Rebirth Starts From 2006

Looking at the messages that popped up quickly one after another, Chen Yang couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Then I was holding my phone and typing,

"Don't even think about an equal split. Besides, even if it's an equal split, it's divided among the four families. Mr. Ma, how did you calculate five divided by three?!"

What's the matter, I, the leader, don't count, right? !

pony, "I'm not very good at math. Please forgive me. Boss Chen, don't be too pretentious. Just give me the quota you can."

Robin, "Ahem, actually what I just said was a joke. Really, I can only afford 100 million, not more. Mr. Chen, just don't think it's too little!"

Lao Zhang, "I'm not joking, Mr. Chen, just tell me the number. If I don't get the money together, even if I use Souhu Weibo and Sougou to raise funds, I have to get the money together!"

Robin, "Ahem, although I can only invest 100 million in Jingdong, but if it is Souhu Weibo and Sougou, then the board of directors should be able to come up with another 200 million!"

Chen Yang was expressionless, holding his mobile phone and typing, "First of all, of the 500 million, 20 million were the low-interest convertible bond loans provided by Honggu to Jingdong when the Xijiang Supercomputing Center was established last time. This time It must be taken into account.

Secondly, as the lead investor, Honggu naturally has to take the majority share.

Let's do this. Don't say that I'm not loyal. For the remaining 418 million, Honggu will take 180 million, and you will share the 300 million equally, with each holding 6.66% of the shares.

If there is no problem, all funds must be received within three days. The investment agreement will be signed at Beijin tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The specific time will be arranged separately. "

pony, "Six six six, that's a good number, I agree."

robin, "Agreed."

Lao Zhang, "Hey, it's a pity that I have money but no place to spend it. I agree!"

Chen Yang curled his lips, raised his head and said to Huang Shan, "Reply to Old Liu, the valuation is 1.5 billion US dollars, the financing amount is 500 million US dollars, 20 million of which will be offset by the last loan, and the remaining 40 million 80 million will be received within two days after signing the agreement."

Huang Shan rolled her eyes and nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll tell him."

Then he took out his cell phone to make a call.

Chen Yang was about to put down his phone when he saw new messages in the group.

Lao Zhang, "Ahem, since Mr. Chen has already taken the lead, I will continue to do so. Hey, Mr. Chen, after research by the board of directors, decided to officially launch Series B financing for Souhu Weibo. What do you think?"

Souhu Weibo was developed in March last year when Chen Yang approached Lao Zhang with a plan and funds.

At that time, the two of them each held half of the shares, and could be regarded as the founders. Later, Goose Factory and Qiandu joined in, and they were regarded as Series A financing.

The current shareholding ratio is that Sohu.com and Lao Zhang jointly hold 35%, Honggu Capital holds 35%, Goose Factory holds 21%, and Qiandu only holds 35%. Nine percent,

There was no way. During the A round, Goosechang and Qiandu divided their investment shares based on the proportion of traffic.

The goose factory has higher efficiency and larger flow rate, so it naturally accounts for a large portion of the production. The lower Qiandu plant only accounts for a small portion.

So now when Lao Zhang said that Sohu Weibo was going to launch Series B, Lao Li got excited and immediately expressed his stance,

Robin, "Let's talk about it first. This is financing, and we can't allocate shares according to the proportion of shares. This time I want to take the majority. Who agrees and who opposes?!"

pony, "(?ω?)"

Just kidding, who doesn’t know how popular Twitter is in the United States now?

Even if the financial crisis is getting worse now, Twitter's valuation still reaches 100 million US dollars, and it is precisely because of the financial crisis. Otherwise, it would be normal for this number to double or triple.

As a Weibo-type social networking site launched almost at the same time as Twitter, Souhu Weibo was valued at 300 million SoftMei coins a year ago.

Now one year later, the number of users of Souhu Weibo is almost twice that of Twitter. Not to mention the valuation, who can easily miss this chicken that can only lay golden eggs? !

Chen Yang, “What’s the valuation and financing scale?”

Lao Zhang, "According to the evaluation of financial and investment institutions, Sohu Weibo is valued at US$100 million, which is equivalent to Twitter, which just completed its Series B financing more than two months ago."

Just as others were thinking about it, Lao Zhang soon sent out two more messages:

"No way, for the same type of thing, even if our number of users is twice as high as Twitter's, given that the other party occupies the European and American markets with the strongest consumption power in the world, it is already very difficult to maintain the same valuation as them. ,"

"In addition, the financing scale this time is US$20 million, which will be mainly used for functional development and market expansion."

