Li Mu signed in with his company name, and then followed other participants to the internal conference center. The conference center of this star-rated hotel is large and can accommodate at least a thousand people. It has four doors on both sides and a stage in the front row. , the huge spray-painted background behind said: Yanjing City 2001 Internet Conference.
There are at least two to three hundred tables and chairs neatly placed under the stage. On each table is a card with the company name written on it, and a separate podium is placed on the stage, on both sides of the stage. , each with ten fan-shaped cards facing hundreds of seats, the cards placed on them are very delicate, some are marked with the names of the leaders of the information department, and some are marked with the company + name.
Li Mu took a quick look and saw that the ten tables on the left side of the stage were all reserved for big names.
The CEOs of NetEase, Sohu, and Sina, three Internet companies that have been listed on Nasdaq, are all listed. Although NetEase is in the penalty period of being suspended from trading by Nasdaq for four months, it still does not affect its influence in the country. In addition, there are Yahoo, Microsoft, and hardware manufacturers such as Lenovo, IBM, and HP.
Looking at this seating arrangement, Li Mu couldn't help but sigh. The biggest Internet figure he has ever interacted with since his rebirth is Baidu's Mr. Li. However, Mr. Li can only be regarded as second-rate in the domestic Internet field.
The front line now is still big bosses like Ding Lei, Zhang Chaoyang, and Wang Zhidong. In the future, the big bosses of the BTA troika can only be regarded as junior figures in front of these three.
Li Mu took the seating arrangement provided by the organizer of the conference and saw that the seat number of Makino Technology was 212. According to the seat distribution, it was in the middle of the second row. Li Mu looked at the two companies around him and was immediately happy after reading it. , 211 is Baidu, and 213 is Xu Jiaming’s venture capital company-Mingcheng Capital.
It would be normal if they were next to Baidu. After all, Baidu accepted the invitation to the conference through Baidu. But it would be very interesting for Mingcheng Capital to be right next to it. Xu Jiaming must have deliberately switched this seat.
Li Mu was looking at the seating list when a hand suddenly touched his shoulder. He turned around and saw Xu Jiaming looking at him with a smile: "I didn't even say hello to this conference. Fortunately, I suddenly had a whim yesterday and asked someone to consult the list. Makino Technology or not, otherwise I wouldn’t even know you were coming today.”
Li Mu smiled and said, "You were the one to adjust this time, right?"
"Yes." Xu Jiaming said casually, "I just wanted to say hello last night."
Li Mu nodded, thinking that Xu Jiaming was quite magnanimous.
Xu Jiaming said at this time: "You must be careful today. Makino Technology will definitely be watched by the heads of these companies participating in the meeting today."
Li Mu asked him: "Is it because of the bar explosions in Tieba and Q Bar?"
"Yes." Xu Jiaming said: "Your Makino Technology is now the most watched company in the Internet investment circle. The influence of Tieba has really scared everyone in the industry. After this incident, Tieba will definitely be listed on the Internet. It will soon become a national hot spot. This time Teng Xun will really make your wedding dress."
Li Mu smiled helplessly and said: "Sure enough, you guys are the most well-informed about VC."
Xu Jiaming laughed and said: "After this incident is over, we can quickly strike while the iron is hot and merge Series B, and we will definitely get a good price."
Li Mu smiled lightly and said, "Let's take a look again."
Although it seems that he is not anxious about Series B on the surface, Li Mu has been thinking about Series B financing in his heart.
Makino Technology is about to usher in a spurt of development. For Series B financing, we need to find connections and backers. Therefore, there are several principles for Series B financing. First, we cannot accept investment from Internet companies, and secondly, we cannot accept financing from overseas investment banks. It is best to find investors with strong backgrounds and connections. Even if you suffer losses, it doesn’t matter. You can quickly recruit a backer to join in, so that you can protect your safety after the B-round takes off in the future.
Li Mu also thought carefully about who to invest in Makino Technology's Series B round. Xu Jiaming had been showing his goodwill to him, and his original intention was to invest in Makino Technology. However, although Xu Jiaming's family seemed to be very powerful, But Xu Jiaming's status in the Xu family is a little less stable. Last time his cousin Xu Jiahua slapped him in the face at the bowling alley, he basically had no ability to resist.
However, Chen Ze is a son of an official family, has a deep relationship with Yanjing, and has a good temperament with him. If he can come in, Makino Technology will have a real background and connections, but Chen Ze will definitely not be able to directly To invest in Makino Technology, he has to find a spokesperson just like he did in SugarClub. From this point of view, Xu Jiaming is Chen Ze’s best choice for spokesperson. If they are allowed to come in together in the B round, it will be a good thing for Makino Technology.
As soon as Li Mu and Xu Jiaming sat down at the seats corresponding to their respective company names, several people immediately gathered around them, asking about Li Mu's position at Muye Technology, and even took out their business cards to exchange them with Li Mu.
