Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 264 Strike while the iron is hot (two in one)

Fang Zhuo wants to become a shareholder of Sina.

It's very easy, just buy its shares from the stock market in the secondary market.

Fang Zhuo wants to join Sina's board of directors.

This is more difficult.

The board of directors has the rights granted by all shareholders, and each seat is very important. Whether it has a market value of tens of millions or a market value of hundreds of billions, the total number of seats in a company is often one.

At present, Sina's board of directors has seven members, and it is not easy to increase the number of people.

It is impossible for Fang Zhuo to buy some stocks and rush to them and say, "I want to be your director." He is not a high-end private equity fund in the United States that is suspected of having a deep financial background, so how could he be accepted? ?

Furthermore, Fang Zhuo had never dealt with Sina before, so this opening was really difficult.

Therefore, he needs to dismantle the difficulty of entering Sina's board of directors.

If you have never had a relationship before, you should create a relationship to do it. CCTV's platform is shining with gold, and "Win in China" invites executives from all walks of life, including many giants. Such an occasion is perfect for communicating with each other.

As for using Sina's market value as a bet to entertain others and himself, Fang Zhuo reacted accordingly, chatting about the Internet and suddenly felt that they could be drawn together, waiting for the opportunity to speak.

Moreover, he knows that Sina’s shareholders’ meeting this year will nominate a director candidate from the MIGA Fund. According to the usual practice, an odd number of directors is convenient for voting decisions. Then, either continue to increase one seat to nine, or replace the original one seat, Still keep 9.

This is a good opportunity for Yike Investment who wants to get a seat, and it can include a certain make-up nature.

But this alone is not enough.

Fang Zhuo considered things from the perspective of the major shareholder of Sina, and felt that he should have more momentum and reputation. Yike's current product sales are very good, which is unknown and can be magnified through CCTV.

At the same time, from a legal point of view, Yike Investment is seeking the seat of non-executive directors, that is to say, it does not hold a position in Sina, but only plays a role of supervision, inspection and balance for executive directors.

Anyway, non-executive directors also have votes.

If it doesn't work, you can also pursue the position of an independent director, but that will have to be redesigned, because independent directors have a low shareholding requirement.

"Mr. Fang, it's finally over. Our Internet still needs to work hard. These people, hey."

The afternoon recording of CCTV's "Win in China" ended in a high drive and low drive. Wang Yan, who was seated next to him, was not as distracted as Fang Zhuo. If you continue to argue fiercely, I feel very dissatisfied.

"Mr. Wang, peace is the most important thing. For this kind of thing, you should take it seriously if you take it seriously, and take it lightly if you take it lightly." Fang Zhuo cheerfully persuaded, "Everyone, look up and see if you look down. Peace is the most important thing."

Wang Yan nodded, no longer underestimated the young president about his age.

If it is said that people who can make a name for themselves in the country have more or less ability, this is the case with Mr. Fang.

After the show host finished his concluding remarks, the camera position was also put away, and the banquet hall suddenly became noisy.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, let's set up a table tonight."

It was difficult for people from different industries to get together like this, but Fang Zhuo was a little surprised that Mengniu Niu Gensheng, who had made a bet, came over to invite him in great strides.

"No, Boss Niu, I have an appointment tonight." Fang Zhuo shook hands and refused. He had an appointment with Xiong Xiaoge and Xiangjiang Venture Capital tonight.

At this time, Jardine Ventures Wang Kangzhen who also came over said, "Boss Fang is really busy, so give me some face."

This Wang Kangzhen's Jardine Ventures was screened out in the second round of financing before, which is completely normal business behavior, but today he said in front of the camera that fortunately "there is no investor's general company", this will come again as if he Like owe him money.

Do you owe him money yourself?

No!

It is obviously owed to Xiong Xiaoge, to Wang Fengyi, to Zhou Zisen, to Lin Jia, to Xu Xin...

What kind of you are uncomfortable coming up here?

Fang Zhuo was not recording a program, so he replied directly: "Where do you get any face from me? Who do you think you are?"

Wang Yan, who was still by the side, was startled, Mr. Fang, you just said that peace is the most important thing!This is so unkind!

Fang Zhuo took the initiative to shake Niu Gensheng's hand again, and took two steps to shake Zhu Yuncan who had also argued, saying that he really had something to do at night, and it wasn't because of the previous things that he didn't want to have dinner together.

Then, without even looking at Wang Kangzhen, he turned around and walked towards NetEase Ding and Sohu Zhang, ready to say hello to them and go to the appointment.

Wang Kangzhen blushed with anger, gritted his teeth and said, "This Fang Zhuo is too impetuous! His vision is too narrow!"

