Chapter 411: The Future of Paypal

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Ma Huateng is well aware that the Warcraft series has accumulated a deep player base in the world through its previous success. If nothing else, World of Warcraft, developed on top of this, is definitely a hit in the game. Getting its domestic agency rights means huge profits in the future, and it is definitely worth waiting for a year.

"Don't be too happy. Representing World of Warcraft is indeed a good choice for Tencent. However, if Tencent only satisfies the high profits of agents in the future. You don't have much to do in this growing industry!"

Ma Huateng nodded, "So, we are ready to accept your suggestion to try to acquire Lianzhong Games." ”

"Clever choice... Nowadays, in the field of digital reading, Tencent has a 'starting point' for male frequency, 'red sleeves for female frequency', and 'Under the Banyan Tree' for realistic literature. Wu Wenhui is a talent, and with his leadership, Tencent's digital reading department will have a good future. ”

Although at the same time in the previous life, neither 'Red Sleeves Fragrance' nor 'Under the Banyan Tree' appeared. But this did not prevent Guo Shouyun from instructing Ma Huateng to set them up in advance. Even the starting point is the same, as early as 01 years, he poached Wu Wenhui, who had just graduated from the computer department of Beijing University.

However, the current online literature is still in its infancy. As a result, the three websites were also merged into Tencent's digital reading division, rather than appearing separately as 'China Literature'.

"Now that there is literature in the upstream, games are also making efforts, and the next thing is animation and film and television!" Ma Huateng nodded and said.

Very early on, Guo Shouyun discussed the pan-entertainment strategy with him. In particular, the creation of the matrix holding group also allowed Ma Huateng to see examples that can be referenced.

"Got a goal?"

"In terms of animation, there are really no good companies in China, so we can only do it ourselves. As for film and television, Tang Film and Television, Guangguang Media, and Bona are the three alternatives we are considering, and as for which one is specific, it depends on the specific results after the negotiation. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Why didn't you consider Huayi Brothers?"

"I've been in contact, but the price is too high for Tencent to eat. And Huayi is now thriving, holding the title of China's largest private film and television company, and the Wang brothers are not willing to sell. ”

After listening, Guo Shouyun originally wanted to make some suggestions, but after thinking about it, he forgot it. Ma Huateng's three goals are good. Although the business scope of Tangren Film and Television is more only in TV dramas, in Huaxia, the gap between TV series and movies is not so big. Moreover, compared to the investment risk of movies, TV series are relatively safer.

"What do you think of Golden Harvest?"

"Jiahe?" Ma Huateng was stunned for a moment, and after seeing Guo Shouyun's expression, he had more associations in his heart.

"If you think it's appropriate, I'll sell it to you!"

"Sell it to me?... You won't buy it just for Tencent's 'pan-entertainment' strategy, right?" Ma Huateng couldn't help but ask.

"Otherwise, I already have the matrix, if it weren't for the future of Tencent, why would I buy a Golden Harvest?!"

Thinking of Golden Harvest, Ma Huateng couldn't help but be moved. After all, he also grew up watching Golden Harvest movies, and he has a lot of feelings for this old Hong Kong film company.

"Golden Harvest is a good fit for Tencent's strategy. But now Tencent can't afford a film and television company like Golden Harvest!"

Although Golden Harvest is now in decline, the film and television copyrights, cinema chains, goodwill, and connections accumulated over the past 30 years still allow it to maintain a market value of nearly 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars before it is delisted. Far from being able to win the current Tencent.

"I didn't say I'll give it to you now. Now your target is still Tang Film and Television, Bona and Guangguang Media, and after two or three years, Tencent's scale will be larger, and after a certain amount of accumulation in the film and television industry, I will transfer Golden Harvest to you. ”

"After two or three years, I'm afraid that Golden Harvest will become more powerful in your hands!"

"No matter how big it is, it's just a pawn of Tencent's 'pan-entertainment plan' in my original plan, and when it really comes time to merge, there will naturally be a way!" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

His method is also very simple, if Tencent can't come up with the money for the time being. In the case of not being listed, it is enough to issue a bond. When the time comes, it will be sold through Hanhua Securities, and even if it is not popular in the market, Guo Shouyun can authorize Hanhua Trust to buy it all. In this way, the funds were smoothly transferred to Tencent, and there was no need to destroy the shareholding structure of Tencent stipulated by him. It's just that Tencent's scale and revenue are too small now, and the traces of such internal transactions are too obvious. So, for the time being, we have to wait. He knows the future very well that Tencent's development speed is much faster than that of Golden Harvest.

