Reboot 2003

Chapter 75 075: Dissonance

That night, the news about the upcoming Internet Conference was reported on CCTV.

Although the media did not appear on the screen, Chen Qin got the first-line news from Yanjing through the company's report that night.

The Internet is a young industry, and its development prospects are very broad. Now the country has to make some inclinations to the Internet in terms of overall policies.

But in Kuaikan Media's own company, there is a lot of good news today.

The boss, Gu Wenjie, is making a big splash in Yanjing, which sounds a bit fake, and a little bit of limelight is not enough to make a living, so everyone has to do what they should do.

But look at the media's support list for a new technology company. This is a real support quota. In addition, the local media rushed to the company. This is also a situation that has never been encountered before.

Some people from the local government even came to greet you. This person was quite awkward before, but today he laughed and said that our bureau has taken care of you a lot before. Can you ask Mr. Gu to mention it truthfully when the boss asks about it?
Of course, these are invisible and intangible benefits, but now Kuaikan Media seems to be on a road that looks very good, and everyone feels this.

And in this case...

"Aotian, you said that investment should be done at the best time, isn't it the right time?"

In a private conversation, Gu Wenjie discussed this matter with Chen Qin. Although Chen Qin was more optimistic about Kuaikan Media's future, this time, he was not going to stop these financing plans...

After all, the several million Ali spent last time is almost spent now... Of course, the financing needs to be raised.

And to raise more money at a better price, the most critical factor is not the current operating status of the company, nor the value expectations of the company's management, but the public's value expectations for it...

After all, under the current Wall Street financial system, honestly building a century-old store is no longer the only option to make money. Most of the businesses are thankless. It is a better choice to try to increase your social status and let the company sell at a good price at its most glorious time. Now that you want to raise funds, of course you have to choose this time.

So Chen Qin nodded, and the two founders agreed.

Of course, how and how much financing will be financed will need to be negotiated with multiple parties. Now that the financing intention has been determined first, the company can continue to work hard in this regard.

And Chen Qin spent a lot of money on so many patents before, and this time it seems that it will come in handy-this time, there seem to be big companies like Yahoo and Microsoft among the investors, and most of the reasons why they are interested in Kuaikan Media are the intellectual property rights in Chen Qin's hands.

The good news came one after another. After returning from hide-and-seek that day, Chen Qin was also a little confused by the series of good news.

And in this pile of good news, the only bad news is not so worrying...

Of course there is bad news, and now that Kuaikan Media is so popular, the bad news is certainly not from Kuaikan Media...

It was on Lao Xu's side.

It's simple to say, it's Lao Xu beating someone.

That afternoon, when Chen Qin handed over the phone to Xu Lingling, Lao Xu called.

Then Xu Lingling happened to see it... It was quite difficult to explain this matter, but fortunately Xu Lingling didn't ask more questions, and didn't answer the phone, so the father and daughter met on the spot, so the situation can be sorted out...

But when Chen Qin came home at night, he couldn't get through to call Lao Xu again.

It was later learned that when Lao Xu delivered the patent documents to Gu Wenjie that afternoon, he seemed to have met an acquaintance who invited him to dinner.

This incident is a bit inexplicable, but when you are away from home, all kinds of inexplicable things will always happen. It is fine for Lao Xu to beat someone. What is more troublesome is that this incident happened at the foot of the capital, and the impact may not be very good.

So Chen Qin spent money to hire a lawyer—Old Xu’s beating was his own behavior, and the company might not need to help him lose money, but having a lawyer hired by himself could calm the situation as much as possible, and on the other hand, ensure that the company would not be involved in more complicated public relations vortexes.

Afterwards, Chen Qin mentioned something to Gu Wenjie, and the quick-looking HR also went to help with the relationship...

On the second day, the quick-reading HR sent a message back, saying that there was nothing wrong with Lao Xu. Although the beating was quite severe, it seemed that the other party had a nosebleed and a tooth was loose, but the forensic doctor identified that the other party was only slightly injured.

In short, this "dissonance" among the many good news probably passed away like this.

Chen Qin didn't pay too much attention to this matter, but on the third day, Gu Wenjie sent a more specific investment plan, saying that Google and Yahoo seemed to intend to directly acquire Kuaikan Media, which was no small matter.

And a precise question was put in front of Chen Qin—although his own opinion could not determine the opinions of the other owners of the company—that is, the opinions of Gu Wenjie and Ali, but he had to make a plan himself. How much should he raise this time?
If there is a buyer for the acquisition, Chen Qin is not willing to sell unless the other party offers a lot.

Otherwise, it is of course to issue fewer new shares, obtain enough investment for the company's development, and then wait until this round of expansion, and then find other investors in the next round of investment.

but……

After all, he also wants to collect some cash. Although he can't sell all of them, it is necessary to sell some assets at an appropriate high level.

But how much to cover?Is it just a little bit of emergency, or should I get some more and then do some other business?

The answer seems to be self-evident. Although the times are developing, many changes cannot be achieved overnight. In 2004, advertising and games were still popular. Needless to say, advertising - online advertising is still developing rapidly, and Kuaikan Media, which he founded, has become the leader of the trend. During the rising period of the industry, it would have been a foolish thing to reduce the stake in Kuaikan.

So... just reduce your holdings a little bit, if possible, give priority to selling intellectual property rights, which should be a better choice.

After making a plan, the next step is to act. On the third day after hide-and-seek, the China Internet Conference ended successfully.

Gu Wenjie came back with Ali's people, and Zhang Tong from Google also came to Lin'an. Yahoo also seemed to have expressed interest in Kuaikan Media, and an important negotiation was about to begin.

As the largest shareholder in name, Chen Qin certainly has to do something to ensure that his rights and interests will not be damaged, and there are traces of his own manipulation in the previous shareholding structures of Kuaikan Media, so he can't leave the matter to Gu Wenjie this time.

But... After all, Chen Qin is just a primary school student.

It is not as simple as the previous few times to control this kind of investment transaction that is likely to involve hundreds of millions of assets.

And the entrants are experienced overseas capital, of course, simple negotiating tricks will not be able to achieve the same good results as in previous times.

So he can only do what he can. It is of course irrational to jump out to attract firepower by himself, but in the negotiation, he must also ensure that his own interests are not harmed.

At such a time, some heretical negotiating strategies are of course very difficult to use. For Chen Qin now, it is more important to adhere to a core negotiating principle.

As a primary school student, Chen Qin didn't have many choices, but there happened to be one useful negotiation principle, and that was the 'common interest principle'.

(End of this chapter)