Metropolis: My Rising Life

"How much?"

Chen Yi is leaning on the sofa, holding a glass of champagne in his hand, frowning and asking.

"Mr. Chen, they are asking for a billion U.S. dollars."

Han Yifan said cautiously.

He dare not say whether the asking price is high or low, because he is not the company's strategy makers and cannot know what Chen Yi thinks.

Therefore, Han Yifan did not dare to tell Chen Yi his thoughts, for fear that his thoughts would affect Chen Yi's decision.

If he really has this ability, he will not become a subordinate and be part of the brainstorming, he will have the ability to start a business.

Of course, in addition to sufficient knowledge and planning for future strategies, entrepreneurship also has an important indicator that is courage and courage.

Han Yifan knew that he didn't have that kind of courage.

"Billion dollars."

Chen Yi murmured, gently sip the champagne in the glass.

He stood up from the sofa, walked slowly to the vast balcony, holding a wine glass and looking down at the prosperous CBD business district of Huangpu River in Shencheng in the distance.

Han Yifan didn't dare to speak out, closed his breath and concentrated, waiting for Chen Yi's answer.

If a billion dollars is just to prevent the other party from telling oneself for plagiarism, it is of course not worth it.

A demographic map of the entire North America popped up in Chen Yi's mind, thinking about his decision to enter the international market for the Douyin app.

The population of Maple Leaf Country 25 does not need to be considered. The most important thing in North America is of course the United States. The number of users of that musical.ly is very large.

It was even voted as the most popular app in the United States last year.

The asking price of one billion U.S. dollars is actually inflated, but as Douyin goes international, the money is actually worth it.

The most important thing is that you must not let fb buy this company.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi said to Han Yifan: "...a billion dollar bid is acceptable."

"... Yifan, you will send someone to North America now to let the negotiating team lower the price as much as possible. I can only give you one to two weeks at most."

"Tell the negotiating team how much price they can hold down, and I will give the whole team a bonus according to a certain percentage."

"...It doesn't matter if you can't hold down the price, just buy it for a billion dollars, and by the way, talk to them about how long it will take to pay the money."

"Then you are asking people to establish a Douyin branch in North America, and after the acquisition of musical.ly, let the app continue to operate."

"...In addition to North America, we also used this springboard to enter the European market. When our Douyin is about the same development there, we will merge the two companies and direct the users of musical.ly to Douyin."

"Remember, move fast!"

There were countless thoughts flashed in Chen Yi's mind, and when it was broken, it would be broken, and he gave instructions directly, absolutely not muddy.(Read more @ mtlarchive.com)

This decisiveness also gave Han Yifan a lot of confidence. He didn't think so much, and responded with a loud "Yes", just hung up the phone and went to other employees to give Chen Yi the task.

After doing this, Chen Yi returned to the sofa in the living room and began to ponder.

In fact, don't worry too much about fb for the time being. Even if the entire fb executives see that short videos are a new social track in the world, their first idea is definitely not to acquire, but to create a new platform by themselves.

With such a huge user base of fb, they are absolutely confident and believe that they can get ahead on the new track.

It's a pity that Goose Factory thinks so too. They all feel that relying on their huge social users, they can definitely succeed in doing these also social software.

But Chen Yi looked to the future and they all failed in the end.

Because there is no preemptive opportunity, there is no chance in the end.

And Chen Yi can take advantage of the arrogance of these companies and don't give them any reaction time for rapid development. When they develop themselves, all they can do is sigh, and at most they are just trying to acquire.

But Chen Yi at that time would never agree to be acquired.

"To be honest, if it's not a question of antagonism, the fb thing is uncomfortable to use. If you can make Weibo into the world, you don't want to talk about Twitter and fb."

Of course Chen Yi has used Twitter and fb, but the user experience is really bad.

It can only be said that Zuckerberg was lucky and took advantage of the dominance of the Western world to occupy most of the world's market.

Otherwise, it is really free for everyone to compete globally, and many domestic software can really slap those foreign things in terms of user experience.

But these things are not important for the time being. The important thing is where the billion dollars come from.

Even if Chen Yi mortgaged the shares of the railway department to the bank, he only got about 5 billion yuan.

This 5 billion is used to burn two companies, which is enough daily, but it is completely impossible to acquire a company.

One billion U.S. dollars, that is more than seven billion soft sister coins, even if the money is not paid in one go, the installment payment is a huge expense.

In a short period of time, Chen Yi's company is unlikely to be profitable, and his steps are too great.

"No wonder my system is called the'Shenhao System' instead of the'Entrepreneurship System.' I used to think that the system gave enough money, so I was complacent there."

"... But compared to the cost and income of starting a business, the system is a younger brother with this little money."

Chen Yi laughed at himself.

If Chen Yi doesn't care about social status, and is just a superb who spends money like water, then the one billion ‘pocket money’ this year is more than enough.

But if you really want to start a business, then one billion a year is not enough.

The daily expenses in the early stage of starting a business may not be satisfied. If there are any big plans, such as the acquisition now, it will be even worse.

If the system is not upgraded, it will take ten years for the system to produce just the billion-dollar acquisition funds.

Capital is really terrible, so terrible that the money given by the system is just a fraction of the money in front of capital.

Of course, the system is even more terrifying, and the black technology of this thing is a bit mysterious.

"Money, money... I need money now."

Chen Yi stood up and paced back and forth. Now the company is not big enough and it is impossible to rely on bank loans. So what he needs is financing for 810.

Use other people's money to make yourself rise quickly.

At first, Chen Yi planned to let himself burn money slowly and raise the company after he burned the company to a certain market value, but now it seems that financing is imminent and it is difficult to move without money.

After discovering a new track, you must move fast enough to not give any other competitors time to react, otherwise the advantage you own may be gone after a year.

It is Chen Yi's plan to decide the winner within one year.

"Fatty water does not flow to outsiders' fields... The most profitable first financing is better left to your own people, of course, the premise is that the person is not stupid."

Thinking of this, Chen Yi directly took out the phone and called Nanda.

Within a few seconds, the other side was connected, and I heard Nan Jiyue's light and sweet voice: "... Why do you call me, miss my sister?"

Great and cheerful.

"Yueyue, go and ask your dad if you have time for us to meet in the past few days."

As soon as Chen Yi's voice fell, he heard Nan Jiyue's somewhat panicked and shy voice, "...What are you doing with my dad? Do you want to see your parents?"

In that shyness and panic, there is clearly a joy.

Chen Yi's willingness to meet his parents, and such an eager appearance, made Nan Jiyue feel that he had a deep affection for him.

"Ahem, seeing the parents is one aspect, mainly because I want to control your dad to ask for some money..."

"..."

Nan Jiyue was silent. .

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