Chapter 287 The bad guys are out, the tacit understanding of the three giants!
Ahri Headquarters.
"Pu Ya didn't bite the hook?" The uncle was very surprised.
"Yes, I refused very decisively."
"So, Qingcheng Group really has no ambitions for the food delivery business?" The uncle instinctively didn't believe it.
"Not necessarily." Ren Xiaoyao shook his head, with a slightly solemn look on his face, "There is also news from Moya that Tengda is very interested in Moutuan and secretly wants to bring together Moutuan and Da Cong Dian Ping to merge."
"Zhang Shuo is trying to borrow a knife to kill someone."
The uncle is not stupid. He guessed the mystery immediately. He just wanted to throw out a smoke bomb and cause the three giants to fight among themselves.
"But this is an honest conspiracy."
Ren Xiaoyao took it very seriously, "I have also received news that Scarlet Capital has been very happy recently, especially because it is very close to Tenda. It cannot be ruled out that Tenda really has a conspiracy against the bad gang."
"What do you mean?"
"We won't sell the shares of Moutuan for the time being. Let's nail it first and see how things develop later." Ren Xiaoyao was very cautious. "If Moutuan merges with Da Cong Dian Ping, it will be a big challenge for us."
"Wouldn't that be in line with Zhang Shuo's wishes?" The uncle had a headache.
"So it's a conspiracy."
Ren Xiaoyao also admired Zhang Shuo very much. Although he was young, he was an extremely difficult opponent.
"Then let's do this for now."
The uncle was a little disappointed. Not only did he not take advantage of Zhang Shuo this time, but he was defeated by Zhang Shuo.
It's very depressing.
"However, being able to expose Tengda's conspiracy in advance can be regarded as a favor given to us by Zhang Shuo." The uncle is very particular. Business is business, and favor is favor.
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Tenda Building.
"Mr. Bu Ya's move is very destructive." Lu Jian couldn't help but complain.
Ah Li was able to get the news, and Tengda naturally received the news quickly. The second master immediately summoned Lu Jian and Renyu, his two right-hand men, to discuss countermeasures.
"What I want to know most right now is how did Mei Ya get the news? Our contact with the mold group should be very secretive." The second master frowned, not showing off his anger.
He suspected that there was a traitor within the team.
"I will investigate carefully."
Lu Jian felt the pressure immediately, as investment business was his area of responsibility.
"We need to check carefully."
The second master is in trouble. Something like this has happened internally. He must find out who Chou Yin Mao is.
How could he know?
Zhang Shuo would be a wall-hanger. It was just a random guess, and he accidentally hit the mark.
"Mr. Ya's trouble has made it known all over the world. It will be difficult to deal with the follow-up. Should we continue to contact and move forward?" Lu Jian asked for instructions.
"The contact must be continued, because I am afraid that Ahli will not withdraw easily after getting the news." Once the conspiracy is exposed, Tengda will be very passive.
Ahri is not stupid.
In any case, Ahri is now one of the major shareholders of the mold group. If they really want to interfere with it, even if they can force the merger, the effect will probably be unsatisfactory.
It may not be possible to fulfill Tengda’s wish.
"I think we don't necessarily need to invest in bad guys. Instead of spending money and energy on winning over bad guys, we should concentrate resources to make Congdian Ping bigger and stronger."
It is rare for Rongyu to express an opinion.
“Scarlet Capital is keen on merging the two companies together with Dacong Dianping because they hold shares in both companies. Once the merger is successful, Scarlet Capital will be the biggest beneficiary and avoid internal friction between the two companies. We have not participated in the merger.
Don’t take advantage of the group’s first two rounds of financing.”
"makes sense."
The second master began to carefully weigh the pros and cons.
It's still only 2011, and the mold is not the mold in the original time and space.
It was already at the end of 2014 when Time and Space Tengda merged Moutuan with Dacong Dianping. Although Moutuan was still in a loss-making period at that time, it had a high market share and a valuation of up to 10 billion U.S. dollars.
And this life.
With the emergence of Qingcheng Group, it not only ended the group buying war in advance, but also started the food delivery war in advance, causing giants such as Ali, Tenda, and Qiandu to exit early.
