Hearing Zhang Lidong's statement, some people who originally wanted to do this stopped and looked up at Zhang Lidong who was still beeping blindly on the stage. They thought that if they had a flying knife in their hands, they would just throw it at him and hit him ten times.
Ringed.
"This man is simply not worthy of being a son of a human being." Some people cursed in their hearts.
Everyone present understood what Zhang Lidong meant.
For example, in the first round, a capital party deliberately quoted a high price of US$20 billion in order to enter the second round, and then may quote another US$10 billion in the second round.
Before Zhang Lidong clarified the regulations, there was no problem for them to operate like this.
But Zhang Lidong, or some people in Toutiao are very clever. They directly calculated the price of the first round of quotations and the second round of quotations. If the first round of quotations was slightly lower, it would be fine, but if the second round of quotations was higher, they would be calculated as a whole.
, maybe it will be based on the price of the second round.
But if the first round is ridiculously high and the second round is much lower, Toutiao will definitely not agree, and it’s hard to say what they are going to do.
Maybe just balance the results of the two rounds and raise the price. Do you want to enter the game or not?
"Zekai, is this Mr. Zhang really weird? Can he even think of such a heartless method?" Luo Xiyun came to her husband and whispered.
Xia Zekai was quite proud at first, but when he heard what his wife said, he subconsciously touched his nose and said angrily: "The advice I gave Yiming is that you should do the same when traveling."
"..." Luo Xiyun turned around and looked at her husband head on, suddenly feeling that this shameless man had reached a certain level.
She asked: "Zekai, how could you come up with such a damaging idea?"
"Isn't this great? Everyone is being honest, don't play tricks, and don't waste time." Xia Zekai said.
"You are happy, I am happy, and everyone is happy."
"You must not let others know that you came up with this idea, otherwise I will suspect that someone dares to tear you apart." Luo Xiyun was even worried for her husband.
If you do too many immoral things, you will really be punished!
Xia Zekai smiled "haha", he didn't care about such a trivial matter at all.
On-site staff have begun to distribute blank papers and pens to the capital parties present.
This round is very simple. There is no need to bid one by one, just make a hidden bid. At that time, the last ten capital parties with the highest prices will enter the second round.
This is a trick that has been used since the days of travel, and it has been used this way since Toutiao’s Series B financing!
Just because Zhang Yiming also saw the benefits.
…
Almost half an hour later, this tense and exciting round of quotations came to an end.
After folding their hidden bids and handing them in, every capital investor had a not relaxed expression on their face.
At this moment, all the world-renowned capital parties including DST, SIG, Credit Suisse, and Danmaxi are not sure, so when they quoted the price just now, they tried their best to write a high price to avoid having to do it again this time.
His reputation has fallen into disrepair.
Domestic companies such as Shunwei Capital, Matrix Ventures, Dachen Venture Capital, CICC Fund, etc. are also working hard.
As for some individual investors, they are even more crazy. They want to quote a high price so that others will have no way to go. Anyway, if they quote a high price, it will not affect the overall situation. What if others also quote a high price?
If so, the eldest brother should not talk about the second brother.
The roll has started now.
Xia Zekai also asked his wife: "Daughter-in-law, how much do you quote?"
"I don't care what the price is. Once the price comes out, I will invest a little bit." Luo Xiyun looked away and stuffed the hidden bid in his hand into the transparent box held by the staff.
Xia Zekai's sharp eyes seemed to see the word 150, and he didn't know if he saw it wrong.
He didn't say much, smiled and said to his wife, "That's almost it."
"Well!" Luo Xiyun turned around anxiously and said, "Hurry up and announce the results. After it's over, I have to go back and check on Qingyu and the others. I don't know how the three of them are doing or if they are causing any trouble."
"No, I'll go back and take a look." Xia Zekai suggested.
Luo Xiyun pointed at Zhang Lidong who was on the stage and was about to start counting votes, and said: "That's okay. Anyway, you won't be participating in the follow-up vote this round. You can go and have a look, otherwise I won't worry."
"After I finish here, I will hurry over." Luo Xiyun said.
Xia Zekai glanced at Zhang Lidong, who was starting to count the votes, and nodded: "I'll tell Yiming to go to the company and wait for you."
After finishing speaking, he walked towards Zhang Yiming.
At this time, Zhang Yiming was a little nervous, fearing that he would have diarrhea again this time.
