"Boss, unfortunately, Ali seems to be deliberately rejecting our investment offer. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

As soon as they met, Demosa apologized with some embarrassment. He has traveled around the past few years, and wherever he goes, he will receive the warmest hospitality. Temasek, Apple, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the New York Stock Exchange, and many other large companies and institutions value him because he is a well-traveled lawyer. But he didn't expect that in front of Ali, a company he didn't look up to at all, he encountered a series of cold receptions.

Zhou You has known about the rejection of investment for a long time, but he still can't figure out the joints. "Sit down, tell me, what the hell is going on? Don't they know our strengths? ”

Zhou You knows very well that Ma Yun is a flamboyant entrepreneur, and he is also one of the few entrepreneurs in China who can go abroad that Zhou You has always admired. Although he is a bit flamboyant and good at showmanship, this man is very smart, he knows what he needs from the beginning, resists many temptations, and never makes people feel obnoxious.

For investing in Alibaba, Zhou You was full of expectations, and since more than a year ago, he asked Demosa to contact this matter, and also asked Yan Fangqing to visit each other in Hangzhou. At that time, the intention to negotiate was not bad, and the other party was willing to accept the capital injection of Zhou You, but I don't understand why we can't negotiate it now.

Demosa sat down across from Zhou You, thanked Yang Mi, who brought him coffee, and then opened his briefcase and said, "I went to visit their two managers in charge of financing this time, and I also met with their founders. However, the other party made it clear that in order to facilitate Alibaba's development in the United States, they will mainly absorb American institutions and investors this time to prepare for their future listing in the United States. Although he did not reject us directly, his attitude was already clear. ”

Zhou You frowned and asked, "They should know about our relationship with Temasek, and they should also know that I don't have no friends in the United States, and I should have more advantages than ordinary American investment institutions." ”

"Yes...... Demosa handed over a list and said, "This is a list of companies that are currently negotiating with Ali for investment, and in these companies, the boss, your personal influence and economic strength should be at the forefront." ”

"Then what do you think is the biggest reason why the other party wants us out?"

Demossa pondered for a moment and said, "Some of my personal opinions, some are subjective, some are unconfirmed. The subjective impression is that the boss is a simple international investor, and it is not of much help to Ali in terms of company development, technical reserves, and talent exchanges. And the boss is notorious, Ali may not want to have too much contact with us. The unconfirmed view is that some investment institutions in the United States have great trust in the boss's vision, and when they saw that the boss insisted on investing in Alibaba, they artificially set up some exclusivity agreements in it to exclude the boss from this good project. ”

As a lawyer, Demossa has always been able to speak up in front of Zhou You, which is what Zhou You has always been very satisfied with him. The lawyer is a very critical position, and you don't want to find a slippery head, so you always say something you like to hear. "Because I don't belong to the investment circle in the United States?"

"Yes!"

Zhou You took the list and looked at the above list of investment institutions, all of which are companies that have a huge impact in the industry. He pondered for a while and said, "You have also worked hard, give you a few days of vacation, take a good rest, and then go to Singapore in a few days to deal with the cyber world island cooperation agreement with the Singapore government." ”

He smiled and said, "I'd better go straight to Singapore, when I came to China, I realized that there are too many people in this country." On TV, I see that almost every scenic spot in the country is crowded with people, even if I am on vacation, I prefer to go to places with fewer people. ”

"It's up to you."

When Demossa came out of the room, Zhou You pondered for a while, then turned to Sanchez and said, "Make a call to Goronio and ask if Demosa has made any mistakes in the middle of a series of business operations." In addition, give me the phone number of the founder of Ali, and I will call him personally. ”

Goronio was originally Gràcia's head of security, and he and his men were not part of Carneroga's gang, but Bessain's men. At present, he is mainly responsible for the handling of the affairs of Gracia's subordinates, and there is a team dedicated to supervising all the middle management of Zhou You.

His men and the bodyguards sent by Caneroga crossed over, forming a complete network of surveillance. At present, this part of the people is only fully clear to Zhou You and Sanchez.

Sanchez quickly finished the call, frowned and said: "Lawyer Demosa has been in contact with the other party a total of three times, except for the first time he was a little arrogant, but the next two times he put his attitude quite low, and it is not clear how much impact his first arrogance had?" ”

Zhou You thought about it, Ma Yun is also a very proud person, if Demosa left a bad impression on him at the beginning, then it will be difficult to change. However, Zhou You didn't think that because of this reason, it would affect his investment, after all, Yan Fangqing had also been in contact with the other party, and they should know who was the leader of this matter.

