Reborn Cultural Empire

() "Colon, here is the information about the mainland company, please look over it." The well-trained assistant staff brought up a thick document and placed it in front of the middle-aged man. < is the internal name of the company. In Hong Kong Island, an international port that is more than ten years or even decades ahead of the mainland, whether it is daily life or work, a professional manager has his own English title, and Nothing too weird.This trend has spread to large and small companies in first-tier cities in mainland China, especially foreign companies and multinational companies. It is very common for them to call each other by an English nickname internally.

And the name of this middle-aged man, the investment director of PCCW Investment Affairs Department, was originally called Chen Kelun, so according to the habits of Hong Kong people, colleagues around him took the last two words of his name and called him colon in English. Of.

"Put it here, by the way, let the project team send two people to pay as much attention to Tencent as possible. Although the investment this time is not large, it can be said that it has almost no impact on the future of the company. , but we still can’t take it lightly, you know? Now it’s not a question of whether the investment can go smoothly, but the reputation of our PCCW. Being snatched away by a little-known mainland company will make the top management feel bad about our ability Doubt." Chen Kelun confessed very seriously, although in his heart, he didn't think that Yangyi culture could pose any threat to him, but be careful in everything, this is a professional manager, especially a manager who exercises investment power like him The most important quality.This old man who has worked in PCCW for more than ten years has no background and a resume that has no advantages compared with other colleagues of the same level.However, he was able to secure his position as the head of the investment department, relying on his extremely cautious character.

"I understand." The assistant nodded respectfully.He backed out, leaving room for him to think.

After all, Yangyi Culture learned of their investment intention of PCCW.Did you just notice Tencent, or did you already have this plan long before your company expressed its investment intention?Chen Kelun didn't know, but this did not prevent him from facing his opponent squarely.

Although fighting in the business field is a very common situation, you can never understand what kind of mask your opponent is wearing, and where is his real purpose behind him, but being beaten up by someone so close to a face-to-face challenge , he still felt a kind of discomfort.Of course, it also aroused his fighting spirit.Or it is a kind of hope that after seeing his opponent fail, he realizes how ridiculous his previous behavior is when facing a behemoth like Telecom Yang Ke.

It's just that the art of war means that knowing the enemy and knowing yourself will never end in a hundred battles. Before Liu Kelun completely obtains the right to invest in Tengxun, he will definitely do all kinds of kung fu.Moreover, when PCCW decided to invest in the mainland market, it had already developed a good intelligence system. In addition to some emerging companies in the industry in Shenzhen and Yangcheng, they also had a large number of enterprises in the industry such as Modu and Beijing. Consulting information for political and business figures.In order to make the company's various targeted investment behaviors more targeted and not appear too blind.

"Yangyi Culture... the book publishing industry? It's really interesting. It's rare to see a company of this nature. It's a precedent for investment interest in a brand new industry that has almost no intersection with itself. Well, I just experienced it last year. A policy blow? This is what the mainland is like. Problems that cannot be solved in the market always seek solutions in other ways. It is an unbearable vice.” Chen Kelun shook his head, looking at the information in front of him and talking to himself .Just like a traditional Hong Kong Islander.He always has a habitual prejudice against various situations in the Mainland. Although this prejudice will not make him despise his opponents, if it is known to his partners in the Mainland who have cooperated with him before, it will obviously not be anything to make people pleasant thing.

But then, he seemed to have discovered something remarkable in these documents, and his eyes, which were not very concerned at first, became interested.This man, who made a single decision that could change the fate of many people in many companies, tapped on the documents on his desktop and picked up the latest report at the bottom. After the order from the headquarters, the information collected just yesterday was all about the various cooperation agreements reached at the meeting held a year ago between Yangyi Culture and the Zhengfu of the Demon City.

"The nearly 2-square-meter land in Yangpu District is only used for the construction of new headquarters and server center projects? So, they are indeed interested in making a big difference in the Internet? So now we really can't say They are cross-border investments, but they start to do it after they have prepared..."

After Chen Kelun finished reading the report, he rang the call bell in front of the desk again to let the assistant come, and then ordered his own decision.

"Yes, I understand, so who do we need to transfer to this new investment project team?" The lady assistant's respectful question was obviously the greatest affirmation of Chen Kelun's ability.

