Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 575
  The world is hilarious, all come for profit.

In addition to promising Apple to invest in the company, Ma Liang even asked Jennifer to promise Gang Leader Qiao that he could personally get involved in advance, and the valuation would be based on the Series A figures.

After all, Apple is Apple and Gang Leader Qiao is Gang Leader Qiao, and the interests of the two are not completely unified.

Who let those stupid board members and shareholders of Apple ever drive Gang Leader Qiao out of the company's management?

After some tricks, Gang Leader Qiao actually doesn’t hold many shares in Apple.

Therefore, Apple's investment in Twitter and Qiao Bangzhu's personal investment in Twitter are completely two different concepts.

So under Ma Liang's initiative, the PY transaction was successfully concluded.

And this kind of PY transaction didn't just happen with Apple. He asked Jennifer to perform similar operations with Google.

It's just that Google's bosses are still considering it and haven't finalized it yet.

The reason for doing this is, on the one hand, to raise more money for Twitter's next financing, and on the other hand, to find stronger support for Twitter.

With Microsoft standing behind Facebook, Twitter can't just sit back and watch, it must find a backer.

Don't think that the United States does not need to play this trick. In fact, it is the same all over the world.

After all, interests that can be preserved are called interests. If he doesn't even understand this, then Ma Liang's life will be in vain.

Only by recruiting more allies can Twitter avoid being hacked.

Children who always think about eating alone will not grow up anywhere. This truth is true everywhere.

As a reborn boss, Ma Liang would naturally not make such stupid mistakes and must plan the distribution of benefits in advance.

Once Twitter finds Google and Apple as backers, it will be as stable as an old dog.

You must know that the capital behind these two companies almost represents the interests of most of the U.S. technology and financial circles.

What even Ma Liang understood, the investors here naturally understood it even better.

As natives of the United States, how could they not understand the rules of the game of sitting in rows and dividing fruits. So after hearing Jennifer's rhetorical question, she naturally praised her quickly.

Even all the investors felt very dissatisfied, and suddenly realized that investing in Twitter this time actually felt like a free ride.

You don’t need to worry about it at all, [Dafeng Capital] has already arranged everything.

After working in venture capital for so many years, it is the first time for many investment tycoons to feel that investing can be so worry-free.

At this moment, they all look forward to following Ma Liang in investing in more good projects like Twitter. Thinking about it, they feel very wonderful!
  The board of directors at Twitter is open, and Zuckerberg is not idle either.

He had already met Mark Pincus, and without any further delay, he went straight to the point and stated his proposal.

"Mark, I came to you specifically this time just to talk about the acquisition?"

"Acquiring Twitter? There's no point in asking me. I'm not a major shareholder of Twitter."

Mark Pincus naturally guessed the other party's intention, but he still pretended to be stupid and responded blankly.

When Zuckerberg saw that he was playing himself, he immediately scolded him angrily: "You're a pretty good guy, why don't you pretend for me.

Don’t you know why I came here today? "

"Don't think you want to acquire Zynga, this happened a bit suddenly!" Mark Pincus responded in surprise as if he had just learned the news.

Seeing that this guy was so shameless, Zuckerberg could only continue to persuade patiently: "Yes, I am here just for Zynga.

The news that Facebook was going to acquire Twitter was just a smoke bomb that I put up.

In fact, my real goal was Zynga, and that quote was also for Zynga. "

When Xiao Zha announced his offer to acquire Twitter, he was actually calling it to Mark Pincus.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to lower the valuation and gathered enough capital just for today.

"Oh no!"

Mark Pincus actually showed a hint of surprise on his face at this time. He really didn't expect Zuckerberg to be so courageous.

After all, no matter how much he overestimated himself, he would never have thought that the other party would make such a sincere acquisition offer for Zynga.

US$2 million in cash and US$5 million in Facebook stock is quite conscientious to be honest.

After all, 2 million US dollars has actually fallen into your pocket, and you can also receive equivalent Facebook shares. For Zynga shareholders, it is already a good deal to cash out at this time.

But Mark Pincus is different. He is the CEO of Zynga and knows the company's specific operating data better.

Although the data released to the public is still unremarkable, only a small number of company executives know that Zynga's potential has not yet been fully developed.

You must know that "Farmville" is now deeply bound to Twitter, and "Plants vs. Zombies" is also semi-bound.

As long as Twitter continues to grow, Zynga's operating data and financial statements will inevitably rise with it.

It can be said that Zynga’s valuation has been directly linked to Twitter’s valuation since Ma Liang’s preparations for stock exchange mergers and acquisitions.

Twitter is developing rapidly nowadays, and Zynga is no exception.      Every day we wait, the more skewed Zuckerberg’s offer becomes from Zynga’s valuation.

