Chapter 221: My Roommate Is a Billionaire?
The potential of the takeaway platform is very high, and at present, it seems that it is the most rapidly promoted and developed takeaway platform in China.
Once the A round of financing provided by Pei Qinglan is obtained, the expansion speed will increase again, quickly occupy the national university market, and then choose the time to enter other markets, the scale of the future may be very scary.
But it's still an ideal situation.
A large market means that there is enough potential, but at the same time, it also means that it is difficult for a single company to fully occupy most of the market share.
In this case, even if the early development of the meal is really good, it is difficult to say that there will be no problems and strong competitors in the future.
Even if it is only a short history of domestic Internet development in the past ten or twenty years, there have been enough latecomers to take over.
Not to mention the emerging field of Internet + takeaway.
Even if it seems that eating takeout can provide enough jobs for the local area, at least it seems that there is no word for now.
Therefore, Secretary Zhao's interest in eating is obviously far less than his interest in WeChat.
After all, compared with the still infant takeaway, the number of users has grown to tens of millions of Weixin, and the obvious potential and strength are stronger.
If Weixin can replace QQ and become a general social software in the mobile Internet era, or it does not need to be replaced, it only needs to occupy more than one-third of the market share of social users, it is enough to support the rise of an Internet giant.
As the largest metropolis in China's foreign trade and economic cooperation, Shanghai has a pivotal position in the national economy.
But it is also because of this that in many cases, in the face of some emerging things, especially emerging industries such as the Internet, it is difficult to give more support and convenience like other places.
As a result, the Shanghai market is what everyone wants, but most Internet companies prefer to place their headquarters in places that can provide more support.
Ali is a good example of Hangzhou.
But Qunxing is very different.
The most different thing about this company compared with other Internet companies is that their cash flow is very healthy, the shareholding structure is single, and there is no external interference.
Even without the help of any local support, they can rely on their own smooth development, and even the risk is much smaller than that of some traditional industries, let alone other Internet companies.
For such a high-quality and low-risk Internet start-up, the identity background of the founders is extremely clean.
If such a target of help is not supported, it is really impossible to say.
Not to mention anything else, if Qunxing Company is short of money and goes to the bank to borrow a large amount of money, it will definitely be a green light all the way without hindrance.
"Our internal views on Qunxing and Weixin are still relatively unified." Secretary Zhao took a sip of his wine glass, and he didn't have any intention of hiding it in private communication, "Some simple help is definitely no problem, the key is to see what else you need." β
"Secretary Zhao thinks that Weixin needs anything now?" Xu Xing didn't rush to make a request, but asked Secretary Zhao's opinion in turn.
Secretary Zhao pondered for a moment, didn't rush to say, turned his head and threw the question to Pei Qinglan: "You are a professional investor, do you have any opinions?" β
Pei Qinglan suddenly smiled and shook her head, and after thinking for a few seconds, she said slowly: "I don't know much about the specific situation of WeChat, but I know the development process of QQ very well, to put it bluntly, users are everything." β
"Especially for a social communication software, allowing more people to use and get used to it is the fundamental driving force for it to continue."
"So in the final analysis, the most important thing that Weixin needs to do at present is the simplest thing, to expand the scale of users."
Secretary Zhao nodded unmoved: "It sounds like a clichΓ©." β
"The key is how to increase the number of users, and Xu Xing must know more about this than the two of us." Pei Qinglan thought for a while, and then continued to add, "But in this case, while Weixin is trying to expand, it is natural to pay attention to the ambush of competitors, black, white, and gray." β
Xu Xing smiled, and after talking about this topic, he looked at Secretary Zhao: "This can be regarded as one of the reasons why I came this time." β
"If it's just fair competition on the surface, I can actually handle it."
"But when it comes to some encounters deep below the surface, Qunxing is still not very good at it."
"I see." Secretary Zhao nodded calmly, did not give any promise, but simply said, "I will write this down." β
Xu Xing didn't expect to solve this kind of problem with a meal, a private meal was just a good start, and more in-depth cooperation naturally needed lengthy negotiations and communication on the surface to be gradually reached.
A meal is eaten from six o'clock in the evening until eight o'clock in the evening.
