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Chapter 413 Bolang's Road to Mergers and Acquisitions (Part [-])
Monday, September 6th.

In the morning, when Yangcheng Baiyun International Airport was at its busiest time, a small private jet lined up along the taxiway among a large number of civil airliners.

Everything looks in order.

Suddenly, seeing the opportunity, the small plane quickly turned into a fork and went directly onto the runway, then accelerated into the blue sky.

Li Ze, who was taking a private flight for the first time, was stunned.

He glanced at the tilted wine in the glass, and looked blankly at Wen Liang opposite: "Is it so efficient to fly now? It's such a hot day, I don't even heat up my butt."

Wen Liang replied casually: "Small aircraft have low requirements for takeoff and landing, so it's normal to be faster."

"It doesn't matter whether the plane is small or not, you are jumping in line!"

"No way, everyone thinks my time is valuable, so they usually don't want to take the initiative to waste my time."

"How fast can you grab it?"

"Except for those who can't grab a few small planes, everything else is fine."

Li Ze took a sip of the champagne, and deliberately raised the bar: "Then... if you and Mr. Hu happen to take a flight together, who will go first?"

"Which airport is it?" Wen Liang replied thoughtfully.

Li Ze was startled, and sat up straight in an instant: "Huh? Have you experienced this before?"

Wen Liang didn't even look at Li Ze, and said lightly, "I was the first at the Capital International Airport, but it's hard to say in Baiyun, I haven't tried it."

"Sure, Mr. Wen!" Li Ze clicked his tongue in amazement, "I've enjoyed the blessing of eight lifetimes with you, this platoon."

Wen Liang looked like a teachable child: "Just know it, and respect me, otherwise I won't let you out of the company every minute!"

"I'm scared." Li Ze put down his wine glass and cupped his hands, "It's an honor to be on a business trip with Mr. Wen~"

Wen Liang glanced at Li Ze, deeply convinced: "It's really an honor, there's no need for the two of us to go together now."

Li Ze laughed happily: "That's not true!"

In the midst of the chattering, the wine glass on the table finally stopped tilting, and the plane has entered a level flight state.

Speaking of which, Li Ze really never went out of town with Wen Liang.

This is the first time ever.

It was really an opportunity that was hard-won.

Because under normal circumstances, Wen Liang and Li Ze will have one to sit in the headquarters, and only in extraordinary times will Wang Wanyu sit in the headquarters alone.

Although Mr. Ze has been rotating concurrently as the CEO of the subsidiary, he is the real second in command of Bolang.

However, compared to Wen Liang, Mr. Ze or Mr. Wang is almost not interesting, basically they will cooperate with several other executives to get busy.

Wen Liang is different, he just wants someone to be there, or he has appeared through live broadcasts, etc., so Bolang will not be too busy.

Probably this is called the unique aura of the soul of the company.

Li Ze and Wen Liang went to the capital together this time, and there were a lot of things to do. Two office teams had already left for the capital more than two hours earlier.

The team size exceeds 200 people.

It was bigger than Wen Liang's previous business trip.

Originally, Wen Liang expected to go to Beijing on the 10th, but this was postponed for a week, so naturally he had to hurry up.

In a broad sense, things are not complicated. It is nothing more than Bolang's large-scale commercial strategic investment and mergers and acquisitions again. Unlike the last time it focused on the application of the Internet ecology, this time the scale is larger and the scope is wider.

More industries are involved.

In addition to basic mergers and acquisitions, there will be a considerable amount of strategic investment.

Strictly speaking, it should be Bolang's first time to 'buy, buy, buy'.

Because in many subdivisions, Bolang really has no foundation at all. Now that we are rushing for time, we can only use it directly for doctrine.

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The flight process spanning more than 2000 kilometers is boring no matter how you look at it.

In the past month or so, Wen Liang's flying all over the country has always been a short-range flight, controlled within one and a half hours and one thousand kilometers, and will not fly for three hours at will.

Anyway, it would be convenient for Wen Liang to see more scenery.

Because Wen Liang basically traveled alone at that time.

Right now it's okay.

Li Ze chatted with him.

