Chapter 157: Borrowing a chicken to lay an egg, the turmoil arises again!
The ATL mentioned by Zhang Shuo was originally founded by Chinese people in Xiangjiang. It was only in 2004 that it changed hands because the domestic lithium battery industry suffered setbacks due to an extremely bloody price war.
Speaking of the rise of the domestic lithium battery industry.
On the one hand, of course, it relies on continuous improvement of technology, but on the other hand, it also relies on the cost advantage of domestic labor.
In 2000, BYAT, which is also headquartered in Binhai City, took the lead in using the formula of "artificial fixture = manipulator" to obtain orders for Motorola batteries. This approach was quickly copied by many domestic small and medium-sized enterprises.
Each quote is bloody and the tactics are ruthless.
Toshiba Lithium Battery, the world's third largest lithium battery company, was hit hard and couldn't take care of itself, so it sold its business in 2003.
ATL also suffered losses in this round of price war, and the management tried to withdraw.
It happened that TDK, the old employer of ATL's founder, was trying to expand its share in the Apple industry chain and spent US$100 million to take over the capital's shares and control ATL in one fell swoop.
ATL gradually became a Japanese company.
Not long ago, in December 2010, the founder of ATL passed away unfortunately, and the ATL executive team had the idea of getting rid of ATL and starting a new business in China.
"Mr. Zhang, can you tell me how much money you plan to invest in Meiya?" Lu Kai attaches great importance to investing in new energy. Secretly, he has regarded this as his first test after joining Meiya.
Naturally, we need to know more details.
"If you start with 500 million, you can even get 1 billion." Zhang Shuo was very domineering.
"Ting!!!"
Lu Kai's eyes widened. He was really shocked by the boss's generosity. In his expectation, investing in a new energy start-up company would cost 100 million yuan.
As far as he knew, there was a company in Modu that was engaged in super lithium battery materials, and its start-up capital was only 100 million.
To this day.
This company has developed into the leader in domestic lithium battery anode materials.
One billion in capital can control ATL.
The premise is that Japan's TDK will give up its controlling stake in ATL, which is of course difficult.
It's better to start from scratch.
"Moreover, Sprout only makes strategic investments and does not interfere in the daily management of new enterprises." Zhang Shuo added.
--slightly--
[Level]: Level 8 (342,000/1.5 million)
[Support Fund]: 5 million/day
【Cash】: 750 million
[Loan]: 2.6 billion (bank loan) 200 million (corporate bond)
--slightly--
In the past February, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment turned in a net profit of 200 million, plus 150 million from the support fund, and after deducting the progress payment of 50 million for the sprout building, sprouts had an additional 300 million in working capital on their books.
Coupled with the 200 million financing obtained from the issuance of corporate bonds, the total liquidity reaches 750 million.
This is where Zhang Shuo's confidence lies.
But even so, Zhang Shuo was not sure that he would be able to accept investment from Mei Ya in the future Linde era, given that Su Ya could not provide any help from personal connections.
So I kept my posture very low.
"Then I have an idea." Lu Kai was very excited.
Sure enough, he made the right choice. For a single investment, Zhang Shuo dared to invest a huge amount of one billion. In 2011, he was definitely a super-large spender in the venture capital circle.
Even a giant like Tenda needs to think twice.
"Well, the billion-dollar holding company can come up with it, but it will drain all the liquidity. Therefore, in order to facilitate this investment, it is necessary to conduct an overseas financing through Jiaoyang Holdings." Zhang Shuo said in embarrassment.
"Ting!!!"
This was the second time Lu Kai had a troubled expression, as if he was constipated.
boss.
Can we finish the sentence in one breath next time?
I thought the holding company was so wealthy that it still needed financing.
"Do you have any suggestions for overseas financing?" Zhang Shuo was very thick-skinned and didn't feel uncomfortable at all. He tried his best to recruit Lu Kai just for the convenience of financing.
If you don’t need it now, when will you wait?
"By the way, if possible, try not to show signs of budding overseas financing." Zhang Shuo added.
This is actually a routine operation.
For large companies such as Warwick, overseas financing is mostly done in the name of overseas subsidiaries.
"But Jiaoyang Holdings is just an empty shelf now, and there is no collateral that can be obtained." Lu Kai was even more troubled, why did he feel that the difficulty of the task had escalated again.
Unlike Warwick's overseas subsidiaries, they have real overseas business.
Jiaoyang Holdings is now an empty shell.
"Then this is the problem you have to solve." Zhang Shuo was very unkind.
Lu Kai gets a high salary, but he has to ask his boss to solve the problem.
Otherwise, how can the value be reflected?
"Let me think about it..." Lu Kai was not afraid and quickly came up with an idea, "Previously, Mr. Zhang, you mentioned that Jiaoyang Holdings will be responsible for the overseas agency rights of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment's games. This
There is a ready-made way.”
"How to say?"
Zhang Shuo didn't understand for a moment what the connection was between the two.
