Chapter 62: The Role of Travel
F1 is indeed in talks with the Singapore government to build a track in Singapore, but the negotiations have stalled due to the disagreement between the two sides. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In a previous life, Singapore missed the introduction of F1 for the first time, and it was not until 2005 that Singapore's economy regressed and the tech island plan collapsed, and it had to change its thinking and reposition Singapore.
Since then, F1 has been introduced, gambling cards have been opened, and Singapore has changed from the idea of rejuvenating the country through science and technology and is on a pragmatic path.
So at this time, Zhou You didn't think that he could persuade the young boss to agree to open the gambling cards and build a casino.
Sure enough, the young head raised his head and said in a slow tone: "F1 is a waste of money and labor, and the current differences between the government are relatively large, as for the gambling license, there is no bill in this regard at present, as for the construction of Singapore, a tourism hub, and increase investment in some amusement facilities, this is still more feasible." ”
Hearing such an answer, although Lin Wutong and Adelson were expected, they also deliberately made a disappointed look. When it comes to acting, their acting skills are much stronger than those of the actors.
At this time, the screen in the box played a promotional video specially made by the traveling people. The company's beautiful base, the heroic posture of the Ranger, the hard training of the crew, and the orderly work during the salvage period have formed an erection momentum, which is very in line with Zhou You's positioning of the company.
After the short five-minute video was filmed, there was a round of applause in the box. The young master smiled: "This opening is good, it should be played in the morning, and now the effect of the broadcast is not satisfactory, because everyone is hungry and just wants to eat." ”
Zhou You smiled and said, "It's all here, it's time for us to sit down, Chairman Li, please ......"
Beckoning the young master, Zhou You took the old Barron's arm and walked to the table, and a tall model standing on the other side of Barron helped to lift Barron's other arm.
Barron, who was born after World War I, is in his eighties, he was an aviation soldier in World War II, he likes to fly airplanes, and he also drove his own aircraft leasing company, but the years are urging people to get old, and now he wants to walk freely without the help of service personnel, which is also very difficult.
In fact, almost none of these artists present today do not know any of them, because most of them are famous models in Southeast Asia, from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and other places, although many of them have Chinese ancestry, but they have not attacked the entertainment industry in the mainland or Hong Kong.
Today's guests are all people with status, and they don't have any rudeness to these beauties around them, even the lustful Adelson looks very gentlemanly at this time.
Zhou You, as the master, did not sit in the master's seat today, all the people present are grandfathers, and the youngest young head is also his father's generation, so when arranging the seats, he was arranged in the lower position with his back to the door.
And sitting next to him is a local singer from Malaysia. This candidate was arranged by Yan Fangqing and the three of them, so it can be seen that she will definitely not be the type that Zhou You likes.
As soon as Zhou You saw her, he completely extinguished his heart that wanted to be close to her, and he was very solemn.
On the contrary, the young man sitting across from him chatted for a while with the model next to him, a famous local model in Singapore, whose billboards can often be seen on the streets when traveling.
It's just that today's occasion is not right, otherwise, Zhou You will definitely be close to this model named Jacqueline Alblas.
In the other box, the founders of the three companies that have developed in the Internet industry are seated, and they are accompanied by the young lady, He Jing, as well as Yan Fangqing and several investment managers from Temasek.
The more we look at Zhouyou's investment direction, the more Temasek's researchers admire Zhouyou. From the rise of Microsoft in the 90s to the present, thousands of Internet companies have been created every day around the world, and most of them have finally disappeared quietly.
In the first two years of the Internet bubble, many people could get huge investments just by coming up with a concept, but in the end, these investments were wasted.
In particular, last year's Internet bubble burst, with more than 90 percent of Internet companies going bankrupt and closing down, and even those that survived were struggling to make ends meet.
The companies that can still maintain their vitality and competitiveness in this environment are not even one in 1,000.
But Zhou You invested in three Internet companies, and all three of them developed well.
KDU and Google are companies of the same nature, and the two of them are targeting the current industry giant Yahoo, and since they each hold their own patented technology, which is superior to Yahoo's current technology, Temasek is also very optimistic about the future of both companies.
