In his speech at the press conference, Cheng Tianqiao believed that SoftBank not only brought capital, but also international management concepts and resources.

The success of this financing not only marks the recognition of China's online game industry by international capital, but also marks that Shanda, as a young enterprise, has successfully passed the test and baptism of the international capital market and taken the first step towards internationalization.

Cheng Tianqiao also stated at the press conference that after this financing, Shanda will reasonably use the funds for the development of related new business areas, as well as to increase the core competitiveness of the enterprise, and make full preparations in the three aspects of talents, resources and funds to meet greater development opportunities.

Yan Yan, President of SoftBank Asia, also expressed his admiration for Shanda Network's entrepreneurial journey and said that SoftBank Asia is very concerned about China's online entertainment industry, and Shanda fully meets SoftBank Asia's investment requirements.

After the cooperation between the two parties, SoftBank Asia will fully support Shanda's development strategy and make efforts to smoothly integrate Shanda with the international capital market.

Huan Guocang, Executive Director of Asia Pacific of Heung Kong HSBC, also said at the press conference that he will continue to be committed to providing first-class investment advisory services for Shanda and outstanding domestic enterprises.

Subsequently, the two sides held a grand signing ceremony.

In the passionate collision of champagne glasses, the leaders of Pudong New District, on behalf of Vice Mayor Zhou and government leaders, congratulated both sides, and said that the government departments will increase their support for the online game industry, especially for R&D enterprises will provide various convenient conditions, and hope that the enterprises can seize the opportunity and seek greater development at a higher starting point.

The successful convening of this financing conference shows that Huaguo's online game industry has entered a period of rapid growth, and the competition in the online game industry has reached a new level.

In the long run, the entry of huge amounts of capital is also of great significance to promote the sustainable development of China's online game industry.

The fifth day after the end of the fundraising conference.

At the invitation of Cheng Tianqiao, Lin Weidong visited Shanda's R&D department.

The R&D team of hundreds of people is all engaged in the grand new game - "World of Legends".

Subsequently, Cheng Tianqiao said impassionedly to Lin Weidong in the office: "Before 2000, Shanda could die every day, in 2001, Shanda could die every month, and in 2002, Shanda could die every quarter! Now it's 2003, and our Shanda's vitality is more tenacious!"

"Weidong, as long as we can succeed after the release of this game, then our listing plan will be realized within two years at the latest!"

In fact, even if Cheng Tianqiao doesn't say it, Lin Weidong is also very clear that SoftBank Asia is willing to spend $40 million to acquire 21%, which means that Shanda Network's valuation in SoftBank Asia's mind is at least worth $200 million.

An Internet company with a valuation of more than 200 million US dollars, with sufficient profit model and sufficient capital support, after developing to a certain scale, its next step can only be to go public, and there is almost no other choice.

Like Sohu before it, Shanda Network's listing is only a matter of time.

And Lin Weidong's Century Chinese Network will also become the literary website that Cheng Tianqiao most wants to acquire after the grand listing.

At the same time, the ferry also received $100 million in financing from IDG a few days later.

In order to enable the ferry to achieve the goal of listing as soon as possible, Li Yanhong is also preparing intensively.

The acquisition of Lin Weidong's hao123 has also become one of the ferry's listing plans.

May 6th.

Lin Weidong was invited by Li Yanhong to come to the ferry company for the first time and meet Li Yanhong for the first time.

It can also be seen from Li Yanhong's personal interview with Lin Weidong that the ferry attaches great importance to hao123.

After a few polite greetings, Lin Weidong asked with interest: "Mr. Li, I would like to know, since you have already made a Baidu search engine, why did you want to acquire hao123?"

Li Yanhong pondered for a while before replying: "My personal philosophy is that Internet users can be divided into two poles: one end is the user of the search engine, and the other end is the user of the navigation station. ”

"As the number of Internet users increases, the usage rate of navigation stations and the number of users will increase, and some of them will shift to using search engines. ”

In fact, Robin Li has long said that he will only choose NASDAQ for listing, and one of the hard indicators of listing on NASDAQ is that the "plate" of listed companies cannot be less than 300 million US dollars.

Previously, the ferry was blocked from listing on the NASDAQ because of the small "plate", and the acquisition of hao123 was not only because he was optimistic about the future development of the navigation website, but also more conducive to the ferry to make the "plate" bigger and open up the road to the NASDAQ.