"Let Addison decide. Now his team has the same rights as the original investment team, and is responsible to me at the same time. After the transfer of personnel is completed, you let him come to see me." Chen Kelun smiled, because of the high-intensity work. The corners of the eyes with crow's feet faintly revealed a gleam that did not belong to a middle-aged man of his age.

On the morning of the fourth day, Yang Yi was waiting for the information collected by Xu Pengxiang, but when the phone rang and he connected, he found that it was an unfamiliar number that he had never seen before.

"Hey, who are you looking for?" In this era, it is rare for mobile phones to harass or dial wrong numbers. To a certain extent, the occurrence of the previous situations is reduced.

After hearing his opening remarks, the person on the other end of the phone was a mandarin mandarin with a firm but distinct southern accent: "Hello, may I ask if this is Director Yang from Yangyi Culture? That's right, I am PCCW Ma Disheng, Project Specialist of the Investment Affairs Department. You can call me Ai Disheng. The purpose of my call is because PCCW has a strong interest in your upcoming Internet search engine project. If possible, I hope I will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with you.”

PCCW?

This big company on Hong Kong Island, which was competing with him for the shares of Tengxun, actually called him directly?I have to say that Yang Yi was really surprised, not only by the smoothness of the other party's message, but also by the fact that the other party came to him so directly, and it was not because of the investment in Tencent, but because he wanted to respond. Come here to make an idea of ​​Yangyi Network!

However, this approach of the other party is also in line with the consistent style of large companies.

Yang Yi hesitated for a moment.He smiled and shook his head and said, "Sorry, we don't have much interest in foreign venture capital, at least Yangyi Culture's current profitability can fully support Yangyi Network, which is the development needs of Internet search engine projects. , so I can only say sorry for PCCW’s kindness.”

"I also know this. Yangyi Culture's self-hematopoietic ability. It can be said that it is incredible for any enterprise in the traditional cultural industry. But I think Mr. Yang may have underestimated the Internet industry's demand for funds. To a certain extent, according to your mainland, investing in the Internet is tantamount to burning money. And are you really so confident that you can guarantee that after your Internet development project is launched, you will support the progress of the project entirely by yourself?" The person on the phone No offense to the sound.But there is a sense of superiority unique to the staff of a large company, which is not a big problem: "Actually, even if you meet with us, there will be no trouble for you and your company. On the contrary, maybe after meeting After the meeting, will the two of us reach some kind of understanding or even a cooperation intention because of our consensus on certain issues?"

I have to say that Ma Disheng's tone is very good. If you look at it from another person, you will definitely not think that the two companies have launched a series of mutual targeting and prevention because they have taken a fancy to the same investment target. move.

"Okay, I have to say that you have already impressed me a little. After all, not everyone can say no to PCCW. Then, the specific meeting time and place are up to you to decide. I think you know that, We are completely unfamiliar here, so we don't know where is more suitable for negotiation." After thinking about it for a while, Yang Yi finally agreed to Ma Disheng's request to meet.I am not interested in the investment of the other party, but I want to use the method of direct contact to see if I can use some fragments of information disclosed by the other party to inquire about the other party's further preparations for investment inquiries.

After the two agreed on the time and place, Yang Yi hung up the phone and began to think deeply about the possible consequences of this triangular dispute in the end.

Maybe the other party is really interested in the Internet search engine project, so they want to persuade themselves to accept their investment, or they want to directly use other conditions as threats or exchange conditions to make themselves give up. This time investment.But no matter what the situation is, as long as the other party takes action, then I can infer or even ascertain the firmness of PCCW in investing in Tencent and the bottom line of their investment price through a series of actions of the other party.

After making this decision, Yang Yi called Qiu Yuan and Xu Pengxiang respectively and told them what happened to him.

Both of them have much more experience in business than the teenager, especially Xu Pengxiang, who knows far more about some disputes in the industry and all kinds of open swords and dark guns than Yang Yi, so After telling him what happened just now, he can also give Yang Yi some good suggestions in related aspects.

In the evening, when the three of them met at the hotel, the other two did not have much to gain. After all, this is not their home field. It would be too unrealistic to collect information about PCCW without any preparation.But even so, Qiu Yuan learned about the financial situation of Tengxun through a person in charge of a certain paging station. (to be continued...)