Chapter two hundred and ninety third everything goes well
Update time:2012-08-20
A few days later, Liu Jian happily sat and talked with Ji Haoran in the newly rented office. Speaking of it, Ji Haoran was really a talent and very organized. He found an office as soon as he signed the contract.
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The office is not in the best location. The rent there is too high, so there is no need to invest too much. Considering many reasons, Ji Haoran chose the place where there are many venture capital companies around. In such a concentrated place,
It is easy to find good investment directions and easy to be poached by other companies, but Ji Haoran is very confident to find a way out.
It seems that Ji Haoran is still a very responsible person, and Liu Jian is very satisfied with this.
"Boss, the company's affairs are basically like this. I didn't hire too many people. I just hired a front desk, two analysts, and a few clerks. If we need other staff, we can recruit them temporarily to collect information.
There are many such companies, and we don't need to set up such a department separately." Ji Haoran introduced them in a straight-forward manner.
Liu Jian stood up and looked at the high-rise buildings outside. There were countless venture capital companies here. If he hadn't had the advantage of foresight, he wouldn't have dared to spend so much money to get involved in this field. You know, it might be possible.
One investment failure can bring a multi-millionaire back to zero.
And what kind of development this company will have in the future, and whether it can bring surprises to you, all depends on the person in front of you.
"Mr. Ji, I'm very satisfied with all of this. But what really determines the fate of the company is our investment. What kind of progress are there in the two companies I asked you to investigate." Liu Jian first affirmed Ji Haoran's work, and then
Asked questions that concerned me.
Ji Haoran took out two folders and said: "I met some friends at the bank. Through the introduction of these friends, I initially made contact with the two companies. As you said, boss, most shareholders of Amazon are dissatisfied with the president.
They have held several board meetings regarding Bezos' business strategy and threatened to sell their shares if they do not change their business strategy."
Good news, this is really good news for Liu Jian. Before this, although he had expected it, Liu Jian was still worried about whether he would really sell his shares in Amazon. You must know that even if the current situation is not optimistic, Amazon
The stock remains strong and has not hit bottom.
Liu Jian knows that now is the best opportunity. When the Internet bubble bursts and other Internet companies collapse, Amazon's strength will usher in countless spotlights. By then, even if someone sells shares, Amazon's stock price will still be there.
It will continue to climb and become the second largest Internet company in the world.
"How many are for sale, and how much can we get?" Liu Jian asked nervously.
Ji Haoran took out the information and handed it to Liu Jiandao: "Preliminary judgment shows that only three shareholders are most interested in taking action. They have already tentatively contacted buyers in the market. I checked and found that they own a total of 12.5% of Amazon's shares. Preliminarily
The valuation needs to be 20 million. You must know that Amazon’s current market value is less than 200 million, and their asking price is not low.”
Liu Jian's hands trembled. Are you kidding me? He only has a total capital of 30 million, and now he needs two-thirds of it. How can he have any money to invest in other things?
Ji Haoran is a professional. Liu Jian asked: "According to your opinion, if we really choose to invest, how much capital will be needed."
Ji Haoran smiled and said: "I have investigated these three people. They invested a total of three million US dollars at that time to obtain these shares. As early as when Amazon was listed, they wanted to sell it. It was just because of the investment
At that time, there was an agreement that they could not sell their shares within three years, so they have waited until now. Last year, because of the booming Internet market, they already wanted to take action, but there were too many Internet companies in their hands.
The price is too high and no one is interested.”
Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Other companies are very popular now, but the companies they invest in are slowly making progress, so they want to sell their shares for cash and then invest in emerging companies. This is probably the case."
Ji Haoran nodded and said: "This is the format. However, this year because Amazon's momentum continues to decline, everyone has lost confidence and no one is willing to pay for it. I believe that if the boss intervenes at this time, it should be around 18 million.
Take these stocks."
"Eighteen million, this number is acceptable." Liu Jian thought to himself, but did not say it out loud. He naturally hoped to spend less money, so the only way was to force Ji Haoran.
It was originally planned. Now that there is hope, Liu Jian said without hesitation: "Go and talk about this project in person. If you pay fifteen million, they will have five times the profit. There should be opportunities. Try your best."
If you don't lower the purchase price by one million US dollars, I will give you a commission of US$100,000. This is a reward in addition to salary. Of course, this business must be completed."
Without a better way, Liu Jian could only seduce Ji Haoran with benefits and force him to work for him with all his strength. There was no other way. As a nouveau riche, Liu Jian couldn't think of anything that could motivate his employees more than money.
work.
Sure enough, after hearing Liu Jian's reward conditions, Ji Haoran's temples kept beating. It seemed that the money was really exciting.
Liu Jian asked again: "How about Google? Their asking price won't be too high!"
Liu Jian found that the market value of each of these companies was not large, and they were very ruthless in asking for money. No wonder Robin Li chose to return to China to start a business. He couldn't afford to hurt him here.
Ji Haoran opened another folder and said: "They don't have any trouble there, but they are only willing to sell 20% of the shares, five million, which is a higher price than Amazon asked before it went public, and it is for private investment. Because of the current network
When the company is at its most prosperous, it is easiest for such emerging companies to attract venture capital. However, they are very averse to venture capital and are not like venture capital to enter. However, their requirements are also very strict. After purchasing shares
, no sales are allowed within three years, and no dividends are paid within three years. If the company is listed, this period will be extended for two years to invest all funds in the development of the company."
This is completely beyond Liu Jian's expectation. No wonder they are short of funds. In a place with such a strong commercial atmosphere in the United States, the most important thing is a variety of companies. Everyone invests to make money, and Google's requirements are
It completely eliminates the opportunity for venture capital to make profits. If there is no profit in five years, who will take this risk? If you have this time, invest elsewhere, the cost has been recovered long ago, and there will be high returns.
But this is in line with Liu Jian's wishes. What he values is never about the present. These are all investments for the future. In five years, these stocks may not be 5 million, 50 million, or 500 million, even 20%.
Five billion is hard to impress Google's shareholders.
There was nothing to hesitate. Liu Jian agreed immediately and asked Ji Haoran to contact Sean Anderson and Larry Page to implement the investment. In this way, even if Amazon ultimately rejected his investment, he would
The purpose of coming to the United States was achieved.
After all, both the world's largest English search engine company and the Chinese search engine company have their own shares. According to the trend of them advancing hand in hand in the future, I can count the money until I am weak.
Robin Li finally agreed to Liu Jian's conditions. Liu Jian obtained 42% of the company's shares by investing US$1.5 million, which was US$300,000 higher than in his previous life. In addition to the 45% of the shares owned by Robin Li, his friend
Xu Yong also invested in technology and owned 10% of the shares. Liu Jian did not have absolute control of the company because of his high capital. This was because he knew that Baidu's success was inseparable from Robin Li.
It was precisely because of Liu Jian's generosity that both Robin Li and Xu Yong were grateful. The three became good friends and have maintained a good personal friendship in future cooperation. Liu Jian, as the financial backer, even more
The two provided a lot of suggestions, which were of course the successful experiences of Baidu in the previous life, which made Robin Li feel like he had found a treasure.