Secretary Zhao communicated with Xu Xing about a lot of questions, although he didn't give too many specific guarantees, but everyone who knows knows how great the benefits are here.
Just the matter of the National University Seminar Summit mentioned by Secretary Zhao earlier can make you eat takeout and drink a mouthful of soup, and even WeChat messages can be rubbed.
In addition, including loan through train, tax incentives, office leasing incentives, and various businesses that connect with the local area can receive certain support.
Although Secretary Zhao did not make it clear from beginning to end what he would provide, everyone already knew the actual situation and subsequent developments.
Once it gets the help of the Shanghai market and has the endorsement, Qunxing Company can be regarded as completely formal, and there is no need to worry about the swords and swords in the dark, and An'an can compete and develop separately.
After sending Secretary Zhao away, the rest of the people did not leave in a hurry.
Pei Qinglan asked Yao Yuanyuan and Yan Chi Vinegar to order some desserts, and she continued to communicate with Xu Xing about the financing of takeaways.
Secretary Zhao was present before, and some things could not be said too bluntly.
Now that there are only the two of them left, Pei Qinglan didn't beat around the bush anymore, and asked bluntly: "How many shares do you plan to give out in this financing?" β
β10οΌ γβ Xu Xing had planned it a long time ago, so naturally there was no need to hide it, "The plan is 15 million US dollars." β
When Pei Qinglan heard this number, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, and then smiled: "Your appetite is not small. β
You know, the number of users who have eaten takeout is not even one million, and if you count the university market in Kyoto, there are about 800,000 registrations now.
This volume is indeed a little smaller.
In this case, 10% of the shares will cost 15 million US dollars, so isn't the overall valuation rushing to hundreds of millions of US dollars?
Although the future potential of the food delivery industry is huge, and the valuation of only 100 million US dollars may only be regarded as a piece of cake, this is only a series A financing in the early stage.
If Xu Xing hadn't been confident enough in this project, he wouldn't have offered such a price.
"This is a food delivery platform with the support of WeChat." Xu Xing said with a smile, "Mr. Pei can imagine where he expands, where he can quickly connect with Weixin users, how amazing do you think the effect will be?" β
"You're pretty good at drawing cakes." Pei Qinglan glanced at him, after all, all this Xu Xing said was based on the fact that Weixin would at least be able to compete with QQ in the future.
But even so, Pei Qinglan did not intend to give up this opportunity.
Half a year ago, Xu Xing's Tianshu Studio was still a small ant with only tens of thousands of start-up capital.
Although Pei Qinglan had investment intentions at the beginning, it was just a show of optimism about Xu Xing.
It's just that she didn't expect that Xu Xing's growth rate would be amazing to this point.
And the current opportunity is the result of her many overtures.
Even if 15 million US dollars looks very expensive, compared with the rise speed of Qunxing Company, it seems that it is not impossible to try.
After three months of development, the organizational structure has begun to take shape, and the operating model has gradually developed.
Unlike some other Internet projects, it may be just a concept or a preliminary product that can fool investors into jumping in.
"However, 15 million US dollars, I'm afraid I will have to raise it for a while, or find a partner I am more familiar with, and I will lead the investment and eat it together." Pei Qinglan said after pondering.
"It doesn't have to be that much trouble." Xu Xing shook his head and said, "How much can Mr. Pei win alone?" β
"About 10 million?"
"That's fine." Xu Xing nodded indifferently, "The remaining five million US knives will be made up by Qunxing Investment." β
Pei Qinglan shook her head and smiled: "You are really good at calculating." β
The company is an independent personal company of Xu Xing, and it has no direct relationship with Qunxing Company.
If Qunxing Investment Management Company also participated in the A round of financing of Eatme Takeaway, then in fact, Pei Qinglan's final shares were only about 6% to 7%.
As an investment company, Pei Qinglan doesn't care, as long as she can ensure that the valuation of the takeaway is pushed all the way up, she will make money no matter what, it's just a matter of earning more and earning less.
If it is a high-quality investment object like Xu Xing, then it doesn't matter if you make less money appropriately.
Establishing a long-term cooperative relationship is what Pei Qinglan really values.
