Chapter 66

Chapter 13: Night Earnings in the Millions

Ma Huateng was waiting for the right price, while Lin Feng was ready to negotiate. Lin Feng took a proposal from Cheng Peijia, which contained his suggestions for reforming Tencent QQ. In fact, these so-called suggestions were merely the main strategies that had attracted a large user base in the future, proposed now.

1. Launch "QQ Farm" and "Steal Cars" games. These two games, after being launched by Tencent in the future, became a nationwide sensation, especially the "QQ Farm" feature that allowed users to steal fruits from their friends. This feature even led to a news report about a young couple where the man was responsible for planting and the woman for harvesting. When the woman couldn't get up for several nights in a row, the man got angry and the woman, in a fit of rage, went to the hospital for an abortion. In the end, both regretted their actions deeply.

It can be said that "QQ Farm" was quite harmful. However, for Lin Feng, helping Tencent shorten the time it took to gather a user base was also helping his own online trading platform.

2. Introduce membership services and QQ user levels. This was another harmful project. In the past, people across the country kept QQ running, wasting a lot of electricity. Introducing membership services could directly bring profits to Tencent.

3. Launch the QQ Show feature and QQ Coins. This was another profitable project, and a very profitable one at that, especially popular among women.

4. Launch a ringtone download service. This would definitely be one of the most profitable points in the future. Sina and NetEase achieved quarterly profits of millions of dollars through this service. As long as mobile phones became widespread, the profits would increase exponentially. Although Lin Feng wanted to do it himself, he lacked the funds to build such a large website. Moreover, the rise of a large website required time, and by the time Lin Feng's website rose, the golden period for mobile ringtone downloads would have passed.

5. Tencent and China Mobile would collaborate to launch the Mobile QQ service. This would be a key point in making QQ more integrated into daily life.

Lin Feng believed that these five points would be enough to impress Ma Huateng.

"Wait, Mr. Ma, if you want to see this proposal, you must first sign this agreement." Lin Feng gestured for Cheng Peijia to bring out another agreement.

"This is...?" Ma Huateng took the agreement and became even more curious about the proposal that Lin Feng was holding down with his hand.

The content of Lin Feng's agreement was simple: if Ma Huateng did not cooperate with Lin Feng after seeing the proposal, Tencent was not allowed to implement any of the proposals for three years, or they would have to pay Lin Feng 10 million dollars in compensation.

This was a rather domineering agreement, but Ma Huateng was not concerned. He was more interested in what content in the proposal could make Lin Feng so confident that it would impress him.

"Then I'll take a look at your cooperation proposal first." Ma Huateng took the cooperation contract and read it carefully.

Lin Feng's cooperation with Ma Huateng mainly included five points:

1. Tencent would provide Lin Feng with free login window advertisements.

2. All online transactions generated by Tencent in the future would be handled by Lin Feng's online trading platform for free.

3. Tencent would provide Lin Feng's online trading platform with free space and bandwidth resources. Lin Feng decided to move the online trading platform to Shenzhen to facilitate further cooperation with Tencent. He also changed the name of the platform from "Taobao" to "DingDang," symbolizing that his online trading platform would have everything, just like Doraemon's pocket.

4. Both parties would sign a friendly cooperation agreement, with a cooperation period of five years.

5. Tencent would pay Lin Feng 5% of its shares, and Lin Feng would pay Tencent 5% of DingDang's shares, to increase the friendship and cooperation between the two companies.

After reading it, Ma Huateng smiled. This agreement was still quite domineering, especially the last point, which was almost like a robbery. If anyone else saw this, they would only think of taking the proposal and running. However, Ma Huateng, the founder of a company that later became a billion-dollar network service company, was not an ordinary person. Although he was inwardly angry, he did not show it and instead smiled faintly.

"Mr. Lin, you should know that IDG and Pacific Century Digital originally purchased 20% of Tencent's shares for 2.2 million dollars, and the current market value is conservatively estimated at 8 million dollars. What makes you think that your DingDang shares are worth the same as Tencent's shares?" Ma Huateng asked, staring intently.

"Very simple, it's based on the future of my DingDang and this proposal. With this proposal, Tencent's development period can be shortened by at least three years, and it can bring significant income to Tencent now." Lin Feng did not back down and stared directly into Ma Huateng's eyes.

The two men stared at each other for several minutes before bursting into laughter.

"Alright, let me see what's so amazing about your proposal." Ma Huateng laughed and reached for the proposal.

"Mr. Ma, you forgot to sign the agreement!" Lin Feng handed over the agreement.

The two men smiled at each other again.

Ma Huateng signed the agreement cheerfully and began to read the proposal carefully and meticulously.

An hour later, Ma Huateng put down the proposal, lost in thought.

"Mr. Lin, this proposal is very attractive, and I personally approve of it. However, Tencent is a holding company, and we need to discuss it with the other shareholders." Ma Huateng asked Lin Feng to wait and temporarily convened a shareholders' meeting among the original founders.

After a tense and intense negotiation, Ma Huateng walked out of the meeting room with a smile. The temporary meeting revealed far more disagreements among the original founders than Ma Huateng had imagined, mainly focusing on the 5% share. Everyone thought this clause was too domineering and did not believe that Lin Feng's "DingDang" could match Tencent in the future.

