Chapter 999 Realization
When Cao Guowei introduced Chen Chude's identity, he was the founder of Chuke Technology, and also the co-founder of Oriental Net, Oriental Sports, Cheng Hang, Meng Chengguan and others were a little confused. They didn't expect to see Chen Chu here!
Both of them couldn't help but think of Chen Chude's identities. Even in North America, Cheng Hang was not unfamiliar with Chen Chude's name, and even knew more about it than domestic people. Chen Chu is definitely one of the most well-known Asians in North America!
Meng Chengguan remembered those identities of Chen Chude, the richest man in China, the richest man in Asia, the first person in the domestic Internet industry, and the founder of Chuke Technology, the absolute overlord of the domestic Internet industry. These identities are superimposed, making Meng Chengguan feel even more uncomfortable when facing Chen Chu. He felt that facing Chen Chu might seem to be a bit more difficult than facing Michael Jordan to make a three-pointer.
"Is the road going smoothly?" Cao Guowei asked his assistant to pour two glasses of water for Cheng Hang, Meng Chengguan and the others.
Cheng Hang was the first to recover and began to look back. Cao Guowei was very satisfied with Cheng Hang. If he couldn't stand it at this time, how good would he perform when facing other opponents in the future? Cao Guowei didn't want Oriental Sports' investment to be wasted!
"Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your concern, the road is pretty good!" Cheng Hang first glanced at Chen Chude's position, and then spoke to Cao Guowei.
Looking at Cheng Hang and Meng Chengguan, Cao Guowei said politely, "Hupu has developed very well. It can develop to such a scale in less than two years after its establishment, and become the best website in the domestic professional sports community!"
Cao Guowei really admires Cheng Hang. Cheng Hang has a very similar experience to him. When he was abroad, he was responsible for contacting domestic companies and personnel.
Moreover, Cheng Hang's ability is really strong. It is hard to imagine that when Hupu was in the early days, until now, the main content provided by Cheng Hang alone!
He translated North American sports, mainly the basketball industry’s game news, gossip news, etc. to Hupu, and sometimes there were professional game comments, etc., which were done by himself when he was studying for a doctorate in North America. Later, Meng Chengguan and others joined him, so he felt much easier. The early Hupu was built by himself, which is correct.
This reminded Cao Guowei of Chen Chu. It was rumored that the predecessor of Chuke technology, the first game developed when SG Games was established, is still popular all over the world. The "Minecraft" played by nearly 200 million users in more than 70 countries was made by Chen Chu. Although this matter is just a rumor, it has been circulating within SG Games.
In other words, today's Chuke technology is built up in the income exchanged for "Minecraft"!
"Are you a Bulls fan?" Chen Chu looked at Cheng Hang at this time and asked with interest.
When Cheng Hang heard Chen Chude's words, he nodded and said with a little embarrassed look, "When I was in China, the most popular games in China were the Chicago Bulls and Jordan!"
Chen Chu laughed. From the 1990s to the early 1990s, when North American basketball games were broadcasted in China, basically the stars that everyone is familiar with were old hooligans, and most of the games they could see were Jordan.
He looked up at Chen Chu, and Cheng Hang said to Chen Chu, "Actually, what I admire most is Mr. Chen. You have made the country really come into contact with North American basketball, and sent Qin Fang to the Toronto Raptors to enter the North American professional men's basketball team!"
Chen Chu raised his eyebrows, looked at Cheng Hang and said, "Do you know Qin Fang?"
Speaking of Qin Fang, Chen Chu couldn't help but think that he had been in North America for more than two years and had already gained a foothold in the NBA. Although he was not as famous as Boss Yao, he was doing quite well. Relying on the playing style criticized by the outside world, the center forward pulled out to shoot three-pointers. Qin Fang always took advantage of the troubled waters and got nearly 18 points in every game.
This year he averaged a double-double per game, but because of his playing style, Qin Fang was not recognized in the mainstream basketball industry. He believed that he should be considered a qualified center like the Big Shark O'Neal or Boss Yao.
However, the Raptors have completely failed in the past two years. After the team's star Vince Carter ran away from the Nets and lost his only star, he didn't care about his record at all. Instead, Qin Fang's arrival attracted the arrival of Chinese fans in local and surrounding cities, making the team make a lot of money. The team almost completely let go of themselves, let go of their hands and feet, and there was no record requirement, which made Qin Fang's life very good.
"I have watched the Raptors' game and met Qin Fang. He is quite good. When he participated in a show, he said that he would be thankful to you most, Mr. Chen!" Cheng Hang said to Chen Chu.
Chen Chu laughed. In the past two years, because of Boss Yao and Qin Fang, the one who broadcasts the most North American basketball games in China is the mosaic team where Boss Yao is located and the Toronto Raptors where Qin Fang is located. Oriental Net has spared no effort to praise Qin Fang, which has made him very well-known in China and earned a lot of endorsement fees!
Looking at Cheng Hang, Chen Chu said directly, "I think Hupu has developed well and has gathered a lot of professional fans. In the future, it may become one of the gathering places for domestic sports fans!"
