2000, March 7th. Li Shuwen didn't go anywhere today. He was sitting in his small shop.
His uncle, Li Weimin, was explaining the electrical appliances business to the customers in the shop, while Li Shuwen sat in front of the counter with a newspaper in his hand, staring intently at it.
" The NASA index rose to 5132.52 points…" Li Shuwen muttered softly.
Now, the U.S. stock market could completely affect the global economic situation. The NASA index had soared all the way to its current illusory height, which also represented a huge bubble that had reached its peak.
And this bubble, presumably, would be remembered by countless people in the future, and they would be able to say a few words about it.
This bubble was the internet bubble!
In the 21st century, which industry would be the most profitable in the country in the next ten to twenty years? The first would be real estate, and the second would definitely be the internet.
These two industries had created many 'richest men' in the country!
However, compared to the rapid growth of real estate in the past two years, the development of the Internet seemed to be a lot more bumpy.
"The number of internet users in our country continues to break records. This year, the number will reach more than 20 million!”Li Shuwen saw another short message in the newspaper.
The number of netizens in the country was constantly breaking records, which gave the domestic Internet companies unparalleled confidence. Coupled with the peak of the USD stock market, the Internet people should be happy now.
However, Li Shuwen knew very well that today's benchmark index was already at its peak. From tomorrow onwards, the U.S. stock market would continue to fall, and then it would fall all the way to a crash. By October 2002, if he remembered correctly, the benchmark index had fallen from the current 5,000 to 1,000, a cumulative decline of 78%!
How terrifying was this?
The direct impact was the collapse of the Internet bubble, and a large number of Internet companies went bankrupt. The Internet that had been touted as a myth in recent years had become trash.
A large number of investors had lost confidence in the internet, causing many famous companies to struggle to survive in the past few years.
"When I get this 15 million, I can start investing in the Internet.”Li Shuwen murmured softly.
Logically speaking, the total project funds should be distributed in batches. However, in this era, this aspect was rather chaotic. Gong Kaijiang was also a guy who dared to fight and fight. He was bold and reckless. He dared to do anything. In addition, he was under one person and had great power in the communications company. In order to get his 'five million recommendation fee' as soon as possible, he had done a lot of tricks.
One of them was to wait for Li Shuwen's engineering team to gather. When the number of people reached the 2,000 required by the contract, the project funds would be paid in one go on the day the project started!
In other words, Li Shuwen would be able to get a net profit of more than 15 million in about a month.
Of course, Li Shuwen was happy to see such a thing. The reason why the total project funds had to be paid in batches was mostly because he was afraid that the construction company would run away with the money. Then, he was worried that there would be any quality problems in the middle.
However, there was basically no risk in Li Shuwen's case because Li Shuwen had no intention of running away with the money. As for the quality of the project, his workers were only responsible for the most basic work. They were not needed for high-end operations such as digging holes and burying wires. As long as it was not too bad, there would not be any quality problems.
This was also the main reason why Gong Kaijiang dared to act so boldly!
"15 million. Including the construction project at the Construction Group, I have about 167 million on hand..." Li Shuwen took out a piece of paper and started writing on it.
"We agreed to bring the Tang brothers to earn money, so we definitely have to split the money. According to their 40% share, we have to give them about 6 million. At that time, I should still have 10 million in my hands.”Li Shuwen calculated.
Although Li Shuwen was the one who negotiated the project, it was undeniable that someone had to do the project. The main performance of the Tang brothers was to recruit people.
Of course, if they were to be serious, it was certain that recruiting 1,000 people was not worthy of the 6 million bonus. However, Li Shuwen's actions were more to buy people's hearts. If you treated them well, they would be willing to follow you and work for you. There were not many loyal existences like the Tang brothers. Li Shuwen was willing to spend this money on them.
Li Shuwen looked at the money in his hands and thought about the current domestic internet companies. After thinking about it carefully, it was not a good time to invest.
In addition, he only had about ten million yuan. Actually, if he invested in an internet company at this time, he wouldn't be able to do much. They might not even want it.
In the early stages of the internet, when looking for funding, not only did they need money, but they also needed the strength of the investor. This strength could be converted into the credibility of 'boasting'. After all, at this time, the internet basically relied on boasting. Boasting about the direction, boasting about the prospects, and then burning a lot of money. In the end, those who survived were the powerful ones.
Li Shuwen was definitely not qualified now, so he could only 'take it.' From the looks of it, Penguin was the most worthy of taking over among the internet companies.
Penguin was in a terrible state. It had a lot of users, but it had yet to find a way to make a profit. This led to IDG and Pacific Century Digital, which they had invested in, wanting to get rid of them. However, with the collapse of the Internet bubble and Penguin's bad performance, they couldn't get rid of them.
