Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 601 Despair

When the entire financing plan was revealed, the Big Four of Twitter were completely silent.

According to the Series B plan formulated by Ma Liang, Twitter will be able to raise a full US$6 million by the second phase.

With such a large sum of money, wouldn't they be able to switch from one shot to another in an instant?

Apart from anything else, at least this office space will soon be replaced with a more impressive office building, and the conditions will immediately improve.

And as a company's management, your salary will also rise with the tide.

Ivan Williams and Dick Costolo, two entrepreneurial veterans, naturally don't feel too much. After all, they have long been financially free.

But Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone are different.

They have been struggling to start a business, but now they will completely turn around and directly enter the high-income group in one step.

Large villas and small sports cars can be arranged, and young models in clubs are not a problem.

6 million US dollars, this astronomical wealth is enough to change many things, and may even make Twitter develop into a company as great as Google and Apple.

Jack Dorsey and others had complained about Ma Liang before, but when they heard this number, their expressions immediately changed.

Even Ivan Williams couldn't help but beam with joy, and he looked extremely proud.

He wondered if, as Ma Liang said, Twitter's valuation could reach 500 billion U.S. dollars, he should sell some shares before the IPO and cash out several hundred million U.S. dollars.

After all, the best policy is to be safe and secure. Who knows whether it will fall below the issue price after listing.

After all, Comrade Big Ivan is not a reincarnated boss. The four Twitter giants also did some early cashing out in their previous lives.

And the four of them have no idea how awesome Twitter will be in the future after it replaces Facebook as the king of the social network.

Once listed, Twitter's market value will only soar like a rocket, especially with the advent of the mobile Internet era.

And Ma Liang is very confident that Twitter in this life will be much more awesome than Facebook in the previous life.

After all, he has laid a solid foundation for Twitter. Just relying on social networking and gaming is enough to support a market value of nearly one trillion US dollars. This can be seen from the Goose Factory in the previous life.

At its peak, the market value of Goose Factory was close to one trillion U.S. dollars.

Most of Goose Factory's main businesses only operate within China, but Twitter's reach can reach all over the world.

This alone is enough to judge that Twitter will only be stronger in the future.

It is not impossible to even surpass Facebook in its heyday in its previous life. All this depends on his subsequent layout and help. Everything is possible.

Although the shareholders here are not as foresighted as Ma Liang, it does not prevent everyone from making up their own minds and being wanton.

There was not even a word of objection to the four-phase financing plan he proposed.

While everyone is thinking about the bright future of Twitter, they are also thinking about how much money they can make in this wave.

Although this B-round financing plan sounds too outrageous, everyone feels that it is very practical.

Although these four rounds of financing are operationally equivalent to the four rounds of financing of other companies, the window period for financing is shorter than the single round of financing for many projects.

You must know that this is the period of the subprime mortgage crisis, and financing is not that easy.

Just look at the domestic dog owners and you will know that the Series B financing was delayed for a whole year and could not be completed. If not for the venture capital queen Xu Xin later stepping in to help, some dongs would have had a headache.

Therefore, although Ma Liang divided the financing plan into four phases, in terms of time, it is actually equivalent to the rhythm of one round of financing.

However, the premise of all this is based on a deep layout in the early stage.

Otherwise, even if Twitter is so powerful, it would be impossible to complete such an incredible capital situation in a short period of time.

After all, just expanding the human resources in the capital circle requires a lot of time.

Unlike now, Ma Liang has already settled most of the relevant stakeholders before financing, and the rest is just a formality.

Just when everyone was secretly feeling happy, Jennifer stood up again and continued the voting process on the financing issue: "Everyone, since no one is talking, let's vote directly!

Proposal for Twitter’s Series B plan, please raise your hands if you agree. "

She looked around and saw that everyone voted in favor, not even the Big Four of Twitter.

"Perfect!

Very good, it seems that everyone has no objection.

I announce that this proposal was unanimously approved. Please sign the relevant documents later..."

Today's board of directors is operating at this stage, which can be regarded as completely completing its historical mission.

This meeting is destined to leave a very important mark in the development history of Twitter. When you think back on it in the future, you don’t know what emotions you will express.

In the future, if the content of the meeting spreads out one day, it may become a good story in the venture capital circle.