The result is.
Before the mold has developed, Ali wholly owns Alibaba Dianping, Qiandu wholly owns Nomi, and Tenda owns Dacongdianping. There is already a three-legged structure in the world.
There is also the Qingcheng Group watching eagerly.
In the first half of this year, when Ahri led the B-round financing of Moutuan, Moutuan's valuation at that time was only US$266 million, which was completely incomparable with its valuation of tens of billions of US dollars three years later.
From this we can see how much the mold is worth at this time.
"Scarlet Capital has recently made waves in the local life services field, and it may not be without the intention of targeting Mei Ya. It is somewhat mixed with some personal grudges against Mei Ya." Renyu continued to add fuel to the fire.
"Indeed it is."
Lu Jian saw the opportunity and took advantage of the situation and said: "Could the news of the negotiation be leaked by Scarlet Capital?"
Lu Jian really didn't want such a thing to happen internally, and he wanted to investigate it with great fanfare and find out a result. Not only would it shake the morale of the army, it would also affect his prestige in the team.
"It is possible."
The second master glanced at Lu Jian and handled it gently. He obviously knew how to control his subordinates.
“My opinion is, it’s better to just let it go and let the bad group lose its source of funds, and it will probably be eliminated soon. Unless Scarlet Capital can extend the life of the bad group...”
When he said the last sentence, Renyu was very sarcastic.
Obviously, he also understands the tone of Scarlet Capital very well. Once he finds that something cannot be done, he will abandon the bad group without any hesitation and without any mercy at all.
"Mituan can stand out in the group buying war, and it is not the one that burns the most money. Its founding team still has its own uniqueness." Er Ye was still hesitating.
He is optimistic about Moutuan and the founding team of Moutuan.
In comparison.
Through this period of contact, it is obvious that Da Cong Dian Ping’s team is almost interested.
Whether a start-up is worthy of investment or even acquisition, the founder team is also a crucial factor.
Many well-known executives within the Big Three joined the Big Three after the companies they founded were acquired by the Big Three, and then worked their way up step by step, becoming more and more dazzling.
This shows how important talents are.
"That's easy. When the mold group is about to be unable to support itself, the worst possible thing is to divide it and eat it." Renyu is very cold and does not shy away from coveting the mold group's talents.
"Then continue to maintain contact, but do not express a position."
The second master finally chose a compromise method to see the consequences.
Unlike Ali, Tenda, as a traffic provider, is actually not that keen on local life service business, at least it is not Tenda's core business.
This is why.
Tenda did not choose to wholly own Dacong Dianping like Ali did. It only needs strategic investment, providing traffic entrances and certain financial support to enjoy the dividends brought by valuation and listing.
Ba is very comfortable.
The only hidden danger may be that the emergence of Weixin means that Tenda is no longer the only traffic entrance to the mobile Internet, and it is not so easy to make money.
Ahri and Qiandu both chose to win over Mei Ya, and this is where the root of the problem lies.
Unfortunately, Tenda has never found an effective way to attack Weixin. It can only watch Weixin rise step by step, and the number of users is getting larger and larger.
As a defender, the number of ICQ users is close to saturation, and it is basically in an "invincible" state. Apart from making some minor repairs, there is no way to make major changes.
There seems to be no reason for major changes.
To sum it up in one sentence, ICQ has been lost in its past glory and cannot change.
As for Tenda’s other social product WeChat, after turning to socializing with strangers, its early development was very rapid, but it soon encountered a bottleneck.
The reason.
First, users gradually lose the novelty of socializing with strangers.
Second, there are many fishing accounts with ulterior motives, which disrupt the order and ruin the reputation.
In the final analysis, people are social creatures. Even if they are curious about making friends with strangers, they will eventually return to the social circle of acquaintances.
This is doomed that WeChat cannot surpass Weixin.
It can be said that Tenda is facing the risk of collapse in the two major fields of social networking and gaming. It is no wonder that the second master has been so anxious recently.
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Thursday, December 15th.
