The leisurely life of rebirth

The next day, the sky was clear and clear.

Except for Zhang Yiming who was going to speak on stage.

Shen Beipeng and Zhou You were both sitting in the conference room, talking one by one.

Zhou You is a person who is afraid of trouble. He likes to cut the Gordian knot and only focus on the general direction, leaving the details to Shen Beipeng's team.

I talked to Ding Lei first to thank the host for the meal yesterday.

"Hello, Mr. Ding. I really like using your music software. It's very easy to use." Zhou You started by praising him, and it was the truth.

Ding Lei is older than Zhou You and about the same age as Lao Shen, but the business world does not discriminate by age.

"That's great. I'll have someone get Mr. Zhou a lifetime membership later."

"Haha, thank you. I heard that Mr. Ding also likes to raise pigs. I have also done a lot of organic farming in my hometown. Let's communicate when we have time in the future." Zhou You really wanted to communicate and check out the channels.

Ding Lei was smiling happily. Now he had less desire to make money, but he had to work hard to support many people who needed to eat.

But I don’t know how much I was ridiculed for raising pigs. I suddenly found out that the other party was actually the same kind of person, and I immediately became happy:

"Of course we need to communicate. You don't know how hard it is to raise pigs. Only after I got into this business did I realize what it means to have a fortune, but hair doesn't count."

It seemed that both sides were about to deviate from the topic.

Shen Beipeng coughed a few times quickly. If you two continue talking like this, will you two become sworn brothers?

Zhou You laughed out loud, not feeling awkward at all: "We'll talk after the meeting. I'll come visit you then. Today, let's talk about games first."

"Okay, then it's settled." Ding Lei said readily.

"If this game was developed by a Korean company, we wouldn't be able to do anything. At most, we could be an agent. But now we own the controlling stake, so we definitely hope to increase cooperation."

Ding Lei also set the tone first, which was to make the company bigger and stronger and create greater glory.

Zhou You nodded: "That's what I mean. It was a coincidence. Mr. Shen and I were lucky. We caught this good game. I personally like it very much. I also hope that the life cycle of this game can be longer."

The remaining few people were secretly happy. As long as the general direction was agreed, they could talk. They were just afraid that if they held on too tightly, that would be the most troublesome.

"That's perfect. We have the same goal. I just don't know what conditions Mr. Shen and Mr. Zhou have?" asked the game director.

Shen Beipeng knew that he needed to go and talk to Zhou You himself at this time, as Zhou You’s style was not suitable for such a detailed approach.

Then he talked about the ideas that he had discussed yesterday.

This confused Ding Lei and his friends. They originally wanted to spend more money to acquire most of the shares, but they didn't know that the other party had long-term plans and didn't care about this small amount of money at all.

Zhou You saw them standing there for a while and couldn't help but ask, "How much do you think this game is worth?"

The game director swallowed and said slowly: "It's hard to say the current valuation, but it's 10 billion RMB."

He also knew that the price was a bit low, but it was really difficult for him to estimate, so he could only bargain as much as possible.

After saying this, I felt a little embarrassed.

Shen Beipeng and Zhou You looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. "Boss Ding, if you are just looking for a bargain, there is no need to talk. We are investors. The potential of this game has not yet exploded. With the current trend, it is not worth 10 billion. You are being insincere."

Ding Lei's face turned red, and he felt a little embarrassed. He also knew that he was greedy.

"Oh, this is our fault. We didn't make a thorough assessment. What do you think it's worth?" A real man can bend and stretch. We are all business people. There's nothing shameful about it.

Zhou You said seriously: "My estimate is too high, you don't agree, my estimate is too low, I don't agree, this is something that needs to be discussed by both parties, how about this, you think about it again, we will go and talk to Xiao Ma first."

Shen Beipeng stood up, which made Ding Lei anxious: "Don't be anxious, this is just the beginning."

"Our time is precious. We are not stingy people. Maybe the three parties will have to talk together later." Shen Beipeng said.

Come to think of it, a business worth tens of billions of dollars cannot be handled by a single company.

Xiao Ma Ge was in another meeting room and was not in a hurry. He had a good attitude. There were so many good games in the world and not every one of them could be won.

The King of Glory mobile game has now begun to explode, and the original agents for the PC-side heroes are trying to gradually reduce their influence.

I was very surprised to see Shen Beipeng and Zhou You coming over. It’s only been such a short time and they’ve already finished the conversation?

