Chapter 143: Ma Ge Has Not Found His Future Direction (Additional Update)

When Ma Yun learned that someone was looking for him, and that the person was an entrepreneur from Korea, he was confused. In his opinion, even though he had the opportunity to go abroad and see the special charm of Internet technology companies in the United States in the past two years, he did not make friends with people from Korea.

Could this Korean entrepreneur who took the initiative to ask someone to find me be a liar?

However, when he learned that the other party had spent a lot of money to buy the right to use several plots of land in Shanghai and planned to build factories and shopping centers there, Ma Yun was still tempted! After all, he wanted to start a business, and the most lacking thing was capital. If he could get some money from this Korean entrepreneur, it would be much easier to start a business and open a company!

…

In a teahouse by the West Lake.

Looking at the familiar yet special face in front of him, Zhang Junfeng smiled and explained, "I heard someone say that Mr. Ma opened an Internet company and later sold it. I can't help but feel a little sorry!"

"Today's Internet companies are emerging industries. As long as they can develop epoch-making products, they will surely bring great changes to the world. Of course, they will also bring rich returns to Internet practitioners and investors..."

Hearing Zhang Junfeng, a foreigner, speaking fluent Chinese and talking to him in a very familiar manner about how optimistic he was about Internet companies, Ma Yun couldn't help but have an illusion that the person sitting in front of him was not a stranger he met for the first time, but a good friend he had known for many years. Every word of his was in line with his own views and ideas. What a confidant!

In 1995, he had the opportunity to see the world of the Internet at VBN in Seattle. After visiting Microsoft, he was deeply shocked and thus came up with the idea of ​​starting an Internet company.

However, the Internet companies that are extremely popular and sought after in the United States are not very successful in Longguo. Not to mention that it is difficult to attract investment, it is also difficult to recruit qualified programmers to develop products. Although the Longguo Yellow Pages Company that was previously tinkered with was finally sold at a premium, in Ma Yun's mind it is not a particularly successful start-up.

The main reason is that the Longguo Yellow Pages project cannot be compared with Microsoft, Yahoo, or even Amazon, which ranks lower in the United States! …

"Mr. Zhang, as you said, Longguo's Internet industry is still in its infancy, and there should be a lot of room for operation. But the situation in Longguo is different from that in European and American countries. The penetration rate of computers is far from that in Europe and the United States."

"Moreover, domestic investment companies are still taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the new Internet companies. It is quite difficult to attract investment for the company. Compared with foreign counterparts who can easily attract investment, the environment is completely different..."

As someone who had personally founded an Internet company, Ma Yun sighed when he thought of his previous experiences. Dreams are beautiful, but the reality is too cruel~!

Hearing Ma Yun's complaints, Zhang Junfeng smiled even brighter. It's hard to attract investment! If everyone is willing to invest, what is the need for a foreign boss to come here to inspect? Should he cheer them on and shout 666? !

However, Zhang Junfeng remained calm on the surface and consoled them with a smile, "As investors and investment institutions, they naturally seek profit and avoid harm. The Internet is a new industry that they don't understand well, so it's understandable that they don't dare to make rash bets."

"After all, no one's money comes from the wind. I think Mr. Ma is well aware of this, so there is no need for me to say more..."

"...Hahaha, Mr. Zhang is really an interesting person!" Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly laughed. If he thought about it carefully, wasn't it true? He just saw the problem from a different angle, but if he analyzed it from his own perspective, it was indeed the same as what Zhang Junfeng said.

…

Perhaps it was because they got along more and more as they talked, or perhaps it was because Zhang Junfeng made a special effort to establish contact with them, the two people who met for the first time quickly became familiar with each other.

"Brother Ma, do you have any idea about your subsequent business venture? If you open another Internet company, remember to tell me. I may not be able to help you with other things, but investing in you will definitely be no problem." Seeing that the plan was almost ready, Zhang Junfeng stated his "ultimate goal".

"Before coming to Lin'an, I also invested in two friends who came from the capital. They were from Kingsoft Software Company and previously developed WPS software. However, the situation in the past two years has not been optimistic. I am worried about their funding gap."

Hearing that Zhang Junfeng had also invested in other Internet companies, Ma Yun was immediately tempted. He was originally hesitant about which direction to go for his next venture, and whether he should continue to seek development in the Internet industry. But Zhang Junfeng, a wealthy younger brother, was willing to invest in him, which was much better than when he founded Longguo Yellow Pages Company!

"...Brother Zhang, I understand your good intentions. But it's easy to start an Internet company under the current circumstances, but I have no idea what project to start. Whether it's an operating system like Microsoft or a search engine or website forum like Yahoo, I'm afraid it's unlikely for us to do it in a short time..."

"Brother Ma, have you ever thought about doing e-commerce? Just like Amazon in the United States! Before Amazon went public, they were just a bookstore selling books, but since they transformed into an Internet company, both the company's market value and financing are no longer the same as before..."

Seeing that Ma Yun had not yet found the "correct" path forward from his previous life, Zhang Junfeng had an idea and planned to give the other party a push during this period of time. Perhaps Alibaba would appear on the scene ahead of time with his secret efforts.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"...Amazon?" Jack Ma was a little confused. Although he knew something about the technology companies in the United States, he obviously did not pay much attention to a rising star like Amazon, which was only listed on the NASDAQ in May 1997.

However, according to Zhang Junfeng, the development process of this Internet company does have many things worth learning from, and the difficulty of the other party's transformation from a bookstore to an Internet company mainly engaged in e-commerce is definitely much easier than that of other companies. It shouldn't be difficult for him to "copy" and create a similar one? !

(End of this chapter)