Chapter 4 Prospects for Cooperation

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Since '91, Singapore has been vigorously developing its science and technology strategic plan. On a five-year cycle, the government makes significant investments to guide the country's scientific and technological development.

From 91 to 95 years, Singapore established the "National Technology Development Plan", invested 2 billion Singapore dollars, equivalent to more than 10 billion yuan, and carried out policy guidance and support in nine fields such as information technology, microelectronics, and material technology, which greatly promoted the pace of Singapore's development from a manufacturing country to a research and development country.

From '96 to last year, the government promoted the second national technology development plan, invested S$4 billion, and continued to advance in the field of scientific research, with obvious results.

Last year, the Singapore government promoted the third five-year plan, Science and Technology Plan 2005, with an investment of S$6 billion to further develop and advance in the three major areas of information and communication, electronics manufacturing and life sciences.

From all angles, it can be seen that Singapore is promoting and determined in the field of information technology. If Du Niang and Teng Xun can catch this express train in this regard, it will have a positive effect on their development.

Although Singapore is small, it is a leader in Southeast Asia in the fields of information, communication, science and technology, and biotechnology.

If Du Niang and Teng Xun can get help from the Singapore government, whether it is Malaysia or Indonesia, including Thailand and the Philippines, they will open their doors to them.

Of course, this will not be unconditional, and one of the first conditions is that Singapore must have a stake in both companies.

Of course, it is impossible for the government to hold shares directly, because they are not in the mainland, and the government is allowed to hold shares directly, and if they want to integrate into the international trend, they need an investment company controlled by the government.

Temasek is one such company.

Zhou You analyzed the pros and cons with Li Yanhong and Xiao Ma, and finally decided that he should seize this opportunity and go abroad.

Of course, while Temasek is allowed to take shares, they will not make the other party the largest shareholder. At most, they are allowed to invest strategically, and their holdings must be controlled below 20 percent, and if possible, 10 percent is the best.

However, it is almost impossible to get Singapore to unconditionally support these two companies with only 10% of the shares, so their bottom line is 20%.

In addition to the founder team, Du Niang already has four major shareholders, in addition to Zhou You, the other two are well-known Internet companies in the United States and the famous investment bank Defengjie.

Among them, the founder's team has the most shares, followed by Zhou You, De Fengjie because the original conditions are not as generous as Zhou You, Du Niang only absorbed a little strategic investment, and wanted to use their relationship.

If Temasek is brought in, how to price it, how many shares to sell and what type of shares to sell will all need to be seriously discussed.

As for Tengxun's side, it is much easier to do, because except for a little technical shares, 95% of the shares are controlled in the hands of the founder team and Zhou You, they only need to quote a suitable price, and both sides can contribute half of the shares.

However, this kind of negotiation is obviously impossible to negotiate in one or two days, the two sides have to inspect the company, study the development prospects, negotiate the conditions for shares, all the negotiations are fast for half a year, if the differences are too big, one or two years may not be able to negotiate.

So after Zhou You negotiated his own standards with them, he no longer cared about this matter.

In the afternoon of the same day, he directly called the young head and told him about the situation.

For young leaders, Du Niang and Teng Xun may be relatively unfamiliar companies, but not for Temasek.

The news was reported to Temasek by the young master, and within an hour, Ho Jing arrived at Zhou You's home with a team of workers.

Zhou You didn't understand technical things at all, and He Jing didn't understand either, so neither of them participated in the contact, but chatted and watched the scenery in the yard, and played with Long Long, who had just learned to walk.

The initial contact should be said to be relatively smooth, the Singapore government has the resources, technology, and channels, and the founders of the two companies have patents, development plans, and excellent executive teams.

Therefore, there is no contradiction between the two sides in cooperation, and they only need to find a suitable standard and conditions acceptable to both parties.

Due to the pleasant contact, the two sides continued to talk about the topic, from more than three o'clock in the afternoon, until dinner, and had to move to a nearby hotel.

It's not that Zhou You doesn't want to entertain guests at home, there are many relatives at home, and people who are too different from each other eat together, but they are not comfortable.

At the dinner table, they were still talking, and almost no one cared about what they ate at night. The negotiations continued until 10 p.m., when the hotel was about to close, and it had to be ended.

He Jing did not participate in the negotiations today, but he had been silently observing Zhou You, and before he met Zhou You, it was hard to imagine that a 21-year-old young man would behave more calmly than a middle-aged man.

