MTL - Rebirth Starts at 7 Million-Chapter 157 Penguin Financing
The next day, when Luo Fan arrived at the company, Gao Meng came over with a serious face.
"What happened? Why is your expression so serious?" Luo Fan asked.
"Boss, the people from Penguin just sent an official email to the company, saying they want to make an appointment to chat."
"Penguin? At this juncture, Penguin's instant messaging software similar to Star Chat should have already begun to develop. Wouldn't you come to us at this time to declare war?"
"Boss, what are you talking about! How could a penguin do such a thing!" Gao Meng rolled his eyes and said.
"Yes, then ask them if they are free at 10:00 tomorrow morning! If you want to see it, it is better to see you earlier, so you can save the effort to guess what they want to do."
Gao Meng nodded and turned to leave.
Ten minutes later, Gao Meng came to Luo Fan's office and said that Penguin agreed to meet at 10 am tomorrow.
At 10 am the next day, the representative of Penguin came to Luo Fan's office on time.
A total of three people came to Penguin, one of them was Zhang Jian, an acquaintance of Luo Fan, but this time it was obviously not Zhang Jian, because Zhang Jian was following behind a man in his 30s wearing golden glasses .
"Mr. Luo, this is the director of our department, Mr. Wang Libin, Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang, this is Mr. Luo from Xingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. "Zhang Jian introduced the two of them.
"Mr. Luo, I've admired your name for a long time, you're really young and promising!" Wang Libin said with a smile.
"Where, Mr. Wang is too polite, please!" After speaking, Luo Fan led the three to the reception room.
Everyone took their seats. After a chat, Wang Libin changed the subject and started talking: "Mr. Luo, your company's Xingchao has been developing very well recently!"
"Just luckier."
"Luck is also a part of strength! President Luo, we are very optimistic about your Xingchao!"
"Mr. Wang means..."
"We want to fund Xingchao."
Luo Fan was a little surprised when he heard the words, he didn't expect Penguin to make such a choice.
Luo Fan has always regarded Penguin as an imaginary enemy, but now Penguin is going to finance Xingchao.
No, that's not right, even if it is financed, it is not a family. Xiaopozhan was also financed by Penguin in the previous life, but the series of actions following the Penguin video obviously still regards Xiaopozhan as an enemy.
For example, animations adapted from their own IPs are not broadcast on Xiaopo Station, and the up owners of Xiaopo Station are prohibited from explaining some TV series with exclusive copyrights of Penguin Video and so on.
Therefore, Penguin's financing can not be regarded as a gesture of goodwill, but can be understood as a clarion call for war.
Penguin's own new social software is about to enter the market. They are very confident in themselves, but now Xingchao has become a climate. Even if their new social software can defeat Xingchao in the end, it is estimated that it will be a tragic victory, and the price paid will definitely not be Small.
Even Xingchao has the possibility of winning, once Xingchao wins, it will pose a big threat to the penguins.
So Penguin decided to make two preparations. One is to start a full-scale war with Xingchao, and the other is to raise funds for Xingchao in advance. Even if Xingchao wins in the end, Penguin holds a certain percentage of Xingchao shares, which is not enough. It's a total loser.
Luo Fan guessed Penguin's thoughts, and he had no objection to it.
In the early stage of the development of Internet companies, if you have money, you don't have to do angel rounds and A theory financing. This is the case with a certain beat in the previous life, and only some of the non-core companies under the company will receive financing. product.
Luo Fan also thinks so, whether it is Penguin or any other giant, as long as the subsidiaries below are not Toutiao, games, and the short video business that follows, they will not refuse financing.
As long as Xingyuan's veto power is guaranteed, the rest can be tossed about.
Besides, if a small company wants to quickly occupy the market, in addition to money, it must have sufficient resources, and the venture capital company sends not only funds, but also enough relationships, talents and management of large enterprises mode, so financing is basically a necessary operation and cannot be avoided.
Luo Fan had told Gao Meng and Cao Shuai before that he never thought that he could develop his own company with sole proprietorship.
Luo Fan's idea from beginning to end is to rely on the memory of his previous life and the leading big data technology of the era to prevent Xingyuan's core business from not being funded, and other subsidiaries from being funded by angel rounds. Xingyuan can guarantee a veto right. enough.
Wang Libin saw that Luo Fan did not speak, thought he was not willing to accept financing, and immediately persuaded him: "Mr. Luo, we are here with sincerity. Your company has the financing money, and subsequent product promotion can be more aggressive. .
Without money worries, your company only needs to consider the problems that may arise in the product when the number of users of the company increases greatly, as well as the talents that the company needs, which is also very beneficial to the development of Xingchao. "
"Mr. Wang means that your company will not interfere with the operation of Xingchao?" Luo Fan asked.
"Of course, Mr. Luo can go to the industry for consultation. The companies we invest in have almost no interference in operations and are all free to develop."
Luo Fan believed Wang Libin's words. This was the case with Penguins in the previous life. After financing, they would basically not interfere with the operation of the company, and they would not need any voting rights. What they valued only was dividends.
On the contrary, what Ali likes most is "micro-manipulation". After the financing, various leaders were parachuted into the air, and many companies were not managed by Ali's layman.
"Then how many shares does your company intend to acquire Xingchao?" Luo Fan asked.
"Our plan is to acquire 30% of the shares for 500 million yuan, but the related technology of Xingchao must be disclosed to us!"
"It's impossible!" Luo Fan refused without thinking.
For the rest, it is absolutely impossible to let Xingchao disclose all the technologies.
Shao Yi Shao and Moments are really not difficult to do, but after such a long period of testing by Star Chat, these two technologies are already very mature.
Open it directly to the penguin, and the penguin will just copy it, and you won't encounter any problems at all.
When wx goes online in January next year, it will become wx equipped with Shake and Moments. Coupled with the strong promotion of Penguin, how can Xingchao play?
Wang Libin also knew that Xingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. would not accept this condition.
But let's talk business! Just sit on the ground to raise the price and pay back the money on the ground, and everyone just pulls it slowly.
After the two sides quarreled, no one could convince the other, and Luo Fan immediately said: "Mr. Wang, we also have shares in Xingchao Rice, and the rest should wait for the representative of Rice to come and talk?"
"Alright, that time..."
"It's still this time tomorrow!" Luo Fan said.
Wang Libin nodded and left with his men.
