Chapter 543: Super Unicorn
SoftBank is very rich, especially at the beginning of the century, when SoftBank invested in half of the world's Internet industry!
Basically, SoftBank is behind all Internet companies that are a little famous.
The amount of funds required for the acquisition of Blizzard this time is too large, and Yu Wenfei's idea hit SoftBank, who made SoftBank the second largest shareholder of Facebook Games.
Wouldn't it be too wasteful to have such a big financier around him and not use it.
However, such a large investment is not something that can be decided casually, Son Masayoshi and Yu Wenfei discussed the development after Facebook's acquisition of Blizzard and looked forward to a better future, in fact, he was already a little persuaded by Yu Wenfei in his heart, but he did not show it on the surface.
After a day of inspection of Facebook, I returned to SoftBank's China headquarters, which is behind the Jin Mao Tower.
SoftBank's people began to meet behind closed doors, and the issues discussed were of course the additional investment in Facebook Games and the acquisition of Blizzard.
"I personally believe that this opportunity cannot be missed! Blizzard's position in the game industry is obvious to all, and the acquisition of this company is a very good supplement to Facebook Games, which will help Facebook Games go global! and will consolidate the position of Facebook Games in the mainland game industry! Facebook Games will also transform from a platform company that simply provides online battle services to a comprehensive company integrating R&D, production, distribution, and network services. And these will be of great help to the reflection of the market value of Facebook games after listing in the future. ”
Xue Chunhe was the first to speak.
He is now supporting the Facebook company, Yu Wenfei is his junior, and he is also the plenipotentiary representative of SoftBank on Facebook. The greater SoftBank's investment in Facebook, the greater its power and voice within SoftBank.
Of course, Yu Wenfei, a junior brother, really gave him a long face, never dropped the chain, not to mention, and his performance was often unexpectedly amazing.
Sun Zhengyi was silent, he also valued Xue Chunhe very much, otherwise he would not have handed over the investment business of the entire continent to Xue Chunhe to be responsible.
In addition, Yu Wenfei is his most optimistic Internet industry entrepreneur in recent years, and there is no one!
In Yu Wenfei's body, he saw things that he had never seen in other Internet entrepreneurs, and some characteristics that he couldn't even see in Bill Gates, Bezos, and Jobs!
For example, Yu Wenfei's age and the achievements of Facebook companies often make outsiders ignore Yu Wenfei's age, knowing that he is only nineteen years old ....... Oh, no, I think I'm twenty years old. Most of the other industry bigwigs have just started their businesses when Yu Wenfei is his age, and they can't talk about any achievements at all.
Another example, Yuwenfei's influence!
Who would dare to believe that the founder of an Internet company is no less influential than any superstar in society and on the Internet!
Yu Wenfei is different from traditional entrepreneurs, most of whom pay attention to low-key, and do not want to be disturbed by the voice of the outside world. But Yu Wenfei is different, he has become famous before starting a business, has countless fans, and his words and deeds can cause a sensation among fans.
It can be said that the success of the Facebook company, to a large extent, is due to the blessing of Yuwenfei's halo, which is also unattainable by all competitors!
Son Masayoshi looked at it from all over the world, and he couldn't find an Internet entrepreneur similar to Yu Wenfei, which means that Yu Wenfei's success is irreproducible!
Yu Wenfei is also irreplaceable!
The last time he invested in Facebook, the words he said at the press conference were really not for pretending, but for his sincerity.
That is, what he invested in was not only Facebook, but also in Yuwenfei.
Because he believes that Yuwenfei will definitely succeed, no matter what he does!
This time, Yu Wenfei's bold plan to spend a huge amount of money to acquire an industry giant company, if it is placed on other companies, Son will not agree, because it is too risky.
However, this was brought up by Yu Wenfei, and Son Masayoshi directly ignored the enforceability of the matter, and he only needed to consider the question of how much SoftBank could gain if the money was invested.
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"Mr. Xue has a point, Facebook Games is by no means limited to providing network services, and after the acquisition of Blizzard, Facebook has the potential to grow into a giant in the game industry. It's a super unicorn......" Son said slowly.
The game industry is very well developed in Japan.
Konami, Capcom, Sega, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and of course, Nintendo is a gaming giant that dominates software and hardware.
Although Son has invested relatively little in the game industry and mainly focuses on the Internet industry, this does not mean that he has no understanding of the game industry.
He is well aware that with the vigorous development of the global economy and the improvement of people's quality of life, these entertainment industries will inevitably usher in a stage of great development.
If you invest in the Internet, you can easily bury a chess piece in the game industry, it may not be impossible.
