Chapter 1225: The Watson Family

Whether in his past life or in this life, Yang Ming did not have much research on the financial field, but only knew some superficial things.

Therefore, at the suggestion of his uncle, he currently entrusts the finances of all his industries to professional institutions, and at the same time, he slowly cultivates his talents through various recruitments.

Even if Yang Ming has no research on finance, he clearly feels that Huaxia Finance in this world has undergone earth-shaking changes compared with the previous life.

That is, he rarely heard of local companies in this life seeking to be listed on Wall Street or NASDAQ, and how much they paid to achieve this goal.

Magic City!

Today, the economic capital of China is also the financial heart of East Asia, and it is the world's two major financial capitals along with Wall Street.

As for London, it is completely over in this world.

It is precisely because all corporate finance in China and even in East Asia almost never seek to be listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, which also makes Wall Street financial predators have no good way to covet East Asian companies.

If there is no desire, it is rigid.

It is precisely because of this that WeChat makes Wall Street financial predators feel that they have nowhere to eat.

As soon as people don't even think about listing on the NASDAQ, Wall Street elites don't have an excuse on the surface, and as for other means, they don't dare.

After all, WeChat is no longer a small company, not to mention the Huaxia government, even the Huaxia financial elite in the magic capital will not allow others to move their own enterprises, because they know that once WeChat chooses to go public, it will definitely choose its own magic capital, not other stock markets.

All these factors have come together to make some venture capital funds on Wall Street that are extremely optimistic about the future of WeChat offer higher and higher prices, hoping to get the original shares of WeChat and get a piece of the pie after WeChat goes public.

Among the many venture capital funds' generous offers, there is one offer that makes Yang Ming quite tempted.

A portion of the GOX network, plus a portion of cash, in exchange for a 15% stake in WeChat.

This is an offer that is enough to impress Yang Ming.

At the same time, it also made Yang Ming's heart tense, obviously the other party had carefully studied his information and knew what he was expecting.

Such a person, if he cannot become a friend, then becoming an enemy will definitely bring a lot of trouble.

To tell the truth, in this world, Yang Ming is not too afraid of the Wall Street forces that crushed many capitals in Huaxia in his previous life, because in this world, the global financial order is not only the United States, and Huaxia at least accounts for a large part of the right to speak.

In this case, it's a big deal that he gives up the film market in the United States, anyway, as long as he is backed by the East Asian film market, he will be invincible.

If the other party is dizzy and has to go to the territory of East Asia to target Yang Ming, it is estimated that he will not need to make a move, and the guys in the magic capital and the Ministry of Commerce of the government will teach those Wall Street bigwigs how to behave in minutes.

Sometimes, backed by a strong country, people from all walks of life are full of confidence when they are outside.

At least in this life, Yang Ming thinks so.

However, he does not rule out cooperation with the other party.

Anyway, WeChat's shares will inevitably be split out before the listing, so that others can join in and share the dividend.

It is only to blame that the future prospects of WeChat are too bright, and it is obviously impossible for Yang Ming to swallow it in one bite alone, otherwise he may end up eating a bad stomach.

As long as he guarantees that his shares, together with his uncle's shares, can occupy most of the shares and have a certain right to speak.

Even, after the company goes public, as long as the two combined shares can be about 30% enough.

Professional things should be left to professional people to do, after all, Yang Ming's focus cannot be placed on the Internet.

The Langham Huntington Pasadena in Los Angeles is a unique and enduring glow of the city.

When Yang Ming and Barber came to this hotel by car, he saw this palace-style hotel from the car window, and knew that this was a hotel with history.

"The hotel is more than 100 years old, but it has just been refurbished, and although it is old, the facilities inside are world-class. When Barber saw Yang Ming's gaze at the hotel, he introduced him.

Hearing Barber's words, the corners of Yang Ming's mouth curled slightly, these elites and families in the West, as long as they have a little achievement, will basically use some historical items to set off them as if they were born nobles.

It's corny.

But after he got out of the car, he walked into this Pasadena Langham Huntington, looked around the surroundings, and had to say that this hotel was too stylish.

Los Angeles' pleasant climate and environment create a flawless and tranquil country here.

Outstanding service and timeless traditions have made Yang Ming even more dazzling, and have created the most magnificent and dazzling luxury hotel in Pasadena.

He heard Barber say that Hollywood's celebrities love nothing more than to stay in this quiet and laid-back palace hotel.