Chattering and chattering, it's inevitable to talk about common things.

Wen Liang took out a bag of melon seeds from the bag next to the seat, and said while eating the melon seeds, "What do you guys plan on major events in life?"

Li Ze didn't shy away from this matter, and replied straightforwardly: "Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhao haven't had enough fun, and their minds haven't settled down. They rarely appear in school now. If they don't mention it specifically, it's hard to tell. How many people remember the two of them as co-founders, they just happen to be happy about that."

"These two are really lazy dogs with lazy dogs. It's absolutely impossible. Turn around and pick them up and beat them up." Wen Liang said angrily, he was not surprised that Zhao Mingjie would be "wronged" by Wang Zhiyi's boring stuff.

The two things are now the favorite to play everywhere, not only in Yangcheng, but also in surrounding cities, such as... Guancheng.

But I had a hard time in my heart, so I didn't go to Macau.

Although it is said that these two comparisons even if they go to Macau and lose hundreds of millions or billions in a game, Wen Liang can even things out without showing up, but there is still a bottom line for these two comparisons. He knows to bring a security team with him when he goes out. It's a pity.

In fact, Wang Zhiyi is just a coward, and the money is basically spent on these things. For example, tens of millions of frames can be used seven days a week.

Zhao Mingjie doesn't even have this hobby, he just likes surfing.

The two still have an excuse to step on the horse, euphemistically called divergent thinking, and better create algorithms.

Li Ze went on to say: "Old Zhang's thoughts are all on the laboratory. His family was okay at first. After Bolang develops, he will naturally be able to get some light. The family arranged a marriage for him, saying that he was in a couple Let's see this year, I met the woman once, she is Xiaojiabiyu type, so they should be compatible."

"Old Yin, you also know that he doesn't suffer emotionally, and now he has a fixed partner."

"Xiao Qin's family has also arranged for her, and plans to graduate and get engaged next year."

"Bowen... Bowen said that he is not interested in relationships now, and his family also wanted to arrange for him, but he refused."

"Old Tang talked about it himself. I only met two days ago. It's okay. My personal opinion is not suitable for him, but this kind of thing is not good."

"Xiao Chen, you should be clear. He has always been very popular among women, and now he is representing Bolang. I heard that Mr. Hu told him to match him in March. It is actually difficult for him, after all... It’s pretty eye-catching, there are all kinds of fat, swallows and thin, and it’s quite moisturizing.”

Wen Liang laughed when he heard this, he really knew this, Chen Jiaxin occasionally complained that he was too popular.

After all, everyone can see that he is the one who has the closest relationship with Wen Liang in the co-founder team, holds a lot of shares, and is also the guest of many people.

How should I put it, I have more choices than Wen Liang.

Finally, Li Ze also talked about himself: "You know my partner, but I haven't met him yet, and I will consider getting married in the next two years."

Of course Li Ze knew that Wen Liang had a partner.

She is not a high-altitude flower, nor is she a college classmate. She is a girl from an ordinary family. She is two years younger than Li Ze, who will be 24 years old in the second half of the year, but she has graduated as early as last year.

The appearance is average, in Li Ze's mouth, there is nothing special in every aspect.

Probably this is called fate.

Wen Liang thought for a while, and expressed his opinion: "If you personally think it's suitable, get married and have children this year. You have been in contact with each other since the second half of last year. I believe such a long time is enough for you to make a judgment."

"Huh?" Li Ze was puzzled.

Wen Liang gave his opinion: "Although the company will become more and more busy in the future, with me here, it is the time when you are most likely to relax. It is good to take this opportunity to have a baby."

Li Zenong frowned: "How do you say it?"

Wen Liang said bluntly: "I won't always focus on the company, understand?"

Li Ze: "I..."

"Okay, okay, let me arrange it, who made me a hard worker!"

Wen Liang said earnestly: "There is nothing wrong with getting married early and having children early, as long as you live your life, if you are suitable, if you really meet that kind of soul mate, your moral bottom line will probably suddenly become flexible."

"Don't think about why it's not good to get ahead of me. I'm not old enough, otherwise I don't care when I get married."

