Chapter 55 Giant Attention
In the first negotiation, Lu Yang and Liu Qiangdong reached a consensus and basically determined the matter of investing in JD.com. But in the end, Lu Yang thought about it for a while and decided to change his strategy and invest in his own name instead of Tianxin Technology Company, so that Liu Qiangdong was more at ease.
When it comes to such a large amount of capital, both sides are very cautious, after three negotiations, the agreement was finally signed, and the last two negotiations, Xu Xin of today's capital is also there, and Xu Xin is also welcome to Lu Yang's investment in Jingdong.
As the head of Today's Capital, Xu Xin is more sensitive to changes in the financial market, and at the beginning of the year, she felt the impact of the U.S. financial crisis. Otherwise, Liu Qiangdong would have asked her for financing again, and Xu Xin would not have refused.
Now seeing that someone is coming to share the risk of JD.com, Xu Xin is happy to see it.
In March, JD.com held a press conference to announce another 200 million yuan in financing. The news really shocked many. In the context of the approaching financial crisis, Jingdong Mall, which has been declining recently, can actually get such a large capital injection, which everyone did not expect. All of a sudden, speculation about JD.com's mysterious investors was endless.
At the press conference, Liu Qiangdong and Lu Yang were dressed in suits and faced the major media together with a smile. It was not until this time that everyone understood that the original investor of 200 million yuan turned out to be this domestic mobile phone upstart.
During the Q&A session, the media were very enthusiastic.
"Mr. Lu, when you were interviewed at the beginning of the year, you said that you would not get involved in the Internet, does investing in Jingdong Mall mean that you have adjusted your plan?" A reporter from Internet Weekly asked.
Lu Yang shook his head and said: "I said, the focus of Tianxin Technology is in electronic manufacturing, this will not change, it is my personal behavior to invest in Jingdong Mall, one is to establish online sales channels for Tianxin Technology, and second, I am personally very optimistic about Jingdong Mall led by Mr. Liu." β
"Mr. Lu, why did you choose Jingdong Mall? As we all know, Mr. Liu has run many venture capital funds before, but they have all been rejected. According to the development model of Jingdong Mall, the capital chain will definitely not last long......" a reporter from "Financial Magazine" asked.
Lu Yang and Liu Qiangdong glanced at each other and clearly saw the anger in each other's eyes. He also knows that everyone has not been optimistic about JD's self-operated model, with Taobao in front, many people think that JD.com's e-commerce with a large amount of investment is not suitable for the development of the times at all. This is clearly reflected in media reports,Basically, every once in a while,Everyone will report on the breakdown of the capital chain of Jingdong Mallγ
"There are many reasons to choose JD Mall, the most important one is that I believe in Mr. Liu Qiangdong. He is an entrepreneur with vision, ability and feelings, and I believe that Jingdong Mall will be able to achieve world-renowned achievements under his leadership. You can wait and see this. As for the funding problem of Jingdong Mall, hehe, if you need to invest, I will inject capital again in the future! β
Lu Yang's words made everyone look sideways, everyone didn't expect him to have such great confidence in Jingdong Mall, and even Liu Qiangdong himself was very surprised.
"Thank you Mr. Lu for your trust, Lao Liu also said that in less than five years, this investment will definitely bring you ten times the profit!" Liu Qiangdong is still as confident as ever.
At the press conference, Lu Yang and Liu Qiangdong also announced that Tianxin Technology and Jingdong Mall have reached a cooperative relationship, and the "Starry Sky" mobile phone and "Nebula" MP3 will be sold in Jingdong Mall from now on.
After the press conference, several major domestic media have reported on Lu Yang's stake in Jingdong Mall, however, everyone is not optimistic about this matter, many people think that the young Lu Yang was fooled by the experienced Liu Qiangdong, and in the end, there was even a rumor that Lu Yang was "stupid and has a lot of money", and for a while, Tianxin Technology Company was very lively, and many people came to seek Lu Yang's investment with their own projects.
