Tengda is not short of money, but it can't come up with that much money in a hurry.
After all, that's a billion dollars.
Of course, installment payment is also possible. There are many acquisitions that require installment payment.
Pei Qian now has tens of millions on hand that he cannot spend, so he has to pay them all as deposits to the Dayak Group, which can perfectly realize the losses of this cycle.
Moreover, this large amount of money can also significantly alleviate the pressure of losses in future cycles.
The acquisition negotiations were completed at this juncture, which was perfect!
Pei Qian feels that next cycle, he should thank himself this time.
You see, I don’t just cause trouble for you, I also learn to spend money in advance!
In the future, Tengda's various industries will continue to make money, but it doesn't matter. Once this huge opening is opened, it should be much easier to spend money unexpectedly before settlement in the future.
Although Pei Qian did not ask in detail, the acquisition team quickly sent a detailed report on the specific situation of the negotiations to acquire Zhitou Company.
The price of one billion dollars is indeed not cheap.
When Dayak Group invested in the acquisition of the infancy Zhitou Company, it spent only $200 million to buy 80% of the shares of Zhitou Company.
Pei Qian would have thought that 200 million dollars was really a lot of money. Dayak Group has a lot of money. But looking at it now, 200 million dollars is nothing.
Of course, Mr. Pei later provoked him to forcefully use a privatization offer to buy out all the shares of Zhidou Company, spending another 72 million dollars, which can be said to be a blood loss.
But now, Dayak Group has sold Zhizou Company for one billion dollars, so it cannot be considered a loss.
This is normal. The Dayak Group is not stupid, so how can it do a loss-making business? Since it wants to sell the company, it must make a profit for itself.
But for Tenda Group, this transaction is not a loss.
Because the billion dollars bought not just a simple game, but also the copyrights of all the heroes in ioi, all employees of Zhidou Company including designers, and most importantly, also bought ioi’s global presence.
There are ready-made systems built in so many regions, so many markets, and all ioi players.
Dayak Group has also invested a lot of money in promoting ioi. Of course, ioi is also continuing to make money.
Being able to fully accept these results is quite good for Tenda Group.
Even a billion dollars is still cheap compared to the acquisition of a game company.
Of course, the reasons for this are also more complicated, and there are mainly the following points.
First of all, Zhidou Company is different from other game company giants. It only has one game, ioi, and ioi's data has not only not increased rapidly in the recent past, but has been shrinking.
Many giant game companies have several classic IPs under their banners, and they are still making a lot of money. There are no tit-for-tat competing games on the market, and it is obvious to the naked eye that they can still make a lot of money in the future, so it will definitely be very expensive to acquire them.
But the current situation of ioi is that it is being chased by GOG on a global scale. Even the Dayak Group itself has no confidence in it, and the outside world is naturally even less optimistic about it.
If you don't like it, the price must be low.
Secondly, Charles, the CEO of Zhidou Company, has been making troubles recently, going crazy and seeking death, and negative news comes one after another.
Charles wanted to lower the stock price of the company he pointed out as much as possible so that he could take over the deal at a low price and make a lot of money. So he not only released negative news, but also tried every means to deceive the Dayak Group: Sell me quickly, or else,
In the future, even this price may not be available.
Dayak Group itself also contacted some interested investors, but as a result, these investors either hesitated to wait and see, or were directly deceived by Charles using small means, and they did not reach the acquisition intention.
These circumstances have allowed Dayak Group to further lower its expectations for the acquisition price.
In the end, Tenda’s acquisition team also played a role and adopted a smarter strategy to avoid being taken advantage of.
Although the Tenda team quickly contacted the Dayak Group, they did not show a strong willingness to acquire it.
This is normal. Tenda has GOG, which has beaten ioi to pieces all over the world. Do I need to buy ioi?
If I buy it, it’s just because I’m looking for a guarantee for GOG and can completely swallow up the BA game market. If I don’t buy it, I won’t suffer any losses. Anyway, no matter who the company sells to in the end, it’s unlikely that I’ll do anything to GOG again.
pose a fatal threat.
When we buy ioi at Tengda, we will not lower the price to a level that is unacceptable to you, but you must not think of taking us as a scapegoat and want to kill us ruthlessly. That is absolutely impossible.
So, after much discussion, we came up with a price of about one billion dollars.
Of course, the billion dollars cannot buy the entire Zhidou company, because in order to better motivate the senior executives of the Zhidou company, the Dayak Group gave them some shares as incentives. For example, Charles has about
10% of the shares.
Including the scattered shares held by other executives and individual retail investors, the total is less than 20%.
In other words, the shares of Zhitou Company purchased by Tenda from Dayak Group actually only amount to a little over 80%. It has absolute control, but it is not a full controlling interest.
Dayak Group could only sell its own shares, but it could not make the decision for Charles and other senior executives and sell their shares as well.
