Chapter 1517 Too Many Eggs Also Cause Headaches

In the last life, it was said that Ponima almost sold Penguin for 100,000 yuan in the early days of its business. I don’t know if it was a rumor or true.

But now Yahu wants to acquire Facebook, which is true, because after contacting the founder Zach, the other party also began to contact Chen Xin.

To be precise, it contacted the head of the overseas angel venture capital fund controlled by Chen Xin, because Facebook was favored by Yang Dongxu in the early days of its establishment and spent money to buy most of the original shares.

Yahu contacted Zach first because Zach is the founder of Facebook and is in charge of Facebook’s current technology and company operations. Yahu obviously does not want to acquire YouTube like Google.

After acquiring YouTube, it will operate itself and form its own technical team to continue to develop YouTube in depth. Yahu wants to acquire Facebook as a package and operate Facebook as an independent department or a wholly-owned subsidiary.

So what they want is a controlling stake. As for development and specific operations, they want to hand it over to Zach, so that everyone can save trouble.

Therefore, the team on Yahu’s side contacted Zach first, and then followed Zach to find the angel fund that invested in Facebook later.

It is not surprising that Yahoo values ​​Facebook. After all, Google has been making continuous moves since last year, although Yahoo terminated its search engine cooperation.

But whether it is the huge investment in the acquisition of YouTube, the subsequent listing, or the development of Google Maps this year, Google is expanding rapidly at a visible speed.

On the other hand, Yahoo, which is still a giant, first suffered losses from various investments, and at the same time, various mysterious operations continued, so the company's financial report last year was not good.

No one can spend billions and billions of dollars to acquire various companies. At the beginning, they were full of confidence to acquire them, and they were ready to innovate and turn them into their own flagship products after the acquisition.

In the end, the acquisition was a good acquisition, but when it was finally innovated, various problems continued, and finally they simply gave up without innovation. After so many times, even if Yahoo is a giant worth hundreds of billions of dollars, such operations have hurt themselves a little.

So in the face of Google's relentless pressure, Yahu felt that this little brother was disobedient and kicked him away directly. Gradually, he felt that this little brother put a lot of pressure on him, and he had to strengthen himself to let Google see that your uncle is still your uncle.

Facebook, which has such a promising future, was naturally favored by Yahu.

To be honest, the vision of Yahu's investment department is still very sharp, although there have been various stupid operations before. But it must be said that the acquisition targets are all good.

Because the acquired companies, except for a few that are really confused, the others are all fist products as long as they are successfully innovated.

It's a pity that the operation that was originally very powerful to hang new weapons on itself ended up just buying the weapons back, and then putting them aside without loading ammunition and just looking at them, and finally sweeping them into the trash can.

"Should the people from the angel fund talk to Zack to express Facebook's attitude of not selling?" Chen Xin asked Yang Dongxu, who was in deep thought.

"This." Yang Dongxu rubbed his chin.

If it were before, he would definitely let Chen Xin contact the people from the angel investment side directly. Yahu wants to acquire Facebook, but there is no way.

But now he can't help but hesitate. He knows that Facebook became one of the Internet giants in the previous life.

But Facebook in this life is a little uncertain, because the external environment has changed greatly compared with the previous life.

For example, CC and MM have already entered the US market. Under the manipulation of big capital, they crush MSN, which refuses to update and innovate.

For example, the cooperation between YY and Google has reached the final signing stage. As long as the overseas YY is signed, it will be launched, and then the bundled YY space will also be launched. This is actually squeezing Facebook's market.

In addition, Yang Dongxu received news that although Weibo was slapped in the face by 361 in China, it was unusually smooth to log in in South Korea.

Because the partner in South Korea is Samsung, it has attracted the attention of the Wall Street tycoons behind Samsung. They feel that this is a good product and intend to get it and promote it to Europe and the United States.

So even under Zack's management, Facebook's products are still as good as in the previous life, but now it has not become popular, and its living space has been squeezed into a crack.

Whether he can succeed in breaking through again is already as glorious as in the last life, let alone Zack. Even Yang Dongxu himself has a question mark in his head.

This is probably the reason why Zack contacted Yahu. You know, Zack is actually very opinionated. Even when he accepted angel fund investment in the difficult early stage of entrepreneurship, he was very tough and stingy in selling the original shares.

So it is difficult for such a person to work for others. Even if he is under one person, he is unwilling to do it. What he wants to do is to be the king himself.

Of course, when there is no hope of the throne, it is not impossible to commit to life.

For example, now, as a developer of Facebook, Zack feels more clearly than Yang Dongxu that Facebook's living space is being squeezed infinitely.

He was extremely confident when he got angel investment funds in the early stage of entrepreneurship, but now he can't help but waver. The hope for the future is shattered in his eyes.

