Chapter 885: A science and engineering man also has a literary heart
Chen Xujia and Wang Shuo divorced, and Wang Shuo left the house with nothing.
Over the years, Wang Shuo has made a lot of money and spent a lot of money, but no matter how much he has left, he left it all to Chen Xujia and her daughter after the divorce. This was the confidence for Chen Xujia to take the children to the United States.
After accepting the watch, Lin Weimin never mentioned Shen Xujia and Wang Shuo again, and instead asked about her plans for the future.
She and Wang Shuo's daughter, Wang Mi, is just over ten years old and hasn't even graduated from elementary school. If she goes to the United States now, she will have to stay for a long time.
"I plan to accompany her until she finishes high school and then come back. I've already asked someone to take care of her identity issue, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Is there enough money?"
Lin Weimin asked directly.
It is true that Wang Shuo has made a lot of money in recent years, but he earns RMB, while Chen Xujia and her mother spend money in rice and knives. This trip will take seven or eight years, and Wang Mi's college education will also cost money.
Chen Xujia laughed and said, "Do you think I'm going to the United States to be a rich wife? I'll work there, and with the savings I have, it won't be a problem to support her until she graduates from college."
Lin Weimin nodded and said, "If you need anything when you get to the United States, just call me. I have a few friends there who can help."
"Don't worry. If I need you, you must call me. I won't let you, a rich landlord, go."
The two chatted while dinner was prepared.
Coming to the dining table, Lin Weimin stroked Wang Mi's hair and said, "Eat more. You won't be able to eat such authentic hometown food in the United States."
After he finished speaking, Wang Mi didn't react. Tao Huimin's nose felt sore and she said angrily, "Why are you saying this for no reason?"
Lin Weimin showed a bit of apology on his face, "I just said it because I felt it, I just said it because I felt it."
After dinner, Shen Xujia and her daughter sat in Lin Weimin's house for a while, then stood up and prepared to leave.
Lin Weimin asked them to wait for a moment. He went into the house and came out with a jade pendant in his hand. The pendant was in the shape of a Pixiu. It was crystal clear and extremely transparent, and was strung with a red rope.
Seeing this, Shen Xujia quickly stopped Lin Weimin and asked, "What are you doing?"
"It's not for you, it's for the child."
Lin Weimin put the jadeite Pixiu pendant on Wang Mi's neck despite Shen Xujia's obstruction.
"You're going to the United States soon, and I don't have anything to give you. I'll give you a Pixiu to bring you wealth and fortune, and ward off evil and disaster. It's a little vulgar, but it's a good omen."
He glanced at it and said, "Not bad, it looks good."
Then he told Wang Mi, "Put it inside your clothes and don't take it out casually. The Pixiu can ward off disasters. If you take it out, it will help you ward off disasters. Remember?"
Wang Mi nodded in confusion, "Thank you, uncle!"
"good!"
The daughter was young and did not understand the deep meaning of Lin Weimin's words, but Shen Xujia, who was standing beside her, was already in tears.
She couldn't help but hug Tao Huimin, "Huimin, thank you."
Tao Huimin also hugged her and patted her shoulder, "Live well in the United States and call us often."
"Um."
The two sisters started crying as they talked, and Lin Weimin advised them, "Okay, we haven't left yet. Can you two cry when we get to the airport?"
Chen Xujia stopped crying and rolled her eyes at Lin Weimin, "What a bummer!"
After saying a few more words and seeing Chen Xujia and her daughter off, Tao Huimin felt unhappy and depressed.
The little doubao jumped up and down in the yard without any tact. He was spanked several times with a stick and cried for a while before he calmed down.
She curled up in Lin Weimin's arms, feeling very aggrieved.
"You have no tact at all. Why did you provoke her at this time?" Lin Weimin scolded his daughter.
The little bun cried out "Dad" aggrievedly. Lin Weimin stopped talking and carried her to watch TV.
It was already past seven o'clock, and all the other channels were broadcasting was the "News Broadcast" except for the local channel. The cartoons had also ended. Xiao Doubao insisted on watching for two minutes and then couldn't bear it anymore and ran off to play with her toys. Lin Weimin sat alone on the sofa and continued to watch TV.
"The origin of a laugh
Love opens two doors
The Soul of Troubled Times
Life is full of hardships
Men act on their own
..."
