Chapter 341: Whale Swallowing (I)
On a winter night, it is also a beautiful thing to burn a fire, warm a pot of sake, and make friends and talk to each other.
Su Youpeng, who came from afar, did not go to live with Li Jiaming after the party dispersed, but lived with Yang Zhiyuan. Orthodox Americans do not like to stay in other people's homes without special circumstances, Yang Zhiyuan is a banana man who speaks fluent Chinese, but he just forcibly left the two behind.
For no other reason, Li Jiaming's proposal is very tempting and can solve a big problem for him. Yahoo started to develop smoothly, but since he met Lao Zhang's old fox, especially the old fox who dared to do anything, and the government began to pull the strings again, Frank, who was in charge of the overall situation, finally couldn't bear it.
Today, unlike in the past, the two countries have often engaged in small frictions in recent years, the White House is still clamoring for a 'return to the Asia-Pacific', and Yahoo is not only a search but also a portal. A foreign company has a portal to guide public opinion, and even if Lao Zhang doesn't go to the government to fan the flames, the government will have to get their neck.
People in the entertainment industry have high emotional intelligence, and when they saw that Yang Zhiyuan insisted on keeping customers, Su Youpeng, who came to be a prop, knew what to do. Yahoo is going to make a video, and unexpectedly let him be the vice president of a star who is starting to be outdated, so why? He is not unwatchable from the news, how would he not know that Li Jiaming and Yang Zhiyuan had a falling out, but this opportunity is too rare. Now Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are not easy to mix in the mainland, and they can't eat with their backers at all, he doesn't want an annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but only wants to get to know more heavyweights through Yahoo to pave the way for his future acting career.
But Su Youpeng wanted to excuse himself, but Li Jiaming pulled him and didn't let him go, so the three of them had to sit in front of the fireplace to drink tea, roast the fire, and talk about eggs. However, after listening to a few words, Su Youpeng suddenly felt grateful to Li Jiaming, a friend who had been estranged.
Li Jiaming's idea is very simple, when he is at the end of his life, Lao Su can interact with him on an equal footing, but after he is developed, he takes the initiative to distance himself, which proves that this person has a bottom line in life and work. Although he can't help himself with anything, he can add some blockage to Yang Zhiyuan's guy.
Yang Zhiyuan, this guy is too disrespectful, in order to add to his own blockage, he actually asked an artist to be the vice president of a branch that doesn't even have a film, isn't this a trick? Okay, doesn't Yahoo want to withdraw its investment, then it's just right to let Su Youpeng get some light and take a ride to earn some pensions.
It doesn't matter who is cheap, who is cheap is not cheap, Yang Zhiyuan, who wants to solve the tricky problem, ignores Su Youpeng listening to inside information, but has doubts about Li Jiaming's cooperation between the two sides.
"Jiaming, shouldn't you stumble on me?"
"Believe it or not!"
It should be correct, these questions are not Li Jiaming first told himself, even Frank has repeatedly mentioned them in the report.
"Jiaming, you are a big professor, give me a lesson?"
This sycophant is very lame, but it also means that Yang Zhiyuan has softened, and Li Jiaming is also happy to solve the Yahoo company for Lao Ma and Lao Zhang.
"Far away, I didn't say you, how can you become an American through and out with 100 percent Chinese ancestry? We are a centralized country, and the government may not control speech? In the past, it was the economy that did not allow you to come in, but now that the total economic volume is so large, and what you are doing is a portal, how can you turn a blind eye to it?
Your problem is not a PR or technical problem, but a political problem. As long as politics is involved, economic interests will give way, do you think it is necessary to let Yahoo exist anymore?"
"But?"
Yang Zhiyuan wanted to argue, but found that the other party had exhausted the words, not to mention the mother country on the other side of the ocean, even the United States pays attention to political correctness. Now that the two countries are often engaged in friction and war of words, the real enterprise is not a big problem, and the Internet, which can guide public opinion, can not be affected and controlled?
Yes, Li Jiaming handed the two of them another cup of tea, and said without hesitation: "As long as the government makes a look, those manufacturers will go to your place to advertise? Even your main customers, those European and American brands are not stupid, and no one wants to offend the local government for an advertising platform that is not essential."
If you don't make any gains, will you have any value in losing money? The confrontation between the two countries is long-term, maybe 10 years, maybe 30 years, or even longer, can you wait?"
These words were also said by Frank, who returned to the United States to report on his work, and Yang Zhiyuan also deeply agreed, but when they came out of Li Jiaming's mouth, the meaning was different. This is a problem that cannot be solved, even if Yang Zhiyuan also learned from Li Jiaming, instructed a few henchmen to make political donations, and had a very good relationship with several senators and representatives representing California, but they could only help to deal with some American affairs, and there was nothing they could do about China on the other side of the ocean.
However, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested, how easy is it to withdraw the investment? It is not so easy for a strong man to make up his mind when he breaks his wrist, and the issue of the dismissal of an employee alone has given Yang Zhiyuan, the actual controller of Yahoo, a headache.
Yahoo is not a small company, but also an Internet company, and a mishandling will cause criticism and abuse from netizens, which will affect the company's reputation. Of course, he also knew that since Li Jiaming raised this question, he must not have eaten enough to have nothing to do, but must have taken the opportunity to take over Yahoo (Huaguo). Sogo is about to go public, and if it can swallow up Yahoo's search business, the market value will definitely double, which will be a great benefit for a major shareholder like Li Jiaming.
That's right, Li Jiaming really thinks so, but he doesn't want to pay a high price. If Lao Zhang comes to talk about this matter, and if he talks about it by a notoriously non-bargaining person, he can force Yang Zhiyuan to give in. People who are used to being tough can just get this cheap, either do what I suggest, or everyone will break up.
"Jiaming, I'm not a CEO anymore."
"Interesting?"
It's not interesting, but this must be said, Yang Zhiyuan, who was holding a teacup, muttered: "I want to propose to the board of directors that the company be replaced with 40% of the shares of Sogo Company, do you think it is possible?"
If it was Lao Zhang, who had just gained the upper hand, he might agree to lower the price again, but unfortunately the opponent Yang Zhiyuan met was Li Jiaming. On the one hand, Yahoo (Huaguo), which can no longer hold on, and on the other hand, Sogo, which has been supported by the government, how can the value of the two match?
"Far away, don't open your mouth too much, your board of directors will definitely agree, but we will definitely reject it. To put it mildly, you know how much you lose in a year, but we at Sogo have already made a profit, do you think this is possible?"
"Jiaming, don't be too dark, Sogo is about to go public, buy our branch, you get more!"
"Wrong!"
Li Jiaming said with a smile: "I really don't know how your doctor got in, don't you know how to settle accounts? I bet that in five years, Sogo's market value will be at least $60 billion!"
"That was five years from now!"
That's right, but Li Jiaming, who was still smiling just now, had a board on his face and said toughly: "At most 10% + 500 million cash, either cooperate, or we will force you to death!"
The aura is very mysterious, maybe it's just a psychological factor of people, Li Jiaming sank his face, Yang Zhiyuan was not affected, but Su Youpeng, who was sitting next to him, was startled. While he was startled, he also had a sense of weakness in his heart, and they were people in two worlds. I want to laugh at investors with a few stinky money, and people can let those investors learn to bark, he can treat himself as a friend, but he no longer has that qualification.