Chapter 91 Georgina Investment (2)
Yang Cheng almost sprayed Georgina with tea all over her face, did she reply too quickly?
He coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment, and wiped the unrestrained tea from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, "I am willing to serve you."
Georgina is not a person who beats around the bush, holding a teacup and drawing circles on the table, she said, "Recently, I have some idle funds on hand. I don't want to use them for financial management, but I want to find a good project to invest in. I don't know your company Do you need financing?"
Yang Cheng wondered, "Invest in my company? Forum Publishing Company?"
"There is also Lionsgate Films, I think you will merge these two companies to form a new media group?" Georgina said, sure enough, the offspring cultivated by wealthy families are not willing to be mediocre. Georgina, who has devoted most of her attention to her horse racing career.
Yang Cheng didn't question whether Georgina was investigating her, and Ruiz didn't deliberately keep it secret when she came into contact with Lionsgate antiques. The Bloomberg News Agency in Georgina's house was doing the work of collecting market trends, and it was not surprising to receive the news.
"Of course, if you are willing to accept my investment at the current market value, I will be grateful." Georgina added a joke.
When Yang Cheng needed money, Georgina took the initiative to send it to his door, which not only solved the problem of lack of funds, but also brought a strong background, killing two birds with one stone, not to mention that he never thought that he would be a sole proprietorship forever.
It seemed that he couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he thought for a while and said, "Although I don't understand why you value my new company, it's not bad for me, why not?"
"I don't value your company, but you. Before I came to the appointment, when I was chatting with my father, he said something that impressed me."
At this time, Grandpa Wang came out to serve the dishes and interrupted Georgina's words. They were all home-cooked Sichuan dishes, and they were not presented on the plate. The portion was large, and the attractive color made the mouth water. However, Yang Cheng's mind was not on the dishes.
"What did Uncle Michael say?"
"He said that the boy from the Yang family has been reborn from nirvana." Georgina didn't pretend to be fooled, and skillfully picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of her.
Yang Cheng still didn't understand, it would be too childish to invest in his company just based on this sentence.
I didn't ask any more questions. I ate the dish and it tasted very authentic. It wasn't the kind of improved Sichuan cuisine that suits the taste of Westerners.
"How much do you want to invest? How many shares?" After tasting a few mouthfuls of each dish, he put down his chopsticks and took a sip of tea to rinse his mouth and asked.
"500 million, 20%." Georgina gave the quotation calmly, but Yang Cheng was so shocked that he was about to vomit blood, 500 million idle funds? What about cheating ghosts? It was definitely not Georgina's own money.
Zhangkou is about to leave one-fifth of the shares. It’s really a lion’s mouth. He bought Lionsgate Films for 2 billion. Adding the Forum Publishing Company, the added value generated by the two is only 2.5 billion. USD valuation?
"It's impossible." Yang Cheng flatly refused.
"The Forum Publishing Company is carrying more than one billion yuan in debt." Georgina hit Yang Cheng's weakness with a stick. It is true that the debt of the Forum Publishing Company will lower the valuation.
"You don't have to worry about this. I have found a new profit point, and you will see it soon." Yang Cheng explained, paused, and said, "How about this, don't worry about investing, wait until I formally After the acquisition of Lionsgate, and the new project of the forum company, you will make a decision? You know that I welcome you as my partner."
From the standpoint of a friend, Georgina understood Yang Cheng's dissatisfaction with the offer.
But now that she is an investor, she naturally has to prioritize her own interests. If according to Yang Cheng, the valuation of the new media company will not be low by then, it means that she spends the same money, but she can only earn money that is not enough to shake Yang Cheng. shares of the major shareholder.
So she disagrees!
As Yang Cheng guessed,
She only contributed 100 million of the money, and the rest came from her father. She couldn't figure out why her father suddenly made a decision to invest after reading Yang Cheng's recent materials, just like playing a house.
If you don't understand, you don't understand. In her impression, her father has never made a wrong choice, so she must never give up the benefits that should be fought for.
"500 million, 17%" Georgina did not accept Yang Cheng's 'good intentions', and made another quotation, which immediately raised the valuation to 3 billion.
This is far from her bottom line, Yang Cheng guessed in her heart.
That being the case, Yang Cheng didn't have anything to say, "500 million, 10%", in his plan, this yet-to-be-established media group was worth a valuation of 5 billion US dollars.
Seeing Georgina's gloomy face, Yang Cheng hurriedly raised her hand and said, "Let me tell you, leave this matter to the professional negotiating team below, so as not to hurt you and me."
A large investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is worth tens of millions of dollars in one decimal point. Let alone Yang Cheng, Georgina is also beating drums in her heart.
After getting rid of the dignified atmosphere of business negotiations, this lunch was a feast for the guests and the host. In the end, Yang Cheng wanted to pay the bill, but Georgina stopped her. In her words, this is her home, and there is no reason for the guests to pay for dinner.