Then Lao Zhang said with emotion,

"Most of the 90 million raised in the last round of financing went back to Goose Factory and Qiandu. The two big guys are like empty-handed wolves!"

Robin, "Are the resources free? They're discounted, right?"

pony, "(?ω?)"

Chen Yang, “My personal suggestion is that if Sohu Weibo seeks to be listed in the United States, then it is best to provide at least a general share of this financing for American investors to join.

In addition, the earliest investment in Weibo was in the name of Rainbow Valley Capital US. This time, additional investment can be continued in the name of US Rainbow Financial Group. "

After a short silence, Lao Zhang asked,

"Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Yang, “The main market of Souhu Weibo is domestic. Moreover, as the influence of Weibo expands, it will become a very important publicity position in the future. If Weibo is launched in the United States, in comparison, I personally I suggest you go to Xiangjiang to go public.

Although the Hong Kong Stock Exchange requires equal shares and equal rights, as a shareholder, I can entrust the management rights to the operator for management. Although signing once a year is a bit troublesome, it is also one of the solutions.

Of course, this suggestion is for reference only, and the details need to be decided by shareholders and the board of directors. "

The most criticized thing about Moulang Weibo in later generations is the American capital behind it.

And I have to say, even irrefutably, this is indeed the main reason why a certain wave of Weibo has a crooked butt.

Now that Boss Chen has invested in Sohu Weibo, from this point of view, he certainly does not want this company to be listed in the United States.

Otherwise, when national sentiment picks up in a few years, people will cling to any mistakes they make.

It was really difficult at that time.

Let Boss Chen give up and quit this company directly. As one of the most important publicity positions on the Internet, the role of Weibo is self-evident.

If you don't give up, because of this, the total market value is only tens of billions of dollars, and the stock you hold is only a billion dollars at most. It's okay to be scolded by netizens. If you really want to be targeted by the superiors for this, that would be sour. Cool!

So at this time, Boss Chen was steering the direction to the other side, both inside and outside the words.

Now let’s see how it turns out.

one second,

two seconds,

three seconds,

After three seconds, someone appeared,

pony, "It is recommended to go public in Xiangjiang. If you need investors in Xiangjiang, I can arrange it!"

Compared with Lao Zhang who is backed by American capital, Xiao Ma naturally sits on the same stool as Xiangjiang Capital.

Moreover, Goose Factory is also listed in Xiangjiang. With its convenient location, it may have a greater say in the market.

The moment this message popped up, Lao Li's hand that was about to send the message suddenly stopped.

After waiting for a few seconds and seeing that no one appeared in the dialog box, he gently pressed the delete key to delete all the text.

Then another dialog box opened, "Lao Zhang, what do you think?"

Like Lao Zhang, behind Lao Li's Qiandu is also American capital, and its top shareholder is DFJ, a world-famous venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley.

In many cases, Lao Li's influence within the company ranks third.

The first is the major shareholder headed by Defengjie, and the second is the middle and high-level managers who represent the now mature Qiandu profit model. He, Lao Li, must be in line with the interests of the first two before he can The company acts like an arm,

This is also one of the reasons why a few years later, there were rumors on the Internet that Lao Li had lost control of Qiandu.

At the same time, this is also one of the reasons why Lao Li insisted on transforming Qiandu and devoted himself to AI.

Otherwise, Qiandu, who is kidnapped by the market, will go all the way to the dark side and will die sooner or later.

So at this moment, no matter what his own thoughts are, he must maintain a united front with Lao Zhang, who also has American capital behind him.

When Lao Zhang saw his message, he did not reply immediately. Instead, he pressed Enter and waited for the reply from the other party.

Chen Yang saw the message from Lao Zhang,

"Mr. Chen, why can't you go public in the United States?"

Chen Yang was typing while holding his mobile phone, "To borrow a saying from academia, science has no borders, but scientists have nationalities, and for the same reason, so does capital!"

When he saw this message, Lao Zhang's mouth twitched slightly, looking a little disapproving. But then, when he saw the next message, his face changed slightly and his eyes fell into deep thought.

"Brother Zhang, do you still remember what I said when I introduced you to the Sohu Weibo project?!"

Seeing this news, Lao Zhang narrowed his eyes slightly.

What Chen Yang said at that time was,

Don't sit with your butt crooked!

