The rebirth of the wife and children

Chapter 872 Sell it if the price is right

What Li Lei said just gave everyone a buffer time, and Tan Liang nodded accordingly: "Let's have some dinner first, and we can discuss in the afternoon."

"It's a good relationship. I'm really hungry after Mr. Li said that just now." Shang Fuhai responded with a smile.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Shang Dong, let's have a light snack at noon. In the evening, I will invite Shang Dong and everyone to taste our authentic Shanghai cuisine." Qin Liang immediately showed a guilty expression of neglecting the guests.

Han Zhengyu chatted with the shareholder representatives of two other investment companies. Through communication, he knew that one of them was Zhao Deshun and the other was Fang Zhengwei.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Fang, what do you think of the matter discussed just now?" Han Zhengyu asked them.

Zhao Deshun said with a smile: "Very good, what Mr. Qin said will benefit all of us in the long run. I think it should be like this. Now that Qutoutiao's product is considered mature, we are even more mature. We should take advantage of this time to show its true value, instead of being confused and without specific positioning like it is now."

"As the saying goes, it's well received. We will take this step sooner or later through the market to reach a consensus. What do you think of Mr. Han?"

Fang Zhengwei also followed behind Zhao Deshun and said: "Mr. Zhao is right. What was the purpose of our investment at the beginning? To put it bluntly, it was not to make money."

"How to earn?"

Fang Zhengwei paused for a moment, and then said: "In the past, there were no excellent products. For now, I think Qutoutiao's product is very mature, but we still need to reach a value consensus with all parties. How to reach this consensus? We must put it on the market to be recognized, from our company’s point of view, we also recognize Qutoutiao’s B round of financing.”

Speaking of this, he looked at Han Zhengyu and continued: "In addition, the suggestion that Director Shang just made at the discussion meeting is very good. Before the B round of financing, we can use the hot product channels in the market to promote a wave, just like Shang What Dong said just now, in the final analysis, how to measure the quality of Qutoutiao's product?"

While speaking, Fang Zhengwei stretched out three fingers: "First, the cumulative user downloads."

"Second, the number of daily active users."

"Third, the average online time of users."

"Of course, there are some other hard indicators, such as the ranking of our products among similar news and information apps. But on the other hand, how did this ranking come about? It is still supported by the top three data..."

Talking and walking, Han Zhengyu communicated a lot with Zhao Deshun and Fang Zhengwei, and got a lot of useful information from their words.

In addition, they are very interested in whether the Qutoutiao that Shang Fuhai mentioned at the discussion meeting may enter the capital market for financing in the short term.

Currently, in the absence of capital market trading channels, if they want to cash out, they have to sell their old stocks at a 'low price', but they feel that it is a loss to sell them at such a low price. It's a great idea.

At this point, there is no need to think too much. They 100% support Qutoutiao to go public as soon as possible. It is best to go to the Nasdaq market like other technology stocks.

Qin Liang and Li Lei took them to a well-decorated hotel near the company. The so-called simple food, in the end the six of them still ordered a table of delicious dishes.

During the dinner, 6 people talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

As we ate and talked, everyone offered their opinion on their interpretation of the future of the market.

The companies behind Zhao Deshun and Fang Zhengwei are all engaged in industry, and they have been lamenting that last year's industry was not easy to do.

Zhao Deshun also kept mentioning the issue of environmental protection management. He said: "To be honest, if we continue to follow the current trend and the result has not improved, our company will have to consider further reducing costs."

How to compress it?

When it comes to this issue, many people's first reaction is layoffs!

Although Zhao Deshun didn't say it, everyone present could hear it.

If all conditions are right, he may also sell part of Qutoutiao's shares to replenish the company.

Regarding his thoughts, Tan Liang didn't say anything, this is a very normal thing, if it happened to him, he would do the same.

For Qin Liang, this is a good thing.

"Shang Dong, what you mentioned just now can be promoted by taking short videos for another 3 months. I have to leave this matter to you." Tan Liang said it again by taking advantage of the meal stall.

Let’s settle this matter first. If he can really use Paike’s short video to attract traffic for 3 months again, he believes that the data after 3 months will be very different from the current one.

