Rebirth of Cyber ​​Hegemony

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Mogen gave up on this side, and in the end, Microsoft won the right to lead the investment on Friends.com.

The so-called lead investment is to take the lead in investment.

According to the rules of Friend.com, the lead investor can get 10% of the shares.

Calculated based on the $57 billion valuation of Friends.com, Microsoft would have to invest $5.7 billion.

"Chen, three days later, we will sign a formal contract."

Although US$5.7 billion is not a lot, Steve did not hesitate.

They dare to shout the price, then they can afford it.

Although only 10% of the shares were acquired for US$5.7 billion, it was already considered a sky-high price.

"OK."

Chen Yu nodded.

He also knows why Microsoft wants to invest in Friends.com.

Although Microsoft looks strong on the surface, it is definitely not invincible.

If another operating system emerges in the future, it will pose a huge threat to Microsoft.

After Microsoft led the investment, other capitals followed suit.

Mogen did not grab the right to lead the investment, they chose to follow the investment and won 5% of the shares.

Correspondingly, they have to pay 2.85 billion US dollars of funds.

However, after Magic Root, there was a subtle change in the entire conference room for a while.

"Oops, other capital hesitated."

Wang Chang secretly shouted badly.

She saw the hesitation of the remaining capital.

As for the reason, it is also very simple.

In the eyes of many capitalists before, their valuation of Friends.com was around 40 billion.

Even if it is higher, 45 billion US dollars or 50 billion US dollars, this is acceptable.

However, the competition between Microsoft and Mogen suddenly pushed Friends.com to a height of 57 billion U.S. dollars.

This kind of valuation of friends.com is of course the favorite to see, but for some of their capital, that may not be necessary.

In other words, with a net worth of 57 billion U.S. dollars, even if you only take 1 point of stock, you will have to spend 570 million U.S. dollars.

US$570 million is not a small amount.

If converted into RMB, that would be around RMB 5 billion.

For many companies, their entire market size is less than 570 million.

Even for some very promising companies, US$570 million can win 20-30% of the shares.

But if you put it here, you spend 5 billion yuan, but you can only account for 1%.

This makes those capitals hesitate.

However, although they hesitated, Microsoft dared to lead the investment, and they could not give up.

Suddenly, a group of capital representatives called the headquarters one after another.

"Head, the valuation of Friends.com has exceeded our expectations."

"What is their valuation now?"

"Microsoft offered 57 billion yuan and won the right to lead the investment."

"The valuation of 57 billion yuan, Microsoft really reported it."

"Do you want to invest?"

"Wait, you make me think..."

This is the idea of ​​most companies.

Although these capitals are rich, they will not spend a penny indiscriminately.

"Mr. Chen, can we ask you a question?"

After thinking about it for a while, the representative of Blackstone Capital suddenly asked after receiving instructions from the superior.

"sure."

"I want to ask about the current profitability of Friends.com."

In fact, for Friends.com, all the capitals understand it.

They want to invest in this website, and they have already inspected this website clearly.

Although Friend Network currently has a very large amount of IP visits, it does not make money.

Of course, this actually doesn't matter.

A lot of growth companies are not making money at the beginning.

Now is not the time to pick peaches.

Regarding this point, the CEO of Friends.com, that is, Wang Chang, also wrote about the financing statement.

All capitals recognize it.

But at this time, the representative of Blackstone Capital mentioned it again, obviously wanting to hear a more accurate answer from Chen Yu.

Everyone knows that it is Chen Yu who really controls the Friend Network.

"In fact, this question is not a question. The answer in everyone's mind is clearer than I am. But since the representative on Blackstone asked it, let me talk about it. Friends.com has not considered profitability at present. The reason why it did not consider it is for friends. The expansion of the Internet. The representative of Blackstone may be more considering the potential of Friendship in the future... But I think it’s difficult for me to say clearly about this question. If you really want an answer, just ask Microsoft’s history. Mr. Difu, of course, and Google..."

Chen Yu responded with a smile.

Microsoft and Mogan have already followed up, and it does not matter whether other capitals hesitate.

The combined scale of the two has already reached nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars for Chen Yu.

Even if they don't follow the investment, the money is enough.

However, in order to completely bind a series of global capital to Friend Network, Chen Yu still responded.

This answer is not actually an answer.

Because Chen Yu did not directly answer the questions raised by Blackstone Capital.

But although Chen Yu did not respond positively, Chen Yu's answer made Blackstone Capital determined.

"Mr. Chen, we have 5 points with the stock."

"Welcome Blackstone Capital to become a shareholder of Friends.com."

Chen Yu expressed his gratitude.

"Mr. Chen, we also have a problem."

Probably inspired by Blackstone Capital, at this time, the representative of Berkshire also asked a question.

"Excuse me."

"I don't understand the Internet very well, and I don't understand what social networks are. The reason why we came here is to see the potential of the future existence of Friendship. However, Mr. Chen, can you tell us what social networks are?"

Berkshire is the investment company that Buffett created.

It is also one of the most influential investment companies in the world.

"In fact, we have been talking about what a social network is. Maybe everyone thinks it is rather vague, so I will make a scientific analysis here. The so-called social network, in my understanding, is the real world."

"real world?"

"Mr. Chen, isn't the Internet virtual? How can it be the real world?"

"In everyone’s eyes, you may see a virtual world. For example, our website is an invisible web. A series of applications we use on the Internet can only be seen but not touched. It is not a physical object. , They are all virtual data. But behind these data, there are all very real people. Without human participation, the Internet is a dead net. Without human participation, social networks no longer exist. Our friends The reason why the Internet has developed so fast is that our social network has further realised the virtual nature of the Internet. We have made everyone feel a more real, more vivid, and more social site. Here, I It can be said that in the next five years, your social circle in our friends network will be your circle of friends in the real world in the future..."

This answer made everyone on the scene applaud unanimously.

This is one of the most perfect explanations of social networks they have ever heard~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This explanation not only illustrates to everyone what social networks are, but also further explains the importance of social networks. Sex and future potential.

Why are they here?

Didn’t you just see the potential of Friends.com?

But what Chen Yu said is to further amplify this potential.

It turns out that in their eyes, Friends.com is a product that will be side by side with Internet giants such as Yahoo, Google, and others in the future.

But from Chen Yu's mouth, they found that the future of Friends Network will definitely surpass Yahoo and Google.

At least, in terms of storytelling, the story of Friends.com is bigger than Yahoo and more colorful than Google.

For such a website, do you have any hesitation?

Of course, the reason why Chen Yu answered in this way was actually very clear to him.

If you want capital money, it depends on whether your story is big enough?

Your story is so-so, and the amount of financing is absolutely so-so.

Your story tells of the top in the country, so your financing amount is also top in the country.

Your story tells of world-class, then your financing amount will also be world-class.

And your story talks about breaking through the earth, then your financing line will also break through the earth...

"We Berkshire followed suit."

The representative of Berkshire said firmly without any hesitation.

"We also follow suit."

"We follow the vote."

"We follow the vote."

The remaining 30% of the shares were immediately followed up by a series of capitalists.

A few days later, Friends.com signed a formal contract with various capitals.

At the same time, 40% of the shares, 24.8 billion US dollars of funds have also entered the account of Friends.

Friends.com has created a history of global financing in one fell swoop...