After Goose Factory entered the game, Lin Yi's makeshift acquisition team had an extremely luxurious lineup.
In terms of investment, Lin Yi and Li Moyan are still the main individuals, with Xiong Factory and Goose Factory as supplements, as well as subsequent precious resource commitments, including but not limited to financial, technical and traffic support.
This is a very attractive condition.
If Musically could get the support of both Bear Factory and Goose Factory, they wouldn't want to sell it in the first place.
The direct result is that Lin Yi has become more confident during negotiations.
"What are the bytes?"
"How will he promote it after he wins Musically? Let's not talk about it in China. Abroad, it is nothing more than cooperation with Facebook and the like. The essence is to spend money to buy volume."
"Now that both Bear Factory and Goose Factory have agreed to support us, Musically's launch in China will not be a problem. As for spending money, who do you think we are afraid of?"
Although Yang Luyu and Zhu Jun were more partial to Zhang Yiming in their hearts, they had to admit that Lin Yi's confidence made sense.
These two people have a say in the ownership of Musical, but that doesn’t mean they can do whatever they want, otherwise they wouldn’t have found Fu Sheng halfway.
The pressure is on the other side.
This was a very open and honest negotiation, with almost all three companies being well-known, but Zhang Yiming was silent for a long time but did not respond.
He can continue to increase his stake, but with the Bear Factory and the Goose Factory behind him, it is really difficult to predict how far Lin Yi intends to compete.
Zhang Yiming is very clear that Byte needs Musically, but if the price becomes unbearable, that is another matter.
So when the negotiation quickly turned unfavorable to him, he decisively chose to let it go.
"Musically gave it to you."
Zhang Yiming came specially to talk to Lin Yi, not because he had any hobby of talking nonsense, but because he had something else to say.
"Now that you have won Musically and plan to localize it, you will become a competitor in the future, and I will never show mercy."
Liu Zhen, who came with him, was still responsible for making a fool of himself: "Lin Yi, don't say we didn't remind you that no opponent who can compete with us on this track has appeared yet, so you should take care of yourself!"
This guy reacted so fiercely because the acquisition of Musically was the most important job she was responsible for after joining the company.
It was originally a sure shot, but it failed because of Lin Yi's interference.
Although this matter cannot be regarded as her responsibility, Ms. Liu has noticed that Zhang Yiming seems to be disappointed with her role.
It is foreseeable that my life in this company will be difficult in the coming period.
Liu Zhen even briefly came up with an idea: Lin Yi suddenly jumped out of nowhere to compete for Musically. Could his main purpose be to get in trouble with himself, the Liu family?
This is obviously pretentious.
However, Lin Yi was satisfied with being able to step in during the process.
No matter what their psychological activities were, Lin Yi, as the winner, had no need to care. He said very gracefully:
"We'll see."
Before Zhang Yiming left, he also mentioned: "You have a better relationship with giants than I do. This may be something I need to learn from."
"But everything has advantages and disadvantages. I think it's not easy for you to have both sides."
Regarding the existence of BAT, Zhang Yiming's previous attitude was to directly confront them, while Lin's policy has always been to use their strength to do his own things.
It's not right or wrong, it's just a choice.
When Zhang Yiming summed up the lessons from this major failure, his reminder or prediction did come true.
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After Byte exited, it was finally decided who Musically would be.
Soon, the company officially announced that it had changed ownership, giving up most of its equity at a consideration of US$1.5 billion. The acquirers included the two founders of Wanli Travel and Xiong Factory and Goose Factory, while the original entrepreneurial team retained a small amount of equity.
After the transaction is completed, Li Moyan, the former president of Wanli Travel, will become Musically's largest shareholder and actual controller, and serve as CEO.
This news naturally set off public opinion.
Among the parties involved, Lin Yi has been enjoying great success recently, and the status of the Bear Factory and the Goose Factory is needless to say.
On the contrary, as the protagonist, Li Moyan was the most low-key before.
Under such circumstances, no one really asked why Li Moyan left Wanli to travel. They were just concerned about how she planned to show off her talents after taking office.
Not to mention the various disturbances and speculations from the outside world, one person was very unhappy when he saw this news.
Majek.
The most taboo thing in Factory A is half-heartedness. If it were just Lin Yi, or at most Factory Xiong, they might not care.
Only Goose Factory cannot.
Since he dared to go to Brother Ma, Lin Yi had expected his dissatisfaction with Factory A and had already prepared countermeasures.
Lin Yi was very self-aware and took the initiative to fly back to Lin'an to explain the matter to Ma Jie Ke face to face before the other party asked him.
"Tell me, why did you get involved with them again?"
"This bid for Musically is mainly a choice made by my partners after they quit the company. I only played a matchmaking role..."
Lin Yi's rhetoric made a distinction between himself and his senior sister, indicating that he was not in cahoots with Goose Factory.
Of course Majek didn't believe it.
Although Lin Yi did not reveal that he was the one who went to find Brother Ma, just because Lin Yi still held shares after the acquisition, it was impossible for him to completely distance himself from the relationship.
So Lin Yi immediately took out the plan he had prepared in advance:
"Although this short-term cooperation with Goose Factory on Musically was not my original intention, it was indeed negligent not to communicate in advance."
"I have an idea. Wanli Travel has been discussing the merger of Mobike before. I wonder if Factory A is interested in this?"
Um?
Majek confirmed in surprise: "You mean you are willing to give up Mobike to us?"
Lin Yi’s reason is as follows: “We have previously promised to achieve profitability in 2017. If Mobike is taken over and consolidated, this huge loss will be recorded in the accounts.”
"I have been thinking about this issue for a long time, and I think it is natural for Factory A to take over the company. After all, you are the second largest shareholder."
Ma Jie Ke immediately understood that Lin Yi was not doing this on a whim but had planned it for a long time.
Although Lin Yi stepped on the yellow bicycle some time ago, which caused the entire shared bicycle industry to be a bit depressed, Mobike, which had been prepared for it, was less affected.
It can even be said that it was a blessing in disguise, as it became the industry leader despite the decline of small yellow cars.
At present, neither the little yellow bike nor the Mobike has overturned, and judging from the craze in the past two years, this is a good target.
If Lin Yi said for no reason that he wanted to give the Mobike to Factory A, then Majek would probably have to think carefully about it.
Now that Lin Yi is unhappy with Factory A because of his cooperation with Goose Factory, and what he said about the impact on profits is true, it seems reasonable to give up Mobike at this time.
Why is Factory A interested in shared bicycles?
Last year, Jack Ma publicly proposed the concept of "new retail." Lin Yi believed that shared bicycles have no synergy with the taxi-hailing business, but there may be compatibility in segmented businesses such as community group buying.
As for the lack of profitability that Lin Yi despises, considering Factory A’s big family and big business, it’s not a big deal at all.
Originally, even if Factory A had an idea for Mobike, it would not be able to bypass it and acquire it directly due to the existence of Wanli Travel, but it was different if Lin Yi proposed it himself.
Not eating the meat that is served to your mouth is not the style of Factory A.
Lin Yi has been planning this situation for a long time.
To be honest, after the taxi-hailing war ended, Lin Yi's constraints from Factory A were already very small, and there was no need to be so scrupulous about Ma Jack's attitude.
But he still strives to maintain a good relationship with the other party so that when needed, he can borrow the power of Factory A like he did against Zhang Yiming this time.
Lin Yi didn't want Mobike, a money-losing product, so he handed it over to Factory A in a decent way in exchange for their understanding of the Musically matter. It was a good deal.