Regarding the capital injection of Jingdong Mall, the most concerned is Alibaba's Ma Yun. However, compared with Liu Qiangdong, Ma Yun pays more attention to Lu Yang's actions. Previously, Ma Yun had asked people to contact Tianxin Technology Company, hoping to do online sales of "Starry Sky" and "Nebula", but Su Yan refused to mention yì because there were too many fakes on Taobao.
Even so, Ma Yun still did not give up, he had a faint hunch that the future development of Tianxin Technology would exceed everyone's expectations.
However, this time, Lu Yang's stake in Jingdong and Tianxin Technology reached a cooperation with Jingdong Mall, but Ma Yun died.
In addition to Ma Yun, there are two giants watching Tianxin Technology's every move.
One of them is Nokia, which monopolizes half of the international mobile phone market.
The reason why Nokia pays attention to Tianxin Technology is mainly because of the outstanding expression of "Starry Sky". In less than nine months since its launch, the sales of "Starfield" have reached 3 million units. This is nothing for Nokia, which is rampant all over the world, but it is a blow to the N95, which has been highly anticipated by Nokia. Especially in the Chinese market, with outstanding performance and preferential price, "Star" has seized a considerable market share of the N95.
Because of the advent of the "Starry Sky", the N95's performance in the Chinese market is far from reaching Nokia's intended goal.
In their opinion, the "starry sky" is just an accidental event, even if it surpasses the N95 in some aspects, but, with Nokia's technical level, it will soon be able to launch a mobile phone that surpasses the "starry sky".
The other giant is Warwick.
Huawei is the largest private communication technology company in China and the world's top telecom operator. In 2007, the contracted sales were 16 billion US dollars, including overseas sales of 11.5 billion US dollars, and it was the first in China's domestic electronics industry in terms of profit and tax payment that year. Warwick's main business is information and communication technology services, and in this field, Warwick ranks among the top three in the world. However, in recent years, Huawei has gradually begun to get involved in the mobile phone manufacturing industry, and has launched several low-end mobile phones before and after, and the market response has been flat.
Just when Ren Zhengfei, the president of Warwick Company, had a headache for the mobile phone manufacturing department, the appearance of the "starry sky" made his eyes shine. At the end of 07, the sales of "Starry Sky" have been rising, and consumer evaluation is getting better and better, so Ren Zhengfei moved the idea of acquiring Tianxin Technology Company.
However, after Ren Zhengfei read the report on Lu Yang, he quickly dispelled the idea of acquiring Tianxin Technology Company and instead considered the possibility of cooperation.
At the end of March, Qiu Liguo, head of Huawei's mobile phone manufacturing department, appeared at Tianxin Technology Company in Fuhai City, and he was accompanied by several Huawei executives.
Although he didn't understand what Hua Wei meant, Lu Yang still personally met with Qiu Liguo and his party.
"Hello, Director Qiu, welcome." In the company living room, Lu Yang warmly shook hands with Qiu Liguo and looked at him at the same time.
Qiu Liguo is about forty years old, which is the golden time of a man, his hairstyle is three or seven points, and his hair is dark, which adds a lot of charm to him. His eyebrows were thick, his eyes were shiny, and he looked extremely energetic. The facial features are upright, and the face shape is biased towards the national character, giving people a sense of trustworthiness. The black suit is unusually decent, and when worn on him, it has a bit of a model effect.
Qiu Liguo had a gentle and elegant temperament, and he smiled slightly: "Mr. Lu, I have admired the name for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet it." Our Mr. Ren has a lot of praise for you, but unfortunately something was delayed, otherwise I would definitely come to visit in person. β
Lu Yang also smiled: "Mr. Ren's name, I am like thunder, and I have long been looking forward to seeing it." β
On the side of Tianxin Technology, Liang Yuan and Su Yan were also there, and everyone exchanged a few words of greeting and sat down separately.
"Mr. Lu, we came to your company this time to seek cooperation." Qiu Liguo glanced at the personnel of Tianxin Technology and said softly, "Last year, your company launched a 'starry sky' mobile phone with excellent performance, which shocked both home and abroad. It is a shame to say that the mobile phone manufacturing department of Huawei Company has been established for several years, and there is still no mobile phone comparable to the 'starry sky'. β