My 1999

Guo Wei's statistics were soon finished. Taiyue Club and the venture capital alliance together raised 2.4 billion yuan.

This is still a long way from the "3 billion" Liu Chuanzhi said.

After hearing Guo Wei's exact number, the atmosphere on the scene became quite awkward.

In the end, Liu Chuanzhi came out to smooth things over:

"2.4 billion is enough. Let's not raise it yet. The equity transfer transaction is completed at this price, which is already 80% higher than the stock price before the suspension.

We are doing business, not to show off!

As long as we show our attitude and determination, the capital vultures will naturally retreat when they see that there is no profit."

Most people in the audience nodded in agreement, including Xiong Xiaoge, who also recognized Liu Chuanzhi's point of view.

He has been investing for so many years, so he can naturally see that there is something fishy about Huaxia Digital's performance in recent quarters.

If the premium is too high, Xu will definitely not be able to accept it and can only choose to withdraw.

Of course, this is his view from the perspective of financial investment.

After Liu Chuanzhi's analysis, as if this sacred defense battle had been won, everyone relaxed their minds and started talking to each other.

Only Ma Yun was ignored, and he seemed to be alone, which was out of tune with the surrounding bustle.

This environment made Ma Yun not want to stay for a moment, and he left before the celebration banquet started.

After leaving the China Club and returning to the car, thinking about the sarcastic looks of those guys, the suppressed anger in his heart rushed up again.

After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and found Xu Liang's number. After hesitating for a while, he dialed it.

He was completely offended by the Taiyue Club, and it was unlikely that he would be able to borrow help in the future.

As a businessman, he would not do a business that loses money.

So he instinctively wanted to make up for it.

Dinglingling...

The ringing sounded for a moment, and it was soon connected.

A familiar voice came.

"Old Ma, is that you?"

"Haha, it's me. Brother Xu, have you eaten?"

Since Alibaba went public and its market value approached 200 billion Hong Kong dollars, he has been calling Xu Liang "Brother Xu".

Xu Liang didn't care about the name, "It's almost 8 o'clock in the evening, so of course I've eaten. Why, you haven't had dinner yet?"

"I had dinner with a few business friends, and the party just ended."

"You called me right after the party ended, it seems you have something to do."

"Haha, Brother Xu, your sense of smell is still so sharp. This dinner did let me know something that is closely related to your brother."

"Oh?"

Ma Yun didn't keep it a secret: "Brother, are you planning to acquire Huaxia Digital?"

"Hasn't this matter spread?"

Ma Yun instantly remembered that this matter had been reported in the newspapers and even appeared on the business front pages of major websites. He was so angry that he forgot about it.

"Brother Xu, I just got the news about your acquisition."

Xu Liang said "um" and didn't say anything else.

It was obviously asking him to speak quickly and stop talking nonsense.

Ma Yun knew the meaning of the song, "Liu Chuanzhi gathered a group of disciples of Taiyue Society and familiar investment institutions, raised 2.4 billion Chinese yuan, and planned to compete with you for the control of Huaxia Digital.

Hehe, it's funny.

That guy planned to raise 3 billion Chinese yuan to fight a takeover war with you, but he didn't expect that everyone didn't support him. In the end, he only raised 2.4 billion and almost didn't come down."

Xu Liang smiled when he heard it, "Where did you get this news? Is it true?"

"Hehe, didn't I set up a Jiangnan Club some time ago? They are all old people who have been in the business world for many years and have deep connections. I heard them talk about this when we were having dinner today.

I think we are such good friends, and you are a major shareholder of Alibaba, so it is reasonable to tell you."

"Old Ma, thank you. I will remember this favor."

Ma Yun smiled, this is his purpose.

"Brother Xu is too polite, we are friends."

"Haha, yes, we are friends!" Xu Liang agreed with a smile.

"By the way, brother Xu. I plan to hold a celebration party for Alibaba's listing in a few days. You are a major shareholder of Alibaba, so you can't miss it."