"Yang Ming!"

As soon as Yang Ming and Barber walked into the door, they saw Li Xingyi waiting for them in the hall.

"Uncle. ”

Li Xingyi smiled and waved his hand to Yang Ming and Barber, and a young white Western man standing next to Li Xingyi, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, was also smiling, very gentlemanly and nodded at Yang Ming and nodded to greet them.

Yang Ming also greeted with a smile.

"Yang Ming, this is Thomas Watson of the Watson family; Li Xingyi stretched out his hand to introduce everyone.

"Hello. ”

"Nice to meet you. ”

Both sides shook hands and exchanged a few polite greetings.

"My father is waiting for you to arrive, and he is very eager to get to know Mr. Yang Ming. Thomas smiled slowly and said elegantly.

This is simply the Western aristocratic style carved out of the mold.

Yang Ming couldn't help but complain in his heart, he has been running abroad a lot in the past few years, and he has long been extremely familiar with the West.

However, he didn't say much, but walked with Bobble to a room in the hotel under Thomas's guidance.

This time, the location of the negotiation between the two sides, Yang Ming asked to be in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles is not the home of the Watson family, so the venue for the negotiation was carefully chosen to be the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasata.

Simon Watson.

Yang Ming finally met the so-called famous Watson family core figure in his uncle's mouth.

On the surface, he is the majority shareholder of a venture capital company on Wall Street, and he hardly comes forward, and most of the things are handled by his eldest son, that is, Thomas, whom Yang Ming just met.

These foreigners like to hide themselves deep enough.

However, these identities are not important to Yang Ming, and the most important thing is that the other party has an absolute controlling stake in the GOX TV network.

This is what Yang Ming deserves attention.

The other party is still in a suit and leather shoes, smiling, and looks like a polite gentleman.

After Sima shook hands with Yang Ming cordially, he said with a smile: "I really didn't expect Mr. Yang to be so young, it's incredible, at your age, it is estimated that I am still messing around in the bar." ”

Yang Ming smiled when he heard this, if he touted it like this, he had heard too much, and he already had immunity.

After a few casual words, I coped with it.

The crowd sat down and didn't talk for long, and soon brought up the subject of their meeting today.

"I don't know how you feel about our previous offer, Yang, you must know that I am under a lot of pressure to take out GOX shares, and many people in my family are not very favorable to taking out GOX shares to trade. Simon said straight to the point, with a playful smile on his face.

Yang Ming didn't take the other party's words to heart, looked at the teacup in his hand, and after turning around, he smiled faintly: "To be honest, if it were possible, I wouldn't transfer the original shares of WeChat now, you know, if I transfer it now, my loss is not something that hundreds of millions of meters of gold can measure!"

"Actually, I'm also very entangled!"

After saying this, the corners of Yang Ming's mouth curled slightly.

For him, WeChat is completely the emperor's daughter, and he doesn't have to worry about getting married.

Even if he wants to get married, then he will choose a husband who will give a more generous bride price.

After a few back and forth, Thomas, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help it: "Yang, aren't you satisfied with the shares of GOX? You must know that according to the translation of the United States, it is impossible for you Chinese citizens to own the television station of the United States, and even the shares will not be allowed." ”

When Yang Ming heard this, his eyes flashed, he glanced at Thomas, and said leisurely: "If you can get the best, if you don't have it, it won't have much impact on me, after all, for me, China and even East Asia are my foundation." ”

When he said such a remark, several people present had different thoughts in their hearts.

Barber glanced at Yang Ming even more secretly weirdly.

Everyone here, even Li Xingyi, may not know better than Barber the grand cause in Yang Ming's heart.

No one knows Yang Ming's expectations better than Barber to build a media empire.

The stake in the GOX TV network is undoubtedly a godsend for Yang Ming.

How could this young boss not want it.

And now that Yang Ming said this, it was obviously fake.

However, it has to be said that the stake in GOX is too tempting.

Bobble wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he still didn't speak, and in this capital game, he didn't have any room to interject.

This time, he followed, mainly to know the news of the success of the cooperation and the fact that Oriental DreamWorks got GOX shares for the first time.

After so many years at the helm of Pan Am Entertainment in Hollywood, his only regret in his heart is that he did not establish a media channel of his own for Pan Am.

Now, if Oriental DreamWorks really gets a 15% stake in GOX, one of the five major TV networks in the United States, then Oriental DreamWorks has a certain right to speak, which is undoubtedly crucial for Oriental DreamWorks.

