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"boss Zhang."

“I have heard Bytedance’s thoughts on the second round of financing from Minghui, and I also understand your concerns and expectations.”

After clinking glasses, Fang Ziheng was the first to speak, paving the way with his remarks.

Zhang Yimin’s ambition is extraordinary, which can be seen from his repeated refusal of Teng Xun to invest in ByteDance.

Compared with Liu Qiangdong of JD.com and Huang Zhen of Pinduoduo, Zhang Yimin is tougher and more confident.

the reason is simple.

ByteDance's products, once developed, can create their own traffic.

He only needs to slightly introduce an Internet company to inject capital in the previous rounds of financing, so as to complete the identity change of ByteDance, while attracting traffic, while officially entering the Internet field.

In layman's terms, it means joining a circle in the Internet field, and at the same time sending a signal of goodwill to the outside world.

You see, I accepted the capital injection.

In the future, when the company develops and grows, it will continue to look for big brothers from the Internet to lead the investment.

Goodwill release, everyone is in the circle, even if colleagues want to engage in ByteDance, they will consider it.

In this way, more room for development is gained.

However, only Fang Ziheng knew that Zhang Yimin was keeping a low profile and did not want to attract the attention of Teng Xun and Ali.

This guy's eyes look very far.

It is also reasonable to reject Hengyu Media’s second round of leading investment.

But reason is reason, and business is business. Fang Ziheng cannot give up the big golden pig of ByteDance just because he understands.

In the second round of financing, it is necessary for Hengyu Media to increase its shareholding!

Zhang Yimin also knew this very well.

He did not relax his vigilance because of Fang Ziheng's words, but instead cheered up even more.

"Director Fang, thank you for your understanding."

He smiled and said seriously: "Don't worry, as long as Hengyu Media gives up its second round of leading investment, ByteDance will ensure that Hengyu Media's shares will not be diluted. As long as you are willing, you can maintain 20% of the shares in any situation that suits you!" "

When he said this, Zhang Yimin was worried that Fang Ziheng would not agree.

Fang Ziheng didn't speak in time, picked up the wine and had another drink with Zhang Yimin.

Then he fell into deep thought.

The atmosphere at the dinner table also cooled down because of his silence.

Zhang Yimin pretended to be relaxed, picking up vegetables and eating while paying attention to Fang Ziheng's expression.

If the other party really doesn't agree!

Do you want hard steel?

If it is hard steel, it will definitely offend Fang Ziheng and Hengyu Media.

Bytedance still needs time!

Zhang Yimin's mind wandered, he considered all the issues and went through them in his mind again.

Fang Ziheng didn't know what Zhang Yimin was thinking. He pondered for a moment and met his expectant eyes before speaking warmly: "Mr. Zhang, if I remember correctly, ByteDance is planning to sell 10% to 15% of its shares in this secondary financing, right? "

"Yes, as expected, only 10% will be raised."

Zhang Yimin nodded slightly and then explained: "It will take at least three to four years for Byte to fully develop and carry out three or four rounds of financing. This is a big stake."

Little shit!

Fang Ziheng laughed secretly in his heart, did he really think he didn't know about Byte?

In each round of financing, you, Lao Zhang, can sell at most 10% of your shares, and you won’t do anything more than one point.

What a fool!

In the previous life, ByteDance adopted a VIE equity structure. According to the industry negative list, no foreign investors could directly control the company and could only own 49% of the shares at most.

This structure has also become Zhang Yimin's greatest confidence.

Among ByteDance’s eight rounds of financing, except for the angel round and the third round led by Qihoo 360, the other six rounds of financing were all led by foreign investors.

Because of the VIE structure, many foreign investors can only give up their greed and do not participate in the company's management rights, and only enjoy the income rights of ByteDance.

Zhang Yimin signed various agreements with these foreign businessmen, allowing the foreign businessmen to hand over all share management rights to him personally.

hehe

I remember that when ByteDance concept stocks were listed, it was disclosed that Zhang Yimin held 98.8% of the shares.

This news is false at first glance.

After eight rounds of financing, it is absolutely impossible for Zhang Yimin to still own so many shares.

But because of the VIE equity structure, on the surface he is indeed the agent of these equity interests. No one in the entire ByteDance company can shake his status and voice.

It is precisely because of these equity management that he is not afraid of Tengxun, Alibaba, or any foreign capital.

Dividends can be given to you, I only want equity representation!

Many investors have nothing to gain except a nominal equity asset and annual profit dividends.

This shows how domineering Zhang Yimin is!

In this life, Hengyu Media grabbed angel round investment and signed an agreement for follow-up priority investment.

This priority agreement made Zhang Yimin somewhat cautious and unable to use the VIE equity structure.

Otherwise, people don't have to worry about Fang Ziheng, he loves to vote or not!

The two met today. Zhang Yimin wanted to have a good talk with Fang Ziheng in a humane and worldly way.

In other words, let's fool him and ask Hengyu Media to give him a hand.

It is impossible to lift.

