Chapter 1 Spent Half a Day

After spending half a day communicating with numerous senior executives, Su Yehao began to worry instead.

It just so happened to be a time of great change, but the mainland internet market lacked vitality and hope.

As the boss, Su Yehao had to step up and encourage the senior executives. Judging from their attitudes, it seemed to have some effect, but their attitude towards the market prospects was still slightly pessimistic.

It was as if the cold wind from Nasdaq had blown away people's spirits all at once.

The professional managers under him didn't lack funds, and their foundation was quite solid. Even so, they were worried that the entire industry would decline. Not to mention the "free-range" mainland tech startups outside.

On the way back to the hotel.

Su Yehao held an unlit cigar, turning it between his fingers. Looking at the residential buildings by the roadside, he sighed and said:

"As a promoter of the mainland internet, it seems I should stand up and do something. The mainland market environment is already inferior to Silicon Valley. This time, when the tide recedes, it will almost dry up completely. A whale like me doesn't matter. Even if I'm stranded, I can survive for a long time, but those small fish will suffocate."

"Big goldfish? Where?"

Jiang Yu, who had been playing games for several hours, was a little dazed at the moment. She didn't hear everything clearly and interrupted to ask.

Nangong Tian reached out and poked her head, mocking her and saying, "What ears? A whale in the sea, do you understand the metaphor? Hao Ge, what are you planning to do?"

"...How about holding an internet forum to try to boost market confidence?"

Sitting with his legs crossed, Su Yehao smelled the cigar and said with melancholy:

"There's no other way. Looking around, I'm the only one suitable to come forward and do this personally. Other people's influence is not enough. I'm worried that market confidence will fall to the bottom, causing a batch of high-quality companies that I've let go to be taken advantage of by foreigners. Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Japan has already smelled blood and is chasing after us. Moreover, the lack of market confidence will also lead to deviations in the decisions made above, which may slow down the development speed of the technology industry."

More than chatting with the girls, he was more like talking to himself, sorting out the many existing problems.

A batch of technology companies in the mainland, represented by the internet, were still very small and couldn't be compared with those in Silicon Valley. In Silicon Valley, investors were simply returning profits, but the fundamentals in terms of technology, talent, industry, and capital hadn't changed much.

For example, Yahoo's market value had shrunk rapidly to more than 60 billion US dollars, but it still had tens of millions of users, and the funds on its books were still abundant.

It should be known that when Su Yehao first invested in it in 1997, Yahoo's market value was only more than ten billion US dollars. Even if this internet bubble was more tragic, it wouldn't fall back to three years ago.

On the other hand, in the mainland, there wasn't much capital willing to enter the internet industry in the first place. It was only a little better last year, but now it has been beaten back to its original form.

Su Yehao never thought that he could monopolize the mainland internet industry. Even if he wanted to, it wouldn't be allowed. Of course, he was more calm and thought about problems from the perspective of benefiting the entire industry, instead of continuing to scrape money into his own pocket.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the little girl took the initiative to put her hand in his palm and told him, "If you think it's necessary, then hold a forum. Find more media to come and support it."

...

Back to the hotel first.

Chu Jun, who is currently in charge of Huang钻 (Yellow Diamond) Computer Company, was still on his way from the factory in the High-tech Zone. Su Yehao made an appointment with him and several senior executives to have dinner together tonight.

The villa-style hotel next to Shahe Golf Course specially reserved a small building for Su Yehao.

Arriving at the study, he took out his IBM laptop and directly used tot to search for the keywords "internet" and "conference", and found that they were mainly official activities.

Immediately.

He looked at the date again, opened Yinhai Weibo, directly edited a post, and wrote - "June 6th! I will launch the 2000 Dragon Boat Festival Internet Forum Conference in Pengcheng. I sincerely invite pioneers from all industries to participate actively. Please pay attention to tomorrow's notice for details."

It wasn't that there wasn't enough space, but there were no plans yet, so he had to wait until tomorrow to notify them separately.

After checking for typos, he clicked send directly.

He called Linda Yun and instructed her to contact the assistant's office and ask someone to help prepare the event process as soon as possible, focusing on the theme of coexistence of crisis and opportunity.

After throwing the task out, Su Yehao's work was done.

At this moment, he received a call from Chu Jun. He went downstairs to meet him and went directly to Villa No. 1 where the restaurant was located.

This hotel was originally converted from a villa, and the layout was not very good.

At that time, he was not so rich, thinking about buying some cheap villas to wait for appreciation. Before he knew it, it had grown to its current scale, and he had long since looked down on this little bit of money.

However.

After turning these villas into hotels.

With Su Yehao's fame, the business here became very popular. The villas located next to the golf course became a feature, appearing quiet and luxurious. The famous chefs hired from Guangzhou could sell a table of dishes for tens of thousands, making it the first choice for many Pengcheng rich people to entertain distinguished guests.

Arriving at the restaurant's private room and taking a seat, Su Yehao asked people to leave a few more sets of bowls and chopsticks.

Chu Jun asked curiously: "Who else is coming tonight?"

"Well, the heads of Heizuan (Black Diamond) Mobile Phone and Mide Group, to talk about mobile phone production. You happen to have experience in managing factories, so take the opportunity to exchange ideas."

He was too busy today to call the little girl and Jiang Yu over, but didn't have time to accompany them.

Just after Su Yehao finished speaking, he waved and called the manager, asking him to pick good dishes and make a four-dish-one-soup meal and send it to the villa where he was staying.

Chu Jun waited for him to finish before laughing:

"How can I have experience? Compared with Mide Group, which has been producing home appliances for so many years, isn't that showing off my limited skills before an expert? However, our Huang钻 (Yellow Diamond) Computer's production line has strict inspections and high requirements. The product reputation is particularly good now. New internet cafes like to buy our products."

"Oh, by the way, President Su, that Boss Ma from TaoBao contacted me and asked me to put the computers on your e-commerce website for sale. It's convenient, but it takes time to find a logistics company to ship a few or a dozen units, and it's easy to encounter problems with receiving money, returns, and installation..."

Hearing this, Su Yehao said with a smile:

"Online shopping is the general trend. Don't dislike the trouble. Opening up this channel as soon as possible will benefit the company. You can set up a new department specifically to be responsible for it. I want to put Mide Group's home appliances on the internet for sale as well, but the agents in various places won't buy it. They think that since they have paid the agency fee, they should be allowed to sell exclusively, which leaves me helpless."

Chu Jun interjected and said: "The franchise model is convenient for management, but the product price is a bit high. Recently, home appliance malls are a new trend. I see more and more shops they are opening, and the agents are still making trouble."

"Like online shopping, home appliance malls reduce many costs, and there are advantages to taking goods in batches. New business models will inevitably impact old models, and Huang钻 (Yellow Diamond) Computer is no exception."

Su Yehao remembered the Toshiba mentioned during the day and asked what was going on.

After talking about it, it was nothing more than these manufacturers treating domestic and foreign consumers differently.

According to Chu Jun, it was estimated that Toshiba computers had low sales in the mainland and did not pay attention to this market at all.

In response, Su Yehao just smacked his lips, thinking that it deserved to decline in the future...