The Hurun List was released. Although there were many people ridiculing him, it had to be said that Li Dong's reputation had reached its peak.
Now, in the Hua Xia business world, you could not not know anyone but Li Dong.
You may not know anyone else, but you must know Li Dong.
Retail tycoon, Hua Xia's richest man, IT giant, philanthropist …
This was Li Dong!
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Far away also benefited from the growth of his reputation.
Business was good, things were smooth, and promotion was easy.
The mobile version of Wan Kon also gradually became the leader through advertising and word of mouth.
On the 6th, Far away returned to normal working hours, and the number of Wan Kon mobile phone users had reached 400,000!
This was much faster than expected. On Wan Kon's side, there were as many as 2,000 cooperative merchants in Jiangbei alone!
Across the country, there were more than 5,000 merchants working with them!
These 5,000 companies all supported Wan Kon mobile phone payments.
In addition to these companies, Faraway Supermarket stores and China Resources stores in East China also began to support Wan Kon mobile phone payments.
With the support of their own stores, the effect was definitely different.
When Ma Yun first promoted Alipay, it was very difficult, and he spent a lot of energy and means.
Far away was different. They had thousands of stores, and with the express delivery points supporting mobile phone payments, it suddenly soared to 2,000 stores.
There was also China Resources. Because of the cooperation with Far away, it was almost fully supported in East China, and there were thousands of stores.
Thousands of stores supporting the promotion, and supermarkets were enterprises with a large customer base. Naturally, there were more users.
Of course, at this moment, the most troublesome problem was the hardware terminal.
The biggest problem was that the mobile phone did not support it.
Without a compatible mobile phone, it could not even use the mobile version of Wan Kon. Naturally, it could not talk about mobile phone payments.
However, the road had to be walked step by step, and food had to be eaten one bite at a time. Li Dong was not in a hurry.
Just as the mobile version of Wan Kon began to be promoted, the so-called research team began to enter Far away Technology.
Li Dong did not go to meet them. He left the matter to Yuan Chengdao and Liu Hong.
This so-called research team was actually here to find fault.
Of course, finding fault was only a part of the mission. The main thing was still to see the effect and influence.
However, some of the bank's executives were also involved, which made Li Dong somewhat helpless.
Wan Tong was indeed suspected of encroaching on the banking business. Even if Li Dong hadn't exposed himself yet, if he thought about it in depth, he would understand that the balance account was a very scary thing.
The people in the bank were not fools. Even if they did not see through it now, they would see through it sooner or later.
Of course, maybe they wouldn't care.
After all, there weren't many users of the mobile version of Wan Tong, and Li Dong hadn't done it yet.
Once the Wan Tao card on the internet also opened a balance account, it would be really scary.
The number of users of Wan Tong had increased a lot during this time.
Far Away Mall's registered users had just broken through 120 million!
PP's registered users exceeded 200 million at the same time as Weibo!
The Wan Tong was universal among the three. Just on this basis alone, there were countless potential users. Two days ago, it officially broke the 100 million mark.
Even if there weren't many active users, even if it was only one-third, it was still more than 30 million.
Once these 30 million users opened a balance account and each person deposited 100 yuan, it would be a huge sum of 3 billion!
And this was under the situation of a two-way charge. Once there was no two-way charge, or if there was interest, how scary would that be?
Li Dong didn't mention these things.
However, people with a discerning eye knew that Li Dong was now cultivating the customer base and letting everyone gradually accept this concept.
Once there was a breakthrough in the mobile version, it was imperative to open a balance account on the internet.
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Li Dong couldn't speed up on the Wan Tao card for the time being, nor could he care about it.
The only thing he could do was to give Liu Hong a task, which was to create QR code payments.
Without QR codes, it was too troublesome to make mobile payments.
Of course, this wasn't just a matter of QR codes. The mobile phone also had to support this function.
Li Dong also got Shen Qian to talk to OPPO. The second mobile phone had to have a QR code scanning function.
With QR codes and balance accounts, mobile payments were almost on the right track.
Other than the Wan Tao card, as the number of Weibo users exceeded 200 million and the international version of Weibo was launched, Li Dong once again had the idea of Weibo.
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In the office.
When Liu Hong and Wang Xin heard Li Dong's words, they were slightly stunned.
