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Chapter 405 Weiyue Culture Media Company
"After thinking about it for a long time, I also want to open it."

"My shareholding in Ali itself is not much. Even if you don't join in and write off those shares, my shareholding will not increase much. Most of them are in Softbank and Yahoo."

"With the entry of Xingkong Technology, I can use this opportunity to dilute the equity of the two of them. Compared with one or two points of shares, I care more about the control over Ali."

After Lao Ma finished speaking, Lin Rui roughly understood what the other party meant.

Although he doesn't welcome Xingkong Technology's shares, but at this point, he can't refuse, and the rest is the question of how many shares to hold.

On the other hand, Xingkong Technology's shareholding is actually helpful for Lao Ma to control the company.

The meaning of Lao Ma is also obvious. If Lin Rui helps him to fight and balance the two major shareholders of Yahoo and Softbank, Lao Ma will also provide some help in the matter of Xingkong Technology's stake in Ali.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Rui said: "We are not interested in controlling Ali. This investment in Ali is just a purely financial investment."

"In addition, after we become a shareholder of Ali, I will entrust you with the voting rights of 18.1% of the shares to exercise shareholder rights for us. I also believe in your ability and will definitely lead Ali to develop better."

As soon as Lin Rui's voice fell, Lao Ma's eyes lit up, and he finally heard what he wanted to hear, and the purpose of coming this time was also achieved.

The 25% shares held by their founder team, together with the 18.1% held by Xingkong Technology, accounted for 43.1% of Ali's shares.

This will fully guarantee his right to speak in the company, and he is a little tired of the days of gaming with the two major shareholders of Yahoo and Softbank.

With this 43.1% stake, coupled with his wrist, the control over the company will be as stable as Mount Tai.

Lao Ma's goal was achieved, and Lin Rui's goal was also achieved, and then the atmosphere became more relaxed.

However, there is one more thing, and it is necessary to play the game again.

Lao Ma said with a smile: "Brother Lin, I support Xingkong Technology's holding of 18.1% in Ali, and I will also provide help."

"However, Ali, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock market, is only a part of our Ali Group's industry. If we want to change from holding 18.1% of some industries to holding 18.1% of Ali Group, there is still a big gap between them!"

Lin Rui smiled and said, "Of course we know this, and we won't take advantage of Ari."

"How about this, for each point of shares, we will compensate an additional 1 million U.S. dollars, and for 18.1% of the shares, we will directly inject another 18 billion U.S. dollars into the Ali Group. What do you think?"

Although Ma lamented Lin Rui's generosity, it was clear that the amount did not meet his expectations.

Looking at Lin Rui with a wry smile, he said, "Brother Lin, we need to spend 23 billion US dollars to recover 71% of Yahoo's shares. Although 18 billion US dollars is a lot, we have lost a lot."

Lin Rui naturally knew that Ali was at a loss for doing so, but it was not as exaggerated as he said.

"To win this 18.1% of the shares, we invested more than 18 billion US dollars. These are just compensations for you. The most important thing is that we already hold 18.1% of the shares of Hong Kong stock Ali. This is really true for you. shareholding in."

"Don't tell me how low the stock price of Ali in Hong Kong is now. The market value of Ali in Hong Kong is so low. In the first few days of listing in 07, your market value could reach more than 200 billion U.S. dollars!"

"In this way, how much is 18.1% of the shares worth?"

Lao Ma said helplessly: "When it was listed in 07, the market value of Alibaba, a Hong Kong stock, soared to more than 200 billion U.S. dollars, but it fell back quickly. It has never reached that height in the past two years."

"Besides, what is the cost of holding these shares for you? Can it be the same as in 07? I, Yahoo, and Softbank can't explain it."

Lin Rui smiled and said: "You can't calculate it like this. Although Ali's stock price is not as good as your listing price in 07. But if you want to delist Ali and privatize it, the money you need to spend cannot be based on the current stock price." Forget it, it needs a high premium.”

"Do you think it is possible to delist Ali at the current stock price?"

Lao Ma was speechless, of course he couldn't do it, and if Lin Rui got in the way again, it would be difficult to double the premium.

Seeing his expression, Lin Rui smiled and spoke again.

"However, since you have raised this question, Ma, I will naturally not let you suffer."

"Well, I'll add another US$6 million to value the unlisted part of Ahri at US$150 billion, and I'll take US$24 billion to buy an 18.1% stake."

"I use the 18.1% equity of Hong Kong stock Ali, plus 24 billion US dollars to buy the 18.1% equity of the unlisted part, and obtain 18.1% of the equity of Ali Group after the reorganization."