"First of all, we can let Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment sign a contract with Jiaoyang Holdings for the exclusive overseas general agency rights of "Temple Run", and the funds will be deferred before payment." Lu Kai suggested.
"no problem."
Zhang Shuo agreed directly and regarded it as a meeting gift to Lu Kai.
If you want the horse to run, you have to let it eat grass. Although Zhang Shuo left the problem of overseas financing to Lu Kai, he couldn't really give him no help at all.
Lu Kai is not Sun Wukong, and it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.
"Then, Jiaoyang Holdings takes this agency contract and goes to overseas investment institutions for financing. After financing, it pays the overseas agency fees for "Temple Run". Finally, Jiaoyang Holdings takes the agency contract and goes to each house one by one.
We are looking for partners in major overseas game markets," Lu Kai explained.
It's like making a time difference.
In this way, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment can get the full overseas agency fee in a very short time.
It’s almost the same as selling to Tenda.
Jiaoyang Holdings not only obtained financing with the help of this springboard, but also earned an intermediary fee through overseas agency rights to maintain the daily operations and financing costs of Jiaoyang Holdings.
Simply kill three birds with one stone.
"sharp!"
After thinking about it, Zhang Shuo had to give a thumbs up.
Lu Kai is indeed a professional.
After this is completed, other new games under the banner of Bluebird Interactive Entertainment can also adopt similar operations to quickly obtain overseas agency fees.
It’s so cool!
"One last question. How much money can Jiaoyang Holdings raise with the exclusive overseas general agency contract of "Temple Run"?" Zhang Shuo asked.
If the financing amount is equivalent to the overseas agency fee, it is equivalent to being lonely.
"It will not be less than 1.5 times the coefficient." Lu Kai promised.
Xiangjiang itself is an international financial center, with numerous investment institutions. As long as he can afford the interest, and with his connections, it is not difficult to raise funds.
The overseas general agency contract for "Temple Run" is more like an anchor.
"That's no problem."
Considering the value and popularity of "Temple Run", the overseas exclusive general agent price will not be less than 800 million, so it can obtain a loan of 1.2 billion.
It's basically enough.
…………
While Zhang Shuo was talking to Lu Kai, Wu Xian also formally filed a lawsuit with the court on behalf of Qinghe Technology, suing Tenda's WeChat product for infringing Weixin's intellectual property rights.
Requesting Tenda to remove WeChat from the shelves for rectification, and also requested compensation of 5.01 million yuan.
Qinghe Technology had previously compensated Tenda 5 million, but the amount of compensation proposed this time is extremely targeted and is very heart-warming!
Later, Qinghe Technology publicly announced the news.
Once again, it sparked heated discussions on the Internet.
",This wave, I stand by Wei Xin!"
"Sure enough, Mo Ya, you are still the tough young man, I support you!!"
"Justice may be delayed but it arrives!!!"
"Mr. Ya: Tengda, you spit on me, I'll wipe it off, and then I'll punch you."
"Haha, the description above is so apt. He is a talented person."
"I said WeChat looks familiar, but it turns out this is a reference~~"
"Tengda: How can a scholar's reference be called plagiarism?"
"Brothers, there is something good to watch now."
…
The Internet is almost overwhelmingly supportive of Weixin.
Before.
Although everyone realizes that WeChat is very similar to Weixin, the victims have not stood up to speak out. Others go to attack Tengda, and they always feel that they lack the confidence.
This is also one of the secrets of Tenda’s previous success.
Now, Qinghe Technology not only spoke out, but also directly resorted to legal means to treat others the way they were treated.
Naturally, it won a lot of praise.
As public opinion fermented, the result was that the popularity of WeChat continued to rise, but it was no longer the previous high-profile popularity, but negative popularity, resulting in a sharp decline in the growth rate of new users and daily activity.
It no longer has the same momentum as before.
This is easy to understand.
In this life, facing the dual competition from Weixin and MiLiao, WeChat had to adopt an extremely radical marketing and promotion method, almost relying on forced traffic diversion through ICQ to grow users.
The actual user experience is extremely poor.
As a result, many WeChat users increasingly have an illusion——
"Since the social circle of WeChat is almost exactly the same as that of ICQ, then it is enough for me to have mobile ICQ on my phone. Why do I need to install an additional WeChat?"
"Isn't this just a waste of taking off your pants?"
In fact, the original time and space Tengda was very cautious in promoting Weixin. It took very steady steps in the early stage and almost did not use ICQ to divert traffic. Instead, it took a steady and step-by-step approach, constantly using novel functions such as "Shake" and "People Nearby" to help Weixin.
Weixin users establish new social circles, and then gradually cultivate the user's habit of using Weixin step by step.
In this way, users can subtly accept the differences between Weixin and ICQ.
But now I skip this step directly.
Under the impact of Weixin, the negative effects gradually became apparent.
Obviously, ICQ users cannot accept a social software that completely replicates the ICQ social circle, especially since this social software is not very well done and is suspected of widespread plagiarism.
That would be even more unacceptable.
This is undoubtedly a very dangerous signal for Tenda!!