Ma Huateng nodded, and after a slight sigh, "It's just that in this case, Tencent's management structure will change." ”

"It's really going to change. But there's no rush yet, you still have a lot of time to think about it!"

"You don't have any suggestions?"

"I believe in you!" Guo Shouyun smiled and stood up, "Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said, you can get busy first." I'll go upstairs to see Lao Zhang... Oh yes, a drink in the evening. ”

"At night?"

"Hmm... I'm going to Yangcheng tomorrow, and I probably won't come to Pengcheng again for a long time!"

Ma Huateng nodded and didn't do much to keep it. He is also the CEO of a company, so he naturally knows the value of time.

"My name is Shang Chenye and Zeng Liqing!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "At seven o'clock in the evening, I will come down with Lao Zhang to find you!"

After the words fell, he waved his hand, turned around and walked out of Ma Huateng's office.

Tencent's office occupies the 3rd to 12th floors of FIYTA Tower. And PayPal occupies 13~15 floors. Compared with the growing Tencent, PayPal's development is much slower. This is also understandable, before the popularization of smartphones, Alipay was only a third-party payment platform, as an accessory to Taobao and Tmall. Although PayPal appeared earlier, it was no better than Alipay.

But Guo Shouyun doesn't plan to let PayPal develop so quietly. Otherwise, wouldn't it hurt him to trick Zhang Zhidong into leaving the increasingly large Tencent?

Although the parties may not think so, Guo Shouyun can't help but think about it. You must know that gossip can also kill. He didn't want to have any misunderstanding with Zhang Zhidong because of this.

"Knock...!"

Guo Shouyun, who has been here several times and is familiar with PayPal employees, soon came to Zhang Zhidong's office door.

"Please come in!"

"Boss!"

After nodding to Zhang Zhidong, who stood up, the two sat down on the sofa in the reception area of his office.

"Have I read your plan?"

"I'm done!"

"How does it feel?"

Zhang Zhidong's face showed a touch of excitement, "It's great, it's great! I just need money, and I burn a lot of money!"

Seeing his appearance, Guo Shouyun also had a smile on his face. He gave Zhang Zhidong two plans, one is 'Meituan Takeaway' and the other is 'Dianping'!

Despite the PC era, O2O has a market just as much as C2C. It's just not as big as it was later. But there are benefits to this, at least the competition will not be so fierce.

"I've got the money ready for you, as long as I can see the development of the company, money is not a problem. ”

Zhang Zhidong nodded vigorously. It's a great feeling to be backed by a powerful and well-capitalized consortium.

"But does Meituan Takeaway have to build offline delivery channels? Asset-light operation may be a good choice. ”

"No, I can't. If you want to make Meituan bigger, you need an offline delivery team to connect merchants and customers, and only in this way can you ensure the user experience. Otherwise, Meituan Takeaway will never be big. In addition, call centers and local pushers should also be paid attention to, and they should be promoted door-to-door at the beginning, especially in the CBD of first- and second-tier cities, where there are many white-collar workers. The demand for takeaway is the most urgent. ”

"If we do it, I'm afraid that the communication cost will be a big part of our cost. Zhang Zhidong nodded and said.

Now the mobile phone network is so slow that you can only rely on phone calls and text messages to confirm orders. A dime a text message, a phone call beyond a minute to add money, the specific amount, different packages in different places, the price is different. But it's definitely more expensive than text messages.

"Does China Unicom or China Telecom have a monthly subscription?" asked Guo Shouyun after thinking about it.

"Monthly?"

"Yes. For example, pay 100 yuan a month, and call casually!"

When Guo Shouyun was doing sales in his last life, he remembered that there was this kind of monthly subscription service, which seemed to be Unicom. But he couldn't remember the time.

"This... I don't think I heard of it?" Zhang Zhidong hesitated.

"When the time comes, if not, we can cooperate with China Telecom and China Unicom. ”

"Why didn't it move?"

"Now that Montnets is booming, how can you consider these small businesses when people's development is smooth!"

