China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 598 596. Sorry, I predicted your prediction
"Three of them are here. It seems they want to raise the price for me. Haha, it's a pity. I came prepared this time."

At the auction site of the Spring Festival Gala, Ma Yun looked at Cao Yu and Lu Huateng in the front row from the back row, gritting her teeth and humming in her heart.

No matter what, he couldn't let Feiyu or Penguin win the naming rights for this Spring Festival Gala this time.

For this bidding, he has no budget. As long as Cao Yu dares to call, he must beat Cao Yu.

The money that Jobs invested has not been spent yet.

After Cao Yu and Lu Huateng sat down, they didn't look back at Ma Yun at all, but started chatting.

Lu Huateng: "Brother, the look in Ma Yun's eyes just now was not kind. I think I will definitely win today. What is your budget this time?"

Cao Yu: "Haha, as for the budget, you will know it in a while. It will be kept secret for now."

Liu Qiangdong: "Xiao Cao, are you still hiding it? If you don't have the budget, I, Jingdong, will do it."

Cao Yu: "You can bid later."

Lu Huateng: "Xiao Cao, wouldn't it be better to cooperate with the Spring Festival Gala?"

"Haha. Of course, but is it worth it?"

Cao Yu laughed, knowing that everyone was joking.

"You are very confident."

Lu Huateng also laughed and said, "You're kidding, we won't rob, we'll just watch the fun and see how high you and Ma Yun can raise the price."

Lu Huateng and Liu Qiangdong really enjoyed watching the fun this time.

This year's Spring Festival Gala, it is said that many businesses are watching, it must be fun.

"Actually, we won't do the auction thing this time and won't raise the price, but there will still be excitement."

Cao Yu secretly smiled in his heart and said: "Actually, there are a few skits this year that can incorporate Jingdong and WeChat. You guys should think about it."

A few people were chatting. Zhu Jun and Dong Qing came to the stage. It seemed that these two people were still the hosts this year.

"Dear guests and entrepreneurs, good afternoon!"

The neat voices of the two people immediately drew the attention of everyone present.

"This year, I saw many familiar faces here again. Thank you all for your continued support of the Spring Festival Gala."

Dong Qing said: “The Spring Festival Gala is now a must-order meal for Chinese people during the New Year, and its branding effect is obvious to all.

In previous years, we used bidding to compete for the placement and naming rights of the Spring Festival Gala. This year, after discussion with the leaders of the station, we are going to change to a new form, called open bidding."

"boom!"

As soon as Dong Qing said this, many people didn't know what this public bidding meant, and the scene instantly burst into discussion.

"Everyone be quiet, please let me tell you the rules of the bidding first."

Dong Qing quickly stopped the discussion and explained the rules of this bidding.

This means that everyone bids according to their own psychological price and then announces it publicly, which is considered fair.

However, everyone does not know how much others are bidding, so it is more or less risky. If the bid is low, others will snatch the opportunity.

After listening to Dong Qing's introduction, Ma Yun was also stunned: "What do you mean? No more bidding? What kind of plane is Yang Ma doing?"

He had already prepared the money and was ready to raise the price, but you guys suddenly changed?

He glanced at Cao Yu again and began to calculate in his mind how much Cao Yu would bid.

Bidding begins.

The first is the placement of those sketches. This year’s Spring Festival Gala has a lot of sketches, including five sketches and a magic trick.

Penguin spent 30 million to install a WeChat video chat.

Liu Qiangdong spent 25 million to place a handbag advertisement, which was not a high price.

Other advertisements were also taken down by different companies.

After the nine implants are confirmed, it’s time for the final naming rights, which is also the highlight every year.

Zhu Jun took the microphone and said on the stage: "Everyone should be familiar with the bidding process. Companies that want to sponsor this Spring Festival Gala, please write their bids on the form. The staff will collect and organize them in a while. Then announce the results in public.”

In the audience, Ma Yun held the form in her hand and fell into silence.

"How much should I write?"

According to last year's standards, Penguin spent 80 million to win the naming rights, but this year there is a guy like Cao Yu.
He looked at the form and hesitated to write.

If you write too little, you will lose your chance; if you write too much, you will be taken advantage of...

Just now, there was a company that directly spent 50 million for the placement of magic programs, but the second place only received 30 million.

"Mother Yang is really good at playing."

Ma Yun took a breath. He just wanted to know how much Cao Yu would write.

He stretched his neck, wanting to see the numbers on Cao Yu's form, but after looking at them for a long time, he didn't see a single word.

"How much did he pay?"

Ma Yun only felt a little irritated.

All of this was beyond my expectations and caught me off guard.

On Cao Yu's side, he has already filled out the form.

"The bid is so high? More than double what it was last year?"

Lu Huateng was a little shocked after reading the numbers Cao Yu filled in on the form.

"Not much, not much."

Cao Yu put the bidding form into an envelope, handed it to the staff with a relaxed expression, and then said: "I guess Ma Yun will write a lot. Besides, if you don't want to leave your children, you can't trap the wolf."

