"Then it seems that my price is still lower." Lu Xi smiled and said, "Next time someone makes an offer, no matter who it is, Lao Wan will directly offer 400 million." ”

Lu Xi still remembers the development trajectory of AOL, if nothing else, AOL will merge with Time Warner next year, complete the largest company merger in world history so far, and form the world's largest media and network company AOL Time Warner, becoming one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization.

But now that the online ant music download website has been born, AOL, as the world's largest e-commerce platform, wants to get involved in digital music as a music e-commerce, either immediately acquire the Global Music Alliance, or just wait for a year, and looking at the development trajectory of AOL, Case will definitely not wait for a year.

Seeing that the two of them showed a good expression that they didn't know what to say, Lu Xi smiled: "Not to mention that other companies can't obtain copyright authorization within a year, just from the perspective of the overall development of e-commerce, the online shopping consumption in the United States reached 4 billion US dollars in the fourth quarter last year, with a total of nearly 13 billion US dollars for the whole year, and a total of 41.8 billion US dollars in global online shopping, I don't want to shoot either. ”

Wan Xingnian smiled and said: "Lu Shao is quite concerned about e-commerce, and last month the relevant institutions in the United States predicted that the total global e-commerce transaction volume may reach 100 billion US dollars this year, which is also beneficial to us." ”

"I just read the research report made by Yi Hongjie and remembered a few specific data." Lu Xi said with a smile, "Although we are in a passive position to sell, but because other companies cannot obtain the copyright within a year, now the initiative is in our hands, whether it is AOL or Amazon, we can sit down and negotiate the conditions, but I still hope to reach a deal with AOL, Bezos is too calm, some can't let go, it will also affect our development." ”

For a while, I couldn't figure out what Lu Xi had in mind, how selling to Amazon would affect his own development, Hong Xuedong said: "They pay the money, we collect the money, it doesn't matter in the future, what else do you want to do?" ”

Lu Xi said: "No matter who you sell it to, you need to download a tool to download music, because there are five major records including the overlord clause, no matter who takes over, you have to promote the global music alliance, I asked Lao Wan to ask for 400 million, just want to sit down with them and talk, give the network ants a chance to develop with the help of the global music alliance, with the personality of Keith and Bezos and the strength of the current company, or AOL is more worth looking forward to, of course, if from the perspective of the development of the global music alliance, it is better to sell Amazon, But we can't think about it that much right now. ”

Seeing Hong Xuedong nodding in response, Lu Xi continued: "The Global Music Alliance has been developed through the Internet ants, we have been in the United States for three weeks, the total number of users has been more than two million, the music download users are still maintained at one-third, users have adapted to our software, this is also our advantage, we open the price high, sit down and talk slowly, the Internet ants have the opportunity to accompany the development of the global music alliance, which will also save us a lot of promotion funds, and the saved funds will be used for technology research and development." ”

Previously, the Global Music Alliance was accompanied by the development of Internet ants, and after adding overlord clauses to the five major records, Lu Xi and others had to sign a contract, if they didn't make a move, they would have to switch positions between the two, and shift the focus to the music alliance website, and replace it with Internet ants accompanying the development of the music alliance, and after making a move, without paying too much, Internet ants can be a parasite and continue to grow and develop.

Hong Xuedong and Wan Xingnian nodded again and again, thinking that Lu Xi's idea was feasible.

"In the current environment, it is possible to close the deal at any price, and Robles' phone call tonight may be testing our bottom line." Wan Xingnian said, "Lu Shao still has to go back to take the college entrance examination, you can tell me the psychological bottom line first, and Mr. Hong and I will continue to talk here." ”

"I can enter without exams, for hundreds of millions of dollars, I can not go to the college entrance examination." Lu Xi said with a smile, "Our initial investment is less than 200,000 US dollars, I said that the asking price is 400 million, in fact, as long as it is not less than 300 million, I can accept it, American Internet stocks are already crazy, they are making money in the capital feast, we can not share their capital feast, but we also have to follow the madness." ”

Selling the music download business that is not the core business, the development funds of less than 200,000 yuan are transferred in exchange for at least 300 million for the development of the core business, and the buyers burn money to promote the global music alliance, and they can also promote the network ants at the minimum cost.

Seeing the two of them laughing, Lu Xi laughed twice and said: "I'm used to being a lion opening his mouth, if it weren't for the lion's big mouth all the time, we wouldn't be where we are today." ”

Hong Xuedong had early contact with Lu Xi, was familiar with Sun Mingwei and Zhou Jiahui, knew the detailed development process of green bamboo, and knew that there would be no green bamboo without Lu Xi's lion opening his mouth. ”

Lu Xi smiled and said, "I just want to be a legal taxpayer." ”

Green Bamboo Technology and Ant Moving are Internet companies in Shipu High-tech Zone, Xingang is committed to building China's Silicon Valley within ten years, the high-tech zone in Shipu is officially established in 97 years under this situation, in order to attract more powerful companies and entrepreneurs to settle in, the high-tech zone gives a three-year tax exemption policy to the high-tech enterprises stationed in the country, although the sale of the company's business has to pay taxes, but for the high-tech zone dedicated to building China's Silicon Valley, there is no decent Internet company in the jurisdiction, in this case, Lu Xi thinks that how much tax to pay can also be discussed, and how much can be discussed.

