Chapter 753 C Round of Financing (1)

?Drinking with Liu Dong until they were slightly drunk, Liu Dong took the initiative to leave with a satisfactory result, and Yang Cheng did not want to stay after being courteous. After all, the relationship between the two is not enough to allow them to stay overnight the point.

As for Susu, she can stay and fight with Yang Cheng all night without any scruples.

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Two days later, it was the beginning of the week, and New York on Monday was extremely busy, and the wide Fifth Avenue was jammed with congested traffic. The anxious drivers kept honking their horns. In fact, they knew it was It's useless, after all, my car doesn't have wings.

The New Era Building is very lively today. All the employees have been instructed by the higher-ups to wear formal clothes to work. Those programmers who are usually sloppy have also changed their appearance today. The messy scene was swept away, clean and tidy, and the air was filled with the smell of prosperity.

God is also very face-saving, the sun is shining brightly, and the wind is blowing with the fragrance of flowers and plants, making it warm and pleasant.

In this weather, from early in the morning, there has been an endless stream of luxury cars in front of the New Times Building. Today is the day of the C round of financing for New Times Media. Meeting.

The directors of the eight major shareholders who have been stationed in New Era Media since the B round of financing gathered together. At the same time, more representatives from Wall Street or top companies attended in person to witness this financing case that may shock the world.

As the founder and largest shareholder of New Era Media, Yang Cheng personally greeted all the distinguished guests in front of the big conference room. Needless to say, those investment bankers who are usually on Wall Street, they arrived very early, and everyone's face There are joyful smiles on their faces. Although they are here to spend money today, everyone knows in their hearts that the more money spent today, the more rewards they will get in the future.

Georgina, who failed to catch up with the second round of financing due to various reasons, rushed back to New York from the racecourse in Australia today, and appeared in front of Yang Cheng with a brand-new appearance of a strong woman. After the inner hug, Georgina left a meaningful look, stepped on high heels and entered the meeting room, found her nameplate and sat down;

Yang Cheng smacked his mouth and greeted the next distinguished guest, Jack Ma, who flew all the way from country Z to attend the shareholder meeting. Jack Ma gave Yang Orange enough face, but after a polite hug, he brought up Another thing, "Jason, you proposed that Alipay sponsor Liverpool's chest advertisement. After research and investigation, I agreed. When do you think you will send someone to discuss specific matters?"

Before jumping out of the reverie space left by Georgina, Yang Cheng froze there for a while, until Jack Ma patted his arm, and said apologetically, "I just remembered something suddenly, I'm sorry, but I heard what you said, Alipay can become the main sponsor of Liverpool, which I am very willing to see, don’t worry, I will call Liverpool to connect with you later.”

Jack Ma is wearing a Chinese tunic suit today, and he is particularly conspicuous among a group of suits, but his aura has not weakened in the slightest. The people present are all acquaintances. No one will hold accountable for a super rich man from the world's largest market. Therefore, when Jack Ma After entering the meeting room, the atmosphere suddenly rose, and it was lively and peaceful.

Next, David Ellison and Amanda Hearst joined the scene, which surprised Yang Cheng. Because of the disharmony with Amanda's unlucky cousin, David Ellison also volunteered to help Yang Cheng Lesson learned, I still want to snatch the shares from the Hearst Group.

Yang Cheng didn't pay attention to what happened later. He only knew that Amanda's cousin was severely punished, but he really didn't know if the shares were handed over, but it probably wasn't. If there was a large share transaction, his How could the chairman not know.

"hey,

Dude, you look so handsome today~" David Ellison is really getting more and more off-line, not to mention the flamboyant white suit, where did the eyebrows go? Shaved?

Yang Cheng couldn't bear to complain, so she had to cast her eyes on Amanda, who was also dressed in a suit and trousers. This sky blue neutral suit was really heroic.

Before he could speak, Amanda took the first step and said bitterly, "You can't let me suffer today~"

Yang Cheng pinched her nose and didn't answer. She just couldn't get too entangled with women. She owed a lot of romantic debts, and sooner or later she would not be able to pay them back.

So far, all the major shareholders have arrived, and as the senior leaders of Yang Cheng's 4D Space and New Era Media entered the venue, the wide wooden door of the large conference room was heavily shut.

The first place on the oval-shaped conference table is naturally Yang Cheng's position. On his left are the major shareholders, and behind each shareholder is his entourage. Although, not only Eddie and Ruiz, but also leaders of various departments including the chief financial officer and vice president of New Era Media attended the meeting. This meeting has gone far beyond the ordinary board level.

