Chapter 873

Ps: I'm very sorry, I thought I posted it this morning, but I just found out that it was actually put in the draft box.

I have to say that sometimes, God is Chi Guoguo's preference. This is Feng Yiping's conclusion after reading the information of two people for two consecutive days.

Niklas Zengstrom, born in 1966, graduated from Sweden's top Uppsala University, which was established in the Ming Dynasty in my country, and is now one of the top 100 universities in the world. The ranking on the Internet is even better than the best universities in our country.

In his final year of college, he also went to the University of Michigan as an exchange student, and then graduated with a double degree in business management and engineering physics.

The first job was Tele2 Telecom in Sweden. At that time, this start-up telecom company had only 23 employees. Now it has developed into a pan-European telecom giant with offices in dozens of countries around the world.

However, Nicholas, who graduated from the Department of Computer Science and became a high-level executive, was quite disapproving of some of the company's strategies at that time. Russ has always believed that the core purpose of the Internet should be free sharing. Later, he and the company, probably a little bit at odds with each other, eventually parted ways.

After leaving Tele2, he has been working in the Internet industry, serving as the CEO of portal websites. In 1999, he saw the rapid development of Napster, an online music service provider in the United States. He was greatly inspired by the music website, and felt that this was what he should do.

He quickly gathered a group of buddies, and officially launched his own free music sharing and downloading software, Kazaa, in 2000. As a result, he succeeded again, and it was still quite successful.

However, the good times didn't last long. He was very satisfied, and so were the users, but those who owned the music copyright were very dissatisfied. In the end, he had to shut down Kazaa under the joint siege of the recording industry associations of various countries.

However, the software he launched at that time had been downloaded more than 370 million times, making it one of the most downloaded software at that time.

It seems that this buddy is determined to continue on the P2P road. He immediately thought of the telecommunications industry he had worked in for many years, and then at the beginning of this year, he founded skype. According to Mike's information, this The software should have entered the late stage of testing and will be launched soon.

And Nicholas's trip was to negotiate with another well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, DFJ.

Anyone who knows a little about the Internet will know that this is a venture capital company that has made a lot of money in the Internet field in my country. It has led all three rounds of investment in Du Niang, and has been Du Niang's single major shareholder in the end. extremely high.

Its global venture capital fund specializes in investing in early-stage entrepreneurial projects in Europe and Asia. It is believed that Nicholas has successfully obtained investment.

Before that, because of the success of Kazaa, he had received investments from several well-known venture capitals, including Beshang Capital, etc., and the financing amount was estimated to be nearly 20 million US dollars.

All in all, all in all, this is also a great man. Feng Yiping has a little impression that his Skype seems to have been sold for a high price later, so this guy is much luckier than Martin.

So, what is the purpose of such a guy insisting on meeting himself at the critical moment when his new product is about to be launched?

Although he felt that he might be looking for him to discuss cooperation or investment, but to be honest, Feng Yiping, who was no longer mentally young, didn't really believe in such a good thing that he might come to him.

In short, we can see the outcome in a few hours.

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At 2:30 in the afternoon, Feng Yiping met Niklas Zengstrom for the first time in the conference room. He was a tall, thin man with narrow-framed black-rimmed glasses, and he looked like Bill Gates. Two points like.

Although wearing a suit, the hairstyle is still standard for programmers, a little messy, "Hi Feng, nice to meet you, I have read your masterpiece more than once, and it has inspired me a lot,"

The excellent programmers like Page and the others that Feng Yiping came into contact with speak very fast when they communicate with you in private, but Nicholas is different, he speaks in a calm and gentle voice.

Feng Yiping and the others have collected his information, presumably he has done the same thing, this opening remark can easily make Feng Yiping feel good.

"I also like the music software you developed very much. I want to say that it is thanks to talented engineers like you that the Internet has enriched our lives, and the cost of living has also become lower and lower,"

What Feng Yiping said is true. It is precisely because of the launch of these free P2P-based sharing software that our life is more enriched and convenient.

For example, he has been paying close attention to the development of the domestic Internet. He is very happy to see that at the beginning of this year, a company named Sandai Technology Development was established in Shenzhen. This name may be unfamiliar to many people, but its products are overwhelmingly Most people must have used it, and that is the Thunder that is so powerful that it can't deceive your ears.

For most people, this is good news. From then on, everyone can easily download works of some famous "teachers" online, and no longer need to sneak in the computer market, or those sneaky hawkers in some places If you buy discs in your hand, you don’t have to worry about buying discs for ten yuan, but the result is only three pirated game discs for ten yuan.

Well, it's a bit far-fetched, but in short, he is grateful to those who develop free P2P software from the bottom of his heart.

Nicholas also felt his sincerity, and he was naturally happy when he heard others mention his most successful thing, "Thank you!"

Mike has also invited Nicholas's entourage to sit down, "In the past ten hours, there were some schedules that were not easy to change, so I am very sorry to keep you waiting until now,"

"I understand," Nicholas nodded, "I'm taking the liberty of asking,"

"Not at all. I very much hope to have the opportunity to communicate with a genius like you. I have also met many geniuses like you in Silicon Valley. Every time I communicate with them, I can gain a lot,"

"You have won the award. I believe that many people, like me, are very happy to have the opportunity to talk with you,"

When they met for the first time, both parties were able to hold their breath, so they were evenly matched.