"It makes some sense, but if others are much lower than you, wouldn't that mean you are being taken advantage of?"

Lu Huateng still felt that his brother had too much money.

Cao Yu smiled and said: "If we bid, I estimate it will be much more than this number."

When Lu Huateng heard this, he finally looked back at Ma Yun and found that the other party was also looking here. He nodded immediately: "That's right."

Liu Qiangdong also smiled and said: "This trick of Yang Ma is really amazing. No one knows how much money others paid, but the price is much higher than the bidding price."

"hehe."

Cao Yu smiled slightly. This idea was his own. It would be a shame if he couldn't win the naming rights for the Spring Festival Gala.

Besides, this Spring Festival Gala, that was Uncle Benshan’s swan song in the Spring Festival Gala.

Starting next year, the number of people watching the Spring Festival Gala will decrease by 30%.

Who has made Uncle Benshan a veritable king of sketches for so many years?

"The spring breeze of reform blows everywhere"

He hummed a little tune in his heart, waiting for the final result to be announced.

With Cao Yu's bid, Lu Huateng and Liu Qiangdong had no intention of bidding. After all, Cao Yu's price was too high, and their money would be in vain.

On this side, Ma Yun saw that there were only five minutes left in the bidding time, and her brain was running fast again.

"Last year it was 80 million. Cao Yu should have offered more than 100 million. Is it 120 million or 150 million? Or..."

"If I can't win the naming rights and raise Ahri's reputation one step further, I'm afraid Ahri will be completely suppressed by the three guys in front of me."

"Fight!"

He calculated for more than two minutes, finally gritted his teeth and wrote an amount on the form: 180 million!

"Even if you, Cao Yu, double the price, I should be a little higher than you. Even if I get taken advantage of, it doesn't matter!"

After writing, he carefully dried the oil on the signature pen, put it in the envelope, and hurriedly handed it to the etiquette lady.

And he felt that Cao Yu was likely to pay 160 million, which was exactly double the price last year.

And my own one hundred and eighty million is just enough to overwhelm the opponent.

Dong Qing collected all the envelopes and announced: "In this competition for naming rights, a total of twenty-one companies participated in the bidding. Now let us see who will win the naming rights in the end."

Backstage, the director of Yangma also watched the bidding on TV.

"How much will the naming price be in the end?"

At this time, he was also full of expectations, hoping not to be too low.

Dong Qing's voice appeared on the screen.

"Jian Nanchun, 90 million"

"LeTV, 95 million."

"Beautiful, 110 million"

After hearing these two figures, Director Jiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it was higher than 100 million, he would feel at ease.

Boss Cao's idea is really good. It seems that everyone is afraid that other people's prices will be high. This is more interesting than bidding.

"New Wolf, 120 million"

"A hundred degrees, one hundred and thirty-five million"

... At the scene, Ma Yun listened carefully to the price that Dong Qing kept repeating, and secretly rejoiced that if the bid was too low, she would not be able to get the naming rights.

"It seems that Cao Yu's bid should be around 150 to 60 million. It's stable. It's stable this time!"

He now hopes that Cao Yu won't offer too low. He can accept 156 million, otherwise he will feel like a victim.

Finally, the price quoted by Ah Li was also read out.

"Ahri, 180 million!"

"Wow!"

All the entrepreneurs in the audience looked at Ma Yun. One hundred and eighty million was already the highest price tonight.

This Ma Yun is really willing to give up this time.

When Lu Huateng heard Ah Li's bid, he couldn't help but look at Cao Yu with admiration.

As expected, Brother Cao had the foresight. If it were him, he would have paid up to 150 million, which would really put Ma Yun under pressure.

Backstage, Director Jiao had a mixed look on his face.

Fortunately, Ahri's price is 180 million, which is a full 100 million more than last year. This is an unprecedented high price.

The worrying thing is, how much did Boss Cao pay? Don’t let Ahri compare you to someone else? This idea was yours.

Cao Yu was the first to hand over the envelope, so his bid was announced last.

After Dong Qing announced the prices of other companies, he looked forward to seeing the words Feiyu Group written on the last envelope.

She is also looking forward to the price of the richest man in China.

Ma Yun's heart was in her throat at this time, and she stared at the envelope in Dong Qing's hand, reluctant to blink.

"Feiyu Group, bid 190 million!"

"boom!"

The whole scene exploded again.

One hundred and ninety million!

This price is more than 100 million higher than last year.

Is Boss Cao so arrogant?
Mainly, his price is just ten million lower than Ahri's.

Everyone looked at Cao Yu and felt that this young man had really plotted against Ma Yun.

"One hundred and nine hundred million? Did he peek at my price? Impossible, absolutely impossible! He can't know! But this price is too coincidental, right? Does he know what I am thinking?"

Ma Yun was as dumb as a wooden chicken, her face ashen.

I thought I was invincible, but I didn't expect that this Cao Yu would just beat me, and he just had an extra ten million.