He laughed and said, "Perhaps, the other party thinks that the real arrogant person is me, because I haven't been to the door in person until now." Okay, I got it. You can help me book a place in the restaurant for the evening, and then confirm the departure time of the plane. ”

After Sanchez left, Yang Mi immediately ran over. "You just say a few words every day and do business? It's boring! By the way, what did you just say? I've been studying English for a few years, and I can't understand you. ”

"Of course you don't understand the Spanish we speak."

"Is Spanish easy to learn? English is so hard to learn! ”

"If you want to learn, worship me as a teacher......"

"Cut! I think beautifully, I want to die if I learn English, and I ...... Spanish" She looked around a little bored, and whispered, "Can you discuss?" ”

Zhou You glanced at her obliquely. "Something to say."

She sat on the opposite side of Zhou You, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "You see that you have so many houses here, dozens of them, and it is a waste of people to live every day." Can you arrange me a room in the front yard, and I can occasionally come and enjoy the life of this capitalist. ”

Zhou You stared at her and laughed. "How dare you come to stay? Not afraid of your dad breaking your legs? ”

"I said it was occasional! Besides, I only live in the front yard, and I don't live in your backyard. ”

"Come if you want, I'll explain it to the bodyguards. You play by yourself for a while now, and I'll make another phone call. ”

For Yang Mi, it really meant a little bit at the beginning of Zhou You, but I had more contact with this chick, and my mind to take advantage was still light. It's not because Yang Mi is not cute, on the contrary, it's because she's so cute, so the relationship between them has deteriorated.

There is no shortage of women traveling around, but she is the only one who can be as careless about his identity as a friend in front of him, which makes Zhou You a little reluctant to start. The temperament of a Beijing girl in her personality, her sassy personality, plus a little naivety, she really has an appetite for travel.

In the company, she is also a special one, relying on her close relationship with Zhou You, her small life is relatively comfortable. Since she is still in her second year of high school, she does not have much work, mainly advertising and graphic modeling. Because her age is more embarrassing, she is not yet eighteen years old, but she is not a child anymore, there are not many roles suitable for her in various film and television dramas, and even if there are, they are all small roles.

Of course, the relationship between her and Zhou You is not as pure as water, if it weren't for Zhou You's ambiguous thoughts, even if her parents let her get closer to Zhou You, she wouldn't really have nothing to harass Zhou You.

However, Zhou You has no intention of breaking the current ambiguity, so the two have always maintained this small ambiguous relationship.

dialed Ma Yun's phone, and he seemed very surprised to receive a call from Zhou You, but he still chatted happily with Zhou You. The two of them tested each other, but Zhou You directly found out the meaning. "Mr. Ma, it seems that there are still a lot of differences in the third financing of your company, and I want to know if these differences are within the scope of what we can solve?"

The other side was silent for a long time before replying: "This matter is very complicated, and I personally have a positive attitude towards accepting Mr. Zhou as a shareholder of the company, but we must also respect the intentions of other shareholders." What's more, because Ali's negotiation with Yahoo has priority, if we accept Yahoo, we won't have much of a stake left. ”

This matter is also very clear, Ali's third financing is the main target of Yahoo, Yahoo also invested a lot of money, with Yahoo China plus a billion US dollars in cash, obtained 40% of Ali's equity, which does make Ali's shares can be sold very little.

Zhou You thought for a while and said: "I understand this matter, I don't lack funds here, and I also have some relationships, mainly because my appetite is not big, as long as five percent can satisfy me." If Ali accepts me, then Baidu, Tengxun, and these three companies can form a common interest, which is also beneficial to Ali's development. ”

He replied earnestly: "I will carefully consider Mr. Zhou's opinion, and I hope to resolve our differences." ”

Speaking of which, Zhou You could only say goodbye to him and hang up the phone. Others don't know, isn't it clear to travel? Ali was almost his word, and he replied with the obvious lack of interest in traveling around the investment.

With the absorption of Yahoo's Chinese company, plus a billion dollars in cash, and a series of Yahoo's Internet technologies, Ali is now bent on going the international route. No matter how powerful Zhou You is, it will not help much in helping Ali land in the United States.

What's more, Zhou You's appetite is relatively large, and he wants 5 percent of the shares all of a sudden, while those investment institutions in the United States obviously don't want so much.

(To be continued.) )