To a certain extent, the Internet is the import economy, whoever controls the entrance is the center of the tuyere, and the giants of China and the United States have tried to acquire WeChat products by large companies.

It was first Tencent's attempt to use its money power to buy Wen Xiaoguang and his entire team, and then Alibaba, and by the end of next year, Facebook will do the same.

Even if it costs $19 billion to pocket WhatsApp, a deal of this magnitude in the Internet space only happened in 2001 in ancient times.

This shows the importance of instant messaging software entrances.

Its strategic significance is completely beyond profitability, and the possibilities of owning it are endless.

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Weekend.

Dr. Tang and his friend Zhou Yan returned to Beijing after a road trip, and they were a little exhausted in the past two days, but fortunately there was gossip to talk about.

"I said I drove the whole time, so you really let me drive?"

Zhou Yan looked at her half-sideways, because she never asked who the man was, which made her very unwilling, and at the same time a little worried about her friend: it was obvious that once the lovely Dr. Tang started to make mistakes, she would not listen to anyone's persuasion.

"Speak. Tang Shujie urged.

"I don't have the strength to speak. Zhou Yan flipped through her mobile phone by herself, her eyes were attracted by a piece of news that popped up,

Android just doesn't lack its own pop-up news.

"Wow, this news is a bit exciting, how can anyone speculate that Ali wants to acquire Weituo?"

"You believe it, but when you hear it, it's fake news. Although Tang Shujie is not a person in the technology industry, because of her special experience, she made a complete understanding of the entrepreneurial history of Weituo this weekend, "Don't believe me, it's absolutely fake, how can Alibaba have so much strength to acquire Weituo, and now Weituo is valued at more than 20 billion US dollars." ”

WhatsApp was acquired with more than 400 million users and a valuation of more than 20 billion, and Micro Tuo has now exceeded 200 million at home and abroad, but they are different from WhatsApp, that is, a small company of 50 people runs a software every day.

In addition to WeChat, Weituo has today's headlines, many companies that have invested in it, and of course, there is also the natural respect for the traffic entrance formed by Tengxun in the domestic Internet industry for many years because Tengxun is too domineering.

"Two tens of billions of dollars, about how much, I feel that Alibaba is quite big, Taobao is so powerful. ”

"You are also a columnist, can you have a little level of knowledge, who can believe the articles written by people like you in the future?"

"Alibaba suffered a serious counterfeit crisis last year, in fact, it was a year or two when the situation was relatively bad, two months ago the privatization was successful, spent 19 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it seems that it also reached a share repurchase agreement with Yahoo, how to acquire Weituo?"

"And among the domestic technology companies, Weituo has basically caught up with BAT, and there is no order of magnitude gap. ”

Zhou Yan was surprised, "You are a technology blind, when did you know so much about these Internet companies?"

Tang Shujie's eyes dodged slightly.

"Just watch the news. ”

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Wen Xiaoguang also knew this information, and Li Yidan handed over a report on the details of Alibaba's capital operation in the past year after the meeting.

“...... Judging from the actual situation, Ma Yun is very clear that it is unlikely to get our consent, so he just asked tentatively. ”

"A tentative question?"

"I don't know what the plan is, maybe if you agree, their financing costs will be reduced quickly, maybe it's just in their hearts, who knows. Li Yidan shrugged.

"Ali wants financing?" Wen Xiaoguang couldn't help but smile when he took the report, "This guy really runs faster than his head, if I agree, where will he find money?"

"There is always a way, of course it is not enough to buy us. I did a profile survey, and the conclusion is no different from common sense, although it has experienced the counterfeit crisis, privatization, and the struggle for control within the group, Alibaba is still a super high-quality asset, and from an investment point of view, the potential is very high. ”

"And Ali's strategy of all in wireless is completely successful, and after the successful transformation to the mobile terminal, it will survive a period of rapid growth for the next few years this year. ”

The financing is mainly to pay for Yahoo's 20% stake, plus the funds needed for the privatization, a total of about $7.6 billion, of which they agreed to buy back Yahoo shares on the condition that they agreed to be $6.3 billion in cash and no more than $800 million in new Alibaba Group preferred shares. ”

Gu Yi's expression moved, "You participated?"

Li Yidan spread his palms, "I think we should participate." Although Alibaba has been delisted, its prospects are bright. ”

"And this August, Alibaba will be raising money everywhere, with CDB lending them $1 billion, and the sale of common stock and convertible preferred stock to a range of PE funds and sovereign wealth funds is certainly an option. ”

"For example, China Investment, CITIC, China Development Bank Financial, and Singapore's Temasek will all enter or increase their holdings. ”

Wen Xiaoguang's brows furrowed, "How much do they plan to raise?"