Slowly close your eyes,

A few seconds later, Lao Zhang opened his eyes again, put his hands on the keyboard and typed, "What about the soothing dog?"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Sougou is an input method. As long as we don't excessively collect user information and export the database to foreign countries, what can happen?!"

Lao Zhang nodded lightly and sent a symbol to Chen Yang,

"!"

Then he opened Lao Li's dialog box and typed.

Chen Yang smiled and replied to Lao Zhang,

"The Rainbow Group has internally decided to launch its first fundraising around January and establish two closed-end funds, one for financial investment and one for equity investment. Specific information should be released in December. If Brother Zhang is interested, you can prepare in advance."

They all need to raise funds anyway. Like the senior executives of Zhanrui, it is only human nature to give the familiar bosses a heads-up in advance.

What's more, Chen Yang doesn't want to give up the position of Weibo unless he has to, so wooing Lao Zhang and letting him stand on his side has become an inevitable choice.

In this case, wouldn't it be very natural to give him a little sweetness?

Over there, Lao Zhang just sent Lao Li, "Mr. Chen holds 35% of the shares and Xiao Ma holds 21%. The two of them add up to 56%, which has reached an absolute The shareholding ratio, there’s nothing we can do about it, brother!”

Then I saw the news about Boss Chen, and I was overjoyed.

"Brother Chen is really reliable, I remember this favor!"

The investment opportunity of Rainbow Group, this is a great thing that many top rich people are hoping for, but unexpectedly, it was directly delivered to Brother Chen.

Take a look at what Brother Chen said. Raise funds in January and release news in December. This is clearly to let people invest as little money as possible.

Otherwise, in a hurry for a few days, where would people get the money?

Now he has revealed this news to himself in advance. If he had told him half a year in advance, he would have been able to raise an additional US$100 million or US$200 million without saying anything. How much more profit would he have gained later? Isn't this a big favor? !

When Lao Li saw the news about Lao Zhang, he was startled for a moment, and then he thought deeply.

During the A round, he had learned that Chen Yang’s voting rights for shares were entrusted to Lao Zhang, so Lao Zhang was the real decision-maker of the company, but he happened to say something like this,

What's the meaning?

The three people here are sending private messages to each other, and only one pony is left confused.

Why, I've expressed my opinion, but no one says anything?

Could it be that three people had something to do and left at the same time?

Just when he was in doubt, Lao Li also sighed softly,

No matter what Lao Zhang is doing, in short, the three of them are wearing the same pair of pants now. So what can I, a small shareholder with the lowest shares, say?

Anyway, I have tried my best, and the board of directors cannot use this to criticize myself if I am not with you.

but,

Lao Li looked at the dialog box and suddenly felt something in his heart.

Wait, if it is to be listed in Xiangjiang, after leaving aside the US capital, maybe I can personally participate? !

In just a few minutes, the three people exchanged information, as if they were acting out a show of Infernal Affairs.

Just when Xiaoma was getting a little impatient, a message finally appeared,

Robin, "Okay, we'll discuss the details later."

Lao Zhang, "I agree, it's just right. The Olympics are in a few days. Everyone should come to Beijin. I'll be the host later. Let's get together and talk over the wine table."

Chen Yang smiled slightly and flicked his finger on the screen of his mobile phone. "That's very good. All four votes will be passed. To show our sincerity, our Honggu Group will follow suit for this financing, but you have the final say as to the proportion." .”

Robin, "Mr. Chen is so domineering!"

pony, "Mr. Chen is grand!"

Lao Zhang, "Mr. Chen is so angry!"

Chen Yang's old face fell, he turned off the phone screen, then cleared and ran the application.

Putting down the phone, Huang Shan, who was opposite me, also raised her head and said, "We have negotiated with Lao Liu. He expressed his gratitude."

Chen Yang smiled, picked up the coffee cup, and said, "After this round of financing, Mr. and Mrs. Liu only have 30% of their shares left, right?"

"Well, almost,"

Huang Shan leaned forward and reached out to grab the coffee cup in his hand, "Don't you see it's empty?"

After saying that, he picked up his cup and stood up to make coffee.

At the same time, he also said, "Although there is only 30% left, according to the valuation, their net worth is a full four to five billion US dollars. For Lao Liu, it is good to be able to maintain the company now and make the company smooth." Development means making a lot of money, not to mention increasing his net worth so much, what else is he dissatisfied with?!"