Chapter 46: A Fierce Money Offensive
The "rich people" that Meng Xiaobai wanted soon came to the door, and there was more than one.
Sun Wei, vice president of Taoxiang.com, was on his way to Deep Space Technology Company, and Jingdong Group, which heard the news, also immediately sent business representatives to Deep Space Technology, with only one goal, to win "Look at Me" as quickly as possible, and use smart makeup and dress-up services on their e-commerce platform.
Deep Space Technology Co., Ltd., Meng Xiaobai rented two more cloud servers to cope with the surge in users. As soon as he finished doing this, Gao Yuan informed him that Jiang Ye, Jingdong's business representative, was about to arrive.
The other party happened to be in Yangcheng, so the senior management of Jingdong directly asked him to go to Deep Space Technology to discuss cooperation before other opponents.
"This is the company that developed 'Look at Me'?" At the door of Deep Space Technology Co., Ltd., Jiang Ye had a stunned expression on his face.
Although he had a brief understanding before he came, this is a start-up and it is not large. But who would have thought that it could be "shabby" to this point!
In his mind, a company that can develop intelligent software technology like 'Look Me' must have its own one-story office building with nearly 100 employees.
But what he saw was that the signboard of Deep Space Technology was not as big as his mouse pad! The door was also very small, not to mention the security guards and front desk, and the entire company was estimated to have less than ten people!
"What kind of company is this, it's too big to call it a studio!" said Xiao Wu, Jiang Ye's assistant.
"Don't worry about this, it's important to talk about things first!" The two knocked on the door outside, and soon Meng Xiaobai came out.
"Hello, I'm from Jingdong Group, is your boss here?" Xiao Wu said.
"I'm just, two of you, please come in...... Well, there's no place to sit here, let's go to the café downstairs. Meng Xiaobai said.
"Are you the boss?" Jiang Ye was even more surprised, the entrepreneurs of Internet companies are often very young, but it is rare to see someone as young as Meng Xiaobai.
In the café downstairs, the three of them had a discussion.
The purpose of Crystal Oriental is very clear, that is, to see the potential of "look at me" and want to invest. But Meng Xiaobai politely refused, and said that for the time being, he would only consider the way of cooperation.
Therefore, the two sides decided to talk again tomorrow, Jiang Ye still has to discuss with the company, and Meng Xiaobai also has his own plans.
The next day, Meng Xiaobai met Sun Wei, vice president of Taoxiang.com.
"I took a tour of Deep Space Technology, and I can see that your entrepreneurial stage is quite difficult. Sun Wei proposed, "If you can join the Alibaba Group, we have money, we have people, we have resources, from China to the world, we have them!"
Gao Yuan on the side was all moved, this is the Alibaba Group! Who doesn't know, who doesn't know? If their company can join the Alibaba Group, it will be a local chicken flying on the branches and becoming a phoenix, and it will soar overnight!
In the face of such a huge temptation, Meng Xiaobai was a little difficult to refuse. But he thought that he must not only look at the immediate interests, so he took a deep breath and said resolutely: "Mr. Sun, your proposal really makes me happy." But not to be acquired, is my principle. ”
"One billion!" Sun Wei said with a wave of his hand.
"Huh?" Gao Yuan looked at him suspiciously.
"I heard that you talked to Jingdong yesterday, I don't know what price they offered. But we are willing to pay a billion to buy the deep space technology company!" Sun Wei showed them what it means to have a lot of money, "All of your company's own, including but not limited to the 'Look Me' APP and related technologies. ”
"As long as you agree, we can draw up a contract now, and one billion will be yours! And this company will be handed over to you to take care of! You can also get the support of our Taohuo.com!"
Hearing about one billion, Gao Yuan's mind was stunned all of a sudden. Her highest annual salary is only hundreds of thousands, and she is still Pan Yu's assistant. If you want to make a billion, you can't even think of it!
But now, the other party actually said that they would directly take one billion yuan to buy their company! This figure overwhelmed her brain.
Meng Xiaobai was also choked by this number, and for a moment, he wanted to stand up and agree immediately! In this way, he would instantly become a billionaire!
"Reasonable, calm, calm!" Meng Xiaobai told himself in his heart, "You are a person who wants to create a super technology company, how can you be bought by a billion yuan?"
