Su Wang, the last thing I want to see right now is you."
At Carlyle Investment Bank's China headquarters, Wang Kaige looked at Su Wang who walked in and said half-jokingly.
"If you don't welcome me, why don't you make some tea for me?"
Su Wang didn't care about Wang Kaige's attitude, took a sip of the tea prepared by his secretary, and sat down on the chair opposite Wang Kaige.
"Have you ever heard of a saying? I saw a saying on the Internet a few days ago. It said that if a person owes a bank thirty to fifty thousand, the bank will come to collect the debt when it is due, and will even go to court to sue. But if a person owes a bank
If you owe one to two million, the bank will always keep an eye on your financial situation. But if you owe the bank three to five billion, the bank will treat you like the God of Wealth, burn incense and chant Buddha every day to protect you from bankruptcy, or even pay back the debt.
If so, we will also help you find ways to raise capital."
After saying this, Wang Kaige looked at Su Wang and said helplessly: "I am the bank now, and you are my God of Wealth."
"It's not such an exaggeration, but it is indeed the uncle who owes the money."
Su Wang chuckled. He could understand what Wang Kaige meant. It could be said that Wang Kaige had already tied him to himself. With billions of financing, if Meituan did not improve, then Wang Kaige's career would be
My career is probably over.
"Su Wang, please tell me how much Meituan will burn. Also, why did you suddenly quit the management of Meituan?"
As an investor, Wang Kaige is also paying attention to the development of Meituan. He also knows that the management of Meituan has changed. Su Wang has withdrawn from the management and has been replaced by Zhang Xuhao, the newly joined founder of Ele.me.
"Because I think Zhang Xuhao is more suitable to manage Meituan than me. I believe in his strength and Meituan will have no problems under his leadership."
"Who are you kidding? Meituan was created by you. Is there anyone who understands Meituan's development direction and future prospects better than you?" Wang Kaige gave Su Wang a big eye roll, and then continued: "
Don’t think I don’t know, you have been tinkering with that “WeChat” software recently.”
"Are you very well-informed?"
"If I didn't know this news, then Carlyle Investment Bank would have closed down."
As an investment bank that specializes in investing in the Internet industry, Wang Kaige has a dedicated team to dig out and discover some new Internet companies. WeChat has been online for more than a month and has carried out such large-scale publicity. Wang Kaige’s
There's no way the team doesn't know.
At the beginning, Wang Kaige thought that a new Internet company had emerged and wanted to challenge Tencent's dominance in instant messaging. He also felt that this new company was a bit ignorant of the sky and the earth.
But when the person below put the information of the company behind "WeChat" in front of him, and after reading the information, he had the urge to kill the dog.
This company was actually founded by Su Wang.
Wang Kaige felt that he no longer knew what to say to Su Wang. Meituan here was engaged in a fierce and cruel money-burning war. The winner had not yet been determined. Su Wang actually had time to develop other products. Of course,
Are you really confident or arrogant?
When he first learned about it, he had the urge to question Su Wang face to face, but after he calmed down and analyzed the situation carefully, he found that Su Wang was really good at picking the time. At this time, the instant messaging software was launched to catch people.
Live when Tencent is powerless.
At the same time, this analysis also allowed Wang Kaige to confirm that this "WeChat" software was definitely not temporarily launched by Su Wang, because it takes at least two or three months for a software to be developed and launched.
It happened to be launched at the time of the war between 360 and Tencent. This can only mean that Su Wang has been preparing this software for a long time and took advantage of this opportunity to launch it.
"Su Wang, tell me the truth. Among your projects, is the "WeChat" project the most important to you?"
"Brother Wang, you have wronged me. Meituan was also created by me. Like WeChat, it is my child and I value them all equally."
Su Wang shook his head. In his mind, Meituan and WeChat are indeed equally important. The difference is that Meituan is a lifestyle product, while WeChat is a social product. The former may have similar products, but once the latter succeeds, it will
will maintain its monopoly position.
So from this point of view, WeChat is still more important.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, tell me, what do you want from me?"
"What can I do if I ask you, the God of Wealth, to do something? Of course Meituan needs to continue to raise funds."
"You still need to raise funds? Doesn't Meituan have money in its account?"
As the leader, Wang Kaige naturally understands Meituan’s financial situation and knows that Meituan still has hundreds of millions in cash on its books.
"Be prepared for a rainy day. According to our estimates, this amount of money is simply not enough to win this war. Financing is definitely needed. Otherwise, the capital chain will be broken. At least we must prepare for this financing in advance. My suggestion is
Get the next financing within three months.”
"How much do you plan to raise next time? How many shares do you want to give up?"