Next year, Li Shuwen should be able to earn a lot of money in Qinghua District. After all, he was not only working on one project. If everything went well, Gao Qiqiang would become the boss of Bai Jinhan. At the same time, he would also join the Construction Group and reach the peak of his life.
He even married the rich woman, Chen Shuting. This was very important.
In his first year in office, Gao Qiqiang couldn't have too many assets. If he wanted to invest in this area with Li Shuwen, he would have to mortgage Bai Jinhan to make money.
But it didn't matter if he didn't have money. Chen Shuting had inherited the Bai family's inheritance. As long as he served his sister-in-law well, Chen Shuting should have no problem taking out a few hundred million yuan. When she was willing to invest, they could cooperate. If she wasn't willing to invest, Li Shuwen could borrow money from her. With Gao Qiqiang's relationship, it shouldn't be a problem to borrow money to invest in Penguin. Then, Li Shuwen could borrow some money from himself.
However, Penguin's investment was suitable for long-term holding. It would be a loss to cash it out in a short period of time. Li Shuwen would not consider taking it out for many years in the future.
Now, he had to think about how to create another cash cow that could provide him with a large amount of funds continuously so that he could have sufficient confidence to invest generously in the future!
The engineering team was one of them, but Li Shuwen felt that he had to go to a higher level. He couldn't always rely on the engineering team. Moreover, the capital cycle of the engineering team was relatively slow, so it was impossible for him to meet all the rich people like Gong Kaijiang who paid them all in one go.
A project with a small investment, quick results, low risk, and a lot of money…Li Shuwen thought about this and slowly wrote down two words on the paper!
Online games!
The domestic online game industry would continue to create miracles in the next few years.
The most memorable online game had yet to appear, and that was the hot-blooded legend!
However, the Korean version of this game had appeared two years ago, but there was no agent in the domestic market yet.
The grand Chen Tianqiao had made such a game and completely turned the tables. He spent only 300,000 USD to get the rights to the game in the country. After that, the hot-blooded legend became popular on the internet and earned a lot of money every day!
Let's put it this way. In 2001, Shengda's revenue was only around 4 million, but after they became the agent of Legend, their revenue in the second year was 326 million!
In the third year, it was going to reach 600 million. It could be seen how terrifying a Legend was!
"When the project funds are paid, I have to start building an online game company. This company will provide me with a strong cash flow!”Li Shuwen thought for a moment and made a decision.
It wouldn't be long before Li Shuwen had tens of millions of yuan in his hands. Chen Tianqiao's purchase of the Legend of Mir 2 would be at the end of next year. Li Shuwen could totally cut him off. Anyway, he didn't have a good impression of this Chen guy. After all, that guy was very dishonest.
Of course, this company would not just stop at the Legend of Mir 2. It could grow bigger and stronger in the future. Legend of Mir 2, Stone Age, and Miracle were all money-making tools. After they had distributed a few games and trained the team, they could even directly make games. Li Shuwen did not plan to make games that would last forever. If he made games, his goal would be obvious. He would earn a lot of cash flow. Therefore, the game would be simple and crude. For example, they could copy the journey after that.
After settling these games, Li Shuwen could easily have a few hundred million in cash flow a year. In this era, that was very terrifying. He could use it to invest in other industries, such as promoting the development of the real estate industry, or…At that time, he would be able to invest in the internet.
Thinking of this, Li Shuwen finally stopped thinking.
"If you have the ability, you can also go short the US stocks now..." Li Shuwen smiled again.
However, he didn't have such channels yet, and he didn't have enough capital. But it didn't matter. September 11th next year would be a good opportunity!
Putting away the paper on the table, Li Shuwen took out his phone and called An Xin.
"Hello? Anxin, let's have hotpot together tomorrow?”Li Shuwen asked with a smile.
"I can't do it tomorrow. I took a leave of absence in the morning tomorrow, so I definitely have to be on duty at the office in the afternoon.”An Xin's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone.
"Then the morning is fine too. I don't care about the time when I eat hotpot.”Li Shuwen teased.
"In the morning…I'm going to send Meng Yu to the airport." An Xin was silent for a moment before saying.
Li Shuwen was stunned for a moment before he said,"Break up?"
"What do you mean by that? It never happened.”An Xin said dejectedly.
"Looks like you're feeling very uncomfortable now…Then when you're done, I'll treat you to a drink.”Li Shuwen thought for a moment and comforted her.
"Then it's a deal." An Xin also perked up and agreed with a smile.
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