Chapter 325 Ranking of the top 100 Internet companies, Germination is coming!
Sprout actually has a subsidiary that is very suitable for financing.
That is Qingniao Mutual Entertainment.
Not to mention that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment has achieved profitability very early, and the level of profitability is very impressive. If it really wants to start Series A financing, investors will probably go crazy.
If nothing else, at least Tengda will invest in Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment at all costs.
It's a pity that Zhang Shuo won't do this.
The profits that Jade Bird Interactive Entertainment turns in every month are already the cash pillar needed to support Bu Ya’s daily operations. Once foreign investors are introduced, they will inevitably pay dividends to the investors.
It is equivalent to withdrawing future profits in advance in one fell swoop.
Still not right!
Zhang Shuo, who had not thought of any safe solution for the time being, first called Lu Kai to the office, and then connected Lu Qi's video call in the Magic City to start a three-party meeting.
Although Lu Qi lives in Shanghai, he is the vice president in charge of the group's Internet affairs. Whether it is Qingyun Data's financing, Qinghe Technology, or Qingniao Interactive Entertainment, he cannot be avoided.
You must also respect Lu Qi’s opinion.
Zhang Shuo first introduced the basic situation.
"For Qingyun Data, my opinion is that we can start the A-round financing in due course, with a target financing of about 2.5 billion, which will be mainly used for the construction and daily operations of the data center in southern Sichuan. The financing targets can be Binhai City, Magic City, and Haijin City
As well as local urban investment companies such as Sichuan South where Qingyun Data has built data centers, it can also be regarded as deepening the connection with the local area, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation."
This will save the Sprout Group a lot of expenses.
"I agree!"
Lu Kai was the first to express his support. As the rotating president, he certainly knows the current capital chain situation of the group. It is on the edge of the cliff of running out of food at any time. It can be improved a little bit.
"I agree."
Lu Qi was new here, so of course he wouldn't object.
"Okay, then it will be unanimously approved. Mr. Lu will take the lead in the specific financing matters."
"no problem!"
As the vice president in charge of investment business, Lu Kai is also bound to do so.
"The problem now is that just solving the burden of Qingyun Data cannot completely improve the group's capital chain. Do you have any good opinions or suggestions about this?" Zhang Shuo asked.
"This still depends on your decision, Mr. Zhang."
However, Lu Kai is a veteran and knows very well that any subsidiary under the umbrella of Moya is a treasure in the eyes of the big boss, and he is unwilling to share it with the outside world.
As long as you are willing to open your mouth, financing is not difficult.
"My decision is that we must raise funds without suffering losses, let alone fishing in vain." Zhang Shuo also stated his evaluation of each subsidiary one by one.
State your position clearly and clearly.
"Then we probably have to raise funds from overseas. Domestically, unsecured financing is very difficult."
Lu Kai guessed that the big boss would choose this way.
"Then when it comes to overseas financing, shouldn't you, the general manager of Jiaoyang Holdings and the general manager of the overseas business department, show some achievements? Otherwise, you won't be able to deliver."
Since the establishment of Jiaoyang Holdings, it has not raised a few serious funds.
The largest overseas financing.
It was Zhang Shuo who instructed the Dream Fund to do it, and it had nothing to do with Jiaoyang Holdings.
"Not to mention too much, can we handle the two billion overseas debt financing?"
However, Zhang Shuo defeated Lu Kai's army.
"good!"
Lu Kai did not shirk, but gritted his teeth and agreed.
"In addition to overseas financing, is it possible to separate Feixun and raise funds separately?"
Lu Qi put forward his suggestion.
After joining the company for more than a month, Lu Qi already knew a lot about the entire system, especially the Internet business, and quickly pointed out a point that had been ignored before.
"Feixun's current market share is too low, and its promotion is limited, so it can't sell at a good price, right?"
In the PC era, most companies either use internal enterprise management software, or simply use ICQ and ICQ mailboxes as a link to transmit information and data.
The most serious and efficient collaborative office software was born in the mobile Internet era. It is precisely because of the mobile Internet era that collaborative office is getting more and more attention.
And the wave of mobile Internet is sweeping across.
Even in the original time and space, the explosion of the enterprise management software market was due to the surge in demand for remote working and online working during the special period.
Prior to this, the enterprise management software market had not been optimistic.