After exchanging pleasantries for a few minutes, Nicholas slowly introduced the topic, "I have been paying attention to this website you founded, and I admire it very much. I think you have created a new model, which is very worthy of our reference."

"Thank you, the main work is done by Mike and the others," Feng Yiping pointed to Mike and the others, "I played a very small role in it,"

"The most rare thing now is such a brand-new model," Nicholas said sincerely, "I also noticed that NEXTDOOR has been adding new sections,"

Feng Yiping nodded, thinking that this is finally the point, "Yes, around users, we will provide more and more service sections,"

"I took the liberty to come here this time because I hope to have a chance to cooperate," Feng Yiping never asked, and Nichols had to raise it by himself.

"We are very honored. I don't know how we can help you?"

"After Kazaa, I am still developing free sharing software based on P2P. Now, there is already a software we named skype that will be released soon,"

"Oh? Then this must be another very great software. I don't know about Skype. What are its main functions?" Feng Yiping asked knowingly.

"It's a VoIP software,"

"Internet telephony software? What a coincidence, our company is also developing such a project," Feng Yiping glanced at Mike.

"Really? I really didn't expect this. I wonder if you have a mature product now?" Nicholas asked.

Feng Yiping would not believe that he didn't know, he must have heard some rumors, so he took the initiative to come to the door, "Well, to tell you the truth, our project has not been established for a long time, although it is making good progress, but because we don't know much about the telecommunications industry, oh , this aspect happens to be your advantage, so it is expected that the difficulty of development in the future will not be small,"

"Yes, I know a lot about the telecommunications industry," Nicholas nodded, "So, if I license our software to the NEXTDOOR website for free, I wonder if you can accept it? Of course, your software can still be used." Continue to develop, but our software can provide a new service for registered users of your company's website as soon as possible,"

So, who says these programmers aren't smart?

Please, this software of yours is already free. If you authorize me to use it for free, it is better to say that I provide you with tens of millions of users who will use your software for free.

It's like Penguin said to Ali, I develop a version suitable for Taobao for free, so you don't need to invest in another set, how great! But, do you think Ali can do it?

"I'd like to know what skype does if I can,"

"I have detailed instructions here," Nicholas took out a folder, "This is our upcoming version, and it will be continuously upgraded in the future, and its functions will become more and more powerful. Moreover, Skype uses an open mechanism. You can develop your own proprietary plugins,"

Feng Yiping read it in detail, and occasionally discussed a few words with Jack, or consulted with Nicholas. It took about ten minutes to understand the basic functions of skype. "It is indeed another very good software," he praised. said a word.

"However, you must also know that our website is bound to our own Internet phone software, which will bring added value to the website. If you use Skype, you know,"

Feng Yiping said it more tactfully, but he believed that Nicholas could understand what he meant.

"Our goals should be the same. We all want to use the Internet to create a convenient, low-cost, and excellent voice quality VoIP product for the majority of users. Under this premise, I think we can find opportunities for cooperation."

"Besides, I believe you all know that the most critical point in this process is to cooperate with various telecom operators. This is a very difficult and cumbersome job, and we have already cooperated with telecom operators in many countries. have entered into a partnership with the

When Feng Yiping exposed his intentions, Nicholas didn't blush at all, and instead emphasized his side's advantages other than technology.

"I personally believe in your development ability. I believe that Skype will have more and more functions in the future. I also believe in your ability to manage the enterprise. It is not impossible to bind our website to Skype. I can even stop our research and development of the same product. ,” said Feng Yiping.

"Feng," Mike called after hearing this, and Feng Yiping waved at him.

"Then what do you want?"

This was exactly the result Nichols hoped for, but he knew that the shrewd young man in front of him would not do so unconditionally.

"Only one thing, I hope to invest in Skype directly, and I want better investment conditions than other venture capitals,"

When Feng Yiping said these words, he was very confident and felt very refreshed. Finally, not only did I have a reputation, but I was no longer a pure financial investor. What about internationally renowned venture capital? Now in some respects, I still have an advantage over you!

He was very happy, and the company executives who accompanied him were also very happy to hear such a domineering request, but Nicholas and his entourage were not happy.

"In principle, I welcome the investment of a genius like you who has an outstanding vision and can always create a new business model." Before coming to NEXTDOOR, Nicholas was ready to accept Feng Yiping's investment. For a start-up company, the capital is The more the merrier.

"It's just that the conditions are better than venture capital. I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet this requirement,"

"Not only can we provide funds, but we can also provide at least tens of millions of loyal users immediately. Nicholas, tell me, which venture capital company can do this?"

Especially for skype, the tens of millions of registered users of NEXTDOOR is a ready-made, very large and stable user group, which far exceeds the support that those venture capital can provide him.

"I think I need to discuss with other investors," Feng Yiping said, which is exactly what he values, tens of millions of users! He couldn't even ignore it.

Listen to this, at least, he has agreed to his investment, right? Feng Yiping is so excited, there really is such a good thing that there is nowhere to find it, and it doesn't take any effort!

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Tens of millions of users were waiting in front, and Nicholas was very active. Three days later, the skype financing management team, which had just signed an investment agreement with DFJ, signed a new financing agreement with NEXTDOOR. NEXTDOOR was bound to skype software and invested 8 million at the same time. The US dollar, accounting for 9%, is in better condition than those VCs.

Feng Yiping recalled for a while that his investment would probably get at least 20 times the return soon. For the first time, he felt that he seemed to have become the darling of God. Sitting at home, some people took the opportunity send it up.

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