"Don't worry, I will definitely go."

Ma Yun smiled happily, "Then we have a deal."

"Yeah."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Liang threw it aside.

He took a sip of the black tea on the table.

Jiang Xiaoyang, who was sitting next to him, said: "Someone told me that the entire Taiyue Club will be gathering at the China Club tonight, and Ma Yun, as a member of the Taiyue Club, will also attend the gathering tonight."

Xu Liang certainly knew this.

The last time he talked to CIC about financing, Lou Wei proposed to buy 20% of Alibaba's shares from him.

At that time, he felt something was wrong, and later he checked it out.

Sure enough.

Ma Yun was behind this matter, in order to weaken his shareholding in Alibaba and avoid threatening his absolute management right in Alibaba.

Of course, with Ma Yun's power, Lou Wei would definitely not be persuaded.

But he joined the Taiyue Club.

The Taiyue Club was the mastermind behind this.

It was then that he knew that Ma Yun had joined the Taiyue Club.

"This guy secretly tipped me off. It seems that he was bullied by the Taiyue Club." Xu Liang said with a smile.

"It could also be intentional, in order to confuse the public and pave the way for Liu Chuanzhi and his team to acquire the company." Jiang Xiaoyang said.

"This possibility is not ruled out, but based on my understanding of him, the possibility of that guy stepping on both ships is higher than that of him who completely turned towards Liu Chuanzhi.

But it doesn't matter. No matter what conspiracy they make, it's useless in the face of absolute strength. ”

Jiang Xiaoyang nodded.

With the continuous sale of equity in its listed subsidiaries, the cash flow in Hongmeng Group's account has exceeded US$40 billion, and it is easy to acquire a Huaxia Digital.

"How much has Hanhua's assets been sold?"

Xu Liang turned around and asked.

"It has sold 57% and is expected to be sold out in the middle of next year. If it is fast, it can be processed within three months, depending on the market performance."

Xu Liang nodded. Hanhua has many funds and its own equity assets are as high as tens of billions of dollars.

If you want to monetize everything, you can only do it a little bit without impacting the market.

Not to mention April next year, it will be almost done even if it lasts until mid-year.

——

A few days later.

Huake Holdings and Pan Atlantic Investment Group jointly held an equity auction.

The two gangs of people were clearly sitting in the audience, and Liu Chuanzhi took a group of entrepreneurs and investor friends to sit on the left.

Pangu Company CEO Yang Tingkun, led Zhang Yuan, the head of the financial advisory team of Hanhua, and executives of the two companies, sitting on the right.

Compared with the dozens of people who were black and black on Liu Chuanzhi, there were only a few people on Yang Tingkun, and his momentum was much weaker than that on the other side.

The two sides were hostile to each other.

Liu Chuanzhi winked.

Yang Daqing understood in a second, turned around and asked, "Where is Xu Liang, why didn't he come?"

"Who is our Director Xu? He has great scholars and no exchanges. He is responsible for big businesses worth billions of dollars or even tens of billions of dollars.

A small-scale merger that adds up to only one or two billion yuan will need him to come forward in person? "Yang Tingkun said calmly.

The contemptuous tone made Liu Chuanzhi and his group rush up.

"There are great scholars who chat and laugh, but there are no white men when they come and go? Why are they so generous? You are just a few businessmen who raise money!"

Looking at Yang Tingkun's sarcastic eyes, Guo Wei instantly came to his senses.

"My master is a national entrepreneur and has made great contributions to the development of the country's high-tech development, which is different from Xu Liang."

His words meant to be darker and darker the more he was.

"Okay, we are here to participate in the auction, not to quarrel with others, sit down."

"Yes, Master."

After glaring at Yang Tingkun fiercely, the two of them sat down around Liu Chuanzhi, one left and one right.

Even so, they are not willing to be lonely.

The three of them were talking loudly with smiles on their faces, not taking Yang Tingkun seriously at all.

The latter didn't even hang around them.

