Chapter 193 Open 100 million trumpets
Since there was no hope for Hong Kong, Ma Huateng immediately went north to Beijing.
They first found Wang Zhidong from Sina, and several people surrounded him to persuade him, even blocking the door to prevent him from leaving. However, such rogue methods were still rejected by Wang Zhidong.
Ma Huateng found Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang again, but he was also rejected. He even prepared to sell Penguin to Sohu in the end, but was ruthlessly rejected by Zhang Chaoyang - Sohu could make communication software for hundreds of thousands, so who would buy it?
Where is your crappy company?
So, it’s not that Li Zekai was stupid, it was everyone else who was stupid at that time. Who can open their eyes and know what’s going to happen in the future?
Then he looked for several venture capital companies, but they also hit the wall one after another. In the end, Ma Huateng used the dead horse as a living horse doctor and found NetEase's Ding Sanshi. After all, the two of them were colleagues and had a certain friendship. Later, they separated
He went solo and founded two Internet companies.
Faced with Ma Huateng's request for help, Ding Sanshi was of course helpless. Currently, he is in dire straits. NetEase has been suspended, and even if he wants to sell it, he can't sell it.
However, when Ding Sanshi failed, he diverted the trouble to the east and came up with a bad idea: "Do you know Rongguang who makes movies? He is the one who went to the Oscars this time? Since he bought 10% of our shares in NetEase, maybe he will be good to your Penguin
Are you also interested?"
Ma Huateng was a little hesitant: "I know this guy. Isn't he anti-IT? And he scolded Jerry Yang in the movie?"
"Will people who are anti-IT buy NetEase?"
"San Shi, that's not what you mean. If I ask him to invest, won't I be on his pirate ship? Not only will I offend Yahoo, but also Jerry Yang?"
"Are you still thinking that far ahead? It's already imminent. Let's save the penguins first!"
"Right!"
So Ma Huateng once again treated Rongguang as a living doctor and blocked the toilet.
Rong Guang laughed and cursed in his heart: Who would have thought that Brother Xiao Ma, a gentle man with glasses, could also be a habitual criminal who blocks toilets?
"Then how many shares are you prepared to sell?" Rong Guang asked.
Ma Huateng's eyes lit up. There should be a way: "About 10%."
"How much?"
"Uh... more than 3 million US dollars! Guang Shao, we can sell it in pieces. You can buy it at 3% or 5%."
"Um."
While eating the food, Rong Guang slowly fell into deep thought.
The reason why I bought NetEase stocks at that time was mainly to avoid taxes in the United States. And there were only a few stocks whose names I had heard of, so there was no choice.
Of course, there are also some investment considerations. Anyway, NetEase has been raising pigs vigorously, so you will never suffer a loss if you buy it. As for any in-depth considerations, there are really no such considerations. It is just a matter of randomly picking a familiar one.
However, now the penguin actually comes to the door. That is... a famous scene, huh?
When other people were reborn in time travel, they all worked hard and worked hard to buy bull stocks. But what about me? As long as I sit at home, Brother Ma will block the toilet and force me to buy? This is simply awesome——!
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I decided, I will go to that toilet to take a group photo later! That will be the dark history of Brother Ma forever! Wow hahaha——!
Bah, why did you go to the toilet to take a photo?
Let’s get back to the topic. If you become the major shareholder of Penguin and NetEase, what benefits will it bring?
Penguin will be one of the three major video websites in the future - Yikuteng. In the field of pop music, Penguin and NetEase coexist; in the game field, Penguin and NetEase also coexist. Penguin also has the Reading Group that dominates online articles?
NetEase also raises pigs... Bah! Fat pigs, get out of here!
Rong Guang suddenly discovered to his surprise that with these two investments, he would definitely become a big boss in the Chinese entertainment industry in the future!
And there is also the advantage of being invisible. If you master QQ and WeChat, who in the world can do anything to me, the bald bad boy? I can open 100 million small accounts, and labor and management will not be able to kill you!
Forget it, we still have to be harmonious. But as a major shareholder, you don't have to bully others, and others will never have the guts to bully you.
From this point of view, it is of high value to myself.
Even if they take 10,000 steps back, NetEase and Penguin will not be able to go public, except that they cannot go public and trade their stocks. As long as their companies exist and their equity exists, it is already worth the price of admission.
To put it more harshly, isn’t it just an investment of several million dollars? As long as he and Quanquan become the spokespersons of the two major websites, the investment can be recovered in a few years of endorsement fees. As the major shareholders, Mr. Xiao Ma and Mr. Ding Sanshi
Will it give you some face?
Thinking of this, Rong Guang stopped playing any tricks. The main reason was that a certain idiot didn't know how to play: "Brother Teng, then sell them all to me!"
Ma Huateng was ecstatic: "That's great. Thank you, thank you Mr. Guang!"
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The subsequent signing was vigorous and resolute. In the end, Rongguang purchased 10.8 shares of Penguin for US$3.87 million. Without affecting the control of the founding team, Ma Huateng had squeezed out the last drop of equity to Rongguang. The current Penguin
It is indeed extremely difficult, to the point of being at the end of its rope!
As for the money Rongguang acquired, it mainly came from the copyright fee of the novel "Parasite". Since it is an unexpected income from not doing your job, then go ahead and do it!
After all, Rong Guang's job is to make movies, and his most important job now is to sell those two movies.
The next day, Epps and others came to the studio again and continued to preview the movie "Sparks". The evaluation - it has little commercial value and should be a film festival award-winning film.
However, Warner still reported the asking price: 16 million for "Er Lang Shen: Momoyama" and 2 million for "Spark". The two films were packaged for 18 million US dollars.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Columbia Company also found Rong Guang. After they previewed it, they gave "Er Lang Shen: Momoyama Storm" a high price of 20 million US dollars. But they were not very interested in "Sparks".
At this time, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is gaining momentum. The North American box office has exceeded 50 million, and it is very likely to exceed 100 million!
After understanding this situation, Warner became equally nervous when faced with Cheng Yaojin who showed up halfway. They raised the price significantly, to 20 million for "Er Lang Shen: Peach Mountain Storm" and 3 million for "Spark".
Columbia also raised the price: "Er Lang Shen: Peach Mountain Storm" 22 million...
When the North American box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" finally exceeded 100 million, the battle became more intense.
After a lot of fighting, the final winner was still Warner. They offered 25 million for "Er Lang Shen: Momoyama Storm" and 4 million for "Spark". Considering that "Spark" has almost no market value, it is
That’s a high price of $29 million.
Such an astonishing price once again caused a sensation in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. Many people suddenly discovered that there is a market for commercial blockbusters that invest hundreds of millions.
Chapter completed!