"It's definitely more ruthless than our B round, and it's much more ruthless," Li Yidan joked, "and I think the total amount will be more than $4 billion." ”

Micro Tuo's financing space is actually larger, thanks to the earlier personal capital injection, Wen Xiaoguang owns 46% of the shares, in the wealth rankings, this piece supports most of his personal assets.

However, those are all book assets, which come and go quickly.

Wen Xiaoguang pressed the report, he understood Li Yidan's intentions, "I don't think we should wade into this troubled water." Here's ...... truth."

"I believe that investing in Ali's shares at this time must be profitable, and even I personally will be very willing to buy, but Weituo has an investment department but is not an investment company, and we use funds, if it is small, we can't see a splash, if it is big...... Wetuo itself is thirsty for funds for development, so why spend a lot of money to go out?"

Li Yidan has a different opinion, "But Weituo's money can't be spent, Jin Fanxiu only took 40 million after a trip, today's headlines are still small, only 100 million yuan can be completed the entire annual plan, WeChat is always like that, and payment and cloud computing are long-term investment projects, seven or eight billion per year, that takes time, no matter how much money is piled up, it is meaningless." ”

In this way, they will save a new round of spending, and it should be less than $300 million when it is full.

On the other hand, it is more financing.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Wen Xiaoguang shrugged his shoulders, "The valuation of Weituo has doubled too fast, those big PEs have a lot of appetite, and there are sovereign wealth funds, hundreds of billions of dollars in assets, you talk to him about 1% of the shares? He will not agree to die, and I have worked hard to suppress the shares given up at 8% in the B round." ”

That's it, 1% is difficult to arouse the interest of others, it's too boring, and less than 5% people feel that it is a waste of my manpower and time resources.

Li Yidan originally talked very seriously, but when he was so amused by the boss, he laughed out loud.

"Mr. Wen, don't make me laugh, I'm serious, so with so much money, you have to think about how to spend it, you can't just eat interest, right?

Wen Xiaoguang said: "We have a plan to build a new headquarters, which will cost more than 1 billion yuan, how can we not spend it?"

"1 billion is not much, our investment department wants one to two hundred million dollars, and it will not affect it?" Li Yidan argued, "You let me be in charge of the investment department, and it is my responsibility to choose the best investment project, if the company itself is in financial difficulties, then I didn't say it." ”

"But that's not the case now, and even if the funds are difficult, are you still afraid that you won't be able to sell Alibaba's shares? ”

Wen Xiaoguang originally thought that Li Yidan's idea was a bit too profitable, but there was nothing wrong with listening to her analysis.

"You think now is a good opportunity?"

Li Yidan is very sure, "This time it was because of special circumstances that Ali financed, and next time, it will definitely be an IPO, and they themselves have made a profit, that is, they have to buy back a large number of shares, otherwise they will not be short of money." ”

"Okay, we already have a little bit of a share. ”

"If it is considered to be an increase in holdings, the investment department of Weituo will definitely bring huge profits to the group. ”

Wen Xiaoguang walked out from behind the desk, "I'll call Ma Yun to take a look when I go back." Now, you can accompany me to meet the design company chosen by Li Wenbo, sometimes women have particularly valuable advice in terms of aesthetics. ”

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"NBBJ Architects, a world-renowned architectural design firm, was bidding for the new headquarters of Tencent, but it stopped there, so they are now working for us. ”

"The word Tengxun gave them is connection, what about Micro Tuo, what does our headquarters want to embody?"

Everyone is thinking.

"Technology can be a bit cliché. Innovation is also being talked about. ”

"Mr. Wen, what do you think?"

"Didn't they figure it out for us? Wen Xiaoguang said meaningfully, "The connection they give is the meaning of connecting people, and we will do this work in the future, and we don't need them, so the connection is also ours." ”

Wow.

Someone laughed and clapped their hands, "Mr. Wen is domineering!"

"Connecting well, connecting also means connecting people and information. "This is Zhang Yi speaking.

This guy is involved in the information anyway.

"Let's also let them know what imitation is, hey, angry with them. ”

Wen Xiaoguang didn't admit it, "I don't have this kind of consideration." ”

No grace at all.

That being said, but even if you don't, if you do, the employees will have it.

But everyone is quite happy, which is called treating others the way they do.

Mr. Li understood what Mr. Wen meant and chose this NBBJ company.