"Speak quietly and hold a bidding auction, it's noisy, just like a vegetable market. What's the quality of a national entrepreneur? You're afraid that you can't represent the nation."

The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone turned their attention to the initiator.

Yang Tingkun couldn't even look at these people, and continued to say to himself: "Don't be too happy too early, it's easy to be extremely happy and sad.

I am old and I am not a joke. ”

Too domineering!

Seeing Yang Tingkun's lazy look, Guo Wei was a little angry and stood up angrily.

He was about to open fire and squirt.

Liu Chuanzhi pulled his arm and looked at the master's stern eyes, Guo Wei was instantly silent.

"Mr. Yang, it's useless to be quick-talking. When we stand here today, you've already lost."

Liu Chuanzhi had a faint smile on his face, and he turned his head and pointed behind him, "You can see how many people are sitting behind me?"

There is half of the entire private economy in China! ”

Then he pointed to the empty seat behind Yang Tingkun and said, "Look at behind you again.

This is called "the truth has many helpers", and the truth has few helpers!

It is still time to stop the cliff now, otherwise I will lose later and my face will not look good. ”

Yang Tingkun sneered, “In the 1980s and 1990s, the private economy was still very weak, and the opening-up policy was repeated over and over again, and it was reasonable for private enterprise owners to join forces to keep warm.

Now we have entered a new era, and we are still working on the way to form cliques, monopolize domestic business resources, and curb innovation. This is the way to die. ”

This made the hornet's nest!

Shi Dazhu, wearing a white suit and black super sunglasses, quickly took off his sunglasses and stood up with a rubbing finger, "Who are you cursing to death?"

Yang Tingkun turned his head, glanced at Shi Dazhu, and smiled:

"The technology entrepreneur who was most admired by Chinese youth more than ten years ago has become a complete businessman, which is sad and lamentable."

"Just! Are you not a businessman?"

Shi Dazhu looked at Yang Tingkun with an indignation. The latter's words almost broke his defense, hitting the past that he was most unbearable to look back on.

"I'm a decent entrepreneur, and you're just a businessman."

Yang Tingkun stopped laughing and said loudly: "The major companies under Hongmeng are conquering cities and land overseas, competing with Google, Amazon and Apple;

Pangu is now competing with Amazon's AMS for the global cloud computing market.

And you?

Sell ​​less Naobaijin, it is not easy for ordinary people to make some money. ”

Seeing Yang Tingkun's firepower so strong that even his big mouth Shi Dazhu was hit by the vital points, the other entrepreneurs who were ready to move became honest instantly. No one dared to emerge, for fear that Yang Tingkun would reveal the "original sin" of his early years.

They also wanted to find Yang Tingkun's original sin, but this guy studied in the United States and joined Hongmeng after graduating from Stanford's double doctorate in computer and mathematics.

Now he has worked in Hongmeng, the United States for a year, and then he was transferred to Hongmeng headquarters with excellent results, and was valued by Xu Liang and was taken seriously by Pangu Company.

I walked step by step very steadily without any complaints.

Hongmeng itself not only fleeces capitalism, but also the world's top technology industry.

From above to the people, they are very caring for them.

No problem can be found.

Soon, several very stylish leaders and a group of foreigners with high noses and deep noses walked into the auction hall.

The auctioneer wearing a suit, white gloves, and carrying a small wooden hammer in his hand also walked onto the auction table.

Seeing this, both sides, who were originally tense, became honest and quietly waited for the auction to start.

Shi Dazhu glared at Yang Tingkun fiercely. Today, he was so humiliated by the other party, and he would pay back this account sooner or later.

"Bang!"

The auctioneer hit the stage with a hammer and the auction officially began.

"The items auctioned this time are 42.94% of the equity of Huaxia Digital, a Hong Kong listed company, with a starting price of HK$1.318 billion, with an increase of no less than HK$1 million each time..."

The auctioneer briefly read out the auction rules and then kicked off today's auction.

“HKD 1.35 billion!”

Guo Wei came up and gave Yang Tingkun and others a provocative look.

