If you cheat, money will follow

The meeting hosted by Xiao Ma is still going on.

"Transformation has become a top priority for the company, but how to transform? What to transform? We cannot rush it, we need to..."

At this time, the secretary walked in and reported to Brother Ma:

"Boss, a company called Leda Investment called and wanted to negotiate with us about the shares held by Naspers."

"Oh? Leda Investment?" Brother Xiaoma was very unfamiliar with this company and looked at the senior staff in the conference room:

"Have any of you heard of this company?"

People in the conference room also looked confused.

Brother Xiao Ma told his secretary: "Hurry up and arrange for someone to check. The more detailed information about this company, the better."

"it is good!"

About an hour later, Brother Ma had a piece of paper in his hand, just a piece of paper.

"It was established last year, registered in the BVI, with its headquarters in Xiangjiang and a branch in Jiangzhou. Currently, no investment information can be found in China. There are some signs of trading activities in overseas financial markets... Is it that simple?"

The secretary replied: "Boss, this is the information that can be found."

"According to my experience, this company should specialize in financial market derivatives trading. The headquarters in Xiangjiang should be just a layer of skin or a bridge, serving as a capital channel to connect overseas markets. Their Jiangzhou branch is It’s the real headquarters.” said the person next to Xiao Ma

"Their general manager is called Zeng Xi, and I have some impression of this person. I remember that when I was working at Goldman Sachs, there was a young investment analyst named Zeng Xi, and I had contact with him."

"Is it her?"

"Judging from the photos, it must be her."

"Then shall we meet or not? Could it be the leather bag company?" Brother Ma asked

"Mr. Ma, my suggestion is to meet him. Even if it's a leather company, we won't lose anything if we meet him."

"Yes, I also recommend a meeting. Now we have no more or better options. What if the other party is a powerful company? If we don't meet, we will miss it."

"That makes sense, let's meet." Brother Ma nodded and said to the secretary:

"You should make arrangements immediately, let's make it this weekend."

"it is good!"

On Saturday morning, two Coasters drove over and parked steadily downstairs of the Goose Factory Building.

Zeng Xi wore a classic little fragrant suit, showing a capable yet elegant temperament.

With a strong aura, she stepped out of the car first.

Following closely behind were Xu Xiaolan from the Administration Department, Zhao Zhiwei from the Investment Department, and other employees.

These people are all in their 20s and 30s, and they have a very youthful atmosphere.

Brother Xiao Ma had already led the company's core management to wait downstairs. When he saw Zeng Xi and others getting off the bus, he quickly walked up and shook hands with them.

"Welcome Mr. Zeng to come to Goose Factory to guide our work."

"Welcome Minister Zhao..."

"Welcome Minister Xu..."

"Welcome everyone..."

"Thank you, Mr. Ma, for coming to greet me personally. I can't talk about guidance. I'm here to learn."

"Mr. Liu, long time no see. You still look like you."

"Haha, it turns out it's really you. After a few years, we actually met in this way."

"This is the fate."

"Yes, it's fate."

After some polite greetings, Xiao Ma and Zeng Xi entered the building surrounded by everyone.

Entering the building, Brother Ma personally led the way and introduced the company's internal layout.

At this time, the Echang Building was not spacious, exquisite, and simple, nor did it have dazzling technological elements. It was not much different from the office buildings of ordinary companies.

After arriving in the conference room, Xiao Ma gave a brief summary of the company's operations.

"Mr. Zeng, our company has been operating well overall in the past year, and our diversified businesses have once again achieved good results. Last year's annual revenue was 38.21 billion yuan, an increase of 36.4% over the same period last year..."

"Profit during the period was 15.86 billion yuan, an increase of 47.4% over the same period last year..."

"Internet value-added services, especially non-game Internet value-added services and Internet advertising business have grown very strongly, with increases of 37.7% and 84.9% respectively..."

"Moreover, our community service platform has more than 1 million active users in a single month and more than 10 billion traffic in a single day. It can be said to be one of the most active online communities in the world."

"Nowadays, the outside world has a deep misunderstanding of our company. They think that we only COPY and have no originality. We are the biggest COPY king. This is a sure shot. The fundamental reason is that our products are better."

"Frankly speaking, our domestic Internet products are basically transplanted from abroad, with more or less original elements added. Just because they have copied, we cannot copy them. This is unreasonable."

"What's more, compared with them, we are not just COPY, but re-development on the basis of COPY, and we also add a lot of our own things. The integration of these things makes the product experience better and run more stable, so we win win the support and affirmation of users.”

