Normally, a company with a market capitalization of more than $1 billion is referred to as a unicorn in the industry.

Now, according to such a valuation, what is Forrest Gump?

Almost a walking unicorn.

It's not that the investment circle has never seen top people in other circles investing for wealth growth, but they are all involved in their own related fields, athletes to invest in sports drinks, government people to speak in the vernacular, star actors to invest in film and television companies......

This Forrest Gump doesn't seem to have anything to do with an online ride-hailing company like Uber.

As soon as Uber's statement was exposed, it was reprinted by people in the investment circle, and many professional managers who have been in the middle class for decades only felt their blood rushing to their brains.

As for the people in the entertainment industry, it was even more surprising.

Forrest Gump in the East, actor in the East, investor in the East...... A wolf from the East?

Is a guy who has already robbed our actor going to pull US dollars one plane at a time to China?

Of course, no matter how much curiosity, surprise, and jealousy from the outside world spread, the first thing Gan Jing had to do was to solve the company's fire.

Uber's shareholding is now quite fragmented, with its founder, Karanick, having a slightly larger stake than Gan King, and he controls most of the voting shares, which has been forced to take control of the company with several rounds of funding.

In addition to him, Forrest Gump's 20% stake is the second natural person, followed by several Wall Street predators, such as DCM and Sequoia, all of which are world-famous venture capital funds.

Gan Jing was a little troubled by such a sudden incident, he just wanted to make money honestly.

"Lowry. ”

The first thing he did when he saw his manager, Gan Jing confirmed where his bottom line was for this incident.

"Can they forcibly buy my shares?"

Lori was polite and said solemnly: "Of course not. ”

Gan Jing immediately became angry in his heart: "Then what are you talking about, scare them to death." ”

"Ahem, but maybe we can change the shell. ”

Gan Jing turned into a stable earth and asked, "What do you say?"

"Transfer of assets, withdrawal of the original team...... If Uber is only a shell, then your shares are worthless. ”

"But why didn't they do it before?" Gan Jing was a little puzzled.

"It's easier to say, but the procedure is more complicated, if the company didn't get up before it would be easier, but you invested in the first two rounds of financing, so it would be a lose-lose. Kalanick probably thinks your stake is a bit of a threat right now. ”

Gan Jing thought for a while, and slightly understood that the founder who had met a few times, at the beginning, it was a small company and had no money, but now that the company has taken shape, he is called a "big man" wherever he goes, and his natural mentality is different.

According to the Chinese dialect, this is called, how can others snore next to the couch.

Lowry's expression was serious, as were the executives who were at the meeting, and Gan Jing, a company in the United States, barely asked that Lowry had exercised all his rights.

This Forrest Gump's venture capital firm is the most lenient and personal feeling that Lowry has ever treated, and the same horizontal comparison, the work treatment is also in the forefront.

As a result, the company's executives are quite dedicated.

At this moment, many people sitting in the conference room are still seeing the big boss for the first time, but the first time is that there is a turmoil because of the company's largest investment, and they can't help but feel a little worried.

Gan Jing thought about it and felt a little unhappy, but there were some things that he couldn't say on such an occasion, so he asked quite calmly: "Then what is our best practice now?"

Lowry got the news of the statement a little late, but he had a plan in place.

"First of all, we will do an equity transfer, from a single shareholding to a number of small shares, which will look inconspicuous, but correspondingly, our voting rights will be much smaller. ”

Gan Jing didn't care much about voting rights, but he didn't want to give up on this anymore, so he just continued to listen noncommittally.

"Second, it's not so easy to change the shell, that's just a last resort, Uber has already carried out operations in several countries, and the statement they issued forced us to sell our shares just to shout the price, and the biggest possibility is to want us to participate in the chase normally. ”

Since the investment was made at the initial stage, the financing dilution was guaranteed when the contract was drafted, so Gan Jing's shareholding could maintain a 20% scale after several rounds of financing.

If this right is lost, the next financing will either be given in the same proportion or the shares will be diluted.

This is a bit like the domestic Lei Jun investment to play more, he originally invested an amount of $1 million, and when it went public last year, the book return of this investment was almost 112 times.

In the middle, Lei Jun did not have much money to invest, and Gan Jing was currently in a similar situation.

However, Li Xueling, the CEO of Duo Play, is the one who refuses to consider Lei Jun's interests in the face of Tencent Investment, and Uber's Kalanick will definitely not be like this.

Since knowing the statement, Gan Jing has not tried to contact him, and he does not want to look at his face at all.

Lowry observed Forrest Gump's face and continued: "Third, we also need to put some pressure on them, and my initial expectation is to reach out to other Wall Street predators to negotiate the sale of this share. They don't want us to sell, so we pretend to sell, but we sell to a target they don't want to give. ”

Gan Jing looked at him for a while and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"That's all for now. Lowry said.

"Okay, let's do it, third, I'll make some content myself to put pressure on them. I'm kind of good at the media. "Gan Jing is extremely decisive, or rather, willing to trust the professionals.

As for media pressure, he is also half a professional in this regard, after all, he often has to be contacted.

Lowry led the group with a group of centaurs.

By this time, it had been two days since the announcement was announced, the news was published, the situation was investigated, and the countermeasures were discussed, and the crew was filming on the roof of the Empire State Building during the day, and at night they saw the producer Forrest Gump shining on TV from time to time in the hotel.

Another day, Gan Jing finally appeared in the crew, but he still did not just shoot it, but made an appointment with the senior vice president of Goldman Sachs to discuss the sale of shares.

By the way, he is a passerby in this film who makes a cameo appearance in the business negotiation on the top floor of the Empire State Building.

I have to say that Forrest Gump in this state is a little unfamiliar to the crew members, especially Wu Rustbo and Tang Wei, they can see Forrest Gump talking with Goldman Sachs from time to time, just like he is not an actor at all, but an authentic and excellent venture capitalist.

No, not a venture capitalist.

According to the estimation in the news, Forrest Gump is afraid that he will not only be on the annual rich list of the film and television industry, but will become one of the 100 richest people in the country.

What does this mean?

It means that he is capital in itself.