Collection of Gods

Chapter 713 Bidding Ends
Xiao Yayue was sighing in her heart, but her hands did not slow down. She first recorded the valuation given by ByteDance in the book, and then helped Tang Yuan continue to open the bid documents.

After dozens of bids were opened, half an hour had passed.

"Tsk tsk..."

"You say this is a coincidence?"

"Or did someone leak the information?"

At this moment, there are five bids placed in front of Tang Yuan. They are arranged in order from left to right. These five bids are the five that give the highest valuation to Wahuang Technology among the many bids. They are Penguin, Alibaba, Byte, Warwick and Xiaomi.

Now, the two bids in Tang Yuan's hand are exactly the bids from Penguin and Alibaba. However, as Tang Yuan just said, it is not known whether it is a coincidence or someone in their group leaked the information. The valuations of Wahuang Technology by Penguin and Alibaba are both 700 billion US dollars, which means that the prices offered by the two are the same.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence."

Xiao Yayue handed the notebook in her hand to Tang Yuan and responded, "If someone in their group leaked the information, then the final result would definitely be that one side would be higher than the other, and it would not be the same result as it is now."

"Um……"

"That makes sense."

"Maybe it's just a coincidence."

Tang Yuan nodded, agreeing with Xiao Yayue's analysis.

"Mr. Tang, what is your final decision?"

Xiao Yayue asked Tang Yuan and reminded him at the right time: "The relationship between Penguin and Alibaba is already delicate. If you don't have a suitable reason, you may end up offending the other party."

"The market shares of ByteDance, Huawei and Baidu are all undisputed."

"The only thing that needs to be handled with caution is the shares of Penguin and Alibaba. From these two bids, we can see that the two Mr. Ma are indeed very sincere."

There was some emotion in Tang Yuan's words, because compared with other people's bids, Penguin and Alibaba not only gave Wahuang Technology a very high valuation, but both parties also promised Tang Yuan a board seat of their own group.

You know, both Penguin and Alibaba's board seats are extremely precious, because this is related to Penguin Ma and Alibaba Ma's voice within the group. Now both of them have taken out board seats at the same time, which shows that they are determined to obtain Wahuang Technology.

Tang Yuan thought for a moment, then picked up the pen and lowered his head, and made a simple sketch on the notebook that Xiao Yayue had just handed him.

"garrulous……"

"What do you think of this?"

After Tang Yuan finished sketching, he threw the pen aside, then raised his eyebrows and asked Xiao Yayue.

Xiao Yayue looked down at the record book when she heard this, and saw that the data ranking on the white paper had changed to the following:
Wahuang Technology 14%: Penguin Group 2.2%
Wahuang Technology 14%: Alibaba Group 1.9%
Wahuang Technology 9%: ByteDance 7.2%
Wahuang Technology 6%: Huawei Group 1.8%
Wahuang Technology 3%: Xiaomi Group 4.9%
After reading Tang Yuan's modified record book, Xiao Yayue quickly understood what Tang Yuan meant: "Mr. Tang, you plan to increase your equity share by another 45% on top of the original 1% to achieve a balance between Penguin Group and Alibaba Group, right?"

"Yes, that's what it means."

Tang Yuan snapped his fingers and responded with a smile: "Penguin Group and Alibaba Group are the leaders of two major factions. Under the same conditions, it is not good to favor one over the other, so I will give them a little balance, so that both sides can save face and we won't offend anyone."

"That's a good idea indeed." Xiao Yayue nodded, and then asked, "But what if the two of them insist on competing with each other?"

"Then we can only ask them to bid again. The one with the highest bid will win. That will actually be much more beneficial to us."

Tang Yuan shrugged and responded in a relaxed tone. "I think with the shrewdness of those two, they would not choose this plan that would kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of their own."

Xiao Yayue shook her head, thinking that the possibility was very slim.

"Okay."

"Whatever they choose is their business, so we shouldn't worry about it."

Tang Yuan slowly stood up from his chair. While he was sorting out the bid documents on the table, he said to Xiao Yayue, "It's almost time. Let's not keep those CEOs outside waiting too long. Let's go out."

Xiao Yayue nodded, helped Tang Yuan quickly pick up the bid documents on the table, then followed Tang Yuan out of the room and walked towards the hotel courtyard.

……

In the evening, the sky was filled with red clouds.

For many CEOs, half an hour is just a blink of an eye. They chat casually about future development prospects or business projects, and the time passes quickly.

"Boss Tang is out!"

Suddenly, as the voice fell, many CEOs at the scene immediately stopped chatting and subconsciously looked in the direction where Tang Yuan had just left.

"Hello bosses, the bidding results are out."

"The five CEOs who won the bid are Mr. Ren, the two Mr. Ma, Mr. Lei, and Mr. Zhang from ByteDance. Please come to the hotel now so that we can discuss the subsequent equity transaction in detail."

"As for the other CEOs and technical experts, thank you very much for your support for Wahuang Technology. If there is a chance in the future, I still look forward to cooperating with you. I have arranged a dinner in the hotel restaurant. You can move to the restaurant. We will be back soon."

Facing the expectant eyes of many CEOs, Tang Yuan did not keep anyone in suspense. After he arrived at the center of the courtyard, he directly announced the final bidding results.

The successful bidder will naturally be overjoyed.

Those who did not win the bid could not hide their disappointment.

Among them, after hearing the result, Li Yanhong couldn't help but flash a look of disbelief in his eyes. He never expected that he had offered a sky-high valuation of 560 billion US dollars to Wahuang Technology, but in the end he was still not selected.

Considering that Penguin and Alibaba are about to share Wahuang Technology's latest artificial intelligence technology, many products of both parties will be simultaneously equipped with Wahuang. With the deep layout of both parties in the Internet, the last high ground held by each party may be completely lost by then.

If even the search engine position was lost, the consequences would make Li Yanhong shudder just thinking about it, and he didn't even dare to think about it any further.

"Mr. Tang, can I ask what is the highest valuation for this bidding?"

The more Li Yanhong thought about it, the more unwilling he felt. He looked at Tang Yuan in the center of the crowd and couldn't help but ask him.

Even if he loses, he must lose clearly!
Tang Yuan looked at Li Yanhong, whose face was extremely ugly. He knew very well what this result meant to Li Yanhong. Although he felt a little sympathy for him, business competition was sometimes so cruel that it was either you die or I live, and the survival of the fittest was inevitable.

Facing Li Yanhong's question and the attention of many CEOs present, Tang Yuan silently responded: "The highest valuation for this bidding is..."

"$700 million!"

(End of this chapter)