"Why so fast?" Xiao Ma asked subconsciously.

"Old Ding is still calculating, let's talk first." Old Shen said with a smile.

"Haha, that's right. Old Ding is too petty." Brother Xiao Ma said sarcastically.

Zhou You had never worked with these big companies before, and as far as the current contacts are concerned, he is not very satisfied. It is difficult to turn a big ship around. It is true that they are very cautious in making every decision. No wonder they missed so many opportunities later on.

The process is too complicated, and the boss has to step in here.

Being a listed company is troublesome, there are too many constraints.

Later, many companies decided not to go public and made a fortune quietly. They had no shortage of money or channels. Why go public? They could be their own boss and make their own decisions. Once they went public, many things were beyond their control.

"Let me make it short. This is our idea," Shen Beipeng said first.

On the way here, the two of them had another conversation, deciding on the general direction first and then talking about other things, otherwise it would take who knows how many rounds of discussions they would have to go through.

After hearing what they said, Xiao Ma Ge smiled. Everyone had basically the same idea. Now what needed to be determined was the value of the game.

"It's hard to say the valuation of this game, but judging from the current global distribution results, it's at least 100 billion," Pony Ma said directly.

The money that needs to be spent should be spent, and no savings should be made. They are very experienced in acquiring games.

It's easy to spend hundreds of millions of dollars.

Shen Beipeng still thinks this valuation is relatively reasonable, but when it comes to judging the future, he still trusts Zhou You.

Shen Beipeng smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Ma is very optimistic, but this valuation will change even more in half a year or a year."

"Of course. This game is classic and fun. Both of you are not short of money, but you would not dare to invest if you have less money. Since we are investing, we must be looking at long-term benefits. We will pay 10 billion US dollars to buy 51% of the shares. I wonder if it will work?"

When he opens his mouth, he is a king.

This is a direct valuation of US$20 billion, or approximately RMB 160 billion.

Originally, Xiao Ma Ge was full of confidence, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the other party's expressionless face.

My heart sank: Oh no, the people on the other side have similar wealth to me, and they may not even value this little money.

Negotiations are really annoying.

Zhou You felt a little regretful because the gap was too big.

I know what will happen in the future, and as long as I don't commit suicide, there will be no problem in most cases. But I don't dare to bet on the other side because the odds are too big.

Or maybe I just thought it was too simple.

They can't handle it all on their own.

Taking advantage of the stalemate, Zhou You pulled Shen Beipeng outside and said briefly:
"Seeing that the gap between us is too big, I have a suggestion. Do you think it's feasible?" "We, Mr. Ding, and Mr. Ma, the three parties will do this together. We can cash out part of the current shares. You can calculate the price. I'm not good at it. We will not participate in the operation in the later stage. The two companies will discuss the details, but the combined shares of the two of us should not be less than 40%."

Shen Beipeng thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "Well, this is probably feasible. Let's discuss this direction later."

The two quickly reached a consensus.

After returning, I called both parties over and saw that everyone was a little confused.

Zhou You didn't waste any words and said directly: "You two are both big guys and seniors. You are both people we need to learn from. This time, by chance, we have the opportunity to do something together."

"From the beginning of the development of this game, my goal has been to expand globally, and now we have achieved initial results."

Seeing what the other party wanted to say, Zhou You did not hesitate and continued:
"The price quoted by the two CEOs just now is indeed far below our expectations. This is a novel game that will open up a new genre in the future. As long as it is properly operated, I believe its life cycle will be at least 10 years."

After saying that, he looked at Shen Beipeng.

Shen Beipeng saw this and told me the data on his hand: "At present, the number of users in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea combined has exceeded 10 million, and it is still growing exponentially every month. Everyone knows that the way good games are spread is through word-of-mouth effect."

"Based on the price of 98 yuan per game, the revenue is nearly 10 billion yuan. This is just the beginning. In the later stage, how will the game make money? I believe I don't need to tell you. The various props, models, and costumes in it are the source of the big money."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the two bosses on the opposite side began to become serious.

I knew about fire, but I didn’t know it was this hot.

Everyone estimates in their minds that according to this trend, the number of players will most likely reach hundreds of millions, and the revenue from the selling price alone will be tens of billions, not to mention the derivative products.

Seeing this, Zhou You continued to add fuel to the fire: "Not only that, the future will be dominated by mobile games, so we will also vigorously develop mobile games for PUBG."

We are not fools. We have thought about overtaking Zhou You and others and directly developing mobile games before they could react. However, we didn't know that others had already started planning.