I don’t know who suddenly said: “The people from Makino Technology are here.”
As a result, more people gathered around.
Many people who have already arrived have been staring at the position of Makino Technology, waiting for the people from Makino Technology to appear. Recently, no Internet company is as famous as Makino Technology, and Makino Technology has always been very low-key in the industry and is quite popular. The sense of mystery makes industry insiders more interested in the managers behind it.
A lot of people gathered around and wanted to exchange business cards, but Li Mu had never printed business cards before, so he had to tell the people around him: "I'm sorry, everyone, I haven't printed business cards yet, but I will definitely keep your business cards and take them back to the company." .”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's interest in Li Mu suddenly decreased a lot. Li Mu's words could easily make people think that he was just an ordinary employee who was arranged to perform a formality for the company. The reason why everyone at the conference was interested in Makino Technology was, It was more about getting to know the boss of Makino Technology, but no one guessed that the young man in front of him was the boss of Makino Technology.
However, there were also sharp-eyed people who stared at Li Mu for a long time and said, "Oh, aren't you the same Li Mu that was covered all over the TV stations some time ago?"
As soon as these words came out, a group of people who had lost interest in Li Mu gathered around again.
Someone asked Li Mu: "Li Mu, aren't you doing 3321? Are you also involved in Makino Technology?"
A person next to him said: "Makino Technology, Makino... Li Mu, couldn't you have founded Makino Technology too?"
Li Mu knew that people in the industry were very well-informed, and he couldn't hide the truth about Makino Technology even if he wanted to, so he nodded generously and admitted: "Thank you for your concern. I was indeed the founder of Makino Technology."
At this time, the twenty or thirty people around were stunned.
Although it had been expected, many people still felt unbelievable when Li Mu said these words himself.
Li Mu became famous in the Internet field because of 3321. The project's exposure in the media was so high that people in the industry remembered Li Mu's name because of 3321. They knew that this kid had created an online trading platform for college tutors like a genius. , but stupidly announced that 3321 would not make a penny of profit and would invest all net profits into the student fund.
At that time, many people on the Internet lamented that a super-high-quality project with stable profits and strong cash flow was not designed to make money. What kind of animal did Li Mu let his brain kick? Unexpectedly, they secretly have big projects that really make money. Before Makino Technology was split up, it was worth at least 300 to 400 million yuan. Although there has been a certain decline after the split, the influence of the recent Tieba incident is so great that it is enough Let the capital side re-examine the valuation of Tieba. Maybe there are VCs willing to give the valuation before the split.
A 19-year-old young man built a great website by himself, but unfortunately he did not make any money. This story will make people in the industry sigh and sigh, and it can also help people in the industry find a psychological balance. Geniuses can also be stupid sometimes, and geniuses who are stupid do not recruit people. envy.
But now, the story has changed. The genius is not stupid not to make money from 3321, but has other ways to make money. 3321, Makino Technology, and Yiting Technology, these three projects are all his own. Together, these three websites are enough to crush most of the "well-known people" in the industry present today, and even throw the well-known individual webmasters in China thousands of miles away.
Mr. Li from Baidu also came at this time. He squeezed through the crowd in surprise, only to find that the focus of the crowd was actually Li Mu.
Seeing Li Mu again, Mr. Li had mixed feelings in his heart. He originally thought that Li Mu's Tieba would suffer heavy losses in front of Q Bar, and he also thought about taking advantage of the situation when he was unable to defeat Q Bar. Unexpectedly, the Tieba incident involving millions of people exploded immediately. I gave Q Bar a loud slap in the face, and this slap was given in front of the whole country. It was equivalent to the colleagues Q Bar sent to be slapped. It also helped Tie Bar complete an unprecedented large-scale exposure. Now it’s better. , Tieba’s popularity has not only skyrocketed, but its traffic has also been rising steadily, which is simply a shocking reversal.
Mr. Li has always asked Tan Yaocheng to monitor the data of Tieba. From the event of millions of people exploding the bar to the present, the traffic of Tieba has increased by an astonishing 30%. A large number of users come here with admiration for Tieba, and then are attracted by Tieba’s community. attributes and a large amount of high-quality content. This result made Mr. Li very annoyed. Baidu had just converted its shares from Tieba to Yiting.com, why did he jump up inadvertently
Others may not see the clues to the million-person bar explosion incident, but Mr. Li knew it well. He knew that this incident must have been done by Li Mu, because he knew that Li Mu had already raised a Douban forum under his hands. A large-scale Internet troll army has been formed inside.
"This guy is so good..." Mr. Li looked at Li Mu with complicated eyes and sighed in his heart.
Wait a minute, this guy Li Mu is so smart, how can he be so stubbornly obsessed with this ghost thing called the navigation website
(End of chapter)