On April 1, Fang Zhuo did not leave Luzhou immediately after having a sincere and gratifying exchange with Professor Hu Zhengming, but dealt with some routine matters.
In the morning, I attended the Luzhou major project exchange meeting and met with leaders.
At noon, I took Qiu Ciyun and other Bingxins to have a long lunch on the upper floor of the house.
In the afternoon, I inspected the current progress of the ice core project with the leaders.
In the evening, Secretary-General Luo Minghua came to the airport to see off the CEO of Ice Core. He knew that Fang Zhuo would return to Shanghai tonight and fly abroad tomorrow. Next, he would have to deal with the purchase of Ice Core's core equipment, so he was quite busy.
"Mr. Fang, thank you for your hard work." Luo Minghua said reluctantly.
Mr. Xiao Fang is a very good person. Not only is he capable of doing projects, but he also helped to bring in Changhong. As Mr. Xiao Fang takes root deeper in Luzhou, he becomes more and more a banner that attracts other projects.
What's more, since Luo Minghua settled in Luzhou, he has really made up for the development history and importance of this industry, and he appreciates Mr. Xiao Fang's achievements even more.
"I'm used to it, but sometimes flying is boring." Fang Zhuo had met the secretary-general a lot, and he spoke more casually. He smiled and said, "Secretary-General Luo, anyway, I talked to Mr. Qiu and the others at noon today.
, I will come to you if I need anything. I pat my chest and vouch for it, saying that the leader will not shirk it."
Luo Minghua only said four words seriously: "It is obligatory."
Fang Zhuo wanted to make a joke, but seeing the look on his face, he had no choice but to shake hands seriously.
So far, he increasingly feels that settling the ice core in Luzhou is the right choice.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo boarded the flight to Shanghai. Tomorrow afternoon, he would fly to Tokyo first for an appointment with the TV station there, stay for two days, then fly to Houston, and finally go to New York.
Night flights are indeed quite boring, and the kind of plane where you meet Ni Runfeng can only be an occasional pleasure.
Fang Zhuo's flight back to Shanghai was uneventful, but it was interesting that when he was rushing home from the airport at 11 o'clock in the night, he unexpectedly received a call from the company's employees to work overtime.
The call came from the vice president of Yike Investment.
As a subsidiary of Yike Group, Yike Investment does not have a strong presence, but it also holds a small part of Sina shares, which it bought from Duan Yongji after Wang Yan introduced it.
At the same time, Yike Investment is one of the investors of "Win in China" and has tried to participate in some small domestic projects.
But just because he doesn't have a strong sense of presence, this kind of phone call in the middle of the night seems to be quite urgent.
"Oh, Dangdang contacted you proactively?"
"Involving the cooperation between Tiger Fund and Dangdang?"
"No problem, just send all the information."
Fang Zhuo was a little surprised that a well-known e-commerce company from later generations would come to his door because he had been focusing on Yike and Bingxin. When he had no money, he thought about making money. When he had money, he thought about the production line. Yike’s external investment quota
Not too high.
Ten minutes later, before Fang Zhuo could browse his emails, Dangdang Li Guoqing made a call directly.
Li Guoqing was quite famous for what he did for a while, such as ____.
But Fang Zhuo has no contact with this person now, and they are both strangers to each other.
After a few pleasantries, Fang Zhuo asked him directly why he came to Yike without being polite.
"Mr. Li, it's so late, so I'll tell you what I have to say. I'm curious. We didn't know each other before. How did you come to find me?"
Li Guoqing's voice was loud: "Mr. Fang, to be honest, our Dangdang and Tiger Fund have reached a certain consensus, but Tiger Fund has not moved forward in promoting financing."
"Mr. Fang, if you work on the Internet, you understand the Internet."
"You know Amazon. I see that your Yike products are also sold on Amazon."
"Dangdang definitely has a future in the country."
"We are looking for Yike. We didn't originally have this plan, but Mr. Fang, you spent money to acquire land like you did in Shanghai. Really, I think you can definitely know more about us Dangdang."