Shang Fuhai said broadly, "No problem, just don't worry, Mr. Tan."

Han Zhengyu was very surprised, what happened to his boss today, his behavior was a bit abnormal!

After the meal, Tan Liang arranged a temporary resting place for him.

Shang Fuhai and Han Zhengyu were together, and Sun Qingde and Gao Yubao who followed Shang Fuhai were in another room.

"Boss, there is something that I haven't really figured out." Han Zhengyu asked him.

"During the discussion in the morning, why did I feel that you might throw away the shares of Qutoutiao at any time?"

Shang Fuhai looked at Han Zhengyu calmly, and Han Zhengyu felt a little uncomfortable looking at it, so he said, "Old Han, you have a very keen sense. That's right, I just plan to throw it away when the price is right."

"-_---" Han Zhengyu was silent.

"Boss, don't you plan to wait until Qutoutiao goes public?" Han Zhengyu specifically reminded him.

Shang Fuhai opened his mouth and laughed: "Kevin, why do you think that the price after listing will be higher than the price before listing? Besides, after listing, according to the rules of the game, can you throw it away in a short time?"

"It doesn't matter if it's from the East US or the domestic ones. The stocks that have been lifted will have to wait at least one year and sell them in batches according to a certain ratio. From the perspective of time and cost, it's meaningless. I might as well find a high price and sell them all together. Forget it, with this money, if I go to do other things, must I earn less than it?"

Han Zhengyu slapped himself on the head with his backhand. He suddenly realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. He subconsciously felt that the price of a stock would rise sharply after it was listed. Why didn't it plummet?

This kind of thing is really not new at all.

For example, the well-known CNPC has been around for many years, and I don’t know if the people on the top of the mountain are still there. The high place is extremely cold!

No wonder it's not easy!

"Kevin, think about it carefully. Qutoutiao seems to be developing very fast, but at least so far, apart from allowing me to see copy + paste, I haven't seen other core content. As for the future... Hey!" Shang Fuhai chuckled and didn't say much.

But the implication is that in the long run, he is not very optimistic.

Han Zhengyu didn't reply, he went to think about what Shang Fuhai said just now, Shang Fuhai shook his head slightly and narrowed his eyes.

It was Sun Qingde who knocked on the door to call them, Han Zhengyu immediately came to his senses, woke up Shang Fuhai who was already asleep, and several people returned to the meeting room where they were in the morning.

After Shang Fuhai and Han Zhengyu went in, they found that Zhao Deshun and Fang Zhengwei were already in the conference room, and Li Lei also came over, busy pouring tea for Zhao Deshun and Fang Zhengwei.

After seeing the two of Shang Fuhai, Li Lei finished his work and hurried over: "Shang Dong, Mr. Han, I'm sorry to interrupt your rest again."

"It's okay, Mr. Tan?" Shang Fuhai asked.

Li Lei said: "It's a bit of a coincidence to talk about it. Mr. Qin was ready to come over to continue discussing the morning's affairs. Who knew that the people from Tencent Capital had called."

"Tencent Capital? Who is it, Yu Chaohui?" Shang Fuhai said a name directly.

He remembers very clearly that Yu Chaohui should be the leader of Tencent Capital now. He remembers that when he led the team to participate in the B-round financing of Paike short video, he was very arrogant at that time.

However, Yu Zhaohui later called him alone, and told him that he must call him in advance when Paike Short Video is raising its C round, and he promised to follow suit regardless of the price.

This made it seem that Shang Fuhai was not willing to take him to play, or that he was arrogant and looked down on Paike short videos, thinking that Paike short videos were just like that.

After he went back, he still wanted to let Nanshan Tumbler imitate a product similar to Paike short video. Nanshan Tumbler, who has always been invincible in the COPY field, finally admitted failure.

Shang Fuhai wondered if it was Yu Zhaohui who called Tan Liang?

Hearing the name Shang Fuhai mentioned, Li Lei had heard of it before, and he immediately felt ashamed.

"Shang Dong, not Mr. Yu, but an investment director below." Li Lei didn't even mention the other party's name.

Shang Fuhai let out an 'oh' and didn't say anything else.

