My 1999

The next day, at half past eight in the morning.

Two black Mercedes-Benz S600s were parked downstairs at Yahoo's Japan headquarters.

The car door opens.

Xu Liang, Huo Gang, and secretary Lu Hui got off the first bus.

Fukunaga Hideo and his secretary got off the latter car.

"President Fukunaga, is this Yahoo headquarters?"

"Exactly."

After looking at the tall office building in front of me, I stepped inside.

Go straight to the 16th floor.

Coming out of the elevator is the Yahoo Japan logo.

When the front desk saw them, he bowed quickly and asked.

"Everyone, who are you looking for?"

Hideo Fukunaga stepped forward quickly.

"We are representatives of Hongmeng Company and have made an appointment with Mr. Masahiro Inoue, the president of your company."

The receptionist was stunned after receiving the instructions.

"Everyone, please come with me."

Lead them towards the interior of the company.

Xu Liang looked around, and from the slightly sparse workstations in the office area, he could tell that Yahoo Japan was limited by the environment and had a difficult life.

Come to the conference room.

It can be seen that it has been specially decorated, the table is very clean, and there are some fruits on it.

"Please sit down a moment, the president will be here soon."

After everyone nodded, they sat down with Xu Liang as the center.

After looking at him at the front desk, he turned and left.

It didn't take long, and the sound of chaotic footsteps came from far away.

Soon, an elegant middle-aged man wearing a black suit and gold-rimmed glasses walked in from outside. There were also assistants and the like behind.

With a quick glance, his eyes instantly fell on Xu Liang.

"Hello, Mr. Xu."

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be in smooth Mandarin.

Xu Liang held the other person's right hand in surprise.

"Mr. Inoue's Mandarin is excellent."

"I have always been obsessed with your culture when I was in college, and later I studied abroad for a year at Renmin University in your country to learn Chinese language."

Xu Liang understood.

There are many people in the upper class of Japanese society who are interested in China. Masahiro Inoue is just one of them.

"It seems there is no barrier to our communication."

"certainly."

After a brief shake of hands, the two parties sat down.

"It is really admirable that Mr. Xu was able to found Hongmeng at such a young age and develop it into China's largest gaming company."

He didn't mention search, which at this time was seen as a dead-end business, an ancillary product of portals.

Xu Liang smiled lightly, "Thank you, Mr. Inoue. Compared with Yahoo! Japan, Hongmeng is far behind."

"Haha, Mr. Xu is only eighteen years old. He will have great years to develop Hongmeng in the future. In 89 years, it will definitely be comparable to Yahoo Japan now."

This sentence is a bit unpleasant to hear.

It took me eight or nine years to match Yahoo! Japan in 2000?

That's too much rubbish.

However, judging from his expression, Inoue Boya does not seem to be deliberately sarcastic and belittling him, but more like suppressing Hongmeng's value and taking the initiative in subsequent negotiations.

"Mr. Inoue, as far as I know, Yahoo's operating profit in the third quarter of this year was 540 million yen, a decrease of 23% from last year, while Hongmeng's operating profit in the third quarter was 28 million Chinese yen. According to the current exchange rate, it is equivalent to expensive The country has 560 million, so we are still slightly ahead of your company."

Inoue Boya's face changed slightly. He spent one night collecting information about Hongmeng. Because the time was too short, he could only make a rough guess.

Especially the financial data is poorly understood.

But he didn't believe the quarterly profit of 560 million yen.

However, even if the other party is exaggerating to a certain extent, it will not be too bad. After all, once it is exposed, business reputation will be lost.

"Mr. Xu may have misunderstood. Yahoo Japan's third fiscal quarter is October, November and December, and it is far from the end. 540 million yen is only half of our profit."

Some time ago, the news was full of news that Yahoo Japan was about to collapse. In order to cheer up the stock market, it announced its financial report in advance, hoping to boost investor confidence.

It's not really just an operating profit of 540 million.

"What a coincidence. 28 million is only our current operating profit, and our South Korean company will launch another game soon, so there is a high probability that revenue will grow."

