Chapter 217 Zhang Chaoyang who lost 60 billion US dollars: Do you think I am that stupid?

Three o'clock in the afternoon, East Gate 5 of Chaoyang Park.

Just as Lei Yijun was about to get off the car, Li Wanqiang stopped him: "Boss Lei, it seems that there are only reporters over there."

At the entrance, there was a large crowd of people standing, with work badges hanging around their necks, cameras in their hands, and video cameras on their shoulders, waiting for Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun to show up.

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"Once we get off the car, I'm afraid all the reporters will surround us." Li Wanqiang frowned and reminded in a low voice.

For a moment, Lei Yijun was in a dilemma. He did not expect that so many media would come to the scene. Let alone taking action, any insults he made would be posted online by the reporters.

"When you came to scout the area and study the evacuation route this morning, didn't you see these people?"

Lei Yijun scratched his head and asked Li Wanqiang.

"Mr. Lei, I came here at around five in the morning. There were only a few uncles doing morning exercises." Li Wanqiang smiled awkwardly and explained the truth.

"Don't get off the car yet. I want to see if Zhou Hongyi dares to come!" Lei Yijun pondered for a moment and thought of a compromise.

What he didn't expect was that Zhou Hongyi was sitting in a Maybach at this time, only more than 30 meters away from Lei Yijun's car.

One was at the north intersection of East Fifth Gate, and the other was at the south intersection.

"Mr. Zhou, it's 3:10 and Lei Yijun hasn't arrived yet." Zhou Hongyi's assistant held up a telescope, observed through the car window for more than ten seconds, then turned his head and said.

"Fuck, all you can do is talk big!"

Zhou Hongyi curled his lips in disdain, and immediately took out his phone and sent a text message mockingly: "I'm here, where are you? If you're scared, go to Weibo and apologize to me."

"I'm here too, why don't I see you?"

Lei Yijun replied quickly.

Zhou Hongyi was slightly stunned, snatched the binoculars from his assistant, and stared at the door for a while. All the reporters were standing at the entrance waiting, and Lei Yijun was probably trying to deceive him.

However, he also saw the situation clearly. Even if Lei Yijun really came, the two of them would at most exchange some trash words after they met. Would they really fight in front of everyone? Zhou Hongyi suddenly regretted it. If he had known earlier, he should not have posted the time and place of the fight online. Wouldn't it be better to just beat up Lei Yijun?

Afterwards, the two continued their war of words via text messages. They felt good about cursing each other, but the reporters and netizens who were waiting at the door were not happy.

It's really painful to stand outside in this cold winter.

If Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun hadn't agreed to fight, who would come here to starve?

"These two are such bastards. They stirred up this topic and then stood us up!"

"Oh my, who said it wasn't true? There was a lot of shouting online, but in the end, no one showed up. Let's just go!"

"I'm going to go on Weibo and scold these two bastards!"

The netizens and reporters who had been waiting anxiously saw that it was almost half past three, but there was no sign of anyone.

He knew very well that he had been fooled by Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun.

"My dear @周弘毅@雷逸军, the audience is here. Where are you two?"

"It's so cold, are you going out to play with your dad?"

"@Lei Yijun, if you dare to come, I will buy 10 Xiaomi phones to support you!"

"@周弘毅If you don't show up, I will refund the Haier W910 I ordered yesterday!"

The comment section of the two people is full of people who are eager to watch the fun and stir up trouble. They are afraid that the two will not come to a fight, so they try their best to add fuel to the fire behind the scenes.

At this time, three inspection cars drove over slowly.

Finally, it stopped in front of the reporters and netizens, and several inspectors with flowers on their shoulders walked down and said solemnly: "Disperse, disperse, you are not allowed to gather here."

at the same time.

Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun each received a phone call. They were scolded so hard that they couldn't even raise their heads. Then they nodded repeatedly and told the driver to leave Chaoyang Park.

The China Association of Industry and Information Technology and the Internet Society of China originally planned to hold the 11th Internet Conference in September and are currently drawing up a list of invitees, including overseas Internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Kaspersky.

If we leave things alone and allow Zhou Hongyi and Lei Yijun to do whatever they want, the image of Chinese entrepreneurs will be completely ruined.

What's the difference between this and street thugs? They are not afraid of losing face, but the bosses above still have to save face! "Boss Zhou, the car in front seems to belong to Lei Yijun."

Zhou Hongyi's assistant pointed to a BMW commercial vehicle in front and said.

"It turns out he didn't get off the car either, he's really Lei Buqun!"

Zhou Hongyi narrowed his eyes and commented secretly.

Thinking of this, he sent another text message to Lei Yijun and chose a boxing club as the meeting place.

Lei Yijun, he has made up his mind! No one can help him! On the other side.

Chen Yansen took a short rest in the hotel. At about 4:30 in the afternoon, he received a call from Liu Zhiping, who invited him to have dinner at Jingzhaoyin.

In addition to Liu Zhiping and Cheng Congwu of AutoNavi Maps, Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu was also there.

Whether the acquisition can be successful depends on whether the communication tonight is smooth.

To put it bluntly, this drinking party is more important than tomorrow's formal meeting.

