First, cash out 40 million US dollars from the options market and transfer it to the other company's account as soon as possible.
According to the provisions of the agreement, the buyer and the seller need to pay double compensation if they breach the contract. In this way, as ICQ shareholders have collected the money, the transaction is basically stable, unless there is a villain who is willing to help bear an additional US$40 million.
compensation.
After handling this matter, Su Yehao took Xiao Nizi to San Francisco to walk around, see art exhibitions, listen to the symphony, and also go to Chinatown to find some food.
Two more days passed.
A group of reporters were formally called and a comprehensive acquisition contract was signed in public.
On the day the contract was signed, the funds from Bank of China and McKinsey arrived one after another.
The 300 million yuan from Midland Group has arrived. After Su Yehao said hello to his father, Sihai International's accountant also started to contact him and would transfer another 600 million Hong Kong dollars to him through the bank.
In addition, the funding process for First Quanye Bank has already begun and only needs the final approval from the head office. It is said that there will be no more problems.
A large amount of money was raised from everywhere and then transferred out in batches.
Considering that in just over a week of preparation time, Su Yehao earned more than 100 million US dollars by playing options and stock futures with increased leverage. In fact, he still has a lot of money left on hand, which can be used for the next development. He can invest it in batches depending on the situation.
In the company, we will not be driven to death by cash flow.
There is no need to worry about how to repay the money for the time being. The management of the two companies have begun to contact each other and have confirmed plans to place TVT advertisements in the ICQ instant messaging software, and to restructure ICQ and add social functions.
In Su Yehao's vision, TVT is like QQ, while ICQ, which focuses on chat functions, is obviously more like WeChat.
The two can develop independently. While focusing on different user groups, they can form competitiveness in the field of chat and social networking. They are equivalent to two subsidiaries of a parent company and will develop in-depth aspects of finance, marketing and other aspects.
cooperate..
The specific approach still needs to be considered, and McKinsey Consulting will still be responsible for the subsequent merger and rectification work.
May 20th, 1998.
In the early morning, Su Yehao, who had just completed the notarization of his driver's license, drove his newly purchased silver Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR through the streets.
The car is definitely a good car. While it has great performance, it also looks very handsome.
It's a pity that the chassis is too low. If the roads in Silicon Valley were not very new, it would be troublesome to get on the road. Passers-by may think it is cool. Only Su Yehao himself knows the tension.
After finally driving to the ICQ headquarters, Su Yehao parked the car at the door and waved to the bodyguards to take the box out of the trunk of the big G who followed him.
When a new boss meets his employees, he will definitely not be able to do it without putting some effort into winning their hearts.
So he brought some small gifts, a total of more than three million US dollars in cash. After going upstairs, he called the employees and opened the box in front of everyone. He only said that they were mid-year bonuses issued in advance. As long as they were regular employees, each person would receive US$10,000.
, even external cleaners, security guards, etc. can get 5,000 in cash.
Of course, the employees loved this unexpected surprise. Combined with the salary increase and benefits that the union applied for for them, many people easily accepted Su Yehao and forgot about their old employer in the blink of an eye.
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Before the transaction, the employee union representatives obtained from Su Yehao a salary increase, no layoffs, equity and other benefits. These employees really had nothing to worry about.
Some of them even hoped that Su Yehao would lay off their employees, so that they could directly receive compensation equivalent to two years' salary and rest at home. Wouldn't it be more comfortable?
As for equity, the company has not improved recently, and these employees also understand that a total of 2% of the shares will not be worth much money after being distributed to everyone, so some people do not care too much.
The only ones who are really worried today are those middle and senior managers who have not made any money in the acquisition process and are confused about the future.
Ordinary employees don't have anything to worry about. However, they, the management, may lose their current positions at any time because the company is acquired. It is normal for a company to start a purge after it is acquired. After finally climbing to the current position, no one wants to go back.
Being kicked off...
At this moment.
Su Yehao, who was wearing a suit and tie, asked the company's accountant to distribute the money, and the extra money could be used to organize activities and treat everyone to dinner.
There was nothing to communicate with ordinary employees. The more contacts he had, the more troubles he would have. Therefore, he only called more than a dozen middle and high-level managers to the conference room according to the list he had drawn up in advance.
After everyone took their seats, Su Yehao sat upright, took a sip of tea and told:
"I paid a lot of money to acquire this company. You should be able to feel that I came with sincerity. There will be some minor changes next, mainly in the customer target group of the product.
, there will be no major problems in the short term, and you will continue to maintain your current working status. If I make money in the future, everyone will also be able to make a fortune together."
Don't talk about ideals, don't talk about feelings, just talk about making money.
Although a bit vulgar, it is very down to earth.
A young white man raised his hand and asked tentatively: "New boss, what do you mean by the change... specifically?"
"I asked John Zhou to contact you two days ago. He should have mentioned that I want to add new elements to ICQ's chat software. Some plans are still being prepared, but next I hope that each of you will download one.
TVT instant chat program, give it a try carefully with its group chat and social functions.”
Su Yehao had little confidence in his English and spoke very slowly, trying not to make any mistakes. He then added:
"Actually, I think TVT is more promising than the current ICQ. It was going smoothly before there was no competition, but there are more and more products in the chat market. If there is no change, ICQ will soon decline."
He simply came by himself and then waved, asking Linda Yun, who acted as translator, to help explain the plan for the cash reward.
Specifically, it means that TVT adopts an employee level classification system based on working years, work performance appraisal, etc., and every time the number of active users reaches a new level, a bonus pool will be unlocked.
Starting from the current 7 million monthly active users, when reaching 10 million, you can get a reward of 5 million US dollars, and when you reach 15 million, you can get another 10 million dollars.
Different levels will receive different amounts of bonuses. Everyone here is a manager, so there will definitely be advantages at your level. We will also develop an option reward plan in the future.
This is mainly to spend a little money to prevent employees from becoming passive after several existing executives leave.
In addition, there are new regulations for year-end bonuses, which are increased from one month's salary to three months' salary.
This salary is indeed much higher than before.
While the management present was happy, they also did not forget the plan of blood transfusion and drainage to TVT, saying that it might affect the subsequent development of ICQ.
In this regard, Su Yehao only said that it is the jungle of the jungle. If users are really snatched away by TVT, it only means that ICQ is not good enough...