"There will definitely be." That's what Luo Chang'an wanted to say, "Scarlet Capital is still very influential in the domestic venture capital circle. It firmly sits on the top spot in venture capital and is a golden brand in itself. Especially for the mobile phone industry chain.
For small and medium-sized enterprises, if they can obtain the favor of Scarlet Capital, it will not only obtain a sum of funds, but also obtain a complete set of financing services. It is still very new and attractive to small and medium-sized enterprises."
"In comparison, the Particle Fund, which was just established by the group, is definitely worse."
Luo Changan has already said it very tactfully.
In fact, although Sprout Group has established an investment and M&A department not long ago, it has never been well-known in the venture capital circle. Most of the major investments were finalized by Zhang Shuo himself.
The investment that is truly led by the Investment and M&A Department is Automotive Network Yidan.
Generally speaking, it is mainly about hitting a wall.
The group's establishment of the Particle Fund this time mainly hopes to leverage the influence of Maili Technology in the industry and use the patent license as a passport to achieve some breakthroughs in the investment business.
At last weekend’s executive meeting, Lu Kai also proposed the dual-core drive vision of “self-operated investment”.
It can be seen that the investment business is paid more and more attention to.
"What I'm most worried about is that if Scarlet Capital is really coming for us, then they may not really succeed in investing. They only need to release the news that they want to compete with us, which will greatly increase the investment cost of particle funds.
, or even failure." Luo Changan expressed his worries.
Obviously, they are also very aware of Scarlet Capital’s approach.
"In this case, we can't sit still and wait for death. The other party has already taken action, so why don't we give them some color to show off." Zhang Shuo was obviously not a good-tempered person after being bumped against again and again.
I have never had a good impression of capital.
Now it's like a lazy snake, clinging to it and coming out every three days to make people sick.
Then the only option is to knock out their teeth.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shuo called Chen Xiaowan and asked her to invite Jiang Yue to the office to discuss matters.
Take advantage of the gap.
Zhang Shuo asked Luo Changan about the investment progress of AutoNet.
"This is going very smoothly. We have completed the share exchange agreement with Nanao Telecom, and the related equity acquisition has also come to an end. By the way, Mr. Zhang, Tang Xiang would like to come and visit you." Luo Changan reported.
"sure."
Zhang Shuo also wanted to talk to Tang Xiang about new energy vehicles.
Lean slightly.
Jiang Yue knocked on the door and came in.
After the rotating president system is established, Jiang Yue, Lu Kai, and Gu Mingzhang will serve as presidents of Sprout Group in the order of entry for a term of half a year.
In the second half of this year, Jiang Yue will assume the role of rotating president.
"Scarlet Capital has repeatedly provoked us. It's time to fight with them." Zhang Shuo asked Luo Changan to introduce the basic situation to Jiang Yue.
"Scarlet Capital's network of relationships in China is intricate, and there is a faint shadow of international capital giants behind it. It is not easy to touch it." Jiang Yue frowned.
She is not opposed to doing something, the key is how to do it.
In fact, Scarlet Capital's appearance was too ugly. It had always wanted to invest in the Germination Group and get a piece of the pie. When it failed, it took revenge.
His face is really ugly.
For those who don’t know, you might think that China’s Internet industry is really the back garden of Scarlet Capital.
Extremely arrogant.
In essence, it is just a dog raised by international capital, but it looks like nothing.
"Ahem." Zhang Shuo glanced at Jiang Yue, "I didn't say what force I would use to deal with Scarlet Capital. Isn't it trying to mess with us in the mall? Just push it back."
"This is acceptable."
Jiang Yue looked slightly embarrassed. She just thought Zhang Shuo was going to use official force.
Startled.
Although Scarlet Capital's behavior is ugly, it is not to the extent of completely breaking business rules. If Su Ya takes this step, it will be difficult in the future.
There will be no friends.
"In terms of beating, Mr. Zhang, do you have a clear goal?" Jiang Yue knew that Zhang Shuo usually did not fight unprepared battles.
If you call her here, you must have an idea.
"Let's use Haode Map as a battlefield and have a good fight with Scarlet Capital. What do you think?" After Mei Ya invested in Haode Map, he encountered many difficulties from Scarlet Capital on the Haode Map board of directors.
Add to say.
Zhang Shuo has also always had a plan to control Haode Map.
Just the perfect goal.
"Mr. Zhang, do you want to drive Scarlet Capital out of Haode Map?" Jiang Yue thought thoughtfully.
"Can it be realized?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"This can definitely be done as long as we are willing to spend crazy money. The key is how much price we can bear. If the premium is too high, it will actually benefit Scarlet Capital." Jiang Yue analyzed.
For Scarlet Capital, it actually doesn’t care about withdrawing from Haode Map.
As long as the price is right.
The strategy of venture capital itself is mainly based on short- and medium-term investments, and arbitrage is the way to go.
Not fond of fighting.
