Xiong Xiaoge gave a new offer: "My valuation of Times Jiangnan is $2 billion. ”

This is more than the price Google paid for Youtube, but now it's almost 2010, which is not a lot of money given inflation and the rapid growth of the Internet industry.

Liu Yun raised his eyebrows lightly and replied: "If it is valued at $2 billion, Mr. Xiong will need to raise $500 million to reach the 20% financing ratio you require." ”

The price suddenly rose from $250 million to $500 million, which doubled. He didn't think that pie would fall from the sky, and experience told him that the other party should have follow-up requirements.

"Tell me what you're asking for. ”

Xiong Xiaoge smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, he is really a smart person. ”

He whispered a few words to his companions beside him, cleared his throat and continued: "The three-year VAM agreement, within three years, Times Jiangnan can no longer raise funds, and the 500 million US dollars will be spent. ”

Liu Yun's eyes flashed, but he didn't show a trace of agreement or disagreement: "Are there any other requirements?"

"Yes!" Xiong Xiaoge said very seriously, "After burning this money within three years, the installed capacity of several products under Times Jiangnan in smart phones will reach 200 million, and if you don't meet the standard, you will have to compensate with 10% equity." ”

"Impossible!" Liu Yun decisively rejected the proposal and spat out, "Three years later, it was 2012, and the smart phone market at that time could not carry such an installed volume. ”

Xiong Xiaoge was a little puzzled: "Why is it impossible?" Hasn't Mr. Liu always sworn that the era of smart phones has come? The requirement of 200 million installed capacity is not too much. ”

Liu Yun shook his head and replied: "Although 4G technology is already in the preparatory stage, it is not mature after all, and it will be difficult to popularize it in 2012, so this requirement is also a bit difficult." Why don't we change the conditions and accumulate installed capacity?"

Xiong Xiaoge leaned back and said, "The cumulative installed capacity is equal to the number of downloads, so there is a lot of room for operation, and the data may have moisture." Isn't Mr. Liu confident enough in Yoyo's own strength?"

Liu Yun sighed lightly and said: "The development of everything is gradual, it is obviously unrealistic to meet the conditions mentioned by Mr. Xiong within 3 years, I don't have a good chance of winning this gambling agreement, I don't want to give away 10% of the shares for nothing, so the installed capacity I can give here is 100 million." ”

"This can't work!" Xiong Xiaoge shook his head decisively and said, "100 million installed capacity is too little. ”

There are obviously still many differences between the two, and neither is willing to make concessions.

Liu Yun also understands that several products under Times Jiangnan are almost in a unique monopoly position on the PC side, and there must be little room for growth. On a PC, it doesn't really make a big difference whether you're using a client or a web page, but few people use a browser to achieve these functions on a smartphone.

Xiong Xiaoge thought for a while and said, "Mr. Liu, IDG came with sincerity, so let's change the way." For example, we can include the sales of Yoyo smart phones in the assessment indicators within 3 years. ”

Liu Yun's eyes moved slightly, and he replied, "This is a feasible solution. I understand that if the sales of Yoyo mobile phones increase, the market share of our products, and the untapped potential, will become very huge.

But the 10% bet was still too much, and my return was so low that even if I win, it would only be the $500 million I had already paid. ”

Xiong Xiaoge smiled indifferently: "How does Mr. Liu want to bet?"

Liu Yun replied: "Yoyo's mobile phone sales in 2012 is the time, accounting for the top 3 in the mainland Chinese market, and the installed capacity of several APPs has reached 100 million, except for Youku!"

Xiong Xiaoge was puzzled and asked, "Why is Youku exceptional?"

In his understanding, Youku is the core product of this subsidiary.

Liu Yun explained: "I am very sure that in a few years, its installed capacity on the smartphone side will not be too high, the traffic fee is a problem, and Youku's main battlefield will still be on the PC side." ”

He can't dig a hole for himself, these products, in which period is more suitable for promotion, there is already a mirror in his heart.

The smartphones of 2012, the best of which was the iPhone 5 launched in the second half of the year, have not yet become mainstream for video streaming on mobile phones.

