Before the bidding started, a few experienced CEOs whispered to their assistants or secretaries, "Go, call the lawyer and tell him to prepare another 5 billion USD for me!"
"Tell the bank and other securities companies to help me transfer all the money under my name to my card as soon as possible. Get as much as you can."
"Continue to negotiate with the bank and find a way to get me another 3 billion USD. I need it tonight. Hurry up."
Seeing those tycoons quickly accumulating capital in private, some venture capital companies were also whispering to each other and discussing their opinions on this new product.
"This Vision is going to be a hit! It's no less popular than the 'Resurrection' series. This product has a down-to-earth price and powerful technical support. Its selling point is going to beat everything else! In the future, even if it becomes popular all over the world due to pressure, Mandala can still bring in a huge amount of income from patent fees alone. Sigh, we didn't board this ship yet. It's too late! Once this Vision product comes out, Mandala Group's influence will greatly expand, and it's even on a global scale. Looking at this price, it's really a good price. This time, Mandala will probably get a good reputation and reputation. "
"If they go public now, I'll conservatively estimate it to be worth 500 billion USD! Even if 5 billion USD is exchanged for 1% of Mandala's shares, people will still buy it without hesitation. "
"Within 10 years, this investment can at least double!"
"Too bad, they won't sell."
"Next year, Mandala's sales will probably catch up to Apple."
"That's for sure. I just don't know how much profit they're making. The 'Resurrection' series has a tax of 40%, and after deducting their high cost, to be honest, I'm not optimistic about the profits. Plus, they gave their agents such a huge profit margin, so Wall Street valued them at 300 billion USD. If their annual profit reaches Apple's 70 billion USD, not to mention 50 billion USD, their market value will increase to at least 500 billion USD. "
If they knew that Mandala's annual profit reached 110 billion USD, the entire Wall Street would probably go crazy.
This was also the reason why Xu Cheng didn't want to go public. The main reason was that the revenue ratio was too high, and he would be sanctioned by various countries. At that time, any antitrust agency would be able to take care of him. That was why Xu Cheng paid a 40% tax. His purpose was to let the world know that his profits weren't that high, especially since he was very well protected in each continent. Therefore, those countries didn't sue him.
However, this' vision 'was different. First of all, the pricing was not considered luxurious at all. It was a product that was beneficial to the next generation. Any country that wanted to impose a tax on this product would have to have a mental problem. Also, Stenson had already said that he had spent 100 billion USD on biotechnology research and development. If you want to sue for antitrust for technology sharing, that's fine. Pay 100 billion USD first, and I'll give you the technology's principles. Whether you can develop it or not is your problem.
Stenson smiled smugly as he watched the audience burst into an uproar.
"The introduction will end here. I announce that the management rights for the next three years, including the agency rights for the 'Vision' new product, will be put up for bidding. The highest bidder wins." After he finished speaking, the host walked up.
He looked around at everyone and coughed. "Okay, I'll host the bidding project. The first area, North America, will be the agency rights for 'resurrection' and 'Vision' for three years. The minimum price is 20 billion USD, and each bid cannot be lower than 1 billion USD! Now, start the bidding! "
More than half of the rich people in the audience were dumbfounded.
No one made a sound.
They usually called themselves billionaires, so what kind of money hadn't they seen before? What kind of bidding hadn't they seen before? They had even faced all kinds of corporate acquisition cases.
But there had never been a bidding or acquisition case where the price could be so high.
20 billion!
USD!
Starting price!
Each bid cannot be lower than 1 billion USD!
It was also USD!
Looking at the entire audience, in terms of personal wealth, almost no one here had more than 20 billion USD. Luckily, they were all here for a group purchase tonight.
Even so, they were still shocked by the entry price.
The Shangcheng Chamber of Commerce prepared 25 billion USD this time. How many times could they raise the price? At the seats in the Shangcheng Chamber of Commerce area, the group of people looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Compared to them, Softbank's representative was much better. After all, they still had the support of the bank. As long as the project could be profitable, the bank could pay in advance.