Not to mention those who are slow to respond, even many Internet companies are cautious and even wary of office software such as Feixun.
I'm afraid that company secrets will be stolen by Mo Ya.
Therefore, even though Zhao Xiaohu has organized a technical development team and carried out two major upgrades to Feixun after taking over Feixun, its promotion has still been limited.
Even if it raises external financing, it is estimated that it will be difficult for investors to give a satisfactory valuation.
Of course, this is also related to Feixun's business model. As an enterprise collaborative office software, especially in the early stages of promotion, it is destined to be free and open to the outside world. It is difficult to find any good profit points.
To promote Feixun externally, one is to promote the budding corporate value.
The implication is obvious——
"Look, as a start-up that has only been established for more than two years, Sprout has been able to achieve such amazing achievements because of its efficient collaborative office software."
"When start-ups use Feixun, they are walking on the same path as Buya."
“High quality and far-sighted!!”
Anyway, it is such a set of value logic to expand the invisible influence of the sprout.
The second is to promote Qingyun services by promoting Feixun.
The reason is also very simple. For Feixun's remote working, collaborative working, online document editing, video conferencing and other functions, Urban Qingyun Data provides cloud services.
Feixun is a good choice, and Qingyun service deserves most of the credit.
Moreover, after Feixun was transferred to Qinghe Technology, Feixun has been connecting with Qingyun data and established a technical coordination group to integrate Feixun into Qingyun's cloud services as much as possible.
Feixun’s real profit point is also in the cloud service sector.
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As a start-up that has only been established for two years, Sprout's R&D capabilities have always been questioned by the outside world. Although products such as Weixin have verified Sprout's product development capabilities.
But Feixun's success will still have a positive effect on Germination.
"I think Feixun has unlimited potential."
Lu Qi continued to elaborate on his point of view, "If nothing else, Feixun Conference alone will be a billion-level market in the future. In fact, it has been popularized abroad for a long time, and it just fills the domestic gap."
"Online collaborative working will also be a major trend in the future of the Internet. Just like what Sprout is currently implementing, various subsidiaries, even various departments, and branches are physically distributed across the country and even around the world.
But it can break through the restrictions and barriers of geographical location through cloud services."
"Feixun has been very successful in this area, even surpassing similar overseas software."
Speaking of which.
Lu Qi couldn't help but sigh that the ability of Mei Ya to make products is really great, far beyond the outside world's impression of Mei Ya, including his previous impression of Mei Ya.
"As for the problem of limited promotion, it may be due to Feixun's closed policy."
"How to say?"
Zhang Shuo realized that Lu Qi might have thought deeply about Feixun.
"Giants such as Ari and Qiandu, as well as emerging Internet companies such as Xiaomi, the reason why they stay away from Feixun is precisely because Feixun is incubated internally and 100% controlled by us. If we can invite these companies to join Feixun,
By giving up absolute control over the company, Feixun may be able to move from being closed to being open.”
Lu Qi generally agrees with Bu Ya's internal incubation strategy. As long as its own funds can still support it, there is really no need to carry out frequent equity financing.
The problem is, not all products fit this model.
Like Feixun.
It is destined to adopt an open and cooperative development model.
"In this case, let's give it a try and spread the word to the outside world to see if Ali, Qiandu and other giants are interested in investing in Feixun."
Zhang Shuo is not very optimistic. Based on his understanding of the usual practices of Tenda and Ali, they are more willing to develop an office software internally, and they are probably not willing to use Feixun.
This is how the original time and space was.
It is just a collaborative office software, but it also needs to be three pillars.
Of course, Zhang Shuo also hopes to break this involution pattern. If they can jointly hold shares, perhaps software like Dingding will not be born in the future.
Feixun will also dominate the world.
In this case, Naiya does not need to insist on 100% controlling interest.
Consider it a try!
………
While Zhang Shuo was busy raising money, a major event happened on the Internet today - the ranking of the top 100 Internet companies in 2012 was released!
As per the old rules, the statistical basis is still the annual revenue of 2011.
Sprout Group, which was ranked just outside the 20th place last year, unsurprisingly became the biggest dark horse of the year, rising all the way to 4th place, second only to Tenda, Qiandu and Ali.
What's even more shocking is.