The era of mobile Internet has never been a one-step process, but a slow, step-by-step process.

It's like going from 2G, 3G, to 4G, and the envisioned 5G, it's going to take a process.

Liu Yun gave his own conditions: "Youku ranks first among similar products in China on PC and mobile. For the above three items, as long as I meet the standards, I will win this VAM agreement. If you don't meet the target, I'll give you 5% of the shares. ”

He made appropriate concessions, but this was also his bottom line.

With this financing, he can use his Internet thinking to build an ecological empire in the entertainment industry, and he can do whatever he wants.

It must be known that according to the original historical trajectory, there are still several years for Internet companies to impact the entertainment industry with strong financial advantages.

It's a lot less expensive to start laying out now.

"So our VAM agreement is complicated. ”

"I like complicated gambling agreements, and I use my brain more when I go around in circles. ”

"When will it be listed?"

"Three years from now, there should be another round of funding, and then it will go public. ”

Liu Yun knew very well what the other party had in mind. As a strong party, it is unlikely that Yoyo will leave much say to IDG, what they need is a return, and the valuation of Jiangnan has increased exponentially in many eras.

In the previous life, the three major video websites, in addition to iQiyi, which had several shareholders in Baidu, Tencent Video and Youku were almost wholly owned by Tencent and Alibaba.

Liu Yun actually wants to do the same, but he is suffering from insufficient funds in his hands now, so he can only temporarily rely on the financial strength of venture capital companies.

The next three years will be crucial, and it will be much easier to get through it.

In the following time, the two sides communicated a few more words, and finally Xiong Xiaoge was very satisfied with the people and left.

Dong Rongjie got up and sent them out of the Youyou Building, he was a little puzzled that the boss's bet was a bit big, but Youyou needed funds too much now.

The various fronts are too long, and the online video rights of the three World Cups, as much as 350 million US dollars, have to be called to FIFA immediately.

This financing can be regarded as a solution to the urgent need.

Liu Yun stood by the window and watched Xiong Xiaoge and the others get into the car accompanied by Dong Rongjie, and then withdrew his gaze.

Internet companies are to keep burning money and burning money, this is the fastest industry to renew, you have no money to develop, one step behind, you may be ten steps behind and a hundred steps behind, and in the end it will be worthless.

Yoyo's luck is that Liu Yun has successfully snatched the luck of the penguin and snatched several popular games that should have belonged to the other party under his hands.

The reason why the penguins in the previous life were so successful in expanding on all fronts was that their profits through online games were so amazing, and the money was enough for them to expand according to their own wishes, without having to look for those venture capital institutions. They can have a firm grip on all of their products.

It can be said that a QQ, as well as a game empire, these two legs support Penguin in the mobile Internet era, constantly conquering the city and pushing up its stock price.

The reason for the success of WeChat is that there are Penguin's sufficient funds behind it and rich promotion channels.

Even if there are a few mobile instant messaging software that are not inferior in quality to WeChat, the popularity and number of users are still far from WeChat, which is the strength gap of the company behind it, more precisely the gap in dead funds.

Netizens subconsciously trust Tencent's products more, because QQ's inertial thinking continues, and Alipay is the same, this is netizens' trust in Alibaba, and Taobao's dependence, which is also continued on this product.

Today's Yoyo also has this condition, and it has also affected the living habits of netizens in all aspects.

However, in order to have sufficient funds to promote Youxin, and to make Yoyo's smart phones bigger and stronger, Liu Yun must prepare sufficient funds.

On the other hand, Youyo Yunsi is also like a gold-swallowing monster constantly consuming Youyo's financial resources, and their financial situation is a bit inferior compared to Tencent and Ali at the same time.

But just as Liu Yun expected, he hopes that Yoyo can become a great company, and the first generation of Qingyun chips will be officially launched next year.

At that time, Yoyo's smart machine will be different from other domestic Android opportunities in essence in nature.

