Chapter 1175 Discriminate Against Foreign Companies?

Yes.

It has changed from buyout to cooperation.

Xiao Qi naturally wouldn't tell them that Weibo only holds 20% of the shares, and the major shareholder is still his fairy wife.

Since the fairy wife put the matter on him, it is natural for him to handle it.

After thinking about the past, Xiao Qi said loudly: "Mr. Cowell, you are buyers. If you have any plans, you may as well tell me. If the conditions are suitable, you can talk about it."

This is the advantage of strength.

During the negotiation, there is no doubt that whoever speaks first will be disadvantaged to a certain extent, but Xiao Qi has the capital to ask Cowell to do so. this qualification.

Before the signal came here, Cowell had already considered this situation, seeing that Xiao Qi really didn't take his own compliments, and directly let himself show his chips, and he didn't feel embarrassed.

"It's like this." Cowell said eloquently: "We have heard before that Weibo company sold the right to use mainland China to the four major portal websites respectively. But it seems that for Baodao, Hong Kong, Macau and Other countries in the Chinese-speaking region of Southeast Asia have not sold copyrights. Therefore, we think that the combination of yhoo and Weibo companies will definitely make Weibo a better platform.”[

Xiao Qi nodded, signaling him to continue.

Cowell nodded and said: "Initially we have two plans. The first one is that the Weibo company will invest in technology. Together, we will build a Weibo platform in Greater China, mainly in traditional Chinese. This platform will include Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and other regions with a large number of Chinese people should be operated independently. The second is that if Xiannv Company finds it troublesome, it can also consider selling it at a price of once every three years in the same way as in the Mainland. Give us an exclusive."

Speaking of which. Cowell stopped, but Xiao Qi waved his hand, still beckoning him to continue.

This kind of silent opponent is the most difficult to deal with, because he doesn't express his opinion at all, but just keeps listening to your hole cards, which can easily cause unequal.

But still that sentence. Cowell has nothing to do, Xiao Qi has an absolute advantage, and it's not enough if he doesn't give in.

He himself was thinking that the reason why the chairman didn't want to come and talk in person was probably because he didn't want to be led by Xiao Qi.

After a moment of silence, he finally said a price: "For the first type of shareholding, yhoo is willing to give 20% of the new company's shares, and promises that if Weibo company intends to sell this part of the shares if it goes public. yhoo promises not to Repurchase at a price of less than US$1 billion. The second type of buyout is a one-year buyout. We plan to give you US$50 million a year, and your personnel, equipment, bandwidth, etc. will not be used, but the period cannot be less than 5 years. "

"Forget about the first one. For the second one, the 5-year period is fine, but I hope to get an annual usage fee of 100 million US dollars." Xiao Qi replied lightly.

The financial crisis is coming soon, and yhoo will also usher in a new cold winter.

in the next few years. Their market value will decline rapidly and shrink by more than 80%, and the lowest time is only about 12.7 billion US dollars. In such a miserable operating environment, how could the battered yhoo have the heart to list this joint venture company?

What's more, the strong woman eo who will bring yhoo out of the quagmire in the future is best at selling property.

Maybe the joint venture company will be sold by her at a low price at that time. What is the use of 20% of the shares in a dismal company?

On the contrary, the second method of cooperation is good, and you can also take advantage of their difficult times. Directly take back the already well-operated Weibo market.

"100 million U.S. dollars?" Cowell opened his mouth exaggeratedly: "Mr. Xiao, I haven't heard of it, have I? The price you give to the four major portals is only 200 million a year for each company!"

"You also know that there are four companies. Isn't it more than 100 million US dollars in total? After all, you are still making money." Xiao Qiyu said earnestly. [

Cowell couldn't laugh or cry, "But. In the entire Greater China market outside, the audience population of traditional Chinese is at most about 200 million. Compared with the population of about 1.5 billion in China, don't you think our 50 million US dollars is already Is it very sincere?"

"Don't just talk about population, Mr. Cowell." Xiao Qi looked at him, "Why don't you talk about income and education level? People in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and Singapore, the middle-aged people aged 40-60, not only educated The level is very high, and the ability to accept new things far exceeds that of mainland China, but only young people aged 20-30 here like Weibo! The number of people is about the same!"

Cowell was speechless.

It is true.

For example, in Hong Kong, 50-year-old middle-aged people are also interested in playing Weibo, but most 50-year-old middle-aged people in Huaguo probably don’t even know what the Internet is, so how to use it?

Moreover, the income levels of the two regions are indeed different. In the case of the same number of users, there is no doubt that the so-called Greater China region absolutely wins.

In fact, Yang Zhiyuan and his team also took this into consideration. They set a maximum price of no more than 80 million U.S. dollars, but they didn't expect Xiao Qi to dare to ask for 100 million U.S. dollars. Does he really think that everyone is like him and has more money? Is it like blown by the wind?

"Mr. Xiao, your price is really beyond our imagination." Cowell said with embarrassment: "According to our calculations, the sale of Weibo's use rights in mainland China will basically appear in a year's time." Loss. In order to cultivate the market, you would rather lose money for three years. We don’t use your resources, but just give you usage fees for nothing, why are we asked for high prices instead?”

When Europeans and Americans speak, sometimes they are too straightforward and simple.

He is now equivalent to asking by name, do you treat customers differently? Do you think I am a fool?

Like Cowell's questioning, a Chinese person would never say such a thing, at most he would bargain directly, but regretfully said that we will cooperate next time.

Because business is not human, if it fails this time, there may be a chance next time, but if you offend the person who is negotiating business, there is a high probability that there will be no second time.

Cowell, who has lived in Japan for seven or eight years, is not an idiot, but he understands that in the face of such a powerful person as Xiao Qi, it is useless to blindly give in. Only by directly putting forward his own demands can he be so chance of success.

As for offending Xiao Qi, he was not afraid, anyway, if it really got to a serious point, Yang Zhiyuan would personally come to apologize afterwards. (to be continued...)