After waiting for about 5 minutes, Tan Liang came in with a calm face. From his face, you couldn't tell how he was chatting with the other party. He is a master at controlling emotions.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, I had an important call just now, and I was delayed for a while. I'm really sorry." Tan Liang bowed slightly to apologize, and then sat down.

A few people didn't pursue this, they all had a look of ignorance on their faces, and they were all masters of acting.

Qin Liang continued: "Let's continue with the discussion in the morning."

Seeing that none of the people objected, he went on to say: "I would like to express my sincere thanks to Director Shang for contacting Paike short video and promoting Qutoutiao for 3 months at a discounted price!"

"It's okay, it's just a small matter, or I think it's like this, we just happen to be here, you might as well show your hands to vote, if possible, I'll call Mr. Liang later, and reserve a promotional spot for Qutoutiao .”

That’s right. Paike’s short video advertising spaces are very popular now. If you want to log in to the page, the top page, and the homepage of the second-level subcategory, you have to book a few months in advance. It’s not like the previous discount promotion. It's time for people to advertise.

The phrase "Scholars should treat each other with admiration for three days" couldn't be more appropriate for Paike short videos.

Qin Liang agreed with his suggestion, and said: "Since Shang Dong said so, let's vote with a show of hands. In addition, I declare in advance that there is indeed no money in Qutoutiao's account. If this vote is passed, we need to vote." The four parties jointly contribute in proportion.”

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand directly: "I agree!"

Then his hardcore Li Lei also raised his hand: "I agree too!"

In addition, Fang Zhengwei, who represented Xihu Culture Communication Co., Ltd., and Zhao Deshun, who represented Jincheng Shanshi Technology, also raised their hands one after the other. It goes without saying that Shang Fuhai was the last one.

This is considered a unanimous vote for the proposal.

Shang Fuhai didn't say anything else, and called Liang Rubo on the spot.

As the major shareholder of Jingcheng Paike Technology Co., Ltd., Shang Fuhai made a phone call in person. The important recommended spots have indeed been reserved, but there happens to be a second-level category page where the top ad space on the homepage will be vacant in the middle of the month. Come out, there is another homepage advertising space that will be vacant in the second half of the year.

Shang Fuhai gestured to the others with his eyes, and seeing that they all nodded in agreement, Shang Fuhai directly told Liang Rubo on the phone that he had reserved these two places for Qutoutiao.

Although it is not the most important advertising space, it is this kind of advertisement in the second most important position, plus the duration of 3 months, and finally discounted the factor of Shang Fuhai. After Liang Rubo asked people to calculate, he still asked for 3000 million. , which is equivalent to an advertising fee of 1 million a month.

"Everyone, how do you feel about this price?" Shang Fuhai asked them.

He doesn't care, even if he has to pay 3000 million, but according to his 20% shareholding, he only needs to pay 600 million yuan.

Jincheng Shanshi Technology represented by Zhao Deshun and Xihu Communication Co., Ltd. represented by Founder Micro will each pay 16 million yuan based on their 480% shareholding, which is not a lot.

But Shang Fuhai clearly saw a slight pain in Zhao Deshun's face.

He thought to himself, it seems that the other party is really not lying, Jincheng Shanshi Technology behind him seems to have really encountered difficulties, otherwise 480 million yuan is really not a big deal for a company.

On the contrary, Qin Liang himself, who has the most shares, needs to pay 1080 million yuan at one time this time. The least is undoubtedly Li Lei, who currently has the least personal shares. He only needs to pay 360 million yuan.

This price is not too difficult for Li Lei, he can still squeeze it out by gritting his teeth.

After the calculation, Tan Liang said: "Everyone, since everyone agrees, let's handle this matter better and better. After the promotion here, I believe that the download volume of Qutoutiao will definitely usher in another peak... ..."

"In addition, I want to tell you a piece of good news." Speaking of this, Qin Liang deliberately paused, and he glanced at everyone present with a little pride in his heart, and then said: "Just now, a member of Tencent Capital The investment director called me, and he asked me if Qutoutiao had any plans to raise funds in the near future, and he said that their company is very optimistic about our products!"

