Chapter 1733 Selling Foursquare?

In the dead of night, when the phone rang, Xiao Qi didn't want to move at first, but the little fairy in his arms was awakened at the same time. Seeing her husband so exhausted, with his head covered, she neatly touched Xiao Qi's waist Pinch it.

"Oh!"

The trace of drowsiness left by the boy disappeared completely.

Turning around, the little fairy under the blanket still had her eyes closed, sleeping in an unusually graceful posture, as if the pinch just now didn't come from her hand.

Xiao Qi was naturally reluctant to come back for "revenge", on the small table 3 meters away from the bed, the phone was still ringing non-stop, the boy could only get up.

Anyone who can make a call at this time, and who can make a call to Xiao Qi's personal mobile phone, is definitely not an ordinary person. There should be something important to bother Xiao Qi like this.

Every wife's villa has a different decoration style. The first phase of Yuluyuan villa selected by Huangfu Cai has a very large bedroom, with more than 40 square meters, which is more than enough for a two-bedroom.

Picking up the phone, Xiao Qi saw that the time was 3 o'clock in the morning, and then saw the number on it, and he smiled wryly.

The boy who walked into the living room and picked up the phone couldn't help but said, "Reed, I'm sure you're definitely taking revenge on me!"

It was Hoffman on the phone, and it was eleven o'clock in the morning with him.

"Haha, do I have it? No! It's just that there is an urgent matter that I need to discuss with you!" Hoffman smiled as proudly as a fox.

"Say it! Don't shake me, or I'll call someone every day and tell you to get up and pee at night." Xiao Qi said angrily.

Hoffman also ignored Xiao Qi's threat, and said directly: "This is some good news, do you know the Blackstone Group?"

Xiao Qi thought about it, and then nodded. "I know, the king of PE, it was listed last year!"

PE is the abbreviation of private equity investment fund.

Blackstone Group Chinese people may not be so familiar with it, but we should be more familiar with Green Pine Capital, Bayeux Ventures, Silver Lake, etc. But these venture capital companies are compared to Blackstone Group. That would be the little brother.

His first business was a success, and he directly helped Sony acquire Columbia Records for US$2 billion. That was 1985, and the dollar was much stronger than it is today.

Blackstone has also united with other consortiums to create many classic cases of acquisitions, such as last July. The Blackstone Group acquired the Hilton Hotel for US$26 billion, becoming the world's largest hotel group company; the year before last and last year, it acquired REIT-EOP, the largest office property owner in the United States, for US$19 billion, and the US$39.5 billion acquisition of the United States. EOP, the largest commercial property group, has made itself the super giant of commercial and office properties in the United States.

At the same time, last year, Blackstone Capital under the Blackstone Group. He also bought 15% of Chose Girl's shares for US$7.125 billion, which can be regarded as a deal.

Blackstone Group has a very good reputation in the entire private equity investment fund industry, because they never conduct hostile takeovers. It is just to impress others through feelings and interests to complete the acquisition. They have never become enemies with the acquired target, but they will be good friends.

In this regard, Huaguo's private equity investment funds are far behind. They often force the acquirer to launch a "poison pill plan" at every turn, and in the end both sides suffer.

Hoffman often felt that Xiao Qi was an American, because he knew all the ways of the United States too well, but his skin was yellow.

Therefore, Hoffman was not surprised that Xiao Qi knew the Blackstone Group very well. He nodded and said: "They want to invest 12 billion U.S. dollars in cash for the acquisition."

"Not for sale." Xiao Qi refused without thinking.

What a joke, Zynga's market value in the previous life was as high as 11.5 billion U.S. dollars. Now that Xiao Qi has made a move one step ahead, plus he has directly entered re from the PC computer terminal, and has an overall user base of more than 500 million in the future, its market value will be even higher. Doubling is a matter of course.

Besides, it is the time when the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States is spreading to a very pessimistic moment. All Internet and electronic related companies have been implicated, and they cannot sell at a high price now.

"Well, I think so too." Hoffman smiled, "Unless they come up with 20 billion US dollars, I'm reluctant to sell my shares."

Because he participated in the entire construction, planning and management, Xiao Qi gave Hoffman 10% of the shares. Although it is reasonable to say that this amount of shares is a bit more, Xiao Qi knows the truth that he is reluctant to let his children not be caught by wolves. If he wants Hoffman to do more for him, Xiao Qi should be more generous. Sharing profits is the best way to cooperate.