At eight o'clock in the evening, a TV series was broadcast on CCTV-1 and the familiar theme song sounded in the living room.
A week ago, "The Mansion Gate" was officially broadcast on CCTV-1.
This TV series consumed half of director Guo Baochang's life's efforts. It was finally started filming two years ago, but the investor withdrew his investment. Fortunately, with the help of Zhang Yimou, Wencheng Film and Television became the new investor.
With the support of Wencheng Film and Television, the crew of "The Mansion Gate" had sufficient funds and, based on the principle of continuous improvement, it took nearly two years to finally complete the production.
The TV series achieved an impressive 13% viewership rating on the first day of its broadcast.
A few years ago, CCTV Director Yang Weiguang was inspired by Lin Weimin and gradually established his own ratings statistics network for CCTV in the past two years, which can realize ratings statistics every other day.
The first broadcast of "The Mansion Gate" received extraordinary ratings, and the ratings continued to rise in the following days. In just one week, the ratings exceeded 22%.
Lin Weimin doesn't care about the ratings, he just thinks the TV series is good.
It’s worth it for Guo Baochang to make such a TV series in his life!
When he was watching TV intently, a hand was suddenly placed on his shoulder. He was startled and turned around to see that it was Tao Huimin.
She sat next to Lin Weimin and asked, "How much is the pendant you gave Xiao Mi worth?"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "What's the matter? Are you heartbroken?"
Tao Huimin patted him and said, "I'm worried that if something happens to them, they won't be able to help."
"Don't worry, there will be enough. It's made of glass and has been worn by the princess. As long as they find the right buyer, it will be fine." Lin Weimin said.
Tao Huimin finally felt relieved, leaned against him, and watched TV series with him.
"Chen Baoguo's acting is really good!"
"Second Grandma acted better."
…
Two days later, Lin Weimin received a call from Zhang Chaoyang.
Zhang Chaoyang was extremely excited on the phone. He told Lin Weimin that the American "Time" magazine was going to do a special issue on Chinese high-tech companies, and Sohu was selected as the representative company.
It is certainly a great thing that Sohu and Zhang Chaoyang are going to be featured in Time magazine. It will not only be of great benefit to Sohu's development in China, but will also be helpful for future IPO financing.
Zhang Chaoyang invited Lin Weimin to visit Sohu, ostensibly for an inspection, but in fact he wanted to learn from him about some of the procedures and precautions for interviewing Time magazine.
Lin Weimin went to Sohu and chatted with Zhang Chaoyang for more than an hour. Before leaving, he asked, "Do you know the website NetEase?"
His question immediately sobered Zhang Chaoyang, who was immersed in excitement, "Why did you pay attention to this website?"
"Their development momentum is very strong, and they have put up a lot of advertisements. It's hard not to pay attention to them," Lin Weimin said casually.
Zhang Chaoyang pondered and said, "NetEase is a website in Guangzhou. We noticed this website last year. Their email service is very strong. They launched an email service this year and attracted hundreds of thousands of users in one go."
Lin Weimin nodded. "Yes, I think they seem to be transforming into a portal website recently."
Zhang Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "Everyone is transforming in this direction. There is no other way. Right now, the profit model in this direction is the clearest and most reliable."
"Our Guowen Society plans to invest in this website."
Lin Weimin's words froze the smile on Zhang Chaoyang's face. Sohu is currently a portal website, Guowen Press is their shareholder, and now they are going to invest in NetEase, which has just transformed into a portal website. This news is a little difficult for Zhang Chaoyang to accept.
“We are not pessimistic about your development. You have had contact with American investors and should understand their investment logic. Many venture capitals sometimes invest in individuals or companies. My ideas are different from theirs. I prefer to invest in tracks.”
“Investment track?”
Faced with this new word, a trace of confusion flashed across Zhang Chaoyang's face, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood the meaning behind these four words.
Sometimes, he really felt that Lin Weimin was the one who was involved in the Internet, because he could always hear some refreshing terms from him.
"You mean investing in the entire industry?"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "It's not that exaggerated. It should be said that we are investing in a promising niche. For example, we are optimistic about the portal website sector, so why not invest in a few more companies with potential? It's just like farming. If you plant more, even if there are some disasters, you will still have a harvest."