In fact, it is not necessary for a film company to have complete control over a television network.

As long as the network is a little biased towards Oriental DreamWorks in news reports and various celebrity announcements, it will be enough.

If you do too much, you may have bad results.

After all, no matter how good the United States is, on the surface it still boasts of being a country with freedom of speech, but what the actual situation is, anyone with a discerning eye knows.

Now that Barber saw that the negotiation situation between the two sides seemed to be a bit deadlocked, he couldn't help but be a little anxious in his heart, and he couldn't wait to yell at Yang Ming, 15% of GOX shares, and cash, don't be hypocritical, hurry up and agree.

Yang Ming's eyes looked at Simon, both of them had very calm expressions, and it was obviously impossible to see what the other party was thinking from their faces.

His fingers flicked the teacup in his hand: "Now the external valuation of WeChat is close to 80 billion meters, and the market value of GOX TV network has not exceeded 20 billion meters, and 15% of GOX shares are only 3 billion meters, and if you want to exchange 15% of WeChat shares worth 12 billion meters, how much cash do you think the Watson family should add to make it worthwhile?"

Several people present heard these numbers from Yang Ming's mouth, and they all twitched the corners of their mouths.

I have to say that in this acquisition involving tens of billions of rice dollars, the amount of funds is indeed enough to shock countless people.

Li Xingyi looked at Simon and Thomas with interest.

The higher the value of WeChat, the more profitable it is.

Think about it at the beginning, he spent more than a billion Chinese yuan, which is almost 500 million yuan when converted into rice dollars, and now 10% of WeChat shares are worth at least 10 billion rice yuan.

That's a full twenty-fold increase.

Now every time he thinks of agreeing to Yang Ming's request, he feels glad for the wise decision at that time.

When Barber heard this data, he couldn't help but gasp, and looked carefully at Yang Ming beside him again, his young boss may be too dazzling because of his achievements in the film industry, so that everyone in Hollywood seems to have neglected each other's other identities.

Tens of billions of dollars!

In the United States, no matter how famous a star is, it is also false, not as real as banknotes.

Yang Ming has a net worth of tens of billions of yuan, and if he is really determined to establish a great career in Hollywood, it seems that he really has a high probability of success.

The most important thing is that Barber knows that the young man next to him is almost complete in the layout of the United States.

Oriental DreamWorks, AMC Cinemas, and now the final piece of the puzzle is the media.

Once this piece of the puzzle is in place, Oriental DreamWorks is invincible in Hollywood, and coupled with Hollywood's desire for the East Asian film market, it is bound not to do too much in some aspects.

GOX Television Network.

Thinking of this, Bobble's eyes suddenly became bright.

When Simon and Thomas heard Yang Ming's words, the faces of both father and son couldn't help but become solemn.

Entering the new world, the prospects of the Internet economy are getting brighter and brighter.

This is a well-known thing.

Now the birth of WeChat has made people see the arrival of the mobile Internet era.

According to the experience of the Internet era, it will definitely not cost a lot to acquire WeChat in the early stage.

It's just that no one expected that WeChat's growth rate would be so fast, and the market value would swell to a desirable height in a short period of time.

Actually, don't talk about them, even Yang Ming was very surprised.

In less than two years, WeChat has completed the road that took five or six years in the previous life, and it is even more brilliant, after all, the users of WeChat in this world are all over the world.

And under his golden finger, WeChat has already achieved profitability, solving the problems of many Internet companies in the initial stage.

How to make a profit?

It is precisely because of this that the prospects of WeChat will be favored by many limelight fund companies at home and abroad, and its market value continues to expand.

Coupled with the acquisition of the He family in the Lion City, a weather vane and reference standard have been set for everyone at once.

12%, 30 billion Chinese dollars, that is to say, the company that wants to acquire later, the bid can only be higher than this, and it cannot be lower!

Thinking of this, Simon and Thomas both had the urge to scold their mothers in their hearts, this He family is simply burning too much money.

"Yang, make your conditions. Simon finally couldn't help but speak.

Yang Ming raised his eyes and looked directly at the other party when he heard this, and said slowly: "25% of the shares of GOX TV Network, plus 8 billion in cash. ”

"You're a lion's mouth. Thomas, who was young and vigorous, couldn't bear it at this time, gave up his gentlemanly demeanor, and looked at Yang Ming viciously.