He stared at the leaving figure of the young CEO, and said sarcastically: "I heard that he is still from a not-so-reputable school, and everyone in my team is from Qingbei!"

Wang Yan has long known that position does not represent quality, and he has seen a lot of insults from corporate executives.

However, due to today's experience, the strength of Fang Zhuo's speech and his support for Sina, he still said to Wang Kangzhen: "Are you not good enough?"

Only then did Wang Kangzhen feel that he had made a slip of the tongue.

However, Wang Yan had no intention of listening to the explanation, and went to NetEase and Sohu on his own, planning to have a small circle of dinner.

Wang Kangzhen's face darkened.

Niu Gensheng smiled, and didn't intend to pull Wang Kangzhen into the dinner, so he turned to find his old friend.

He doesn't need to have a relationship with this kind of low-level venture capitalist.

……

At seven o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo met Xiong Xiaoge from IDG and Liang Qihua, director of Xiangjiang Universal Ventures, in a low-key restaurant box.

"Old Xiong, it's too late. I was mainly dragged by Sister Hu to talk about the show for a while."

"This is Mr. Liang, right? Hello, hello, please take care of me."

Fang Zhuo first greeted Xiong Xiaoge who was in the middle, and then shook hands with Liang Qihua politely.

"Mr. Fang is indeed a good-looking talent." Liang Qihua sat down with a smile, "I have been listening to Mr. Xiong praising Mr. Fang for the past two days. It is really better to meet him than to be famous."

Fang Zhuo felt relieved, this is a venture capitalist, please be polite, right!
He laughed and said, "Mr. Xiong appreciates me? He is complaining about me with Mr. Liang?"

Liang Qihua shook his head again and again: "Mr. Xiong thinks highly of Mr. Fang, um, there are also people who say Mr. Fang has a distinctive personality."

"Hahaha." Fang Zhuo laughed, "Generally speaking, if I praise someone, I can always find good points, either hard work, or talent, and so on. He has a lot of personality."

Xiong Xiaoge interrupted: "Okay, okay, I see you are so happy, the recording of the show went well today?"

The waiter in the box began to serve the food, open and pour the wine.

"It went well, and sold [-] players." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly.

Xiong Xiaoge was amazed: "Record the program to promote the player?"

Liang Qihua next to him was also very curious. He heard Xiong Xiaoge talk about Fang Zhuo's itinerary, and he knew that he was recording CCTV's entrepreneurial program "Win in China".

Fang Zhuo organized his words and talked about the recording of today's program.

He is the person involved, and he has always been very eloquent. This description is vivid and vivid.

Liang Qihua sounded like this, and felt that Xiong Xiaoge's "distinctive personality" was really an appropriate evaluation.

"Well, it's because I'm not here. If I'm here, I'll knock you down when you take the microphone." Xiong Xiaoge didn't plan to participate in the recording of CCTV programs this year, because he had too many things to do.

"Can you knock me down?" Fang Zhuo shook his head again and again.

Xiong Xiaoge complained: "When you took the microphone, I had to say it loudly. The portal website just now can talk about stock prices anyway, and it can also be ridiculed. Here comes another dying person. How dare you?"

Fang Zhuo looked disdainful: "That's it? That's it? It's drizzle."

"Well, I have always admired Mr. Fang's face." Xiong Xiaoge said seriously.

Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Xiong, for your compliment."

He added: "Since Mr. Xiong is always a shareholder of my Guahao.com, and Mr. Liang is here today, I have to explain that Guahao.com is running well and all businesses are proceeding in an orderly manner. The information system construction of a tertiary hospital."

"What do you mean dying? I am confident that Guahao.com will continue to work for another ten years!"

Xiong Xiaoge and Fang Zhuo were already very familiar, but he still felt a little uncomfortable when he mentioned this, so he said bluntly: "What's the point of working for ten years? Does it have a stable profit prospect? The business of the two hospitals is very good. Is it worth bragging about?"

"From encountering force majeure industry policy changes to trying to find a new direction for business profitability, I think a good start is definitely something to be proud of." Fang Zhuo replied calmly.

Liang Qihua heard the two people go from bickering to mutual damage to arguing, and weakly raised his glass: "Mr. Xiong, Mr. Fang, how about we have a drink?"

Fang Zhuo and Xiong Xiaoge looked at each other, suddenly realized that they immediately fought each other, with smiles on their faces.

Xiong Xiaoge smiled and said: "Yes, Mr. Liang came all the way from Xiangjiang, full of sincerity, I have to drink."

Fang Zhuo also smiled and said, "It's all fate, it's all fate, Mr. Liang, I would like to toast you."

Liang Qihua watched the expression changes of these two, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Mr. Xiong, Mr. Fang, I respect you, I respect you."