"Anyway, if you can get married, get married as soon as possible. Even Xiao Chen is old enough. There is no need to procrastinate. Get married when it suits you."

Li Ze smiled and nodded: "Yes, if you get married early and have children, you can have some excuses to tie you to the company."

Wen Liang smiled without saying a word.

While chattering, Li Ze suddenly gossiped: "I'm a little curious, even blog posts occasionally 'disappear' all of a sudden, why you don't need it."

"I let you find out, can it still be me?" Wen Liang Erlang raised his legs, "Besides, I am different from you."

Li Ze also felt reasonable when he heard it: "That's right, you are too well-known, if you are not careful, it will be a big scandal, and it is best if we don't find out."

The biggest difference between Wen Liang and other co-founders is that he has a definite fiancée, and the fiancée has a lot of background.

For this kind of thing, Su Jian can express his understanding from his childhood experience. Old Li and the others can turn a blind eye to it, but others can't.

For example, netizens.

such as business competitors.

The scandal had a great impact on Bolang.

Li Ze and the others don't care, because they don't have a clear fiancée, and they all became famous when they were young, so why can't they let them talk about friends?

So... Wan An's low-key chief secretary can only be said to be a good arrangement.

Speaking of Wan'an, she really doesn't look good for her background, so much so that she doesn't even have a girlfriend in Dalian, and she was a little annoyed by this a while ago.

Wan'an's brain circuit on this matter is very simple, Mu Qiang, and hopes to be gentle and not greasy, so she wonders if she has a good-looking girlfriend, it would be great to draw her into the pit.

In fact, this also reflects a hidden common social phenomenon: brothers call out to play with true feelings, and girlfriends call out to be easily introduced to other men.

Wen Liang murmured at the time that Wan An should really change his name to Wan Wansen.

Apart from being able to transform into a gentle form, she will never get what she really wants, and she doesn't dare to think about it.

Moreover, with the rapid development of Bolang, the fee that Wen Liang paid last year is about to be a drop in the bucket for Wan'an-because if the co-founder's ID is not counted, Wan'an's ID is ranked third.

The first official employee of Bolang is Wu Mingxiao, the accountant, and the second official employee is Qin Qing, the front desk. The two of them didn't leave for the first month, so it is naturally impossible for them to be stupid enough to leave later. Naturally, they are still shining in their respective positions.

However, Wan'an had previously obtained 15 options, which have been exercised this year. The exercise price is based on a valuation of 3000 million yuan and a total share capital of 10 billion shares, which only costs 4500 yuan.

According to the latest definition of this year's internal valuation of 7000 billion, although the total share capital has become 100 billion, the number of shares has not changed.

That is to say, the value of Wan'an's shareholding has reached 1050 million.

The key point is that the salary of Wan'an, the position of general secretary, and the position of driver are not low, and the annual comprehensive income will reach one million.

If Bolang develops for a few more years, it will be easy for Wan'an's shareholding value to exceed [-] million, and this value can be realized directly through the internal repurchase process.

Therefore, 27 billion was distributed in the first quarter, and the asset management company picked up 5 million U.S. dollars two days ago, which can be divided into 2.5 million U.S. dollars to add up to more than 15 billion. Wan'an has a fixed asset worth tens of millions.

However, Wan An was very helpless about this.

She dared not say that she was not short of money.

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At noon, the plane arrived at the Capital International Airport.

They boarded the car almost door to door, and went all the way to the Four Seasons Hotel... Wen Liang has never stayed in Diaoyutai after so many visits to the capital.

It's not that they are not allowed to live, but there are a lot of business affairs every time, so it is not so convenient to live there.

The main thing is that Mr. Wen has passed the stage where he needs to rely on food, clothing, housing and transportation to show his identity, just brush his face.

After a brief lunch, Wen Liang and Li Ze visited Kingsoft together.

The retired Qiu Bojun, Chairman Lei Jun, and CEO Zhang Hongjiang extended a warm welcome to Wen Liang and the others.

The two sides couldn't help but exchange friendly greetings.

"Mr. Wen and Mr. Ze visited our Jinshan together, which really made Jinshan flourish." Lei Jun said with a smile, "The two bosses have worked hard all the way."