"Not less than 5 billion, give up 20% of the shares."
Because Wang Kaige is now considered one of his own, Su Wang does not hide it. In the next round of financing, he plans to raise more than 5 billion and give up 30% of the shares. According to the scarcity of the shares of both parties, his shares in Meituan will be
Less than 50%.
However, there is no way around this. Except for a few family companies that can control more than half of the shares, most companies, especially Internet companies, end up with very low founders’ shares. Take Wang Xing in his previous life, for example.
In the end, the shares were only 11%.
"Five billion, 20% of the shares, which is equivalent to a five-fold increase. It may be a bit difficult."
It has only been a few months since the last round of financing, and the market value has increased five times in an instant. Even Wang Kaige finds it a bit tricky, and it is estimated that the capital market may not accept it.
"Don't forget that we have now acquired Ele.me. With Ele.me's food delivery market, it will be of great help to the development of the entire Meituan. Our current revenue is six times the original, and our market value will naturally double accordingly.
.”
"That's true, but the domestic capital situation is a bit complicated. Those who are willing to invest in the Internet are almost the same as us. Because of Dianping, those from Tencent will definitely not participate in financing, and those from Alibaba will not participate in financing.
It’s the same over there.”
Wang Kaige pondered for a moment, looked at Su Wang, and asked, "Do you mind about foreign investment?"
"foreign investment?"
"That's right. If you don't mind foreign investment, I can confidently negotiate for 5 billion and 20% of the shares, so the problem won't be that big."
"It's best to stay at home. You know, our domestic public opinion is different."
Su Wang was also a little hesitant. The most famous foreign investment was Alibaba, which also introduced SoftBank investment. At the beginning, many competing companies used this to attack Alibaba, saying that Alibaba made money for the Japanese. Many netizens really
If you believe it, join the queue to boycott Alibaba.
Once Meituan accepts foreign financing, he can imagine that Dianping and Koubei.com will definitely use this as an excuse to attack Meituan, and many users who don't know the reason will really believe it.
In fact, for a company, how can it hope to raise funds abroad? It will only choose to go abroad if domestic financing is not available. Of course, seeking international development is another story.
"Actually, I personally think it's not a bad thing to accept some foreign capital, especially capital from Wall Street, because it will be helpful for companies to go public in the future."
Wang Kaige seriously suggested to Su Wang that if Meituan was going to be listed on Nasdaq, it would be good for the company's packaging and stock value if capital from there joined in.
This is because most of the financing parties are aiming for the company to go public and cash out. When capital from Wall Street comes in, they will take the initiative to package the company's listing and arrange various reports and media to promote it.
"Brother Wang, I'm not saying no foreign capital, but it's best not to exceed 20%. This amount will not offend domestic users."
"Okay, I understand."
Wang Kaige understood what Su Wang meant, 20%, this ratio is about the same.
"Let's talk about the perfect group. Now let's talk about your "WeChat" company. Why, doesn't this company need financing?"
"It's not necessary for the time being."
Su Wang shook his head. Regarding WeChat, he will strictly control the funds. At least he will not consider financing before the money in his own account is burned out. Even if he really wants to raise funds, in addition to money, he will also need to
Can help the company.
For example, Kaixin.com and Fanfou.com, Su Wang once talked with Chen Binghao and Wang Xing. If these two companies are interested, they can raise funds to join, but the prerequisite is that the user data sharing of Kaixin.com and Fanfou.com must be open.
"It seems that you are full of hope for WeChat. This is because you are preparing to vote in the first two rounds."
There is no one who does not raise funds in the Internet industry. Wang Kaige knew that what Su Wang meant when he said no financing was that he did not plan to raise funds in the early stage, but planned to raise funds after WeChat reached a certain scale and its valuation increased.
"Absolutely. I just feel that I have money now and there is no need to raise funds."
"You can use your own money to invest. By the way, I remember that you seemed to have invested in a company when you were abroad. How is the development of this company?"
When Kaixin.com was first listed, both Wang Kaige and Su Wang went abroad. Wang Kaige even saw Su Wang investing one million US dollars without blinking an eye. Now that a few months have passed, I don't know what this company is like.
How is the company developing?
"The product was just launched last week, and the response from users has been very good."
Su Wang replied with a smile. In fact, the response was more than good. According to the data fed back by Kevin, ins already had 300,000 users a week after it went online. This data can be said to be incredible.
You must know that ins in the previous life, due to financial reasons, there were not many engineers at the beginning, and there was only an Apple version. But this time with Su Wang's capital injection, ins has more employees, and an Android version has also been developed, so the number of users has naturally increased.