The three drank a glass of wine together.

I won’t mention the thing about Guahao.com, but the extension from this is a logical one to talk about.

"Industrial policies are really difficult to grasp, such as Mr. Fang's current project is very clear." Xiong Xiaoge added, "Now it has begun to make profits, and its efficiency is much faster than that of Guahao."

"When you start a business, you always have to learn from experience and lessons. I am sincerely grateful to every investor who grew up with me." Fang Zhuo raised his full wine glass again, "I also especially thank Mr. Liang for coming from afar, and I respect you again One cup, as you like."

Liang Qihua finished his glass of wine without hesitation.

Fang Zhuo looked at the director's face, estimated his drinking capacity, and decided not to toast like this again.

He chatted about the business: "Mr. Liang should know something about our Yike. We sell well in the domestic market. Mr. Liang knows this, right?"

Liang Qihua nodded. It is because of the basic market in the domestic market that his sincerity in this trip is quite full. Now M1 and J1 have no competitors in the country.

However, Fang Zhuo didn't talk about the basic market: "But I don't want to talk about the domestic market, because the domestic market is quite good. Yike has sufficient funds in this area, and there is no need for financing. I can see Mr. Liang today." , in fact, because we set our sights on foreign markets.”

Liang Qihua frowned slightly.

"In fact, if this round of financing is not because of the establishment of IDG's US and China branches, I don't plan to introduce new investors." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I have a very good relationship with Lao Xiong, and I admire him very much. However, IDG’s shareholding in Yike is too high for me to accept.”

Liang Qihua nodded. He could see that the two had a good relationship, and the chairman's concern about shares was also a common problem.

"According to our current sales abroad, in fact, we don't really need external funds. However, if we only focus on hardware sales, it would be a bit short-sighted." Fang Zhuo gave an example, "Our competitor in the United States, Apple, It has launched music management software."

He continued: "As far as I know, Apple is negotiating copyright authorization with music companies. In the future, it will definitely charge for digital music downloads."

Xiong Xiaoge looked at Fang Zhuo calmly, is Apple talking about copyright authorization?Are you so sure about this?Digital music downloads?Is this direction Apple's intention?Didn't you always say that solving the copyright issue is a hardware moat?

He felt that it was necessary to evaluate the prospect of charging for digital music downloads. This is a brand new field, even though intuitively, the prospect seems to be good-but, before that, he thought that the offline payment closed-loop prospect of Guahao.com was good.

Fang Zhuo looked at Xiong Xiaoge desperately, and asked, "Old Xiong, right, you also understand how important this trend is."

Xiong Xiaoge let out a nasal "hmm" helplessly.

Liang Qihua pondered deeply.

"Most of the money from this round of financing will be used for licensing negotiations for music copyrights, and part of it will be used to expand our overseas channel layout. Because the time is still short, we currently rely on Kroger's channel structure in the United States. Unhealthy." Fang Zhuo said steadily.

Liang Qihua was silent for a while, and pondered: "Downloading of digital music, you have to take a good look at this, there are too many uncertain factors."

"True venture capitalists dare to face up to risky project prospects." Fang Zhuo smiled.

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, this cook is very famous in the capital." Xiong Xiaoge felt that it was not appropriate to speak too hastily.

Liang Qihua breathed out lightly, picked up the vegetables with his chopsticks, this little Fang always speaks with a kind of magical power.

However, Fang Zhuo felt that the iron should be struck while the iron is hot, and there happened to be a piece of iron next to it. He smiled and said: "Speaking of risks and prospects, I have established an investment company under Yike, so I feel more and more sorry for the old bear. Why did it fail last year?" Under the pressure, why did you sell more than half of Tencent's shares?"

He said again: "However, compared to Xiangjiang Yingke Digital, which has all shot, this old bear is not bad."

Liang Qihua also knew about this. Tencent's recent performance was quite impressive. Mr. Li's Yingke Digital really shouldn't sell its shares. He knew that Fang always used this to criticize himself.

Xiong Xiaoge glared at Fang Zhuo, and in front of Liang Qihua, he mentioned the second company he was going to meet tomorrow: "Mr. Fang, tomorrow is Yingke Digital, so you can say that when the time comes."

"How to say?" Fang Zhuo asked with a smile.

"It's like talking to Yingke Digital like stabbing a knife in my heart now. After all, their hearts bleed more." Xiong Xiaoge said lightly.

Fang Zhuo laughed, held it up and said, "Okay, drink, drink, Mr. Liang, drink, don't worry."

Liang Qihua raised his wine glass. Today's face-to-face with entrepreneurs made him feel a little bit inclined, but there are still many things that need to be understood.

(End of this chapter)