Thanks to the strong intervention of the two giants of Pingchuan City, the anti-corruption struggle in Xinpi County has slowed down, but the actions taken in the previous three months have achieved great results, and the atmosphere of officialdom has changed.

With a good atmosphere of officialdom, all kinds of construction have become more and more smooth, and the entire Xinpi County is moving forward step by step according to the trajectory envisioned by Li Xiaoning.

During this period, Li Xiaoning's own company, Mengtang Technology, has also achieved rapid development, and the company has become one of the first-class mobile game companies in China. In order to take the company's development scale to the next level, Tang Wei and Dai Yimin both believe that the company should be listed.

The most convenient way to go public is to go public, Dai Yimin with a keen eye, chose an American company - Light and Shadow Art, and intends to use the shell of Light and Shadow Art to be listed on the NASDAQ in the United States.

As the big boss of the company, Li Xiaoning couldn't get out of such an important matter, and he flew to Yanjing again to understand the specific situation.

Light and Shadow Art is a long-established game company in the United States and a world-famous interactive entertainment software company, mainly engaged in the development, publishing and sales of various video games. However, in the past few years, it has fallen into the lowest ebb in history, and the company's major shareholders are quite dissatisfied with the performance, and it should be said that it is the best time to make an acquisition at this time.

Li Xiaoning briefly looked at the report and voted in favor. The only thing he worries about is money, because Li Xiaoning is a person with a strong desire to control, and he doesn't like and does not allow the control to fall into the hands of others, so he is unwilling to find a big consortium for financing. Especially after being used by NEA for a mere $30 million to take 20% of the shares, he was even more reluctant to raise funds. Since there is no financing, then the money for the acquisition will have to rely on itself.

When Li Xiaoning expressed his concern, the two women present and Xie Erdong, who was already the company's technical director and chief designer, laughed.

Li Xiaoning was puzzled and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Mr. Li hasn't come to the company for a long time, can't he even look at the annual dividends to see how much money he has paid?" Dai Yimin pursed his lips and smiled.

"I really haven't seen this." Li Xiaoning smiled a little embarrassedly. In the past two years, his main energy has been focused on the development of Xinpi County, and he really hasn't cared much about Mengtang Technology, he only knows that the company is developing very well and developing rapidly, as for how much money he has made, he really doesn't know very well.

"Director Dai, you can report to Mr. Li!" Tang Wei said with a smile.

Dai Yimin smiled slightly, opened his notebook, pulled up the financial statements and said, "Let's talk about our main business, mobile games." In the past two years, we have developed four games one after another, and because each game was developed according to the standards set by Mr. Li before, the market response was very good. Up to now, the sales of our seven games have reached 2.8 billion yuan, and the profit is 1.6 billion yuan. ”

"1.6 billion?" Li Xiaoning's eyes widened unconsciously, "There are so many?" Have you been robbing money for the past two years? ”

Dai Yimin smiled shyly, and then said, "Mr. Li, don't get excited. This is just the money made in the mobile game market, and we have a lot of other businesses in Mengtang Technology now. ”

After a brief period of excitement, Li Xiaoning quickly calmed down again. It seems that Mengtang Technology has earned so much in only three years, which is incredible. In fact, this is completely in line with the laws of the market, every new thing that appears and becomes popular is always accompanied by huge profits, and then the profits will gradually decline. As an emerging industry, Mengtang Technology has not only caught up with the good times, but also has its own core competitiveness, speaking of which, it is reasonable to earn so much.

However, Dai Yimin's next report surprised Li Xiaoning again, and at the same time, he was glad that he had recruited Dai Yimin back then. It turned out that in the past two years, Dai Yimin used most of the company's profits to invest in the capital market.

Dai Yimin is simply a female stock god, in the past two years, she has made frequent moves in the capital market, and she can see it accurately and quickly, so far, she has earned a full 3.5 billion yuan for Mengtang Technology in the capital market.

That is to say, Mengtang Technology now has as much as 5 billion yuan of available funds, and now the US dollar exchange rate is falling all the way, and it is as high as 1 billion US dollars when converted. The original market value of Light and Shadow Art was estimated at $2 billion, but in the past two years, the company has made a series of heavy decision-making mistakes, and the valuation has fallen by one-third, and the current valuation is about $13.4 billion. With a little manipulation, a complete acquisition can be achieved.

Since Dai Yimin is so good, Li Xiaoning simply continues to be the shopkeeper. Dai Yimin really lived up to his expectations, and after more than three months of negotiations, the vast majority of the shareholders of Light and Shadow Art were moved. Mengtang Technology won a 46% controlling stake in Light and Shadow Art at a price of $400 million.