"In their design plan, there are two towers in the north and south, the south tower is 50 floors and 248 meters high, and the north tower is 41 floors and 190 meters high, and the land area sold to us by the city government is also enough, and the final total construction area is about 350,000 square meters, and tens of thousands of employees are no problem, which is definitely enough for the next ten years. ”

Wen Xiaoguang joked: "You are not confident enough in the speed of our company's expansion. ”

Of course, this is a real joke.

If it is displayed to the outside world with such a new look, Weituo people are satisfied.

It is not difficult to get land, even in first-tier cities, they are also welcome to companies like Weituo that have a large number of high-paying employees and will still provide high-paying employment opportunities in the future.

When Weituo wants to plan to build a new headquarters, there is no problem in taking the land, and it is not that it will not give money.

And the location is not too bad, near the third ring road, close to Zhongguancun, too partial is not good, so although it saves some money, but the business away from the business district will reduce the attraction of high-end talents.

Therefore, saving this amount of money is short-sighted.

Nearby is the People's University, the University of Foreign Chinese, the University of Nationalities, etc., and it is better to be closer to the university than to the suburbs, at least there are more subway stations, which can solve the commuting problem of ordinary employees.

In addition, Wen Xiaoguang didn't have many special requirements, the only requirement was to hope to be faster.

Later in the day, he drove around the area by himself, and in the future, Weituo will build iconic headquarters in many places, at least one in Tokyo.

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"On the weekend, no phone calls, are there any text messages?" Zhou Yan asked tentatively.

They had already returned home, and it was too hot in Beijing, so they were still comfortable hiding in the air conditioner.

However, Dr. Tang couldn't see that it was very comfortable, she leaned her head back on the sofa, sighing and resigned herself to her fate, "No, no text messages, no phone calls, nothing." ”

Zhou Yan was also silent.

"So this is, really the night is over?"

It seems like yes.

She hugged Tang Shujie's head and said, "Are you mistaken, are people really out of love or fake out of love, what if they have a girlfriend by their side?

"I read that right. I'm a psychiatrist! Do you think I'm going to give him a call?" Tang Shujie has always had this idea, but she is a little dilemma, "I have his number." ”

"Can it be done? You have to think about it, you can't call this phone often, what if he comes and I'm in a meeting, or I have a friend by my side?"

Neither left nor right, Tang Shujie was suddenly a little annoyed, "Isn't it? Am I tired of it once?"

Zhou Yan still maintains a normal IQ, "Your figure is okay, but I don't want to hit you, do you think he meets people who are in good shape?"

"You're not hitting me, what's that?"

"Even if it's good, but I know you've suffered a lot this time, and you're starting to be less confident in your own capital. ”

"! Who can be confident?"

"Who the hell is so unconfident?"

Dr. Tang didn't speak.

"Don't you tell me? The person who has forgotten the end of the world since then, the passerby who ends his passion once, you still don't tell me?"

Dr. Tang thought about it, so he said, "Tell you, you are not allowed to call." ”

"Say!"

"Wen Xiaoguang. She leaned into Zhou Yan's ear and said it, and knew her friend very well, and took the initiative to reach out and help her cover her mouth.

It's a pity that he was pulled away, and then he heard a roar, "Wen Xiaoguang?!Are you dreaming, or am I dreaming?!"

"Not a dream, really. Tang Shujie was more disappointed, "But it's really meaningless, like you said, it's over before it starts." ”

Zhou Yan suddenly had another thought, "That's actually not too much of a loss, at least he's very handsome." Damn, I'm suddenly a little jealous of you, he's really handsome, you...... You didn't leave any pictures or anything?"

"Are you crazy? Can I take a picture of this?" Dr. Tang is not a nymphomaniac, but she still admits that Wen Xiaoguang is handsome.

"That'...... How does it feel?"

"What...... What?" Tang Shujie couldn't stand it, "Vulgar words! You also have to ask about this kind of privacy! Aren't you still worried about me just now, why is it like this now?"

"I'm originally a member of the Appearance Association, and you didn't know about it on the first day. ”

"Oh, young man, the body must be fine, what is there to ask, I'm annoyed now. ”

Zhou Yan was a little more relaxed, "If it's Wen Xiaoguang, I think you can call." ”

"Why?"

"Because even if you are fooled for the second time, it is not a loss, if you don't run to him to be rich, you can get back to your capital if you run to him handsome. ”

In fact, Tang Shujie had thought so for a long time, she didn't call for two days, it was okay, but on the third day, she always felt that the time had passed a little long.

"Shall I hit one then?" she laughed suddenly, and everyone couldn't help but sit up straight.