Pei Qian originally wanted to take a good nap today, then go to review, and then reward himself with something delicious. The arrangement was perfect.
However, this nonsensical ten million dollars falling from the sky completely ruined his good mood.
Pei Qian was silent for a long time and asked: "Is it okay to sponsor these ten million dollars back again?"
In line with the principle of who makes money, who spends it, since the money is earned by sponsoring the club, it is of course better to sponsor it back.
He Desheng said: "Mr. Pei, are you saying that if we kill someone, we can continue to sponsor the club and continue to make money?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Zhitou Company is not that stupid. It is impossible to allow this kind of thing to happen a second time. Before, we sponsored the club and required them to put the GoG logo on their team uniforms, which was a loophole in the imperfect rules. Now Zhitou Company has asked
Sponsorships from other games cannot appear on the uniforms of any club participating in official ioi events."
"Of course, the clubs we sponsored before are still in a gray area. Zhidou Company is reluctant to pay them liquidated damages, and the results of these teams are not good, so... we will leave it like this for now."
"But it won't work if we continue to sponsor. This loophole has been closed by Zhidou Company."
Pei Qian previously sponsored a total of ten clubs, but now five of them have to terminate their contracts with compensation, while the other five continue to sponsor.
Obviously, Zhitou Company has selected five clubs that are relatively strong and are more likely to enter the quarterfinals to terminate their contracts. As for the other five clubs, they really can't bear the money.
After all, if all the contracts are terminated, there will be another 10 million dollars, which even the Dayak Group will feel extremely painful.
Pei Qian was very melancholy.
Thinking on the bright side, at least the other five companies did not force the contract to be terminated, otherwise I would have to earn another 10 million dollars, and the pressure would be even greater...
He Desheng said: "Mr. Pei, how will you spend this money...?"
Pei Qian was silent.
Yes, how to spend it?
The settlement is about to be settled in a month, and we have to spend 10 million dollars on a sudden. Isn't this a disturbing mentality?
Of course, there are still ways to spend money, such as investing in the "Mission and Choice" project, or continuing to advertise for Gog, sponsoring it, or engaging in some promotional activities, etc.
But after all, this money is a bit much. How to spend it the fastest and with the least negative impact needs to be considered again.
Thinking of this, Pei Qian said: "Don't worry, I'll think about it again."
Of course He Desheng would not have any objections: "Okay, Mr. Pei."
After hanging up the phone, Pei Qian felt melancholy, and the good mood of the day was gone.
I couldn't sleep anymore, so I got up, washed up, and went to Moyu Internet Cafe to have breakfast.
Then, Pei Qian drank coffee while browsing the news on the Internet.
In the past two days, the news in the e-sports and gaming circles has basically been dominated by the Ioi World Finals. After all, the recent GPL Spring Split has not officially started yet, and this is the only major event. Coupled with the promotion of Longyu Group,
So the news is overwhelming.
However, in addition to the results of each team in the group stage, there is also a lot of news about the fv club, such as the excellent training conditions revealed on the fv club’s Weibo, as well as those lively Weibo posts, etc.
It also occupies a lot of space and is very popular.
Because today is already the second match day, the domestic team did not play today, and the loss in yesterday's match was quite ugly. Neither the media nor the audience wanted to mention it anymore.
As the number one seed in the country, fv club has done some good things and is very suitable for news reports.
Therefore, even if Longyu Group does not like FV Club, various game media still think it is upright and give a large amount of news space to FV Club in order to get higher clicks.
Pei Qian didn't care too much. Since he was trying to attract hatred, it would definitely create a certain amount of heat. But this heat was unlikely to be converted into profits. It would even have a negative impact after the fv team lost the game, so it didn't matter.
So worried.
Pei Qian looked at the news in other sections, and suddenly, a piece of news caught his attention.
"There are rumors that the cold-faced girl is in bankruptcy, Meng Chang clarifies: it's a rumor"!
Although the cold-faced girl has nothing to do with Yuanmeng Venture Capital, Pei Qian is still paying attention to the news about the cold-faced girl.
If the cold-faced girl becomes popular and the valuation inflates, then Pei Qian can rest assured that he did the right thing and avoided making more money;
If the cold-faced girl gets cold feet and determines that this is a rubbish project that will not burn out the future even if it costs money, then Pei Qian can consider buying junk assets at the bottom to burn money.
Pei Qian hurriedly clicked on the news to check and found that the cause of the matter was that a certain media broke the news that Cold Noodle Girl had failed in financing and the capital chain was tight. It had defaulted on payments to suppliers and was afraid that it would go bankrupt in the near future.