If they want to keep it or cash it out when the time comes, that's their freedom.
As for what to do with the remaining shares, Pei Qian has not yet fully thought about it.
A brace?
Like the Dayak Group did at the time, make a privatization offer, delist the finger company, and pursue 100% control?
That's really not necessary.
Because these shares may seem small, but they are valuable to buy.
Although Pei Qian doesn't care about money, he can't be wronged by giving money to these executives.
Besides, there is no need to pursue 100% control, and Pei Qian does not have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The specific amount of holdings will not affect his next grand plan.
This report also reminds me that some senior executives of finger companies, including Charles, may act like monsters and must be on guard against them.
But Pei Qian didn't care at all, because he didn't care whether these people were evil or not.
As long as you don't care about money, there are plenty of ways to arrange it for them!
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Tuesday, February 26th at noon.
A restaurant in Shanghai.
Brother Wei, Lao Zhou, and several old employees from the public affairs department of Shengyun Group had a dinner together.
The reason why we chose noon is because Shengyun Group has recently encountered a public opinion crisis, and the public affairs department has to work overtime even at night.
Since we all have to work overtime, it doesn’t matter when we have dinner together...
Taking into account the lunch break at noon, a few people slipped away but it was not so conspicuous.
These people didn't choose a place, so they found a restaurant near Shengyun Group. They agreed to find a better restaurant to have a good meal when they had time.
"Brother Wei, how did you feel about the exam? Were the questions difficult?"
"Lao Zhou, didn't you also take the exam? Are you confident? Give us some advice!"
"I hope you both can pass the exam smoothly, so that we can take care of you when we take the exam in the future."
"I watched the live broadcast video, and I have to say, Mr. Lu is so handsome! He immediately made Lao Nie speechless and disgraced. It was so awesome! The employees of Headwind Logistics are very happy.
, being able to work with such a boss.”
"I'm really envious. If I hadn't met the conditions for Tengda's special recruitment, I would have taken the exam too!"
"Negative public opinion has exploded in the past few days, and I have been scolded miserably, but why do I feel so relieved? Although it is inevitable that we have to work overtime..."
"Although I put on a smug face like Mr. Nie and others at work, I'm still happy in my heart! What's wrong with us working overtime? We can have such great fun working overtime, it's worth it!"
Although Brother Wei has resigned, our friendship is still there, so of course we have to have a good meal in private.
Several old employees chatted while eating, and they all expressed concerns about the situation of Tenda's recruitment examination.
Because everyone wants to go!
In addition, everyone naturally also talked about the previous conflict between Lao Wei and the vice president, as well as the live video of the debate between Lu Mingliang and Mr. Nie.
This matter has become a hot topic and has been on trending searches for several days. It seems that it is unlikely to go away.
Lao Zhou said apologetically: "Brother Wei, you also quarreled with the vice president because you asked for leave for me. I didn't even stand up to speak for you, and I feel sorry for you..."
Brother Wei waved his hand: "Hey, don't say that. In fact, I have been very unhappy with it for a long time. This time I just couldn't bear it anymore, so I broke out. It has nothing to do with you."
"And what's the use of your speaking for me? Let's just pack up and leave together? It doesn't make any sense. My financial situation is better than yours. I can handle being without a job for the time being."
Someone asked: "Brother Wei, you haven't told me yet, how is the exam going to be? Is it difficult?"
Brother Wei said helplessly: "There are many people taking the exam, very many! I originally thought that with such strict conditions, there would be fewer people taking the exam, but I didn't expect that the competition would still be so fierce."
"I can only say that Tengda is so popular. It is simply a paradise for migrant workers."
"I can't guarantee whether I can pass the exam. It's still in the grading stage. The results are expected to be released next week. Plus there are messy aspects such as interviews, it may take half a month."
Someone else asked: "Where are you, Lao Zhou?"
Lao Zhou scratched his head: "It's hard for me to say! The questions are quite difficult. Some questions are very professional, and some questions test predictions and opinions on industry development. Moreover, there is also content related to the Tenda Spirit Test.
, I don’t even know if my answer is correct or not, I can only rely on guessing.”
Everyone nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
After all, the Tengda recruitment exam is notoriously difficult, so we have to consider the possibility of “failed”.
This probability not only exists, but is very likely.
But you can't say such unlucky things in this kind of situation. People still have to have some emotional intelligence. I definitely wish both of them success in passing the exam.
While eating, Brother Wei's phone rang.
He didn't think much, picked up the phone and asked: "Hello?"
Then, he fell into silence and listened to the person on the phone for nearly half a minute before replying: "Uh... OK! No problem!"
"Okay, then I'll go to Jingzhou sometime in two days!"
After hanging up the phone, everyone realized that the situation seemed not simple.
"Brother Wei, what's wrong?"
Brother Wei looked at everyone with a confused look on his face: "I...I was specially recruited by Tenda!"