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Chapter 519 Abandon Mengsandu and start the second equity incentive!
In a blink of an eye, it came to May.

On this day, as soon as Zhang Shuo entered the office building, he felt something different.

First of all, the card machine for entering and exiting was changed to face recognition, and the sound coming out of the machine was the Xingling voice after collecting Lin Weiwei's voice and editing it.

From the lobby on the first floor to entering the office, Zhang Shuo was unimpeded all the way.

Wherever you go, the door will open automatically.

It can be seen that the face recognition laboratory under the artificial intelligence laboratory has basically matured in the development and application of face recognition technology.

This is also the reason why Maili X4 was the first to introduce face recognition.

"Chairman, good morning!"

When Zhang Shuo sat down in the office, the desktop computer was controlled by Xingling to turn on automatically, and according to Zhang Shuo's habits, he opened his usual news website.

If necessary, Xingling can even help Zhang Shuo with news screening.

As for matters such as summarizing work briefings and documents that need to be approved, in the face of Xingling's powerful computing power, it is naturally no problem, and all can be completed.

"Boss, am I... going to lose my job?"

Tang Lili, the administrative secretary, brought a cup of freshly brewed tea and asked half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Not at all."

Zhang Shuo shook his head with a smile, picked up his teacup, and took a sip, "At least, Xingling doesn't know how to make tea."

"..."

Tang Lili didn't feel comforted.

"You don't know how to make tea?"

Zhang Shuo put down his teacup and looked at Tan Yunsong who was guarding his office early in the morning.

"Not absolutely."

Tan Yunsong replied very seriously, "If Xingling can be equipped with a robot body, and then some deep learning can be done, Xingling can also make tea in theory."

"Then you can contact Wall-E to make a prototype."

Zhang Shuo immediately became interested.

A big reason for the decision to acquire Wall-E was to better apply the research and development achievements of the Wotu Research Institute in the field of artificial intelligence to the field of robotics.

"..."

Tang Lili at the side was even more speechless, and quietly left the office. She never thought that one day it would not be the colleagues from the president's office that would push her away, but the artificial intelligence.

What is this called?
After Tang Lili left, Zhang Shuo looked at Tan Yunsong and asked, "Is there something wrong with blocking my door early in the morning?"

"Yes." Tan Yunsong didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "Chairman, Xingling's avatar has been generated, and it is currently undergoing internal testing and application in the Germination Industrial Park."

After all, it is the first time to use artificial intelligence to participate in enterprise management, so it is natural to be cautious.

In the early stage, the Germination Industrial Park was still used as the test base.

"As Xingling moves to the front, more and more data will need to be processed in the future. Therefore, it is necessary to tailor a real body for Xingling—that is, a data center."

The robot body just mentioned is more like a used spare part of Xingling.

"How large a data center do you need?" Zhang Shuo asked.

"It depends, Chairman, how high are your expectations for Xingling's future? If you want the entire Germination to realize semi-automatic management of artificial intelligence in the next ten years, the scale cannot be lower than the data center built by Qingyun Data in Houhai .And in the best case, it’s not just a pure data center, but also supercomputing functions.”

Because Xingling is not only doing simple data storage, but also data analysis and calculation.

"Super calculation..."

Zhang Shuo was thoughtful, "Can't the supercomputing center we invested in and built in Houhai be used together?"

As early as three years ago, Tan Yunsong suggested to Zhang Shuo that in order to meet the computing needs of artificial intelligence research and development, it is necessary to invest in the construction of a supercomputing center in Houhai.

Last year, the supercomputing center was completed to provide supercomputing services for enterprises in the entire Houhai area.

"For safety reasons, it's best to meet one alone."

It can be seen that, as the developer of Xingling, Tan Yunsong is very concerned about the safety of Xingling, "My suggestion is to change part of the design plan of Wisdom Island and build an underground data center on Wisdom Island."

"If you think it is feasible, I have no objection."

For Xing Ling, Zhang Shuo also has high expectations.

.........

At the same time, Tengda Building.

"You said before that you would wait until the end of the year, and now it's the second year, and Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is still unstoppable, what do you say?" In the office, the second master looked at Yu Yu.

Just last month, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment launched a new mobile game "Yi Nian Xiao Yao".

Pushing forward another month, "Black Myth" under Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment started a wave of Journey to the West in the global game circle since it started the closed beta with deleted files.

It is generally predicted in the industry that "Black Myth" is even expected to break the sales record of 3A masterpieces.

There are indications that the departure of Cao Yanhua and others has almost no impact on the development of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, and it is still so unstoppable.

"Uh…"

Yu Yu also had a tight scalp, and said with a wry smile: "Blue Bird Interactive Entertainment is really evil, I was wrong."

It's not just him.

What I regret most now should be Marumi who recruited Cao Yanhua and his party.

"In the past year, under the leadership of Cao Yanhua, Marumi's game business has hardly improved. As far as I know, Marumi is already considering cutting Cao Yanhua's salary and equity incentives." Yu Yu added.

