Who doesn’t want to make money after being reborn?

Chapter 113 Bottom line, what is it?
"Mr. Lei, our financial pressure is quite high!"

Watching Luo Hui leave with 20 billion in his pocket, Vice President Li looked at Mr. Lei with some helplessness: "When our capital chain was at its tightest, you invested so much money in WeChat and only got 5% of the shares. It was spread. Not nice."

Smartphones are expensive to buy.

Especially when research and development is completed and OEM production is being commissioned.

Every department within the company is screaming with hunger and eager to rob the boss.

Suddenly there is news that the boss is using large sums of money to invest in outsiders' projects, which may trigger a wave of resignations.

The Xiaomi brand, which has yet to see profits, may collapse.

"It doesn't matter. In addition to these 20 billion, I still have 40 billion in my personal account. If I weren't worried about diluting your shares, I would have put them into the mobile phone business."

Mr. Lei responded with a nonchalant wave of his hand.

Still staring intently at the car carrying Luo Hui going away: "Lao Li, I always think this kid can succeed, what do you think?"

"I think so!~" Vice President Li sighed: "Oh, he is just like Jack Ma, he looks like a liar."

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and Jack Ma will not tolerate another being like him."

"Huh? Mr. Lei, do you mean that Jack Ma will abandon WeChat?"

"Promote the marketing plan as soon as possible, prepare funds early, and be ready to control WeChat at any time."

"If this kid's plan really succeeds, Jack Ma, who has a capital pool of several trillion, will definitely be reluctant to let it go. He will not give us the opportunity to control WeChat."

"It's better to be prepared. This kid is not a person who is inferior to others. Sooner or later, he and Jack Ma will fight. Don't we have a chance?"

"However, our mobile phone business will continue to burn money... When WeChat matures and we take control of it, we may not be able to afford such a high price."

"Believe me, Jack Ma will not give WeChat room to grow."

“Because of the payment system?”

"Yes, the mobile payment system is something Jack Ma has planned for a long time. How can you just watch it fall into other people's mouths? It's not even possible to divide the world equally!"

"This kid is still young. Even though he played well against Fat Penguin, he didn't know that there was a raging fire behind him."

"Don't underestimate him. It is said that the Honor Super Phone 1 was designed by him himself."

"Is there such a thing?"

"There is no conclusive evidence, just hearsay."

"We are still too young. WeChat has not yet started its business. It is too greedy to rush into the mobile phone market before its foundation is solid."

"It's a pity. This kid should go to college to get rid of his recklessness."

"Times have changed, and this era is no longer the stage for the reckless heroes 20 years ago."

"..."

While Mr. Lei and Vice President Li were discussing Luo Hui, Xiao Ma personally rushed to Hangzhou to visit Jack Ma.

very rare.

Also rare.

Jack Ma himself couldn't believe it.

When there were only two people left in the office, he directly asked the purpose of his visit: "Mr. Ma came all the way here definitely not to take advantage of my Longjing tea. Let's be honest, what is the purpose?"

"How many shares do you hold in WeChat?" Brother Ma didn't say the reason, but asked about the shares first.

"Want to buy my shares? I'm not short of money."

"Old Ding has agreed to sell his shares to me."

"I'm not Old Ding."

"Lao Shi is also willing to sell his shares to me at a high price."

"None of my business?"

"You make a price!"

"In exchange for QQ, I want a controlling stake in QQ."

"You are dreaming."

"Yes, I haven't woken up yet."

"80 billion! Is this price sincere enough?"

"I'll arrange for someone to take you to Shishan in the afternoon, and take you to see the beautiful scenery of West Lake. Then... you can go back to Shencheng."

"Don't be too greedy, 80 billion is my bottom line."

"Bottom line, what is it? Why didn't I know there was such a strange thing in the world?"

"How much do you want?"

"Didn't I tell you? I want a controlling stake in QQ."

"No joke!"

"I'm not kidding. Although I only own 10% of WeChat's shares, it is more valuable than QQ, which you regard as a treasure. It's just that you can't understand it."

“You mean, is there anything more valuable about WeChat?”

"The secret cannot be leaked!"

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

"Don't leave in a hurry. You have to let me do my best as a landlord and take you to various scenic spots in Hangzhou."

Brother Xiao Ma flatly refused Jack Ma's offer to stay and left Hangzhou angrily.

Call Zhang Long before leaving.

Ask the other party to prepare all information about WeChat, including the PPT used in the first round of financing.

There is a conspiracy!
There is definitely a conspiracy!
Otherwise, with the style of Lao Shi and Lao Ding, how could they not be tempted to acquire WeChat shares at a premium?

Well, he cheated when he visited Jack Ma and failed to buy the WeChat shares from Mr. Shi and Mr. Ding as he wished.

Three major investors unanimously rejected him.

This is strange.

The only reason for rejecting the premium is that WeChat has an unknown profit model that is far more attractive than the premium he offered.

At this time, you have to study that high school student carefully.

We can no longer attack rashly.

