A venture capital firm offered me 1 million to buy my website, but I rejected it.

by yuxiaoo891 on 2008-05-03 23:46:32

I have a friend named Xiaoliu, who has been diligent and hardworking since childhood. After growing up, she became a webmaster. Her fighting spirit at work, I dare say, is unmatched by anyone except the scarecrows in the fields. Of course, efforts always pay off. Her small website has become increasingly complete and has good traffic. Xiaoliu dreams of becoming an industry tycoon one day.

One day, Xiaoliu received a phone call. The caller claimed to be a venture capitalist who wanted to buy Xiaoliu's website for 1 million yuan and hoped Xiaoliu could talk with her. Seeing the sincere attitude of the other party and also the huge amount of 1 million yuan, although this sum is not much for domestic industry giants, it was enough to solve her urgent problems. She was also at the age of marriage, but she still had no house.

Thus, Xiaoliu wore the best suit of her life, polished her shoes on the street, combed her hair, and then asked a friend to help her carry a briefcase. The two rushed excitedly to the hotel where the other party stayed. Upon arriving at the appointed place, they exchanged a few polite words. The other party sincerely said: "Your website has a promising future, and I am willing to spend 1 million yuan to acquire it. Look, I've already prepared the money." After saying that, she pointed at the ground in front with her finger. Xiaoliu looked along her finger and was instantly stunned. She saw a pile of money on the ground like a small mountain. Xiaoliu had never seen so much money before.

At this moment, the other party said: "If you have no questions, let's sign the contract."

Xiaoliu's friend was also very excited and urged Xiaoliu, saying: "Sign quickly, it's a rare opportunity."

Xiaoliu deliberately pretended to be calm and said: "My website has great development potential and will definitely be worth more than 1 million yuan in the future, but seeing your sincerity, I agree." Then Xiaoliu asked her friend to count the money while she sat down to prepare to sign the contract. She thought to herself: "This is good, finally, I can afford a house."

While Xiaoliu was envisioning a bright future, her friend suddenly said strangely: "Xiaoliu, come take a look, this, this, this."

Xiaoliu went over and said: "What's wrong? Could it be that the money isn't enough?"

The friend replied: "It's enough, but look at this money."

Xiaoliu picked up the money on the ground and found that it was something she had never seen before.

Then Xiaoliu smiled and asked the other party: "Hehe, should this be US dollars? Oh, just now I was too busy looking at the money and didn't notice you properly. Only now do I realize that you look different from us. Are you American?"

The other party replied: "No, I am Peruvian, and this is our country's currency. If the amount is correct, let's sign the contract quickly."

After hearing this, Xiaoliu's heart sank. She remembered hearing that one yuan RMB could exchange for ten thousand Peruvian soles, so 1 million soles equals only 10 yuan RMB. Xiaoliu was very angry. How could her website be worth only ten yuan? It must be worth at least twenty yuan!

Xiaoliu's website: http://www.51moye.com Do you think it's worth 1 million yuan?