"Mr. Lei is very polite."

"..."

Then moved to the conference room.

Wen Liang shut his mouth.

He just dropped in for a cutscene, and Li Ze didn't even need to come forward for a business matter of this scale.

Because the teams of both parties have already conducted preliminary docking and consultation.

Li Ze quickly revealed the needs of Bolang: "...According to our assessment, your company's WPS office suite can contribute about 2.5 million in revenue this year, which will be a big increase compared with last year's revenue of about 1.9 million. According to this calculation, the WPS office suite will contribute about 3.5 million in revenue next year."

"Based on your company's previous highest market capitalization of 110 billion Hong Kong dollars as the benchmark, and based on the overall annual revenue as the calculation, WPS office suite revenue accounts for about 13% to 15%."

"According to this, the price that our company can offer for the acquisition of WPS office suite is 15 billion RMB."

This price is relatively superior, and the fair price is about 12 billion.

Because the profit of WPS office suite is actually not high, generally only 15%.

Even if it is calculated at a price of 12 billion, it will take about 12 or even 20 years for WPS to earn a profit of 30 billion.

No way, the market is so cruel.

Microsoft's office suite is awesome.

Moreover, the price of 12 billion has actually considered the impact of WPS on Kingsoft's stock price.

After all, Kingsoft's main source of income is... the game business led by Xishanju, and the Internet security business, of which the game business revenue accounted for more than 50%.

For the price of 15 billion, Lei Jun and Qiu Bojun looked at each other, each with their own surprises.

Then Lei Jun straight to the point and asked doubts: "Mr. Ze's quotation is a bit higher than the fair evaluation system..."

"Mutual benefit." Li Ze first said something with a smile, and then said, "Mr. Lei can also understand that Bo Lang needs the highest efficiency now."

Lei Jun smiled: "Happy cooperation."

Bolang doesn't want much, it's just a WPS, and it doesn't pack Kingsoft's application software system, so the impact on Kingsoft is actually limited.

So of course it is possible to cooperate.

The next thing is naturally left to the teams of both sides to deal with.

After exchanging pleasantries, Wen Liang and Li Ze bid farewell and left.

Afterwards, Wen Liang went back to the hotel and slept soundly.

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It is said that he is exhausted, and of course Mr. Ze has no time to rest.

After leaving Kingsoft, he went to another company and negotiated the acquisition of a PDF software.

Of course, it is incomparable with WPS, and the cost is only more than 6000 million.

On this day, a team from Bolang also went to Fujian to acquire Meitu Xiuxiu from the Meitu company with which it had cooperated before.

The current valuation of Meitu is less than 2 million US dollars. Although the main support is the Meitu Xiuxiu software, the reason for the rapid increase in valuation is the release of the Meitu mobile phone not long ago.

The fair value of Meitu Xiuxiu is around RMB 3 million.

Bolang acquired it at a price of 2.5 million yuan, and gave Meitu the relevant authorization to use some algorithms of Meitu Xiuxiu.

Meitu can be used without authorization, but it is definitely an infringement.

In just two days, Bolang has carried out more than 10 commercial mergers and acquisitions.

It mainly covers the three main tools that are benchmarked against Microsoft Office, as well as domestic software that is benchmarked against Adobe's PS, Pr, Ai, Id, Ae, Fl and other tools.

There are three major Microsoft office tools: Word (document), PPT (presentation), and Excel (table). Needless to say, WPS is already benchmarked and is almost a must-have tool.

And Adobe, the product of Dogecoin, in a word, is a productivity tool.

PS is P-picture software, Pr is professional video film editing, and Ai is industry-standard vector illustration software for publishing, multimedia and online images;
Id is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, mainly used for typesetting and editing of various printed materials.

Ae is a graphics and video processing software. The official introduction is magnificent visual effects and dynamic graphics.

Fl is a software for creating Flash animation files, which is necessary for 2D animation production.

Oh... The PDF software that was acquired was also for benchmarking against Adobe PDF.

In fact, what Bolang is looking for is not benchmarking in the true sense, but the preliminary tool elements for the Xingchen desktop system to basically have a qualified desktop system.

