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Chapter 35 Funding Gap

Ma Huateng's arrival shocked Lin Feng, especially Ma Huateng's serious face, which made Lin Feng even more confused. Tengx.com is now developing rapidly, with more than 100 million registered users and more than 100,000 members, although it has not yet reached revenue.

Although its support is balanced, its potential and prospects are already indisputable facts.

When others, including Liu Yingying, saw Ma Huateng, the giant who created the myth of instant messaging in China, appear in their own company, their faces were as shocked and excited as a groupie would be when they see a star.

"Director Ma, let's talk inside." Lin Feng knew that Ma Huateng must have gone to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, so he ordered someone to pour two cups of coffee and sat alone with Ma Huateng in the office.

Ma Huateng sipped his coffee gently with a thoughtful expression on his face. After a long time, he sighed softly.

"Mr. Lin, first of all, congratulations to you. Your Qidian fast food restaurant has become the number one fast food restaurant among netizens in the poll." Ma Huateng congratulated Lin Feng and said.

"Haha, this all relies on Chairman Ma's care. Without Chairman Ma's strong recommendation on the homepage of Tengx.com, my Qidian fast food restaurant would not have become famous so quickly." Lin Feng said modestly.

"Mutual benefit, your several news articles have brought huge clicks to Tengx.com." Ma Huateng smiled slightly.

After finishing speaking, the two of them did not speak for a long time.

"Mr. Lin, given the relationship between our two companies, I won't be polite." After thinking for a long time, Ma Huateng stated the purpose of the trip, "Now Tengx.com is having some trouble with funds and is in urgent need of financing.

I want to sell 5% of the original shares of Tengx.com to Mr. Lin for 50 million yuan. I don’t know what Mr. Lin wants.”

When Lin Feng heard this, his heart skipped a beat. The acquisition of 5% of Tengx.com's shares for 50 million yuan was definitely a good deal. Tengx.com would definitely be listed in Hong Kong within three years at most, and by then the 5% shares would have a market value of 5% when the stock price reached its peak.

With more than 3 billion, this investment is definitely a good deal.

But Lin Feng smiled bitterly at this moment. The reason was that he had no money. The day before, Lin Feng looked at the more than 1.3 million in liquidity in his account and felt that he was very rich. Only now did he realize that he was really very poor.

. Lin Feng had the urge to slap himself because he couldn't grasp such a hugely profitable business that came to his door.

When Ma Huateng saw that Lin Feng looked wrong, his expression also changed.

"Mr. Lin, don't you even have 50 million in capital?" Ma Huateng is not just talking nonsense. He did research before coming here. Lin Feng's Qidian fast food restaurant is now very popular, and there are far more merchants who want to join than those who have applied.

For a McDonald's or KFC merchant, Fei Linfeng can acquire Ma Huateng's 5% stake just by joining the franchise.

Ma Huateng knew that the McDonald's franchise fee was 2.5 million yuan. With the current popularity and reputation of Qidian fast food restaurant, the franchise fee of 500,000 yuan was not an exaggeration. According to Ma Huateng, at least 100 merchants had recently applied to join the franchise.

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly and briefly told Ma Huateng his franchise contract. After listening, Ma Huateng didn't know whether to admire Lin Feng's moral values ​​or ridicule Lin Feng's pedantry.

Businessmen pursue profits and give up such a big piece of the market cake just to gain fame. Ma Huateng doesn't know whether this is right or wrong. But in Ma Huateng's mind, since McDonald's and KFC have been operating for so many years, the oil frying incident should not be

That's the right question.

"Oh~~~" Ma Huateng, who came with high hopes, was disappointed when he learned that the financing failed.

"Why, Chairman Ma, are funds so scarce recently?" Lin Feng asked with concern.

"It's not that your Dingdang.com is developing too fast." Ma Huateng glared at Lin Feng, who said "it doesn't hurt to stand and talk". The reason why Tengx.com has been short of funds recently is that in addition to taking on the server unit of Dingdang.com,

The most important thing is that Tenx.com has developed too rapidly, especially after launching a series of services such as membership, QQ Farm, Tencent Portal, etc., the server fleet is greatly tightened, and many outstanding talents have been hired. This is what caused the shortage of funds.

the real reason.

"Can't we find other financiers?" Lin Feng doesn't believe that with Tengx.com's current development momentum, no investors will see its prospects.