"This is the most sincere price I can offer, and you can also give Yahoo and Softbank an explanation!"

"How about it?"

Although Lin Rui's asking price still did not meet the standard in Lao Ma's mind, it was already acceptable.

Especially Lin Rui's one-time price increase of 6 million US dollars made Lao Ma feel very refreshing and very angry.In addition, the other party has entrusted him with the voting rights of these shares, so he can't be too stingy and care about every detail.

Gently put down the teacup in his hand, with a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to Lin Rui and said, "Mr. Lin, happy cooperation!"

Lin Rui also shook hands with him with a smile and said, "President Ma, happy cooperation!"

Afterwards, we talked happily, and the atmosphere became more relaxed.

As the two reached an agreement, with the cooperation of the old horse, the negotiation of Xingkong Technology Group's participation in Ali, everything went extremely smoothly, which made Lin Rui feel relieved.

……

Time passed slowly, and on May 5, the negotiation between Weiyang Technology and Shanda was formally concluded. Weiyang Technology will acquire Shanda Literature wholly at a price of 18 billion.

The news was announced, which caused a lot of repercussions on the Internet.

Especially in the web literature circle, the public opinion is even more heated. After the acquisition is completed, Weiyang Technology will occupy 80% of the domestic web literature market.

Weiyang Technology has also made preparations long ago. Weiyue Zhongwang has become independent and registered separately as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weiyang Technology.

Lin Rui took Weiyue as the main body this time and established Weiyue Culture Media Company, which includes Weiyue Chinese website, Qidian Chinese website, Red Sleeve Tianxiang, Under the Banyan Tree, Xiaoxiang Academy...etc. Several top original literature websites in China .

Weiyue Culture and Media Company, relying on several original literature websites under its umbrella, instantly became the overlord of the domestic Internet literature circle, and even mastered more than half of the domestic popular IPs.

On the 22nd, Lin Rui went to Shanghai in a low-key manner. He was still a little curious about the Qidian Chinese website, after all, he had written a book on it.

Now that it has been acquired, it is natural to go to inspect it, accompanied by Zhou Wenfeng, the newly appointed CEO of Weiyue Culture Media Company.

When I arrived at the place, I visited it under the leadership of Wu Hui, the person in charge of the starting point, and found that it was no different from other companies under my name, and the curiosity and mystery disappeared.

On the contrary, Wu Hui, the person in charge of the starting point, had an idea. Lin Rui called him over and held a meeting with Zhou Wenfeng to discuss the future development direction of Weiyue Culture Media, and each made a lot of suggestions.

As one of the founders of Qidian, Wu Hui has experienced the whole process of the development of web literature from budding to golden age, which is very attractive to Lin Rui.

After this inspection, Lin Rui had a special talk with him, and then appointed Wu Hui as the co-president of Weiyue Culture Media Company, and took charge of Weiyue together with Zhou Wenfeng.

Let them combine old and new to jointly promote the development of Weiyue.Moreover, helping Wu Hui to get up can be regarded as reassuring the hearts of the original Shanda Literature group and helping them quickly integrate into the new company.

After inspecting the starting point, Lin Rui was in a good mood, especially when he thought that in just over two years, he was an author who wrote a book at the starting point, and now he directly bought the starting point.I can't say I'm excited, but I definitely have a lot of feelings.

In the next few days, Lin Rui was not idle, and began to inspect the R&D center of Shanghai Magic City again.

As the largest R&D center of Weiyang Technology in China, the R&D center of Modu is very large.

For this reason, Weiyang Technology spent 7 million yuan to buy a building in the Zhangjiang Technology Development Zone as the base of the R&D center in Shanghai.

The talent pool in Shanghai is not something to brag about. In just a few months, the R&D center has been completely established, and nearly 3000 R&D personnel have already arrived.

Now it is cooperating with R&D centers around the world to start the research and development of the origin operating system.

Since Lin Rui is not from a technical background, he doesn't ask too many specific technical questions. He mainly inspects the general direction, the specific progress of each project, and whether he has broken through some technical problems.

Simply, it's not bad in this respect.

With Li Yaqin, a global leader in the IT industry, at the helm, and Weiyang Technology's R&D centers around the world, it has recruited top talents during this period.

Not to mention the gathering of geniuses and elites everywhere, it's almost the same.

For example, Weiyang Technology has recruited a group of top talents in mathematics during this period of time in the Russian R&D center, and they are very talented in algorithms.

Lin Rui has decided to set up a special algorithm research center in Russia to recruit talents in this field.

