The departure of Jonathan and Si Ze made the already small conference room even more empty. Seeing this board of directors come to an abrupt end.

The representative of Tencent Investment glanced in the direction of the conference room door, but the good soundproofing did not allow a single noise to enter the room. He retracted his gaze and faced Chen Wenhao, his tone was gentle and a little respectful, "Mr. Ma is attending an important meeting in the capital and can't come, but Mr. Ma asked me to bring you a sentence - 'Tencent is optimistic about Kamodo Company and Mr. Chen, so Tencent will be a good ally.'" Mr. Ma also said that if there is any need, you can contact him directly. ”

Chen Wenhao nodded and said, "Say hello to Mr. Ma for me, and say that I am very grateful for his support." There may be some changes in the company in the future, and the corresponding situation will be notified to your company in a timely manner. ”

The representative of Tencent Investment smiled and packed his things and left the conference room.

Facebook's Tang Lichao stood up and shook hands with Chen Wenhao to say goodbye, "I just contacted Zack, and he is under a lot of pressure right now, so what we agreed on also needs to be accelerated." ”

Tang Lichao and Chen Wenhao have met several times, and their words are more speculative, they can be regarded as acquaintances, and after hesitating for a moment, he added, "Zack's side is also very difficult, so he can only do this step." Now, as long as the national security card is played, public opinion is one-sided, and the domestic policy trend in the United States has become very unpleasant in recent years. Sometimes, I can't wait to give the middle finger to those shit politicians. ”

Chen Wenhao smiled and shook hands with him, "Old Tang, you have studied Chinese for so long, do you know that there is a saying in China, called 'everything is in silence', thank Xiaozha for me." The negotiated things will be handled by the professional team, and we will let the teams on both sides connect later and complete it as soon as possible. ”

"Alright, I'll relay everything you said to Zack." Tang Lichao gently patted Chen Wenhao's arm and reminded, "You have to be cautious next, even venture capital companies like A and G have defected, IB companies now not only represent the interests of those companies, but the consortium involved behind them is the main one." ”

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Chen Wenhao didn't say much, although Facebook was on his side this time, but due to their respective identities and positions, when the artificial intelligence industry, which was originally only about commercial interests, began to be involved in national security, it was destined to be difficult for the two sides to have deeper cooperation.

******

Jonathan and Si Ze sat in the back of a luxury car, and there was a soundproof lifting plate between them and the driver's seat, which was pulled down at the moment.

Jonathan leaned his back comfortably on the back of a high-end leather chair, and his three-dimensional face was only calm and calm, as if he had been annoyed and angry in the conference room before. can achieve his status, which one is not first-class acting skills, all of them can be called old drama bones, and wanting to deliberately reveal a certain emotion is just a matter of sprinkling water.

Si Ze, who was sitting on the other side, frowned, and after a period of suppressed silence, he asked in a somewhat deep voice, "If you force him like this, it is impossible to get the desired result, why do you do this?" That's not what we discussed! ”

Jonathan's face remained unchanged, "Then what do you want to do?" This Chinese guy is clearly unwilling to let go of the shares, and your original investment agreement is completely rubbish, and there is not even a clause that can restrain the other party. If you don't withdraw your shares, will you give him your money? ”

Si Ze's tone was raised for a moment, and he retorted, "This is not a war, this is just a business, as long as you can make money, it is a good business." But look at what you've done, the loss of forced withdrawal is too great. As long as they get through this period of market capitalization downturn, these shares of Kamodo can rise by another 10 times, 50 times or even 100 times. There are only two companies in the world that can provide AI products, and they can completely control the market together. I don't understand how you managed to convince the bigwigs on the Board of Directors of House A and then put you in Jim's position, just as I can't understand the decision that our Board of Directors made this time. ”

Jonathan's eyes glanced over, and a mocking smile hung on the corner of his mouth, "Sir, I must remind you that you underestimate the influence of artificial intelligence products, this is not only a war, but also a key battle to determine the future status of the United States." Anyone who is not on our side is our mortal enemy, don't worry about your equity, if you don't withdraw your shares now, I'm afraid you don't know when you will get it, from this point of view, your business has made a lot of money. There's so much information behind this that you don't know, and trust me, doing what you're doing is the best option. ”

After saying this, he clapped his hands and didn't look at Si Ze again, "Okay, sir, cheer up, there are still many things waiting for us to deal with, and the professional team responsible for the withdrawal operation has gathered at the hotel and is waiting." ”

******

That night, Chen Wenhao and Dai Yuqian, who was also in Jianghai City, met for dinner, although the two are lovers, but they have been busy recently, always gathering more and leaving less, many times can only rely on the Internet and phone to maintain communication, so they cherish the opportunity to be together.