Count on a giant like Adobe, the American company, to adapt.

With the current situation where America is eager to have a chance to make a decision, and it is impossible for Adobe to take a fancy to the situation of the star desktop system at this stage, don't even think about it!

Let’s put it this way, the list is only Adobe’s commonly used tool software, and there are also some tools that are commonly used for certain types of work, and some of them are not even adapted to macOS—what’s even more funny is that Adobe’s family bucket It was originally born to adapt to macOS...

What is even more difficult for Bolang is that the tools and software listed above are just a drop in the ocean after so many years of personal computer development.

If you want the Star Desktop System to be truly worthy of the term productivity tool, you have a long way to go to the point of despair!

Right now, the main purpose of Bolang's acquisition of these commonly used tool software is for users.

The relatively well-known WPS and Meitu Xiuxiu both have more than 2 million users, of which WPS has as many as 6000 million PC-side MAUs, and mobile MAUs are also close to 3000 million.

In contrast, if Bolang re-builds and develops similar software and then promotes it, the cost may be higher.

Moreover, user habits still need to be cultivated a little bit. It is better to spend some money now to directly have a good foundation and bring consumers a better user experience.

Taking advantage of the wind of Prism, Xinghai's computer series can be made more easily.

The more consumers there are, the faster the ecological adaptation progress will be.

The current situation is not comparable to Windows, but if you only compare productivity with Apple, it's... not bad.

Can't grab the Windows market, and can't grab the Apple market?
Besides, Bolang also has vertical adaptation for games.

"Master of Glory" is quietly taking over LOL and becoming a national MOBA game.

With Bolang's good appeal in the domestic business community, domestic users don't have to worry about playing games.

As for overseas markets...

Take your time. Take your time.

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On the morning of the 19th, after these acquisitions were settled and sorted out, Li Ze, who was in Beijing, led the release of the official joint statement.

To the effect:
"In order to develop the star desktop system ecosystem forward-looking and provide a relatively excellent user experience, our company has completed the acquisition of software including WPS office suite, Meitu Xiuxiu, PDF reader, video editing, animation production, etc.;
Our company will invest no less than 5 million RMB in the first phase of research and development funds to complete the integration and reorganization of these softwares in the next time, forming two tool software systems based on daily office suites and creative design suites to provide A more comprehensive experience of collaborative use, and strive for a better user experience! "

The news was sent out through official channels, and quickly covered the largest area, and it was listed on the Xiaocheng Book Hot List, which aroused a lot of discussion.

"Bolang is really ruthless. Everyone is still discussing how to replace it with localization all day long. The prism is too scary. Bolang has already started to build a PC ecosystem by itself."

"What else can I say, support is just a step away!"

"Many years ago, we expected our country to have its own operating system. Although there is a star system, it does not cover the computer side. Now, Bolang has started to do ecological adaptation. We look forward to the early arrival of the star desktop system. After all, Microsoft is Prism accomplice, my personal online private information is not important, but the information of more than one billion people in our country is very important!"

"But 5 million can't do much, so we need to invest more in the follow-up."

"According to incomplete statistics, Bolang spent at least 20 billion yuan on the acquisition of these software. Adding this 5 million yuan, it is more than Adobe's half-year profit. Don't take the money for money!"

"Really don't mistake money for money. Take WPS as an example. According to Kingsoft's financial report, the money acquired for WPS is several times the net profit of WPS in the past 20 years! Even WPS in the future will take at least 20 years to earn so much profit!"

"If Bolang is a listed company, this kind of operation can directly turn the shareholders upside down, and you should scold Bolang for selling your father's land!"

"I finally know what the core value of Bolang is. It changes because of me, it really changes because of me!!"

"Can I say... I expect Bolang to invest in the information support system?"

"..."

Because the prism is still there, there is no discussion on the domestic Internet about why Bolang spends money to do repetitive work.

In the past, everyone would definitely think, there is Adobe’s family bucket, Microsoft’s office, this and that, why do they do it by themselves.

Now everyone doesn't think so.

You have to have it yourself to really have it, at least you won't be restrained by America, and you won't be monitored by America.
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