Fortunately, after Zhang Lidong's first vote, Zhang Yiming breathed a sigh of relief.
"Shunwei Capital quoted US$13.7 billion."
“Guiliu City Investment’s quotation is US$12.4 billion.”
"..."
Good guys, they are all ruthless characters indeed, none of them are inferior.
When Xia Zekai walked up to Zhang Yiming and told him that he was worried about the child and was about to take a look at Yingdu Building, he heard Zhang Lidong on the stage shouting loudly: "DST's quotation is US$14.6 billion."
MMP, this is another ruthless character, it instantly raised the price and also suppressed other capital parties.
“I just don’t know how many other offers are higher than this?”
Xia Zekai thought to himself: "It seems that DST came this round with the determination to kill!"
Zhang Yiming's mood was getting better and better. He smiled and said: "Brother Xia, you go over first. I'll call you when everything is over."
"Okay!" Xia Zekai responded and left with Wang Yi.
Shen Nanpeng and Zhou Hongyi had been observing Xia Zekai. When they saw Boss Xia suddenly walking outside, they were at a loss. What was Boss Xia doing?
They were determined to keep up, but they still wanted to invest in a round to stabilize their shares. They gritted their teeth and thought about chatting with Xia Zekai when they were done with their work later.
Let's say that after Xia Zekai came out of the comprehensive business conference hall of Jingyi Hotel, he took Wang Yi back to Yingdu Building, 300 meters away.
He told Wang Yi: "Xiao Wang, believe it or not, Toutiao will start to develop more rapidly today."
"But I didn't expect that this round's quotation would be so high. Overall, it's still a bit exaggerated." Xia Zekai made an objective evaluation.
But he knew that this "inflated price" problem had something to do with the "bad idea" he gave Zhang Yiming, but the more fundamental reason was that Toutiao had done really well in the past 16 months, and its results exceeded Xia Zekai's.
unexpected.
But having said that, the higher the price, the happier Xia Zekai will be.
Even if his shares will shrink a lot after this round of financing, he won't feel bad.
As his horizons improved, his status increased, and his personal wealth increased, he understood a truth better.
Wealth is really not earned by one person, but more people make this pool and market bigger. When the tide rises, all boats will be lifted, and wealth will naturally increase.
Returning to Yingdu Building, Xia Zekai went directly to the tenth floor. Before he entered the office, he heard a burst of laughter and the sound of playing coming from his office.
"Qingyu, auntie can meow like a cat, can you?"
"I don't believe you." Qingyu shook her head. Seeing that Aunt Geng had already meowed twice, she also raised her head and yelled: "Meow, meow!"
"Hey, you are so smart. Let me imitate the sound of a tiger. See if you can learn it." Geng Yuqin was about to let a tiger roar all over the world.
The office door opened, and Xia Zekai pushed it open and came in.
Geng Yuqin saw her boss coming back and quickly stood up.
When the three little guys saw Xia Zekai, they all ran towards him excitedly.
"Dad, give me a hug!" Chenchen followed suit this time, with a pitiful look on his face, and he was the first to extend his hands for Xia Zekai to give him a hug.
Sure enough, a crying child needs milk. When Xia Zekai saw his son's pitiful appearance, he felt that the three of them must have been wronged by being away for so long.
I couldn't bear it, so I quickly bent down and picked up Chenchen.
"Dad, hug me!" Qingyu was unhappy and shouted quickly.
Then he bent down and picked up the third child as well.
When the youngest saw that there was no room, he looked like a koala, holding his father's leg with one hand, and grabbing his father's shirt with the other hand and pulling down hard, trying to climb up.
Geng Yuqin felt embarrassed when she saw her three siblings like this, fearing that her boss would think she had just bullied three children.
Qingyu looked back in her father's arms and couldn't find her mother. She was a little disappointed and asked: "Dad, where is mom?"
"Your mother hasn't finished her work yet, but she will be here soon. Are you three making trouble?" Xia Zekai asked them.
The three siblings almost shook their heads together. The youngest, who was still standing on the ground and wanted to crawl on top of his father, shouted: "No, we are obedient."
Although he is only over two years old, he is very thoughtful.
She also speaks much more smoothly than her elder sister and elder brother.
"Dad, give me a hug too!" Jing Ling found that his arms were sore after trying so hard and he couldn't climb up at all. He became a little frustrated and shouted at the top of his lungs.
