"The specific planning plan, I will go back and write it out, and then I will contact you on the phone!" Li Zetian said.
"Okay." Bill Gates and Buffett nodded in unison.
"Okay, it's very late now, it's time for us to leave the hotel!" Li Zetian said.
"Um."
…
The next day, AOL chat rooms.
"You know, a big event happened last night! The LY Foundation raised $11.1 billion, $11.1 billion!!!" A netizen named "Alpha" typed in shock.
"I'm going, just kidding, how could it be possible to raise so much money overnight!!"
"Is it April Fool's Day today? To make up such unbelievable news, hehe..."
"Haha, only fools will believe it!"
"That's right, it's an insult to our IQ!"
Netizens expressed disbelief.
The Alpha netizen was impatient and typed: "Damn, I'm not lying, my cousin is a reporter, and he told me personally that the LY Foundation raised $11.1 billion at the Hilton Hotel last night. Chronos Li, the richest man in the world, participated. Last night's charity party, donated 10 billion US dollars at once, without blinking an eye!!!"
The netizens in the chat room suddenly exploded!
"Damn, is there really such a thing?!! Chronos Li is really a jerk. I don't even dare to think about 10 billion US dollars. He actually donated it like this!"
"Chronos Li is mighty and domineering, and treats money like dung!"
"The first person in charity really didn't blow it up!"
"66666"
"Go and log on to the Yahoo website. Chronos Li's donation is posted on the homepage, and there are even photos. It's absolutely true!"
"It's true or not, okay, go see it right away!"
A group of netizens moved to the Yahoo website one after another, and a message scrolled on the home page—“Chronos Li, the world’s first philanthropist, donated 10 billion US dollars to the LY Foundation to help poor orphans! ! ! ".
In addition to Yahoo's website reporting the incident, major media across the United States have followed suit.
"Chronos · Li is good, donating 10 billion US dollars to orphans, this is the real businessman with conscience! 》
"A $11.1 Billion Charity Gala Shocks the World!" 》
…
Beverly Hills.
The 12-year-old leisurely read the newspaper and muttered, "Why don't these newspapers report on my mother? Obviously, my mother is the chairman of LY, she is the hardest worker and the most contributor! In addition to donating money, my father , did nothing."
Li Zetian: "..."
Shaking his head, Li Zetian continued to write the plan.
The name of the travel website is TripAdvisor. Trip means "tourism", and Advisor means "consultant", which together means travel advisor. In countries where English is used, it is easy for people to understand and remember!
If the company name is named Ctrip or Tuniu, how can these European and American foreigners know what this website is for.
The planning case was written very quickly. Li Zetian had a very clear travel website in his mind as a reference, and even the design of the website was written in great detail.
crackling.
It took more than an hour to complete a detailed plan.
"Yuqin, help me inform Buffett and Bill Gates, let them come to our house, and say that the planning of the travel website has been completed." Li Zetian asked Dongfang Yuqin, who was sitting not far away and browsing documents. waved.
"Yeah." Dongfang Yuqin answered, picked up the phone and started to notify. After a while, she said to Li Zetian, "Okay, they will be here at 1 o'clock in the afternoon."
Li Zetian nodded, and immediately printed two copies of the plan, while looking at his plan, he pondered.
"If the travel website company becomes bigger and stronger, I can use its recommended resources to promote the development of aviation, attractions and hotels! On the contrary, if I master aviation, attractions and hotels, the industry can help the development of travel websites!"
There was a huge amount of money from the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was no place to spend it before, and now there is.
"Many scenic spots in China and Southeast Asia have not yet been developed, such as the resort island resorts of Phuket and Bali. Buy them while they are cheap, then spend money to develop them, and then use the recommended resources of TripAdvisor travel sites to attract users to Here... Hehe, why am I so genius! By the way, SpaceX is developing a civilian airliner, and if it owns an airline, it can be produced and sold by itself!"
"Yuqin, come here, I have a huge plan to tell you!" Li Zetian said.
"Well." Dongfang Yuqin walked to Li Zetian and sat next to him.
"Look at the planning plan of TripAdvisor's travel website first!" Li Zetian handed her the printed document.