Even if it is to be lifted, it is not this way.

Fang Ziheng had already made a plan in his mind. He would no longer hide his intentions and directly expand his moves!

"Mr. Zhang, my request is very simple. Hengyu will increase its stake in ByteDance one more time, while maintaining its share of subsequent financing and not diluting the original shares!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yimin's heart skipped a beat, his expression changed, and his eyelids twitched.

It's over.

Fang Ziheng really wanted to increase his shareholding.

He groaned secretly, put down the chopsticks in his hands, and said reluctantly: "I wonder, how many shares does Director Fang want to increase?"

The two of them were face to face, and he couldn't refuse directly.

In his heart, he even hoped that Fang Ziheng would open his mouth and force him to use a subtitle and go back to discuss with the team on the grounds that he could not make the decision.

As soon as he gets out of this gate, he will have a chance to breathe and can openly reject Hengyu Media.

However, there are no eggs.

The idea was beautiful, but reality gave him a bone-crushing blow.

As soon as he saw the reluctance on his face, Fang Ziheng knew he was safe and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, I just need to increase my holdings by 10%!"

Moreover, I can give Mr. Zhang an unexpected quotation, which will definitely satisfy you and your team! "

"Oh what price?"

Zhang Yimin took a breath, his luck was broken, and he was no longer interested in the price.

Although he is not a wealthy person, he can spend millions to start a business, which naturally satisfies a better material life.

At the same time, he didn't quite believe that Fang Ziheng could offer a price that impressed him.

Just when Zhang Yimin felt sad and dissatisfied, Fang Ziheng smiled confidently and slowly spit out a number.

"$20 million!"

"Mr. Zhang, Hengyu led ByteDance's second round of financing with a quotation of US$20 million!"

How many?

Zhang Yimin was shocked and looked at Fang Ziheng with wide eyes.

$20 million.

real or fake!

He became energetic instantly, and the sadness and dissatisfaction he felt just now disappeared without a trace.

You know, Hengyu Media’s angel round financing has been very generous, with 30 million soft sister coins accounting for only 20% of ByteDance’s shares.

Before coming, his original expectation for the second round of financing was to exchange 10% of the shares for a US$10 million investment in an Internet company.

As for Fang Ziheng's quotation, just flip through it.

This is a full 120 million more soft sister coins than the first round.

Only 10% of the share is required!

Once ByteDance has these 20 million US dollars, it will take a year or two to burn it.

When the money is burned out, he can even skip the third round of financing and directly start the fourth round of valuation financing.

For general Internet projects, the second-round valuation is calculated in millions of dollars, and the third-round valuation is calculated in tens of millions of dollars.

In the fourth round, it was doubled again, and the valuation was calculated at over 100 million US dollars.

In an instant, Zhang Yimin came to his senses.

Today, he got lucky.

Skipping the third round of financing is equivalent to owning 10% more shares in ByteDance.

call..

Zhang Yimin took a deep breath and smiled happily.

He picked up his wine glass and stood up, respectfully toasting Fang Ziheng: "Director Fang, thank you for your care. Don't worry, I know for sure that the lead investor in ByteDance's second round of financing definitely belongs to Hengyu Media. !”

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, happy working with you!"

Fang Ziheng smiled sincerely, raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.

Zhang Yimin may not need to use money to improve his life, but he definitely hopes to control more shares of Byte during the entrepreneurial process.

Fang Ziheng's approach is simple and crude.

Just throw money at it!

Using high premiums to reduce the number of ByteDance financings has abruptly raised ByteDance’s valuation.

By the time of the next third round of financing, ByteDance has already completed its early accumulation and can fully report to the outside world the valuation that can only be achieved in the fourth round of financing.

Once in and out, Zhang Yimin not only retained 10% more shares, but also accelerated the development of ByteDance.

It's simply a win-win.

No, it should be said to be a win-win-win situation.

Fang Ziheng also took 10% of the shares in advance. He does not need to increase his holdings in the future. He only needs to keep following the investment and keep the original shares from being diluted.

In the future, as a mainland investor, Hengyu owns 30% of Bytedance's shares, and can easily participate in partial management and applications, and enjoy the pan-entertainment business assistance brought by Bytedance and the huge traffic it generates.

As long as Zhang Yimin's dominant position is not shaken, he will be happy to cooperate with Hengyu Media.

A traffic producer, the king of the short video track.

A high-quality content producer and a top player in the entertainment industry, the cooperation between the two will definitely create different sparks.

The next scene was enjoyable.

Fang Ziheng took out an invitation letter and invited Zhang Yimin and his team to attend the premiere of "The Great Wall" on January 24.

Leaving the palace.

Study room on the second floor.

Fang Ziheng leaned lazily on the boss's chair, moved his laptop in front of him, and browsed through this week's movie data.

Zeng Li and Xiao Yueyue came back and moved into the baby room prepared in advance next door.

When little Yueyue returned home for the first time, he was naturally impressed by his father, and happily became his daughter's slave.