In the evening, Brother Ma had already returned to Shencheng from Hangzhou, and carefully studied all the information that could be collected with Zhang Long, who had been waiting in the office.This matter cannot be left to others.

Only the two core executives can do it themselves.

Ran and egg.

After a busy night, I still haven't figured out why WeChat is so valuable.

It’s just that it has been determined that WeChat currently holds a huge amount of 200 billion in funds.

Only then did 35% of the shares be sold.

If the second, third, and fourth rounds of financing are completed... doesn't it mean that WeChat does not need to be listed, and its market value will exceed that of QQ, which is at its peak?

joke!

QQ has achieved today's achievements after ten years of accumulation and has become a national instant messaging software.

Just putting a sand farm game on the shelves can set off a nationwide food-stealing frenzy.

WeChat, why?
After all, it is a start-up. If you are so valuable, you must have a valid reason, right?

"Mr. Ma, I discovered an interesting phenomenon."

Zhang Long, who had been busy all night, was still in high spirits. He looked at the original shareholders and first-round financing shareholders of WeChat and had a sudden thought: "The shareholders who invested in WeChat, except Mr. Shi and Mr. Ding, are all retail giants."

“Jie Ma is the big BOSS of the Internet wholesale and retail platform.”

“First-round financing investors like Mr. Shen are all offline wholesalers and retailers.”

“Does this shareholder composition mean that WeChat’s most important profit direction is wholesale and retail business?”

"Isn't it the advertising fee we calculated?"

Makes sense, but not much.

Brother Xiao Ma threw away the information in his hand and walked slowly to the sofa to warm up the pot and make tea: "It doesn't make sense. Judging from Jack Ma's character, he will not invest in a competitor. I can confirm that this direction of thinking is wrong. of."

It operates the largest shopping platform in China.

How much time does it take for someone to take the initiative to cultivate a competitor?
No one would choose this.

Zhang Long was a little speechless, and reluctantly threw away the information in his hand and went to the coffee table to drink tea: "I'm just curious, what are the benefits of such a shareholder composition?"

"Don't worry about the identity of the shareholders in the first round of financing. They received Class B shares without voting rights. Our target should be locked on Jack Ma, Lao Shi, and Lao Ding."

"To put it another way, Mr. Ma, what do you think is the appeal of WeChat that makes the most savvy people in the country spend a high price to hold WeChat's Class B shares? Jack Ma doesn't have such a big face."

"What do wholesalers and retailers care about most?"

The two of them were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.

Immediately, with surprise on their faces, they blurted out the answer in unison: "Cash flow!"

Yes!

Whether it’s a wholesaler or a retailer.

Essentially, they are all engaged in the trading industry rather than the production industry. Trading is an industry where cash is king, and the key to limiting their development is cash flow.

So, can investing in WeChat get cash flow support?
"Yes, yes, cash flow!"

Zhang Long put down his tea cup and rushed to a PPT that he had just thrown away. He picked it up like a treasure and put it in front of Brother Ma. He explained: "Look at the application scenarios of WeChat, payment in small stores, payment in supermarkets, ordering takeout, Buying a train ticket...no matter what it is, there's a huge cash flow involved."

"We have over a billion people."

“When smartphones become popular and most people use WeChat to pay, the combined fund pool will inevitably exceed one trillion.”

“Such a large amount of money cannot sit quietly in WeChat’s account.”

"Even with the supervision of the central government, WeChat still has the right to move a small part of the funds for lending business."

“The interest rates on inter-bank lending or inter-corporate lending are extremely high.”

"It's a good deal with a sure profit and no loss."

“It’s just that the amount of funds required is too large and requires a strong capital pool to support it.”

"Both WeChat and Alipay have such potential in the future."

"That's why Jack Ma chose to invest heavily when he saw WeChat."

"..."

What the hell!

What the hell!

What the hell!

The crazy person is actually me!

Listening to Zhang Long's introduction, Brother Ma blushed a little: It was all his fault that he was ignorant of gold and jade, and mistakenly thought that 80 billion was enough to win 10% of Jack Ma's shares.

Now it seems that it is really terrifying.

With a capital pool of trillions in size, owning 10% of the shares of such a company is really worth more than QQ.

Who wouldn’t want to own a stake in a business like this?

Damn it.

As a WeChat shareholder, not only do you get low interest rates when borrowing funds, you also have priority.

It's like cheating.

No wonder Lao Shi and Lao Ding looked like fools when they rejected him.

I'm such a fucking idiot!

He wanted to slap himself... After a brief awakening, Brother Ma quickly corrected his attitude: "Gong Zhang, from now on, I require that all programmers of the Fetion project are not allowed to go home."

"Work overtime to launch the Android version of Fetion as soon as possible."

"We need to grab time."

“Seize all the lost time and opportunities and try to equal WeChat’s download volume.”

"At the same time, we must invest heavily to speed up the development of Fetion's payment functions."

Don't wash the radish when it's too late.

In the war for downloads, speed is everything.

There must be no more procrastination in optimizing features.

(End of this chapter)