Although the love words are sweet, it is enough to embellish them, and the two talked about their respective jobs as they spoke.

Dai Yuqian talked about the experience and experience of preparing and operating the foundation, although there are connections and connections to support, the process is still full of twists and turns, more trivial, but looking at her high interest, she has also found a new field of interest, and the legal knowledge is not wasted, and the current legal representative of the foundation is concurrently served by her.

Then Chen Wenhao also talked about the basic situation of today's meeting, and when he heard the conflict with the two venture capital companies A and G, Dai Yuqian couldn't help but get serious, sat up straight, and asked, "When I was in the firm before, I also dealt with venture capital companies, and they did this very strangely, which is completely inconsistent with the principle of investment benefits." Although she does not have access to the company's operating and financial data, her judgment on the prospects of the Kamodo company is still clear, even if the product is not unique, it can still be regarded as a bright money situation, and it is not a cost-effective thing to withdraw shares at this time.

Chen Wenhao has the information of Xiaoka, so he is naturally very clear about the reasons behind the decision made by the two venture capital companies, but he can't tell Dai Yuqian as it is, so he can only choose what he can say, "I guess there are two reasons: one is that the other party feels that the listing of Kamodo Company is far away, and he is worried that he will lose all his money, so he will make money in advance." “

Generally speaking, one of the best ways for venture capital to make a profit exit is to securitize the company, which is easy to cash out at a high level as long as the performance is passable, or the packaging is better. However, with the current situation, the way to go public in the United States has been basically cut off. Besides, they can't decide whether and when Chen Wenhao will make the company public.

Dai Yuqian blinked, she knew the equity composition of Kamodo's company, and secretly estimated it, still a little puzzled, "Even so, there is no need for those two, more than 2 billion US dollars is indeed a lot, but for the scale of these two, it is not unbearable, the reasonable approach should be to put it alone, and then slowly negotiate with the company, even if you can't enter the securities market in the short term, but it's always okay to find a receiver with a higher bid." ”

Chen Wenhao smiled, "It is written in the contract, as long as I don't agree, they don't want to change people, let alone go public." At the beginning, they were allowed to take shares, mainly in the hope that when shareholders diversify and promote AI products overseas, they can reduce resistance and get a boost, after all, after AI is deepened, it is easy to touch sensitive products and fields. Now it seems that I was still thinking too simple at the time, not to mention that I haven't been honest lately, so why keep them in this case. ”

Dai Yuqian pretended to take a sip and said with a smile, "You old fox!" I guess people have seen this too. However, I still think that the forced withdrawal of shares is not a mature business practice, unlike the normal decision of those two companies. ”

Chen Wenhao said in a casual tone, "As you said, so I guess there is another reason: our opponents are probably going to make another move, and this time the momentum is estimated to be not small." So, since they can't win me over and can't get the initiative, they naturally have to find a way to withdraw money, otherwise it will be tantamount to being an enemy. ”

Dai Yuqian frowned at her good-looking eyebrows, and asked a little worriedly, "Then you have to be siphoned off such a large amount of money, and you have to deal with the moves from there, no problem, right?" She has studied in Europe and the United States for many years, and naturally understands the great energy of European and American consortia, and although the Kamodo company has developed rapidly, it is not deep after all, and it has increased its efforts in promotion in the past year, and has invested a lot of money.

"Don't worry, funds and markets are not a problem, at most we don't care about the European and American markets for the time being. In fact, I am more worried that the abuse of AI products by the other party will have too much impact on traditional industries, and I am afraid that not many people are ready now. ”

"It's like after the launch of Xiaoka Translation, all foreign language translations across the country hacked you on the Internet? By the way, I heard that the number of foreign language majors in universities across the country has been cut by more than half this year. Dai Yuqian smiled playfully.

Chen Wenhao touched his nose a little embarrassedly and did not speak.

The artificial intelligence mastered by the opposition alliance is much worse than that of Xiaoka and Xiaoxi, but for the existing scientific and technological level of the earth, once it is really opened up, the impact will be unprecedented. Until then, he had always been leisurely, doing something that was accelerating, not subverting. Now I just hope that the people in those consortia will not be too mad. However, the discipline of capital, when it comes to it, there are really only two words to evaluate, and it is difficult for people to have too much confidence. Therefore, if you break off with each other early, and then everyone erects a protective barrier, maybe the negative impact will be smaller.

"By the way, my dad is also very concerned about this matter, and he was asking me a few days ago, so that you can call him if you are free."

"Okay, I see, I can also ask Lord Taishan for advice."

"It's nonsense again, what Lord Taishan, I didn't promise you."

"You just accept your fate, don't try to escape my clutches!"

"Whew! Give it a try! ”

"Try it, just give it a try!"

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