My Age of Investment

   Chapter 690

  A few more days later, Murdoch was still quiet, Xia Jingxing decided not to wait for him, called Gates, asked him to send Larson over, to finalize the oil pipe’s Series A financing as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

  Larson moved quickly, and rushed to the tubing with the team the next day.

  The chief financial steward of Gates is not a good person. During the negotiation, he must compare the baht and the baht, which made Xia Jingxing very annoying.

   "Darren, why did you suddenly take 30 million dollars from the oil pipe account a few days ago?

  After the funds were transferred, the remaining book funds of the oil pipeline were not enough to cover the next month's expenditure. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled, and said quite circumstantially: “During the split, the money was returned to the parent company’s Facebook. What, there’s a problem, or you can reduce the valuation of the tubing by $30 million.”

  Larson was speechless, his face flushed and white.

  Taking a valuation of 6 billion U.S. dollars, minus 30 million, which is nothing at all.

  But the 30 million US dollars given to Facebook has played a big role, because Facebook people have no surplus.

  In particular, Facebook’s financing negotiations are now interrupted, and the cash on the book is facing tension. There are tens of millions of dollars in the account. After all, it is necessary to be calm.

  This kind of ugly food is not actually Xia Jingxing's doing.

  If he came to do it, the oil pipeline wouldn’t be as simple as failing to pay next month’s salary.

  Compared with the poorest listed company in China with only more than one hundred dollars, the foreign girl is still a simple child and lacks a little imagination.

  Yes, this is the foreign girl who did it.

After    was done, she went to Xia Jingxing to ask for her credit, saying that she kept the pocket money for her brother when she was a child.

  Sorted for a second of silence for poor little Brady's unreliable sister.

  The foreign girl hit Xia Jingxing with her leg, gave him a look, and signaled him to be gentler and not so aggressive.

  Xia Jingxing looked at the foreign girl in an angry manner. What you did, I will help wipe your butt, and now I am still blaming me.

   "Well, let's set a pre-investment valuation of 5.97 billion US dollars!"

   Larson reluctantly said that if Gates hadn’t told him to make a quick fight, he wouldn’t let it go so easily.

  In fact, Gates has no objection to the six billion US dollars valuation of oil pipes, and he did not ask Larson to bargain.

   is his own opinion, intending to exceed the task and go to Gates to ask for a reward.

  Xia Jingxing squeezed her mouth, so she said that, taking it seriously, she was angry.

   "Waterfall Investment requires the priority investment right of the next round of financing of Tubing." Larson continued to raise the conditions.

  Xia Jingxing hesitated a little, but he agreed relatively quickly.

  How fierce and fierce the fuel pipe will burn next, he knows very well that he wants to tie Gates to the capital’s chariot and the door is welded to death.

  Gates wanted to calculate him. He took a small book to write down. At this stage, he could not trouble Gates, so he had to ask for some interest first.

  If Gates can grasp it, don’t jump in the middle of the car, and follow him all the way to the end of victory, then he deserves to make a fortune and not care about it.

  But if you want to jump off the car in the middle, don't blame him for nothing.

  He already has a rough draft in his mind, and then it’s up to the oil pipeline to spend money to compete.

   Larson made a few more conditions, and Xia Jingxing agreed to them all.

  This refreshing energy made Luo Li on the side surprised. Is this the Darren he knows?

  Larson's complexion was slightly awkward, and there were no more moths behind Xia Jingxing, which made it easy for him to go back.

  "Dalun, now the last question is, Waterfall Investment invested 600 million U.S. dollars in Tubing. Do you have any objections?"

  Xia Jingxing shook his head, "That’s not enough, you can report to Mr. Gates, make up the 10% ratio, I promised him."

  Larson went out and returned to the conference room after a while.

  "Okay, Mr. Gates agreed. Waterfall Investment will inject 660.33 million U.S. dollars into the tubing to obtain 10% of the shares."

  An additional $60 million was added. Xia Jingxing suddenly smiled and praised Mr. Gates for his grandeur.

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  Tubing’s Series A financing has just been finalized, and the five Hollywood giants who have not contacted Xia Jingxing for a long time finally called.

  Lei Shidong was the first to call. The old man laughed heartily on the phone and said: "Haha, Darren, I haven't contacted you for so long, so I shouldn't blame me?"

   "No no, cooperation is a major event, and it is natural to think carefully."

  "Young man, I appreciate you more and more."

   "Really? Then I will be happy for three days."

  ……

  After a few nonsense, the old man finally got to the point.

  "Daren, I have a few questions to ask clearly."

"Please say."

  "After the establishment of Hulu Video, the content copyright purchase price..."

  Xia Jingxing listened carefully, the old man’s meaning is not free, you have to pay, it can be cheaper in the early stage, but as Hulu Video’s business is stable and profitable, the content copyright has to be increased in price.

  "Mr. Lei Shidong, you can rest assured that Hulu Video is an independent company and has business dealings with shareholders. It must also act according to business rules.

  For Viacom, Hulu Video is to explore the way for you, and explore a way to profit from online copyright, so that online piracy will no longer cause you headaches. "

   Lei Shidong on the other end of the phone smiled, "Okay, I am relieved with your words. I now have one last question, or my plan.

  Hulu Video initially invested 200 million US dollars, how about buying our copyright first with 100 million US dollars?

  Now Viacom’s board of directors has doubts about the cooperation with Hulu Video, and feels that this model cannot work.

  I think we can first come up with an attitude to show that Hulu Video is really helping to solve the problems faced by Viacom. "

  Xia Jingxing quickly calculated in his heart, and instantly understood the old man's tricks.

  According to their agreement, the shareholding ratio of each of the five Hollywood giants is set at 15%.