Zhang Zhidong nodded, and after thinking for a while, "Although the Internet speed is not fast now, we can also solve this problem through excellent program design." In this case, we may not be spending so much on communication costs. ”

Guo Shouyun's eyes lit up, and he remembered that the person sitting in front of him was a real technical expert. He led Tencent's technical team to design the QQ website architecture, which withstood the impact of huge network traffic generated by rapidly growing users with minimal resources. Even twenty years later, the architecture remains the same. It can be said that in the difficult days at the beginning of Tencent's founding, Zhang Zhidong's role was greater than that of Ma Huateng.

"However, the cost of Internet traffic with mobile phones is not cheap now!" Zhang Zhidong said suddenly.

The corners of Guo Shouyun's mouth twitched and waved his hand.

"It's different. We are an Internet company, if we can solve the problem of ordering, dispatching and communicating on the Internet, even if it costs more money, it is more worth insisting on than making a phone call, after all, this is the future!"

Zhang Zhidong nodded, "Then the formation of these two new companies...!"

"You're in charge! I'll be a quiet investor, just come up with ideas once in a while. The specific implementation still needs you, a person who really understands the Chinese market, to make a decision!" Guo Shouyun interrupted.

"Thank you!"

After taking a deep look at the man opposite, Zhang Zhidong took a breath and said.

In many cases, enough trust is far more touching than a simple promise.

"It's a trust you've earned over two years of hard work. Moreover, I also believe in my eye for people!" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

Then the two looked at each other with affection, and each laughed, feeling that the relationship between the two sides was one step further than before.

"Alright, we're done talking. It's not early, let's go eat. I made an appointment with the old horse, and we had a light meal together in the evening. ”

"You're leaving?"

Zhang Zhidong quickly heard the meaning in his tone.

"Well, the main reason for coming to Pengcheng is to meet with you, and by the way, to see how the two companies are developing. Now that the mission is complete, it's time for me to leave. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhidong, who originally wanted to persuade him, did not speak sensibly. Everyone is fighting for their own careers, and no one's time is wasted on pure 'leisure and entertainment'.

At the dinner party in the evening, although Guo Shouyun planned to drink as little as possible. But many times, after two cups of yellow soup, all the worries seem to be forgotten. Therefore, he inevitably drank too much again.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of people around him to take care of, and he was carried back by Matthew at night, and after drinking some sobering soup, he was basically fine the next day.

Leave Pengcheng and go north, take the expressway, and it will take an hour and a half to drive to Yangcheng.

Here he also has a villa that Rebecca bought in advance. No way, since he personally experienced the terrorist attack at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, he has had a bit of a psychological shadow about staying in the hotel. Although he knew that Huaxia was very safe, he subconsciously didn't want to stay in a hotel.

As soon as he settled down in the 760-square-meter villa in Hongcheng Garden in Yuexiu, Guo Shouyun's mobile phone rang.

"Boss, the contract with Standard Chartered is over!"

The voice of Xing Zhiping, CEO of Hanhua Trust, came.

"Oh, what about the conditions?"

"The equity of GCA Holdings is used as collateral, and the loan is 3 billion US dollars, with a term of 6 years and an interest rate of 6.72%!"

Guo Shouyun nodded, "It's not bad." I'm in Yangcheng now, you can come over with the contract. ”

"Yes!"

"How is Tang Wenfang doing over there?"

"The structure of Global Real Estate has been set up, and she is currently leading the company's staff to search for quality properties in Beijing. ”

"Isn't it obvious to be looking for a house in a good location?"

"She's probably going to pick the best of the best. After all, you gave her a clear goal to strive for. ”

Guo Shouyun knew that he was talking about the cooperation between Global Fund and Cheung Kong. He had promised Tang Wenfang that if she led Global Real Estate to achieve 50% growth within a year, he would hand over the real estate business of the Global Fund to her.

Guo Shouyun nodded, "After Standard Chartered's $3 billion arrives, you will transfer it to the account of the Mangzhong Fund for me." ”

"Are you going to...?"

"Although this money is prepared for Anping and Universal Studios' investment business in Huaxia, this money will not be invested all at once. Take advantage of this time difference to make some money first, and maybe if you're lucky, you'll earn the interest!"

Xing Zhiping, who has a deep understanding of Guo Shouyun's financial talent, responded.