The reason why Lin Xiaru laughed out loud was because she felt that Boss Ma was really too naive.
He knew very well that this domain name was actually in the hands of his competitor.
As a result, Boss Ma not only knew nothing about it, but was even deceived by the opponent. The opponent told him that he bought this domain name to build a Tonghua website, but he actually believed it.
It's really silly and naive.
When Boss Ma saw Lin Xiaru laughing out loud, he thought she also thought the fairy tale website project was nonsense, so he also laughed and said: "Actually, when I heard about this, I also thought it was ridiculous. A website for reading fairy tales online, This is not a normal Internet project at all, it is simply nonsense.”
"How can something like this, which has no business model at all, succeed in the Internet industry?"
"The Internet industry must be linked to money. Otherwise, how can it be possible?"
"I'm different from him. My eyes are very focused. I want to do e-commerce, and I want to help small businesses in China go global, connect with the world, and help them sell things all over the world!"
Lin Xiaru felt that this matter was really ridiculous after hearing his serious analysis.
It seems that Boss Ma is a very self-centered, confident and even arrogant person.
It's just that his current self-confidence is indeed a bit self-righteous in his own eyes.
Because he had no idea what was going on, so he started giving pointers to his competitors. This was a bit embarrassing.
His impassioned and strategizing comments not only failed to impress me at all, but instead made me feel lucky that I had made the decision not to invest in him in advance.
At this time, Boss Ma was still talking nonstop: "Mr. Lin, to be honest with you, I have been observing the situation of this domain name, and I found that his fairy tale website has not been launched. I suspect that this project has been aborted. , so I plan to communicate with him again in the next few days to see if he is willing to transfer this domain name. I am 90% sure that I can successfully obtain this domain name within one or two months."
Lin Xiaru nodded with a smile, but she didn't say anything.
After coming to Hangzhou this time and meeting Boss Ma, I really gave up on the Ali team.
Boss Ma was completely confused about the situation and had no idea what other competitors were eyeing him behind him, so he was blindly confident here.
For such a project, let alone US$5 million, even if it costs US$500,000, I would not invest.
After visiting Ali, Cai Chongxin invited Lin Xiaru to drink coffee at her hotel.
I said I was drinking coffee, but actually I just wanted to have an in-depth chat about investment-related matters.
Lin Xiaru felt very annoyed, and this feeling seemed to be obvious. You already have someone you like, but you still have to be forced to go on a blind date with another person.
What's more important is that the person on the blind date is much worse than the person he likes in every aspect.
But what can be done? Now that we have agreed to the blind date, out of etiquette, we have to wait until the blind date is over before telling the other party that the two of us are not suitable.
When talking about investment, Boss Ma did not participate, because Boss Ma knew that he was not good at finance and capital matters, which was Cai Chongxin's specialty.
His real specialty is planning business direction and future development with others. He has already done all this by himself, so when it comes to specific investment matters, Cai Chongxin must take charge of it himself, which will give him better room to perform.
However, at this moment, no matter how awesome Cai Chongxin is, it is impossible for Lin Xiaru to change his mind.
Lin Xiaru chatted with Cai Chongxin for more than an hour, but she did not give Cai Chongxin a clear investment intention on the spot.
Her explanation was that she needed to return to Hong Kong and meet with the Hong Kong team before deciding whether to invest in this project.
This is also a favorite mediation method used by people in the business world.
If you refuse directly in person, it won't look good on your face. Give it a buffer first and then find a reason to refuse when you get back, so it won't look so direct.
Cai Chongxin didn't get the affirmative answer he wanted. While he felt a little disappointed, he was also a little worried.
He originally thought that Lin Xiaru would be able to make a decision quickly after meeting with Boss Ma after arriving, but he did not expect that Lin Xiaru would be so cautious and would go back to discuss it with the team.
In this way, if you want to wait for a confirmed result, you will need to wait for a while longer.
However, he also knew that he could not force Lin Xiaru to make a decision, so he could only wait patiently for news from her.
Lin Xiaru will stay in Hangzhou for one night and leave by plane early the next morning.
When the two of them parted, Lin Xiaru looked at Cai Chongxin and asked him a question: "Chongxin, you and I have a pretty good personal relationship, so I'll ask you a question in private, why did you give up your job on Wall Street and come here?"
Cai Chongxin said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I think Mr. Ma has a very strong entrepreneurial passion. This kind of person is something I have rarely seen in the United States for so many years."
Lin Xiaru sighed softly: "But only passion may not lead to success."
After saying that, she waved her hand and said: "Okay Chongxin, I'm going back to rest. If there is any news, I will inform you as soon as possible."
Cai Chongxin didn't know why she said such things, and there was already a strong uneasiness deep in his heart.
She always felt that what Lin Xiaru said must mean something. Could it be that she was not satisfied with Boss Ma
Or is she not very satisfied with Ali's project
Cai Chongxin couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only drive back to Ali to have a chat with Boss Ma.
