413 Who withstood Lao Mei's suppression of TikTok?
Just when the Chinese New Year file was in full swing, and the annual film award was very popular, He Fang was also making the final sprint of "Ghost in the Shell".
Zhang Yiming came to Hong Kong with a foreigner, and then asked him to go to dinner after waiting for He Fang to get off the play, and had a secret conversation.
At first, He Fang still didn't understand what Zhang Yiming was doing with a foreigner, but after Zhang Yiming's introduction, He Fang seemed to know who he was.
This man's name is Jeff Yas, he is the co-founder and chairman of Haina International Group, the largest stock options trading company in the United States.
That is, from 2019 to 2022, the United States has reached a climax in banning TikTok, and even Congress has held hearings, and the United States has shouted and killed TikTok everywhere. However, the magic thing is: TikTok just can't fall, but it can't be blocked.
Many people don't understand, why can't TikTok be banned in the United States? The Americans have banned many Chinese companies, but they can't help TikTok, and everyone thinks it's strange.
Later, some cattle people began to dig up the reason, what is the reason why the United States can't ban TikTok. As a result, a secret was discovered, that is, every time the U.S. Congress discussed a ban on TikTok, some lawmakers would jump out to oppose it.
For example, famous congressmen who support TikTok: Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Anna Paulina Luna, etc., are all famous congressmen who stood up and united others to oppose TikTok when the U.S. Congress was preparing to block TikTok several times.
So why do these lawmakers oppose the federal ban on TikTok in the United States? Interested people dug into their information again, and finally found that their last donors, that is, the most political donors, came from the same organization, called the Growth Club Organization.
What is this growth club in the United States for? This organization is mainly to provide political contributions and campaign funds to the Communist Party.
So why is this organization opposing the banning of TikTok? Quite simply, because there is one of the biggest financiers in this organization who opposes it. The largest financier gives 24 percent of the organization's funding each year, so his opposition represents the organization's opposition.
And what is the name of this gold owner?
That's right, I'm sure you've already thought of it, it's Jeff Yas.
As the largest financier of the Communist Party, Jeff Yas, when funding the election of the Legislature, first assured him that he would not pass any bill that would block or suppress TikTok, or the Growth Club would not fund the election.
Why did Jeff Yas help TikTok? Because in another time and space, Jeff Yas personally owns 7% of ByteDance's shares, his company owns 8% of ByteDance's shares, and he and his affiliates together own 15% of ByteDance's shares.
And a large part of the reason why he can become one of the top 200 richest people in the world is that he owns a stake in ByteDance, and his 7% stake in ByteDance alone has increased his net worth by tens of billions of dollars, and his company's 8% stake in ByteDance has also helped him increase his wealth by billions of dollars.
Awesome, right? This is the most typical case of the politics of capital control. If we put it from the perspective of the Americans, it is Jeff Yas who disregards the interests of the American state in controlling public opinion for his own personal interests, which is a proper traitor.
However, it is legal for people to be capitalist society, and politicians are bought by capitalists. Therefore, there is no such thing as selling the country or not selling it, and it is a principle that even if the country is damaged, the capitalists cannot be damaged.
So as soon as He Fang heard Zhang Yiming introduce this person as Jeff Yas, he understood everything, people are here to invest.
"Hi, hello Mr. Yas." How to greet Jeff Yas politely.
"Wow, he, you're a household name in the United States, you're one of the few world-renowned directors in Hollywood for a long time. Your movies are very popular with everyone, and I love them too. The old man happily shook hands with He Fang.
"Ha, thank you, Mr. Yas, next time you have the opportunity to go to Changsha to play, I will invite you to dinner." He said politely.
"Okay, I'll go when I get a chance."
After the two finished greetings, Zhang Yiming began to introduce.
"Director He, Mr. Yas wants to invest in ByteDance, and I specially brought him over to discuss it with you." Zhang Yiming said directly.
"Investment? Welcome, I wonder how much Mr. Yas wants to vote? He asked.
"It depends on how many shares you are willing to sell, and I can eat as much as you are willing to give." Yas said.
"This ...... I still don't understand the situation, Mr. Zhang, what is the current progress of the company? He asked.
Next, Zhang Yiming told the general situation of ByteDance......
Why did Zhang Yiming come to where he came? Because ByteDance has carried out three rounds of financing in addition to angel investment in recent years, and every time he raises money, he will follow suit, and has always kept his 25% stake unchanged.
It can be said that He Fang is now the second largest shareholder of ByteDance in addition to Zhang Yiming, although he does not participate in the management of the company, but he has 25% of the voting rights.
Because if the company wants to accept new shareholders, it will have to negotiate with whom.
After Zhang Yiming finished speaking, He Fang roughly understood, after several years of development, especially today's headlines, because of the promotion of He Fang, and the help of Western melon video because of the annual film awards, the company's two major fist products are now very good.
The company's valuation has reached $10 billion, so this time Jeff Yas wants to buy a stake, and it is estimated that he will have to pay billions of dollars.
"The company's new products should focus on development, Mr. Zhang, to seize the new trend of online social networking, that is, short video social. Several of the company's short video software should be intensified in research and development, believe me, this social software will have a subversive effect.
As for Mr. Yas's want to take a stake, I think it's okay, we can give him a maximum of 10% of the equity cap, and it really can't be done beyond that. "Who gave his conditions.
As a result, Yas didn't do it, he felt it was too low, and he wanted 20%.
After some discussion, it was finally set at 15%.
This is the bargaining, the compromise method, the business field, the negotiation table is often used, in fact, everyone knows it.
This value meets the requirements of whom, giving Yas too much, and they don't want to. However, if Yas takes too little, it is estimated that he will not help TikTok block the US suppression in the future.
So, it's enough to give him a stat on another plane.
He Fang didn't have any time, he still had to continue making movies, so after they talked, Zhang Yiming took Jeff Yas to Macau.
I heard that this Yas is a veteran gambler, and he made his fortune from gambling.
He studied mathematics in college, so his college essay was about betting on horses. Later, he became obsessed with Texas Hold'em from betting on horses, and he once moved to Las Vegas, but was banned from all casinos because he was so good at math.
So when he came to Hong Kong and didn't go to Macau to play, for a gambler like Yas, it was a crime and he couldn't tolerate it.
One might ask why Jeff Yas came to invest in ByteDance, because after 2000, 60% of American investment firms opened branches or offices in China.
They specialize in investing in potential projects in China, and Jeff Yas's Haina International also happens to have an office in China.
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