Recast youth

Chapter 2183 The pie in the sky

As soon as Ye Feng saw Hou Yao's eyes shining, he knew that the price offered by the other party was definitely not low.

However, Ye Feng was also curious about how much Weibo was worth now, so he asked: "Which companies have given quotations?"

"There are currently three."

When Hou Yao saw Ye Feng asking, he immediately said: "SoftBank, Qualcomm, and Google. SoftBank's current offer is US$10 billion, accounting for 40% of Weibo's shares. Google's offer is US$12 billion, which also accounts for 40% of the shares. Qualcomm offered the highest price and wanted the most shares. Qualcomm offered 20 billion US dollars and wanted 60% of the shares. However, SoftBank is a small Japanese company. I will not do anything if someone calls me a traitor, so I refused immediately. ”

"What about the other two?"

"I said think about it for now."

Hou Yao looked at Ye Feng: "To be honest, without you, Brother Feng, there would be no Weibo, so for matters like financing, you have to make the decision, Brother Feng."

"The price is really not low."

After hearing this, Chen Huang said with some surprise that he knew about the establishment of Weibo. The few people who founded Weibo took out about 1000 million.

Then, after Lanshan took 40% of the shares of Weibo with 20 million, Weibo finally entered the public eye and became valuable. Now, it has reached around [-] billion.

But this time Google and Qualcomm are different.

They paid in U.S. dollars.

In other words, in the eyes of capital, Weibo is now worth about US$35 billion, which would be about US$280 billion if converted into RMB.

And how long has it been since Weibo was established?
Less than two years later.

It can be said to be a very scary return on investment.

Ye Feng did not rush to answer, but looked at Chen Huang, Hou Yao, and Zhou Yihang respectively, and asked: "What do you three think about financing?"

Chen Huang said: "I don't care, it mainly depends on you."

Zhou Yihang thought for a while and said: "I discussed it with Hou Yao and decided that we can accept the financing. Let's cash out part of it first. I know the situation of Weibo best. The current profit model is relatively poor. We all rely on advertising and hot searches to make money." , but it is very unstable. Rather than doing this, it is more practical to cash out. Once we have money, we can also invest in other projects."

"Yes, Brother Feng."

After Hou Yao talked to the heads of Qualcomm and Google respectively, he still hasn't slept well. After all, the money in front of him is not [-] million.

But $20 billion.

That is 160 billion yuan.

And only 60% of the shares were given away.

Therefore, Hou Yao was very inclined to transfer Weibo shares to Qualcomm. He rubbed his palms and said to Ye Feng expectantly: "Brother Feng, 20 billion US dollars, how long will it take to earn the money back? I think we can What do you think about letting Qualcomm invest? After all, it’s better to have two birds in the forest than one in the hand, Brother Feng.”

Ye Feng lit a cigarette and said nothing.

Chen Huang frowned and said: "Giving up 60% of the shares means that the control of Weibo is also handed over. For a company, control is very important. I think even if it is sold, it cannot be sold. Give it to Qualcomm or Google, so at least the control is still in our hands." At this point, Chen Huang paused and turned to look at Hou Yao and Zhou Hang: "But have you ever thought about why Qualcomm and Foreign companies like Google are suddenly willing to spend so much money to acquire Weibo? There is no pie in the sky, and they are not fools. There is no way they can give us money in a good way, don't you think?"

Hou Yao was stunned for a moment and said: "Why else? They are optimistic about the prospects of Weibo. What was Weibo a year ago? It was nothing. There are several similar Weibo websites. Now, there are 4500 registered Weibo users. Thousands of people have replaced shotguns with cannons, and their monthly activity and influence are very high.”

"It's not that simple."

Chen Huang shook his head. He was different from Hou Yao and others. Chen Huang had a lot of dealings with overseas capital. If the current domestic enterprises are like flowers in the greenhouse, then overseas capital is like a crocodile with a bloody mouth. As long as it smells When they see a place that smells of blood, they will swarm it and try to eat it up.

After Chen Huang's reminder, Zhou Yihang also calmed down. He has always been more stable than Hou Yao, and he also thinks more deeply than Hou Yao about the changes in Weibo during this period.

only one.

That was the hot search about De County on Weibo a few days ago. At that time, almost all domestic news media were reporting on this matter, and there was a lot of discussion on the Internet.

However, Zhou Yihang still couldn't think of the reason, because in his opinion, this would not cause Weibo to have such a huge premium all of a sudden, directly reaching a value of about 35 billion US dollars.

"It's influence."

At this time, Ye Feng finally spoke up. He raised his head and said, "They are interested in Weibo's influence on public opinion."

After hearing this, Zhou Yihang immediately asked: "What's the point? Just for public opinion, and then suddenly spend 20 billion US dollars to acquire Weibo? Isn't this selling at a loss?"

Ye Feng shook his head: "It's not as simple as you think. You have to know that whether it's Qualcomm or Google, they are all foreign companies, and there are often politicians behind them. I think they want to lead people through Weibo. Rhythm, after all, things like speech are easily influenced by rhythm, and many netizens do not have their own judgment. Why did the incident in Dexian County become such an uproar some time ago? It was because I took me out of the rhythm, but in fact, the real situation is that they Do you know? They don’t know, but the three of them became tigers. They believed me, so they came to my side. But what if what I said is not the truth? What if I went to De County to bully people? So this kind of remarks on the Internet , has it become a negative rhythm?”

"Later, many people posted real-name reports on Weibo because of this, because they thought that maybe by posting the matter online and relying on the comments of netizens, they could force the relevant parties to make the decision for them."

"So my opinion is that even if Weibo is to be sold, the two companies Qualcomm and SoftBank must be excluded. We can make money, but we cannot become sinners of the country for the sake of money."

Ye Feng looked at several people and said.

The reason why he said this is also very simple.

Although SoftBank's stake is relatively low, it is still quite large. As someone who has experienced it, Ye Feng knows very well that the influence of Weibo at this stage has far exceeded that of Sina Weibo in its previous life.

This means that the more profitable Weibo becomes in the future, the higher its value will be. As the controller of Weibo, Ye Feng and Hou Yao will both be burdened with infamy.

It is said that Weibo is a company from a small island country and is making money for the island country.

After all, Alibaba is a clear example. No matter how outstanding the Alibaba Group becomes later, it cannot avoid such infamy.

As for Qualcomm, it's even more impossible.

If the control of Weibo was to be handed over to a foreign company, Ye Feng would be willing to package and sell all of Weibo to cash out his position without leaving any shares.

But in this way, Hou Yao and Zhou Yihang felt a little uncomfortable. After all, US$20 billion was really on their lips, but Ye Feng would not sell it to Qualcomm.

It was like a cooked duck was placed in front of the two of them, but they could only see it but not eat it. How uncomfortable was it?
(End of this chapter)