However, they have missed the best time to invest, and Temasek wants to squeeze into it, which costs tens of times the cost of traveling, and they have to pay many additional costs.
For example, in the current negotiations between Temasek and Qiandu, they want to get a stake from Qiandu, not only need to pay high cash, but also help Qiandu to develop the Southeast Asian market, and also take some research technology from the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Polytechnic University.
Even so, they can now only get less than 20 percent of the shares, and if they want to expand their shareholding, they will need to wait until the last IPO of Qiandu.
The huge cost of Qiandu Company here can let them enter the game, which is still good. Google's Temasek has tried its best to reach an investment agreement with Google itself, but it has been rejected by an official letter from the US government.
Because Google is developing smoothly and is now showing momentum far beyond Yahoo, the U.S. government has directly vetoed their investment plan on the grounds of information security.
As for the other company, Temasek is even more coveted, because now Tencent is the largest game platform in China and the largest instant messaging company in China. In China, there is no company that can compare with them.
Even if Qiandu has a bright future in everyone's eyes, at least for now, they have no way to compare with Google and Tencent.
As the largest game platform in China, Tencent has put almost all its energy into game copyright investment and the improvement of the game platform in addition to continuing to improve QQ in the past two years.
In the first three quarters of this year, Tencent's game turnover has exceeded $1 billion, and its gross profit has reached more than $300 million.
A legendary game alone can bring in more than $200 million in net profits, a figure that no one could believe at first. This has also allowed Tencent to surpass several portals and become the most profitable Internet company in the country.
Therefore, Tencent's original shares have been hotly pursued by many investment institutions.
But the current Tengxun is not the Tengxun of the previous life, he has mastered the cash cow of online games, and now there is no shortage of funds at all, so all the shares of Tengxun are firmly controlled in the hands of Zhou You and the founder team, without any intention of transferring.
Because everyone knows that when Tengxun completes its server architecture, this company can get at least 50 times more equity premium just by virtue of its current status. You don't want to be too high, for a network technology company, this is not a production-oriented enterprise, a premium of 50 times is just very common, before the Internet bubble, many Internet companies went public, and even dared to pay a premium of 100 times, 200 times.
Therefore, no matter how high the price is sold now, at that time, it will feel too little.
Besides, a company with an annual profit of more than $400 million, even in the world, there are not many of them now!
Temasek is of course interested in Tenson's shares, but they can't afford to buy them right now. Because whether it is Zhou You or the founder team, there is no intention of selling shares at all.
Even if Tengxun has to raise several times in order to go public overseas in the future, they are also very clear that in the case of no shortage of funds, the later the financing, the more beneficial it will be for them.
Of course, in the face of Temasek's enthusiasm, Tengxun's little brother will not be blunt to turn away, because from any point of view, Temasek can be called a high-quality investor. So, although we have not received financing from Temasek so far, the relationship between the two sides has been very good.
In contrast, the two founders of Google, who first learned about Zhou You's relationship with Temasek and Qiandu, were a little surprised, because they thought Zhou You was a layman who just had a little money in his hand, so he invested in them and gave up his voting rights directly.
But now it seems that Zhou You's giving up his voting rights is not because he is a layman, but because he has one of his own investment characteristics, whether it is Qiandu or Tencent, he rarely participates in corporate management and decision-making.
Even if he personally owns 40 percent of the shares, he has never participated in the management of the enterprise. From the chat with Brother Xiaoma, they also knew that Zhou You discussed the direction of starting with the game with Brother Xiaoma at the beginning, and then went to Tengxun Company once, which belonged to complete decentralization.
Of course, this is also because Zhou You's personal interests are not here, he is an adventurous person who can't stand a peaceful life. But this does not mean that he has no goods in his head, just by the path he chose for Tengxun, you can know that even if he does not show any talent in management, but at least in terms of vision, there are few people who can compare with him.
At this time, Larry Page and Sergei Brin were also discussing in a low voice that they should try their best to tap the potential of Zhou You in the future, so that he can also contribute to the development of Google. (To be continued.) )