Liu Mingyu sent a message to Zhao Chen:
"Zhao Zong, the announcement has been sent out. The reaction of stock investors... is not very optimistic."
Zhao Chen replied instantly, "It's normal. They will understand in two years."
Liu Mingyu looked at this line of writing and smiled bitterly.
After two years.
What Zhao Chen said "in two years" seems like a big gamble to Liu Mingyu.
But he did not refute - from shrinking debt, Rights Issue, investing in Yunnan Agriculture to now, every time Zhao Chen makes a move, he is questioned at the beginning, but in the end he is proven right.
Maybe this time will be the same.
In the evening, Zhao Chen works overtime in the office.
Chen Xi opened the door and came in, holding a list in his hand.
"Zhao Zong, Sister Qingxue has made some progress."
She put the list on the table, "Existing Shares from Bubble Mary, seven in total. In addition to Old Zhou and Liu Mingyuan, there are five Minor Shareholder."
Sister Qingxue has contacted three of them and all expressed their willingness to talk."
Zhao Chen took the list and glanced at it. "Where's the price?"
"There is one offer that is a little higher than 1.2 Billion Valuation, asking for 1.3 billion. The other two accept 1.2 billion."
Zhao Chen put down the list. "The one with 1.3 billion will wait for a while, and then go talk to him after the other two have settled down."
Chen Xi nodded. "Okay. How about sister Qingxue continue to push forward?"
"Continue. Get as much as you want. But there is one thing - Wang An must be notified of the acquisition progress at the same time.
We can't let him think we are doing something behind his back."
"Understood."
Chen Xi turned to leave, but Zhao Chen stopped her again. "Wait a minute."
Chen Xi Look back.
Zhao Chen said, "Bubble Mary, please put it aside for now. There is another thing for you to do."
"What's the matter?"
Zhao Chen Turn on the computer and call up a piece of information:
"The IP.Aunt Zhang of Labobo. Long Xiangsheng had contacted Hong Kong once before. At that time, the person had returned to Belgium and did not express his position clearly on the phone.
You fly to Belgium tomorrow and go see Long Xiangsheng in person."
Chen Xi was stunned for a moment. "Belgium?"
Zhao Chen nodded. "Long Xiangsheng now lives in Belgium. His studio is there.
You go to him and talk about Labobo's global Exclusive License.
The conditions can be relaxed, and the term and share ratio can be negotiated.
But there's one thing - don't let Wang An know."
Chen Xi's expression changed. "Zhao Zong, you are..."
Zhao Chen leaned back in his chair. "Wang An agrees to let us in now because he has no choice.
But there is always a thorn in his heart - Mololoy's Overseas Copyright is in our hands, and he always feels controlled by others."
He paused. "Labobo is different. This IP has not been signed by any company yet.
If we can win it and use it in a cooperative way for Bubble Mary - Wang An will not feel stuck, but will feel that we are helping him."
Chen Xi thought for a while, "What if Wang An asks?"
Zhao Chen said, "We will talk about it later. Now, take down Copyright first."
Chen Xi nodded. "I understand. I'll book a flight tomorrow."
Zhao Chen looked out the window.
The night view of Jiangbeizui is as bright as ever, and the cruise ship on the Jialing River is shining with lights.
He remembered the agreement he signed in Meeting Room.
50 million, 5% of the shares, give up Voting Rights. This is just the first step.
Next, he will increase his shareholding ratio to more than 15%-20% by acquiring Existing Shares.
Then, use Labobo's Copyright to completely tie Bubble Mary.
It's not control, it's binding.
Let Wang An feel that with Zhao Chen here, Bubble Mary can go further.
Instead, Zhao Chen is here, Wang An can't sleep.
This is the most important lesson Zhao Chen learned from this negotiation - in the business world, it is much more difficult to make people willing to cooperate with you than to force them to submit, but it also lasts much longer.
Zhao Chen leaned back on the chair, picked up the draft of the announcement and read it again.
Ever since the announcement was made, doubts about Henglong have never stopped.
The most important people are not the investors, but the opponents of Zhao Chen.
At seven o'clock in the evening, a long message Weibo quietly appeared on the Internet. The authentication information of the poster was--
"Ningxia Huaqiang Partner of Equity Investment Management Co., Ltd., Zhang Zhendong".
The title is very straightforward. "I tasted what it feels like to be kicked off the dining table today."
Zhao Chen I saw this Weibo while eating.
Su Wantang was sitting opposite him and was picking up food for him. When he suddenly stopped staring at his phone, he asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Chen handed her the phone.
Su Wantang took it and frowned more and more as he looked at it.
The long Zhang Zhendong Weibo is written sincerely, with anger between the lines:
"December 26th was supposed to be the day when Bubble Mary Board of Directors approved our Ningxia Huaqiang Private Placement plan.
The valuation is 800 million. We have been talking for more than two months, and the framework of the agreement has been finalized. We are just about to finish the deal."
"What's the result? Zhao Chen from Henglong made a phone call and the quotation was directly mentioned to 1 billion.
Wang An postponed Board of Directors. The next day, Zhao Chen flew to Beijing for face-to-face negotiations."
"I know that business competition is like this. The one with the highest price wins, I agree.
But your Zhao Chen price is just high, but you actually give up Voting Rights? What is this called? This is not called investment, this is called selling!"
"What will we do if you give up Voting Rights? If we still invest at 800 million, Board of Directors will say--
No one wants Voting Rights, why should you? You Zhao Chen have set the standard so high, how can other investors survive?"
"What's even more outrageous is that in order to grab this order, you actually bought Mololoy's Overseas Copyright? Thirty million Hong Kong Dollar privately, with a premium of 500% and no deadline.
Is this an investment? You are trying to drain money from the bottom of the pot! You first hold the IP in your hands, and then force Wang An to negotiate with you - this is not called negotiation, this is called kidnapping!"
"I don't deny that Zhao Chen is a business genius. But can a genius not follow rules?
Is it okay to use whatever means necessary? Is it okay to use money to smash everyone's jobs?"
"I, Zhang Zhendong, have been investing for more than ten years, and I have never been intercepted like this.
Today, I admit defeat. But I want to say one thing - people like Zhao Chen have broken the rules of the entire financing market.
If he can steal my project today, he can steal yours tomorrow.
I appeal to all investors not to participate in any projects that Zhao Chen has invested in in the future. Let him play alone!"
The last paragraph is very heavy:
"Bubble Mary, we at Ningxia Huaqiang have been following this project for two months. Only we know how much effort we have put into it.
Zhao Chen It took three days to crush our two months of hard work.
This is not competition, this is bullying. If you have money, you can really do whatever you want."
After Su Wantang finished reading, he returned the phone to Zhao Chen with a worried expression:
"This person... writes too harshly."
Zhao Chen took the phone and looked at it again, but there was no change in his expression.
"What he said is true." Zhao Chen put down the phone, "I did intercept his message."
Su Wantang asked, "Then what are you going to do? Respond?"
Zhao Chen thought for a while and shook his head, "It's not easy to respond to this matter. If you don't respond well, it can easily turn into a scolding war."
The main thing is that Zhao Chen did steal other people's projects, but that's how business competition is.
For Zhao Chen, the only impact is how many investors will be influenced by him and not participate in the projects he has invested in.
However, this is not important, as long as the project is good enough and there are enough people to invest in it.