I don't pay attention to when, his performance is so decent, his speech is so measured, and I don't know how he practiced it.

Even if he has talent, how can he be experienced in the world?

It wasn't until she got into the car that she left that He Jing couldn't help but ask, "Evan, I'm curious." You relied on prescriptions to enter the pharmaceutical industry, how could you invest in the Internet industry? Moreover, your vision is still so accurate, and the two companies you have invested in have developed so successfully. ”

Zhou You thought for a moment before replying: "I invested in Tengxun only because I used their software and felt that the instant messaging industry had great potential for development." As for whiteness, I would also like to thank Brother Pony because he introduced me to this relationship. ”

As for this question, he can certainly play haha. But in the face of her, Zhou You still wants to get closer, so he is open and honest, which is also conducive to future interactions.

After they left, Li Yanhong and Xiao Ma were still very excited, and took Zhou You to the hotel where they stayed to make a summary of today's meeting.

Today is Sunday, and since Temasek was able to arrange such a group of experts to come to his home at such a quick time during the weekend, several people also felt Temasek's attention.

However, attention does not necessarily lead to a successful cooperation, because there are so many issues involved.

Policy support, channel support, software and hardware technical support, the two companies want a lot.

But their roots are domestic, so it is absolutely impossible for Singapore to have a controlling stake, and they will not give up their control.

One side wants to get satisfactory support under limited conditions, and the other side lives within the means of what they get, and even if both sides are willing, the follow-up negotiations will be difficult.

In fact, the more difficult the better, because the longer the negotiations last, the better the development of the two companies, and the higher the cost of them wanting to get involved.

Of course, he won't tell them this directly, and on the surface, he still pretends to look forward to the cooperation as soon as possible.

The two of them had planned to return tomorrow, but now they had to postpone the date of their return. Because the time of contact today is too short, there are still many issues that have not been communicated well, and we must continue to communicate before entering the formal negotiations.

However, Zhou You did not have time to accompany them, because he had to take a flight to Cairo early tomorrow morning.

Anyway, what should be said Zhou You has already said, to sell the shares, it will definitely need to be signed by Zhou You, of course, if they sell their own shares and do not let Zhou You give out the shares, then it doesn't hurt if they don't notify Zhou You.

If you can introduce a powerful shareholder, and your shares remain the same, you will only be happier when you travel around.

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It was 11pm when Ho Jing returned home, and since they moved out of 38 Oxley Road, they have been staying in a villa in Bukit Timah not far from Zhou You's home.

It's the same home on Oxley Road, not much different from the neighbors, except for a small squad of soldiers to guard it.

After taking a shower and returning to the room, the gentleman, who was usually ready to go to bed at this time, did not lie on the bed, but was still reading in the study.

"It's time to rest......" she pulled out the cigarette in her hand and extinguished it in the ashtray, then opened the window to let in the air, but did not open the blinds.

She didn't want the guards to bother them at this time.

"What is your impression of him?"

Although Mr. didn't say who he was, He Jing knew who he was. She thought for a moment before saying: "A very strange person, at first glance he seems to be a brave and unscrupulous person, but the more I get in touch with him, the more I find that he is a little unfathomable. He seems to be hiding his true self with his rudeness and recklessness, and he seems to be watching the world coldly, and it is difficult to explain him with an impression. ”

The young master smiled, stood up, stretched his waist and asked, "Just tell me your impression today, I have always agreed with your vision of people." ”

"Go back to bed, it's time for you to go to bed, or you'll be out of energy tomorrow."

The two men smiled at each other and walked towards the bedroom. He Jing then said: "From this afternoon to the evening separation, Evan Zhou has always played a good husband, a good father, a good son-in-law, a good investor, a good conversation partner, and a good host. His words and deeds are very much in line with what everyone thinks of him, these seem normal, but when you think about it, it is a little creepy. Because it's all too perfect, perfect like a good actor playing him, not the real him.

In the information we know, he was brave and unscrupulous, rushed to the point of recklessness, and relied on force to fly and dominate. But as soon as they met, all these impressions were subverted. I watched him hold the child and play with him with that sincere emotion, it's hard to associate him with the cold-blooded killer who killed fourteen people in a row in the video, of course, people are multifaceted, and I can understand this, but do you know which one surprised me the most? (To be continued.) )