And this revelation exploded all the previous negative news about the cold-faced girl.
In fact, since the establishment of Cold Noodle Girl, there have been many voices of doubt on the Internet, including questioning that its food is not delicious, expensive, excessive marketing and hype, reputation is far greater than substance, etc.
But the cold noodle girl was very popular before, the stores were popular, the popularity was very high online, the taste was decent, the price was subsidized, and it was not particularly expensive, so this kind of voice did not trigger a lot of responses.
But now the craze for Cold Noodle Girl's online marketing has gradually subsided. Coupled with this revelation, the previous negative voices of Cold Noodle Girl have naturally been dug out.
This revelation didn’t contain much criticism, it just forwarded a chat record, which is the content of the conversation between so-called “industry insiders”.
As we all know, chat records are not reliable, but they are better than no pictures at all.
This news also stimulated many people's desire to discuss, and some people wrote a special article analyzing the business model of Cold Noodle Girl, blatantly pessimizing it.
The title of this article is "The so-called Internet thinking of the cold-faced girl is nothing but pretense", and the paragraph at the end of the article can be called murderous.
"It must be admitted that Meng Chang has extremely strong cross-border thinking, extremely high IQ, top-level execution ability, and superb eloquence. From any point of view, he seems to be a perfect entrepreneur."
"However, common sense tells us that no matter in any era, no one is more stupid than anyone else. No matter how smart a genius is, he can only deceive consumers for a while, but not for a lifetime. What's more, there are even smarter geniuses above geniuses.
Perhaps in the eyes of other geniuses, such as Mr. Pei, Meng Chang's thinking is as simple as a blank sheet of paper."
"Meng Chang has always emphasized Internet thinking and conforming to the trend of the times. However, he is like a child sitting in the passenger seat of a car, posing as if he is driving, thinking that he controls the direction of the car, and as the driver
He collects money from passengers; but in fact, neither the car nor the road is under his control."
This article can be called a perfect final touch.
There is no authenticity in the chat records that were revealed. The cold-faced girl could have said that this was a smear campaign by a competitor. However, this article was written with great care, especially once again pointing out several fatal problems of the cold-faced girl.
And the most terrible thing is this sentence: Perhaps in the eyes of other geniuses, such as Mr. Pei, Meng Chang's thinking is as simple as a blank sheet of paper.
This is obviously because Mr. Pei sold the shares of Lengmian Girl twice before it was made clear!
As we all know, Mr. Pei's investment success rate is extremely high. Mr. Pei sold his shares twice in a row. This must be because in Mr. Pei's view, there is a huge problem with the cold-faced girl's model!
Therefore, doubts are rampant.
The cold-faced girl also refuted the rumors immediately, saying that the company's current capital chain is healthy, financing is smooth, and there are no problems with daily operations. Please don't believe the rumors and spread them.
But the debate about the cold noodle girl's business model has begun again.
On many news websites that have reproduced this news, as well as in major forums, netizens are discussing it fiercely.
Some people think that the cold-faced girl is already good at it, so it is not surprising that she goes bankrupt;
Some people think that the situation of the cold-faced girl is very good, but this is a media sensationalism to deceive clicks;
Some people think that Meng Chang likes marketing so much. This is probably a self-deprecation and cooperation with the media to increase the popularity.
In short, there are different opinions, but there are indeed more and more doubts about the cold-faced girl.
Looking at these arguments on the Internet, Pei Qian was speechless and conflicted.
Obviously, many people are aware of Yuanmeng Venture Capital's sale of Cold Noodle Girl's shares, and think this is a clear signal: Leng Nian Girl is not favored by Mr. Pei, and sooner or later she will be in trouble.
However, Pei Qian himself knew very well why he sold his shares.
The contradiction is, is the cold-faced girl able to do it or not? Judging from the news that has been released now, it seems that it has encountered some difficulties, but if Pei Qian takes action now, what if it is directly saved?
This is very confusing.
Pei Qian thought about it for a long time and decided to remain unchanged in the face of all changes, saying that he would not be fooled again.
This time, we must wait until the cold-faced girl is completely dead and there is no possibility of rescue before we take action. We must not turn losses into profits again!
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At the same time, Fuhui Capital.
Li Shi and Xue Zhebin stared blankly with big eyes and small eyes.
Xue Zhebin said tentatively: "Mr. Li, your judgment about Mr. Pei... seems to have some deviations?"
"If Mr. Pei runs away... what will we do!"
Li Shi took a sip of tea silently and did not reply.