Backstage, Director Jiao smiled happily.

This boss Cao was really awesome and he didn't let me down.

190 million, which is great. Boss Cao worked hard and made a lot of money this time.

In fact, Cao Yu has been analyzing Ma Yun's possible bid during this time.

Last year it was 80 million. Ma Yun probably felt that she should have contributed 150 or 160 million, so Ma Yun estimated that she would have contributed 170 or 180 million.

This kind of undisclosed bidding is just playing a psychological game.

It turns out I guessed it right.

"Haha, I guess you should have guessed that I would double. I predicted your prediction."

He smiled coldly in his heart, finally turned around, glanced at Ma Yun, and said, "Mr. Ma, I'm sorry!"

"Humph"

The smile on Ma Yun's face was uglier than crying.

He felt that if there was a bidding, if Cao Yu dared to pay 200 million, he would dare to pay 200 million.

"If I had known, I would have offered 200 million, but I won't accept the loss of 10 million!"

Ma Yun regretted it extremely, but now, nothing can be changed. This is not a bidding auction, but a bidding, and it cannot be changed.

On the stage, Dong Qing also admired Boss Cao's calculation and cleverness.

He raised the form to show that the bidding was open and fair, and then announced loudly: "Congratulations, Feiyu Group is the winner of this Spring Festival Gala bidding! Congratulations!"

"clap clap"

There was thunderous applause at the scene, not to congratulate Boss Cao for winning the bid, but to applaud his wonderful operation.

"Well done!"

Lu Huateng stood up and congratulated Cao Yu while applauding.

"I just anticipated his prediction."

Cao Yu chuckled, and then said: "The next step is the most critical."

"how?"

"It has nothing to do with bidding."

"Let's talk about it after we go to my company."

Leaving Yangma Building, the three of them drove to Feiyu Science and Technology Park.

Liu Qiangdong's Jingdong Building is not far from here, but all three of them came to Feiyu Group.

"This is the e-commerce platform we will launch in three days."

Anyway, there are only three days left before Uduoduo is officially released, so there is no need for Cao Yu to keep it secret, and he also needs Lu Huateng's help.

"So many companies have already settled in, and there are more than 20,000 rural cooperative merchants."

Liu Qiangdong was a little surprised after looking at Youduoduo's interface and the merchandise merchants on it.

Although some of the products on this platform are similar to our own, they are mainly low-priced products. More importantly, there are 8 pages dedicated to agricultural and sideline products.

It is precisely because of this that Uduoduo was launched two months later than Han Bang’s e-commerce platform.

"That's not important."

Cao Yu called the technicians and demonstrated the function of cutting a knife.

"Ask your friends to help you bargain? The more you bargain, the more discounts you get?"

After watching the function demonstration, Liu Qiangdong was completely confused: "Lao San, how did your brain grow?"

Brother Cao of ours actually has such an operation? As soon as this method comes out, the number of users of Youduo has not yet doubled.

Cao Yu smiled and said: "This mainly requires Brother Lu's help. When the time comes, the price bargaining process will definitely be sent through WeChat. This will also help you increase the number of users. How about it?"

"Okay, great."

Lu Huateng raised his thumb and said with a smile: "Does this project need financing? I am very optimistic about this project."

"I have already prepared it for you, but I can't give you any less money."

As he spoke, Cao Yu took out two share documents, each of which represented 10% of the shares, with a financing amount of US$ million.

"One hundred million? Didn't I make money again?"

Lu Huateng laughed after reading the document.

The last time I invested in Meituan, its valuation has already exceeded my investment dozens of times. This has many advantages and a greater future.

A 10% stake of US$ million is almost like a free gift to him.

"Take it and pay me the money later. Haha, we brothers also have to settle the accounts."

"No problem, Third Brother, it's interesting!"

Liu Qiangdong was also very happy. With these shares, the three of them were tied together.

Of course, Cao Yu's goal is not the 200 million US dollars, but to develop together with WeChat and to really draw Jingdong into the battle to encircle and suppress Ahri.

Just as Cao Yu was confidently making final preparations for three days later.

Ma Yun was hit hard today.

"Did he really guess my bid? Impossible? What should I do next?"

Ma Yun knew very well that the reason why Cao Yu won the Spring Festival Gala title was not for Meituan, but for Feiyu Group’s upcoming launch of Uduoduo.

"Youduoduo? What kind of platform is it?"

At this time, he really wanted to know so that he could take countermeasures.

However, he didn't know that Feiyu's confidentiality measures were quite good.

Penguin, Jingdong, and Feiyu Group, does Ahri still have a chance?

Ma Yun felt that it was really difficult for her.
Although he often boasts of Feng Qingyang, he now feels that even if Feng Qingyang is really Feng Qingyang, he probably doesn't know how to deal with Feiyu's moves now.

"Go back, prepare the money, and see what moves the other party will make. I'll try to resolve the issue. I hope Ahri can get through the difficulties."

(End of this chapter)