You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 252 I have a complete listing schedule
Hearing the question coming from the phone, Qin Shaoyan was a little stunned for a moment. He covered his phone and looked up at Zhang Pingyi, asking stupidly: "What day is today?"

"The sixth day of the new year." Zhang Pingyi was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's broken." Qin Shaoyan quickly calmed down and said to the phone: "Listen to my explanation."

"You say!" Su Ran said angrily.

"It's like this." Qin Shaoyan sorted out his thoughts and said, "A team from the United States suddenly came to visit today to discuss an important business."

"The negotiation process was quite intense and I forgot about the time."

"I will cancel this business negotiation now and ask the business team from the United States to go back immediately. Wait for me to pick you up."

Su Ran was shocked when she heard this, her heart pounding, and she said hurriedly, "No, you should focus on your work."

"How can I delay something this important? I'm not in a hurry. I'll call you when I have time. Don't bother me now."

Qin Shaoyan hesitated for a moment, "You know where my company is, right?"

"I know." Su Ran replied.

"Then come over here first, and wait for me to finish my work here." Qin Shaoyan asked, "Do you think this is okay?"

Su Ran hesitated and asked tentatively: "Isn't this a bad idea? Will it disturb your work?"

"Don't bother me, don't bother me." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "You go first, we'll talk when we meet."

After Qin Shaoyan hung up the phone, he looked up at the others and asked, "Where were we talking about just now?"

Zhang Pingyi quickly reminded him, "Tell Mr. Xiong about the plan to form a group to deceive people."

"Oh, right." Qin Shaoyan found his train of thought again and said solemnly, "Let's keep this matter strictly confidential. I ask everyone present not to disclose the news for now."

Xiong Xiaoge asked directly: "If other people ask, what can and cannot be said?"

"You can reveal a little about the acquisition, but you don't need to tell anyone about asking Mr. Xiong for cooperation." Qin Shaoyan asked with a smile, "What do you think, Mr. Xiong?"

"I know my limits." Xiong Xiaoge said with a straight face, then looked at Zheng Nan, "Mr. Zheng, Mr. Xu, do you have any other questions?"

Xu Xin, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up. She said with great concern, "Boss Xiong, isn't this inappropriate?"

Xiong Xiaoge immediately asked: "Boss Xu, what do you think is wrong?"

Xu Xin frowned, "I always feel uneasy. If my colleagues know about this..."

Xiong Xiaoge asked back: "So what if we know, have we broken the law?"

Xu Xin replied hesitantly: "That's not the case."

"Since you haven't violated the law, what do you have to worry about?" Xiong Xiaoge said in a deep voice, "The mall is like a battlefield. We are not treating you to a meal."

"Since Qin Shaoyan was able to inflate the valuation, and his peers also recognized it, it was a matter of mutual consent. What's wrong with that?"

Qin Shaoyan, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but give Xiong Xiaoge a thumbs up. These words really touched Qin Shaoyan's heart.

Everything in the business world is based on mutual consent, and the same goes for entrepreneurship and venture capital. Mr. Xiong really understands me.

You wouldn't invest real money in me if you weren't willing, right?

Xu Xin thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said, so he nodded and said, "Then I agree, but what does Mr. Hou say?"

"Since he's not attending today, there's no need to notify him." Xiong Xiaoge said directly, "Even if he finds out the truth in the future, he won't blame you. The more people who know about this, the greater the risk of being exposed."

Xu Xin nodded and stopped talking.

Zheng Nan pondered for a while, "What should I say about the acquisition price of Qvod?"

"If you want to pass on a message, you have to have something genuine."

"Let's tell the outside world that it's 240 million US dollars first." Qin Shaoyan said directly, "Let's make the number more conservative first, so that the news seems more real."

Xiong Xiaoge taunted, "Is your number conservative?"

"Compared to 360 million US dollars, it is very conservative." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "I know that you may not agree with these figures."

“But if you look back at this period of history three years later when Qvod goes public, you will find that the valuation of $360 million is still too conservative.”

"Listing in three years?" Zheng Nan was a little surprised. "Is President Qin so optimistic?"

"I'm not optimistic." Qin Shaoyan said confidently, "When I built the website, I had a detailed strategic planning timetable. I wrote down what I was going to do at each time point."

Qin Shaoyan tapped his forehead with his fingers and said confidently: "I am sincere to the investors. Don't think that I am just giving you a random valuation on a whim."

"I know people may not believe me."

Xiong Xiaoge sneered, and Qin Shaoyan was about to start making empty promises again.

