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Chapter 80 Situation and Financing

Since Du Qiu left San Jose, Chen Dayou has lived a painful and happy life.

The pain is because of lack of money and very short of money. Although his family is well off, he cannot take out 1 million in cash at once. Therefore, he used installment investment method. He only paid 500,000 in the first phase, and Du Qiu was the same, only paid 100,000, totaling 600,000.

Recruiting employees, renting places, buying equipment, etc. in Beijing, nearly 200,000 yuan was used, and 100,000 yuan had to be left as working capital. So when I went to the United States again, Chen Dayou gathered all the available funds and exchanged them for 40,000 US dollars.

40,000 US dollars is very valuable in China, but it is nothing in the United States. It can’t even afford a high-end server for IBM or SUN. Therefore, with the help of Wei Zhiqin, he can only go to the second-hand market to exchange for old goods. Fortunately, the IT industry in San Jose is highly prosperous, and people start businesses every day and people go bankrupt every day. There are many treasures in the second-hand market. After piecing it together, the company’s official website was finally opened.

Even with such savings, the $40,000 was almost gone. Even Du Qiu, a marketing campaign that went to the University of California, Berkeley to give a technical speech, could only set up a billboard temporarily, and even couldn't afford to hire a model, so he got a camera and was perfunctory...

In early April, Chen Dayou and his son joined forces to knock 200,000 yuan from Zeng Fanhao, and then earned 15,000 US dollars from Wired, temporarily alleviating the financial situation, but soon fell into the dilemma of worrying about money every day, because the development speed of iView is far beyond previous expectations.

When Du Qiu left San Jose, the total number of diversion downloads provided by iView's official website and O'Reilly Company was only 50,000. However, just one week later, by April 15, the number of downloads exceeded 200,000, a full four times, which put a lot of pressure on the server. Chen Dayou not only had to spend more money to increase bandwidth, but also had to go to the second-hand market to shop for used goods every few days to improve the hardware level. Like an old lady buying groceries, he had a headache about a small amount of money.

The happiness is because the competitors are more painful than him. Netscape released Netscape-Navigator 1.0 in December last year, which was free, but it often pops up the box to prompt users to pay. When version 1.1 was released in March, it started to charge a upgrade fee of US$49. The functions of version 1.1 and version 1.0 are similar, so many users simply do not upgrade and continue to use the free old products.

After Du Qiu gave a technical speech at Netscape Company on March 27, Mark Anderson wanted to integrate the iScript engine in the iView browser into his Netscape-Navigator. In addition to trying to kill competitors in the seedling state, he also used major technical improvements to induce users to pay upgrade fees.

However, software is like the human body. It is very troublesome to dig out other people's hearts and put them into their own body. Netscape-Navigator and iView are completely different from design ideas to code implementation. In addition, Netscape has only been established for less than a year, and it is far less than that of old companies such as Microsoft in terms of personnel and code management. Therefore, the integration process is very difficult. The work that was originally expected to be completed in 10 days has been delayed for two weeks. It was not until April 12 that Netscape-Navigator 1.2 was released in a hurry, and then it was promoted with the theme of "revolutionary evolution" and called on old users to upgrade as soon as possible.

As a result, the publicity made a wedding dress for iView, because in the Internet era, the speed and degree of information dissemination were far higher than before. After several months of fermentation, the open source software concept advocated by those four articles has been recognized by many programmers. Although Netscape did not mention it at all during publicity, the iScript engine grafted in the browser was released under the CDDL license, which was not hidden from anyone. Therefore, as soon as Netscape-Navigator1.2 was released, it immediately triggered a big discussion.

Some people think this is a model of cooperation between open source software and commercial companies, some people think that Netscape is a thief, and some people think that Netscape has lost its innovative thinking and degenerated into an ordinary commercial company. No matter what view it holds, they will mention the name of iView in a verbal way, which makes many ordinary netizens know about such a free browser that is not worse than Netscape-Navigator, so the download volume begins to soar.