Boss Ma has been waiting for news of his triumphant return. He has even decided that once Lin Xiaru decides to invest today, he will take his employees to have a nice meal and open a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
But I didn't expect that after Cai Chongxin came, don't tell him two bad news.
First, Lin Xiaru did not make a decision immediately, but had to go back and discuss with the team before giving a clear answer;
Second, Lin Xiaru's attitude seemed a little lukewarm, and it seemed that she had a strong desire to invest in this project.
With Tsai Chongxin's many years of experience working on Wall Street, he speculated that Lin Xiaru's attitude today contained information that was not optimistic about Alibaba.
When Boss Ma heard this, he felt a little confused.
He asked Cai Chongxin: "You said Mr. Lin is not optimistic about Alibaba? Why? Did I not speak clearly enough just now?"
Cai Chongxin shook his head: "I think you have made it very clear, and the pattern is very big, but I don't understand why she showed such an attitude."
Boss Ma asked: "Is she trying to deliberately lower our valuation?"
"It's not like that." Cai Chongxin said: "She didn't even talk to me about the valuation the whole time. It's like we are interviewing for a job. If the other party is not willing to ask you how much money you want, then isn't this matter a bit complicated? Not too optimistic?"
Boss Ma couldn't help but smacked his lips and said with a sad face: "What a hell, I thought she could make the decision today..."
Cai Chongxin sighed and said: "Now we can only wait. I am also talking to several other capital investors to find us a reliable alternative as soon as possible."
The failure to negotiate an investment from Goldman Sachs made Boss Ma feel a little frustrated, but he was not discouraged because he felt that even if Goldman Sachs failed, he would definitely be able to find other investments.
However, now that there is no money coming in, Ali will further cut back on food and clothing, because no one knows when the capital money will arrive.
…
At this moment, Xu Yiyang, who wanted to invest money for Boss Ma, was following his dormitory brothers, pushing a tricycle to sell military training uniforms at the entrance of the construction site.
By around two o'clock in the afternoon, all 2,100 sets of camouflage uniforms they had prepared were sold out at the entrance of the fourth construction site.
The gross profit was more than 31,000 yuan. After excluding the commission given to the girls yesterday and the small cost of renting a tricycle, there was still a steady profit of 30,000 yuan.
Everyone was very excited, and Xu Yiyang also felt a sense of accomplishment.
After all, this time it is not based on the special advantages of the reborn, but purely on business opportunities judged by smell.
After all the camouflage uniforms were sold out, Xu Yiyang said to everyone: "Everyone, now is not the time to divide the money. There is a big gap in this market. We have to quickly go to other schools to start before others have discovered this business opportunity!"
Zhao Xin hurriedly said: "Lao Xu, we will listen to you in everything, just make arrangements!"
Chen Meng also said: "Yes, Brother Xu, I will obey your orders in everything from now on!"
Everyone else nodded excitedly, waiting for Xu Yiyang's order.
Xu Yiyang immediately said: "There are many universities near our school. China Overseas University and China Overseas University of Finance and Economics are right here. Tongji University and Fudan University are not far away, especially the latter two. They are both large comprehensive universities with an estimated three to four thousand freshmen. We have to strike while the iron is hot, get ahead of others, go to these schools and collect all their military training uniforms, and we will make money if we grab them!"
Everyone loudly agreed, so Xu Yiyang made a ranking.
He felt that we should first win over the three comprehensive universities, Tongji, Fudan, and Zhonghai University, and then go on to win over other small and medium-sized universities, one by one.
It is less than three kilometers from China Overseas Chinese University to Tongji, less than four kilometers to Fudan University, and about five kilometers to Zhonghai University, so Xu Yiyang chose Tongji as his first goal.
Since Tongji was not his own school, Xu Yiyang decided to go there first to get a feel for the situation.
A few people were preparing to go back to the dormitory to change clothes. At this time, a short and fat middle-aged man came out of the construction site and waved: "Young men, wait a moment!"
Xu Yiyang turned around and asked, "You called us?"
"Yes!" The man nodded, trotted over and said, "Let me introduce myself. My surname is Lu, and I am the boss of a construction company."
Xu Yiyang said hurriedly: "Hello, Boss Lu."
Saying that, Xu Yiyang asked curiously: "Does this construction site belong to you?"
"No." Boss Lu said: "How can I afford to pay for such a big construction site? I am just a big foreman. I have contracted some work at several construction sites and have thousands of workers under my command."
Xu Yiyang nodded and asked quickly: "Do you have anything to do with us?"
Boss Lu smiled and said, "That's right. I heard from the workers inside that you have a lot of good work clothes, which only cost twenty-five yuan a set. I took a look and found that the quality is indeed very good. I would like to ask. Do you still have the goods on hand?"
Xu Yiyang wanted to say that you were late, but then he thought about it and hurriedly changed his words and said: "There is still some goods, but they are temporarily gone. I have to go back to get them. When do you want it and how much do you want?"
Boss Lu said: "I plan to ask for two thousand pieces, will it be enough?"
Sorry it's too late today, I can only wait until the extra update is due and will make it up tomorrow... Good night everyone!
(End of chapter)