Chapter 125: Goldman Sachs Visits
December 2 is the first anniversary of Weixin's move to the office location of Feiya Building. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Su Wen had promised the Tengxun employees who came with him that as long as he worked in Weixin for one year, he would get a reward of 10,000 yuan.
Su Wen also fulfilled his promise today and gave 10,000 yuan to each of the fifteen Weixin employees who came from Tengxun.
As for the rest of the employees, they inevitably had red eyes, and Su Wen also gave each of them a bonus of 500 yuan.
Fulfilled his promise and gave out bonuses, Su Wen did not go out of his way to hold the first anniversary celebration, which is unrealistic for the current WeChat, the most important thing is to do the work in front of him well.
However, this day is not destined to be a quiet day.
At nine o'clock in the morning, a team of three men and one woman who claimed to be Goldman Sachs Asia Investment Bank came to Weixin.
Su Wen naturally did not dare to slack off on this, Goldman Sachs is one of the four most prestigious investment banks, and on Wall Street, only Morgan can compete with it.
The employees of Weixin have already arranged the four people in the conference room first.
The four-person team is faintly led by women among three men and one woman.
Su Wen then met the four-person team from Goldman Sachs in the conference room.
Su Wen shook hands with them first, greeted them and introduced himself.
Later, I learned that the woman standing in front of me was Ms. Lin Xia, who was in the Ming Dynasty.
Why is she a big and bright Dingding, because she has facilitated Goldman Sachs to invest in Sina and Netbillion, and has access to Sohu.
Of course, the case that made her most famous was to get 50% of the shares from Ali for only $5 million.
However, when this woman left in 04, Goldman Sachs stupidly cashed out all the shares of Alibaba.
Although there was a turbulent nuclear wave in his heart, Su Wen pretended to be very calm on his face.
Sit down in the conference room.
Su Wen did not ask them about the purpose of their trip, but waited for them to take the initiative.
Lin Xia took a sip of coffee on the table, but his eyes were secretly observing Su Wen who was sitting opposite him.
Although he knew that he was only nineteen years old before he came, he couldn't help but marvel in his heart when he actually met, this face was really too immature.
Although Su Wen's face was too immature, Lin Xia did not underestimate him because of this.
Just because he can face Goldman Sachs and look as usual, this determination is worth a glance at.
Lin Xia put down the coffee in his hand, showed a smile, and said. "The four of us are members of Goldman Sachs' Asia Technology and Internet Investment Group."
Su Wen nodded, indicating that he understood.
Lin Xia saw that Su Wen didn't mean to speak, so he had to take the initiative. "We came here to ask if Weixin would like to accept our Goldman Sachs shares."
During this time, QQ's online QQ group service not only defeated the opponent, but also attracted the attention of all parties. A few days ago, after Jiangzhou Daily disclosed the data of QQ, the senior management of Goldman Sachs Asia could no longer sit still, and asked Lin Xia to take the initiative to find WeChat.
After knowing that Goldman Sachs came to the door, Su Wen had a guess in his heart, so it was not surprising that Lin Xia came to find Weixin to invest.
If Goldman Sachs can take a stake in WeChat, then Weixin can be regarded as having Goldman Sachs' background as a backing.
Don't underestimate this background, it can make a big difference.
Like the three major portals, it has this background and instantly becomes an Internet star enterprise.
Su Wen didn't answer directly, but asked. "I don't know what Goldman Sachs' valuation of Weixin is?"
An elegant smile appeared on Lin Xia's face, and he quoted the price he had prepared early in the morning. "Fifty million dollars!"
Hearing this price, Su Wen's face was a little unhappy, it was much lower than the valuation given to Weixin by MIH Group last time, which made Su Wen how could he agree!
Lin Xia saw the disappointed expression on Su Wen's face, and added later. "If Weixin chooses us Goldman Sachs, I dare to guarantee in my personal name that Weixin will definitely be able to attract attention and cause a sensation in China!"
Su Wen knew that if he accepted Goldman Sachs' shares, Weixin might also become a domestic Internet star company.
However, Internet star companies are just a name, and these false names have no effect on Su Wen and the current WeChat, and at the moment, tangible interests are the most important.
Su Wen said straight. "The valuation of $50 million is categorically unacceptable to me."
This is only the first round of offers, and Lin Xia is not surprised that she will be rejected, she said. "If Mr. Su feels that this valuation is unacceptable, we can continue to talk, and I believe that as long as both parties are sincere, the price will eventually be negotiated."
Su Wen shook his head, and didn't want to go around in circles, so he said directly. "Last month, a South African investment company came to the door, and he offered Weixin a valuation of $70 million, but I didn't even think about it and refused."
Su Wen's meaning is obvious, I rejected the $70 million people offered, and there is no need to mention anything less than $70 million.
Lin Xia didn't know that there was still an investment company that had approached Weixin one step ahead of Goldman Sachs, and offered such a high price to Weixin, which completely disrupted her originally planned negotiation strategy.
However, Lin Xia has been on the battlefield for a long time, and soon smiled as usual. "I don't know what Mr. Su's valuation of Weixin is?"
"Five hundred million dollars!" Su Wen did not treat Goldman Sachs differently because it was a famous investment bank, and honestly reported the valuation of Weixin in his mind.
Now that the QQ group has been launched and has been a great success, Su Wen has a lot of confidence. As long as the opponents in the instant messaging field who are still stubbornly resisting can be successfully resolved, even if Weixin does not accept financing, it will be able to survive this cold winter period of the Internet.
Lin Xia's eyelids jumped unconsciously, and he looked at Su Wen with dumbfounded eyes, the price of 500 million US dollars was also a loss to him for daring to say it.
At present, none of the three major portals of China's Internet giants has a market value of more than $500 million on the NASDAQ! Could it be that the nineteen-year-old young man in front of him thinks that WeChat is already worth more than any of the three major portals?
Lin Xia wanted to continue to be elegant, but unfortunately, she couldn't keep it, and the valuation offered by Su Wen even made her feel like she wanted to scare Goldman Sachs away.
Lin Xia knew that today's negotiations might end here, and even if he reluctantly continued to talk, there would be no good results, so he simply stood up and said. "Today, for the time being, if Mr. Su changes his mind one day and is willing to reduce the valuation of WeChat, you can contact Goldman Sachs at any time."
Su Wen saw that Lin Xia had already stood up, and he was embarrassed to continue sitting, so he also stood up and said. "Okay, if I lower the valuation of Weixin, I will notify Goldman Sachs as soon as possible!"
Although he said so, Su Wen had a voice in his heart saying that the valuation of Weixin could only be raised in the future, and it could never be lowered!