After Li Shi and Xue Zhebin invested 8 million in Nengmian Girl, Mr. Pei immediately sold all the shares in Nengmian Girl that he had previously spent 2 million to buy, and once again completely distanced himself from Nengmian Girl.
As a result, this move immediately had a chain reaction, and investors were even less optimistic about the cold-faced girl model!
According to Meng Chang's plan, after receiving this investment from Mr. Li, he will make a final effort to push up the valuation of the cold noodle girl and negotiate with more investors. As a result, Mr. Pei's actions are equivalent to
The fire was taken from the bottom of the cauldron and Meng Chang's escape route was immediately cut off!
Meng Chang couldn't get investment, and the cold-faced girl continued to burn money. The eight million seemed like a lot, but in fact it couldn't last long. The cold-faced girl's capital chain was already very tight.
It was revealed on the Internet that Cold Noodle Girl is about to close down. Although it is a bit exaggerated and an exaggerated statement, it is indeed not groundless. Investors are generally not optimistic about this project, so it is inevitable that rumors will leak out.
After the unscrupulous media added fuel to the fire, it became what it is now.
Obviously, the cold-faced girl has reached a critical moment of life and death. Most of the companies that have gone bankrupt have sudden problems with their capital chains, and they may die suddenly in a very short period of time.
This makes Li Shi and Xue Zhebin’s investment very stupid...
Of course, other investors also have more or less shares in the cold-faced girl, and Li Shi is not the biggest victim.
Now everyone is in a rather contradictory state of mind.
I want to sell, but if everyone sells, the valuation of the cold-faced girl will collapse instantly, then all the shares in everyone’s hands will be worthless, and no one can escape; but if someone sells and others don’t, sell first
The person who sells it later will be trapped.
Xue Zhebin followed Li Shi throughout the whole process, but he watched Li Shi conduct on-site inspections and repeated analyses. He studied very seriously, but in the end it seemed that he failed in the submission. This is quite a negative teaching material.
Li Shi coughed twice, which relieved the awkwardness of the scene.
"Don't panic. Although the situation with the cold-faced girl has reached a turning point, it's obviously not over yet."
"The reason is Mr. Pei's operation!"
"Mr. Pei first invested 2 million and then sold it immediately. Others may interpret it as Mr. Pei saw the problem with the cold-faced girl and got out of it in time, but I don't think so."
"If Mr. Pei thought there was something wrong with the cold-faced girl, he must have noticed it from the beginning, otherwise he would not have sold all the shares. After selling, he invested 2 million, why?"
"Mr. Pei is so free and playing tricks on Meng Chang?"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"Obviously, this 2 million operation has a deeper meaning. In my opinion, Mr. Pei may have deliberately sent a signal, waiting for the valuation of the cold-faced girl to collapse!"
"Mr. Pei's move is definitely not just to teach Meng Chang a lesson. I have said before that in business, Mr. Pei only cares about interests and not emotions. Even if Mr. Pei hates Meng Chang and imposes a slight punishment, this can only be the first step.
The second purpose, the first purpose is definitely to make money through the cold-faced girl!"
"Mr. Pei has already made a fortune by selling Lengmian Girl's shares at the very beginning. If it only ends here, the next 2 million will be completely unnecessary."
"So I judge that Mr. Pei will definitely take action in the future!"
"I will choose a suitable time to acquire some cold-faced girls' shares at a low price."
"This time, I want to predict President Pei's plan and stay ahead of him!"
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2012, January 1, New Year’s Day.
8 a.m. domestic time, 4 p.m. Los Angeles time on December 31, 2011.
Pei Qian got up as usual. He had no special feelings about the New Year's Day holiday, nor was he in the habit of staying up until midnight to celebrate the New Year.
This year is the special year of 2012, so there are endless discussions about this year on the Internet.
As early as 2009, a global disaster movie called "2012" was released, and the fables of the Mayans have long been widely known.
However, Pei Qian is very clear that there is nothing particularly worthy of attention in 2012. The so-called doomsday on December 21 is just nonsense. In addition, the Olympic Games, the US presidential election and the like are actually not the same as most people's.
It doesn't have much to do with daily life.
Therefore, Pei Qian was not in the mood to care about the discussions about the special year of 2012, and instead focused on his own affairs.
I have to continue reviewing during the exam week, and the group stage results of the two domestic teams in the ioi global finals have also come out.
One team was eliminated, and the other team persisted until the playoffs with the same score, but they still lost after a fierce battle and ultimately lost the qualification for the quarterfinals.
And just now, the second team's game has just ended, and the entire live broadcast room is filled with all kinds of abuse. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the end of domestic ioi!