"Are you still in the mood to laugh at Marumi?"

Second Master frowned. Isn't Tenda's own game business also in decline?

Not only the game business, but in the past year, Tenda has shown a shrinking trend in almost all business lines, including the entertainment business that has the most high hopes.

Until now, the road to spin-off and listing of Tenda Video is still full of difficulties.

By contrast.

The former competitors sprouted, but now they are thriving, with frequent big moves.

It's really enviable!

.........

Two days later, Zhang Shuo attended the Monday meeting.

"Chairman, Bayer has announced the launch of the acquisition process for Monsanto, with an offer priced at US$630 billion." Senior Vice President Lin Zhengdong reported.

Compared with Xianzhengda's 435 billion US dollars, Meng Sandu's "worth" is nearly 200 billion US dollars higher.

Definitely a super giant!
Of course, Bayer, as the acquirer, is a proper giant and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

Its medicine sells well all over the world.

The most famous is the analgesic aspirin, in addition to Mirena, Darcy, which neutralizes stomach acid, Claritan, Kangwang, Baijiahei, etc. are all its products.

Even the cockroach medicine is produced by Bayer.

"How is the due diligence on Bayer and Monsanto done?" Zhang Shuo asked.

Although he prefers to let Xianzhengda acquire Mengsanto, this is a super merger of more than 600 billion after all, and no matter what, he must conduct due diligence.

Just don't step on the pit.

"One good news, one bad news."

Similarly, Lin Zhengdong led the due diligence on Bayer and Monsanto.

"The good news is that Bayer, as the acquirer, has average financial strength. The current market value is only 800 billion US dollars, but it has to spend more than 600 billion US dollars to acquire Monsanto."

"Even if it can't be said to be a snake swallowing an elephant, it is basically blocking everything."

"More importantly, Bayer itself has a serious debt problem. The current debt has reached 170 billion vomits. If Monsanto is acquired, the debt scale is bound to approach 400 billion vomits."

It can be seen that the promotion of Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto is likely to be the capital hidden behind the scenes.

Bayer is just a trader.

"So, what's the bad news?" Zhang Shuo asked.

The acquisition of Monsanto by the original space-time Bayer spanned two years, which may also be related to funds.

But anyway.

Without Xian Zhengda's intervention, Bayer's life should still be successful in the acquisition.

"The bad news is that Mengsanto, the target of the acquisition, has a great potential for litigation. According to our investigation, Mengsanto will face 10,000+ lawsuits just because herbicides cause cancer."

"Once Monsanto is acquired, it is likely to be in trouble."

This is also one of the reasons why Mengshan chose to sell himself after the failure of the acquisition of Xianzhengda.

It's just that the inside can't hold on anymore.

"Is that so..."

Zhang Shuo frowned, picked up the investigation report and flipped through it, his brain was running at high speed, trying to recall some fragments of information about Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto's follow-up news.

Then compare it with the investigation report in front of you, trying to piece together some facts.

Seems like something's not quite right?
The most obvious point is that the report stated that Bayer's current market value is 800 billion US dollars, but if Zhang Shuo remembers correctly, a few years later, Bayer's market value will only be about 600 billion US dollars.

It is even lower than the valuation of the acquisition of Mengsanto back then.

This also means that Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto is one of the most failed transactions in the history of modern business. In just a few years, the market value of Monsanto has been completely evaporated.

Really puzzling.

No, Zhang Shuo didn't understand before, but after reading the investigation report on Mengsanto, he gradually got some clues, and guessed that it was in the lawsuit of Mengsanto, which caused Bayer to stumble.

In my memory.

Bayer paid tens of billions of dollars just to settle lawsuits over herbicides causing cancer.

It is simply a huge pit! ! !
"So, these two due diligence reports do not support Xianzhengda's participation in the acquisition of Mengsanto?" Zhang Shuo also had some aftertaste.

I have to admit that I just thought about buying and buying before, but ignored the potential risks.

"I think so."

Lin Zhengdong obviously does not support the acquisition of Mengsanto.

"Then..."

Zhang Shuo quickly came up with an idea, "The acquisition of Mengsanto should be carried out as usual, and, as far as possible, we should put on a posture that is inevitable, but we don't really carry out the acquisition."

"I mean, do you understand?"

"understand!"

Lin Zhengdong is so sophisticated, he said with a smile: "The chairman's move is brilliant."

"It not only delayed the process of Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto, but also increased the acquisition cost of Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto, and won enough space and time for the development of Xiangenta."

"Maybe, it might even mess up Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto in one fell swoop."

"That's what I mean."

Zhang Shuo nodded with a smile, "The reshaping of the structure of global agrochemical giants, the sooner the better."

"Chairman, don't worry, I will communicate with Dream Fund and try my best to make this matter as seamless as possible." Lin Zhengdong also issued a military order.

The completion of the matter is a major benefit to Lime Agriculture and Xinghai Chemical.

"Ah."