However, Ma Huateng presented the proposal and the agreement. Due to the recent funding shortage at Tencent, although the previous investment companies proposed additional funding, the original founders of Tencent rejected the proposal to avoid being forcibly acquired. Now, Lin Feng's proposal could solve the funding shortage problem in the short term, which was an irresistible temptation for all the original founders.

Of course, this was also a tactic by the foresighted Ma Huateng. By signing the agreement in advance, the "DingDang" online trading platform would achieve rapid development and begin to show the potential to compete with eBay.

For Tencent and Ma Huateng, this cooperation seemed to be a significant loss—exchanging shares worth at least 2 million dollars for Lin Feng's uncertain "DingDang" shares. If this news got out, people would definitely laugh at him for being cheated. However, in Ma Huateng's view, regardless of the future prospects of Lin Feng's "DingDang," the proposal itself was worth 2 million dollars.

That evening, Ma Huateng and Lin Feng held a press conference to announce the cooperation and introduced Tencent's future business direction.

This press conference was like a 10-ton bomb in a calm pond, quickly detonating in the domestic internet industry, causing a series of reactions. Industry experts exclaimed, "The wolves are here."

With these several proposals, Tencent would inevitably dominate the national instant messaging market, and the industry's re-evaluation of Tencent's potential market value increased several times overnight.

Invisibly, Lin Feng became a millionaire overnight, in dollars—of course, this would only be realized if Tencent went public and Lin Feng was willing to sell.

Lin Feng's "DingDang," which was previously unknown and ignored, became the focus of everyone's attention overnight. Tencent's millions of registered users brought nearly疯狂的点击量，短短一夜之间，网站被挤爆了数十次。还好林风明智地选择将公司搬迁到深圳，由腾讯提供网络资源，否则林风还真没有资金来应对激增的网络资源需求。

这一夜，叮当网注册卖家一夜之间增加了2000家，注册买家更是暴涨5000人，他的花茶也接到了第一份订单。而力推的《CS反恐精英》也开始受到关注，纷纷询问游戏资料和图片。

一切都在向好的方向发展。

第二天，业界风险投资商对林风这个一夜之间冒出来的“叮当网”进行了仔细评估，认为其对注册用户的审核严谨，操作规范，流程有序，潜力巨大，预估市值100万美元。未来，前景不可限量。

对于这一夜之间，业界发生的一切变化，林风和马化腾两人相视一笑，均露出合作愉快的眼色。

“马董，我还有事要赶回楚市，剩余的事情我就交给我的秘书程佩嘉全权处理。”林风订好机票，准备回楚市。

“恩，林总，合作愉快，期待下次继续合作。”马化腾也颇为钦佩眼前这年轻人。这次合作让公司市值翻了几番，让公司所有人笑得合不拢嘴，也直接忽视了之前他们对自己给林风5%股份时的不信任和不合作态度。

“呵呵，我相信我们很快还会合作，三个月后见。”林风微微一笑。

三个月？马化腾一惊，转而又乐了。不知三个月后，这个年轻人，自己的合作伙伴会给自己带来何种期待和惊喜。

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This press conference was like a 10-ton bomb in a calm pond, quickly detonating in the domestic internet industry, causing a series of reactions. Industry experts exclaimed, "The wolves are here."

With these several proposals, Tencent would inevitably dominate the national instant messaging market, and the industry's re-evaluation of Tencent's potential market value increased several times overnight.

Invisibly, Lin Feng became a millionaire overnight, in dollars—of course, this would only be realized if Tencent went public and Lin Feng was willing to sell.

Lin Feng's "DingDang," which was previously unknown and ignored, became the focus of everyone's attention overnight. Tencent's millions of registered users brought nearly疯狂的点击量，短短一夜之间，网站被挤爆了数十次。还好林风明智地选择将公司搬迁到深圳，由腾讯提供网络资源，否则林风还真没有资金来应对激增的网络资源需求。

This night, the number of registered sellers on DingDang increased by 2000, and the number of registered buyers increased by 5000. His herbal tea received its first order. The promoted game "Counter-Strike" also began to receive attention, with many people inquiring about game information and images.

Everything was moving in a positive direction.

The next day, after a thorough evaluation by industry venture capitalists, Lin Feng's "DingDang" was found to have strict user verification, standardized operations, and a well-ordered process, with a potential market value of 1 million dollars. The future prospects were limitless.

For the changes that occurred in the industry overnight, Lin Feng and Ma Huateng exchanged smiles, both showing signs of a successful partnership.

"Mr. Ma, I have some matters to attend to in Chu City, so I will leave the remaining matters to my secretary, Cheng Peijia, to handle." Lin Feng booked his flight and prepared to return to Chu City.

"Sure, Mr. Lin, it was a pleasure working with you. I look forward to our next collaboration." Ma Huateng also admired the young man in front of him. This cooperation had multiplied the company's market value, making everyone in the company smile from ear to ear, and they had forgotten their initial distrust and lack of cooperation when he gave Lin Feng 5% of the shares.

"Hehe, I believe we will collaborate again soon. See you in three months." Lin Feng smiled.

Three months? Ma Huateng was surprised, but then he laughed. He wondered what expectations and surprises this young man, his partner, would bring him in three months.

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