Hearing that a company that uses forums to make electronic coupons has sold for 30 million Chinese dollars, Wen Ying cooperated and exclaimed: "Is it so valuable?"
The friend nodded vigorously, "This is how the industry is valued, but the founder of that company doesn't want to sell it for the time being."
There are only two reasons why I don’t want to sell the company I founded with my own hands, and the first is because I don’t want to part with it, and the second is because I don’t have enough money.
The founder feels his company is worth more!
That's a full 30 million.
If most of the company's shares are in the hands of the founder, cashing out will directly lead to freedom of wealth.
It's not that fast to rob a bank, and it's not that big to win the first prize when buying lottery tickets, but the Internet can create such a myth of getting rich.
Wen Ying took advantage of the victory and asked: "If such an opportunity falls on you, will you sell it?"
Xie Qian put his hand on the side of the wheelchair and lightly touched Wen Ying's sleeve.
How is it possible to ask this question?
It’s not like we really have 30 million in front of us!
Wen Ying understood and went back to make up for it: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't ask this. I just heard that I could sell the company for 30 million and cash out in two or three years. I was so excited at the time."
——Little liar.
Why are you so excited when you hear that you can sell your company for 30 million to cash out in two or three years?
Xie Qian knew that Wen Ying’s current cash flow was more than 30 million!
Yan Yuchuan's friend laughed: "I understand, let alone a layman like you who was excited when the news came, our entire team was in high spirits. Since someone is willing to spend 30 million to buy such a company, it means that our project also has
Outlook, we are on the right path."
The ambition of Yan Yuchuan's team is not just to produce electronic coupons.
What's more... my friend glanced at Xie Qian and explained seriously: "Even if there is such an opportunity, it is not up to us to decide whether to sell the company or not. Mr. Gong invested 10 million for us."
Yan Yuchuan was talking to Gong Sheng and agreed with his friend's statement.
"If it's sold, it's gone. Some people say that the core of an Internet company is technology, but I always feel that it's actually the entrepreneurial team. When it is sold, it has lost its soul. Some Internet giants will spend a lot of money to acquire some new companies that have just developed.
, it may really need to expand related businesses, or it may be to eliminate opponents in advance.”
Yan Yuchuan's words made Wen Ying look at him twice more.
Yan Yuchuan is a very entrepreneurial person.
Is starting a business just to cash out?
With such an idea, the company will not be able to grow.
Even if the founder wants to cash out and leave, it must be that the company has grown to a sufficient scale!
Yan Yuchuan couldn't see that Xie Qian was the real investor. He was not as outgoing and talkative as his friends, but he also had an indescribable leadership temperament... Perhaps it was this type of person who was more likely to succeed in starting a business?!
Yan Yuchuan received Gong Sheng, and friends accompanied Wen Ying and Xie Qian.
The data Xie Qian had obtained before was explained in detail by his friend.
This company burns money quickly, and its results are indeed good. It has more users than Wen Ying previously imagined.
College students are the target customers that the company wants to win over.
According to Yan Yuchuan, they actually gave priority to developing members from colleges and universities.
"We have many members at Aurora University."
This is true.
Wen Ying hadn't heard of it before because she didn't pay attention at all. In the past two days, she specifically asked three roommates and found out that the three of them had already registered for the "Youni Group Buying" website.
"Youni Group Buying" is the website launched by Yan Yuchuan Company.
"You" means putting consumers first.
"Youni Group Buying" conquered Aurora earlier than Wen Ying thought. Just a few days after the school started, the promotion reached the freshman group of Aurora. Three roommates, including Sun Mingfei, were all "Youni Group Buying"
Hand-in-hand guidance to complete registration.
The roommates not only became members, but also used “Youni Group Buying” frequently after registering.
Students only have so much living expenses, so "Youni Group Buying" offers discounts on Nengtuan food, Nengtuan movie tickets, and even offers discounts on books!
Wen Ying reflected for a moment and realized that she missed the promotion of "You You" in Aurora because she was probably concerned about Zhang Liqun's divorce lawsuit during that time.
From the mouths of her roommates, Wen Ying confirmed that there are indeed many users of "Youni" in Aurora, so the data provided by Yan Yuchuan and others should be more credible.
It’s not that Wen Ying can’t trust Yan Yuchuan and others. After all, financial reports can be packaged. It’s normal for the data provided by start-up companies to attract investment to be watery!
Although Wen Ying made her money from the stock market, she still took risks!
Well, it’s not only the risk, but also the hard work of Manager Chen.
Wen Ying asked very carefully.
Yan Yuchuan's friends had already guessed that the investor was actually Xie Qian, so Xie Qian only asked these questions through Wen Ying's words because he didn't want Yan Yuchuan to be suspicious.
My friends would never have guessed that Wen Ying is also a business owner who is willing to invest!
We spent the entire afternoon visiting Yan Yuchuan's company, and Wen Ying's mind was still running at high speed when we left.
She and Xie Qian not only learned about the company again, but also sat in on the company's meetings and witnessed firsthand how the company selects products and recommends group buying discounts to users.
Food, clothing, housing and transportation are what everyone needs. Filling the stomach is everyone’s basic need. In addition to food and beverage, there are also life and entertainment needs.
Can we win the future "Thousand Regiment War" by relying on these alone?
Of course it’s not that simple!
