Ruixiang wants to be the largest shareholder of Jincheng Consumer Finance. In addition to the failure of his father's plan, there is also a lot of resistance from Chengdu Bank.
"Mr. Zhang, do you think this is okay?"
Guo Huiqi continued: "We will continue to communicate with Chengdu Bank, do their work, and try to let them transfer 15% of the shares.
In addition, Hong Leong Group will transfer another 20% of its shares to you, for a total of 35% of its shares.
In this way, you only hold one point less shares than Chengdu Bank, and Hong Leong Group will be relegated to a minority shareholder position."
After finishing speaking, Guo Huiqi looked at Zhang Yida, waiting for his answer.
What Zhang Yida cares about is not the shares, but the right to speak.
As a native of his hometown, how could he not know the virtues of Jincheng Consumer Finance under the leadership of Chengdu Bank?
Many state-owned enterprises have common problems with Jincheng Consumer Finance, including low efficiency, lack of entrepreneurial spirit...the list goes on and on.
It’s a new era, and Jincheng Consumer Finance doesn’t even have a decent APP. It doesn’t look like it’s doing Internet finance.
Therefore, Jincheng Consumer Finance was beaten so hard by its competitors that even Sichuan and Sichuan provinces did not dare to venture out.
Zhang Yida has invested several hundred million in it now. If he can't get the say to reform Jincheng Consumer Finance, he might as well deposit it in the bank.
"Please communicate with Chengdu Bank. If they are willing to hand over management rights to Ruixiang, we can accept the 35% share plan."
After all, Zhang Yida could not resist the temptation of a consumer finance license and was prepared to compromise, but there was a prerequisite: the management power must be handed over to Ruixiang.
"This is quite difficult to do."
Guo Huiqi smiled bitterly. Through the conversation with her father, she had a general understanding of the leadership of Chengdu Bank.
"It's hard work for Miss Huiqi to run away from this matter. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I still owe you a favor."
Guo Huiqi smiled generously and said, "Then I will remember that Mr. Zhang's favor is still very precious."
After Guo Huiqi left, Zhang Yida began to think: Will Chengdu Bank hand over management rights?
Zhang Yida smiled and shook his head, I'm afraid this matter is too embarrassing. If he takes over Jincheng Consumer Finance, he is afraid that he will touch the cake of many people.
After leaving the hotel, Guo Huiqi called her father as soon as she got in the car, "Dad, Zhang Yida rejected our plan."
"Oh, what conditions did he put forward?" Guo's father asked.
"He doesn't care whether he is a major shareholder or not, he only cares about management rights."
"Okay, let's discuss it with Chengdu Bank later."
…
As soon as Zhang Yida returned to Beijing, he received a call from Mark, CEO of German Rocket Network, who directly said on the phone: "Mr. Zhang, your method is not working well. It has been almost a month, and Ali has not contacted us yet.
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Zhang Yida secretly sighed, he was so used to making quick money from copycats that he had no patience at all.
"Mr. Mark, don't worry. Ahri's Jack Horse is a very powerful person. He is fighting a protracted battle with us to see who is more patient.
At this time, you contacted them first and showed your cowardice. Lazanda will never be sold at a good price."
Mark was a little embarrassed, "Then if Ahri finds other acquisition targets, wouldn't we be dumbfounded?"
Zhang Yida laughed and said, "Mr. Mark, you have to have confidence in Lazada. This is a project incubated by Rocket Network and is one of the best e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia.
Shopee is not for sale by Sea Group, and Penguin is the majority shareholder of this company.
Ahri has no other choice but to acquire Lazada."
Mark advised, "Mr. Zhang, actually I think US$2 billion is a lot. You and Mr. Ma from Ali are both Chinese, so why bother the Chinese."
Zhang Yida secretly cursed that he was really useless, and replied: "This has nothing to do with nationality. Ruixiang and Rocket.com are both shareholders of Lazada, and they should pursue maximizing business interests.
Just wait another month and things will definitely turn around."
Mark thought for a while, and it might be worth waiting a month longer to sell it for hundreds of millions of dollars more. So he replied: "Okay, then we'll wait another month."
After hanging up Mark's call, Zhang Yida was also thinking, what's going on with Ahli? Why don't you even want a springboard like Zanda to Southeast Asia?
A few hundred million dollars more or a few hundred million dollars less is of no consequence to Ahri.
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"Mr. Ma, Rocket.com still hasn't contacted us."
Pang Lei walked into Jackma's office and said with a grimace.
Jack Ma pinched his chin, frowned and said, "We can't wait any longer. Shopee, owned by Sea, already has a large market in Southeast Asia."
"That's it." Jackma said seriously, "You contact Rocket Network and restart negotiations. But try to control the price. Our bottom line is US$2.6 billion."
"Mr. Ma." Pang Lei also frowned, "This is a full 30% premium over the original purchase price of 2 billion dollars."
"A few hundred million dollars more doesn't matter." Jackma waved his hand and pointed to the calendar on the table, "What we should worry about most now is time.
It's good to have Paytm in India, but we don't have a presence in Southeast Asia at all.
Even the penguins have a Sea as an advance sentinel, but we are still empty-handed."
"Zhang Yida is quite active in Southeast Asia. I heard that he has joined forces with 12 Chinese chaebols and Temasek to jointly launch a US$2.5 billion industrial investment fund."
Jack Ma nodded, "Yes! Zhang Yida is developing very fast, and most of them have gone to Southeast Asia to seek development.
It seems that the domestic industry does not put much pressure on him."
