My Age of Investment

  Chapter 1574 Liu Bei Borrows Jingzhou

During the period when Xia Jingxing went abroad to inspect his work, Zhang Ming was not idle, and had frequent and in-depth communications with investors and business partners. In the end, all parties reached a unified opinion and decided to bring the child who was brought up by one hand. —Jiujiufang was handed over to the domestic holding group, which is an Internet giant, to continue to raise it.

  Making this big decision didn’t make Zhang Ming feel too difficult. After all, the upper limit of Jiujiufang’s achievements was there, and it was impossible to become a listed company with a small market capitalization.

  The high-level quotation of the domestic holding group headed by Zhang Yong appeared to be very generous, giving Jiujiufang, a small company that was established only two years ago, an acquisition quotation of US$120 million.

  At the same time, in order to carry out the will of the boss, Zhang Ming and his small entrepreneurial team were tightly tied to the chariot of Shanghai Holdings. The overseas holdings also generously agreed to acquire Jiujiufang in the form of a full "issue of new shares".

That is to say, as long as the transaction is approved, Haimai Holdings can issue an additional 0.36% of shares to the entrepreneurial team headed by Zhang Ming and Jiujiufang’s only investor SIG Heiner Asia.

This amount of shares may not seem to be much, but considering that the development of Overseas Holdings has been very mature, and its status as a giant has also been recognized by the industry, if Jiujiufang gets on the other side's listing, the shares in its hands may still be It will increase in value several times in the future.

  In order to attract Zhang Ming, Overseas Holdings offered generous conditions.

Zhang Ming is not a person who doesn't know good and bad, and the beautiful blueprints that Xia Jingxing described to him before, such as big data applications and internal entrepreneurship, tickled his heart, so after a few rounds of simple negotiations with Zhang Yong and others, he decided to Signed the contract with great enthusiasm and led the team to join the new company quickly.

  Because Xia Jingxing was abroad, he did not participate in the signing ceremony for the acquisition of Jiujiufang.

   After handling BOE's financing matters cleanly, he found time to meet with Zhang Ming.

  Zhang Ming is still the same as before, with a hoodie and framed glasses, dressed as a dull programmer, and he looks a little reserved when talking with Xia Jingxing.

   But when it came to the future planning of the "Journal of Toutiao" project, he immediately became active, and the constraints on his body disappeared completely, as if he had changed himself.

   "President Xia, the other arrangements are all right, they are all in place, but if Toutiao is a news aggregation platform, where can we get so many news content resources?"

  Looking at Zhang Ming with an honest face, Xia Jingxing's eyes narrowed slightly. He very suspected that this kid was pretending to be stupid. Don't you yourself not understand how he's doing his job? Still need me to teach you?

   But having said that, after all, Zhang Ming has just joined the new company and is in charge of a major project that will determine his future, so it is understandable to be cautious.

  Intention to tease this kid, so Xia Jingxing deliberately pretended to be stupid and said in a daze: "Hey, yes, Hai Nei Holdings has not yet established its own portal website, nor has it built a news collection and editing team. The content in the early stage is indeed a bit troublesome...

   How about cooperating with Hainei.com, Weibo, and Hainei Films to post entertainment gossip about celebrities? "

  Zhang Ming couldn't help but smiled wryly: "If there are only entertainment and gossip news on the platform, then the path has gone astray from the beginning. It is not good for us to develop a comprehensive news platform and attract users of all ages."

   "That's true! Today's headlines are aimed at all user groups, and entertainment gossip is probably interested in young people who like star chasing."

  Suddenly Xia Jingxing stopped talking, and he held his chin with a pensive look.

  Zhang Ming was a little impatient. After hesitating for a moment, he took the initiative to say: "Mr. Xia, do you think this will work? In the early stage, let's borrow news from the four major portals and other traditional media."

   "Borrow?" Xia Jingxing glanced at him and continued to pretend to be confused.