"HKD 1.4 billion!"

Zhang Yuan quickly raised the sign and fired back.

“HKD 1.41 billion!”

Seeing the other party's understatement, Guo Wei calmed down a lot and began to consciously control the price increase rhythm.

"HKD 1.5 billion!"

Liu Chuanzhi frowned when he noticed that the next door was increasing the price in units of billions, while his side was increasing the price in units of tens of millions.

The momentum was somewhat suppressed by the other party, and he hurriedly whispered to Guo Wei a few words.

Guo Wei understood and began to increase the price in units of billions.

You add 100 million, I add 100 million, and the price was soon increased to 2 billion.

Liu Chuanzhi instructed Guo Wei again, and the latter raised his sign and said, "HKD 2.2 billion!"

After a sudden increase of 200 million, the atmosphere on the scene began to become tense.

Zhang Yuan was like a passionless sign-raising machine, "HK$2.4 billion!"

Liu Chuanzhi suddenly snapped in his heart. This bid had reached their bid limit.

Huaxia Digital's performance in recent quarters has been deliberately controlled by them. After the acquisition is completed, they are confident that on this year's basis, they will quickly double their net profit and their stock price will also double.

And this double price difference is the benefit of this equity transfer.

Now the acquisition premium has reached 70% or 80%. If the price is increased further, this investment will be very risky.

Liu Chuanzhi weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and Guo Wei next to him turned red, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

If this equity transfer transaction is lost, others will sigh at most, and the CEO may be cleansed and swept out.

So he is more anxious than anyone else and cares more about success or failure.

"2.4 billion second time!"

Hearing the auctioneer calling for the second time, Guo Wei quickly shook Liu Chuanzhi next to him.

Liu Chuanzhi was so old that he was almost shaken by his good disciple.

"What a panic?"

In front of his apprentice, Liu Chuanzhi still maintained his full majesty.

Seeing Guo Wei looking at him, Liu Chuanzhi sighed, "Forget it, I personally give you another 100 million..."

Before Liu Chuanzhi finished speaking, Guo Wei quickly raised his sign and bid before the auctioneer shouted for the third time to drop the hammer - HK$2.5 billion.

“HKD 2.501 billion!”

Zhang Yuan lazily raised his sign and gave a quote.

Guo Wei hurriedly looked at Liu Chuanzhi beside him, who looked indifferent.

"Mr. Liu, you lend me another 100 million, no, 10 million is enough."

Seeing Guo Wei who was completely panicked, Liu Chuanzhi shook his head and sighed:

"They have seen all the truth and reality of our side clearly. There is no chance. Give up! Go back to the company of Conscience, and I will arrange another job for you."

On the stage, no one even raised the price after shouting three times. The auctioneer made the final decision and announced the transaction for HK$2.501 billion.

Liu Chuanzhi stood up with a group of people and prepared to leave.

The more energetic you are when you come, the more embarrassing you are when you leave.

The large team of dozens of people remained silent, like a defeated rooster, dejected.

Shi Dazhu, who was behind the team, gave Yang Tingkun a thumbs up and said sarcastically: "Double it!

Can do business! ”

Yang Tingkun was too lazy to deal with such people, so he stood up and shook hands with the leaders of Huake Holdings and executives of Pan Atlantic Investment Group one by one.

Both shareholders of Huaxia Digital were very happy after selling such a good price.

The leader of Huake Holdings even joked: "Mr. Yang, Conscientious Company still has 17.83% of the equity, why don't you accept it together?"

Yang Tingkun smiled and said, "Okay, if the leader is willing to sell, I will continue."

"really?"

The leaders of Huake Holdings immediately became interested and sold all the shares of Huaxia Digital at a good price close to twice the stock price. This is definitely a classic case of state-owned assets appreciation and preservation.

The political performance of the person in charge is naturally not without a strong and colorful record.

Seeing Yang Tingkun smile and nod, the leader of Huake Holdings immediately said: "Okay, we will go back and study it and give you a reply as soon as possible."