A year ago, the 2 billion mortgage loan obtained by the Germination Group by mortgaging three pieces of land in Houhai all expired, and Germination chose to repay the loan in cash.
In fact, this 2 billion mortgage loan has been transferred several times.
Take the completed Qingyun data center project as an example. After acquiring the land, we first made a land mortgage loan. After the project started, we released the land mortgage and applied for a mortgage loan for the project under construction.
In fact, there is just a formality in the middle.
After the completion of the Qingyun Data Center project, in order to apply for the property ownership certificate, the mortgage loan for the project under construction that was previously processed has been released.
And after this.
The land where Qingyun Data Center is located can no longer apply for land mortgage loans.
[About mortgage loans, I didn’t know enough before, so I’ll correct it here]
Therefore, after the 2 billion land mortgage loan expires, part of it is converted into a mortgage loan for construction in progress. This part of the loan will not need to be paid off until the Germination Building and the Youth Apartment are completed.
After the Qingyun Data Center project's construction-in-progress mortgage is paid off, the Qingyun Data Center's building equipment can be used as a fixed asset mortgage loan.
It's also a matter of changing hands.
Moreover, since the cost of the building equipment is much higher than the price of the land, after going through another procedure, the Sprout Group can actually borrow more money from the bank.
In the short term, cash flow will decrease, but when subsequent mortgage loans are received, funds will increase.
It will not really affect the liquidity of Sprout Group.
………
The next day is Friday.
As soon as Zhang Shuo arrived at the company, he called Jiang Yue and asked: "How is the connection with the bank?"
I'm afraid something will happen.
After all, this is a special period. Overtly or covertly, how many pairs of eyes are staring at Germination.
"It went very smoothly. All the banks were very friendly and the mortgage loan switch was completed. It is expected that next week, new loans will be approved one after another and transferred to the group's account." Jiang Yue also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did I hear it correctly?" Zhang Shuo joked with a smile.
"It should be that we released Qingcheng Group's A-round financing and got off to a good start. Not only did we make a circle of friends, but we also eliminated a lot of hostility." Jiang Yue expressed her understanding.
Eating alone all the time is always unpopular.
For example, in the A round of financing launched by Qingcheng Group, Sprout Group successfully took the opportunity to get in touch with Ping An. This is also a super predator. If you have a good relationship, you can also help Sprout at critical moments.
It will be much more convenient to get loans in the future.
"Okay, no matter what, there is nothing wrong with the loan, so I can have a peaceful year this year." Zhang Shuo didn't want to delve too much into the truth behind it.
Too complicated!
afternoon.
He made a special trip to Yangcheng to attend the first board meeting of Qingcheng Group as chairman.
In fact, it's just a formality.
………
On Friday, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment also made some moves.
First, it sold the overseas agency rights of "Dream Town" and "Puzzle and Dragons" which were just launched last month for a sky-high price of 1.8 billion.
This shows how popular these two games are in overseas markets.
The painting style of "Dream Town" is already suitable for the European and American markets, and the agency rights of "Puzzle and Dragons" alone in Japan were sold for a sky-high price of 550 million.
This shows how enthusiastic Japanese players are about "Puzzle and Dragons".
On the contrary, in the Chinese market, the response from players to "Puzzle and Dragons" was average. The recharge rate during the same period was not even as high as that of "Dream Town", and it encountered acclimatization.
Subsequently, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment launched three new games in one go before the year, namely "Mountain Racing", "Kingdom of Arthur: Battle of the North", and "Honkai Academy" produced by Mihayou Studio.
"Hill Climb Racing" is a sports racing physics racing mobile game developed by Fingersoft.
Original Time and Space was released in September 2012.
In the game, the player drives a racing car on a mountainous terrain. Because the mountainous terrain is very bumpy, the player needs to control the accelerator and brake well to ensure that the car does not turn over.
You can collect gold coins along the way and use them to transform the car into a background to guide players through the game.
As a fun racing game, "Mountain Racing" has a perfect engine, exciting levels and fun vehicles. It is based on real physical characteristics. Players can upgrade and transform the engine, suspension device, tires and fuel of their car.
You can also hear realistic roaring sound effects when the engine is upgraded.
