An Expert Is actually By My Side

Chapter 396 Encounter with Director Zhang

The days of Yunmeng Group have been really good recently, and the employee welfare housing that spent billions of dollars shocked the entire Internet circle, making countless people jealous.

In contrast, the days of Sea Lion Group are not so wonderful.

Since Huang Chao was taken away from the company by the police, the "Endless Epic" project was completely suspended. Everyone in the entire group was panicked, and the company's stock price also plummeted.

However, a lean camel is bigger than a horse after all.

Even in the face of the anti-monopoly investigation by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the overwhelming pressure of public opinion, Sea-Lion Group still holds the top spot among domestic Internet companies.

Even if World of Warcraft hits the scene, Sea Lion is still an invincible behemoth compared to Yunmeng Group, and this is difficult to change in a short time.

As usual, Hao Yun took advantage of the recent leisure time when he was not very busy with work, took the time to sit in the library for a while, and made up for the courses that were recently missed.

But just when he finished watching the downloaded PPT and was about to get up and go to the cafeteria for dinner, an unexpected face appeared across from his seat.

"Director Zhang?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Tao who was sitting across from him coughed dryly and said.

"Don't call me that, I'm no longer the instructor."

Hao Yun laughed and joked.

"That's right, it's time to call Zhang the richest man."

Zhang Tao said with a helpless expression.

"Okay, stop teasing me. Compared with yours, I'm afraid it's not even a fraction of my property."

Some time ago, Hao Yun transferred his shares to Sea-Lion Group in the bike-sharing project. In exchange for the exit of Yunmeng Group, Sea-Lion Group invested in Modern Bicycle and realized profitability by injecting financial services.

On the surface, it seems that Sea Lion Group was indeed cheated by Yunmeng Group, and took over the bike-sharing project at a high position. The IPO will go public.

And once the listing is successful, those lost money can always be recovered from the receiver.

Regardless of the love-hate relationship between Yunmeng Group and Sea-Lion Group, Zhang Tao, the founder caught in the middle, has indeed made a profit. Although the project has become less popular since the state tightened the supervision on deposits for shared bicycles, it is only those miscellaneous companies with unqualified qualifications that have been eliminated, which is actually a good thing for leading companies like Modern Bicycle. Son.

Not to mention the more than 100 million that has been cashed out, the current valuation of Zhang Tao's current shares is at least more than one billion. If the listing is successful, it may be easy to break a hundred.

Looking curiously at Zhang Tao who appeared in the library, Hao Yun asked.

"Why did you go back to school suddenly? Are you unhappy in your little life?"

"It's really not very happy," Zhang Tao sighed, and said, "You don't know, when you retreated from the modern bicycle project, the first thing Sea Lion Group did after taking over the modern bicycle was to completely evade the power of our old team , and then transferred a group of airborne executives from Sea Lion Finance, saying that they wanted to do some business reform and listing assistance for us."

Hao Yun said with a smile.

"Isn't this a good thing? At least you not only succeeded in making a profit, but also went public to collect money. It's too late to make others happy."

Until Yunmeng Group withdrew from the shared bicycle project, Modern Bicycle had not succeeded in achieving profitability, but had been expanding in a snowballing manner. Later Hao Yun asked Lin Jun, but the answer he got was that he had never considered that kind of question at all.

Otherwise, the dog wouldn’t have said, “—Profit is something after the C round, and now we’re only responsible for making the plate bigger.”, “How to achieve profitability, people who enter the game later will naturally figure out a way for us.” and so on. words.

"That's what I said, but it wasn't my original intention of creating modern bicycles at all." Zhang Tao shook his head and said, "What I thought at the time was that it was too wasteful to discard so many unclaimed bicycles in the university every year. Get a shared bicycle, and you don’t have to worry about being stolen or repaired.”

Hao Yun gave a dry cough.

"...Don't you think it's very Versailles to say that?"

Zhang Tao smiled helplessly, sighed and said.

"Maybe, Yu Jie also complained about me like that."

Hearing this familiar name, Hao Yun asked casually.

"Speaking of which, he is still working at Modern Bicycle?"

"Except for me, the old team is basically gone," Zhang Tao shook his head and said, "Sea Lion Group's corporate culture... I don't like it very much. Although I admit that they do have a set of capital operations, it may be the concept Difference, I don't agree with their approach."

Having said that, Zhang Tao paused for a moment, then continued.

"I plan to sell all the remaining shares."

sell them all?

"Can I reduce my holdings immediately after IPO?" Hao Yun asked after a moment of stupefaction.

"The selling I'm talking about is not to reduce holdings in the secondary market, but to sell to interested institutions," Zhang Tao smiled, and then said, "The receiver is an investment bank from Shanghai, and the price they offered was 8 yuan. 100 million. I have communicated with the Sea Lion Group, and they also think it is no problem."

Valuation and value are two different things. It is quite good to find a taker and cash out 800 million for an equity valued at more than one billion.

It’s just that Hao Yun still doesn’t quite understand that Modern Bicycle has survived even the most difficult moment, and it’s about to go on the market to pick the fruits, why choose to leave now?

In a hurry for money?

Or... an agreement with Sea Lion Group?

As if he could see through the confusion on Hao Yun's face, Zhang Tao cast his eyes on the students who were writing hard in the self-study area of ​​the library, looking a little lost in thought.

After a long silence, he opened his mouth and continued.

"I have been thinking about what is the meaning of making money, and what should I do after I become financially free, so that I can live a meaningful life. However, I have been thinking for a long time and there is no result."

"Until that day, I saw the report in the People's Union Information Industry Daily."

Hao Yun was stunned.

"Could it be..."

Looking at him again, Zhang Tao nodded seriously.

"Yes, it's the interview about you!"

Before Hao Yun opened his mouth to explain, he continued to speak with a serious face.

"After reading that interview, I felt... my world seemed to be lit up, and all the unreasonable problems were understood in an instant."

"If making money is the only pursuit, you can only become a first-class company at best, but you can't achieve greatness. Only by doing things that others dare not think about, and achieving those careers that no one thinks possible, can you be worthy of it." The word great!"

Hearing these incomprehensible words, Hao Yun had a completely bewildered expression on his face, not understanding what he wanted to express.

It's not that he hasn't read the interview, but he has no idea how to do this reading comprehension in order to read such rich psychological activities.

"...So, I plan to continue my business!"

How did this "so" come about?

Looking at this guy blankly, Hao Yun spoke hesitantly after a while.

"Then... have you thought about what to do?"

Shared battery car?

Or a car or something?

He didn't care how Zhang Tao wasted the money, anyway, it was impossible for him to do the same. It is building a supercomputer, building employee welfare housing, and an unfinished hotel. There are many places where he needs money.

However, beyond Hao Yun's expectation, he did not hear the word "sharing" from Zhang Tao's mouth, but heard a completely unexpected but familiar word.

"Short video!"

Looking at Hao Yun with piercing eyes, Zhang Tao continued to speak confidently.

"I can assure you, we will definitely be popular if we do this!"