How could Mark Pincus be so stupid as to rush to cash out in advance?

Naturally, Zuckerberg didn't know his psychological activities and thought that his offer had impressed the other party.

"Yes, I came with enough sincerity this time.

As long as you are willing to agree to Facebook's acquisition, everything is not a problem.

You can even stay at Zynga as CEO, earn a comparable high salary, and make the games you like.

And I have only one purpose, to transfer Zynga's two products "Farmville" and "Plants vs. Zombies" to Facebook for release.

What Twitter can give, Facebook can also give you; and what Twitter can’t do, Facebook can still do.

Believe me, Facebook's financial strength today is much stronger than Twitter's.

The promise I made before can definitely be fulfilled..."

Xiaozha made a firm promise. He did not think about acquiring Zynga entirely, but only wanted to hold a controlling stake.

At that time, Zynga will have the final say, and it can naturally terminate its cooperation with Twitter unilaterally and transfer "Farmville" and "Plants vs. Zombies" to Facebook.

As for the cooperation agreement signed by both parties, let's wait for the lawsuit.

Even if Twitter wins the lawsuit in the end, the worst it can do is just pay some money, but by then the day lily will be cold.

But Zuckerberg had no idea that his trip today was in vain.

Not to mention that Zynga is no longer under the control of Mark Pincus. Facebook cannot provide the benefits that Twitter can provide at this time.

Facebook's user growth has reached a bottleneck at the beginning of the year, but Twitter's traffic continues to increase.

After all, Ma Liang's early layouts will become more powerful the further they develop.

The influence brought by the five major professional leagues and the four major record companies alone is enough to maintain Twitter's development trend of continuous and rapid growth of new users.

At least it will be guaranteed in the next few years. After all, the mobile Internet has just begun to develop, and the market space is still huge.

Not to mention the traffic-draining effect of games on online platforms, which is almost like cheating.

As an outsider, Zuckerberg cannot see the core operating data of Twitter and Zynga, otherwise he would definitely feel hurt by his offer.

With only some immediate benefits, I want to acquire Zynga, which will be worth tens of billions of dollars in the future.

You must know that even in Ma Liang's previous life, it only took Zynga three or four years to achieve a valuation of tens of billions of dollars.

And now that there is such a big butterfly effect, this progress will only be faster.

Zynga's products are deeply tied to Twitter, and coupled with the subsequent mergers and acquisitions and stock exchange operations, the valuation will only soar like a rocket.

Perhaps within two or three years, we will be able to spin off and go public separately.

Therefore, Mark Pincus didn't even think about the acquisition proposal of Xiao Zha, and he rejected it directly in his heart.

Because he knew very well that Facebook was not decided by Xiao Zha alone. There was a lot of big capital behind it, and it was impossible to give the same conditions for stock exchange and mergers and acquisitions as Twitter.

Even if everyone at Facebook goes all out and is willing to pay a higher price, Mark Pincus alone can’t decide.

Nowadays, everything in Zynga is under the control of that young investor. Even the two products "Farmville" and "Plants vs. Zombies" are licensed to Zynga by [Dafeng Interactive Entertainment].

Even if Mark Pincus was convinced by Zuckerberg, it would be pointless because he would not change anything.

What's more, people will be punished for their own sake, and for the sake of Zynga and Twitter's stock exchange, it is impossible for him to disclose all these details to Zuckerberg.

So don't blame Mark Pincus for not being a human being. He's planning to play a trick of intrigue.

So he responded perfunctorily: "Oh, your proposal is too embarrassing for me. I need to discuss it with my partners and shareholders.

And you can see the current growth of Zynga. Although Facebook is very sincere, its offer is still a bit low..."

He planned to adopt delaying tactics and first pretend to bargain to deceive Xiaozha.

After all, there are only a few days left before Twitter launches Series B financing at the end of June, and it only takes about two months to fully calculate.

Before then, Zynga will complete the merger and acquisition transaction with Twitter ahead of schedule.

So now, let's fool Zuckerberg and ask this guy to help raise Zynga's price. Wouldn't it be possible to gain greater benefits when conducting mergers and acquisitions?

And with Xiao Zha’s classmates watching eagerly from the side, it will naturally be much easier for Twitter’s four giants to accept mergers and acquisitions.

When he thought of this, Mark Pincus's heart became more active.

He looked at Zuckerberg, who was sitting opposite him, and felt unbearable for no reason. How could this stupid opponent be so good at causing trouble?
  As Mark Pincus continued to fool the other party, he secretly sighed in his heart:
  Xiaoza-san is really a damn good person...

(End of this chapter)