Although it is not as good as "Need for Speed", it is definitely a masterpiece among mobile racing games.
Original time and space.
"Mountain Racing" even set a brilliant record with over 500 million downloads worldwide.
There is no doubt that the advent of "Hill Climb Racing" will have a certain impact on "Need for Speed".
In particular, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has implanted an already very sophisticated social system in "Mountain Racing", and the improvement of player stickiness is not even comparable to that of "Need for Speed".
"Arthur's Kingdom: War in the North" is a multiplayer online strategy management game.
In the game, players need to play the role of the monarch of the Kingdom of Camelot, develop the ancient Kingdom of Camelot, and make the country prosperous to resist the wanton ambitions of other countries.
The final "Honkai Academy" needs no introduction.
As one of Mihayou's masterpieces, it will be followed by "Honkai Academy 2", "Honkai 3", and the famous "Genshin Impact". In a sense, it was also born out of this.
"Honkai Academy" original space and time was launched on December 14, 2012.
Because Mihayou Studio was fully acquired by Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, it had a formal office area and recruited a large number of programmers, artists and planners, allowing "Honkai Academy" to be released a year ahead of schedule.
A regular army is a regular army.
Three new games were launched at the same time, causing a sensation on the Internet, but players were actually a little numb, as they seemed to have become accustomed to the generosity of Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment.
"If there are no new games from Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment, I would be upset."
"I look forward to this day every month. Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment always brings a little surprise. Just like the newly launched "Honkai Academy", it is very refreshing. I love it. I love it."
"As a die-hard Jade Bird fan, isn't the biggest worry that there are too many good games to play?"
"The key point is that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has also developed an anti-addiction system, which makes it impossible for me to play games all night on weekends. Really, I have never seen such a person who can make money without making money."
"Haha, high school students are even more miserable. Have you ever tasted the iron fist of underage protection?"
"Isn't it good to study hard upstairs? How about having fun when you get to university?"
"No matter what, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is really the conscience of the industry!"
In addition to the upcoming TI1 semi-finals at the weekend, during this period, Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has been very popular, becoming the focus of public opinion from time to time, and being on trending searches is a common occurrence.
With this help.
Not only do some players shout out the slogan that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment is the largest game manufacturer in China, but it is also a major game manufacturer with global influence and is expected to be among the top ten in the world.
Although there is still some lack of background, he is undoubtedly the darkest dark horse this year.
The light shines brighter and brighter!
………
On the other side, Zhang Shuo came back from Yangcheng at around nine o'clock in the evening.
Mainly after the board meeting, he was joined by Pei Weiping and other senior executives of Qingcheng Group, and they invited two other directors and investors to have a dinner to get to know each other.
Naturally, there was another banquet.
Although he doesn't like this kind of social interaction, Zhang Shuo has become familiar with it since he attends it frequently.
basically.
Just talk about people when you see them, and talk about ghosts when you see ghosts.
For those who came to test whether Sprout Group had any other plans to raise funds in the future, Zhang Shuo's answer was naturally ambiguous, and he also took the opportunity to promote 71 Assistant and Motu Xiuxiu.
Take the opportunity to light up the fire.
Back at Xili Building, Chen Lu carefully prepared the sobering soup in advance. After serving Zhang Shuo to drink it, she rested Zhang Shuo's head on her lap and carefully massaged Zhang Shuo's head.
After that, we took a hot bath and played poker again.
I broke out in a heavy sweat.
After taking another cold shower, Zhang Shuo finally woke up and entered sage mode. He leaned comfortably on Chen Lu and asked with a smile: "The venture capital circle has been very lively in the past week, right?"
"It's so lively."
Chen Lu laughed and said, "I heard that the bad guy Wang Xin almost cursed."
After Sprout pierced the window paper, Tenda's enthusiasm for the group dropped sharply. Even if Scarlet Capital jumped up and down, it seemed that it could not change the fact that the group was in trouble.
More seriously.
There seems to be an amazing tacit understanding among the three giants Ahri, Tengda, and Qiandu. They all agree to eliminate the bad guys first, so no one is willing to invest in the bad guys.