  Zhang Ming laughed twice, and suddenly showed a bad expression, "Uh...it's like this, the essence of the rapid development of the Internet industry lies in the word "sharing".

Let's borrow the news content resources of our friends in the early stage. When Toutiao develops in the future, has a greater voice and starts to monetize advertising, we will pay them back a big contract at that time, and we will achieve mutual success. win-win! "

Xia Jingxing looked around Zhang Ming carefully with his eyes, and nodded secretly. He is indeed a new giant who can make his way in the savage Chinese Internet arena. This is the type of person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

   Still borrowing news resources? I'm afraid Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, and if he borrowed it, he would never repay it!

   In fact, it is quite normal, after all, there is no place for a gentleman in the Internet industry.

Considering that the Overseas Holdings Group is not the kind of early-stage start-up company that never stops, and the corporate image still needs to be easily maintained, Xia Jingxing asked, "Can we first designate some news content providers to sign a cooperation agreement?" ? If you follow your method, there will be too many disputes in the future, and everyone will lose face."

Zhang Ming immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Don't! Don't! Let's not talk about the thoughts and attitudes of the four major portals towards Overseas Holdings' sudden involvement in the online news industry. They are more vigilant and pay more attention to the development of Toutiao.

  Let’s borrow some news resources first, wait and see their attitude while developing Toutiao, and formulate the next action plan based on their reaction.

  I believe that as long as Toutiao can explore a way ahead of other companies, it will be too late for them to decide to enter the game after they have come to terms with it.

   This is the same as the battle of Weibo, one step ahead, one step ahead. "

   Xia Jingxing nodded with a smile. It has to be said that Zhang Ming still has something in his stomach. When formulating the development strategy of Toutiao, he fully considered the current situation facing domestic holdings.

At present, in China, apart from having a fragile relationship with Ari, Haimai Holdings is either engaged in fierce battles with other old and new Internet giants, or has had a bad relationship in the past. Therefore, the attitude of these people towards Toutiao can be imagined. I absolutely don't want to see overseas holdings enter their territory again, and create a new star-level Internet product to compress their living space.

  It seems that we really can only "borrow the news" first, and then... let's slowly fight lawsuits and verbal battles!

  In Haiding District, the domestic holdings are still two-point thin, at least they won't run away like Zhou Hongyi.

   "Okay, just do it your way!"

  Xia Jingxing thought for a while, and added a sentence later: "If there is anything, I will let Zhang Yongquan take care of it for you. Do it with confidence and boldly. Everything will not be a problem."

  Hearing Xia Jingxing's promise, Zhang Ming felt completely at ease in his heart.

  It’s not that he doesn’t know what an “aggregation platform” is. Back then, Jiujiufang started as a real estate information aggregation platform, and he often picked things up from friends.

  Of course, real estate websites are all small fish and small shrimps. Jiujiufang borrows things as soon as they borrow them. Ordinary small companies have nothing to do with them.

  But online news is different. It is the private land of Sina, Sohu, NetEase and Penguin. The relationship between Overseas Holdings and the four giants is not harmonious. If you go to someone’s house to follow things, you can imagine what the consequences will be.

  If Xia Jingxing didn't give some protection, or give clear instructions, he wouldn't dare to touch the four tigers' buttocks at will.

   "Alright, Mr. Xia, then I'll go to work first."

   "Well, let's go! Remember to communicate more with the few technical experts in charge of big data research. They are all top talents recruited by the company. The algorithm model and personalized news recommendation need to be gradually improved by you."

   "I get it! We must strive to be the best and most innovative news app."

  …

  Watching Zhang Ming walk out of the office and carefully close the door, Xia Jingxing gradually put away the smile on his face.

   Sorry, Martian Zhang, you must be out of control of the geopolitical disputes on the earth. Work harder on my side and help you bear more. You can honestly work for me! Absolutely can't treat you badly!

  (end of this chapter)