After all, he heard from his daughter that during the previous National Day, Xu Xing invested in nearly ten start-up teams during his trip to Kyoto.
Among them, the most well-known is naturally Didi Dache, which has become famous in Kyoto.
This project alone, if it can be done in the future, is no less potential than the food delivery industry.
If Pei Qinglan can also get involved in the next few rounds of financing, she may also be able to get a lot of benefits.
However, there are many projects that you can't invest in if you have the money.
At present, the importance of this relationship chain is far more important than a single investment.
Pei Qinglan is not going to lose a big one because of a small one.
"It's delicious."
"Sister Yuanyuan, this is also delicious."
"Eh, if it is really 1,500 US dollars to raise 10% of the shares in the end, just a takeaway company, Xu Xing will be worth one billion yuan." Yao Yuanyuan whispered to Yan Chi Vinegar while not forgetting to take care of Zhang Nong and handed him a few desserts.
Zhang Nong was also very moved after hearing this, although the money was not his, but as long as the takeaway development was better, then he would be closer to the goal of replacing his mother's kidney, and even the desserts in his mouth were so sweet that he was greasy.
But his mind is actually a little confused at this moment.
For more than two hours, in addition to saying some words when he first introduced the situation of eating takeout, Secretary Zhao, Pei Qinglan and Xu Xing were basically communicating with Secretary Zhao, Pei Qinglan and Xu Xing.
None of the others interjected, just ate in silence.
But when a few people talked about WeChat, Zhang Nong's thinking was already a little unable to keep up.
There was even a bit of downtime.
In his consciousness, Xu Xing is the boss of Takeaway, perhaps because he happened to have a relationship with Qunxing Company, so that Takeaway could interact with WeChat News and the hot news above.
But he couldn't have predicted in advance that Xu Xing was the boss of Qunxing Company himself!
If you want to say that Xu Xing relies on eating takeaway, he is worth one billion, Zhang Nong has witnessed the development of takeaway step by step, and he can naturally accept such a reality.
But you told him that even Qunxing Company is Xu Xing's own company?
If it weren't for the presence of characters like Pei Qinglan and Secretary Zhao, Zhang Nong would have thought that Xu Xing was deliberately tricking himself.
After a meal, he hardly found a chance to interject later, and he was embarrassed to affect Xu Xing's rhythm of talking about business with people at such a critical juncture.
So the doubts and shocks in his heart were buried deep in his heart.
Until now, Secretary Zhao has left, and the conversation between Xu Xing and Pei Qinglan is nearing the end.
Yan Chi vinegar ate the dessert and didn't forget to hand it over to Xu Xing.
Zhang Nong watched this scene, and it wasn't until Pei Qinglan got up and took Yao Yuanyuan to say goodbye and leave, that he couldn't help but ask Xu Xing with difficulty: "Xu Xing." β
"Huh?"
"That, Qunxing Company, is the company with WeChat...... Be...... Did you drive it? β
This time he brought Zhang Nong over, Xu Xing didn't mean to continue to hide it from him, so he nodded naturally: "Yes, Qunxing Company is also mine, and of course Weixin is too." β
"The Fruit Assassin...... There are so many other games...... "Zhang Nong also knows these things very well, after all, Lu Pengyou often plays Tianshu games with his mobile phone in his bedroom.
But when Xu Xing smiled and nodded again, Zhang Nong still barely held back.
Outrageous!
This is outrageous!
He couldn't imagine that when he first started school, the roommate who was reluctant to order meat dishes in the cafeteria like him turned out to be the owner of a company with a valuation of 10 billion behind his back? !
"Now that you already know, it can be regarded as entering our real team, and the follow-up university promotion related business is still up to you to grasp." Xu Xing said simply and directly, "In addition, I hope that my identity will not be spread in the school." β
"I know." Zhang Nong nodded seriously, his face becoming serious.
"Take it easy, take it easy." Xu Xing patted him on the shoulder, "It doesn't hurt to say that you leaked your mouth, anyway, sooner or later it will be exposed." β
With the people behind him, the development of the enterprise is further on the right track, and Xu Xing's own inner construction has slowly adapted to the current identity.
Now once he is put in the spotlight, Xu Xing has the confidence to face all this.