It gave Xia Zekai a headache, and suddenly he felt that it would be better not to come back and be more quiet over there.
"Xiao Wang, go and see if there is any fruit. Bring me some." Xia Zekai said.
After Wang Yi heard the boss's order, he quickly went to find it.
Sure enough, Xia Zekai knew the virtues of these little guys best. After Wang Yi brought the fruits to eat, Qingyu, Chenchen and Jingling immediately stopped making trouble.
The three siblings formed a triangle and surrounded a plate of fruit in the middle, reaching out to grab it.
Xia Zekai flicked their little paws away and said, "Wash your hands. You can't eat without washing your hands."
Before Dad finished speaking, the three of them turned around and asked Aunt Geng Yuqin for wet wipes.
After they came back after wiping their hands with wet wipes, they turned over their little hands and showed them to Xia Zekai: "Dad, look!"
“Awesome!”
Xia Zekai praised them and looked at the three little guys grabbing a piece of fruit and stuffing it into their mouths. Xia Zekai ignored them this time and just ate whatever they wanted.
Xia Zekai waited for almost an hour before his wife called and told him that it was done.
I also told him about the process, saying it was a bit exaggerated to say it was full of ups and downs, but the whole process was really frustrating and I felt very nervous, always worried that I would be dismissed.
"Daughter-in-law, how much is the valuation?" Xia Zekai asked curiously.
Then he heard his wife say: "14.27 billion U.S. dollars, 10% financing."
That is to say, this round will raise US$1.427 billion. Good guy, Toutiao is also going to make big moves.
"Who has gone in?" Xia Zekai was particularly curious.
Then he heard his wife say: "DST, Dan Maxi, Shunwei Capital, CICC International Fund, and an individual investor named Zhou Yang."
"Boss Shen, myself, Director Jay Chou, Director Cao and Tencent Investment all joined the investment."
"Daughter-in-law, how many turns have you made?" Xia Zekai was still quite curious.
Then he heard his wife say: "It's less than 100 million US dollars. If it's more, it won't be that much money."
"This time, CICC International Fund took a big advantage. Their whole family got away with 3 points. They are really rich!"
"CICC International Fund?" Xia Zekai pondered this name. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it had a strong flavor to Team Guo Jia.
"Is this really the case?" Xia Zekai pondered in his mind.
But no matter what, this round of financing is finally over, and Toutiao’s Series C financing has also come to an end.
As for Shen Nanpeng, Zhou Hongyi, and Cao Yi, it is a normal operation for them to follow suit and this is not unusual at all.
However, 5 new companies entered the market, and 5 old shareholders also participated in the investment. This was really beyond Xia Zekai's expectation.
This is very confident in Toutiao!
He is not a god and cannot fully understand other people's thoughts.
Just as he was thinking about it, Luo Xiyun said again: "Husband, you can bring Qingyu and the others to the Jingyi Hotel for dinner."
"Yiming just told me that he won't call you alone." Luo Xiyun mentioned.
It was Zhang Yiming who saw his sister-in-law talking on the phone, and when he asked, he found out that the call was to Brother Xia, and he also saved the phone bill.
"Okay, I'll go over right away," Xia Zekai said.
After such a long delay, Qingyu and the others were already starving.
Even Xia Zekai was so hungry that he couldn't help but eat some fruit to satisfy his hunger.
"Xiao Wang, Xiao Geng, let's go and eat." Xia Zekai said so directly.
He waved his hand and the two nannies, Jiang Ningning and Ren Ping, followed him.
Qingyu and the others were happy when they heard their father say they were going to eat: "Dad, hurry up, I want my mother."
"Mom will go back to Qicheng tomorrow. Will you follow me to play in the capital, or follow mom back to Qicheng?" Xia Zekai asked them.
Without even thinking about it, the three siblings hummed and said, "I want mommy!"
"Bah! I gave you delicious food for free." Xia Zekai was too lazy to complain.
"Father is good, mom is better!" Chenchen said.
Xia Zekai really wanted to throw him off his body.
That's not what you said when you asked me to hold you just now.
But when he came out of Yingdu Building and walked towards Jingyi Hotel, Xia Zekai still told Wang Yi and Geng Yuqin to help keep an eye on the three of them to avoid any unexpected situation.