Pang Lei said angrily: "What happened to Zanda is probably because he is uniting with the Germans to punish us."
"In business, it is normal for businessmen to pursue the best interests."
Jack Ma turned around and said, "However, this classmate Zhang's hands are stretched too far. We have to find some fun for him."
"How's HelloBike doing now?" Jackma asked.
Pang Lei shook her head, "It's not ideal. It's entirely supported by our own funds, and the monthly losses are tens of millions."
"What about the quantity? How big is the gap between the quantity and Huimin Bicycle?"
“After integrating a number of shared bicycles and adding a new batch of bicycles, the current number has reached 500,000.
But there is still a big gap with Huimin Bicycle, they have 7 million bikes."
When talking about the number "7 million", Pang Lei sounded very frustrated. The gap was too big and there was no way to catch up.
“Is it right to put them all in first- and second-tier cities?”
Pang Lei nodded, "Yes, because there are not many bicycles, we focus on first- and second-tier cities. In this way, we can get more riding orders every day."
"There are only 500,000 Hello bikes, and they are losing tens of millions every month. Huimin bikes are more than 10 times larger, and they are probably losing hundreds of millions every month."
Speaking of this, Jack Ma laughed heartlessly.
He then said to Pang Lei: "Discuss with each subsidiary and come up with a shared bicycle incentive plan.
For example, if you save a lot of Yu'E Bao, you will receive a free ride card for shared bicycles.
Then if you spend any amount of money on Taobao, you will also receive a free riding card.
…
There are so many companies under Ali, we must highlight the role of ecology.
In addition, the number of bicycles should not be increased any more. We can still afford the loss of tens of millions every month. But we should try our best to use ecological effects to reduce the loss.
Hello bike rides are free, and I’m sure you’ll stay in first- and second-tier cities.”
Speaking of this, Jack Ma smiled and said: "I'll see how much blood Huimin Bicycle can shed."
Pang Lei complimented: "Mr. Ma, your move is amazing. This kid Zhang Yida may want to cry."
"However." Pang Lei thought for a while and then said, "That guy also has a lot of industries. Can they also engage in ecology?"
"It can't be done."
Jack Ma said very confidently, "Do they have Youku Video, Koubei.com, Taopiaopiao... these companies?"
Jack Ma listed more than a dozen of its companies in one breath. Wuyi is not an old company with many users.
Pang Lei thought about it for a while. In addition to a few financial companies, Zhang Yida's companies seem to be Huimin Bicycle, and Pinduoduo has some size.
Both Pet.com and DouShi, which had no financing, were ignored.
Thinking of Pinduoduo, Pang Lei thought of another thing and said to Jack Ma: "There is a young man named Huang Xing who is Duan Yongping's apprentice. The Pinhao goods he made are competing products with Pinduoduo and were banned by Penguin
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Recently he came to us and wanted Ahri to invest in him."
"Pinduoduo's competing product? Has it been banned by Penguin?"
Jack Ma became interested as soon as he heard this, and said: "Penguin is like this, blocking others at every turn, and is used to being domineering.
What about that young man? If possible, invest in them.
If the penguin bids for Duoduo, we will bid for good products."
…
Huang Xing has been very decadent recently. Just after the New Year, Pinhaohao encountered a major crisis, which has seriously affected Pinhaohao's survival.
Huang Xing was unkempt, his hair was messy, his eyes were red, and he looked like he had not rested well.
Even though he was in a bad mental state, he did not give up on himself and still organized a meeting with the company's top management.
In the conference room, Huang Xing asked the public relations manager: "How is it? What did Penguin say?"
The public relations manager sighed and shook his head, "Penguin's attitude is very firm and they insist that we have violated WeChat management regulations.
It is said that our viral marketing has seriously affected many users’ WeChat experience and has been complained by many users.”
"Zhoucao, these penguins are like dogs, why don't they ban them and fight for Duoduo?
In terms of viral marketing, Pinduoduo has gone even further than us."
A senior executive scolded a good product.
"I heard that Penguin invested in Pinduoduo, so naturally we are not welcome if we have good products."
"Male Gobi, Pinduoduo's method is too despicable."
"We went to several media outlets to accuse Pinduoduo and Penguin of engaging in unfair business competition against us."
"It's useless, haven't you read the post about Dog Day Penguin?"
"Whether it works or not, you still have to try it? Just get beaten and don't fight back?"
The operations director said: “The top priority is to communicate with Penguin and restore our WeChat official account to normal.
Otherwise, all the WeChat users we have accumulated in the past six months will be lost. Let’s move to our own APP as much as possible!”
"The user's mobile phone number is available in the background. We can simply send text messages to users one by one, give them coupons, and remind them to log in to the APP." The technical director suggested.
…
Huang Xing looked at the company executives, some scolded Penguin, and others were discussing how to remedy the situation.
The conference room turned into a vegetable market and was a mess.
"Okay!"
Huang Xing got angry and yelled before everyone calmed down.
Huang Xing sighed and said: "I have already contacted Ah Li, but they haven't given us a reply yet.
What we do is social group e-commerce. Without Penguin, it is basically difficult to survive.
There is no other way to get investment from Ahli."
"Mr. Huang, e-commerce is Ahri's basic business. If we accept their investment, then in the future we will..."
Although the executive did not finish what he said, everyone present understood the meaning behind it: he might be annexed by Ahri in the future.
Huang Xing also wanted to be open-minded. He pointed it out directly: "If you annex, just annex. At least you can give everyone something in return. It's better than dying silently."