Seeing their expressions, Sun Wei was very satisfied. According to his experience, many start-up founders have the initial goal of making millions, tens of millions. I smashed out a billion in one go, and nine times out of ten, this thing will be done!
In Taohuo's view, the intelligent technology of the "Look at Me" APP can create a profit of far more than one billion yuan!
"Unless you can give two billion, I will package it and sell it to you, otherwise don't talk about it. Meng Xiaobai said heartbrokenly.
"Two billion is too high!" Sun Wei shook his head, "We also have our own research institutes and technical talents, and two billion can be developed by ourselves!"
"So let's bring the topic back to cooperation!" Meng Xiaobai said.
"Mr. Meng, I have to look up to you!" Sun Wei really looked at him differently, he was so young and could endure the temptation of a billion dollars, this Meng Xiaobai's determination was quite good!
They continued to negotiate, during which Sun Wei tried several times to invest in or invest in Deep Space Technology, but Meng Xiaobai firmly refused.
Even if it is not acquired, Taohuo also wants to buy out the right to use "Kanme", that is, it can only use the smart makeup and dressing functions of "Kanme" on Taohuo.com and related e-commerce platforms.
In order to buy out, they are willing to pay 100 million yuan a year for buyouts.
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That night, Meng Xiaobai held a company meeting to discuss the matter.
For not selling the company, Gan Huarong and others still regret it. They really want to get a lot of money, but the current ownership of this company belongs to Meng Xiaobai, who promises to give them corresponding benefits after development. But in the company, Meng Xiaobai is absolutely the same.
"Buy it out! 100 million a year, sign for three years at a time, that's 300 million!" Gan Huarong proposed, "We are short of money now, with 300 million, and the channel of Taoxiang.com, we will soon be able to develop!"
"Yes, I also agree to buy out!" Zhong Yaqin said, and Zhuang Quan also nodded.
"What about you, what do you think?" Meng Xiaobai looked at Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan had been following Pan Yu as an assistant for several years, and he had much more business experience than them.
"I don't agree with a buyout. Shang Yuan analyzed seriously, "Everyone thinks, Taoxiang requires a three-year contract at a time to buy out our products." What's the difference between this and buying us? In three years, the Internet has already been updated!"
"At that time, our technology will definitely not be the only one! Other Internet companies will also develop the same technology products, and once the buyout period expires, we will have no advantage at all!"
"After being bought out by Taohuo, we will also become the 'public enemy' of others, who imitate or surpass us! But our company is too small, if we encounter malicious competition and smear, we can't deal with it at all. If you buy out, it's better to sell the company and the product directly!"
"Makes sense!" Meng Xiaobai said approvingly, "Everyone, buying out, selling companies, and selling shares are all temporary interests. If we only license to one, within three months, similar products will appear online to compete with us!"
He is not alarmist, in fact, Meitu tried smart beauty two years ago, but this attempt failed. And those intelligent face-changing software more or less have similar functions, but they don't do as well as "Look at Me".
"But if we give it to multiple people, even if we don't get that much money, it will make other peers let their guard down. Give us the time and space to grow, that's exactly what we need!"
Several people fell into deep thought, and Meng Xiaobai told them that he had actually made a decision!
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"They don't want to buy out, they only want to open the license? This can't work!" Jiao Xingwen, president of Taoxiang.com, learned about it, and his first reaction was no.
"But Mr. Jiao, that Meng Xiaobai really doesn't want to enter the oil and salt, and he rejected all the conditions I offered!" Sun Wei was also quite helpless, "And I heard that Jingdong Group has agreed to his request and is ready to sign an authorization contract with them." It won't be long before my smart dress-up function will be launched in Jingdong, and it seems that 'Little Red Book' and 'Pinxixi' are also contacting them. ”
Jingdong Group knew very well that if they wanted to pay money, they couldn't fight for the wealthy Ali Baba, so when Meng Xiaobai proposed to authorize cooperation, they immediately agreed.
"This guy is really hard to deal with!" Jiao Xingwen had a headache, and actually met someone who was not stunned by money.
After pondering for a long time, Jiao Xingwen said helplessly: "Let's talk to him!"