Chapter 550: Make a conclusion

Chapter 550
For Zhang Chaoyang, although Zhou Hao is not a professional in the IT industry, he is familiar with it, because Zhang Chaoyang, who is respected by the outside world as "Dr. Zhang", is the founder of "Sohu", which will become one of China's four major portals.
In his previous life, Zhou Hao was familiar with Zhang Chaoyang’s entrepreneurial experience. After graduating from Tsinghua University, Zhang Chaoyang went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study for a doctorate degree. After his success, he first served as the liaison person in MIT Asia Pacific (China), and then Became the chief representative of ISI in China. In 1996, Zhang Chaoyang founded the Atsson Company with the support of venture capital. In February 1998, Atsson officially launched the "Sohu" product, and finally in July 2000 It was successfully listed on NASDAQ in the United States and gradually developed into one of the four major portals in China.
The other three most famous portals are "Sina", "NetEase" and "Tencent". These companies that will be calling for trouble in the Chinese Internet market in the future have all begun to develop in the past few years.
After learning about the establishment of Zhang Chaoyang's "Sohu", Zhao Zebang keenly saw the huge business opportunities hidden in it, so he hurried back from the United States to see if he could take advantage of the rapid development of the Internet in China.
Undoubtedly, Zhao Zebang’s business vision is very superb. Zhou Hao asked: "Zebang, what are you going to do? Invest in Zhang Chaoyang’s Sohu?"
Zhao Zebang emphasized his head: "Yes, uncle, I plan to find some investors who are interested in the Internet to raise funds, and then I will invest in Sohu, and get Sohu listed on the Nasdaq in the United States. With the development of China, coupled with China, a huge market with almost unlimited progress,'Sohu' will definitely skyrocket after being listed on the Nasdaq."
Zhou Hao also agreed with Zhao Zebang's plan. He smiled and said, "Then have you found the gold master?"
Zhao Zebang was immediately discouraged: "Not yet. My father said he could help me find a few bosses, but I don't want to rely on family relationships. Moreover, those people are definitely willing to invest in me because of my father. Yes, I don’t want to be like this, making myself look like a beggar."
"What beggar, your child is really unreliable." Zhao Dingzhou cursed coarsely, but was not really angry.
Perhaps influenced by the independent and independent thinking of the West, Zhao Zebang rejects relying on the energy of the family to achieve his own goals, so he will appear incompetent. What he hopes is to rely on the sense of accomplishment of building a family from scratch, even since ancient times. Officials and businessmen do not separate their families, but Zhao Zebang prefers to make friends and build his own network of relationships, rather than relying on the shelter of his family.
Zhao Zebang's ambition was appreciated by Mr. Zhao, so he didn't force him.
At this time, Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Actually, I am quite interested in the emerging industry of the Internet."
Hearing Zhou Hao's words, Zhao Zebang's eyes suddenly brightened: How could he forget it? This young man in front of him is one of the top rich men in the country, although not many people know the huge wealth he has.
"Uncle, you mean you can invest in me?" Zhao Zebang looked at Zhou Hao with expectation.
"Yes, but, can you guarantee to achieve a controlling stake in Sohu?" Zhou Hao said seriously.
Zhao Zebang did not immediately agree, because he knew that people like Zhang Chaoyang who had both technology and no small ambitions valued the control of the company very much, and it might not be easy to achieve control of Sohu.
After weighing in his mind, Zhao Zebang gritted his teeth and said: "This is not an easy task, but I am confident that it can be done."
"Okay, then I believe you."
Zhou Hao sincerely admires the Zhao family. Chinese people often say that they are not richer than three generations, but this "iron law" does not seem to exist in the Zhao family. Zhao Rixin, as a person who raised the Zhao family, has achieved great enough now. Zhao Dingzhou is also a general guarding one side. The importance of the Guangzhou Military Region is self-evident. Being able to become the commander of this large military region, managing the two armies of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, naturally cannot rely entirely on Zhao Rixin’s support and Zhao Dingzhou’s own capabilities. And merit is the most direct reason. Moreover, Zhou Hao had heard Zhao Rixin mention it last time in Beijing, and Zhao Dingzhou will be awarded the rank of general in 2000 at the latest, making him the youngest general in China.
There is also Zhao Yuqin. Although she is a daughter, her talent is no worse than that of any man. Zhou Hao's "Tianhe" can develop to this day, and Zhao Yuqin is the first hero.
In the third generation, although Zhao Zebang did not have the will to enter politics or the military, he was very keen on business, but Zhou Hao could see that Zhao Zebang's talents were very extraordinary and he would definitely become a tycoon in the future.
