Chapter 1432 Absolutely the Right Opportunity
There was Chen Da Lao in front and Baidu Li in the back. When Internet companies around the world were still struggling to get out of the bubble and half of their legs were still in the mud.
Chinese Internet companies seemed to have found a guiding light. Especially when the bubble of global Internet companies burst in 2000.
Domestic Internet companies such as Sohu and NetEase successfully listed on the US stock market, and their stocks have been strong in recent years. The US stock market seems to have really become a blessed land for Chinese Internet companies to land and make a fortune.
In this way, domestic Internet companies have become restless, and those with a little opportunity have started various financing and various money-burning to increase their scale. It seems that as long as they can list on the US stock market, they will be the next richest man.
Especially Feixun Technology CC and Baisheng Technology MM, two instant messaging softwares with huge users, and at the same time profitable in the fields of space, games, avatar shows, etc.
It seems that they have directly seen how to block the blockade of YY, which is pressing on their heads and making them breathless, and understand that the United States is just like seeing its own Gold Coast.
After all, just as the senior executives of Xuri Technology are worried about, any discerning person can see that if these two companies cannot break through the blockade of YY.
Then even if they are still in glory now, they have entered a state of chronic death. So they are not afraid to give it a try, give up their equity to get financing, and a pass to overseas, which does not put any psychological pressure on them at all.
But Xuri Technology obviously cannot do this. After all, compared with these two companies that are struggling to survive and ready to break the jar, Xuri Technology is a precious porcelain.
And it is an expensive and precious porcelain that everyone knows. It is a big profit-making company itself, so how can it introduce domestic and foreign capital to share its cake.
So in this regard, Feixun and Parkson, which are not as good as Xuri Technology, have an absolute advantage in a strange way, which is undoubtedly a very speechless thing.
What is even more speechless is that the moon abroad is really rounder than the domestic one in this regard. There is no way that the roundest moon in China belongs to YY, not CC and MM.
So the second roundest moon abroad is particularly round in the eyes of these two companies at this time. After all, although the instant messaging software originated abroad,
But at present, foreign countries are lagging behind in this aspect, like the primitive era. MSN has not been updated for a hundred years, which makes users complain.
Fabook, which became popular in the future, was just established last year. As for WhatAP and Twitter, which will have many users in the future, they have not been established yet.
If we say that foreign Internet companies entered China in the past, it was like sharks entering a fish pond, relying on their own strength and waist to wreak havoc in the fish pond.
If CC and MM travel to Europe and the United States now, it is also like sharks entering the sea. As long as the problem of patent rights is solved, foreign instant messaging software is really not a single one that can fight.
"Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs Venture Capital, International Data, Softbank. They are all wolves." After finishing the work in hand, Sun Yang wanted to go off work, but at this time he sent another document.
Yang Dongxu rubbed his chin after taking a look at the venture capital companies that CC and MM had contacted recently.
What you fear will come true. Baidu's listing has once again made China's Internet companies hot. As a result, before Baidu went public, so many capitals were like sharks smelling blood, rushing into the Chinese market to find valuable prey.
Whether these prey have investment value or future potential is not discussed first. As long as they can operate to the US stock market and make a lot of money, these venture capitals will definitely not lose money.
This is the international capital that poured into China before Baidu went public. Now Baidu has directly released a nuclear bomb in the United States, and there will be more international capital pouring in for a period of time.
And the main goal of these big capitals is also very clear, which is the domestic Internet market in China, which is not good news for Yang Dongxu.
After all, the influx of capital will trigger many uncontrollable things. The reason why Xuri Technology is so popular now and has so many high-quality industries in hand.
One is that Yang Dongxu has a keen eye and intercepts in advance, and the second is that he is not short of money. No matter whether it is losing money or making money. As long as there is potential, he has the capital to support these projects.
In contrast, other Internet peers have to worry about whether they will fail to sleep well when investing in a game project, and the money in their hands is even more split in half. If you want to raise funds to expand the scale, you can't find funds no matter how much you beg for money.
Now, regardless of whether this project makes money or not, with a lot of venture capital investing in you, these people can finally stand up straight and say, "I'm not short of money!"
So Yang Dongxu's competitive advantage is directly reduced by half, and these peers are not all useless, and many of them are also very high-quality industries.
Once these industries get sufficient financial support, the development speed will definitely soar, which is a big challenge for Yang Dongxu.
"This Goldman Sachs is helping Lenovo with some acquisition recently, right?" Yang Dongxu asked.
"Yes, Goldman Sachs is helping Lenovo acquire IBM's PC business as an intermediary. They have been talking for a while and are ready to sign the contract." Sun Yang said.
