Chapter 110: The Road Ahead
In fact, Li Mo also had a private guess about the reason why Lilith Technology would fall into such a situation, but his guess was basically not consistent with the facts.
The reason why Lilith Technology in this time and space is what it is now is not purely because they have taken a detour, but more importantly, because they have lost the trust of the IDG Group and have not received a second round of investment that saved the entire company in the original time and space.
IDG Group, or International Data Group, is the world's largest information technology publishing, research, development and venture capital firm.
It is headquartered in Boston, USA, but has branches and offices around the world.
Despite the size of IDG Group, they have followed the following principles since the day they were founded:
First, most of the investments are concentrated in the early stage of the project, and most of the companies with simple shareholder structures have relatively small investment funds.
Second, I like to invest in innovative and leading projects.
Third, there is another distinctive feature of IDG investment, that is, when the initial investment intervention, it does not consider the profit model.
Fourth, IDG is not an angel investor.
Fifth, investment in medium-term intervention projects is more likely to account for the majority.
It was the first and second points that made Lilith Technology in this time and space gain the trust of IDG, and it was the fifth point that ultimately made them lose the life-saving investment of IDG.
In fact, things still have a lot to do with Li Mo.
Although IDG appeared as an investment company in the Celestial Empire, in the United States, it is a company that specializes in investing in print media and online media, and few locals know that its business projects also involve venture capital.
As early as 2010, IDG was interested in investing in American Legendary Pictures, but at that time, Legendary Pictures had just participated in the production of "Inception", which was in the limelight, and there was no lack of investment at all, so it simply rejected IDG's request.
Unexpectedly, just over 1 year later, because of the rapid development of the film and television industry in the land of the Celestial Empire, Legendary Pictures took the initiative to set its sights here, and planned to find a suitable partner to enter the market.
After conducting some research on the Celestial Empire's enterprises and emerging media companies, Legendary Pictures was surprised to find that IDG, which was rejected by itself more than a year ago, actually has an extensive and long-standing network of relationships in the land of the Celestial Empire.
As a foreign film and television company, Legendary Pictures wants to intervene in the film and television production industry of the Celestial Empire and get a piece of the pie, but in the case of no foundation, the final result is bound to be a failure without suspense.
I have to admit that at this time, the leadership of Legendary Pictures did show enough foresight, and they actually lowered their stature and took the initiative to invite IDG to take a stake in Legendary Pictures.
In this context, if IDG will give up this low-hanging fruit, then it can only be said that their entire company, from top to bottom, is full of water in their heads.
In less than two hours, IDG passed the high-level decision to invest in Legendary Pictures at lightning speed, and decided to fund $85 million as its own funding.
And this money contains the second investment that Lilith Technology relied on to save their lives and survive the darkest period before dawn.
That's why things are so wonderful.
A decision made by Legendary Pictures, which is far away on the other side of the ocean, has led to a 'legend' in the mobile game industry of the Celestial Empire that may come to naught.
However, Wang Xinwen estimated that he didn't have to worry for too long, Li Mo had already decided to rescue him from the sea of suffering as soon as possible, so that he could work for himself with peace of mind, or...... Go home and pick up the child with peace of mind.
Judging from some Internet rumors that Li Mo learned in his previous life, although the CEO of Lilith Technology is Wang Xinwen, he is more responsible for planning the company's future development direction in the company, and Zhang Hao, who is responsible for the coordination of many affairs of the company, is responsible for the company's specific research and development, and is the taciturn, shrewd and powerful Yuan Shuai.
If Wang Xinwen knows each other and is willing to continue to be his CEO under Li Mo, Li Mo will naturally not move him, but the premise is that he can't keep a little bit of shares, if Wang Xinwen insists on keeping shares during the negotiation process, and even develops to the point of winning over Zhang Hao and Yuan Shuai, trying to tie the three together as bargaining chips, Li Mo will choose to simply buy the entire company, and then let him go out cleanly.
As for how to run the acquired company?
…… After the acquisition is completed, I will go to Yuan Shuai and Zhang Hao for a private chat, so that they can continue to be responsible for the previous work.
As for planning the future development direction of the company, who will do it?
Do you really think that Li Mo's crossed brain was given for nothing?
If it really doesn't work, when "Dota Legends" is about the same trend, you can still resell Lilith Technology as a whole......
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The preparations for "Chinese Partner" are in full swing in the imperial capital and Jinmen, and Li Mo, as a director, has a lot of things waiting for his decision, so naturally there is not much time to waste.
On the third day after looking at the house, Li Mo came to Lilith Technology again.
It seems that the problem of the company's funds has indeed made Wang Xinwen and others a little anxious, and in just two or three days, Wang Xinwen has dark circles around his eyes.
"Hello, Mr. Wang, my name is Li Mo, and I am currently working as a film director and actor. After several people met in the conference room, Li Mo first stood up and introduced himself. "It's great to see a couple again. ”
Although Wang Xinwen and the others also stood up and shook hands with Li Mo out of politeness, the confusion on their faces could not be concealed at all.
We're a mobile game company, what are a film director and actors doing here?
Is it that the entertainment industry is so difficult to mix now, and directors and actors need to work in mobile games?
But the problem is, we're not having a good time here.
Seeing that it is almost time to pay salaries, there is no investment, and everyone is going to drink the northwest wind......
When Wang Xinwen and Yuan Shuai were still in the clouds, Zhang Hao, who looked like five big and three rough, reacted first, "You...... You are the director of "Master of Hypnosis", I also saw you in "Love Apartment", the role you played is called, what is it called, I wipe ......"
"Lu Zhanbo. In the end, it was Li Mo who helped him out, "Thank you for watching my movies and TV series." ”
"Yes, yes, Lu Zhanbo. Anyway, I like your "Hypnosis Master" very much, did I go to the cinema to watch it three times," I didn't expect Zhang Hao to seem rude, but he was still a chatter when he was excited, "What does the last easter egg of your movie mean? Which of the two endings, one good and one evil, is true?"
Wang Xinwen frowned and interrupted Zhang Hao's tirade, "There will be an opportunity to say about the movie later, I think Director Li didn't come today to hold a small fan meeting, right?"
"Naturally, the main purpose of my visit today is to talk to a few people about the future of your company. ”