Of course, from the experience gained by Huawei in his previous life, Liu Yun also has self-knowledge, even if Youyou Yunsi can mass-produce mobile phone chips in the future, it cannot be completely self-sufficient, and he needs to find a partner.

This partner, first of all, must be strong, and then the two sides do not have much conflict of interest, and finally the company and Apple do not like each other, then Qualcomm is the best choice.

The first few mobile phones of the YOYO series were ordered from Qualcomm, but now the order is smaller, and the chips ordered can only be regarded as low-end. Therefore, the cooperation between the two sides has not yet been deepened.

"But common interests, as well as common enemies, will bring us together. Even Qualcomm, like Apple, is an American company. ”

......

December 2009.

In accordance with the agreement between FIFA, Yoyo transferred $350 million directly to the Swiss bank account designated by the other party.

The network copyright contract for the China region of the World Cup has officially come into effect.

On this day, Liu Yun emphasized again on Weibo: not only free live broadcast, but also high-definition channels.

Where there is an Internet and a computer, fans can watch the exciting World Cup football matches through Youku.

In order to avoid network congestion due to too many viewers, Yoyo will open multiple live broadcast rooms during some popular games, and fans can choose their favorite host to enter the corresponding live broadcast room.

As for the host of the game, there are professional and beautiful anchors who don't know how to play, and some stars in the entertainment industry will be invited to make cameos.

All fans like to listen to the hosts of Liu Jianhong and others, such as CCTV5, who are self-righteous and serious when they speak.

Some people just like to watch laymen like some beautiful anchors to host the competition, listen to these beauties ask some seemingly innocent questions, and then show a sense of superiority: Why don't you even understand this, how can you be a host? Come, let me teach you!

There are many people who are bored with CCTV's dull, like the eight-strand style hosting method, and people are creatures who like freshness.

Didi~

As soon as Liu Yun drove to Shanghai, he received a message on his mobile phone.

The sender was his secretary Lin Mi, and the message was a photo, a screenshot of a Weibo post.

"CCTV5's official Weibo?"

He was moved in his heart and carefully browsed the above content: CCTV channels have always had a very wide coverage, and major sports events are negotiated by CCTV and subcontracted to major regional TV stations, which has always been a rule. However, since the beginning of the Internet era, we have not paid enough attention to this area, and it is our negligence to let those Internet companies take the lead.

In fact, this is not a good phenomenon, because such malicious competition will cause higher broadcast fees, cause economic losses, and even affect the price of sports broadcast fees in the future.

This was not specified, but many netizens saw that CCTV was secretly accusing Youyoulai, thinking that the other party was breaking the rules by doing so.

Even if it is an online copyright, they should talk about it again, and they are subcontracting it to major Internet companies.

There is another layer of meaning, if it is only for them to negotiate, it will definitely be negotiated at the price of cabbage, which can avoid economic losses.

As soon as they said this, many netizens were unhappy, for example, many people said that they have no habit of watching TV now, and they are more accustomed to watching games on the Internet.

Others said that the monopoly model should be broken and those who have the ability to do so. TV copyright has been monopolized by you, and you don't let go of network copyright?

Of course, some people analyze the hosting style, and feel that the host of CCTV is a little too silent, more than 3 years ago, there was a person surnamed Huang who raised his arms and shouted, "Long live so-and-so", and then donated the cover and left.

The passion is gone, only Liu Jianhong's scripture-style tirade is left, if they have other options, will they choose to put up with this guy?

Since I couldn't stand it, I had to mute.

Liu Yun touched his chin and said secretly: It seems that I did move some people's cheese.

The World Cup is a piece of fat meat, which can bring a lot of economic benefits to CCTV. For example, in the 2006 World Cup, advertising revenue reached a staggering 1 billion.

Many netizens, including Liu Yun, usually have vague memories of TV commercials, but during the World Cup, they were very profound.

For example, Messi's sentence: I was not born strong, but born strong.

For example, MLM-style brainwashing, the maddening BOSS Zhipin.

There is also a cellular network that wants people to mute right away.

So those advertisers are more than happy to spend money during the World Cup.

At least in 2010, there should be little they can do.