Chen Yansen readily agreed. After hanging up the phone, he took Song Yuncheng and Gao Weilin and went straight to the restaurant address sent by Liu Zhiping.

Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of the gate of Jingzhao Yin.

This is a three-story antique courtyard house, overlooking the Lama Temple to the east and adjacent to the Imperial College. It has a typical Chinese-style house design, surrounded by green bamboo, white stones and flowing water. Just by looking at the decoration, you can tell that the price is not cheap.

Chen Yansen stepped out of the car and, under the guidance of the waiter, walked across a white screen wall, entered the narrow door, and came to the door of a private room in the inner courtyard.

Liu Zhiping was holding a teacup and chatting with Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu, laughing heartily from time to time.

"Brother Martin, this matter is troublesome. It took you a lot of effort to come all the way from Shenzhen to Yanjing."

Chen Yansen walked forward with a smile and interrupted their conversation.

"Charles, I won't introduce Chen Yansen any further. You must know him."

Liu Zhiping first smiled at Zhang Chaoyang, then stood up and walked over to him, pulling Chen Yansen along.

"Mr. Zhang, I've heard of you for a long time. I wanted to say hello to you at the last Internet Open Conference, but I thought it was too presumptuous. Today we finally meet again."

Chen Yansen greeted politely, with just the right amount of humility and sincerity in his words.

When Zhang Chaoyang heard this, he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

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Somehow, if these words were spoken by other people, he would probably not care, but when they came from Chen Yansen's mouth, he felt an indescribable sense of intimacy.

"Actually, I had similar thoughts, so I want to thank Martin for creating the opportunity for us to meet."

Zhang Chaoyang took the initiative to extend his hand and greet Chen Yansen.

"Let's sit down and chat first. Cheng Congwu will arrive later." Liu Zhiping explained.

Chen Yansen responded and waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.

"Mr. Chen, it's said online that the Orange C2 phone has sold 1 million units. Is that true?"

After Zhang Chaoyang sat down, he asked curiously.

After all, in less than a year, Orange Technology has ranked among the top five in China's smartphone shipment list with sales of over 10 million units.

"To be precise, the cumulative sales volume is 1.07 million units, but the order fulfillment rate is only half. Alas, the production capacity still cannot keep up."

Chen Yansen smiled and told the truth.

Liu Zhiping was secretly astonished when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This guy is really a monster. Not only can he handle the Internet well, he can also do well in the physical manufacturing industry.

Zhang Chaoyang nodded slightly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Sohu and Penguin are similar in that they both have a light-asset operating model. He feels from the bottom of his heart that making money from mobile phones is too slow and the payback period is too long.

But he didn't say so. Instead, he praised Chen Yansen's business operation ability and said bluntly: If I had met you two years earlier, I would have offered you an annual salary of one million to recruit you to Sohu.

This sentence made Liu Zhiping laugh. He patted Zhang Chaoyang on the shoulder and said: Ma Wenteng offered an annual salary of tens of millions, but this guy was not interested.

Chen Yansen listened to them making fun of him, so he started gossiping as well: "Boss Zhang, I heard that Boss Ma once approached you and wanted to sell you QQ for one million, but you refused?"

Zhang Chaoyang's face froze, and he shook his head and said, "Do you think I'm that stupid?"

He paused and added: "Before the millennium, I saw the potential for the development of instant messaging software. At that time, I also developed a software called SOQ, but it didn't take off."

"As for acquiring QQ, I did consider it, but at that time QQ's valuation was 90 million US dollars, and Sohu couldn't afford it."

Zhang Chaoyang smiled helplessly and clarified with Chen Yansen.

"Mr. Zhang initially wanted to buy QQ's equity from IDG, but after IDG withdrew its investment, it sold the equity to South Africa's Naspers Group."

Liu Zhiping smiled faintly and helped Zhang Chaoyang to dispel the rumors.

When IDG Capital invested in Penguin and Sohu at the same time, Zhang Chaoyang even contacted the co-founder of IDG and told him that if he didn't want QQ shares, he could sell them to him.

Who would have thought that IDG sold its shares directly to Naspers without even notifying Zhang Chaoyang.

"That's a big loss overall."

Chen Yansen joked with a smile.

Zhang Chaoyang laughed dryly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, taking the opportunity to hide his inner embarrassment.

Who says it’s not true? In 2012, Penguin’s market value was nearly 60 billion US dollars, while Sohu’s was just over 1 billion US dollars.

As the godfather of the Internet, he is now just a famous figure. In terms of wealth, he is not even as rich as Chen Yansen.

Ma Wenteng, a Shenzhen University student who listened to his speech that year, has become an Internet tycoon with a net worth of tens of billions and is a guest of honor wherever he goes.

Just as the three were chatting, a middle-aged man in a white shirt and gray suit came over with his assistant.

"Mr. Cheng, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Chen Yansen, the chairman of Senlian Capital."

Seeing this, Liu Zhiping stood up and introduced the two people.

"Mr. Chen, nice to meet you!" Cheng Congwu said dryly.

He couldn't help but look Chen Yansen up and down. In his opinion, the other party's achievements were far from consistent with his age.

In his impression, it is hard to find a young person who can earn hundreds of billions at the age of 20.

(End of this chapter)