Dongfang Yuqin took the document and looked at it very seriously. Ten minutes later, she sighed slightly: "Mr. Li, this planning plan is very ambitious. Traffic, etc. are all maintained together, and users can complete transactions directly on TripAdvisor! In this way, just charging platform fees is an astronomical amount!”
In this plan, Li Zetian wrote how to make money on travel websites. Except for the most common advertisements, TripAdvisor will charge merchants a small fee for every transaction completed by users.
Li Zetian smiled slightly and said: "TripAdvisor is an online platform, like a castle in the sky. Without the support of hotels and scenic spots, it is very unstable. I mean, we invest in hotels, scenic spots, restaurants, and aviation to support the development of TripAdvisor. Wait until TripAdvisor's development. The popularity of the company has increased, and it can also feed back hotels, attractions, restaurants, and airlines!"
Dongfang Yuqin understood Li Zetian's intention very quickly, and said with a smile, "Mr. Li, you are trying to monopolize the entire tourism industry chain!"
Li Zetian was startled, then nodded and smiled, "That's right!!"
Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said: "Okay, I understand, it seems that I have to become very busy again. Hotels, attractions, restaurants, and airlines all over the world have to investigate clearly, select suitable ones, and then acquire them."
"Well, yes, but you can start with the United States. Let's take it step by step, don't worry!" Li Zetian said.
The TripAdvisor website can even start with a state.
Around 1pm.
Buffett and Bill Gates came to Li Zetian's house together.
Li Zetian simply said hello to them, then received a small conference room, and then sent them the planning plan that had been printed before.
After reading this plan, Dongfang Yuqin was extremely surprised. Both of them are no exception.
"Okay, this plan is great! Chronos, I really have you, if TripAdvisor website develops, it will definitely become one of the world's top 500 companies! Countless attractions, hotels and restaurants have to rely on us to eat, we will completely change the tradition the tourism market, and push it to a new height!!!" Bill Gates excited!
Buffett also nodded in approval.
This plan is beautifully written, and Buffett sees the possibility of success, especially when he sees TripAdvisor's profit model. At present, Internet companies are basically burning money. The reason why Buffett rejected Internet companies before is because such Internet companies do not have a good profit model.
The hottest website at the moment is undoubtedly Yahoo, but with advertising revenue alone, Yahoo is still struggling to make ends meet.
"Mr. Li, I think it's feasible!" Buffett paused and said, "Then look at how the company's equity is distributed?"
When it comes to equity distribution, Bill Gates sits upright and gets serious.
Li Zetian smiled lightly: "As the proposer and planner of this project, I naturally have to hold most of the shares. I hold 70%, and you two hold 15% each?"
Bill Gates and Buffett looked at each other and nodded. They knew in their hearts that with Li Zetian's financial resources, no one else needed to invest. The two of them were lucky enough to join the team.
"I'm fine," Buffett said.
"I'm fine!" Bill Gates said.
"Well, then let's talk about the details of TripAdvisor website investment and future development!"
"OK!"
Two hours later, Li Zetian walked out of the conference room with a smile.
The three reached an agreement, Li Zetian invested 70 million US dollars, Bill Gates and Buffett each invested 20 million US dollars, a total of 110 million US dollars as the registered capital of TripAdvisor website.
"Haha, I can't wait to see TripAdvisor established!" Bill Gates laughed, paused, and suddenly asked, "Chronos, do you think we should hold a very grand press conference to announce the establishment of TripAdvisor and gain popularity ?"
Li Zetian thought about it carefully. He has always been very low-key in the Internet industry. At the beginning of the company's establishment, the outside world did not know it at all, and it will gradually become known after it develops and grows. The reason why it is so low-key is that it is afraid that others will follow suit and cause unnecessary competition.
So, Li Zetian shook his head and said, "Let's avoid the press conference. When others see that TripAdvisor's major shareholder is me, within a week, similar companies will spring up everywhere!"
Bill Gates was stunned for a while, and suddenly he couldn't help but nodded quickly: "Yes, you are right, we must not hold a release year!"