  Calculated on the basis of 200 million US dollars of investment, each giant has invested 30 million US dollars.

  If 100 million U.S. dollars is used to purchase copyright, each giant can recover an average of 20 million U.S. dollars and reduce the investment to 10 million U.S. dollars.

  If Hulu Video can’t do it, it will be the two large-scale shareholders of Oil Pipeline and Waterfall Investment that will bear the biggest losses.

  As for the copyrights sold by the Big Five, it was originally a waste of money in the warehouse, and there is no cost.

  I have to say that these old yins are better than a single hand.

   Despite his chaotic description of the future blueprint of Hulu Video, the five giants still remain very wary.

  "Okay, just follow Mr. Redstone’s will. In addition, YouTube also decided to purchase Viacom’s US$10 million copyright first in order to promote cooperation between our two parties."

  Lei Shidong smiled very happily, thinking that this young man was too high-minded, equivalent to not spending a penny, and gave them nearly one-sixth of the equity of Hulu Video.

  He ignored the copyright value of 30 million US dollars, because this thing, now everyone is for nothing, and very few pay, say it is worthless, and it is indeed worthless.

  Of course, what’s more important is the statement of YouTube and Hulu video.

  These two video websites took the lead in expressing their opinions, and then they will collect copyright fees from other companies, and they will become famous.

  Xia Jingxing spends the money without heartache, anyway, the whole consumption is paid by Gates.

  Tubing’s money to buy copyrights, Hulu Video’s shares, and Hulu Video’s money to buy copyrights, all came directly or indirectly from Gates.

  "Daren, let me give you another news. Murdoch has been looking for several of us to negotiate recently..."

After the benefits were in place, Redstone sold Murdoch without hesitation.

  "Daren, you have to be careful. If necessary, Viacom’s media will speak out for you, a great guy with a sense of justice and respect for intellectual property rights."

  The old man's remarks were so hypocritical and ironic that he almost made Xia Jingxing laugh.

  He can't laugh, he has to accompany the old man with two tricks.

  "Mr. Lei Shidong, thank you, God will bless you as a media person with a conscience."

  Lei Shidong laughed twice, said a few more words, and hung up the phone contentedly.

  Not long afterwards, the other four giants seemed to have negotiated, and they called in turn. The content of the conversation was similar to that of Lei Shidong. They wanted benefits but were not willing to take risks.

  Xia Jingxing's generous Gates satisfied them all.

   His behavior of throwing coins has also won the favor of the five giants, and they have expressed their support for Xia Jingxing in the fight with Murdoch.

  The magnitude of the reversal of the changes before and after is enough to make people doubt the magic of reality.

  Xia Jingxing sneered in her heart. This is the virtue of capital. If you have milk, you are a mother, and only benefits are eternal.

  He also drew a large pie for the five giants. Youtube will purchase part of the copyright every year. After Hulu Video develops, it will contract all online copyrights, and the value of Hulu Video’s equity will increase day by day.

  Three big cake stalls, plus Xia Jingxing’s real money and silver to give each family 30 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to refunding all the equity investment funds.

  That's pretty cool.

  Murdoch, the adversary of the deduction search search, wanted to get all the benefits, but they had to be ruthlessly abandoned.

  For the Big Five, hunting Facebook and YouTube may capture huge commercial benefits, but it may not necessarily hold the winning ticket. After winning, it is also a big problem to divide the accounts.

According to the information disclosed by Xia Jingxing, they found that Murdoch was bluffing and deceiving and engaging in commercial blackmail under their prestige. After Facebook changed hands, Murdoch might have sent them away with a mosquito leg. News The group has its own big advantage.

  After knowing all this, they were also a little bit astonished. Fortunately, Xia Jingxing saw through Murdoch’s ghost tricks and took the initiative to communicate with them, otherwise the situation would be bad.

  They fought for life and died, and all acted as Murdoch's thugs, and Murdoch got all the benefits.

  This is also Murdoch’s not-so-sophisticated strategy. What he hits is poor information. He blackmails Xia Jingxing first, and if the blackmail fails, he tries to anger Xia Jingxing.

  If Xia Jingxing was dazzled by anger and chose to go all the way to the end, he might have already started fighting by now.

  For Xia Jingxing, he didn't want to see such a situation, putting himself in a dangerous situation.

  While litigating in court, hundreds of TV stations and thousands of newspapers across the United States splashed dirty water on him, discredited him, and engulfed public opinion.

  Viacom has more than 200 TV stations, covering more than 30% of households in the United States.

  An old family like Walt Disney has a history of more than 80 years. It has grown for several generations, flourished in the United States, and has extensive contacts in politics and business.

  At the same time, each of these giants has a market value of at least tens of billions of dollars, tens of billions of dollars in revenue, and the number of employees is calculated on the order of 100,000.

  The energy of the Big Six can be seen.

  They are gathered together. It is a huge force. It is possible that the lawsuit that could not be won can be won, and the lawsuit that only pays one billion US dollars may cost 10 billion US dollars.

  After all, it is impossible for the shark to stop after seeing the blood.

  Nowadays, Xia Jingxing has demonstrated its own value. The five giants can obtain a lot of commercial benefits without mobilizing their teachers, and naturally they are not willing to go with Murdoch anymore.

  For Xia Jingxing, he can then free up his hands and try his best to deal with Murdoch's shots.

  At the same time, there are also more thugs who have invested in real money, Gates. With such a big bet, Gates should not stand idly by this time.

  In addition, the five Hollywood giants, he also initially caught up with the relationship, carried out a certain degree of interest binding.

  You can also spend money or take out other benefits when you need it, and ask them to do it once.

  (End of this chapter)