Reinventing the Millennium

On April 1, Fang Zhuo did not leave Luzhou immediately after having a sincere and gratifying exchange with Professor Hu Zhengming, but dealt with some routine matters.

In the morning, I attended the Luzhou major project exchange meeting and met with leaders.

At noon, I took Qiu Ciyun and other ice cores to have a long lunch on the upper floor of the house.

In the afternoon, I inspected the current progress of the ice core project with the leaders.

In the evening, Secretary-General Luo Minghua came to the airport to see off the CEO of Ice Core. He knew that Fang Zhuo would return to Shanghai tonight and fly abroad tomorrow. Next, he would have to deal with the purchase of Ice Core's core equipment, so he was quite busy.

"Mr. Fang, thank you for your hard work." Luo Minghua was reluctant to leave.

Mr. Xiao Fang is a very good person. Not only is he capable of doing projects, but he also helped to bring in Changhong. As Mr. Xiao Fang takes root deeper in Luzhou, he becomes more and more a banner that attracts other projects.

What's more, since Luo Minghua settled in Luzhou, he has really made up a lot of the development history and importance of this industry, and he appreciates Mr. Xiao Fang's achievements even more.

"I'm used to it, but sometimes flying is boring." Fang Zhuo had met the secretary-general a lot, and he spoke more casually. He smiled and said, "Secretary-General Luo, anyway, I talked to Mr. Qiu and the others at noon today. , I’ll come to you if I have anything to do. I pat my chest and vouch for it, saying that the leader will not shirk it.”

Luo Minghua only said four words seriously: "It is obligatory."

Fang Zhuo wanted to make a joke, but seeing this man's expression, he had no choice but to shake hands seriously.

So far, he increasingly feels that settling the ice core in Luzhou is the right choice.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo boarded the flight to Shanghai. Tomorrow afternoon, he would fly to Tokyo first for an appointment with the TV station there, stay for two days, then fly to Houston, and finally go to New York.

Night flights are indeed quite boring, and the kind of plane where you meet Ni Runfeng can only be an occasional pleasure.

Fang Zhuo's flight back to Shanghai was uneventful, but it was interesting that when he was rushing home from the airport at 11 o'clock in the night, he unexpectedly received a call from the company's employees to work overtime.

The call came from the vice president of Yike Investment.

As a subsidiary of Yike Group, Yike Investment does not have a strong presence, but it also holds a small part of Sina shares, which were bought from Duan Yongji after Wang Yan introduced them.

At the same time, Yike Investment is one of the investors of "Win in China" and has tried to participate in some small domestic projects.

But just because he doesn't have a strong sense of presence, this kind of phone call in the middle of the night seems to be quite urgent.

"Oh, Dangdang contacted you proactively?"

"Involving the cooperation between Tiger Fund and Dangdang?"

"No problem, just send all the information."

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised that a well-known e-commerce company would come to his door, because his energy has been focused on Yike and Bingxin. When he has no money, he thinks about making money. When he has money, he thinks about the production line. Yike’s external investment quota Not too high.

Ten minutes later, before Fang Zhuo could browse his emails, Dangdang Li Guoqing made a call directly.

Li Guoqing was quite famous for what he did for a while, such as ____.

But Fang Zhuo has no contact with this person now, and they are both strangers.

After a few pleasantries, Fang Zhuo asked him directly why he came to Yike without being polite.

"Mr. Li, it's so late, so I'll just say what I have to say. I'm curious. We didn't know each other before. How did you come to find me?"

Li Guoqing's voice was loud: "Mr. Fang, to be honest, we Dangdang and Tiger Fund have reached a certain consensus, but Tiger Fund has not moved forward with financing."

"Mr. Fang, if you work on the Internet, you understand the Internet."

"You know Amazon. I see that your Yike products are also sold on Amazon."

"Dangdang definitely has a future in the country."

"We are looking for Yike. We didn't originally have this plan, but Mr. Fang, you spent money to acquire land like you did in Shanghai. Really, I think you can definitely know more about us Dangdang."