"The question is, we have shelled out so much money, how many shares are appropriate!" Son continued.
The conference room was silent again, and the valuation of an Internet company that has not yet been listed is largely based on subjective evaluation.
Just like when Facebook was valued at $4 billion, others thought he was crazy, but whether it was worth it or not is not worth it now, everything will not be known until after the listing.
How much is Facebook Games really worth?
It depends on which angle you look at.
If you evaluate the revenue profit, then Facebook Games is worthless!
Because of this company, until now, there has not been a penny of income, and the accounts are a shocking red, all expenses!
Regarding the profit model of Facebook Games, Xue Chunhe asked Yu Wenfei several times, but Yu Wenfei smiled and said nothing, at most it was not urgent to make profits, and now is the stage of occupying the market.
But Son knows that Facebook Games will definitely make a lot of money in the future, because there are too many monetization models in the game industry, and he is not in a hurry at all.
Then, combined with the number of more than 100 million registered users of Facebook Games, breaking 20 million daily online, and the predictable traffic monetization model, then Facebook is worth a lot of money!
If Yu Wenfei told him that Facebook Games should now be valued more than Facebook, Son would not be surprised, because he thought so in his heart.
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In the end, it was Son Masayoshi who broke the silence in the conference room, and he said solemnly: "As long as the valuation does not exceed six billion, in fact, I can accept it!"
Everyone in the conference room was dumbfounded!
Of course, everyone knows that Son is talking about 6 billion US dollars, and it cannot be 6 billion yuan.
This...... It's a bit fanciful.
Yu Wenfei, is that young man really a little bit of stone into gold?
Facebook has been established for half a year and is valued at $4 billion!
Facebook Games is even more outrageous, just two months after it was stripped out, it is worth six billion dollars!
And this valuation is not said by Yu Wenfei himself, but from the mouth of Masayoshi Son, the largest financier in the global Internet industry!
It can be said that in those days, Son said that how much an Internet company was worth was how much it was worth.
"Wouldn't this be too high? Xue Chunhe hesitated for a moment and asked hesitantly.
Even if Yu Wenfei was his junior, he was a little jealous.
"It's not high, I'm still worried that the kid has too much appetite, and this valuation can't satisfy him. Son shook his head and smiled.
Masayoshi Son, his success is also inevitable, in terms of his generosity and coolness, it is incomparable to all other VCs.
For the companies and entrepreneurs he fancies, Masayoshi Son is well-known in the industry for his generosity, and often shocks the industry with his big spending.
Obviously, Yu Wenfei is the entrepreneur he values the most in recent years, and he decided to bet heavily on Yu Wenfei......
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Of course, Yu Wenfei didn't know that Son had already estimated a huge price for his Facebook game, and he was busy with other things now.
A few days ago, I talked to Mo's father on the phone and said that I would help him deal with Moya's mobile phone.
When he had time, he also thought about it several times, and there was no problem in acquiring this mobile phone company by himself, and it didn't cost much money.
But what about after the acquisition?
Who will manage it and what kind of business it will run, that's the biggest question.
He didn't have the right people on hand right now, so he was sent to manage the company.
The mobile phone industry has not yet entered the era of intelligence, although in the past two years, some mobile phone companies have released so-called smart phones, but in the eyes of Yu Wenfei, this can not be called a real smart phone.
If you really want to make a real smartphone, it will take two or three years, and you can only consider it after the development of hardware keeps up.
Because if he doesn't do it, he has to make a cross-era smartphone, the kind that can really shake the world!
Thinking about it, it really made Yu Wenfei think of a suitable person, and he can't say that he is suitable, but at least he is a person he can trust.
"Mengyi, let Jinbao, oh and crows, come to me here in the Science and Technology Park tomorrow, I have something to talk to him. Yu Wenfei and Zhou Mengyi made a phone call.
Wang Jinbao and Crow are still in charge of security at Knorr.
Yuwen has been busy with things on the Internet since he came to the magic capital, and it is rare to see this cousin of his own.
He felt a little guilty, his cousin didn't say a word at the beginning, and he came to work hard with him, but now he has become an Internet giant and a billionaire, and his cousin is still working as a security guard in a supermarket......
This...... Speaking out seems a bit unrighteous.
Therefore, after acquiring Mo Dad's mobile phone company this time, Yu Wenfei plans to send Wang Jinbao and Crow over.
It is not difficult to hand over this mobile phone company to two people, do some low-cost assembly of mobile phones or take some OEM orders, etc., and you can also exercise Wang Jinbao.
After all, the general manager of the company, even if it is only the general manager of a small company, is better than the supermarket security......