The only thing that needs to be done is Baldwin, the founder of Light and Shadow Art. But it's this Baldwin who has a very stubborn temper and refuses to sell anything. Dai Yimin understands that the hard work of his own creation is sold like this, and it is not happy to change anyone. It's just that understanding is understanding, and business still has to be discussed. However, when Li Xiaoning asked about this matter again, the deal still could not be completed.

After Li Xiaoning asked about the situation through the cross-ocean video call, he walked back and forth in place, and after a while, he suddenly smiled weirdly and said: "Since Baldwin doesn't want to sell, then we will force him to sell!" As soon as you waited, I flew over and negotiated with Baldwin in person. ”

Xinpi County is now on the right track, and with Zhang Han in charge, Li Xiaoning has nothing to worry about. Moreover, a while ago, he had just been to the United States with a provincial delegation, and his visa was still valid. It's convenient to go to the United States.

Three days later, Li Xiaoning flew to Nevada, USA, in fact, the headquarters of Light and Shadow Art is in California, and the reason why Li Xiaoning went to Nevada was because the founder of Light and Shadow Art was on vacation on a farm in Nevada.

It is not easy to meet Baldwin, these rich people in the United States have a strong aristocratic mentality, and they are unwilling to deal with people outside the circle. Baldwin is clearly interested in a mysterious guest from the Far East, though. So, it didn't take much time for Li Xiaoning to meet the founder of the old game company.

Baldwin was younger than Li Xiaoning believed, that is, he had just reached fifty years old. This person is a typical new American aristocrat, his mother is a senator, he has a high IQ, and his business is so big, he has always been above the top.

In the reception room of Baldwin's farm, the two looked at each other and judged.

Although in recent years, Huaxia entrepreneurs have been buying one landmark enterprise and real estate after another in the United States, but the reputation of Huaxia people in the United States is not good, and Americans think that Huaxia people are nouveau riche and cannot be on the stage.

Baldwin looked Li Xiaoning up and down, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of contempt, and said, "Mr. Li, your dress really makes me dare not compliment." ”

Li Xiaoning didn't expect that the first thing Baldwin said when he opened his mouth was to criticize his own clothing, and he couldn't help but look at Dai Yimin, who was sitting next to him. In fact, he wore this outfit on him temporarily, and he was going to see Baldwin in a T-shirt and jeans. It was Dai Yimin who said that these upper-class figures in the United States attach great importance to appearance, so they dragged him to a luxury store to buy such a suit.

He was now wearing an Armani suit, a Beruti leather shoe, and a Cartier watch, which cost tens of thousands of dollars. Such extravagant expenses made Li Xiaoning feel distressed for a long time.

Baldwin didn't care about Li Xiaoning's feelings at all, and said to himself: "A person's dress, especially a man's dress, reflects a person's taste and status. The clothes on your body are mass-produced, the shoes are a few thousand dollars at most, and the watch is an ordinary commodity worn by the nouveau riche......"

"Mr. Li, I know you are rich, but you have no taste. I guess you can't taste the difference between Bordeaux '82 and Burgundy '90! Baldwin said as he lit a cigar.

At first, Li Xiaoning was still a little angry, but then calmed down, now he is the winner, and Baldwin is just a trapped beast forced into a corner, the winner is not disdainful of being angry with the loser, he smiled and said, "Mr. Baldwin." I'm here today to talk to you about business, not to discuss how the Bordeaux '03 you brought out to entertain me tasted worse than the '82, or to discuss whether the Trinidad cigar you smoke now is real or fake. ”

Li Xiaoning's bland words immediately made Baldwin's face change, because Li Xiaoning's seemingly casual words accurately stated the year and origin of his red wine, and even vaguely pointed out that the Trinidad cigar he was smoking now was a fake, and he had never said these beforehand, which showed that Li Xiaoning really understood this. And in the United States, the knowledge of this knowledge, without exception, is almost exclusively upper-class figures. Could it be that this Li Xiaoning is really a nobleman? Running here to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger with yourself? How did he know that Li Xiaoning was just more interested in the knowledge of red wine and cigars, and generally he would try to make himself an expert in the matters he was interested in, just like he did in the study of antiques.

Looking at Baldwin's pale face for a while, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xiaoning's mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Baldwin, I like to go straight, and I won't say polite words." I'm here to buy 51 percent of your shares in Light and Shadow Art. ”

"I told you, I don't sell!" Baldwin replied cleanly.

"Listen to me, answer me!" Li Xiaoning added coldly.

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