The two of them were smiling, but their previous verbal exchanges became more and more intense.

Next to him, Hideo Fukunaga was secretly surprised.

He never expected that the new boss would be so powerful.

Masahiro Inoue is backed by two major companies, SoftBank and Yahoo, and has a high status in the business world. In the past, he was a bit weak in terms of momentum when facing him. However, the new boss at a young age can not only compete with him, but even vaguely surpass him. the other party.

Simply unbelievable.

Inoue Masahiro looked at the young man opposite and frowned slightly.

The confidence in the other person is so strong that he doesn't look like a young man who is only eighteen years old.

It was his first time seeing it.

After pondering for a while.

"Mr. Xu's achievements are admirable. I hope we can have more exchanges and cooperation in the future."

"Of course, this is what I expect. And I came here today hoping to cooperate with Yahoo Japan."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

Xu Liang didn't sell things anymore.

"I hope to sell the Excite portal to Yahoo Japan."

Hearing this, Fukunaga Hideo sighed inwardly.

He strongly disagreed with this decision, but he was the boss.

Inoue Masahiro was quite surprised.

"Hongmeng has just acquired Excite, why is Mr. Xu anxious to sell it?"

"Since Mr. Inoue knows Hongmeng, he should know that our main business is games and search, and portal is not our main business.

In addition, if Excite is number one in the Japanese market, then I will never sell it. However, its market share in the portal market is less than 20%. Given the Internet habits of Japanese Internet users, it is almost impossible to achieve substantial growth.

The Internet happens to be an industry where winners are notified, so we are willing to give up online portals and focus on the search market, hoping to be number one in this segmented track. "

There was a pause.

"Are you satisfied with my answer, Mr. Inoue?"

Inoue Boya nodded slightly.

"What will Yahoo Japan have to pay if it is acquired?"

"Let Bing Search become the search service provider of Yahoo Japan's portal for at least five years!" Xu Liang said in a voice.

Google used Yahoo to rise. In Japan, the world's second largest market, it will also use Yahoo to rise in Japan.

There was a trace of thought on Inoue Boya's face.

Xu Liang's request is not a big problem for Yahoo. Their search engine has been entrusted to Yuanjing, and the contract with Yuanjing is about to expire.

The only problem is that five years is a bit long.

But compared to dominating the Japanese gateway market, this is not a problem at all.

"What is the selling price Mr. Xu hopes to sell?"

"$30 million."

Among Excite’s Asian businesses, the most valuable one is the Japanese business, which accounts for 80% of the total value. In this business, the portal accounts for another 70%.

Moreover, without the drag of Southeast Asia business, the value of Hongmeng business will be higher.

"No, it's too high."

"Mr. Inoue, if Yahoo! Japan annexes Excite, your share in the portal field will exceed 65%, completely surpassing GOO and Nifty, and becoming No. 1 in the portal field.

In this way, it will be a great blessing to Yahoo! Japan's business and market value.

In comparison, $30 million is not a high number.

If I didn't have a very high opinion of Yahoo! Japan and hope that we can cooperate well in the coming time, I would have made a higher offer. "

"Mr. Xu is so eloquent. No wonder he has achieved such great success at such a young age." Inoue Boya said calmly.

"I'm just talking about it."

Inoue Boya thought for a while, "The acquisition of Excite is of great concern. We need to hold a board meeting to discuss it."

"Of course. But I hope to get the results in three days. Otherwise, GOO and Nifty will make higher offers, which will make it difficult for us."

Inoue Masahiro's pupils shrank, of course he could hear the threat in Xu Liang's words.

"I don't think it will take us three days."

"It would be great."

After saying this, Xu Liang stood up and stretched out his right hand towards the other party.

"Then I won't bother you for now."

"I'll send Mr. Xu off."

After personally taking Xu Liang to the elevator and leaving, Inoue Masahiro suddenly turned around and strode towards the office.

"Make an appointment with the chairman for me."

The secretary quickly agreed.