cooperate with a Chinese. "

"Who knows, but it's always good to try." Xu Liang smiled.

The two people's eyes met in mid-air, and they clashed with each other without giving in at all.

After a long time, Son Zhengyi said slowly.

"Mr. Xu's Hongmeng always needs financing, why are you so resistant now?"

"I want to raise money when I need it, rather than being pushed around by others when I don't want to raise money. These are two concepts."

"It seems we can't reach a consensus."

"If Mr. Sun insists, there is really nothing we can do." Xu Liang did not give in.

Masayoshi Son stopped talking, and Masahiro Inoue said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, SoftBank's investment in Hongmeng does not require a controlling stake or too many shares. It will not restrict Mr. Xu's power to run the company. Even SoftBank's investment will bring certain blessings to Hongmeng's brand building and enhance Hongmeng's commitment to the company. Attraction of top talent.

Why is Mr. Xu so resistant to us? "

Obviously, this is the arrival of a celebrity.

Xu Liang said calmly: "Because Hongmeng has no shortage of money and no shortage of management talents. It's that simple."

"Legend 2", which is destined to be a hit, is about to be officially launched, and "Miracle MU", which is also a hit, will be launched early next year. Hongmeng's revenue will increase several times, and the company's valuation will also skyrocket. He doesn't want to give up this part of the benefits.

Of course, what is more critical than this is that once financing is accepted, SoftBank will do due diligence on Hongmeng.

Bing's profit model on search will be exposed.

Masayoshi Son is a smart man and can definitely see the prospects of search. The possibility of Yahoo Japan doing its own search is too high.

The Hongmeng Japan company accepted financing because Hongmeng Japan’s Bing search business will not do bidding rankings until it captures the vast majority of the market’s search share.

So, it doesn’t matter whether it’s fully tuned or not.

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean, there is no need to talk at all?"

Xu Liang looked at the two of them, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "I can promise you that when Hongmeng starts external financing negotiations, it will definitely give SoftBank a chance, but now... we can't."

The categorical words made Son and Masahiro Inoue frown.

They didn't expect Xu Liang to be so determined.

The two exchanged glances, and Inoue Masahiro smiled.

"Mr. Xu, the food here is good, why don't we chat while we eat?"

"no problem."

Inoue Masahiro gave the secretary a wink, and the latter walked out.

Not long after, beautiful girls in cool clothes walked in carrying dinner plates.

"Mr. Xu, let's move to the restaurant."

Inoue Masahiro stood up and said.

"please."

Everyone came to the dining room of the room, which was a spacious space of about 20 square meters.

The girls arranged the dishes, the fragrance was flowing, their skin was like snow, and they had a unique style.

After everyone sat down, Inoue Masahiro smiled.

"Mr. Xu can choose to stay whichever one he likes."

"Thank you, but no need."

Although he is lustful, he also has to look at the occasion.

"It seems that Mr. Xu is a gentleman." Son Zhengyi smiled.

"Mr. Sun, this is a wonderful compliment."

The subsequent chat between the two parties became casual and did not involve the cooperation and differences between the two parties.

After lunch, Masayoshi Son and Masahiro Inoue saw them off in person.

Looking at the car shadow in the distance, Son Zhengyi sighed.

"It seems that it is impossible to invest in Hongmeng now."

"I didn't expect him to be so determined." After a pause, Inoue Masahiro continued, "Fortunately, he didn't completely refuse."

Son understood what he meant, "In two years' time, the price may not be the same as it is now."

"President, according to my investigation, the three games currently operated by Hongmeng are all imported from South Korea, and none of them are developed by themselves. This model may be lucky enough to get a hit game and create a lot of sales in a short period of time. It works, but it doesn't last long.

Therefore, not investing is not necessarily a disadvantage, and in the current international environment, SoftBank’s shareholders are definitely not willing for us to invest in a company that is deeply involved in the Internet. "

Son shook his head.

"Hongmeng has acquired a South Korean game research and development company to make up for its own shortcomings. Therefore, there will be no significant decline in revenue in a short period of time."

There was a pause.

"Inoue, what do you think of the future of Internet search?"

Inoue Masahiro thought briefly, "It may have a certain future in the enterprise market, but it is difficult to compare with portals and e-commerce, and the scale is destined not to be too large."

Sun Zhengyi thought for a moment and said, "Delay for two days and then try it out with him. If he is still unwilling, talk to him according to Plan B."

Inoue Masahiro nodded.

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"President, do you really want to give up cooperation with Yahoo?" Hideo Fukunaga asked.

"No, Yahoo Japan is still our main partner."

"What about Sun Sang's attitude...?"