"Let me tell you a number." Qin Shaoyan stretched out his palm and flipped it over. "Give me three to four years, and I will send Qvod to NASDAQ for listing. The market value will not be less than 25 billion US dollars."

$25 billion?!

The first thought in the minds of the people present was that Qin Shaoyan, you are so bold to brag. You just say such nonsense without thinking.

Even Zhang Pingyi wondered if Qin Shaoyan had taken the wrong medicine today, or had gone crazy?
What about other people?
You dare to draw any kind of cake.

The market value of 25 billion US dollars in four years. It was probably hard to say that the market value of Campus Network was 25 billion US dollars when it went public. How dare you brag like this about a video website that was established not long ago.

Zheng Nan said in surprise: "Boss Qin, it's a good thing to be ambitious. Can we be down-to-earth first?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly and said confidently: "I knew you wouldn't believe it, just like when I was working on the campus network, you didn't believe me when I said 5 billion, and you didn't believe me when I said 20 billion."

"What happened in the end?"

Xiong Xiaoge frowned, stared at Qin Shaoyan with his eyes sparkling, and shouted in a deep voice: "Boss Qin, market value of 2.5 billion US dollars?"

"Two and a half billion dollars!" Qin Shaoyan nodded seriously.

"How long will it take to be on the market?" Xiong Xiaoge continued to ask.

"It will be launched in 2009, and no later than 2010." Qin Shaoyan said firmly, "All my plans are based on this time point, and I will start working backwards on the project progress."

"Okay!" Xiong Xiaoge smiled, "Then I will trust President Qin again. This time, I, Xiong Xiaoge, will fully cooperate with you."

Zheng Nan also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Qin Shaoyan, and said with some excitement and anticipation: "Next, we will wait to appreciate Mr. Qin's business methods."

Soon the atmosphere in the office became lively again, and the tense expression on Xiong Xiaoge's face finally eased.

Zheng Nan has already started discussing with Qin Shaoyan whether the timing might be a bit rushed, whether preparations before listing are sufficient, and whether it should be postponed.

Qin Shaoyan handled these issues with ease. He confidently assured Zheng Nan that there was no problem with the timing and the timing of listing was also specially chosen.

He also had a general idea and plan for the next development direction of Qvod.com. All that was left was to wait for everyone's funds to be in place so that Qvod.com could take off immediately.

Qin Shaoyan talks about money every other sentence, which makes him seem particularly vulgar.

But Xiong Xiaoge doesn't care. What else can entrepreneurs talk about if not money?
Talk about ideals? Talk about the future?
Venture capital gives you money so that you can make money and give back to investors, not to pay tuition for you to realize your dreams.

Xiong Xiaoge, Zheng Nan and Xu Xin finally left the office in a relaxed mood, and greeted the senior executives of the campus network in a good mood.

This scene stunned both sides. How could they reconcile in such a short time?

When they entered the room just now, Xiong Xiaoge and the other two were in a tense atmosphere, as if they were going to call someone to account, but now they have started talking and laughing again.

It has to be Mr. Qin, who is really good at coaxing investors. Zhang Pingyi watched Xiong Xiaoge and others go away, and couldn't help but look at Qin Shaoyan worriedly, "Did you fool around a little too much just now?"

"No, it's just right." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile.

"That's 2.5 billion US dollars?" Zhang Pingyi said helplessly, "Are you really that confident?"

"That's about right." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "If the market value of Qvod doesn't go up by then, it must be because the overall market environment is not good. Mr. Xiong and the others shouldn't blame me."

Zhang Pingyi found this a little unbelievable and asked, "What if Xiong Xiaoge forced you to sign a gambling agreement?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled and said, "I think Xiong Xiaoge doesn't dare to let me sign that thing. Do you believe it?"

Zhang Pingyi thought about it and felt that this matter was really hard to say.

Qin Shaoyan's market value of 2.5 billion US dollars was not just a random boast; he had a basis for it.

Youku was launched in 2006 and listed in the United States in 2010. Its market value reached US$ billion on the opening day.

Now as long as Qvod proceeds steadily, its market value will not be less than US$2.5 billion unless any of its executives are involved in divorce lawsuits.

That's why Qin Shaoyan has the confidence to make promises to venture capitalists.

Zhang Pingyi didn’t know where Qin Shaoyan’s confidence came from, but he still chose to believe Qin Shaoyan.

"So what should we do next?" Zhang Pingyi asked seriously.

Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "To blow up the valuation, of course we have to blow it up first."

Qin Shaoyan picked up his phone and said, "Hello, is this Bingbing?"

"Have you returned to the capital?"

"Please help me contact some newspapers and magazines related to economics and finance. I have some inside information."

"Yes, time is urgent, just in the next two days."

"Forget about the interviews, just produce a few articles."

"The travel expenses are definitely not small."

After Qin Shaoyan hung up the phone, he made an OK gesture to Zhang Pingyi and said, "The rest depends on the efforts of the Internet's Internet troll army."

Zhang Pingyi was stunned for a moment, "What is a navy?"

……

Downstairs of the campus network company, a business car slowly drove over and stopped on the side of the road.

Xiong Xiaoge's assistant stepped forward, opened the car door, and helped him get in.

Before the assistant could get into the car, Zheng Nan rushed over, leaving the assistant stunned.

However, the assistant reacted quickly, knowing that the two CEOs must have something to discuss, so he closed the car door.

"Hey, wait a minute." Xu Xin walked over quickly, "I haven't gotten in the car yet."

The assistant immediately opened the car door again, invited Xu Xin in, and closed the door again.

Soon the driver was also driven down and stood by with his assistant, smoking and waiting.

Xu Xin looked at Xiong Xiaoge and Zheng Nan and sighed, "Boss Xiong, Boss Zheng, this Qin Shaoyan is full of nonsense, how can you trust him so easily?"

Xiong Xiaoge smiled slightly, "If someone else said this, I would have asked him to leave long ago, but if Qin Shaoyan said this, I have to take it seriously."

Xu Xin was stunned. "Is Qin Shaoyan really worthy of your trust?"

Zheng Nan said, "It's not trust, it's half-belief and half-doubt."

Xu Xin looked at Xiong Xiaoge, "Boss Xiong, what about you?"

"Investing means investing in people." Xiong Xiaoge said confidently, "Why did I take the initiative to invest in Qin Shaoyan's video website? Because I believe in his ability."

"Qin Shaoyan looks like he's bragging to you, but he always delivers what he promises."

"His ability has been proven in the campus network project."

"So, what if Qvod believes him once?"

"Anyway, no one invested much money."

Xu Xin thought about it and felt that what Xiong Xiaoge said was right.

When Qvod was raising funds, its valuation was only 5 million US dollars, and each company claimed % of the shares, which is only US dollars.

It is indeed a small project for venture capital institutions like them, so in that case, just let Qin Shaoyan handle it.

Even if you lose everything, it won't be much money.

But if it really works, the value of the shares will increase dozens of times.

Besides, the collapse of Qvod is a low-probability event, so what remains is just how much the valuation can increase.

Zheng Nan let out a long sigh, "Today's meeting was really fruitful."

"Not only does it prove that Qin Shaoyan doesn't really want to sell Qvod."

“I also learned the listing schedule from him.”

Xiong Xiaoge also breathed a sigh of relief, but he still warned: "Having said that, you still have to be careful of Qin Shaoyan's sudden attack."

"If he really sells out Qvod, we won't have time to cry then."

"Boss Xiong, you're worrying too much." Zheng Nan laughed. "Qin Shaoyan said it himself, asking us to stop him from selling Qvod."

"So to prevent him from turning his fake play into reality, we must also prepare in advance and act it out seriously."

Zheng Nan is also an old hand who has been in venture capital for many years. He has many ways to deal with entrepreneurs, so he naturally has some plans in mind.

Xiong Xiaoge nodded, "Yes, let's do it for real."

"Let the lawyer prepare first and collect materials. If anything unexpected happens, appeal to the court immediately."

"At the same time, find a good news media, prepare the manuscript in advance, and build up public opinion."

"But we have to strike a balance so as not to hurt Qvod."

"Don't worry." Zheng Nan said calmly, "As long as the lawsuit starts, the acquisition will not be able to proceed."

Xiong Xiaoge also cared about these details, so he changed the subject and said, "What do you think Qin Shaoyan can achieve for the valuation of Qvod?"

"Two hundred and forty million dollars should be about right." Zheng Nan thought for a moment, "Should we prepare according to this valuation?"

Xiong Xiaoge shook his head and said, "Let's prepare for 360 million US dollars."

Xu Xin next to him was stunned, "Boss Xiong, this number is wrong, right?"

"Don't think this valuation is too high." Xiong Xiaoge said seriously, "You have to be fully prepared when facing Qin Shaoyan."

(End of this chapter)