Ma Huateng shook his head and said bitterly, "Many investors saw that we had problems with funding and kept the price very low. How could I agree? This is simply an insult to Tengx.com."

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly. Shopping malls are like this. Who told you that your shortage of funds is now known to others? It would be strange if others don't take the opportunity to lower prices at this time.

"There is also a consortium that is willing to buy it at a high price, but I am not willing to sell the company's shares to him." Ma Huateng suddenly said.

"Why? Which consortium is it?" Lin Feng was stunned.

"The domestic IMH consortium is active in the entire Southeast Asian market. It offered me US$12 million for 10% of my shares and US$5 million for 5% of my shares," Ma Huateng said.

After Lin Feng's calculation, the price is still quite appropriate. However, if 10% of the shares are acquired, according to the current equity structure of Tengx.com, Ma Huateng and the creative team only own 45% of the shares, which is by no means a good signal for the company.

"Humph, do you think I haven't seen their ambitions? The IMH consortium has acquired 20% of the shares of PCCW Digital in Hong Kong, and is discussing the acquisition plan with IDG. This time it also wants to acquire 10% of my shares. It is clear that it wants to swallow up Tengx

Net, hum, do you think I'm that stupid!" Ma Huateng said disdainfully.

Lin Feng was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that a consortium had already put its idea into Tengx.com, and it was for acquisition. Obviously, this imh consortium had a huge appetite and was extremely optimistic about the prospects of Tengx.com.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, is there any company negotiating with you to acquire 5% of your shares in Tengx.com?" Ma Huateng stared at Lin Feng tightly and asked nervously.

Lin Feng shook his head, which made Ma Huateng feel relieved. But Ma Huateng didn't know that imh had actually taken action, but it was destroyed by Xia Qianhe's pride. Xia Qianhe wanted to drive Lin Feng to a dead end and then appear as a savior

To acquire. However, even if Xia Qianhe revealed his identity from the beginning, Lin Feng would not sell 5% of his shares in Tengx.com. Lin Feng knew the value of these 5% shares very well.

"Mr. Lin, I have a request. Before Tengx.com goes public, if you want to sell 5% of your Tengx.com shares due to other issues, can you give me priority and I will buy it at a reasonable market price?" Ma Huateng said.

This is the second purpose of his visit today: to ensure that Lin Feng’s 5% shares are not acquired by others. Although Ma Huateng currently does not have the funds to acquire Lin Feng’s shares, Ma Huateng still has

I cannot tolerate the Tengx.com that I worked so hard to establish to be swallowed up by others.

If Lin Feng really wants to sell his shares, Ma Huateng will also buy them. Of course, Ma Huateng does not believe that Lin Feng is short of funds now. Lin Feng's industry is different from Ma Huateng's Internet company. Lin Feng is a business and can provide profits every month.

Unlike Ma Huateng, funds were absolutely in short supply before his company went public.

Lin Feng took a look and signed happily. He has no intention of selling the 5% shares now, so why not sell Ma Huateng a favor now. For a person with Ma Huateng's status, this favor is definitely not light. Lin Feng will ask for help in the future.

At that time, Ma Huateng could no longer shirk so much.

"Haha, thank you Mr. Lin. But I hope Mr. Lin will not sell this 5% stake. I believe it will definitely bring generous returns to Mr. Lin." Seeing Lin Feng's signature, Ma Huateng breathed a sigh of relief. Although this time

The primary task of the trip to Chu City was not completed, but it was able to ensure that the 5% shares would not be acquired by imh, but it was a big hidden danger.

"Haha, don't worry, I am extremely optimistic about the market prospects of Tengx.com. However, I also hope that Chairman Ma will not sell 5% of Dingdang.com shares. I believe that its future value will definitely surprise Chairman Ma." Lin Feng said with a smile.

Ma Huateng's heart jumped after hearing this. To be honest, in order to raise funds recently, he did have the idea of ​​selling 5% of the shares of Dingdang.com. With the current popularity and development potential of Dingdang.com, this 5% share cannot be compared with the 5% share of Tencent.com.

It’s comparable, but the value is also around 5 million yuan. Although it’s not much, it’s enough to alleviate Tencent’s current funding problems.

Now that Lin Feng has not raised funds, should I sell the 5% of Dingdang shares in my hand? - Ma Huateng is thinking a lot at this moment. He is also extremely optimistic about the potential and future prospects of Dingdang. The 5% of Dingdang shares in his hand are
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