As the saying goes, blessings come unparalleled, but misfortunes never come alone. Less than two days after Netscape-Navigator 1.2 was released, hackers discovered several serious bugs, and unsafe and unstable scandals broke out, which made Netscape so anxious that it suspended downloads and released patches, which were exhausted and miserable.

Although Du Qiu is very powerful, he is not a god after all. iView actually has many bugs. However, after the source code is disclosed, the bug was quickly repaired and fed back by experts from various fields. In just half a month, the stable version was upgraded from 1.00 to 1.02, and the development version was upgraded from 0.01 to 0.09. Not only did the bug disappear, but the functions were also much higher. The R&D cost was not paid, but the efficiency was much higher than that of Netscape.

On April 16, after Du Qiu converted the 400,000 yuan investment into US dollars and transferred it to the company's account, Chen Dayou decided to take advantage of the Netscape scandal to spend money to market and make the name of iView completely ring. Before the action, he called Chen Zhiyang and prepared to raise funds to expand shares first, and then place advertisements, to maximize profits and to make more abundant funds.

The previous acquisition plan of NetView's $5 million acquisition greatly stimulated Chen Zhiyang, making him very optimistic about the prospects of iView. These days, he has relaxed his job and is dedicated to raising funds everywhere. In addition to selling several properties at a low price due to his wife's scolding, he also dragged his second brother Chen Zhiguang down and raised 1.8 million, intending to expand the company's shares from 9% to more than 15%.

In addition to his own investment, Chen Zhiyang also had other thoughts. He felt that Du Qiu had too many shares and had core technology. He could decide everything and had too much power, which seriously threatened the interests of the Chen family. Therefore, he ran around and used various relationships and channels to persuade several companies to invest, which together could almost give out 6 million. In this way, after financing, he could obtain controlling stakes by Hezong Lianheng, restrict Du Qiu and let him work honestly.

After Chen Dayou heard that he had 7.8 million yuan in funds, he was overjoyed and felt that he could finally be on par with Du Qiuping. However, after only a few hours of happiness, he was beaten by the information that Xiao Wu accidentally revealed in his email.

As soon as Du Qiu returned to China, he gave 6 laptops worth nearly 400,000 yuan to his employees!

Du Qiu invested in stocks and yen in New York and made hundreds of thousands of dollars in just a few days!

FXXK!!!

Chen Dayou has a superior family and is talented. He has developed a arrogant temper since childhood. Even when he was studying at the Beijing University and there were many geniuses around him, he felt that even if he was not the most capable, he was definitely one of the most capable people. When he was dormant in the Institute of Quantum Physics, he was like a leader every day. It was not that Du Qiu speculated that he used a mask to conceal his low emotional intelligence, but that he looked down on his colleagues around him at all, deliberately showing off his condescending attitude, and directly putting ridicule on his face to entertain himself.

On the way home from the institute that day in January, Chen Dawei explained that as long as he gets familiar with Chen Dayou, his attitude will improve. This is right, not right, because he really doesn't show his leadership style after getting familiar with him, not right, because if he doesn't have real skills, he will never be familiar with him.

Chen Dayou met Du Qiu three times in the dormitory of the Institute of Quantum Physics. When he first met, he felt that the four articles were written very rigorously and deeply, and the 7-ZIP was also very good. He was a person with ideas and abilities. Therefore, he quickly put down his leadership style and talked with him as a programmer and a free software enthusiast, and took the initiative to help deal with some chores on the Internet.

When he met for the second time, Du Qiu said he wanted to make a browser. Chen Dayou not only admired his vision, but also was surprised by his ambitions. Because he was worried that his ability would not match his ambition, he stopped talking casually, but did not have a deep discussion, but only reached a verbal cooperation intention.