Zhang Shuo nodded, obviously he was very assured of Lin Zhengdong's ability to handle affairs.

"Speaking of the Dream Fund, I just made an announcement—"

"Just yesterday, Howard, chairman and president of the Dream Fund, contacted me and said that the Dream Fund is raising more funds for global investment layout."

"It is planned to transfer 3.5% of the controlling stake in Germination held by Dream Fund again at a valuation of 10 trillion yuan."

In August last year, when Dream Fund transferred 10% of the shares of Mengya, the valuation was only 2.5 trillion yuan.In just half a year, the valuation of Sprout Holdings increased by another trillion.

certainly--

Such a valuation is still an underestimation for Germination Holdings.

Needless to say, this is Zhang Shuo's push behind the scenes. Originally, he wanted to use this equity transfer to allow the Dream Fund to raise enough funds to participate in the acquisition of Mengsanto.

Although it has decided not to acquire Mengsanto at present, it still needs to continue to raise the funds it needs to raise.

There are plenty of suitable investment targets in the global market.

More importantly, Zhang Shuo wants to take advantage of Germinal's overall valuation is still in the "low" stage to dilute the equity held by Dream Fund as much as possible to make Germinal's bloodline more pure.

Also avoid letting outsiders gossip.

"Chairman, then, should we still adopt equity buyback this time?" Lu Kai asked tentatively.

As one of the major shareholders of Germination, it is obviously unusual for Dream Fund to significantly reduce its shareholding in Germination twice in a short period of half a year.

If this is put to other companies, such as Tenda, the stock price will plummet.

However, with the current development trend of Germination, the outside world is optimistic about the future of Germination. The reduction of holdings of Dream Fund seems a bit short-sighted in the eyes of the investment circle.

Also too eager for quick success.

The only explanation may be that the Dream Fund is anxious to cash out, anxious to become bigger, and wants to deploy globally.

The heart is wild! ! !
"This time, we will not adopt equity repurchases. It is still the old rule. For national teams such as Huaxia Investment, Lingnan Provincial Investment, and Binhai City Investment, we invite these institutions to participate in this equity subscription." Zhang Shuo said.

This is what he promised his second uncle before.

While Dream Fund is reducing its holdings, it will share the budding cake with more investment institutions to ensure that the subsequent development of budding can go smoothly.

Eliminate some unseen reefs.

Otherwise, even if Germination's management has been regarded as a model and hailed as the light of the national tide, it has always been too ugly to eat, and there will still be some obstacles in the open and in the dark.

Willingness, willingness, willingness, only gain!

"Understood!"

Lu Kai is obviously also a smart person, thoughtful.

"For this equity subscription, only 9% will be allocated to the national team, and the remaining 1% of Germination's equity will be used as a new round of equity incentives within Germination." Zhang Shuo once again said surprisingly.

The so-called equity incentive is to allow Germinal employees to subscribe for Germinal shares at a valuation of 3.5 trillion yuan.

Definitely earn when you subscribe.

"Here, thank you Chairman..."

This time, even Lu Kai was a little restless, and his lips almost trembled.

No wonder Lu Kai was so excited.

Because the facts are obvious, as the president of Germination Holdings, there is no doubt that Lu Kai will become the biggest beneficiary of this equity incentive, and will really use it for the equity of Germination, becoming one of the "owners" of Germination.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, the equity incentive this time will require you to bleed a lot."

Looking at the excited executives, Zhang Shuo was also in a happy mood.

This was originally one of the main purposes of his decision to take out 1% of Germinal's equity as an equity incentive, which is to tie Germinal's management team more deeply to Germinal's giant ship.

Become the real master of Germinal instead of just a wage earner.

As for why it was chosen at this time, Zhang Shuo has also considered it carefully, because three years ago, that is, in June 13, Germination had already carried out a round of employee equity incentive plans.

At that time, it was 15% of the equity of Qingcheng Group, which lasted for three years.

Seeing that the last round of equity incentives was about to expire, Zhang Shuo also offered a new round of equity incentives at the right time, in order to win over talents in the last three years, including the next few years.

after all.

Compared with three years ago, the size of the Germination Department has more than doubled.

Similarly, although the equity incentive this time only has 1% of the equity held by Germination Holdings, its overall value is as high as 350 billion, which is not below the 15% equity of the Green Orange Group.

Even more than that.

Because the valuation of Qingcheng Group was only 1000 billion at that time, its 15% equity value, which was 150 billion, was less than half of the equity incentive this time.

That's why, Zhang Shuo said that Lu Kai and others are going to do bloodletting this time. Like Lu Kai, if he wants to complete this equity subscription, he may have to spend more than half of his savings.

"Should be."

However, Lu Kai and the others enjoyed it so much that they tried their best to complete the subscription.

Not to mention, the value of the stock after subscription will directly double. Even if it is held for a long time, the stock dividends received every year in the future will be a considerable amount.

Absolutely the most valuable investment, bar none!

(End of this chapter)