"This is just the first negotiation. Of course, we will negotiate based on the conditions that are most beneficial to us. I believe that if we negotiate again, they will retreat. However, we cannot follow their pace."

After finishing his words, Xu Liang pondered for a moment.

"In the afternoon, you go visit GOO President Tetsuya Uchida and discuss with him about our Bing Search becoming a Goo service provider."

"But the service provider of Goo search is Infoseek."

Xu Liang knew this American company.

"Tell Tetsuya Uchida that our Bing search does not charge any service fees. I think they are very willing to use a search service provider with better technology and free of charge."

"No charge?!"

Fukunaga Hideo was a little shocked.

"Free for portals only."

Bing Search gave up on the enterprise market in China because it had no foundation in the enterprise market. Instead of participating in it, it would be better to concentrate on consolidating the independent search engine market.

But not the Japanese market.

Excite is the second largest search engine in Japan, only a few percentage points behind Vision. With annual revenue of nearly two million US dollars, Xu Liang has no need to give up.

Fukunaga Hideo breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Xu Liang was really free.

After all, after selling the Excite portal, all he focused on making money was search. If search became free, he really didn’t know what to do.

"President, what if other companies receive the message and also ask for free?"

"Find an excuse to refuse."

Xu Liang didn't say much. If Fukunaga Hideo couldn't even handle this, he should be replaced as the president.

"Fukunaga, how many servers does the company have now?"

"569 units."

"Is it enough?"

Hideo Fukunaga shook his head, "No new servers were added in three months after the Nasdaq crisis."

"I'll give you 100 million yen, and you'll throw it all on the server." Xu Liang said decisively.

Why is Gugou’s search so awesome?

Technology is only one aspect. The other aspect is that it is willing to spend money on data centers.

With dozens of data centers around the world, Gugou had created an index database of nearly 8 billion web pages in 2005.

Its search results are not only accurate, but the response time is no more than 0.2 seconds.

Far higher than other search engines, the better user experience became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Let Gugou develop far ahead, grow bigger and bigger, and finally become difficult to surpass.

In addition, what needs to be emphasized here is that Internet search does not mean that if you click the "search button", the web crawler will crawl through hundreds of millions and billions of web pages across the entire Internet and grab the corresponding result page for you.

No matter how good the search technology is, it cannot be done in less than one second.

In fact, both Gugou and Baidu build an index database first.

For example, the word ‘car’.

Create a database of web pages involving the keyword car.

Then sort the web pages according to weight.

When a user searches for the word 'car' in a search engine, the web crawler directly enters the corresponding database and displays the results.

Therefore, the larger and more accurate the database is, the better the search engine experience will be.

Of course, artificially adding ads is another matter.

Hideo Fukunaga was excited, "President, I will develop Hongmeng Dongying Company well and live up to your expectations."

Xu Liang smiled and nodded.

Return to the company.

Go directly to Xu Zhe, the person in charge of Hongmeng Japanese Gaming Company.

Of course, his role as the person in charge is only temporary. When a suitable candidate is recruited, he will follow him back to the country.

"how's it going?"

"Mr. Xu, "Legend: Overlord War" has been released in Japan, and the agency is SNK. As a result, there has been very little response. There are less than 600,000 registered users, and 35,000 are online at the same time, barely maintaining income and expenses.

"Millennium" and "Red Moon" have been translated into Japanese in China and are currently negotiating with SNK, but their asking price is too high and we are considering changing publishers. "

"How much does SNK cost?"

"39%."

Xu Liang's brows instantly wrinkled.

Although issuance fees are flexible, many international giants only charge 33%, and most are around 30%.

"Why are they so tall?"

"SNK's current situation is not very good. The debt is too high and there has been news of bankruptcy. Looking at our cooperation, they probably want to make more money from us to repay the debt."

"Do you have any information on SNK? Give me a copy."

"have."

Xu Zhe quickly handed over one.

Xu Liang's eyes lit up when he saw it.

He wasn't very familiar with SNK, but he was very familiar with its games.

The "King of Fighters" series, "Hungry Wolf" series, "Samurai Shodown" series, "Metal Slug" series, and "Fist of the Dragon and Tiger" series are all his childhood memories.

He is also very excited about so many classic IPs.

Moreover, SNK has distribution companies in the United States, Hong Kong, Taipei, and South Korea, and is also very capable in peripheral product development.

If it can be acquired, it will not only fill Hongmeng's gap in fighting games, but also gain distribution channels in the Japanese game market, the American game market, and Hong Kong game markets.

And SNK also has three theme parks, themed cafes all over Japan, etc.