If ranked in terms of profitability, Moya even surpassed Qiandu and Ahri, ranking second.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately sparked heated discussions.
"I'll go, sprout cow!"
"The strongest among the three giants, now he really deserves his name."
"Below the Big Three? Didn't you look carefully? If ranked by profitability, Moya has already picked out Qiandu and Ahri among the Big Three, ranking second."
"Cow Biclas!"
"Profitability is not a comprehensive factor after all. In terms of revenue scale, influence and heritage, to be honest, although I am a fan of Bu Ya, Qiandu and Ahri are still stronger."
"Hey, there's something good to watch next."
"With the current development trend of Germination, it may only take a year or two to become the new Big Three. Now it depends on which of the Big Three will be left behind first."
"It should be Qiandu. Qiandu's layout in the mobile Internet is really hard to describe."
"I love to see Qiandu fall down."
"Not necessarily, right? After all, Qiandu's search business is the only one, and I think Ahri will fall behind. After all, in the e-commerce field, Jingdong has budding support, and Tenda is also making efforts, so the competition is still fierce."
"Yes, and Ahri is the only one among the three giants that has not been listed on the market."
"I'm not optimistic about Ahri either. Its profitability is already the worst among the three giants."
"Then you really underestimated Ahri. Don't you know that in addition to e-commerce, Ahri is already quietly building a logistics empire and a payment empire?"
"Let's put it this way, in the field of e-commerce, even though emerging forces such as Jingdong are jumping for joy, when it comes to the depth and width of the moat, Ahri is definitely the indisputable number one."
"Indeed, the future development potential of e-commerce is still huge, and Ali is unlikely to be left behind."
"Didn't anyone vote for Tengda?"
"Isn't it possible for Tengda? It ranks first in both revenue and profit."
"The problem is that Tenda's social networking, games, news clients, e-commerce, local life services and other businesses are all facing challenges from the bud. You don't think that Tenda can win in these fields, right?"
"That's really annoying!"
"That's not all. In addition to these businesses, Sprout also has unique expertise in cloud computing, mobile phones, semiconductors, and electric vehicles. I heard that it has already made plans in the field of artificial intelligence."
"Looking at it this way, Tengda is really dangerous."
"Isn't that right? In the past six months, Tengda's stock price has almost stopped rising."
"Tengda: No, I can still rise!!!"
"Grudge: Haha, I don't believe it!"
"I have to say that Mei Ya is really Tengda's lifelong enemy."
"That's what I say, but Tengda's heritage is there after all. Whether it's gaming or social networking, it's not a loss. It's just that it was forced to give up a little bit of the market, and the big share is still there."
"It's true. Among the three giants, Tenda is the most actively embracing the mobile Internet. In order to cope with the budding challenges, it has also made many changes. In addition to consolidating its basic base, it has also expanded into large entertainment, e-commerce, local
In various fields such as life services, it is still a giant that cannot be ignored."
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Netizens discussed and discussed, but no one came up with the reason.
"Well, is it possible to say that in two years' time, Germination will not defeat one of the three giants, but defeat the three giants in one fell swoop and become the only player in China's Internet industry?"
"Uh... I really dare to think about it upstairs."
"It may not be possible, right? It's quite exciting to think about it."
"Then we have to see how much of a stir the four emerging sectors of cloud computing, mobile phones, semiconductors and electric vehicles can make."
"Yes, if the Maili phone is really as advertised, it would be very scary."
"Look forward to it, it is said that we will see the real chapter in September."
"Actually, as long as the MaiLi phone is too big and the price is not expensive, I will definitely choose MaiLi instead of Xiaomi. After all, MaiLi has really invested heavily in research and development."
"Wheat flour 1!"
"It is impossible to compete with Xiaomi in terms of price. Xiaomi has invested so much money, and Maili has invested so much money. If it sells a mobile phone worth 2,000 yuan, it will probably lose money."
"It's useless to say anything now, let's wait and see!"
In any case, with the exposure of the Internet's top 100 rankings, Germination's status in the hearts of netizens has unknowingly risen to a higher level.
It's like being on the basketball court, going from being the top pick in the draft to becoming a core force.
Of course.
Infinite scenery, hostility and suspicion have always coexisted.
Netizens who have nothing to do with Sprout can naturally speak freely, but for giants such as Tengda and Ahri, they are facing an indescribable pressure.