When he met for the third time, Du Qiu directly subverted Chen Dayou's perception with iView and iScript, making him feel ashamed of himself for the first time.

With frequent interactions and understanding, the feeling of self-satisfaction is becoming more and more. By the time I went to the United States, it became normal. Therefore, after hearing that Du Qiu earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in New York, Chen Dayou felt that he was a little deceiving himself because he was not ashamed of himself. He should change to being convinced and willing to give up the disadvantage.

Chen Zhiyang was also very upset after listening to the report. He threw away his demeanor very rarely and cursed a swear word, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, because the more capable Du Qiu was, the better the company's prospects would be. As long as it could bring enough benefits, it didn't matter whether he could control the shares. So he asked: "Dayou, when will Du Qiu return to Yuncheng?"

"He said he would go back to his hometown to deal with some private matters, and he would not return to Yuncheng around April 25."

"You keep in touch with him at any time. Once you go back to Yuncheng, you will notify me that I will invite him to have dinner at home and have a good chat." Chen Zhiyang tapped his desk with his fingers, pondered for a moment and said, "I raised 7.8 million here. Since Du Qiu is not short of money, it is better to let him pay another 2.2 million to raise 10 million. This will not only make it easier for you to do things in the United States, but also show your strength in the country."

"I'll send him an email to tell him about it, Tantan's mouth."

Chen Zhiyang nodded, took two newspapers from the desk, read the title on it, and then said: "Your company has reported more and more reports in Beijing recently, and even local newspapers in Yuncheng have begun to reprint. Maybe it will be listed in the national media in a few days. By then, it will become famous all over the world. All kinds of monsters and monsters will come out to fight for the autumn wind, and there will be many troubles in the welcoming and sending. Do I want me to arrange a few people who are knowledgeable to go to Beijing to help?"

"No, Du Qiu does not plan to stay in the capital. He is planning to move Snapdragon to Yuncheng after the Internet is launched in June." Chen Dayou was very dissatisfied with Du Qiu's move and said: "The capital city is far stronger than Yuncheng regardless of the environment, talents and policy resources. I don't know why he had to move the company to Yuncheng, and he didn't listen no matter how he persuaded him."

"The capital city has the benefits of the capital city, and the Yuncheng also has the advantages of the Yuncheng city. Du Qiu may have his own ideas, but your second uncle said that the construction period was delayed, and the possibility of opening in June is very small, and it will only be possible in September or even October."

"That's okay. Snapdragon and me and him have only 8 employees in total. You can work at the Institute of Quantum Physics first." Chen Dayou was already scared by the money and said with a smile: "There is a remote place in the institute, with many empty houses, and the rent is much cheaper than in the city, which saves some money."

"You are right now. No matter how much money you have, the company's affairs must be fair and strict, and be meticulous. Although Du Qiu is a major shareholder, you are the CEO. As long as you do it well, your power and influence will not be much smaller than him in the future. Don't ruin your image because of trivial matters."

"I know." Chen Dayou made a joke analogy and said, "My relationship with Du Qiu is the same as your relationship with Lao Liu. He is the principal, you are the executive vice president. The decision-making power is in their hands, but the execution power is in the hands of our father and son."

Chen Zhiyang laughed loudly, not only thinking that his son is sensible and promising, but also feeling that the father and son have never been so considerate. He was very happy. After hanging up the phone, he called his secretary in, took out the notepad sent by Zeng Fanhao last time, and said, "The quality of this kind of notepad is very good. The school plans to purchase a batch recently. You go to their company to communicate and see if their general manager is free. If you have time, book a private room in Yuebin Building. I will invite her to dinner and talk about cooperation."

The secretary was surprised because small things like purchasing notepads cannot reach the attention of the vice principal. Moreover, even if they want to purchase, the merchant should come to invite the vice principal to dinner, rather than the vice principal to invite the other party to dinner. However, he was very tactful and did not ask much. He responded and prepared to go out to handle it.
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