The same is true for other major R&D centers. Each R&D center has its own focus, and has recruited a group of top talents to join.

After staying in the R&D center of Shanghai for half a day, and communicating with Li Yaqin for a while, I have a better understanding of Weiyang Technology's major R&D centers around the world, and understand the company's current background and talent pool.

Apart from being satisfied, he was also relieved.

With these talents now, building an operating system is no longer a problem.

Not only that, as time goes by, the scale of major R&D centers will be further expanded, more and more talents will be gathered, Weiyang Technology's technical strength will be deeper, and the time before the operating system will be launched will not be too far away.

……

After staying in Shanghai for two days, Lin Rui looked at such a bustling metropolis, an international financial center, the city's strength and structure were indeed much larger than that of Los Angeles.

Suddenly, I had a sudden whim, should I buy a suite in Shanghai, so that I can have a place to live when I come here in the future?

These thoughts flashed through his mind. With his current net worth, buying a house was just a trivial matter, and he didn't hesitate at all.

Buying a house is just not buying a company.

I asked someone about the available luxury houses in Shanghai, and there are quite a few, such as Sandalwood Palace, Mingyuan Villa, Xiadu Garden, Gubei No. [-], Tomson Yipin, COFCO Sea View No. [-], and Sun Hung Kai Arc de Triomphe.

Among them, the most famous one is Sandalwood Palace, which is a group of luxurious villas located in Xijiao Hotel, Hongqiao Road, SH City.

This group of villas is rich in eight styles, including British Royal Style, British Manor Style, British Georgian Style, French Fontainebleau Style, French Riviera Style, Italian Florentine Style, Italian Tuscany Style, and Spanish Malpey Style. pull type.

The combination of eight styles and eight room types leads to [-] completely different buildings.

Each building covers an area of ​​about 1500-1800 square meters, covering an area of ​​about 4 mu.

Known as "the No. [-] mansion in Shanghai".

Unfortunately, it has been launched in 04, and it has been eight years since then. A total of 18 villas have been sold out long ago.

Although you can buy second hand.

Lin Rui thought about it, but forget it.

After all, it was a house eight years ago, and it’s not short of the money. Wouldn’t it be nice to just buy a new one?
Another very famous mansion area is Tangchen Yipin, which has a lot of fame in China.However, Lin Rui went around the neighborhood, and although he was indeed upscale, he seemed a bit old-fashioned.

Apart from the location, it has no advantages compared to other mansions.

The fact is also the same. As a luxury house that opened in 05, it has been seven years now, and China has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past seven years.

In 05, Tomson Yipin was indeed considered a top luxury house, but it is no longer considered a top luxury house.

The biggest advantage of Tangchen Yipin now is that it is just facing the Huangpu River, which is also the biggest reason why it can still be regarded as a high-end mansion.

In Shanghai, whether it is decoration design or high-end materials, there are not many luxury houses that exceed it.

Lin Rui doesn't want to look for a mansion that has been on the market for a few years, preferably a mansion that has just opened in the last one or two years.

Then with the help of professionals, the target was quickly locked, COFCO Haijing No. [-],

This large flat-floor building is located in the core of Lujiazui CBD in Shanghai, in an out-of-print area along the riverside. It enjoys the century-old Bund and overlooks the Pujiang River. The location is excellent.

Moreover, it is a luxury house that just opened this year. Although few units have been sold, it is said that the average price per square meter has reached 20, which can be regarded as the top luxury house in Shanghai.

Accompanied by his secretary and staff, Lin Rui walked around casually, and he fell in love with the building king apartment of COFCO Haijing No. [-], a set of big jumps on the top floor.

This house occupies the 36th and 37th floors, and it is also the largest unit in COFCO Haijing No. 1280, with an area of ​​[-] square meters. It has an absolute first-line river view and faces the Huangpu River.

The interior is even more luxurious, every material and decoration is extremely delicate, which suits Lin Rui's taste.

Then buy it!
Lin Rui is not needed for bargaining. He has his own secretary and hired professionals to take charge.

In the end, it cost 2.8 million yuan to buy this top-floor mansion of COFCO Sea View No. 22. The average price per square meter reached [-] yuan, which directly set a record for the unit price of a large flat-floor transaction in Shanghai.

Although this large flat floor has been finely decorated, the interior soft decoration has not yet entered the venue.

So Lin Rui contacted a well-known soft decoration design company in Shanghai. There is no upper limit, and how much they can spend depends on their ability.

When he comes next time, he can check in directly with his bag.

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(End of this chapter)