After he finished speaking, Li Lei subconsciously glanced at Shang Fuhai. At this moment, he felt embarrassed.

But Shang Fuhai seemed to know nothing, and said happily: "Really, I also know a few people at Tencent Capital, should I call them and ask, and try to give our Qutoutiao an estimate." high price."

Hearing what he said, Tan Liang subconsciously turned his head to look at Li Lei, and found that he was nodding to him. Qin Liang understood in his heart that Shang Fuhai must have known about it a long time ago, and deliberately pretended not to know anything. Come and wait here.

However, Qin Liang has a strong mental capacity to bear it. He nodded directly and said, "If Shang Dong does have connections in Tencent's capital, that would be great. The higher the valuation of Qutoutiao, the better we will be able to sell it at a good price."

"Okay, I'll go back and have a chat with Yu Zhaohui to see what he's been up to recently, and let him go for a while." Shang Fuhai said in a strong tone.

At this moment, no one in the conference room felt that he was bragging, and everyone knew that he did have the capital now.

There is no way to talk about this topic anymore. Qin Liang continued to talk about other things about Qutoutiao, including Qutoutiao's staffing, financial status and advertising business development.

After listening to his introduction, Shangfu Haibin compared it with his own companies, only to realize that many things in Qutoutiao are really bad.

More than 9000 million cumulative user downloads, and the number of daily active users has also reached 3000 million. Ten thousand.

"GOOD!" Shang Fuhai couldn't help admiring in his heart, the one who can make this data is really a fucking talent!

If Shang Fuhai was to handle this matter, the first thing he would do would be to cut off the company's finances and replace it with another person. Fortunately, Qin Liang still had the face to say that he would do a B round of financing. Before the financing, he didn't know Do you want to make the financial statements look better?

Although it is normal for Internet companies to lose money, don’t you know that making the data more attractive can help companies obtain higher valuations when financing?

Comparing a financially healthy company with a discerning person who knows at a glance that the company is not financially healthy, the balance in my heart will be tilted first.

Shang Fuhai listened to the following details about the company's daily operations. He was not very interested in these minutiae. In this regard, Han Zhengyu specially recorded it for him.

In the afternoon, they also voted on the tedious work of Qutoutiao's staffing and salary adjustments in the new year. In this regard, as long as it is reasonable and with good reasons, Shang Fuhai will not be stuck with it.

It is absolutely impossible to generate electricity for love these days. If you want the horse to run, you must feed him grass.

The meeting lasted until after six o'clock in the afternoon, and the employees in the company also got off work one after another. Several people in the conference room stood up and stretched themselves after Qin Liang said, "Today's meeting is over."

Li Lei went on to say: "Everyone, tonight, Mr. Qin has already booked a room in Dongfang Binjiang in advance, and it just so happens that it's time for dinner, let's go there now!"

Chapter 873

The next morning, after having breakfast at Dongfang Binjiang, Shang Fuhai, Han Zhengyu, Sun Qingde, and Gao Yubao left here, and went directly to the high-speed rail station with the person arranged by Qin Liang, and then got on the 9:1 a.m. The high-speed train departs at [-]:[-] p.m. and arrives in Beijing at [-]:[-] p.m.

It’s already the Spring Festival travel season offline, and the train station is crowded with people. If you walk through the normal passage, it’s too crowded, and it’s definitely not easy to buy tickets.

Shang Fuhai is always privileged, and it took him four and a half hours to arrive in the capital smoothly.

After he came out, seeing the crowds that were also rushing towards the station like a tide, he couldn't help feeling: "Kevin, look at how many people are rushing home by car!"

"They all come out to make a living. It's not a last resort. No one wants to leave home thousands of miles away." Han Zhengyu felt emotional.

To be honest, the capital city is his hometown, and he went to Bo city because he didn't get along well here at first, and his feelings were frustrated.

Now, he kind of doesn't want to come back.

After exiting the station, Shang Fuhai said to him: "Kevin, let's proceed according to the plan when we came here. I will go to the AVIC Building to find Lao Zhang at Jinri Toutiao. Go and do your work. We will gather here tomorrow morning. "