It is worth mentioning that unlike Ma Xiaoyun, who is like a river, Li Yanhong speaks in a slow and logical tone, giving people a sense of gentleness and elegance.

However, for the current Lin Weidong, it doesn't matter what Li Yanhong's virtue is, money is the most important thing, as long as there is enough money, hao123 can buy it casually.

Moreover, in Lin Weidong's heart, he has no intention of continuing to run my123, he just wants to sell him and make a lot of money.

Lin Weidong said bluntly: "Mr. Li, I won't say more nonsense, I just want to know, how much money are you willing to pay to acquire hao123?"

Li Yanhong glanced at Lin Weidong, thought for a moment, and said, "20 million in cash and 50,000 shares." ”

Lin Weidong listened to Li Yanhong's offer, couldn't help but smile, then lit a cigarette, and said bluntly: "Mr. Li, the price you ferry is simply ...... It's so insincere. ”

Li Yanhong asked unhurriedly, "How much does Mr. Lin want?" ”

Lin Weidong was not verbose, and had a showdown with him directly: "50 million plus 200,000 shares." ”

This time it was Li Yanhong's turn to smile and tell him very frankly: "hao123 is not worth the price." ”

Lin Weidong said with a straight face: "As long as your ferry can be successfully listed, there is nothing that is not worth it." ”

Although the price of the first meeting between the two sides was not negotiated, Lin Weidong did not mean to leave the capital immediately, but stayed to argue with Li Yanhong.

After talking for three days, Lin Weidong and Li Yanhong both made concessions to each other.

After some careful consideration, Lin Weidong sold hao123 to Li Yanhong's ferry group at a price of 35 million plus 100,000 shares.

After signing the contract, Li Yanhong stood up with a smile on his face and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Lin Weidong: "Happy cooperation." ”

Lin Weidong also stood up, held Li Yanhong's hand and said, "Happy cooperation." ”

In other words, there have always been no secrets in the Internet circle, and the news of Lin Weidong's interview with Li Yanhong soon reached Zhang Chaoyang's ears.

That night.

Zhang Chaoyang invited Lin Weidong to go to Emperor Ktv to sing.

Originally, Lin Weidong didn't want to go, Zhang Chaoyang was really boring to sing and drink all the time, and he didn't have anything to talk about.

However, because Gao Yuanyuan was filming in Hengdian recently, Lin Weidong had nothing to do in the hotel alone, so he hesitated for a while and went.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zhang Chaoyang turned his head and asked Lin Weidong, "What did you talk about with Li Yanhong?"

Lin Weidong smiled and said, "I didn't talk about anything, I just made friends." ”

Zhang Chaoyang obviously didn't believe it, and asked with a depressed face: "Did you sell hao123 to him?"

Lin Weidong also knew that this news would definitely not be hidden, so he told Zhang Chaoyang the truth: "Yes, it has been sold!"

Zhang Chaoyang then asked, "How much did it sell?"

Lin Weidong said seriously: "60 million plus 200,000 shares." ”

When Zhang Chaoyang heard this, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Impossible! Can your website sell for 50 million? Who are you fooling?"

Lin Weidong said disappreciatively: "Mr. Zhang, if you don't believe it, forget it, you can just joke when I am drunk." ”

In fact, Lin Weidong also knows that Zhang Chaoyang has always looked down on himself, and he also looks down on hao123, a navigation website with no technical content.

What's more, Lin Weidong also knows very well that although Zhang Chaoyang is the CEO of a listed company, and his wealth can rank in the top 20 in the country, his net worth is only two or three hundred million US dollars at most.

If Li Yanhong is willing to spend 60 million in cash and 200,000 shares to acquire Lin Weidong's hao123, then after the ferry is listed, Li Yanhong's net worth and the market value of the ferry will kill Zhang Chaoyang and his Sohu in minutes.

However, Lin Weidong still wanted to take a look at Zhang Chaoyang's prestige, and deliberately raised the purchase price a little, which made Zhang Chaoyang feel uncomfortable when he heard it.

Originally, Zhang Chaoyang was a little unhappy to see Lin Weidong because of Gao Yuanyuan's matter, so he didn't want to see Lin Weidong even more.

In the end, the two broke up unhappily.

Of course, unlike before, Lin Weidong is now stiff in his waist, and after leaving KTV, he paid the bill for singing and singing K that night.

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