Chapter 68 Investing in Fruit Shells
"What the boss said is right, smartphones are indeed an industry that needs to be accumulated, after all, there is not a single domestic smartphone factory now!"
Zhou Zheng showed an honest look: "I have a friend who has been making mobile phones for many years, and at first he worked for others, and now he has come out to start his own business. With very mature technology, mobile phones have been made, but if you want to mass produce it, you need to invest!"
"Let's see how the mobile phone experience is, if the experience is very good, then we can talk about investment!"
Tang Long looked at me after speaking, wanting to know my opinion.
"Mr. Tang is right, it mainly depends on the experience, if the experience is not good, no amount of money can be invested. ”
I smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, if you can, let your friend come over with his mobile phone, and let's try it for three days." If there is no problem, you can move on to the next step, and I believe that we will definitely satisfy him with so much investment!"
"No problem, I'll let him go right away!"
Listening to Mr. Zhou say this, the relationship with this friend is definitely not ordinarily good, a second ago, otherwise it would not be so decisive at all.
The friend came very quickly, arriving less than four hours after the call, with a bunch of cell phones.
The phone looks cool, but it's a little too fancy.
The user experience is really good, it doesn't feel worse than Apple, and even some details are better than Apple.
This is just a preliminary intuitive feeling, but if you use it for a long time, there may be some areas that are not as good as Apple.
I asked him what range the price was in!
This middle-aged man named Zhang Yang said: "The price is set at about 5,000 yuan, but the configuration is equivalent to the latest apple, and the price is only about half of Apple." ”
"For the time being, it's really not worse than Apple, but this price should still be a lot different from Apple, right?" Tang Long said objectively.
"I want to say exactly the same, I guess Mr. Tang and Mr. Ge don't believe it either, but our competitor is Apple, and even four-star is not our competitor. ”
Zhang Yang is very confident and confident.
"Mr. Zhang, tell me about your financing plan. ”
I've decided to invest in this phone, which I'm going to call Guoke, and it's a matter of seeing how we can reach a partnership agreement that we're both happy with.
"We have invested more than 100 million yuan in the early stage, and now the product has been made, and I have found the factory. ”
Zhang Yang said that there are already many overseas capitals willing to invest in Series A, but the conditions given are not satisfied.
According to the ideas of several of their founders, investing 200 million can get ten percent of the shares!
In other words, they now define the valuation of Guoke mobile phones as two billion!
This valuation is certainly not high!
Because mobile phone products are not websites, once the website has obtained a way to make a profit, it can continue to make profits through continuous development!
It is equivalent to a shopping mall on the Internet, and in the future, even the popularity of this mall will generate great value.
But smartphones are just a product, and according to Apple's development trajectory, the replacement is very fast, and it is a consumer product with a very long-lasting vitality.
It can even be said to be FMCG!
If the shell is famous and forms a brand effect, the upgraded version of the shell in the future will indeed be able to get good sales.
But there is a problem with the Fruit Shell phone, it does not have its own operating system, and it uses an open-source Android, unlike Apple that uses its own operating system.
Apple is inevitable through the precipitation and development of a series of previous products, setting off a new era of smart phones.
Apple has its own completely independent patented technology and intellectual property rights, but Guoke mobile phones only have a few of their own patented technologies, which belong to assembly machines!
There isn't much contrast between the two, the only thing in common, it's both smartphones!
After I said my thoughts, I concluded: "If the whole Guoke mobile phone is its own intellectual property rights and technology patents, let alone a valuation of 2 billion yuan, even if it is valued at 2 billion US dollars, there is no problem." The problem is that a mobile phone is assembled, in addition to this integration degree is relatively good, other aspects can only be said to be indescribable!"
Zhang Yang listened to my words, and his face immediately turned red, and the blood vessels in his forehead kept beating.
"Mr. Ge, you belittle our products for nothing, do you want to lower the price or look down on our project?" Zhang Yang tried to suppress his anger.
"Mr. Zhang, let me ask you a question, is there any truth to what I said just now?
My words calmed Zhang Yang down.
After a while, he sighed and nodded: "I admit that what you said is the truth, but it is precisely because we do not have our own various patented technologies and intellectual property rights, so it will be this valuation, if we have everything, it is estimated that it will definitely be a beautiful knife, not a yuan!"
"200 million, 20% of the shares, and at the same time I will drain for free!"
I looked at Zhang Yang: "If you think there is no problem, you can sign the agreement now, and the money will arrive immediately." Plus, I have the right of first refusal!"
Zhang Yang thought about it carefully and gave his team a call.
After hanging up the phone, he sighed and smiled bitterly and said: "Ge is always the person I have ever seen who is the best at bargaining, the key is that people can't refuse!"
I smiled and snapped my fingers, and immediately got the legal counsel over and signed the investment agreement!
In this way, Qiankun Mining completed the first investment!
Zhang Yang and Chen Dong are the same kind of people, and after getting the investment, they will be busy immediately, and the next various things, instead of relaxing!
It is precisely because of this that they were able to make good products and get my investment!
But I believe that even without my investment, they will be able to get it, it is only a matter of time!
Qiankun Mining is under my control, and Brilliant Capital is my company.
I now have 20% of the shares of Snapshot and Guoke respectively, but it is only the A round, and it will be needed in the future, many of which are investments, so that the two can be listed or start to make profits!
Generally speaking, Internet companies basically rely on listing to be able to make real profits!
But electronics can be reaped directly through sales and brand premiums!
200 million was invested, and there were still 1.1 billion left on the books.
Unlike other industries, mining groups can generate income at any time!
There was no need to put 110 million on the account at all, and in the evening of the same day, more than 30 million entered the account!
Not surprisingly, it will be able to enter more than 50 million within a week!
After deducting operating costs and other costs, the net profit is as high as more than 60 million!
I think Qiankun Mining's valuation is a bit low, and there is a problem with the calculation of net profit.
According to the current trend, just this mining group will have an annual net profit of more than 500 million!
I felt the need to take a look at another Yunlong Mining Group!