"There is definitely room for us to work together."

Fang Zhuo thought to himself that he knew Dangdang's model quite well and also knew that Dangdang was a mom-and-pop shop.

He mused: "Mr. Li, I will fly to Tokyo tomorrow. Vice President Yang of Yike Investment can discuss this cooperation with you."

Li Guoqing on the other end of the phone was a little disappointed when he heard this, and his wife Yu Yu, who was listening to the voice next to her, also shook her head.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Now, let's keep it simple. How much investment does Tiger Fund give you? How many shares do you want?"

Li Guoqing perked up: "Mr. Fang, it's like this. We've been talking about Tiger Fund, and what we're talking about now..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted: "Money, stocks."

"11 million US dollars, 18%." Li Guoqing replied, but couldn't help but explain, "Mr. Fang, that's it, Tiger..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted again: "Then our Yike Investment will directly benchmark Tiger Fund."

Li Guoqing was shocked: "Um, Mr. Fang, um... I haven't finished yet. We have come up with two plans. The second plan is 750+350, and the remaining 3.5 million US dollars is reserved for our management to increase the shares. This part is considered borrowed by us and can be paid back later.”

"Just the first plan." Fang Zhuo said, "Whoever you are looking for is Rong. Just 11 million for 18% of the shares. Yike Investment will take a director seat and will not interfere with daily operations. It will just be an investment. Are there any problems?"

Li Guoqing and his wife looked at each other and felt that the call went unexpectedly smoothly.

However, it went so smoothly that the two of them hesitated.

Because I heard that the richest man in the Mainland had made huge land acquisitions in Shanghai, I approached Yike Investment. However, I had a little understanding of Mr. Fang’s style before I approached him. He seemed to have also taken a board seat at Sina.

Look, all the seats at Sina now have the surname Fang.

Li Guoqing hesitated, looking for his wife's opinion.

Yu Yu said softly: "You try not to give me a seat."

However, she was too close to the phone and Li Guoqing didn't cover the phone, so Fang Zhuo heard her words.

He smiled and said, "Is Mr. Yu around? Don't worry. I said I won't intervene, so I won't interfere. Don't I even have this reputation guarantee?"

The couple thought in unison that they couldn't believe it just because of their reputation.

Yu Yu stopped hiding and said directly: "Mr. Fang, Dangdang does not want to become the second Sina. We must absolutely control Dangdang."

"Simple, Dangdang will definitely need to raise funds in the future. The second plan mentioned by Mr. Li just now mentioned that your management will increase its holdings, which must be to consider the dilution of subsequent financing." Fang Zhuo knew what the management was thinking just by hearing this sentence. , "You want 3.5 million U.S. dollars, right? Then I will lend you an additional 2 million U.S. dollars, not counting the financing conditions. The remaining 1.5 million U.S. dollars will be left to you to find."

Yu Yu was relieved now that the company team needed US$3.5 million to increase its holdings from 41% to 59.5%, which would ensure subsequent control.

She said directly: "Mr. Fang is so cheerful, so we will agree immediately."

When Li Guoqing saw his wife saying this, he quickly said: "Mr. Fang is really generous and worthy of being the head of Sina."

Fang Zhuo laughed twice on the phone, feeling that these two were really a couple now. Of course, this would not prevent them from turning the world upside down in the future.

The main investment content has been finalized, and people from Yike Investment will continue to contact us in the future.

Fang Zhuo ended the phone call and called the vice president of Yike Investment again, saying that he would complete the cooperation as soon as possible and sign the contract before Tiger Fund could react.

He never expected that Shencheng would be able to invest a huge sum of money in acquiring the land.

The profit from Shencheng Land will definitely not be able to exchange for a production line for Bingxin, but Dangdang may be able to exchange for a new production line when it goes public.

This means that with great reputation, money comes to your doorstep.

There will be another chapter tomorrow morning, and it will be updated in the afternoon if you add monthly tickets.

Yesterday's chapter was revised and revised before it came out. I also revised tens of thousands of words in the previous article, and the revision was so explosive.