Besides, Hoffman is really worth the price. The website construction was done by Hoffman, and the twenty or so game teams he found were also brought in by Hoffman, and the negotiations with K and K were also done by Hoffman. , Even the daily management is done by Hoffman.

What Xiao Qi paid was only three sums of 1.2 billion US dollars, and then let Mario's law firm and accounting firm supervise the accounts.

It is equivalent to a young man who is throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper. If 1.2 billion US dollars is exchanged for the current 10.8 billion US dollars of share purchase request, isn't it called earning? Would it be cool if you had to swallow it all by yourself and not give anything to your collaborators?

After a pause, Hoffman continued: "The other two venture capital firms are Silver Lake Capital and dst. Silver Lake valued Foursquare at $2 billion and is willing to acquire it wholly. dst likes the airbnb we just launched. Willing to buy 20% of the shares at a price of 1 billion US dollars."

"It's all the quotations from today?" Xiao Qi asked without answering.

"Blackstone Group's offer was yesterday, Silver Lake Capital's was last week, and DST's was today." Hoffman was not at all embarrassed about the delay in telling Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi didn't care either, because he had already entrusted all matters to Hoffman, so these matters should be handled by him, and he would only bring them up when he thought it necessary to discuss with Xiao Qi.

For example, some medium-sized investment companies and venture capital funds approached several companies from the very beginning, but the low price made Hoffman ignore it, and he didn't even mention it to Xiao Qi.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Qi asked.

"The foursquare team means that they are unwilling to sell 20% of their shares. If you are willing to sell shares, they are fine. But I suggest that if you want to sell shares, then give them some dividends at that time. It will also be good for their reputation. A little." Hoffman said: "We have discussed about the air board company before, I don't recommend selling it, after all, it will be very valuable in the long run."

"Foursquare..."

Xiao Qi thought about it.

Although foursquare is very popular in later generations, it has a very sharp disadvantage, that is, the function is too single, and only the map location location sharing function is not enough for users to stay on it for a long time.

Even if Xiao Qi added functions such as travel evaluation and selection to it, it still overlaps with chosen girl.

This is why, when Xiao Qi and Hoffman aimed at the future of these three companies, they made the reason that "foursquare can introduce investment".

The foursquare team has 20% of the original shares, and Xiao Qi now owns 80%. For Xiao Qi, it is okay to sell or keep it. Anyway, there are still many good Internet companies in his mind.

"Let's do this." Xiao Qi made a decision, "Airbnb will do what you want, and the price of foursquare will be increased to 2.5 billion US dollars. If they are willing, I will give 80% of the shares in my hand to Silver Lake Capital, otherwise they will not sold."

"You are so cruel!" Hoffman laughed.

Xiao Qi's investment in Foursquare is only 300 million US dollars, and it has skyrocketed by more than 7 times in a few months. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a million dollars.

"It also depends on whether they are willing or not." Xiao Qi shrugged, "After this year, I believe that Foursquare will be worth more than 3 billion US dollars, and it is possible to sell for 4 billion US dollars."

"okay!"

Hoffman also agrees with Xiao Qi's point of view. Foursquare is developing rapidly every day, and its expansion is astonishingly fast. It is definitely not only Silver Lake Capital that is interested in it in Silicon Valley, but Silver Lake Capital has the highest bid. .

Thinking about the three companies that I discussed with Xiao Qi at the end of October last year, it is less than half a year now, foursquare can be sold for a high price of 2.5 billion, it is like a dream.

The whimsical ideas in Xiao Qi's mind are indeed all gold mines!

Hang up the phone.

Xiao Qi didn't rush back to the room to sleep, but directly wrote down another idea in his mind on the small notebook.

The Blackstone Group was mentioned just now, and Xiao Qi suddenly remembered that in December 2006, the Blackstone Group acquired Freescale, the top three semiconductor company in the United States, at a price of 17.6 billion US dollars.

Freescale and Infineon are somewhat similar. Infineon was spun off from Siemens' semiconductor department, while Freescale was spun off from Motorola's semiconductor department.

For this semiconductor company with strong strength in automotive semiconductors, communication processors, medical microcontrollers, digital signals and mobile phone radio frequency processors, if there is an opportunity to include it in Fairy Company during the financial crisis, then Definitely a great addition!

Xiao Qi never thinks that his strength is too strong!

PS:

Brothers, tomorrow is double the monthly ticket! If you have any, please keep them for Xiucai! Thanks! !