So he wanted to take advantage of the time when Yahu felt that Google brought him great pressure and had to quickly find a new fist product, and transferred his Facebook shares at a high price.

And he can accept whether Yahu acquires Yahu and lets him continue to be the operating officer of Facebook or the general manager of Facebook, a subsidiary of Yahu.

Sometimes being domineering and tough is an attitude that can only be shown after having strength. Now Zack does not have such strength, so he can only put away his edges.

"Let's wait for the offer from Yahu." Yang Dongxu said after a moment of silence.

The three major instant messaging software YY, CC, and MM are about to start fighting in the foreign market, and this time CC and MM, who have big capital behind them, will obviously not give in easily.

In addition, they have the experience of being "sneak-attacked" by YY in China and finally having to go abroad. This time, the two companies are stronger and more cautious.

Once the three companies go to war, it will definitely be a fierce battle. In addition, Weibo, a disruptor beyond his expectations, really has no room for Facebook to survive.

"Aren't you optimistic about Facebook?" Chen Xin looked at him in surprise.

He specifically asked Chen Xin to pay attention to the investment in Facebook, and all the things Yang Dongxu told him to do so over the years are all projects that must be won with all his strength.

And the countless successes have proved that Yang Dongxu's vision is extremely accurate. These projects that he has taken with all his strength have finally made huge profits, which are more than robbing a bank.

So this is the first time that Chen Xin has encountered Yang Dongxu selling a project that he is optimistic about.

"This is a different time. If it develops according to normal circumstances, Facebook does have the possibility of becoming popular, and even if it is not as good as Google, it has the potential to become a giant.

But isn't the situation constantly changing? The current situation is very different from when I invested in Facebook. Especially Wall Street in the United States, and other financial groups are gradually focusing on the Internet industry.

And some giants have begun to test the waters first. The fight between the big guys will affect the innocent. Facebook may not have time to grow up."

"Increase investment, like the pipeline to accelerate maturity?" Chen Xin couldn't help asking.

"Too difficult. Let's not talk about how much money we have to spend. It's very troublesome to avoid the US Department of Commerce when we spend money.

Because of Google's listing. Although the angel investment company has the Kennedy family and Jack Jr. to help cover it, we probably have it in their notebook now.

If we are caught when operating Facebook, we will definitely settle the old and new accounts together. So it's not worth taking this risk." Yang Dongxu shook his head.

"Throw it to Google?" Chen Xin thought of another way.

Aren't you afraid that Facebook will be affected when the big guys fight and have no time to grow?

Then join the big guys to find a safe haven. Google, which is held by the Kennedy family, Jack Jr. and Yang Dongxu, is definitely a big guy. It's no problem to protect Facebook and give it time to grow.

"This is a good idea." Yang Dongxu nodded, but he didn't relax his frown.

Weibo was actually favored by Wall Street big guys, which was a bit beyond Yang Dongxu's expectations.

Because in addition to Facebook, he also invested in Twitter. Now Facebook is squeezed by the environment and has no time to grow. Twitter, which was just established in March this year, can be imagined.

You should know that the founder of Twitter is the company founded by Evan William Moss, a pioneer in blog technology, so it is also an innovative product based on blogs.

If Weibo goes international, Twitter will definitely compete with Weibo. Although Twitter was established earlier and received angel investment from Yang Dongxu, it is not as good as Weibo now.

There is no way. Yang Dongxu's identity is too sensitive. He can't spend money to mature Facebook or Twitter. Otherwise, he will definitely be noticed by the chaebols in the United States, and then use the US Department of Commerce to encircle him.

So the investment method he adopted is to diversify his investment. For promising companies, he will invest some even if he does not hold the controlling stake. Then he will give these companies some help, let them develop naturally and hide themselves deeper, so Twitter's development is step by step.

Weibo is obviously different. From the beginning, it was supported by Sina, 9City and Samsung, a big chaebol, and it was popular in China, although it was poured cold water by 361.

But after it was launched in Korea, it still soared to the sky. Now it is favored by the bigwigs of Wall Street. As long as Xinlang and Jiucheng are willing to transfer the Weibo-related shares in their hands.

With the support of these Wall Street bigwigs, Weibo will definitely soar to the sky after it is launched in the United States. This will undoubtedly cause an immeasurable impact on Twitter.

"If Facebook is acquired by Google, Twitter will also need to find a backer if it wants to grow. If it is handed over to Google, the eggs originally placed in several baskets will be concentrated in one basket. If this is discovered, the whole nest will be destroyed."

Yang Dongxu scratched his head in some distress. He had not expected the changes in the world's business landscape. He had to adjust many plans accordingly.