Zhang Chaoyang pondered for a moment, and decided that investing in one company was the same as investing in five. On the surface, such a wide-ranging investment could easily result in a total loss, but based on the experience of Silicon Valley, if only one company succeeded, not only could the investment be recovered, but there would also be a lot of profit.
Doing so is very risky, but the rewards are equally huge, which is exactly in line with the essence of venture capital.
"I see what you mean."
Lin Weimin patted his shoulder and said, "I'm telling you this in advance because I don't want you to misunderstand me. We are very optimistic about Sohu. Even if we invest in NetEase in the future, our support for you will not decrease in the slightest."
Zhang Chaoyang laughed and said, "Teacher Lin, you underestimate us too much. NetEase may not be our opponent."
Lin Weimin laughed and said, "Great, you have guts! I believe you!"
A few days later, a plane took off from Yanjing and landed in Guangzhou.
A little fat man wearing glasses stood at the airport arrival gate, holding a sign in his hand.
"Welcome Teacher Lin!"
Ding Lei received a strange phone call last week, the caller introduced himself as a person from Yenching Chinese Literature Publishing House, saying that the publishing house was very interested in the website NetEase he founded and wanted to invest in it. Ding Lei's first reaction was that he had been scammed.
NetEase was founded in May last year with the 500,000 yuan that Ding Lei earned from writing software for others in recent years.
At first, he created a large-capacity free personal homepage, but it was not very popular, with less than a hundred registered users in the first month.
Later, he made up his mind and spent money to buy three months of advertising on five websites including Yinghaiwei, Chinanet, and Yanjing Online, which made the NetEase personal homepage famous.
After that, Ding Lei and his employees worked overtime to write code and launched a free email service in February this year. In just a few months, they gained more than 400,000 users. Although the company was developing well, Ding Lei had to face a problem that is plaguing all Internet entrepreneurs in China today - funding.
When Zhang Chaoyang was short of money, the first thing he thought of was to find investors, even if it meant suffering, as long as he could get the money.
Ding Lei is completely different from Zhang Chaoyang. What stands out when facing investors is his pride.
NetEase has been growing rapidly in the past two months. Several investment companies had contacted him, but after talking to them, he felt that he could not accept their conditions and simply stopped the discussion.
When the company ran out of money, he wrote software for others. When the company ran out of money, he wrote software for others. He managed to survive for several years like this. It was not until 2000 that NetEase officially introduced external capital.
This time, Guowen Publishing House took the initiative to contact him. Ding Lei also did not take this investor seriously. But when he heard that the person who came was the famous writer Lin Weimin, he took him to heart.
Every science and engineering man actually has an artistic heart.
Investment and the like all depend on fate, and being able to meet Teacher Lin is serious.
"Hello, Teacher Lin!"
Recognizing Lin Weimin's face from afar at the airport entrance, Ding Lei waved at Lin Weimin, and when he came closer, he shook his hand.
Lin Weimin looked at the cute little fat boy in front of him with a smile on his face, "Hello, are you Ding Lei?"
"It's me, it's me. Welcome to Guangzhou."
Ding Lei wanted to help Lin Weimin carry his luggage, "Let's go."
Lin Weimin said, "No hurry, I can come by myself. A friend heard that I was coming and came to pick me up at the airport."
As he spoke, he looked around and saw a familiar figure not far away.
"Hello, Teacher Lin, nice to see you again!"
Zhang Yongjian shook hands with Lin Weimin. He was a cadre in the Guangzhou Propaganda Department. A few years ago, when Lin Weimin was interviewed in Guangzhou for writing "The Thirteenth Son of the South China Sea", he was responsible for entertaining him.
"Let me introduce you. This is Mayor Zheng, who is in charge of our publicity work."
"Hello, Mayor Zheng." Lin Weimin shook hands with the strange middle-aged man.
"Welcome Mr. Lin to Guangzhou on business."
"I'm sorry to trouble you."
A few people exchanged a few words and chatted and laughed.
Ding Lei was dumbfounded. The mayor picked him up at the airport? What is the rank of the mayor of Guangzhou?
No, the person in charge of publicity should be the deputy mayor, a deputy provincial-level official.
Just as he was daydreaming, Lin Weimin pulled Ding Lei's arm.
"Mayor Zheng, let me introduce you to this young talent from Guangzhou..."
(End of this chapter)
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