Chapter 792: How to Spend the Money
As an accountant, he uses data to talk about the problem: "Over the years, there have been 1,882 entrepreneurs on the rich list, and 24 of them have financial problems, that is, the proportion is 1.3%, which is very small.
I also calculated that the 24 of them committed an average of 2.6 crimes, went in for 11 years, and the average age in prison was 45 and 56 when they were released from prison.
At this age, they have accumulated a certain amount of experience and are the most ambitious, and the higher the ranking, the higher the attention, so they are prone to accidents. ”
However, no matter how Hurun defends it, many rich people are afraid that he will be on this "pig killing list".
According to folk rumors, there was even a rumor that a rich man stuffed Hurun with money and begged him not to write his name.
The older generation of tycoons made a fortune in the early days of reform and opening up, and to be honest, they were more or less unclean, or the general environment at that time could not make a clean fortune.
Once you are on the rich list, under the watchful eye, there will always be people who are unhappy with you and want to trouble you.
But Yu Wenfei is different, just like Xue Chun said, he is engaged in the Internet industry and high-tech.
Every penny he earns is clean, and he has very little to do with the government and the state, so he doesn't have to worry about anyone checking him or something.
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Facebook was successfully listed, and Yu Wenfei and others returned to China with a full load.
Through the listing, 6 billion US dollars were directly raised, and after deducting the money distributed to the underwriters, there are still more than 5.8 billion left, of course, it can be called a full load!
After returning to the company, Yu Wenfei directly convened the board of directors to discuss how to spend the money.
Cai Congxin took the lead in speaking and said several investment directions.
"According to the listing instructions, the money will be used in three ways. ”
"The first is the development of Facebook's main business, which is used for basic investments such as the purchase of servers and the expansion of computer rooms, and continues to expand the scale of recruitment to make a good manpower reserve for the company's development. ”
"Second, during the roadshow, Facebook has promised investors that Facebook will go global. By now, our foundation has been solidified, and our manpower reserves are sufficient to go global. Therefore, this year, Facebook's main task is to establish a North American subsidiary, which will also take on the important task of Facebook going global. ”
Third, Facebook also needs a sum of money to buy rights and set up new film and television media companies, and invest in filmmaking. ”
The three points he talked about are also the main content of Facebook's work this year.
Of course, the third point is that Dong Xiaoxue has just communicated with him, and the establishment of a film and television media company and investment in filming are not planned.
In fact, at the board meeting before the Chinese New Year, everyone discussed these things and unanimously approved them.
At this time, of course, no one will have any opinions, and what everyone is discussing now is the issue of how to reasonably distribute the nearly 5.9 billion US dollars.
"I would suggest that a fraction of $880 million be used for basic investment, and this time our data center can be directly expanded on a large scale.
To do the Internet, the data center is our weapon, and if we want to let users have a better experience, we must keep ahead in hardware.
What's more, after the expansion of the data center, the servers that we don't need for the time being can be rented to brother companies. I think the servers on Facebook Games have been insufficient. Cai Congxin continued.
Everyone nodded in agreement, among all the websites in China, the Facebook website is the fastest to log in and browse, which is also praised by all users.
This is because we are willing to invest in the bandwidth and servers of the computer room.
Now that the company has received a large amount of money, there is no problem in expanding the lead again in the areas where it has advantages.
"Facebook North America, invest $500 million, because it's zero-based right now. There is nothing in the data center, and even the office address has to be rented or purchased, so you need to have more cash in the early stage. And over there, we are starting from scratch, and the cost of publicity and promotion is also indispensable. Cai Congxin added.
However, Yu Wenfei spoke, he shook his head and said, "Fifty million is not enough, one billion." Since we are going to enter the North American market, we have to be determined and invest heavily. There is no way back, there must be success!"
In terms of spending money, Yuwenfei will never be stingy!
Since Facebook wants to go abroad, it will become an instant hit, and one billion dollars will be smashed, and Yu Wenfei will not believe that it will not be able to occupy the global blog market.
The chairman of the board of directors spoke, and naturally everyone would not object, and this investment was unanimously approved again.
The third investment is Facebook Entertainment, Cai Congxin said the number directly at this time, he looked at Dong Xiaoxue, and said with a smile: "Mr. Dong, I just heard you about your new plan, and I am not very familiar with it." So, it's up to you how much money you'll need. ”
Dong Xiaoxue paused slightly, and said: "Distinguished leaders, before talking about the budget, I will first report on Facebook Entertainment's work plan for this year. This plan has been changed since the beginning of the year, and it is quite different from the report a year ago, so it needs to be reported to the board of directors again. ”
The so-called changes, as well as the relatively large discrepancies, are because of the things that Yu Wenfei suggested when she was talking to Yu Wenfei a few days ago.
