"Do you want to keep the company's control so much?" Boss Jia smiled and said.

"Well, our company must be controlled by us!" Huang Yiming nodded and said, "This is also what Jedel and I think. We will never hand over control of the company to anyone, even..."

"Even if it's me..." Boss Jia smiled, "Don't worry, I actually don't want to take away control of your company, but I have a question. Is 4 million really enough?"

"It's enough. We just need to add five more servers and four optical fibers, even if there are 500,000 people visiting at the same time, that's enough!" Huang Yiming said confidently.

"Is that true?" Boss Jia nodded, "What if there were 1 million people?"

"Ah..." Huang Yiming was stunned for a moment, and then said, "There are no 500,000 netizens across the country, how could there be 1 million..."

"Not now, there will always be one in the future, and the speed is very fast. I estimate that by the end of this year, the number of Internet users in the United States will exceed 600,000. At this time next year, there will probably be more than 2 million Internet users in the United States. If these 2 million Internet users come to use our 51 search, is 4 million US dollars enough?"

"It's impossible, the development speed cannot be so fast!" Huang Yiming exclaimed. The United States' network has been developing for five years, and now it has only less than 500,000 netizens. How could it increase to more than 2 million in a year?

"That's because the network was not stable enough before, and the number of websites that could be accessed was not enough, and there were no practical tools like Yahoo and May Day Search."

"But now it's different. The United States already has more than 6 large network service providers, more than 20,000 different websites, and increasingly rich network services, as well as practical network tools such as 51 Search and Yahoo!"

"I'll just ask you, if you are just an ordinary netizen, and I'll let you leave the Internet now and never go online for the rest of your life, would you agree?" Boss Jia's question stunned Huang Yiming for a moment, and then began to imagine that he had lost the Internet and shook his head desperately.

"That's right. The development of the Internet is the general trend of the world and no one can stop it. According to my estimate, by the millennium, the United States will probably have more than 30 million netizens, and the world will have more than 300 million Internet users. These 300 million Internet users are likely to use 51 searches to search the websites they are interested in in the future. Do you think 4 million US dollars is enough?"

"This..." Huang Yiming was speechless. If there were 300 million users, not to mention 4 million US dollars, 400 million would not be enough!

"Also, does your website have a profit model now?" Boss Jia asked again.

"Profit model..." When Huang Yiming heard Boss Jia's problem, he suddenly felt a headache. This is what Huang Yiming was most worried about, because now 51 Search does not find any profit method.

Don’t look at 51 now having a huge network traffic, but it does not have a penny of revenue. This is also a common problem for most network companies at present, that is, there is no actual revenue.

In the early stage, some websites have tried the fee-based usage model, and they must purchase members of the website through bank remittance before they can use the website.

But this model was quickly eliminated because there is no service provided by any website that allows a large number of members to willingly spend money on it.

"I have considered that we have so many users who can make profits through advertising!" Huang Yiming was not stupid, and he would not have thought of any profit path at all.

Advertising is also recognized by all online companies and has been practiced by the best profit method for websites.

Post some advertisements of real-life products on the website page and then you can make a profit, which is very simple.

But Huang Yiming didn't have much confidence in his heart, because Yahoo had already tried this method. As a portal website with traffic comparable to May Day search, Yahoo's page has launched many advertisements for real-life products.

But in reality, the effect is not very good. First of all, the Internet is a brand new media platform, and now all companies are quite disdainful of the Internet. They do not think that the Internet, which is only a few hundred thousand netizens, can be compared with the TV media that traditionally has tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of viewers.

So in the end, there are not many companies that advertise on Yahoo. Even if there are only a few, they are facing the dilemma of low conversion rates. That is, 100,000 viewers may see this advertisement, but no more than 100 people actually buy products because of this advertisement, and the advertising conversion rate is less than 1‰.

Such advertising conversion rate is difficult to attract customers, although the conversion rate of TV media is almost one thousandth.

Now all network companies are basically operating at a loss and have not found a way to make a profit. But everyone doesn’t care. Anyway, all the rising network companies are operated by investors’ money, so everyone doesn’t have to consider the issue of profit.

"Mr. Jia, since you said that, there must be a way!" Huang Yiming looked at Boss Jia in anticipation and asked.

"Of course there is!" Boss Jia smiled and nodded, "But I can't tell you now!"

"I understand!" Huang Yiming smiled awkwardly. If you want to get Jia Yapeng's guidance, you may only have to wait until 51 completes the acquisition!

"Little fat guy, let's be honest, I only have one plan, that is, to acquire all the shares of your 51 search!" Boss Jia said with brilliance. "My conditions remain unchanged, $20 million to acquire all the shares. As CEOs and Chief Technology Officers, you two have a salary of $50,000 each month. At the end of the year, according to the development of the website, there are additional bonuses."

"In addition, I can give you 10% of the option shares each. After the company makes a profit, each person will be able to receive 10% of the dividends every year!"

"As for the control of the website, I am not interested, and I don't think I can do better than you two, so I can assure you that as long as the website does not make any major mistakes in the operation process, I will never touch your two of you to control 51 Search."

"What is a major mistake?" Huang Yiming pondered and then asked.

"It's very simple. If there is a second search engine company that surpasses you at the same time, then you have made a major mistake!" Boss Jia said very simply.

"No problem!" Huang Yiming nodded vigorously. Although he knew that many other online companies were also developing search engines, 51 Search, which has a huge first-mover advantage, would be a major mistake if it was surpassed by other search engines. It was also a big mistake for them to get out of here.

"That thing was decided so happily?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
Chapter completed!