On the big screen facing Yang Cheng, a promotional film made by New Era Media was playing in scrolling fashion. As the screen stopped abruptly, the venue slowly fell silent. Everyone knew that the meeting was about to begin.

Yang Cheng coughed twice, his upper body leaned forward slightly, and he didn't deliberately face the microphone. His domineering eyes stared at the entire venue. After he finally looked away from Georgina, he put on a calm smile and said, "Welcome everyone!" Shareholders took time out of their busy schedules to attend today's meeting. I believe that after today's end, you will have an unforgettable day.

Of course, today's meeting will be long and tight. You should be mentally prepared. If you have any needs, you can ask the staff of the administrative department who are not far away from you and are waiting for help at any time. Let us give them applause first. You have worked hard today. . "

After speaking, he took the lead in applauding, and everyone was happy to cooperate. No one put on airs. At this time, the atmosphere is the most important.

After the applause fell, Yang Cheng said again, "Speaking of which, this is the most complete gathering we've had since the B-round financing reception. During the lunch break, we can chat about gossip, such as who's family has a new baby."

His ridicule caused a chuckle, and the meeting slowly unfolded in such a relaxed atmosphere.

As the CEO of New Era Media, under the invitation of Yang Cheng, Eddie came to the big screen full of energy. The projection illuminated his old face, but it didn't affect his energetic state.

"Gentlemen and ladies, good morning. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 employees of New Era Media, I would like to welcome you all to the New Era Media Group director financing meeting. I am Eddie Harvestan, CEO of New Era Media Group. Please allow me I would like to introduce the current situation of the company to all shareholders."

Following his words, the big screen behind Eddie was switched to a chart, which clearly showed the financial status of New Era Media.

"As you can see, since the B round of financing, New Era Media has made great progress, especially in the core business Toutiao app, which not only pushed the number of global users to the level of 100 million, but also increased the number of monthly active users. In this important data, it is also far ahead of major news apps, reaching a scale of 80 million, and we are confident that in the next six months, this number will be pushed to 100 million.

Not only that, relying on the Toutiao app to incubate more than one million Toutiao accounts, of which nearly 900,000 belong to self-media users, and the rest come from major brand companies, who operate independently in order to promote their own brands.

What surprised us the most was the MS short video launched later, which even surpassed the Toutiao app in terms of user coverage at an almost crazy catching up speed. The total number of users attracted by these two apps exceeded 200 million. This is also the greatest wealth of our new era media.

Thanks to these two huge user groups, New Era Media has been favored by advertisers. As of the second quarter of 2015, New Era Media Group, which includes New Era Pictures and other businesses, has achieved The revenue is nearly 6 billion US dollars, and our goal is to strive for an 80% year-on-year growth in the same period next year, and the annual target will exceed 20 billion US dollars. "

Although Eddie hasn't released the most intuitive net profit yet, all shareholders will check the financial report sent by New Era Media every quarter, so even if Eddie hasn't summarized it yet, they still know the general idea, but they still spit out for Eddie. I gasped for each number.

It's too scary. Half a year's revenue of 6 billion US dollars is not amazing. There are countless companies around the world that can reach this scale. However, they are all brands that sell products, such as Apple and Volkswagen, not mobile phones. It is selling cars, the unit price is on the table, and the revenue will naturally increase.

But what does New Era Media do? To put it bluntly, it is to sell a concept, and it can still sell 6 billion US dollars?

Of course, some things can’t be viewed that way. Leaving aside the two softwares of Toutiao and MS Short Video, New Era Pictures’ “Fifty Shades of Grey” alone generated $700 million in revenue. The media owns the two major newspapers "Los Angeles Times" and "New York Times", as well as Time Magazine. If you count all the zeros and zeros, it seems that 6 billion US dollars is not much.

The above are the thoughts of the shareholders who can see the financial report of New Era Media, but those investors who were invited to attend the audition were all surprised and hard to add. One year, if we make a horizontal comparison, Facebook expects its total revenue to reach 18 billion US dollars this year, while New Era Media’s revenue will be comparable to two-thirds of Facebook’s even if it does not grow in the second half of the year. And what is Facebook's market capitalization today? Close to $230 billion!

Does this mean that if New Era Media goes public immediately, its market value will swell to 200 billion US dollars?

Fortunately, the people here are not so superficial. It is the most naive way to measure the strength of a company by its market value.