The California Consortium wasn't much better. Their consortium's assets were only at the level of 100 billion USD, so who would prepare more than 20 billion?
Originally, they were planning to spend 5 to 8 billion USD for the 'resurrection' agency rights, but who knew that they would suddenly change the rules and set the starting price to 20 billion USD? This really made all the rich groups here feel awkward. Even if they used up their remaining resources, they still wouldn't be able to gather 20 billion USD.
It wasn't that they didn't have money, but the bidding price was simply too high!
Even though they belonged to the top group, they still felt like they couldn't handle it.
Compared to their bitterness, the faces of those socialites and actresses were really red when they heard the price. They had never seen such a big scene.
Every time they saw a bid increase of 10 million, 100 thousand, 1 million, and the highest was only 10 million. But today, not only was it 100 million, but it was also a 1 billion USD increase!
The key was still USD!
Three regions, a minimum of 60 billion USD, which was equivalent to more than 42 billion RMB!
Oh my god, it was only for three years of management rights! It was no wonder that the usually generous rich groups below the stage were all quiet.
Thinking about the millions of USD in their bank cards in their bags, they felt like the pocket money in the hands of children. It was simply too embarrassing.
"That … Can it be split?" At this moment, a rich person in a certain area could not help but ask, "Isn't this price too high?"
The other rich people looked at each other bitterly.
Seeing that they were embarrassed, the host himself was also embarrassed.
He was full of disdain in his heart. F * ck, all of you are either financial groups, chambers of commerce, or representatives of the world's top 500 companies. At such a crucial time, you actually say you don't have money? I've already prepared a golden voice to show off. Fortunately, I've set a Guinness record in the bidding world. All of you claim to be rich, but you actually say you can't afford it?
This was the first time in history that a bidding conference had invited a world famous person, but faced a situation where everyone had no money to bid.
The host said, "This price is the starting price after comprehensive consideration by the financial team. It's not inflated at all. Since no one has made a bid for the North American agency rights, we'll keep it for now. Now, we'll bid for the next agency, the Asia region. The starting price is 30 billion USD, and every bid is the same starting price of 1 billion USD! "
Everyone below the stage was speechless.
All of them were about to cry.
They could not be bullied like this.
When the chamber of commerce heard the Asia region bidding, they were prepared to shout "20 billion USD!" Who knew that after hearing the price "30 billion USD!", all of them felt hopeless.
There were close to a few hundred rich people at the scene. All of them wanted to find a hole to hide in.
The host coughed. "If no one bids, then according to the contract, the original 'resurrected' agent from the previous year will automatically renew the contract for the next year. As for the 'Vision' product, it will be split. Are you sure you don't want to bid?"
Those rich people who were the agents from the previous year almost fainted from happiness. All of them prayed that no one would bid. Some even secretly took out a quick effect heart reliever pill and swallowed it. They were really too nervous. They did not expect the road to turn around and no one would be able to afford the price?
However, when those rich people who came specially for the agency rights heard that there was such an automatic renewal contract, they were immediately unhappy.
Someone stood up and said, "Wait a minute, can you give us an hour's delay? Just an hour! Our preparations are obviously not enough. "
The one who spoke was a foreigner.
"No way, it's against the rules." The eyes of those agents from last year were red. They wanted to tear this guy apart. "Don't you know that it's dangerous to speak nonsense?"
Not just one agent, but all the agents. They were directly threatened!
One must know that their assets this year could not compete with these big shots. They could only watch helplessly. But now, this group of people could not even afford to bid for the agency rights of the two big money-making machines of Mandala Beauty Industry? This was a great opportunity. How much did they earn last year? Only they knew how big the profits were. Otherwise, this group of people would not be so enthusiastic to participate in this auction. If they could smell it, it would not be taken away so easily!
(End of this chapter)
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