And now, Zhou Hao is not only Zhao Rixin's adopted son, but also has established a relationship with Zhao Yuqin, so he can be regarded as the real Zhao family, so the future of the Zhao family will only become more and more prosperous.
"But Zebang, we only need to get the controlling rights and manage the operations. As for the technical aspects, Zhang Chaoyang should be responsible for it. After all, to the IT industry, you and I are both laymen. "Zhou Hao said.
"Naturally, to a certain extent, we are all just capitalists. Using capital to make profits is what we should do. We can't control those technical things." Zhao Zebang said, "Uncle, you are ready to do it. How much money."
Zhou Hao frowned for a while, and said, "Four hundred million yuan. Although most of my money can't be drawn out now, there is no problem with four hundred million yuan."
"Sohu is still in its early stages of development, and 400 million yuan should be enough. I think this amount should make Zhang Chaoyang and the others tempted."
But Zhou Hao shook his head: "I'm not talking about RMB, but US dollars. However, I am not going to invest all of my money on Sohu. For Sohu, 100 million US dollars is enough."
Zhao Zebang has lived in the United States for a few years. He usually uses US dollars to measure money, but this time he returned to China, he also deliberately changed his habit, so it meant that Zhou Hao was talking about RMB. He said: "What about the other 300 million? Uncle, do you have other goals?"
"Yes, besides Sohu, I also like a website called Netease. Compared with Sohu, Netease was founded earlier. It started to develop last year, but the current situation is different. How good, it should be easier than Sohu to get their controlling stake."
In fact, Zhou Hao has long been interested in the Nasdaq market in the United States. It’s just that most of his funds are still stuck in Asia. It will not be available until May at the earliest, and Nasdaq will be in the short-term. The rate of increase within will not be too great, so Zhou Hao is not in a hurry.
But now, since Zhao Zebang intends to invest in the IT industry, Zhou Hao is happy to support him. Although he can't make a big push into Nasdaq, it is not difficult to get the four major portals in China before the network industry reaches its peak. Both "Netease" and "Sohu" are still in the early stages of development, and "Sina" and "Tencent" will not enter the market until the end of this year. When these four major websites are in desperate need of financial support, they must gain their control. Quan does not require much capital, and four billion US dollars is more than enough.
Zhou Hao is very aware of the future influence of the Internet in the country. At that time, China also had the largest Internet group in the world. The power of "netizens" was extremely amazing, and the Internet would become the media with the largest coverage and the fastest spread. Since Zhou Hao has created the "Polaris", an increasingly fast-growing entertainment media group, he naturally doesn't want to miss the big cake of online media. When the two are combined, the influence formed will be unimaginable.
"Zebang, I will first transfer the 400 million U.S. dollars to your account, and you will be responsible for buying shares in'Netease' and'Sohu.' You can also do things cheaply for other companies with potential."
"Well, I know my uncle." Zhao Zebang was very grateful to Zhou Hao, 400 million US dollars, no one wanted to get it, and it was Zhou Hao's trust in him.
After talking about some of the details with Zhao Zebang, Zhou Hao bid farewell to Zhao Dingzhou.
Zhou Hao quickly returned to Xiangcheng in the special car arranged by Zhao Dingzhou for the military command. Leihu had sent the three injured men to the military hospital in Xiangcheng, there was nothing serious about it, and Xiao Nanyue and Xiao Jiming had also returned to Xiangcheng.
"Jiming, let's eat together tonight."
"Okay, Gentle is also in Xiangcheng, right, you come with her." Xiao Jiming said on the phone.
Zhou Hao's heart suddenly burst, for fear that Xiao Jiming would not give up on Yan Qing. Zhou Hao sighed deeply, nothing else, just tell him what happened, lest he have any illusions about his cousin.
They still booked a box at the Tianbin Hotel. Since Xiao Jiming's home is near the Tianbin Hotel, they arrived early.
When he came to the door of the room with Zhou Hao, Yan Qing said worriedly: "Xiao Hao, if Brother Xiao knows, will it be a barrier to you?" She is very afraid that Zhou Hao and Xiao Jiming might be in trouble because of her relationship. turn.
Zhou Hao squeezed her jade hand and smiled at her: "I believe Jiming will not be like this. Even if he really refuses to forgive me, I will not leave you."
Seeing Zhou Hao's firm gaze, Yan Qing also nodded, and the two of them pushed the door in and wanted to settle with Xiao Jiming.