In the past few days, as soon as little Yueyue wakes up, she will definitely see her father appearing in front of her, babbling and babbling.

Fang Ziheng guessed that his daughter must be very happy to see her father and greet her in a baby's unique way.

Zeng Li started a journey of self-cultivation and could not leave home until a month later.

Fang Rou returned to Fang Ziheng and resumed her role as her life assistant.

Her mother stayed and continued to be responsible for the daily life of mother and daughter in the palace.

Fang Ziheng offered a salary of 20,000 yuan a month, which satisfied Fang Rou's mother.

Her son and daughter are all here, but her husband passed away. Apart from a few brothers and sisters in her hometown in Yichun, she has no one else to miss her.

Thinking of Bao'er's daughter, Fang Ziheng slowly cheered up.

If you finish your work early, you can go see your daughter earlier.

This week, from January 7th to January 13th, a total of 8 movies were released in theaters.

There is no doubt that the weekly box office champion is "China Partners".

The movie has been in theaters for 15 days, and it has grossed 180 million at the box office this week. The total box office is as high as 750 million. It has great hope of breaking through the 1 billion level.

Lao Mouzi was in the limelight and was praised wildly by the media.

Praise him for not only successfully defending his title of "film master", but also for erecting a mountain of commercial film masters.

Every famous actor in the entertainment industry sent their blessings and congratulations to Lao Mouzi.

The shameless flattery made everyone feel embarrassed through the screen.

Even Zhang Weiping, who has long since withdrawn from the industry, also sent congratulations to Lao Mouzi via Weibo, hoping that he would go further and further in his film career.

In addition, the three male protagonists, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lu Yi, have made the biggest profit from the movie.

Among the three, Huang Xiaoming, who plays Cheng Dongqing, has occupied the most coverage. He has been praised by the media many times, saying that his acting skills are extraordinary and he has once again proved himself.

Taking this opportunity, Huang Xiaoming also stepped into the top movie celebrity seat, alongside Liu Ye, Deng Chao and Bao Qiang.

After these four people, it was the turn of the Mesozoic generation Chen Kun, Lu Yi, and Huang Bo.

Wu Jing and Xu Zheng were promoted to directors, but were deliberately ignored by the media.

The runner-up at the weekly box office is a Republic of China Kung Fu movie directed by Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai.

"the Grand Master"!

The movie was released for 5 days, with a weekly box office of 135 million, which was a full 30 million less than in the previous life.

There is no way, there is "Chinese Partner" in front, Lao Mouzi is more famous than Wang Jiawei.

Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Lu Yi, and Liu Qianqian joined the cast, easily overpowering the heroine of "The Grandmaster" and Best Actress Zhang.

The third place is Uncle Long's "Twelve Zodiacs", which is getting stronger with age and its battery life is among the best in the country.

The movie has been in theaters for 25 days, and it still grossed 68 million at the box office this week, bringing the total box office to 790 million.

Compared with the previous life, the total box office of the movie was only 30 million less, so it was not affected much.

Huayi spared no effort in publicity, and Hengyu Media assisted in the promotion, making "Zodiac" halfway into the 900 million box office level.

Huayi's stock price has also raised its head, and its total market value has returned to 56 billion. It only needs to wait for the release of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" to break through the peak of 60 billion again.

These days, Wang Zhongjun finally has a smile on his face. He has said several times in front of the media that he will hold a grand celebration banquet to help the movie exceed 1 billion.

Fourth place: "Big Shanghai" starring Chow Yun-fat, with a weekly box office of 12 million and a total box office of 110 million.

A proper blockbuster movie!

Fa Ge seems to be unable to take off the label of ‘box office poison’, and is being ridiculed wildly by the media.

Another movie controlled by Hengyu, "The Big Four 2" was released for 38 days, with a total box office of 1.253 billion.

It became the third Chinese-language film in the mainland market to have a box office of over 1.2 billion, and the only martial arts film to have a box office of over 1.2 billion.

Since we got the key, there are still seven days left for the movie to be released, and now it has a single-day box office of more than 1 million every day.

1.26 billion, no problem!

In the global market, "The Big Four 2" is slightly weaker than "The Secret of the Dragon".

North America 120 million.

Asia $30 million.

US$50 million in other overseas areas.

The total overseas box office is worth US$200 million.

Martial arts movies include "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero". Even if "Famous 1" is the backing, it will be difficult for them to cause a big hit overseas.

But $200 million is not that small.

In Deng Wendi’s words, there are only a handful of Chinese-language films that can generate US$200 million in the global film market in the entire history of Chinese-language films.

“Wow wow.. wow wow”

Just when Fang Ziheng took out his mobile phone and happily calculated the profits of "Four Famous Catchers 2", a penetrating cry came into his ears from the next room.

Xiao Yueyue woke up.

Fang Ziheng suddenly stood up quickly.

As if there were springs on his whole body, he swung behind the study door.

The next second, the door opened and closed, and his person had appeared in the corridor.

That energy is better than what he does on the set!