"Alright, alright! You guys, don't be nervous anymore."
Lin Huowang laughed, and then spoke in a warm and friendly manner:
"I've reviewed all of your projects and studied them carefully. To be honest, in other people's eyes, you might just be a bunch of lunatics or swindlers. But in my eyes..."
You are geniuses. You are the backbone of China's future internet.
"real?!"
Upon hearing this, the three men's eyes lit up instantly.
"I have plenty of money."
Lin Huowang snapped his fingers, and his secretary immediately brought over three pre-prepared contracts:
"This is our investment agreement. I will invest five million US dollars in each company as an angel round. As for the shares, I will only want 40%. I will not have complete control, nor will I interfere with your operations."
"Five...five million? In US dollars?!"
The three of them almost fainted from happiness.
After all, in an era when Beijing housing prices are only a few thousand yuan, five million US dollars is an astronomical figure that ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime!
"However, I have two conditions."
First, our technology must be independent and controllable! All user data and servers must be located in China! We absolutely cannot allow foreigners to steal our information!
"Secondly, you must have some backbone and ideals. Don't just think about copying America's homework. China has its own national conditions."
"You need to develop our own unique approach! For example, you, Lao Ma, don't just focus on big companies doing e-commerce! You need to focus on small vendors, on ordinary people's grocery baskets! That's the real blue ocean!"
"Take you for example, Xiao Ma. Don't just focus on chatting. You need to think about how to turn this social network of hundreds of millions of people into a lifestyle! In the future, people might even be able to use it to pay money and buy things!"
Lin Huowang had to get these words out.
After all, he knew all too well what the future of the Chinese internet would hold, and he knew how these three companies would dominate the entire Chinese internet in a terrifying way, until a company called ByteDance was founded.
"Hearing your words is truly worth more than reading ten years' worth of books!"
Ma Yun immediately stood up excitedly, then bowed deeply to Lin Huowang and said, "Mr. Lin! You are my godfather! From now on, I will follow your lead in everything Ali does, wherever you point!"
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
With Lin Huowang's current reputation, status, and countless riches, the three of them could look up to him with complete awe, and they had no worries whatsoever about Lin Huowang seizing their company or controlling stake.
They signed the contract without even reading it!
joke!
Mr. Lin...
Will it ruin these companies that are about to go bankrupt?
Do you think they'd be after the value of your company?
It is an immense honor for you that they are willing to invest in you.
After signing the contract, they saw off these tycoons who would take turns becoming the richest man in the country.
Lin Huowang stood by the window, looking down at Zhongguancun Street, which was under construction.
With this move, the future of China's internet landscape is now completely secure.
Whether it's e-commerce, social media, or search, we can firmly control it in our own hands.
...
After finishing these arrangements in the capital, it was almost the end of 1999.
The new millennium is coming.
While the whole world was panicking about the so-called "Y2K bug" crisis.
Inside the Lin family's large courtyard house, everyone was busy with something else: returning to their ancestral home in Northeast China.
yes!
Since moving to Beijing, Lin Huowang has spent far less time returning to Northeast China. Even when he does go back, it's usually to deal with industrial issues there and then leave again overnight.
However, he still makes time to keep track of things back in his hometown whenever he has free time.
Now that he has a little free time, he plans to take his whole family back to Linjiagou in Northeast China.
"Hurry, hurry! Anguo, Anbang! Quickly bring your sister's suitcase!"
"Shujuan, have those boxes of Moutai and Zhonghua cigarettes for the villagers been loaded onto the truck?"
"Gong Xue, don't forget the computer we prepared for Da Niu's child!"
Lin Huowang stood in the yard, casually directing the kids to do their work.
This is the first time the entire Lin family has returned to Linjiagou in Northeast China to celebrate the New Year of the millennium!
Just the people in the family, plus bodyguards and assistants, would number in the dozens.
"Reporting to the commander, the convoy is ready."
Lin Anbang, now a handsome young man, ran over, gave a crisp salute, and reported, "A total of twenty Zhonghua cars and five large cargo trucks are ready to depart at any time!"
"Alright! Let's go!"
Lin Huowang waved his hand and commanded, "We...go home!"
...
The convoy drove out of Beijing in a grand procession, heading north.
This time, they didn't take the train, but chose to take the highway instead.
That's right, we're taking the highway.
Driven by Lin Huowang's "major infrastructure" strategy, the Beijing-Harbin Expressway was completed several years ahead of schedule. The wide asphalt road, like a black dragon, winds its way across the snow-covered plains of northern China.
Looking at the scenery rushing past the window, Zhang Guizhen, Lin Huowang's mother, sitting next to him, had tears in her eyes.
“Ah Wang, you know… this road is really well-maintained. When we were fleeing famine, we walked on muddy roads, always sinking deep and sinking in the mud…”
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