Ding Zhenglin's development in the next ten years does coincide with what he says today. Today he is reserved and embarrassed by his little pranks, but in the future he will perform like a sharpshooter in the Internet industry and finance. With every hit, he has indeed won an important seat for himself in the industry and has become a benchmark in the investment banking circle.
And the decisive factor for him to be able to do all this is that today he has completely pinned his ambitions on Sequoia.
Li Mu suddenly felt that this person seemed to be more difficult to chew than Chen Tong.
In front of Sequoia, Li Mu really didn't dare to show off. The most successful venture capital company in the world can be said to be the nanny behind countless giant companies. It has invested in world-leading IT companies such as Apple, Google, and Cisco. The strength is staggeringly powerful. If we simply compare platforms, Makino Technology will naturally not be able to compare with Sequoia.
Since the platform can’t compare, let’s talk with money.
So Li Mu said: "Although our scale cannot be compared with Sequoia, we can also provide you with opportunities to display your ambitions, and we will also give you better treatment than at Sequoia."
Although Sequoia is very big, Sequoia's business in China has just begun. Although Ding Zhenglin has got a good position in Sequoia China, his income level has definitely not risen yet, and he may hold very little The market value of some Sequoia shares is definitely not much higher. After all, he has not really become famous in the industry yet.
Ding Zhenglin smiled slightly and said seriously: "Mr. Li, salary is actually not important to me. What I pursue is not making hundreds of thousands or millions a year, but the kind of people who use capital leverage to leverage behemoths." A sense of accomplishment.”
Li Mu said: "I believe that Makino Technology can give you the sense of accomplishment you want. As for you saying that salary is not important, I disagree. I think the normal operating model is that the greater your ability, the more you should earn." The more there is, and if there is a long-term imbalance, this model will definitely not last long.”
Ding Zhenglin laughed at himself and said, "Maybe I care more about my own pursuits."
Li Mu said with a smile: "Pursuance and income can also be coordinated with each other. There is no need to compromise on treatment for the sake of pursuit."
Ding Zhenglin did not comment on Li Mu's words, but remembered something and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I wonder if you have heard of Hou Yantang? He is the founder of FlashGet, the Internet Express."
Li Mu nodded: "Yes, the technology is very powerful. He basically completed FlashGet by himself."
"Yes." Ding Zhenglin said with a smile: "In fact, many companies are very optimistic about the development prospects of FlashGet. Some Internet companies want to buy this product from Hou Yantang, and some venture capital investors hope that Mr. Hou can register a company, and then They offered him investment and formalized the operation of FlashGet, but Mr. Hou refused them all without exception."
Li Mu is very familiar with Hou Yantang's deeds. This has been the talk of the older generation of programmers for many years. When Internet Express was at its most powerful, it could be said to be arrogant. There were too many people who wanted to acquire him and invest in him. Even Baidu's Mr. Li called him specifically and asked him to come to Yanjing for a chat first, but he told Mr. Li: "I don't have time to go to Yanjing. If you come to Chang'an, I can consider meeting you." Niu The level of arousal is evident.
At that time, Internet Express was extremely popular, and Xunlei had not yet begun to truly rise. Hou Yantang did have great capital, but his development after rejecting everyone was so interesting. He buried his head in playing World of Warcraft, and Internet Express soon It did not update once a year, but Xunlei's development speed at that time was almost constant updates and iterations of several versions a year. The product quickly went from catching up to overtaking, so Internet Express also quickly declined, although fortunately, it was completely It was sold before the decline, but for Hou Yantang, he missed too much. Even the founder of Xunlei joked that thanks to World of Warcraft, they had the opportunity to develop.
Li Mu didn't expect that Ding Zhenglin would suddenly mention this person. He was very curious and couldn't help but ask him: "Mr. Ding, what do you want to say?"
Ding Zhenglin smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, I also talked to Mr. Tang on behalf of Sequoia a few days ago. I asked him, there are people who want to buy your products with millions, and there are people who want to invest with millions. I opened a company for you, but why are you unmoved? You just bury your head in Chang'an, live your own little life, and be your own personal webmaster. He said that his pursuit of life is not measured by money. , being a personal webmaster is his favorite role and can give him a sufficient sense of accomplishment. If he sells this product, he will lose this sense of accomplishment; if he takes investment to start a company, he will lose the sense of being his best. He likes the opportunity of the role, so after all considerations, he still feels that being his own personal webmaster is the most comfortable. Although I was a little disappointed after hearing this, I still admire him. He has his own pursuits and can withstand temptation and persevere. This kind of spirit of pursuing one’s own life is rare.”
