Reborn Russia As An Oligarch

After finishing speaking in one breath, Sergey was still unfinished.

He sighed and said: "Hey, it's a pity that I don't have the funds. I can do the programming myself, but I don't have the money to do the UI art of the website, so the website looks quite simple. Moreover, I don't have the money to do promotion, so I plan to Let’s promote it within our school first and then gradually expand it to other universities in Moscow.”

Building a website is not that simple.

It’s not just about technology. Without enough funds, the initial stage will be quite slow.

We can’t afford to hire employees, rent servers, or do promotions.

Just relying on word-of-mouth promotion is a bit nonsense, because creativity in the Internet industry is not protected.

Once a large company discovers that your website has a good idea, they will "copy" it directly. In addition, if others have strong financial and technical reserves, they will immediately overtake the original website.

Who are you going to talk to to explain this kind of thing?

Wang Ye said calmly: "Then why don't you try to find a venture capital company? Maybe someone else will take a fancy to your project and invest some money in you. Then won't you have starting capital?"

Sergey shook his head repeatedly and said helplessly: "If we were in the United States, maybe we could give it a try, but in Moscow, no one would be interested in a personal website like mine, and there aren't that many venture capital companies. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I don’t even know if there are similar venture capital companies in Moscow.”

"Then how much will it cost to start your project, including employee recruitment, website promotion, and server rental?" Wang Ye continued to ask.

Sergey frowned, thought for a moment, and slapped him.

“At least fifty thousand dollars!

This is already a situation where you can save money if you can. Employees can find part-time jobs from students majoring in relevant majors in various universities. I am familiar with this.

As for the server, you can secretly use our school's server in the early stage. I am in charge of it.

But you can’t save money on website promotion. Advertising on a portal like MAIL.RU for a month, if the location is not so good, will cost 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars.

This $50,000, if you save some money, can last about three months.

However, after three months, the website should have improved. Whether it is raising investment or considering the profit model, it is a matter of the next stage. "

Wang Ye nodded. Sergey didn't really have a big appetite. He only dared to ask for 50,000 US dollars.

To be honest, investing this little money is just a small investment.

When the Internet industry was booming in the past two years, many websites came up and poured millions or even tens of millions of dollars into them.

The term "burning money" came from the Internet industry!

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"Then how much do you think your website...or your idea is worth, that is, the valuation of your website." Wang Ye asked with interest.

Sergey said without hesitation: "It should be worth at least 50,000 US dollars! If a company invests 50,000 US dollars in me, I will give them 50% of the shares, no more."

After saying that, he seemed to realize something. He stretched out his head and stared at Wang Ye, and asked suspiciously: "Why do I feel that you look familiar? It seems like I have seen you somewhere."

Wang Ye smiled and said, "We are roommates, how could we not have met before?"

Sergey quickly shook his head and said: "That's not it. I mean I seem to have seen you on... TV or newspapers... or somewhere else. You are not a big star, are you! But judging from your temperament and appearance, you are still With the way you dress, if you really want to tell me you are a star, I won’t be surprised. But I rarely pay attention to the entertainment industry."

As he said this, he chuckled.

Also, although Wang Ye came to school, he did not dress very formally.

But the clothes on his body must be from top brands, and the watch on his hand looks like jewels and is worth a lot of money!

Therefore, Sergey said that he was a star. Although it was wrong, it was not far off.

Isn't Wang Ye the brightest star in Moscow's political arena...

Wang Ye shook his head, neither admitting nor denying, but took out a thin wallet from his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.

He extended his hand to Sergey and said, "I will vote for your project!"

Sergey was stunned and didn't know what Wang Ye was talking about.

What project, what investment...

Looking down at the piece of paper in Wang Ye's hand, he didn't know what it was.

Obviously, Wang Ye saw that Sergey didn't understand what he meant, so he explained: "This is a cash check, which can be cashed at any bank. This money is considered as my personal investment in your project, of course. , I want shares. By the way, fifty thousand US dollars is too little. If you want to do it, then make it bigger, this is one million!"

Sergey felt that his scalp was numb and the hairs on his body stood up.

One million...USD...

Are you kidding yourself?

Who is this roommate of mine? How could he just take out a cash check for a million dollars?

He swallowed and smiled awkwardly: "You...are not joking."

Wang Ye said calmly: "Do you think I'm joking? Or do you really don't know who I am?"

Sergey asked subconsciously: "Aren't you just a student? By the way, what is your name? I didn't hear it clearly just now..."

Wang Ye had no choice but to say: "Open our school's official website."

While operating the computer, Sergey asked doubtfully: "Why are you opening the official website? Are you still the school leader and your introduction is on it? Impossible! We don't have anyone as young as you in our school..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the big photo on the homepage of the school's official website and immediately swallowed the rest of the words.

After staring at the computer screen for a long time, he suddenly turned to look at Wang Ye, looked at it several times, and then turned to look at the computer screen again.

After going back and forth like this two or three times, he asked in disbelief: "Your name is...Mikhail!"

Wang Ye smiled and nodded, "It's guaranteed to be true."

Sergey suddenly wailed, held his head with both hands, and swayed in his chair, muttering: "Damn it! My roommate is actually a big shot, how come I didn't know it until now! Sergey , what have you been doing all day..."

What he regretted was that he only knew Wang Ye's identity now. If he had known it earlier, wouldn't his project have been started long ago?

Maybe, if I had found Mikhail to invest a few months earlier, my website would have become a rising star on the Russian Internet!

Wang Ye reminded him: "How do you say, will you accept my investment? However, I want more than half of the shares..."