Of course, they were only stunned for a moment.
If there was one, there would be a second. Weibo had financed once, so it was not surprising that it would be financed again.
However, Liu Hong thought for a moment and said, "General Manager Li, is it appropriate now? Now that the financial crisis is not only troublesome, but the value will also be greatly reduced. I'm afraid it's not worth it. "
Just now, Li Dong said that Weibo was going for a second round of financing, which made Liu Hong a little puzzled.
In fact, he hoped for a second round of financing. After a few rounds of financing, Weibo could be listed.
But at this moment, both at home and abroad were suffering from the financial crisis. Was it really feasible to choose to raise funds at this time?
Li Dong laughed and said, "Why not? I think it's better now.
Our international version is online, and the number of users has exceeded 200 million. Growth in adversity is a proof of strength.
Now that the investment institutions don't know where to invest their money, isn't Weibo just right?
If we get some money back, we can continue to invest and develop Weibo.
In addition, we need to open up the international version and make it truly international. That's what we need to do.
Anyway, it's the investors' money. It's a waste not to use it, and they don't expect to make profits now.
What we need to do is to expand our influence.
The international version's influence is not big, because of the foreign policies. Another reason is that we can't bear to spend money.
What do you think will be the effect of our Weibo advertisements in the United States, Europe, and even the whole world?
What will be the effect of using a global superstar to endorse our Weibo?
It's also necessary to set up a server abroad to make the web page's response speed reach the top level.
Organizing some activities along the way is also a business that costs money.
If we spend more money, the effect will naturally come out.
Therefore, financing is still necessary. We have to strike while the iron is hot. While the international version has just launched and hasn't encountered Waterloo, it's more appropriate to raise funds now. "
Liu Hong thought for a while, and Wang Xin's eyes lit up. "General Manager Li, are you really going to raise funds?"
"Of course."
"How much are you going to raise?"
"That depends on how much we need to spend. You guys go back and calculate how much the measures I mentioned earlier will cost.
It's fine to be more relaxed. We still have 80% of the shares in the previous round of financing.
There's no point in keeping so many shares.
Before we get listed, we just need to dilute our shares to about 50%.
Based on this ratio, the second round of financing is not the end. The third round is inevitable, and the fourth round is not certain. We might choose to get listed after the third round.
Let's get Weibo listed in the next two years. "
Liu Hong's eyes lit up when he heard about the listing. He swallowed his saliva and said, "General Manager Li, we will go back and make a proposal. When we are done, we will send it to you."
Li Dong nodded and smiled. "Since we are going to get listed, we can also do the option proposal. On Weibo, even some of the employees and supervisors of Far away Tech can also participate. Far away Tech is working for us, and we should give them what we should give. When Weibo gets listed, everyone will become millionaires, and I, Li Dong, will not be in vain. "
Liu Hong's heart started beating fast. Options!
If the company is not listed, options are just a piece of waste paper.
But once the company is listed, options are real money!
If Li Dong were to give options to the employees of Faraway Supermarket, to be honest, everyone would not care too much about it.
The executives were well aware of Li Dong's thoughts.
Even if the supermarket, logistics, and real estate companies were to get listed, they did not know when they would be listed.
Far away Tech is the most likely to get listed.
As for Weibo, Li Dong had promised that after three to four rounds of financing, it will be listed. At this time, Weibo's options are real money!
In the previous round of financing, Weibo is valued at about 1.4 billion USD.
After the second round, it might reach 2 billion USD.
After three to four rounds, Weibo's valuation might exceed 3 billion USD.
If Weibo can reach 10 billion USD after getting listed, everyone will earn a lot.
Ten billion USD sounded impossible, but who could be sure that it was impossible?
Although Weibo originated from Twitter, Twitter is not as influential as Weibo.
Far away Weibo has 200 million registered users, and Twitter has nowhere to go. Of course, this is also because of Hua Xia's large number of users.
But now, Weibo's international version is online, and if it can achieve the same effect overseas, Twitter will not be able to compete.
Maybe Weibo will be more suitable to compete with Facebook.
Although Facebook is not listed yet, its valuation is close to 10 billion USD.
This is not the limit. Facebook needs at least one to two rounds of financing before it gets listed.
In the end, before it gets listed, it might reach 20 billion USD.