"IBM's PC business is not cheap, right?" Although because of the previous Internet bubble, and the current US Internet industry is only recovering and not prosperous.
The PC business is already a burden for the IBM Group, but it is indeed a good supplement for Lenovo. Moreover, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if it is a burden for IBM, this thing is not something that ordinary people can afford.
"The specific negotiations are unclear, but it is said that the final transaction price will exceed 1 billion US dollars." Sun Yang said.
"Can Lenovo afford it?" Yang Dongxu looked a little surprised.
"It is definitely impossible to buy it by force, and it is estimated that a loan will be needed. After all, Lenovo's current market value is about 400 million to 500 million US dollars. Even if it is sold at the lowest price of 1 billion US dollars, this transaction price is twice Lenovo's total assets."
"It is a bit difficult to get a loan for this thing, why is there such a big difference?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but be curious.
"Goldman Sachs is acting as a middleman and has found several international big capitals. They said that Lenovo will use its shares as collateral. I don't think there will be any problems. Otherwise, there would not be news of signing the contract."
"The original acquisition was to expand and develop better. Is Lenovo, whose shares have been mortgaged, still Lenovo? I spent so much money to acquire this PC business, and I was in debt, but in the end, the company's major shareholder became someone else's."
Yang Dongxu curled his lips in silence. This was obviously an operation of wanting to eat a fat man in one bite.
However, Yang Dongxu could understand Lenovo's current situation. After all, as the former leader of the computer business, Lenovo's position as the leader has been a bit precarious in recent years.
Major world-famous computer manufacturers continue to enter China, and with the rise of shopping malls such as Computer City in China, assembled computers have also begun to impact the original all-in-one market.
Lenovo has not had a good time in the past two years. Seeing that its position as the leader is about to become someone else's, it is understandable that it is anxious.
But for such a gamble that puts everything on the line, Yang Dongxu shook his head and did not comment.
"Keep a close eye on the movements of CC and MM. If these two companies really get involved with these capitals and then rush to land in the European and American markets, it will definitely be a problem for us.
At the same time, register the international patents related to YY and some game development that have not been registered as soon as possible."
"You want to hold the other party back on the patent." Sun Yang couldn't help but ask.
"It can't be held back. I just want to collect some patent fees. Forget about the unclear domestic situation. After all, YY is indeed too strong.
The higher-ups want to strike a balance. Although we are frustrated, there is really no good way to deal with the lawsuit being dragged down. But if they still want to play this trick internationally, my legal team will not be a pushover." Yang Dongxu sneered.
But at the same time, he also looked helpless. There was no way that patents were originally technical barriers, and at the very least, they were also the moat of the company. But such a moat is a bit ineffective for CC and MM.
If Yang Dongxu dared to use these patents to hold CC and MM back and prevent them from developing abroad,
There is no need for CC and MM to cry and make a fuss to ask the higher-ups to mediate. Netizens alone can criticize Yang Dongxu to death.
What kind of traitor is this? He is a sour grape. He cannot bear to see domestic enterprises go global. He is a shameless person who does not help but hinders them.
In short, all his ancestors will not be at peace. But in fact, it is not Yang Dongxu who did anything wrong. It is CC and MM who are hooligans and plagiarize for free without paying a dime. They also scold YY, the original creator, for bullying people. Who can you go to for justice when you feel wronged like a young wife?
So don’t you want to go global?
Aren’t you willing to give up most of your shares to introduce capital?
Anyway, those capitals are not short of money, so just pay your patent fees.
Of course, this patent fee cannot be collected by Xuri Technology or Yang Dongxu. First register all the patents, and then before CC and MM go global, package these patents and sell them to a company controlled by the United States.
At that time, use this company to collect patent fees, and then CC and MM will stir up trouble and lead the rhythm to say that Xuri Technology is wrong.
Yang Dongxu could just stand up and say that he had signed a transfer agreement with them, and if he regretted it, he would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. If these two companies were willing to help pay the liquidated damages, they could use these patents at will.
Of course, considering that they were both Chinese companies, Xuri Technology had negotiated with them after various efforts and even made certain compensation.
Deciding to give CC and MM 20% off the convenience of using these patents was also a way to help domestic brothers save some costs and get started.
Let's see how these two companies complain at that time. They still want to get something for free, and then surround Xuri Technology from the outside of the world, and crush this original company under their bodies.
It's hard to say whether this scene will happen in the future, but now the "toll" will be paid first!
Besides, these money are not their own, but those who want to make more venture capital, and Yang Dongxu has no psychological burden to collect the patent fees.
"Do you want to add some catalysts to the development of FAbook?" Yang Dongxu rubbed his chin again.