"There must be room for us to cooperate."
Fang Zhuo thought to himself that he understood Dangdang's model quite well and also knew that Dangdang was a mom-and-pop shop.
He mused: "Mr. Li, I will fly to Tokyo tomorrow. Vice President Yang from Yike Investment can discuss this cooperation with you."
Li Guoqing on the other end of the phone was a little disappointed when he heard this, and his wife Yu Yu, who was listening to the voice next to her, also shook her head.
Fang Zhuo continued: "Now, let's keep it simple. How much does Tiger Fund invest in you? How many shares do you want?"
Li Guoqing perked up: "Mr. Fang, it's like this. We've been talking about Tiger Fund, and what we're talking about now..."
Fang Zhuo interrupted: "Money, stocks."
"11 million US dollars, 18%." Li Guoqing replied, but couldn't help but explain, "Mr. Fang, it's like this, Tiger..."
Fang Zhuo interrupted again: "Then our Yike Investment will directly benchmark Tiger Fund."
Li Guoqing was shocked: "Um, Mr. Fang, um... I haven't finished yet. We have come up with two plans. The second plan is 750+350, and the remaining 3.5 million US dollars is reserved for our management to increase the shares.
This part is considered borrowed by us and can be paid back later.”
"Just the first plan." Fang Zhuo said, "Whoever you are looking for is Rong. Just 11 million for 18% of the shares. Yike Investment will take a director seat and will not interfere with daily operations. It is just investment. Are there any problems?"
Li Guoqing and his wife looked at each other and felt that the call went unexpectedly smoothly.
However, it went so smoothly that the two of them hesitated.
Because I heard that the richest man in the Mainland had made huge land acquisitions in Shanghai, I approached Yike Investment. However, I had a little understanding of Mr. Fang’s style before I approached him. He seemed to have also taken a board seat at Sina.
Look, all the seats at Sina now have the surname Fang.
Li Guoqing hesitated, looking for his wife's opinion.
Yu Yu whispered: "You try not to give me a seat."
However, she was too close to the phone and Li Guoqing did not cover the phone, so Fang Zhuo heard her words.
He smiled and said, "Is Mr. Yu standing by? Don't worry, I said I won't intervene, so I won't intervene. Don't I even have this reputation?"
The couple thought at the same time that they couldn't believe it just because of their reputation.
Yu Yu stopped hiding and said directly: "Mr. Fang, Dangdang does not want to become the second Sina. We must absolutely control Dangdang."
"Simple, Dangdang will definitely need financing in the future. The second plan mentioned by Mr. Li just now mentioned that your management will increase its holdings, which must be to consider the dilution of subsequent financing." Fang Zhuo knew the management's thoughts just by hearing this sentence.
, "You want 3.5 million U.S. dollars, right? Then I will lend you an additional 2 million U.S. dollars, not counting this financing condition. The remaining 1.5 million U.S. dollars will be left to you to find."
Yu Yu was relieved now that the company team needed US$3.5 million to increase its holdings from 41% to 59.5%, which would ensure subsequent control.
She said directly: "Mr. Fang is so cheerful, so we will agree immediately."
When Li Guoqing saw his wife saying this, he quickly said: "Mr. Fang is really generous and worthy of being the head of Sina."
Fang Zhuo laughed twice on the phone, feeling that these two were really living together as husband and wife now. Of course, this would not prevent them from falling apart in the future.
The main investment content has been finalized, and people from Yike Investment will continue to contact us in the future.
Fang Zhuo ended the phone call and called the vice president of Yike Investment again, saying that he would complete the cooperation as soon as possible and sign the contract before Tiger Fund could react.
He didn't expect that the land acquisition in Shencheng would result in a huge amount of investment and holdings.
The land acquired by Shencheng will definitely not be exchanged for a production line for ice core, but Dangdang may be able to exchange for a new production line when it goes on the market.
This chapter has been completed!