Georgina's kindness, Yang Cheng declined but had no choice but to accept, and the two drove away separately downstairs in the restaurant.
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On August 7th, yesterday's explosive news rekindled the public's attention to the Los Angeles Times. As its parent company, Tribune Publishing Company, it did not give the outside world any time to breathe, and started a second fire. A bit more ferocious.
The Los Angeles Times, which was released early this morning, not only continued to attack Elizabeth Holmes on the front page, but also responded to her remarks at the press conference yesterday, and also listed a series of evidence, completely wanting to kill the Theranos company Engage in rhythm.
Colleagues who were paying attention to this tearing battle all clicked their tongues. Did the Los Angeles Times take spring medicine? The fighting power is overwhelming.
Whatever the colleagues like to think, Eddie only knows that he is going crazy with joy. He has not closed his mouth since he woke up in the morning. His smile almost crushed his cheekbones. He is waiting for the noon press conference by the office. While paying attention to the sales of newspapers.
As expected, it made persistent efforts on the basis of yesterday's sales of 700,000 copies and broke through 800,000 copies in one fell swoop. The Chicago Tribune, which was released to the east and reproduced the same content, also followed suit, with sales exceeding 200,000 copies.
From the perspective of the industry, as the giants are scrambling to reduce the share of paper printing today, are newspapers going to rejuvenate?
Obviously not, it can only be said that the timing of the birth of this report is very clever:
First, Elizabeth Holmes' fame is in full swing, and she is regarded as an idol by countless young people, especially women, and is a typical representative of the American dream;
Second, the products sold by Theranos are related to people's livelihood and are closely related to the lives of ordinary people. Whenever an incident affects ordinary people, the backbone of society, it will always cause an uproar;
Third, recently, just after the World Cup, the business, political, and cultural, sports and entertainment circles have tacitly kept silent. It's strange that the emotions don't burst out all at once, like a sudden gunshot in the silent and dark forest, can it not attract the attention of the 'insomniac' crowd;
Fourth, human beings are born with the bad habit of following the trend, which has nothing to do with nationality or race. When you go to work, other colleagues are discussing gossip, but you have never heard of it, and you will subconsciously feel that you are out, no I'm in a group, so I can't take care of work, so I hurriedly bought a newspaper to see what happened, and after I learned something, I joined the discussion army, joined a certain camp, and had a debate.
To sum up, the sudden outbreak of the Los Angeles Times was nothing more than eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year. The time and place were right, and Tong Tong was on Yang Cheng's side.
Whether it is Yang Cheng or Eddie, they have never thought about how long the sales of 1 million can last. As long as they pave the way for the debut of the 'Toutiao' app, the mission will be completed.
At 11 o'clock, the press conference held in the name of Forum Publishing Company was held on time in the multifunctional hall on the first floor of 7Bryant Park Building.
10 minutes ago, in the office on the top floor of the building, Yang Cheng and Ruiz teased Eddie about his strict control over his wife. Assistant Lin Susu walked in on high heels and reported respectfully, "Boss, Mr. Ruiz and Mr. Eddie, the press conference will start in 10 minutes." , Reporters from various media outlets are already in place.”
Yang Cheng calmly got up and straightened his suit, and said to Ruiz and Eddie, "You two go down first, and I'll be there later."
"Yes, boss."
"Susu, come and help me see if the tie is crooked?" After the two took a step ahead, Yang Cheng beckoned to the little assistant.
Lin Susu has changed a lot since taking up the position of Yang Cheng's assistant. She used to be shy and introverted, and she no longer blushes at every turn. , I haven't made a single mistake, where can I find such an assistant?
What makes Yang Cheng even more gratified is that Su Su's cute face that has not yet faded from the baby fat, and the occasional cute expression can always arouse Yang Cheng's desire to conquer inadvertently.
Susu bent down and put the folder in her hand on the tea table, stepped forward two steps to come to Yang Cheng, raised her head and raised her arms to adjust the tie for Yang Cheng.
Yang Cheng lowered his head and looked down at Susu's focused expression. He was obviously dressed in a rigid black and white uniform. He felt confused by the two heavy objects on his chest, and teased with a smirk, "Susu, you used to Have you ever had a boyfriend?"
The movements of the hands froze, and the eyelids drooped slightly, not daring to look directly at Yang Cheng's provocative eyes, "No."
"Come with me after get off work in the evening, and I'll take you to eat delicious food." Yang Cheng pinched Su Su's white and soft jade hands, and ordered in a tone that could not be refused.
In the multi-function hall, various media reporters stationed in New York sat in the venue and whispered to each other. They were also very curious that this leading newspaper company, which had been silent for many years, would not release any news exclusively by themselves, but called their peers to announce it. world.
But as Eddie walked into the venue, the reporters looked at Yang Cheng's unfamiliar but familiar face in surprise, instinctively raised the guy who was eating in his hand, kept pressing the shutter, and desperately took pictures.