Even if Weibo is not as good as Weibo, but according to Li Dong, there should not be much difference in large-scale marketing overseas.
Even if there is a big difference, Liu Hong only wants to be listed and be valued at 10 billion USD. It should be much easier.
The more Liu Hong thought about it, the more excited he got.
He is the head of Far away Technology, and he is also the boss of Weibo. Once the option plan is approved, he might be the person who gets the most options other than Li Dong and the investors.
By then, he might be able to become a billionaire or even more after Weibo gets listed.
Liu Hong is about to burst into laughter.
Beside him, Wang Xin's face is also changing. Li Dong stuffed him to the international version of Weibo, and he has sole power to host the international version directly.
Now, Li Dong wants to raise funds and open up the international market.
Almost all of them were his missions. Once he completed them, he might be able to seize the opportunity to turn things around.
Maybe in less than three years, after Weibo gets listed, he will have the money to invest and start a business.
These two people are in their own fantasy world.
Li Dong looked at them with a smile and did not disturb them.
Feng Yu does not care much about Weibo.
To him, Weibo's only purpose is to have a platform for him to express his opinions.
Weibo's method of making money is not good. In the future, Sina had been operating for many years, and its main source of income is advertisements. Even so, it still attracted a lot of criticism.
It is not like Mall, PP, or Cartoon Network. They have their own ways of making money, and advertisements are only a small part of it.
In terms of marketing, Weibo might not be better than them, and there is no comparison in other aspects.
Sina had Weibo, and in the future, Sina had never overtaken BAT.
Of course, the situation now is different.
Far away Weibo appeared earlier, and the international version was released earlier. Now, Facebook and Twitter are not as influential as Weibo, especially Twitter. Far away Weibo is not as influential as Weibo.
If the international version is successful, it might exceed everyone's expectations.
But Li Dong is fine with letting go of Weibo, because Weibo is not a necessary product in Far away's ecosystem.
You don't need to have 100% control over the public opinion platform. As long as Li Dong has influence on Weibo, it will be enough.
Also, in a few years, Li Dong might not need this platform.
At that time, his words and actions will affect the public opinion, and no one can say for sure.
Another reason is Weibo's listing is also a piece of juicy meat.
These few years, Far away's top management is restless.
The main reason is because of Li Dong's attitude. He does not want Far away's other businesses to be listed, but he does not want to say it out loud.
This made the top management feel uneasy and disappointed, and they lack motivation.
If Weibo is listed and becomes a success, the rest will be motivated.
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Liu Hong and Wang Xin left excitedly with hope and anticipation.
Soon, Far away's news spread.
Weibo is about to go through a second round of financing, and the group has begun to adjust the option incentive plan. Many people will get options.
Not only Weibo employees, but also Far away Technology employees.
As for the employees of other sub-groups, although they do not have a share, some of the top management are on the list, and they may also get options on Weibo. This time, Li Dong is very generous.
Far away is in an uproar, and they are excited!
Even people like Yuan Chengdao and Sun Tao have come to Li Dong to inquire about the specific situation.
Knowing that it is true, both of them are full of smiles.
No one will complain about more money, even Sun Tao. In the situation where Faraway Supermarket has no hope of going public, it is enough to get some options on Weibo.
One of them is the group's president, and the other is the group's vice president. Their treatment will not be worse than Liu Hong's.
The simple news of the option incentive plan made all the tired employees and top management excited again.
When Li Dong heard the news, he did not know whether to be happy or depressed.
If he sold the shares he got from the options, would he really get a better treatment than what he was offering?
That is not necessarily true!
Far away's top executives all have an annual salary of tens of millions.
In this era, it is difficult to find a few companies with this annual salary.
But even so, it is not as useful as the options on Weibo. Can the shares really be sold for hundreds of millions?
Maybe the things you consider are different because of your position.
Li Dong saw that they are happy, and he is too lazy to say more. As long as you like it, it will save these people from worrying all day and thinking about supermarkets and shopping malls.
Supermarkets and shopping malls, as well as logistics, Li Dong does not plan to go public in a short time.
Especially the supermarkets, the layout has not been completed, and the industry is listed, the money earned is limited. Li Dong does not have this idea for the time being.
But if it drags on for a long time, he is afraid that some people will be desperate, and the loss will outweigh the gain.
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