At this time, Bill Gates suddenly thought of Yahoo and Amazon. Although Yahoo and Amazon have not announced that the boss of the company is Li Zetian, various clues show that there are many people who speculate that the possibility that the boss behind the scenes is Li Zetian is more than 80%.
Enterprises do not raise funds, they are generous, and cooperate with companies under the name of Li Zetian!
Is this Nima hard to guess
Moreover, the previous Netscape company suddenly turned out, and it was finally proved that the boss behind the scenes was Li Zetian.
Anyway, Bill Gates believes that the most popular Internet companies are Li Zetian's industry, or low-key is king!
Buffett smiled and didn't express his position, but it could be seen from his expression that after TripAdvisor was established, it should not be publicized, at least not revealing that Li Zetian is the company's major shareholder.
Bill Gates said with a smile: "Chronos, you have experience in building an Internet company. The TripAdvisor travel website will be handed over to you in the future. If you need any help, feel free to mention it. Buffett and I will definitely support it!"
Li Zetian nodded.
…
A week later, TripAdvisor was quietly established in Los Angeles, California, and then began to recruit a lot of people. In addition to the engineers who wrote the programming website, the most recruited were the business people with strong communication skills. TripAdvisor website is different from ordinary Internet companies. It needs to run business like crazy and negotiate cooperation with hotels, attractions and restaurants around the world. Of course, it's okay to not talk about cooperation, and upload their information directly to the Internet for Internet users to browse. Only in this case, users can't book hotels, flights, attractions, etc., firstly, the user experience is poor, and secondly, it cannot bring revenue to TripAdvisor.
TripAdvisor is backed by a big moneymaker with strong financial resources, so it is natural to choose a better way of development.
Well, there is no need for Li Zetian to worry about these, there are professionals to take care of them.
Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin are sorting out the information to see which companies to acquire, and at the same time save TripAdvisor's troubles. As long as these companies are acquired, they will naturally cooperate with TripAdvisor.
"Hilton hotels are famous in the United States, all over the United States!" Dongfang Yuqin suggested.
"Well, I've wanted to buy the Hilton Hotel for a long time!" Li Zetian said, he suddenly thought that when his career was still starting, the bank was auctioning off his father-in-law's hotel. A Hilton Hotel manager laughed at them and his party. However, after so long, Li Zetian was about to forget.
Dongfang Yuqin said: "Okay, Mr. Li, Hilton Hotel is one of them, then you want to acquire..."
Li Zetian said: "TripAdvisor has a public face. In fact, the Hilton Hotel's style is a little high, and many people can't afford to live here. Therefore, if you buy some high-end hotels, you must also buy some cheap hotels, such as express hotels!"
"Yeah!" Dongfang Yuqin took out a stack of documents and handed it to Li Zetian, saying, "This is the information of some cheap hotel companies that I asked people to count."
Li Zetian flipped through it at random and said, "Look at these, I trust your vision. Give me the information about the high-end luxury hotel."
"OK."
…
Li Zetian started from hotels in various attractions as a starting point, so soon, news of hotel acquisitions will break out frequently in the United States, which is surprising and strange.
Still, it didn't attract much attention.
On March 20, an unknown overseas investment company suddenly launched an acquisition of Hilton, which shocked the United States.
Founded in 1919, the Hilton Hotel in the United States has expanded from one hotel to more than 100 in less than 90 years, covering major cities on five continents, becoming one of the largest hotels in the world, with a high reputation and the Hilton family. Therefore, it is very prominent and was once one of the top ten chaebols in the United States. However, that was only once!
"Damn, what kind of company is this, it's so awesome, it wants to buy the Hilton Hotel!"
"I don't know! Global International Hotel Investment Management Company, I have never heard of this name!"
"It's the first time I've heard of it, but I have a lot of money. The first shot is $10.5 billion to fully acquire Hilton Hotel!"
"The U.S. economy has been sluggish in recent years, and the tourism industry has also been affected. The development of the Hilton Hotel is not smooth. Hehe, I just don't know if the Hilton family is willing to sell the hotel! If it was me, I would quickly sell it, $10.5 billion, absolutely A high price!"