Chapter 825 Yang Chen Really Wants to Acquire Douyin

Zhang Yiming was still very decisive in doing things, and he immediately called Yang Chen.

However, Yang Chen was currently editing Weibo. When he saw the unknown call coming in, he hung up immediately.

Zhang Yiming thought that Yang Chen was unwilling to talk to him, so he quickly communicated with Yang Chen through text messages.

Soon, Yang Chen's Weibo was edited and published.

"It is said that Douyin's current valuation is 100 billion yuan. I don't know much about this industry, but I think the valuation made by professional institutions should be correct. I know that after several rounds of financing, Douyin's current shareholders are There are more than a dozen companies. The purpose of these shareholders’ investment in Douyin is nothing more than to wait for the future listing of Douyin to cash out at a high price. However, there is no news about Douyin’s listing yet, and there will be a three-year equity lock-up period after the listing. This means that it will take a long time for shareholders to cash out. And no one can be sure what the market value will be when cashing out. However, based on the stock price performance of Internet companies in the past two years, Douyin’s valuation will only become less and less after its listing. Alibaba has already fallen. Three trillion, the stocks of other Internet companies are all miserable, and I think Douyin will be no exception. Instead of taking the risk of waiting for several years and possibly losing money, why not sell it at a good price now, right? I, Yang Chen, officially announced that I am willing to sell billions The valuation of 150 billion rice gold is the standard to acquire the equity of any Douyin shareholder. Interested shareholders can contact me. The opportunity is only once. If you miss it, you don’t know how long you will have to wait.”

Yang Chen's Weibo post quickly attracted countless netizens to watch the excitement.

"What am I talking about? The worst that can happen is that Boss Yang bought Douyin, and he really did it. This is how you have money and willfulness."

"Haha... look at my previous comment, I said that Musk was banned from Twitter and acquired Twitter in anger. Douyin just restricted the flow of Boss Yang, why not just buy it , it’s not like he doesn’t have the strength.”

"Boss Yang is so damn handsome. He is ruthless and doesn't talk much. He just does what he says. Isn't it a limit on the current flow? I have acquired you and will turn on your phone every day to push my works. If you are convinced, I will ask you, Zhang Nansheng, if you are convinced?" "

"Sure enough, all the entertainment circles are not as good as the capital circle. Looking at how energetic the big melons in the capital circle are, I even feel that I have participated in it, and I feel like my blood is boiling."

"I also want to be as arrogant as Boss Yang. If you dare to make me unhappy, I will buy you and play with you."

"The valuation is 100 billion meters of gold, but the premium is 50%. Calculating the equity value based on 150 billion meters of gold is really arrogant! All of a sudden, the premium is 50 billion meters of gold, which means that the 50 billion meters of gold are given for free. . If I were a shareholder, I would definitely sell it. Instead of waiting for the long-awaited listing and equity lock-up period to cash out, it’s better to make money now.”

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at this time,

Zhang Yiming is still editing the text message, which is already several hundred words long.

At this time, the secretary called him and reported to him that Yang Chen wanted to acquire the shareholders' equity.

Zhang Yiming was stunned immediately. This guy is really ruthless in what he does.

If they don't agree with each other, they will acquire it. His style of doing things is a bit similar to Musk's.

Looking at the hundreds of words he had worked so hard to edit, Zhang Yiming reluctantly deleted them and quickly logged on to Weibo to check the situation.

Seeing that Yang Chen was willing to acquire equity at a valuation of 150 billion yuan, Zhang Yiming himself was moved.

If he were not worried that he would not be able to control Douyin, he would really want to sell his shares and cash out.

As a capital tycoon, Zhang Yiming certainly knows that there are many stocks in Internet companies now.

Pinxixi plummeted, Alibaba kept falling, and Kuaishou started to fall after it went public...

Internet tycoons are having a hard time.

Some companies are no worse than Douyin, but they can't hold up their stock prices and keep chattering.

Zhang Yiming cannot guarantee that Douyin will definitely rise after it is listed. He thinks that there is a high probability that it will follow the same chatter as other major Internet companies.

Don’t look at the current valuation of 100 billion meters of gold. After the listing, the equity unlocking period will come, and the market value may only be 50 billion meters of gold or even less.

Therefore, Yang Chen is now willing to acquire the equity at a price of 150 billion meters, which is really tempting.

Not to mention other pure investment shareholders, even the controlling shareholder Zhang Yiming was moved.

But Zhang Yiming knew that he could not sell his shares, otherwise he would lose control of Douyin.

The company that I have worked so hard to build cannot be given up so easily.

If it is poorly managed and has been losing money, it would be understandable to sell the equity.

Now that Douyin can make stable profits of tens of billions every year, there is no reason to sell its shares.

Zhang Yiming immediately responded to Yang Chen on Weibo.

" x-on:Yang Chen, Director Yang is really domineering, just like the leading actor in The Domineering President. I just called you, but you refused to answer, so I typed a text message of several hundred words to explain to you. , but I didn’t expect that before the text message was sent, you announced on Weibo that you would acquire my company. Here, I still want to express my sincere apology to Director Yang. No matter what is right or wrong, the responsibility for this matter is indeed On our side. Let’s talk about Director Yang’s acquisition invitation. To be honest, I was moved after reading your offer. However, Douyin is a product that I worked hard to build, just like my child. Yang Dong wants to take my child away now, do you think it’s appropriate? If we have anything to do, we can talk on the phone or in person. We don’t need to work on Weibo. I’ll call you again and hope you can answer.”

After a while, Zhang Yiming really called Yang Chen again.

Seeing that it was still the unfamiliar number that he had rejected just now, Yang Chen knew that it was Zhang Yiming's call, so he answered the call.

Zhang Yiming: "Oh, Mr. Yang, you have answered the phone. You see, if you had answered the phone just now, you wouldn't have posted on Weibo."

Yang Chen: "I wanted to post on Douyin, but I'm afraid you'll restrict my flow, so I can only post on Weibo."

Zhang Yiming: "Haha... Director Yang is so funny. Doesn't Director Yang really want to acquire the equity of Douyin?"

Yang Chen: "Do you think I will talk nonsense on Weibo?"

Zhang Yiming: "Does Mr. Yang simply want to invest in value, or does he have other ideas?"

After several rounds of financing, Douyin now has a total of 12 shareholders.

Among them, Zhang Yiming directly and indirectly holds 51% of Douyin's equity through personal shareholding, company shareholding, and family shareholding.

The remaining equity is all controlled by well-known domestic and foreign investment institutions such as Tiger Fund, Cloud Capital, SoftBank, and Sequoia Capital.

The total shareholding of these institutions is 49%.

Therefore, if Zhang Yiming does not sell his shares, Yang Chen can acquire up to 49% of the shares from other shareholders.

But in this case, Douyin cannot be listed because there are only two shareholders, Zhang Yiming and Yang Chen.

To successfully go public, the two must sell part of their equity to other strategic investors to expand the number of shareholders.

However, the purpose of Yang Chen's acquisition was just for fun. Videos posted in the future will not be restricted, and he does not expect to cash out after it goes on the market.

Therefore, whether it is listed on the market or not will not affect Yang Chen's operation at all.

But Zhang Yiming is different. He wants to cash out through listing.

If he can't go public and cash out to get money, what's the point of doing Douyin?

Therefore, Zhang Yiming is determined to prevent Yang Chen from acquiring the equity interests of other shareholders and cannot allow Douyin's listing date to be extended indefinitely.