Li Zhigao's heart was shocked, shocked, and shaken.

Looking at the cassette recorder on the table, which had stopped recording, Li Zhigao said abruptly: "Are you asking me to betray the newspaper?"

Zhang Chen shrugged, "No, I just want your management to be loyal to capital." ”

Li Zhigao smiled bitterly: "Isn't that the same? We are all the management of the Association for Science and Technology and the Southwest Normal School, if we turn our guns to face the old club, isn't it betrayal?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "As a professional manager, the biggest professional ethics is to be responsible for shareholders, and we are now the largest shareholder, 20% of the shares of Southwest Normal School, and 26% of the Association for Science and Technology." It is self-evident to whom management should be accountable. ”

"Besides, I'm giving the management of the computer newspaper a chance. Zhang Chen smiled mysteriously, "Even without the 5% equity of the management, it is not so difficult for us to obtain a controlling stake." After all, the Association for Science and Technology and the Southwest Normal are not monolithic, and it was not easy to talk about it before, but after we entered, it may not be difficult to talk about it, after all, can we talk about human favors without talking about business. ”

Li Zhigao found that he really underestimated this teenager who created miracles in the United States again and again, and originally he had some idea in his heart - Zhang Chen can have today, the luck component is still relatively large, if it is replaced by himself, there is Zhang Chen's chance, it may not be worse than what he did.

But now it seems that Zhang Chen's understanding of capital may not be comparable to ten.

Li Zhigao is not the kind of nerd who doesn't understand the world, he understands the meaning of Zhang Chen's words very well. I have to say that this teenager's understanding of China's political environment and coping strategies are very down-to-earth, if Zhou Quan had adopted Zhang Chen's negotiation method before, it is estimated that the Association for Science and Technology and the Southwest Normal would have been broken by each other, so that IDG would have completed the holding.

Zhang Chen looked at Li Zhigao, who was hesitant, "If you can persuade President Chen to agree to transfer 5% of the equity to me, I promise to give you a 1% option." ”

Li Zhigao raised his head suddenly, and Zhang Chen said slowly: "Even if our market value is only one-tenth of Yahoo at that time, even if there is investment in the future to dilute the shares, after going public, you can get at least three hundred to five million US dollars, think about it, how much is it in RMB?"

Li Zhigao's eyes were red, "How can you be sure that you can go public? If I promise you, what is the difference between gambling and gambling?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "That's right, this is a gamble, but we are investors, not speculators, and we must try to reduce the risk of every penny." We have a wealth of experience in operating and listing, if we don't have a certain certainty, how can we invest in computer newspapers?"

Zhang Chen saw that Li Zhigao was still hesitant, and said with a smile: "In this way, you go back and think about it, you can also discuss it with the management, after all, it is a big matter, and I am not afraid of news leakage, at most, I will find another team to build a portal." Even if the computer newspaper also engages in portal competition, with the reaction speed I just mentioned, the computer newspaper will not win. ”

Zhang Chen restrained his smile: "But you know, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the computer newspaper, if you don't seize it, the loss is the computer newspaper." ”

Li Zhigao knew in his heart that what Zhang Chen said was true.

This matter is a gamble for him, but in fact, even if he loses the gamble, there is nothing to lose. After the arrival of the Internet tide, the first to bear the brunt of the traditional print media, this is something that everyone knows, but it depends on how long this wave will come.

In the past 2,000 years, there are still many people in the media who cling to the traditional media, not because they can't see the situation clearly, but because they are reluctant to have vested interests.

Just like Kodak was the first to invent the digital camera, knowing that the future must be a digital camera, but because it was reluctant to make huge profits from film, it tried its best to resist the development and popularization of digital camera technology, and finally disappeared.

Of course, there were other factors in the destruction of Kodak in addition to the digital camera, but there is no doubt that this incident was the most direct factor in Kodak's demise.

Don't Kodak? No, it's just a fluke.

Since Li Zhigao can abandon the iron job in the university, he is naturally not a person without decision, and although Chen Zongzhou is older, he is an old man who is determined to travel thousands of miles, if everyone agrees, Chen Zongzhou will also be half-pushed.

Now his only concern is actually face and reputation.

After all, the management of the computer newspaper has always had a good relationship with the Southwest Normal School and the Yuzhou Association for Science and Technology, and can even be called a friend of the same voice and the same voice. If the management hands over the shares in their hands at this time and falls to IDG, it will be too unkind, and it can be regarded as a stab in the back of two superior units.

Li Zhigao's eyes rolled, "But how to solve the policy problem? The computer newspaper is a regular newspaper with a publication number, and the state does not allow foreign capital to hold shares, and if Lao Chen agrees to hand over the equity of the management, IDG's more than 50% of the shares constitute a controlling interest and will not be approved." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "This is not a problem, we have our own wholly domestic-funded company, and this 5% will be held by the wholly-domestic-funded company." ”

Li Zhigao weighed it in his heart, "Mr. Zhang, I know, let me think about it first, after all, this matter is still Lao Chen's decision, if he doesn't agree, we will talk in vain." ”

Zhang Chen nodded: "Okay, no problem, give you a week, and tell me as soon as you have the results." ”

Li Zhigao nodded worriedly.

In the evening, Zhang Chen refused the reception of the computer newspaper, saying that he had other things, and retired from the hotel of the Association for Science and Technology and stayed in the Yuzhou Hotel, one of the only four-star hotels in Yuzhou.

After entering the hotel, Zhang Chen never went out, and at about eleven o'clock in the evening, someone knocked on the door.

Zhang Chen opened the door, and a dark shadow flashed into the room outside the door.

It is Zhou Quan, who has been away from Yuzhou for a long time, after the negotiation was completed.

Zhang Chen poured a glass of water for Zhou Quan and said in a deep voice, "Is it going well?"

Zhou Quan's face was heavy and he shook his head: "Principal Hu of Southwest Normal University disagrees, I have lowered the transfer of shares to 6%, and I still do not agree." ”

Zhang Chen touched his chin and pondered, "Did he say anything after listening to our conditions?"

Zhou Quan recalled, "I didn't say anything, I just said that he didn't eat this set, so we died of this heart." ”

Zhang Chen muttered, "It's not easy to do。。。。。。 ”

Zhou Quan originally had a lot of opinions about Zhang Chen, but through the contact in the past two months, he found that Zhang Chen was still on the matter, and did not specifically target him afterwards.

In addition, after all, the official university crushed people to death, Zhang Chen deliberately enveloped him afterwards, and pulled Xiong Xiaoge to eat together a few times, and the matter passed.

Zhou Quan was puzzled in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "If you pursue the controlling computer newspaper and get the shares in the hands of the management, why bother to go to the two hard bones of the Kenko Association and the Southwest Normal School?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "The situation of the computer report is special, and it has to be like this." In essence, the computer newspaper is a state-owned enterprise, and the characteristics of state-owned enterprises are not enough. If we can't get 67% of the equity, constituting absolute control, we can't absolutely control the computer newspaper, especially about the future withdrawal of funds after we make a profit, not absolute control, we must obtain their consent before we can transfer the shares, too passive. ”

Zhou Quan knows that the exit of domestic venture capital after making a profit has always been a problem.

Zhang Chen continued: "Moreover, if we do not have absolute control, the portal of the computer newspaper will become bigger in the future, and it is inevitable that some people will be tempted, 51% is not an insurance number, so while we can still talk about it now, we must finalize everything as soon as possible." ”

(End of chapter)