"Just say whatever you want to say!" Ding Lei said.

The initiative is no longer in our hands. They have prepared so thoroughly, they must have some ideas and are well prepared, and their goals are so ambitious.

Shen Beipeng smiled and said, "We can't handle this game. None of us can handle it. My suggestion is that we work together to make this game bigger and stronger, and make it a world-class game."

"We used to be the agent for other people's games, and this time we want to let others have a taste of this."

Ding Lei breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he doesn't eat alone, this is the best outcome he can think of.

Xiao Ma Ge is also thinking about the possibility of this matter. Their company can make money, but most of the time they are just bullies at home. They really have no products that can be exported overseas. Moreover, when they go abroad, they don’t have much advantage in competition without the blessing of social interaction.

This is also a good opportunity, an opportunity to go out.

To be honest, their games make money, but their reputation is really bad. At his age, making money is not the main thing, he still wants to improve the reputation.

"I have no objection," Ding Lei spoke first.

"Okay, I think it's possible. We can discuss the details further." Xiao Ma Ge also made the final decision.

Shen Beipeng saw that things were developing in the expected direction, so the rest would be easy to negotiate. He could slowly work out the amount of money, and the rest could be thrown to the team.

The big guys smiled at each other, decided on the direction, and that was all they had to do.

What remains is for each team to demonstrate its capabilities.

Taking this opportunity, a few people went to the Internet scene again, and Brother Ma still had a mission to do.

It was Zhou You’s first time attending such a conference. He sat in the back and listened for a while before stopping.

Some of these things at the meeting were very interesting, but some were just used to fool people. There was no sincerity at all, and they were not as thorough and detailed as what was discussed in private.

Think about it, there are many things that cannot be said in public. If you say something about making money, wouldn’t that be stupid?
In the blink of an eye, the three-day meeting was over.

There are also preliminary results.

The three parties will set up a new company and gradually transfer the business of the company in South Korea. Otherwise, it will be difficult to control it abroad. Besides, it can also bring some tax revenue to the country.

The company is located in Hangzhou, and Ding Lei is responsible for asking for preferential policies.

The original company was valued at 500 billion yuan.

Penguin holds 40% of the new company and is responsible for subsequent capital investment, R&D, and operations.

Ding Lei accounts for 20% and is responsible for R&D, operations and post-maintenance.

Shen Beipeng and Zhou You each hold 20% and are responsible for dividends and other support.

That's basically it.

It is a bit stressful for Penguin to come up with 200 billion in cash all at once, and Zhou You is not short of money either.

The same is true for Shen Beipeng.

Finally, Penguin gave 20 billion in cash and transferred 20% of its shares in Honor of Kings to Zhou You and Shen Peng respectively.

In addition, Zhou You also reduced some cash and asked for a small portion of Penguin Music's shares.

As of now, it is hard to say who is losing and who is gaining, but the chicken-eating game has already gone overseas, while the king is still afraid in his nest.

Zhou You had no objection. In fact, he did not lose anything either, as he was a money-making machine in the later period.

Shen Beipeng actually wanted to exchange Penguin's shares, but this was very difficult. Seeing that Zhou You accepted this plan, he also accepted it.

Now Ding Lei was anxious, he also wanted to pay 100 billion, what should he do?
I don’t have that many valuable things under my name.

I want to sell Fantasy Westward Journey, but no one wants it. It’s obviously just a life-extending game.

Finally, Zhou You brought it up: "Mr. Ding, I like music and I have a music fund, but is there no way I can participate in Cloud Music?"

Ding Lei was overjoyed when he heard this. This sector is still losing money and it is unknown when it will make money. Since the other party is willing, that's perfect.

Not only that, Zhou You also acquired 40% of the shares of Music, making him the absolute majority shareholder.

Shen Beipeng had no choice but to jump around and ask for some shares in the e-commerce company.

All are happy.

Ding Lei used some unknown things in exchange for projects that can make money now, which greatly alleviated the financial pressure, and the controlling rights of those projects are still in his hands.

Xiao Ma Ge was also very happy and prepared to enter the European and American markets ambitiously.

Zhou You and Lao Shen were also very happy.

In just one year, the funds on hand increased tenfold, not to mention the shares.

Old Shen was really impressed by Zhou You.

Zhou You still had some things to say. This was just the beginning. When the exchanged shares exploded,
Another wave of new harvest! (End of this chapter)