Li Mu probably understood what Ding Zhenglin wanted to express. He told an example of how he came back disappointed with Hou Yantang, and said that he admired Hou Yantang's spirit. In fact, it was also a disguised hope that he could be as kind to him as he was to him. Like Hou Yantang, on another level, he may also want to express that he and Hou Yantang are the same people on some levels, that is, persistence in pursuit is greater than desire for material things.
Li Mu shook his head after hearing this and said to himself, "You can give me a better example. If you use him to make excuses today and set up this flag, I won't need to come to you for another two or three years. After you see the tragedy that happened to Hou Yantang, , if you think back to what you said today, your face will swell unless you get hit. It’s not good to use anyone as an example. Use him as an example...
Ding Zhenglin was also surprised. After he told this story, he thought he could end the topic here. Unexpectedly, Li Mu shook his head repeatedly and looked regretful. What kind of trick is this
Li Mu sighed and said to Ding Zhenglin: "On this matter, you and I have completely different views. I think Hou Yantang is wasting an excellent opportunity, an opportunity to become a multimillionaire or even a billionaire. Do you think his refusal to sell FlashGet or invest is because he is indifferent to fame and fortune? Don’t be kidding, that’s because he makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year using FlashGet. For him, it’s hundreds of thousands a year, and he’s not dependent on anyone. He is completely satisfied with the restraints and the warmth of his wife and children. You have been working in an investment bank for so long, so you should be very familiar with the development of the Internet. Haven't you found that those individual webmasters have a lot in common? Most of them The thinking of personal webmasters is solidified, stagnant, and a small fortune will be settled. You wait a few years and see. After a few years, all personal webmasters who do not transform will only have a dead end, or they will be stuck with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands a month. Traffic advertising is half-dead and it is impossible to achieve major development.”
Ding Zhenglin suddenly felt that the momentum of Li Mu's words at this moment was extremely strong in his opinion. Not only did he deny the personal webmaster's thinking model from a very high position, but he also completely negated the personal webmaster's future development direction. Subconsciously, I believed deeply in what he said, and could not come up with a single word to deny him or explain to Hou Yantang.
Li Mu looked at Ding Zhenglin at this time and said solemnly: "Actually, I understand your thoughts very well. You are ambitious and want to achieve something, and you want to achieve something big. I don't deny that you must be on a platform as big as Sequoia. You can achieve a great career, but having said that, don’t you think that working in a venture capital company gives you a sense of accomplishment and a state of mind that you will never reach?”
Ding Zhenglin couldn't help but ask: "What sense of accomplishment and realm?"
Li Mu said: "The work you are doing now is ultimately about vision and the art of negotiation. You choose a project, negotiate a good condition, and then throw the company's money to him, and you don't have to worry about the rest. Whether it succeeds or fails, the only connection with you is your performance. You cannot actually control everything from a more macro perspective. You invest in a portal website today, an online education software tomorrow, and a player the day after tomorrow. You can only focus on the three products themselves: portal website, online education software and player. So what if all three are completed? They are just three successful cases in your career.
However, if you join Makino Technology, you can use your vision, the art of negotiation, and potential macro-control capabilities to build an industry chain based on Makino Technology’s industrial model and resource conditions. Invest in a portal today and invest in it tomorrow. By investing in an online education software, you can integrate online education into the portal website. The day after tomorrow, you can bring in a player and embed it into the online education software to create a portal website that can provide online video education, and then add it Introduce the resources of tens of millions of YY users, and then connect Alipay as a payment channel, you may give birth to the largest online video education brand in the country, and then you may be able to kill New Oriental, which is currently in the field of education. This is called real success! "
Li Mu's words made Ding Zhenglin's eyes widen. The first half of his words were a precise summary of his job functions, while the second half of his words almost opened the door to a new world for himself. Just compare it with the latter. I have to admit that the sense of achievement in the former is really nothing, more than just a difference between clouds and mud!
At this time, Li Mu could see the shock deep in his pupils. He smiled slightly and said, "For example, your current job is to chase as many beautiful girls as possible and have a few successful relationships. It is indeed awesome to flirt with many beautiful girls, and it does give you a sense of accomplishment, but in my opinion, what is the real sense of accomplishment? It is that you not only have to fall in love with these beautiful girls, but also integrate them perfectly Together, we form a harmonious family with polygamy and polygamy. This is what we call real awesomeness!"
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