Hearing that Chen Chu had entered the subject, Cheng Hang and Meng Chengguan, who were beside him, all raised their spirits and began to sit upright, not daring to relax at all. They had no doubt that they would be sold when they negotiated with large companies like Oriental Sports, and they might not have reacted!
"Hupu has developed well, but it is far from enough. By translating and reprinting NBA news, it can indeed attract some fans, but it cannot support Hupu's development at all!"
Chen Chu changed his mind. Even if he was not familiar with commercial negotiations, Cheng Hang and Meng Chengguan still wanted to refute it. Meng Chengguan said, "Hupu is to be a professional fan community, share more information with fans and allow more fans to participate in the discussion. Commercialization is not the most important thing at present!"
"We support your ideas, which is also the original intention of Oriental.com to establish a sports community, but there is a gap between reality and imagination after all!" Cao Guowei said with regret.
When Oriental Net established a sports community, it wanted to build a pure sports community, which also gave fans the greatest authority, including commenting on games, commenting on fans, and even criticizing the management of Oriental Sports Community. These are nothing. Oriental Net wanted to make profits through the sports community.
But the actual effect is really unsatisfactory. Oriental.com wants to establish a sports community and then launch an e-commerce mall in the sports community to sell sports products to make profits, but the result is not very good. Although it also has sales, it cannot support the sports business and has to put it on the advertising business again!
This is also why when it comes to Oriental Sports, Chen Chu, Cao Guowei and others insisted on Oriental Network to hold offline competitions to make profits. It is really difficult to make profits by relying solely on the online sports business.
"Hupu wants to develop into what you imagined. With the development of Hupu now, do you think it can be done?" Cao Guowei asked Cheng Hang and the others.
Cheng Hang and Meng Chengguan were silent for a while. Although they were unwilling to admit it, they remembered the current situation of Hupu and even quit the rental server, let alone the others.
"Oriental Sports is willing to support the development of Hupu, and is willing to provide funds, technology, and of course the content of the competition, so that Hupu can become a professional fan sports community!" Cao Guowei said to Cheng Hang.
Cheng Hang and Meng Chengguan couldn't help but feel moved, but remembering the strategies discussed by Cheng Hang with several Hupu website managers before, Cheng Hang still gritted his teeth and said, "Hupu hopes to build an independent website and become a gathering place for fans and various professional sports users!"
What Cheng Hang meant is that he didn't want Hupu to launch too many advertisements, didn't want to launch paid services, etc., which would affect the user experience and would also cause many users to leave.
Chen Chu looked at Cheng Hang and found that the style of a company is closely related to the founder. When the founder has a bit of ideal color, the website development naturally also has this style, and it is difficult to commercialize it!
"For 5 million US dollars, Oriental Sports invests 70% of Hupu's equity, and the remaining equity belongs to Hupu's founder and management. In addition, Oriental Sports will take out one million US dollars as incentives. As long as the performance requirements of Oriental Sports can meet the performance requirements, these funds will be distributed to Hupu's management!"
Chen Chu said directly to Cheng Hang, "Hupu can operate independently, and Oriental Network will not interfere with Hupu's operation and development, but I ask Cheng Hang, you must be responsible for managing Hupu in person!"
In comparison, although Hupu is important, Chen Chu feels that Cheng Hang is even more important. Chen Chu needs Cheng Hang to manage Hupu so that he can rest assured and not worry that the money will be wasted!
As for whether Hupu is profitable or not, Chen Chu doesn't care at all. Cheng Hang doesn't want Hupu to commercialize it, so it won't be commercialized. Chen Chu doesn't expect Hupu to make profits for him. As long as Hupu takes over the public opinion position in the sports industry for Oriental Sports, it is enough. At the critical moment, it is enough to sway the flag and shout for Oriental Sports and stumbling to the competitors of Oriental Sports.
When Cheng Hang heard that Chen Chu took out five million US dollars and one million US dollars to receive the reward, he couldn't help but his heart beat faster. He now understood why so many people were trying hard to squeeze into the Internet industry. The money invested in venture capital was too fast!
Cheng Hang had never felt that Hupu was valuable before, but now he felt that the venture capital investment of Oriental Sports alone was enough for a middle-class family in North America to have a hundred years of income.
Not to mention Meng Chengguan, they also thought about how much investment Oriental Sports could invest in Hupu, and they also thought about how much it would be for a sky-high price. But no matter how much they thought, they didn't expect to give him five million US dollars as soon as they came up, which made him feel a little dizzy.
Squeezing the excitement in his heart, Cheng Hang looked at Chen Chu and said, "Mr. Chen, ask me presumptly, why should Oriental Sports invest in Hupu?"
To be honest, this is what he couldn't understand the most along the way. Hupu is now a niche sports forum community website. There are several similar ones to Hupu, and basically no one cares about it. Everyone is more optimistic about Sina Sports, Phoenix Sports, etc.
Chen Chu took a deep look at Cheng Hang. There are only a few domestic professional sports communities that can survive to the end.
After laughing, Chen Chu looked at Cheng Hang and said, "I believe Hupu can develop, and I also believe in Cheng Hang's ability. Hupu needs to defend the public opinion position in the sports industry for Oriental Sports. I believe Hupu will not disappoint me!"
:.:
Chapter completed!