Without the participation of giants, Scarlet Capital is helpless.
"There is a lot of public sentiment within the mold group right now. I heard that many people are already looking for a new home."
As for the so-called next company, it must be one of the three companies: Ali-Dianping, Nomi, and Dacongdianping. It may even be invited by two or three companies at the same time.
Of course, some people will choose to join Qingcheng Group.
All in all, if there is no strong man descended from the sky, the miserable fate of the bad group is almost destined, and it is bound to be divided up by the three giants.
Really miserable.
"To be honest, I didn't expect the effect to be so good." Zhang Shuo was actually a little confused.
How did he know that Tengda would be so decisive, seeing that he couldn't do anything, he simply regarded the bad guy as an abandoned son, and didn't even give him the face of Scarlet Capital.
It's really unexpected.
"Some people in the circle now call you Zhang Heizi, my junior." Chen Lu laughed.
"Just scold me!"
Zhang Shuo didn't care, "Sometimes, being feared can also be a deterrent."
Chen Lu was obsessed with it.
………
The next day was the weekend, and Zhang Shuo rarely slept in.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Chen Lu asked with concern.
"I think so too, but I have to attend the Fertile Soil Award Ceremony this afternoon, and I have to take experts to visit the Fertile Soil Research Institute in the morning, so I don't want to be late."
Although Su Ya has kept a low profile, such a generous award still alarmed the officials of Binhai City, and even the second uncle will appear at the award ceremony.
Where can one truly be low-key?
At about nine o'clock in the morning, Zhang Shuo first led the experts and scholars to briefly visit the Germination Building, and then took a bus to Houhai to visit the Fertile Soil Research Institute.
After the overall completion and delivery of the Fertile Land Research Institute two months ago, the artificial intelligence laboratory, cloud computing laboratory, big data laboratory, algorithm laboratory, search laboratory and Mango laboratory under the institute have all been transferred from the Germination Building.
Moved here.
Including the flexible materials laboratory that has been stationed before.
Rough statistics show that as of now, the Fertile Soil Research Institute has 45 scientists, 445 doctoral students, 1,025 master's students, and 14 undergraduate interns.
The lineup is nothing short of luxurious.
After listening to Zhang Shuo's introduction, the accompanying experts and scholars, even the stubborn Mr. Tao, couldn't help but be moved and marveled that Germination was able to gather such a group of cutting-edge talents in such a short period of time.
This does not include the Fertile Land Research Institute and the laboratories of Maili Technology located across the country.
Adding them all together, the researchers have already exceeded the 4,000-person mark.
"With so many R&D personnel, can R&D funds keep up?" Mr. Tao was very doubtful.
"It's not bad." Zhang Shuo explained: "Currently, the monthly R&D funding of Fertile Land Research Institute is 100 million, and the R&D funding of Maili Technology is 400 million, which is a bit less, but there will definitely be additional investment next year."
He was not in Versailles.
This means that in 2011, ten years later, this amount of R&D funding was really a drop in the bucket. Even the three small companies in China that make electric vehicles will have R&D funding of more than 4 billion in 2021.
Not to mention Warwick.
R&D investment in 2021 alone will reach an astonishing more than 140 billion, accounting for 22.4% of annual revenue.
Notice.
The income here refers to operating income, not profit, which is really scary.
In the past ten years, Warwick has invested more than 800 billion in R&D expenses, which is enough to put any Internet company with the name of "technology company" to shame.
That's it.
Warwick is still a catch-up in many areas.
This shows how expensive research and development is and how difficult it is to produce results.
Sprout's current investment in R&D is really just a drop in the bucket. In order to squeeze out more R&D expenses, Zhang Shuo chose to open up Qingcheng Group's financing channels.
In front of Mr. Tao, Zhang Shuo even made bold remarks.
"Next year, if Germination Group's R&D expenditure is less than 15 billion, it will be considered a complete failure."
"Then I'll wait and see." Mr. Tao then smiled.
The accompanying experts and scholars also became more interested in Germinal Group and wanted to know how this company, which had only been established for a year and a half, could have such great ambitions in research and development.