"With the overall valuation of Haode Map now close to 5 billion, if you want to obtain a controlling stake in Haode Map, you will need to prepare at least 2 billion in funds, so you still have to be cautious." Jiang Yue reminded.
She didn't expect Zhang Shuo's appetite to be so big.
Sprout Group can now take out 2 billion, but after taking away 2 billion, it will be very difficult in the next six months. One mistake may cause the capital chain to break.
Again.
From the perspective of budding development, there is no need to control Haode Map now.
Strategic investment is very good.
"Then what if... we can lower the valuation of Haode Map?"
Zhang Shuo is certainly not stupid.
I won’t say that just to compete with Scarlet Capital, I will ignore the overall development strategy of the Sprout Group. If I decide to take action, I must have the best of both worlds.
Not only did he take revenge on Scarlet Capital, but he also controlled the map at the minimum cost.
I will never be taken advantage of.
"Fight down?"
This time, not only Jiang Yue, but Luo Changan also looked over, his eyes full of curiosity.
"With the explosion of mobile Internet, the application prospects of Haode Maps are becoming more and more broad. In the past six months, the valuation has been rising continuously. How can it be possible to lower the valuation?"
Jiang Yue is incredible and has obviously done enough homework.
"Nothing is impossible." Zhang Shuo was very calm and said with a smile: "The biggest weakness of Hao De Map is that it is listed in a beautiful country."
"Aha?"
Jiang Yue and Luo Changan didn't understand even more, "Isn't this a bonus?" The ultimate goal of many domestic start-up companies is to go public in beautiful countries.
Why is this still a weakness?
"Of course there is no problem for ordinary enterprises, but Haode Map's main business is map navigation, and it holds a massive amount of traffic data. If these data are not effectively supervised and are obtained by beautiful countries, what will be the consequences?" Zhang Shuo finally said
It's about unraveling the mystery.
As the saying goes: "If you hit a snake, hit it seven inches!"
The biggest weakness of Haode Map now is data security.
This issue has not been taken seriously now, so Zhang Shuo took this opportunity to pierce the window and guide the officials to strengthen supervision of data security in advance.
It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
"this……"
Jiang Yue and Luo Changan looked at each other, both of them having come to their senses.
The two of them were extremely smart to begin with. After Zhang Shuo poked around for a while, they both realized that the travel data that had been ignored by everyone before actually related to the field of national security.
This problem is serious.
"I will look for opportunities to provide feedback on the proposal to strengthen data security supervision. Once I get the attention from above, I will wait for a slap in the face."
Zhang Shuo's so-called channel is, of course, his second uncle Tang Yi.
The second uncle had already handed over the report he wrote about the chip before. It is said that he personally went to the capital and communicated face-to-face with several department heads.
It can be seen that the second uncle is very happy to do something.
this time.
Although Zhang Shuo has some selfish motives, his overall starting point is good.
"Of course I'll be in Beautiful Country in advance and short Hao De Map in advance." Zhang Shuo smiled.
If the board really breaks down, the stock price of Haode Map will definitely fall. Bu Ya just takes this opportunity to make a fortune in the beautiful country.
It can also provide a map for future holdings of Hao and raise funds in advance.
"Understood, I will connect with Mr. Lu!"
Jiang Yue also understood instantly.
After the agreement was completed, Luo Changan took the lead to leave. Jiang Yue stayed and took the opportunity to report on other work, "There has been progress regarding the purchase of a Grade A office building in Yangcheng as the headquarters of Qingcheng Group. Sprout Real Estate and Qingcheng Group have jointly
I have chosen a 24-story Grade A office building, which is expected to sell for around 550 million."
in comparison.
Housing prices in Yangcheng are cheaper than in Binhai City.
More importantly, the 24-story Grade A office building does not exceed the 100-meter super high limit, and the construction cost is much lower than that of the Germination Building.
So the overall selling price will be much lower.
"Just follow up on this matter, just remember to take out the mortgage loan."
Now that Jiang Yue is already a serious rotating president, Zhang Shuo must also learn to properly delegate power. He is no longer prepared to intervene in many group affairs, but lets Jiang Yue make decisions.
It’s also time to reduce the burden on yourself.
"By the way, I plan to set up a corporate social responsibility department in the group, and then link the Chunmiao Fund to the corporate social responsibility department. What do you think?"
The so-called corporate social responsibility means that while companies create profits and bear legal responsibilities to shareholders and employees, they also bear responsibilities to consumers, communities and the environment.
For example, green environmental protection, carbon neutrality, etc.
Enterprises are required to transcend the traditional concept of profit as the only goal, emphasize the importance of paying attention to human value in the production process, and emphasize their contribution to the environment, consumers, and society.
Compared with Chunmiao Fund, which is purely for charity, the Corporate Social Responsibility Department has obviously gone a step further.
The connotation is also richer and more comprehensive.
Zhang Shuo's doing this is not only inevitable for development, but also means to continue to stack buffs.