After a while, Yang Tingkun led a group of people back to the company.

"Mr. Yang, are we being cheated?

We spent nearly 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars more, which is more than 80% higher than the price before the stock was suspended.

Will the head office have any objections?"

Yang Tingkun glanced at the secretary, said nothing, and smiled and nodded at Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan understood and explained with a smile:

"Secretary Zhao, since there are too few circulating shares in the secondary market, if we want to control the company, we can only participate in this bidding auction at a high price.

In fact, it is not a high price, but a normal price. Huaxia Digital has a solid foundation. As long as the stock price goes up, the floating loss can be easily filled."

Secretary Zhao asked: "But we have offended the conscience system. The company's management is all their people. After we take over, there will definitely be great turmoil. Maybe many people will be maliciously instigated to leave by them."

Yang Tingkun looked at him with appreciation, "There is progress. But there is no need to worry. It is good that some people have left to purify the team."

"Then the performance may fluctuate severely, and the stock price will not rise for a while."

"None of these matters, because this investment is a long-term investment. We will rebuild Huaxia Digital. If it should be dismantled, it will be dismantled. If it should be sold, it will be sold. It doesn't matter even if there is no return in two or three years."

"At the head office..."

"Both President Xu and President Xie mean this."

Hearing the boss say this, Secretary Zhao didn't ask any more questions.

Yang Tingkun looked at Zhang Yuan, "After completing the equity transfer, our shareholding has far exceeded 30%. Will it trigger a full tender offer?"

Zhang Yuan nodded and said, "If we add the remaining 17.83% equity of Liangxin Company, our total shareholding will reach 60.77%.

Even if it is dispersed to the two holding platforms of Hanhua and Hongmeng, it will trigger a full tender offer.

More importantly, our bid is too high. I am afraid that too many offers will be accepted and the company will be delisted."

Yang Tingkun shook his head, "It can't be delisted. Once the news is announced and the stock price resumes trading, I estimate that it may double immediately.

At that time, our offer price will not be attractive enough. If there are not so many shareholders accepting the offer, we can continue to maintain our status as a listed company.

Even if it is really privatized and delisted, it doesn't matter. Just make this business bigger."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, once the name of Hongmeng Technology is revealed, the market will be like chicken blood, right?

It is a major positive."

Yang Tingkun showed a trace of pride on his face.

With the rise of Bing, No.1 Store, and Hongmeng Games, the name Hongmeng has become the darling of the global capital world.

Although Pangu has not been listed, the concepts of big data and cloud computing are becoming more and more popular.

As one of the two major cloud computing giants in the world, Pangu has become a twin star in the global cloud computing field with Amazon's AWS!

The valuation has exceeded 20 billion US dollars.

If the acquisition of Huaxia Digital is successful this time, relying on the customer base accumulated by the other party over the years, Pangu's valuation will double in less than two years.

In his opinion, Huaxia Digital is completely a waste of resources in the hands of Liangxin.

Only in the hands of Pangu can it play 200% of its role.

"The shares held by Liangxin Company must be cleaned up, otherwise it will be a disaster if it is kept."

Yang Tingkun doesn't want to keep playing cat and mouse games with Liu Chuanzhi and his gang. Things that can be solved with money are not a problem.

"In this case, Huaxia Digital's holdings are too concentrated."

Zhang Yuan shook his head and continued, "It's not an important industry, and it will be troublesome to exit in the future."

"Let's not talk about this for now. The company has been acquired. Next, arrange the team to start the follow-up handover procedures as soon as possible, and start to sort out the business after the transaction is completely completed.

The head office is still waiting to see our results."

Zhang Yuan nodded.

In fact, this is the first buyout holding acquisition he has been responsible for since joining Hanhua, which is of great significance.

As a person in charge, he has a good opportunity to show his talents.

This makes him quite excited, because with the first order, there will be a second order and a third order.

With the size and development speed of Hanhua, it may be able to participate in some century-long mergers and acquisitions in the future.