On the way back to school, Wen Ying talked to Xie Qian: "I think you can vote. Several important people in this team have very flexible minds. They have high academic qualifications and skills, and they have many ideas. They also know how to adapt to local conditions and do not copy them completely."
That’s what foreign countries do.”
It’s not easy to copy.
Some people say that the originator of group buying is the foreign company Groupon.
Not really.
Groupon is just getting started, and it also entered the Chinese market first. Group buying websites that died before Groupon will not be remembered.
Even Groupon, considered the originator of the industry, will not go online until November next year.
The domestic "certain group" is even later.
Yan Yuchuan... Wen Ying had never heard of this name in her previous life.
Butterfly wings have changed many people's lives.
Perhaps Yan Yuchuan did not break up with Xie Tang in his previous life, or maybe the time when they broke up was different from this life? The same thing happening at different time points will make a person make completely different choices.
In his previous life, Yan Yuchuan may have failed in his business venture.
It's also possible that you didn't start a business at all.
Who knows.
Wen Ying was quite moved anyway.
Any investment these days has risks. The higher the return, the greater the risk. If you want high returns but low risks, how can there be such a good thing!
Keep the money and wait until "a certain group" is established before investing?
Not to mention whether she can successfully invest the money, if she intervenes and something goes wrong with "a certain group" that was originally successfully listed with a market value of HK$400 billion, who should Wen Ying talk to to reason with it?
"Then vote."
Wen Ying made a decision, and Xie Qian was unambiguous.
The proven path to success is indeed less risky, but how can the proven path to success make more money than the first-timer?
Yan Yuchuan's friends really didn't lie. How could they be willing to sell the company for only 30 million?
Just this time, Yan Yuchuan and the others want an investment of 30 million!
Their plan is to firmly hold on to the base camp of Magic City and then build sub-stations along the Yangtze River Basin in surrounding cities.
This model sounds a bit familiar to Wen Ying.
I heard that during the Thousand Groups War, other group buying websites were frantically spending money on advertising to attract users, while "a certain group" was quietly building a local promotion team.
Other group buying websites have spent a lot of money on advertising, killing corpses everywhere, and "a certain group" is quietly stealing towers and waiting for their opponents to run out of funds.
Yan Yuchuan and others have similar competing products, but they chose the time well and did not encounter a thousand-regiment battle.
Affected by the global economic crisis next year, the group buying model has really taken off.
Wen Ying and Xie Qian didn't have any objections to Yan Yuchuan's capital gap of up to 30 million yuan. What the two parties needed to negotiate was how many shares they could get in exchange for an investment of 30 million yuan.
Yan Yuchuan and others wanted to give up as few shares as possible. As the investors who contributed money, Wen Ying and Xie Qian had to get enough shares to make it worthwhile.
Of course, it won't work even if the lion opens his mouth.
Yan Yuchuan's company is in great need of funds now, but "Youni Group Buying" has been launched and has many registered members, making it attractive to professional venture capital companies.
We are not looking for venture capital now because professional venture capital companies are more greedy. Yan Yuchuan and others still want to get investment from Gong Sheng. The previous cooperation with Gong Sheng was quite pleasant. Both parties have a good foundation and hope it can continue to deepen.
The final result must meet the expectations of Yan Yuchuan, Wen Ying, and Xie Qian, so that this investment can be realized.
Wen Ying did not need to worry about the details of the negotiations. Wen Ying daydreamed about a bright future with risks and benefits, and sat down with Xie Qian to divide the spoils: "Let's invest 15 million each?"
Unexpectedly, Xie Qian shook his head, "I only invest 10 million, and you invest 20 million."
"Ah, I voted more than you?"
"It's not much. I have invested 10 million before, earlier than this time, and they gave up more shares than this time. In total, I still got more shares than you."
"……Too."
Wen Ying whispered: "If Yan Yuchuan's company can succeed, the income may exceed your imagination. We don't have to participate in subsequent investments. As long as we hold the shares and don't sell them, there will always be a time when we benefit in the future."
Gong Sheng sat in the passenger seat and continued to be invisible.
Alas, I was a mascot in the afternoon and an invisible person now. This may be the humbleness of being a worker.
Yan Yuchuan's project does have prospects.
But Gong Sheng doubts that Yan Yuchuan and those people can be sold out by the two people in the back row... Ahem, you shouldn't think about the boss and the future boss's wife like this. How can you say they are sold out in a package? It's obviously to help promising young people pursue their dreams.
!
When getting off the car, Wen Ying thought of something else: "Do we need to let Sister Xie Tang know about our investment?"
Xie Qian shook his head, "This is purely business behavior, not a favor."
In the beginning, there was a human element to leaving Yan Yuchuan's business card.
But Yan Yuchuan's identity as Xie Tang's ex-boyfriend is not worth the 5 million investment.
What's more, now, Wen Ying and Xie Qian are both ready to invest, adding the previous 10 million to the 30 million this time, a total of 40 million!
Don't say that Yan Yuchuan is just Xie Tang's ex-boyfriend, even Xie Tang's ex-husband is not worth so much money!
Wen Ying nodded clearly: "I understand."
A breakup is a breakup. Whether they will reconcile in the future is a matter between Xie Tang and Yan Yuchuan. Others really shouldn't worry too much.
If Yan Yuchuan is serious, he will find Xie Tang sooner or later, and Wen Ying has no intention of being a matchmaker.