They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 112 10% shares, 400 million?

"Second Uncle, why do you suddenly want to invest in a dating website?" Huo Chengyin asked in surprise.

Huo Mingjie said somewhat vaguely:
"I am optimistic about this model, and I am thinking that it can make money!"

Xiang Zixin at the side suddenly raised his head, revealing his dark circles, and interjected:

"I have already talked with Hurley, the person in charge of the website. In fact, they have recently planned to change the business direction of the website, from a dating website to a real online video sharing website."

Because of the time difference between the two places, Xiang Zixin stayed up all night in order to communicate with the person in charge of YouTube!

After hearing this, Huo Mingjie, who was still a little hesitant at first, suddenly became convinced.

Sure enough, the online video sharing website, isn't this YouTube!
Huo Mingjie immediately clapped his hands and said:

"I'm just optimistic about this online video sharing model. It feels like a video version of a blog. Everyone can publish their own content online!"

Xiang Zixin said that he couldn't help but look at his boss again and said with admiration:

"Boss, you and Mr. Hurley have almost the same ideas!"

My own boss is really awesome!
I just took a casual glance yesterday, and from the appearance of this dating website, I saw its most competitive inner...

Huo Mingjie was looked at by Xiang Zixin with admiring eyes, coughed lightly and said:

"I just think that blogs can become popular, so this kind of video sharing website must also be able to..."

Huo Chengyin looked at his second uncle, then at Xiang Zixin, but instead of trying to dissuade him, he asked instead:
"How much to invest?"

Xiang Zixin said, he quickly turned the computer screen around, pointed to the email just sent from the opposite side, and said:
"Because of the transformation of the business model, Mr. Hurley needs a certain amount of capital turnover, so he is willing to accept investment."

Speaking of this, Xiang Zixin swallowed his saliva and said:
"His valuation of his website is $500 million. He is willing to give up 15% of it."

Hearing this, Huo Chengyin counted with his fingers.

"Ten percent of 500 million is 50 U.S. dollars... What's the current exchange rate?"

"A US dollar is almost eight dollars," Xiang Zixin replied.

Huo Chengyin nodded and said:
"Oh, that's right, 400 million..."

Having said this, Huo Chengyin's voice suddenly froze, his eyes widened, and his voice raised:

"400 million, just exchange him for [-]% of the shares of a broken website?"

"He might as well grab it!"

Today, YouTube is still preparing to change its business direction. It has only a few thousand registered users and only three founders as employees.

With this condition alone, he dared to value himself at 500 million US dollars. No wonder Huo Chengyin scolded him for robbery.

Xiangzi News said, hastily said:

"Mr. Huo, don't worry, this is the preliminary intention, we can talk about it further."

"This is robbery, what are you talking about..."

Huo Chengyin wanted to say something else, but Huo Mingjie held him down and said in a deep voice:
"We can talk!"

Having said this, he looked at his cheap nephew and said seriously:
"I think this investment will not lose money!"

Huo Chengyin looked at his second uncle's serious expression, moved his lips, and said helplessly:
"Second Uncle, the question is how long has it been since we started making money, where did we get so much money?"

While talking, Huo Chengyin counted with his fingers:

"The biggest sum of money we have now is a few public relations fees on the account of the navy company. "Jingwei", "Sculpture of the Gods", and the money from Cheng Tian Entertainment, the three salaries and bonuses that exclude the navy , there are a total of more than 250 million left.”

"All your remuneration for filming before, now the sum is only more than 20." "By the way, there is also the endorsement fee this time. 100 million is not a lot, but it is the revenue of the studio, and it has to be negotiated with the company at the end of the year." Those who are divided over there can’t move now!”

Excluding the revenue from the Navy Company and the share from the Sugar Man Company, Huo Mingjie earned close to 100 million in the equivalent of one year since he started filming.

This kind of money-making speed is naturally not comparable to that of entertainment stars in a few years or more than ten years.

But in the current social environment, it is already powerful enough, no wonder how many people want to enter the entertainment industry with their heads sharpened...

It's just that in the final analysis, Huo Mingjie worked so hard to make money from filming, but in the end it was far inferior to the revenue of the large-scale online public relations of the navy company.

This point alone tells Huo Mingjie that in 05, when star salaries had not yet skyrocketed, if you wanted to become your own capital, you still couldn't make money honestly through filming!

Huo Mingjie has made up his mind, and said in a deep voice:
"Find a suitable professional first and continue talking there. As for the money issue, we can think of a solution later!"

The valuation of the website can be negotiated. If it is not enough, you can also buy a little less shares.

If it wasn't for Huo Mingjie who didn't know how long it would take for YouTube to start generating revenue, he would have planned to borrow money directly to get more shares...

Hearing this, Huo Chengyin looked at his second uncle and couldn't help asking:

"Is that why you like this website so much?"

Huo Mingjie nodded very seriously when he heard the words.

Seeing his second uncle's attitude was so firm, Huo Chengyin was silent for a while, and finally sighed helplessly, saying:
"Okay, anyway, this money is all earned by you... If you lose, you'll have to start all over again!"

Thinking about it, Huo Mingjie is so young, and now he is more and more famous, and his future is bright.

Even if you lose all the money you make, it doesn’t seem to be a big deal!
When Huo Mingjie saw that the cheap nephew nodded in agreement, he was overjoyed immediately and made a complete decision:
"Zixin, continue to talk with the other side, let's find professionals to prepare. When the price is a little bit negotiated, immediately implement the contract and finalize it as soon as possible!"

Huo Chengyin smacked his lips when he heard this and said:

"The main thing is money..."

"How about, let's do something on the Internet and earn some public relations money back?"

Huo Mingjie refused without even thinking:

"People are not fools. This kind of routine will become useless if you do it too much!"

Having said this, Huo Mingjie paused for a moment and then said:

"Discuss with the company to see if I can take out my dividends in advance... Then it won't be a big problem to get a few endorsements!"

Huo Chengyin shook his head repeatedly and said:

"It's a bit of a loss to sign an endorsement right now! You should at least wait until the end of the year to think about the endorsement. At that time, the endorsement price can probably be raised..."

Hearing this, Huo Mingjie shook his head and said solemnly:

"That's the best way to get two to three million endorsement fees, but if you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid you will lose a hundred times, a thousand times..."

Huo Chengyin frowned when he heard this, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

My second uncle is really so optimistic about this broken website?

　This part of the content is obtained by consulting the information published online. The timeline is slightly delayed and can be ignored.

　　Five months after the transformation of the website, YouTube obtained a round A investment of 30 million US dollars by giving up 350% of the shares.

　　During this period of time in the book, the development of the website is uncertain, and one of the three partners is even bankrupt, so I think it is not unreasonable to accept investment.

　　Well, anyway, business investment is just a subline of this book, if there is something unreasonable, please let the big guys who know it lightly...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)