Once everyone signs the documents, Ma Liang's mission to the United States will be basically completed. After the meeting, a group of capital tycoons asked him to greet him politely, making all kinds of rainbow farts, and their attitude was extremely attentive.

Some bosses even do not hesitate to forcefully lick Ma Liang, just to get close to Ma Liang and further build a closer relationship.

After all, everyone is still thinking about other projects that [Gray Wind Capital] has invested in. If they can also get involved, wouldn't it be possible to make as much money as Twitter?

Don't blame the bosses for their lack of moral integrity. The main reason is that Twitter's ride is too comfortable.

Just one thing to ask: This feeling of being carried away directly is so cool!

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The next day, Twitter and Zynga jointly issued a statement that the two companies had reached a private merger agreement.

Twitter will fully acquire Zynga at a valuation of US$15 billion.

As for the details of the acquisition, they are commercial secrets and do not need to be announced in full. Let the outside world guess slowly.

Anyway, the company has not yet been listed, so there is no need to disclose specific merger and acquisition information.

And when Twitter completes its Series B financing, it won’t be too late to slowly release the details of the merger and acquisition.

As soon as this news came out, countless financial media and technology media reprinted it.

Suddenly, the Internet was in a frenzy again, especially the global venture capital circle, which caused the greatest shock. Countless investment institutions sent people to inquire about the details of mergers and acquisitions, hoping to get first-hand information.

But the directors of Twitter are not stupid. How could it be leaked at this time?

The more mysterious the M&A transaction is, the better it will be for Twitter’s Series B financing. Putting aside everything else, it is definitely no problem to at least attract a large amount of traffic to the website.

There was no official statement, and all kinds of rumors were flying all over the place.

Some say that Twitter has secretly raised a large amount of money, while others say that Twitter has actually been a major shareholder of Zynga for a long time, but now it has absorbed all of it.

Only the most well-informed bosses saw the shadow of [Gale Capital] behind this merger and acquisition transaction.

And Ma Liang, the helmsman, is once again at the forefront of the storm and is being targeted by countless investment institutions.

The most directly affected ones are the other entrepreneurial projects invested by [Dale Capital].

It is clear that now is the time when the subprime mortgage crisis is at its worst, but those entrepreneurial projects have suddenly become popular, and are being attracted by all kinds of capital.

As a result, the founder no longer has the time to focus on business, and is invited to various dinner parties every day.

After all, as an entrepreneur, who doesn’t want to copy the miracle of Twitter?

As the saying goes, some people laugh while others cry. The founders of the projects invested by [Gale Capital] have been able to keep the clouds clear and the moon shines brightly recently.

But somewhere in Silicon Valley, there was a person who was about to cry.

This person is Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, and he also received the information immediately.

After confirming that the information was accurate, Xiaoza started swearing on the spot.

"That bastard of a bitch, Mark, dared to play him. What a fucking ball thing. He wanted to blow that guy's mouth right on the spot."

Zuckerberg was so incompetent and furious in the office that he didn't even realize that he was being scolded.

You must know that his full English name is Mark Elliott Zuckerberg. If he simply curses "Mark", he will also curse himself.

At this moment, Xiao Zha couldn't think about it at all. He felt a strong sense of despair in his heart.

Twitter's acquisition of Zynga is a foregone conclusion, and he can no longer change this outcome.

As a result, there is not much time left for Facebook, and he and the company will face a more difficult situation.

One bad thing is that you lose everything.

How to break the situation has become the issue that Zuckerberg needs to consider most at the moment.

What to do, what to do?

But Xiaoza was about to scratch his head and didn’t even think of a way to solve it.

Facebook itself was already at a disadvantage before. This time Twitter acquired Zynga, and its crushing on Facebook will only become more intense in the future.

If there is no solution, the only outcome left for Facebook is to be acquired.

Zuckerberg once again felt deep despair, but there was nothing he could do.

A thought suddenly emerged in my mind, whether to go to Twitter to talk about the sale.

It's so difficult to start a business. Whoever wants to do it can do it. He doesn't want to play anymore.

Since it’s already a dead end, why not sell it to Twitter at a better price? Wouldn’t it be nice to cash out a sum of money and put it in your pocket?
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PS: Dizzy, I originally wanted to stay up late and write another chapter, but my heart hurts again.

I don’t dare to mess around anymore. Let’s continue tomorrow. Sorry, sorry!

(End of this chapter)