"If it weren't for the support and affirmation of users, our company would not be where it is today and would have been consigned to history long ago. Mr. Zeng, don't you think so?"

Zeng Xi nodded: "Mr. Ma is right. Business models are always limited. We cannot blindly insist on originality in business models. The key is who can create unlimited product experience through limited business models..."

Brother Ma couldn't help but applaud after hearing this. This view completely hit his heart:

"Mr. Zeng, what you said is absolutely correct. This is our philosophy and this is how we have always implemented it."

"Of course, we will sincerely accept criticism from the outside world. After a while, we are ready to seriously dive in and invite people from all walks of life to take our pulse and put forward more pertinent criticisms and feasible suggestions."

"We will absorb these criticisms and suggestions, find suggestions that will help us develop better, and correct our mistakes in a timely manner."

"Objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with the product-centric concept, but more open, innovative, and inclusive elements can be appropriately injected. This is what we plan to do."

Zeng Xi said: "Mr. Ma has a broad mind and is very in line with the trend of the times. It is undeniable and obvious that the future Internet world is indeed an open and sharing world."

After the opening, both parties realized that they were about to get down to business, and both stopped smiling. Zeng Xi got straight to the point.

"Mr. Ma, everyone, please allow me to make a brief introduction on behalf of Leda Investment Company and the purpose of coming to your company."

Brother Ma nodded: "I'm all ears."

"Mr. Ma, everyone, first of all, on behalf of Leda Investment Company, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to your company for your warm welcome..."

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"Leda Investment Company was officially established in November last year. The company's headquarters is in Xiangjiang and its branch is in Jiangzhou. The Xiangjiang headquarters mainly faces the international market, and the Jiangzhou branch mainly focuses on domestic industrial investment..."

"Although our company has only been established for more than five months, our previous business activities have lasted for many years..."

"Our company is very young, and our employees are even younger, with an average age of no more than 25 years old. Previously, we have been engaged in trading activities in the international financial market. We are aware of the booming development of the domestic Internet industry, so we want to keep up with the times and find ways to related investment opportunities.”

"Recently, I heard that your company's major shareholder, Naspers, wants to withdraw due to some internal factors. Our company's investment director Zhao Zhiwei..." Zeng Xi pointed to the left:

"This is this handsome guy. He took the initiative to find me and submitted an analysis report. In the report, he highly praised your company and determined that your company is the most valuable investment company among the many Internet companies in China."

Brother Xiao Ma smiled and nodded to Zhao Zhiwei: "Thank you very much, Minister Zhao, for your recognition."

Zhao Zhiwei smiled back: "The main thing is that your company is running well."

"Some time ago, I went to the beautiful country. After returning home, I came to Pengcheng without stopping, hoping to exchange opinions with your company on the shares in Naspers's hands..."

After Zeng Xi introduced his purpose, Brother Ma nodded:

"I am very grateful to Leda Investment Company, Mr. Zeng, Minister Zhao and all the talents for recognizing our company. We do not dare to be the most valuable company, but we have been working hard in this direction. Moreover, our company is very strict about accepting external investment. Always keep an open and welcoming attitude…”

"However, I believe Mr. Zeng knows something about our company..."

Zeng Xi nodded, "I heard something."

Brother Xiao Ma went on to say: "Our company can reach this stage and develop to this stage mainly due to the stability of the management team and the high consistency of value orientation. Therefore, the prerequisite for accepting investment is to recognize our management team and value orientation.”

Zeng Xi said: "Mr. Ma, before we came to Pengcheng, we had understood some of your company's conditions. Frankly speaking, we are not exclusive and are willing to accept these conditions."

Xiao Ma was surprised: "Oh...?"

Zeng Xi said with a smile: "Here, I can express my opinion to Mr. Ma and all of you. If Leda Investment Company is lucky enough to join your company's board of directors, it will always adhere to the value investment positioning and maintain close cooperation with your company's decision-makers on major matters." Consistent opinion…”

"As for what I said, a consistency agreement can be signed..."

Brother Ma couldn't help but interject here: "Mr. Zeng, are you serious about this?"

Zeng Xi said: "It's absolutely true. Moreover, we can also promise you that in view of the unstable stock price of your company, once our company joins your company's board of directors, we will allocate a certain amount of funds to enter the market to protect the market, with a target price of HK$8/ share."

Brother Xiao Ma was a little excited: "Then... what are your company's conditions?"

Zeng Xi: "The overall principle of our company's investment in your company is value investment. We will grow with the growth of your company and enjoy the development dividends of your company..."

"However, we hope to have voting rights when it comes to major matters involving our own interests, such as capital increase and share expansion... etc. This must be guaranteed."