Lu Xi does not consider tax avoidance, does not set up offshore companies and VIE structures, and also because he knows that many countries around the world will vigorously crack down on tax avoidance in the future.

Seeing that Hong Xuedong snorted and didn't know what to say, Lu Xi didn't explain much, and said with a smile: "Except for the sale of the music download business, there's nothing to do here, I'll take you out for a walk tomorrow." ”

Hong Xuedong didn't talk about reasonable tax avoidance, and the three of them chatted until one o'clock in the morning with excitement, and the light rain outside became heavier and heavier, and Wan Xingnian stayed in Hong Xuedong's room to rest.

In the next few days, no one made any offers, and Lu Xi and Hong Xuedong had no intention of playing again, in order to fulfill the contract, Lu Xi hastily drafted a promotion plan for the Global Music Alliance, to deal with the five major record companies, and asked Wan Xingnian to pass it on to the five major record companies.

Early in the morning of June 14, Lu Xi came back from running downstairs and received a call from Wan Xingnian, and Zhang Chen from Yahoo took the initiative to contact him, hoping to meet and chat.

Putting down the phone, Lu Xi found Hong Xuedong and said with a smile: "AOL didn't move after the temptation, Amazon hasn't made a sound, Yahoo moved first, Zhang Chen asked us to have afternoon tea, it seems that I'm going to give me a chance to open my mouth again." ”

Hong Xuedong and Lu Xi showed the same surprised expression when they received the call, and then smiled: "Yahoo now has tens of millions of traffic every day, although it has not been involved in the field of e-commerce before, but with their traffic advantages, it is easy to promote the global music alliance, at this time it is not too blind to come in to do music e-commerce, the acquisition of high-quality assets to expand the business, Yahoo's stock price will also soar, and those investors will also support it." ”

Lu Xi replied: "No matter who it is, after the acquisition, we must fulfill the contract for promotion, as long as we can get the money and give the network ant a chance to take advantage of the opportunity to develop, I will be satisfied." ”

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Near noon, Lu Xi and Hong Xuedong went to the company to have lunch with Wan Xingnian, and after a short rest, the three of them drove to a restaurant near Union Square to meet Zhang Chen.

Lu Xi's impression of Zhang Chen is deeper than Yang Zhiyuan, Yang Zhiyuan is the founder of Yahoo, a small person like him is high, in his previous life he has always been seen from the news newspaper network, but Zhang Chen, the future global vice president of Yahoo, the president of Yahoo China, Lu Xi returned to China because of business contacts to see once, compared with Yang Zhiyuan's superiority, Zhang Chen is approachable, of course, the premise of approachability is on the basis of happy cooperation.

The three of them arrived at the restaurant, and after greeting Zhang Chen and his assistant, Zhang Chen said directly: "It is not easy for young people to start a business, Mr. Yang and Mr. Fei Luo have come through this process, they think that the global music alliance has great potential, if you need financial help, you can come to us." ”

When Zhang Chen said this, Lu Xi was suddenly disappointed, thinking that Yahoo was interested in getting involved in e-commerce and had plans to acquire the global music alliance, but he didn't expect that it was just an idea of investment, and it was to ask them to take the initiative to speak.

If you don't sell the music download business, according to the overlord terms when you signed a contract with the big five record companies, you have to invest all your income in it without financing, and it will be extremely difficult to get money, but now that several people have no intention of continuing to operate, Yahoo's plan will not satisfy their appetite.

Lu Xi smiled and said: "We are a small business, now the company has made a profit, even if there are additional terms, but the promotion will not be too blind, the funds are enough for the time being, but in the future, we may take the initiative to ask for help." ”

The additional terms are not a secret, the five major record companies have completely announced the content of the contract at the reception, Zhang Chen is aware, but the main purpose of his coming is not the Global Music Alliance, seeing Lu Xi's refusal, he smiled and said: "Luzhu will shift its focus and resources to the Global Music Alliance in the future, right?" Now the trend of the development of Internet enterprises is to first raise funds and then develop, and then seek to go public and then develop, if you don't do this, the future will be very difficult. ”

Zhang Chen's words changed suddenly, and he said: "Of course, even if you don't raise money, there is a good way to solve the financial problem, we are very interested in Luzhu's instant messaging business in China, I wonder if Mr. Lu has any plans to change hands?" ”

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