This is indeed a big change, from then on, Facebook Entertainment will change from a simple Internet company to a comprehensive Internet entertainment company, covering both online and offline business!
Offline includes artist contract training, film and television drama investment and production, etc.
Online, video music is distributed.
The prototype of a giant entertainment company has emerged!
"Mr. Dong, don't worry, just mention how much money you need, our company is now wealthy! And your entertainment division, but Mr. Fei is very optimistic, belongs to the reserve force, and must be focused on training. Cai Congxin said with a smile.
For the work of the Facebook Entertainment Division, Cai Congxin did not interfere much, but fully delegated power to Dong Xiaoxue.
He knows that with the framework of this business division, it will definitely be spun off to establish a separate company in the future, and it can even be said that it is a group company!
And Dong Xiaoxue, if the development goes well, her status in the future of Facebook Holdings may not be lower than herself.
This woman will be a strong contender for the fifth vice president of Facebook Holdings!
There are many companies in the entire Facebook system, and it is easy to distinguish the status of the CEO of which company, as long as you look at his position in Facebook Holdings.
Now Facebook Holdings has a total of four vice presidents, Cai Congxin, Fang Zhiyan, Shen Nanpeng, and Effie!
These four people, also known as the "Four Heavenly Kings" by the company's employees, belong to the absolute group executives and core leadership.
And Li Xin of WeChat and Dong Xiaoxue of Facebook Entertainment are the contenders for the fifth vice president.
"In terms of conventional copyright acquisition, including the acquisition of film and television drama and song copyrights, the cost of this part has been reduced a lot compared with last year. Because this year, we only need to acquire new film and television dramas and song copyrights, and the budget I have already reported a year ago that it needs 200 million yuan. ”
"One of the new businesses is that we want to set up our own film and television media company, as well as an entertainment brokerage company. The cost of this piece will be relatively large. ”
"Let's talk about the entertainment agency first, because it has just been established, and it must match the status of our Facebook Entertainment and become the industry leader as soon as possible! Therefore, I plan to sign some big names in the film and television industry, as well as some potential artists. This part of the cost is estimated to cost 500 million yuan!"
"In terms of film and television dramas, this year, we will invest in the filming of three serials, these three dramas are adapted from Fei Zong's "Youth Trilogy"! This is the first shot of our film and television company, so we must build it according to the classic standards and strive to get off to a good start!"
"Three serials, a total of ninety to one hundred episodes, with a total investment of 300 million!"
Therefore, this year's budget for Facebook Entertainment will be increased to one billion yuan. ”
Dong Xiaoxue said sonorously and forcefully, her eyes firm.
Billion RMB?
None of the people present felt anything, because when converted into dollars, it was only a little more than 100 million.
Facebook, on the other hand, has just raised nearly $6 billion from the stock market!
"Won't it be enough, I don't want to add more, adhering to the principle of Fei Zong, since you want to do it, you have to do your best!" Shen Nanpeng said with a frown.
Dong Xiaoxue was stunned, and she directly raised the departmental budget from 200 million to 1 billion, thinking that it was a lion's mouth.
Unexpectedly, at the board of directors, Mr. Shen still felt that his budget was too small, and he had to give himself more money......
Other companies, not for a little budget, have to fight for the head, why is this the situation on Facebook?
"It's really less, one billion, two new companies have to be established, big-name artists have to be poached, and three TV series have to be filmed, which feels a bit insufficient. Cai Congxin also echoed.
"Digging up big-name artists, is it like Andy Aaron Xingxing? 500 million is not enough, right? Adapting Mr. Fei's book, it must be made into a classic. I have one opinion, that is, no matter the cost, we must do our best!" Xue Chunhe also said.
Dong Xiaoxue hurriedly waved her hand: "No, a big coffee like Andy Aaron Xingxing, maybe we can't dig it up, mainly artists in the domestic entertainment industry, and the cost will be much cheaper." ”
Yu Wenfei said with a smile: "Okay, okay, we are making TV series, not movies, what to do with digging up those movie stars, let them make TV series, it would be too wronged for them."
However, this budget is indeed a bit tight, so let's allocate $500 million to Facebook Entertainment this year.
Of course, these 500 million are not something you have to spend all of them, and you have the confidence to do more things with money in your hands, but try to save some money. ”
Well, Yu Wenfei more than quadrupled Facebook Entertainment's budget with a single sentence.
500 million US dollars, which is more than 4 billion yuan, with so much money to enter the entertainment industry, wouldn't it immediately leap to the position of the industry leader, which is going to subvert the entire industry again......