After the financing reception ended, it was time for the bargaining stage.
Of course, for the financial institutions, this was the bargaining stage. Far away, money was not the most important thing for Weibo.
Li Dong had been doing this for a while. It was definitely not accurate to say that it was all for money.
In fact, before these institutions came, Far away already had a target.
Weibo's second round of financing was to enter the international market. The money was enough for the second round of expansion. Li Dong did not plan to cash out at this time.
Since it was to enter the international market, Far away did not consider some small institutions.
On the 30th, Li Dong personally selected a few of the agencies that had made their offers.
America's Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were in the list. Sequoia and IDG had priority and were also in the list.
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and Salomon Smith Barney were also in the list.
For state-owned assets, Li Dong thought about it again and again and decided to include Bank of China. If there were no state-owned assets in the second round of financing, it would be easy to be attacked.
Now, these 8 institutions were the main investors for the second round of financing.
Li Dong hesitated for a long time and finally included Nomura Securities.
To enter the Japanese market in the future, Li Dong had to make a decision. Now that he was against Japanese investments, with the Japanese's character, it would be difficult for Far away to enter Japan.
The 9 institutions had raised a total of 600 million USD.
50 million new shares, 19.23% of the total shares.
After the financing, Weibo's valuation reached a new high. It exceeded 3 billion USD and reached 3.12 billion USD!
As for Li Dong, excluding his options, he had 260 million shares. Li Dong owned 160 million shares.
He owned 61.54% of the shares. Based on the current valuation, the total value of these shares was 1.92 billion USD.
At this time, the exchange rate of USD was slightly more than 6.8, which was about 13 billion RMB.
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On the 1st of November, all the major institutions and Weibo officially signed the agreement and held a press conference.
The news shocked the world!
Weibo had been online for slightly more than a year and was valued at more than 3 billion USD!
As for Li Dong, he had raked in 13 billion RMB on his Weibo account.
As for how much Li Dong had invested, the outside world guessed that it was around 500 million. Even if it was slightly higher, it would not exceed 1 billion.
In other words, Li Dong used more than a year to earn more than 12 billion RMB from the Weibo project alone!
It was still a time of financial crisis. Other tycoons' wealth was shrinking, but Li Dong's was growing at an alarming rate.
The outside world speculated that Li Dong's personal wealth might have reached 100 billion yuan.
Previously, when the Hurun List was released, Weibo did not account for much. Li Dong's wealth was seriously underestimated.
After all, Hu Run and the others were not capital institutions, and some of the valuations they gave were not very accurate.
No one expected Weibo to be worth more than 3 billion USD after the second round of financing. Half a year ago, Weibo was valued at less than 1.5 billion USD.
In just over half a year, the growth rate had nearly doubled. It was simply unimaginable!
Since Weibo is worth so much, what about Far Away Mall?
What about PP?
What about the Universal cartoon?
How much are the other businesses worth?
PP, Universal cartoon, and Far Away Technology's other businesses added together were not much. It was more than enough to top one Weibo account.
Even if it was 3 billion USD, it was still unbelievable.
Far Away Technology had almost no debts. That was because the money was transferred from other businesses, and the debts were counted on other businesses.
Weibo's Li Dong owned close to 2 billion USD of shares. Including Far Away Technology's other businesses, the total value was about 5 billion USD.
When Supermarkets and Shopping Mall exchanged shares with Longhua, they had done the statistics.
Their total assets were more than 60 billion RMB, and their net assets were close to 40 billion RMB.
Longhua's share exchange did not count. Sun Tao's share proportion was very low, about 1 billion RMB.
Li Dong's personal capital was also as high as 39 billion RMB. Including the previous 5 billion USD, it was more than 73 billion RMB.
In addition to these, Far Away had many other businesses.
Far Away Logistics, Dongyu Real Estate, and Far Away Airlines. Among these three, Far Away Airlines had zero debts. Instead, they had just allocated 2 billion RMB. Not counting any appreciation, it was still 2 billion RMB.
Far Away Logistics and Dongyu Real Estate still had more than 30 billion RMB in debt.
After careful calculation, Li Dong's personal wealth had reached more than 100 billion RMB!
How long had it been since the Hurun List was released?
Previously, Hurun Studio had indeed underestimated Li Dong. The 78 billion yuan that they had offered was not credible at all.
The Hua Xia Forbes Rich List, which was originally going to be released on October 30th, had been changed due to this.
Just as the outside world was discussing this, the Forbes Hua Xia Rich List was released on November 1st.
Li Dong once again topped the list, and he was recognized as number one on both lists!
In the past, Forbes and the Hurun List had often reversed. Many of the richest people on the Hurun List could not even enter the top ten on the Forbes list.
This time, both sides finally reached a consensus.
Li Dong was worthy of being number one, and Forbes had made timely changes.
When the list was released, Li Dong's personal wealth was 108 billion RMB, which was 30 billion more than the Hurun List a month ago!
In the past, the Forbes Hua Xia List liked to greatly reduce the wealth of the rich people on the Hurun List.
This time, however, Li Dong was an exception. His net worth had skyrocketed.
On the contrary, Old Huang, whose net worth was as high as 40 billion RMB, fell to third place. His net worth was only slightly more than 18 billion RMB, which was a huge difference.
In second place was the feed king, Liu Yongxin, who was previously ranked sixth on the Hurun List, with a net worth of more than 20 billion RMB.
Someone calculated that from Li Dong to eighth place, the total wealth of Li Dong was equivalent to the total wealth of Li Dong.
Many people found it hard to imagine that Li Dong, who had just entered the top ten last year, would make such a leap this year.
Not only was he ranked first, his personal wealth was equivalent to the total wealth of seven people in the top ten!
108 billion RMB, when converted to US dollars, was about 16 billion US dollars.
According to the Forbes list of the world's richest people released in March 2008, Li Dong could rank around 40.
The previous richest Chinese and also the richest man in Asia, Xiangjiang's Old Li, was ranked 11th in the world at that time, with a personal wealth of 26.5 billion US dollars.
Li Dong seemed to be not too far away from him.
With this guy's wealth growth speed, could it be that he was going to challenge Old Li's position next year, or maybe he was going to challenge the position of the world's top ten richest people?
With the release of the list, Li Dong also became the youngest self-made tycoon on Forbes.
In fact, as early as March, Li Dong was already on the list.
At that time, although he was not as famous as he was now, and he did not become the richest man in Hua Xia, he was on the list with a net worth of 5 billion US dollars.
But at that time, the person that people paid the most attention to was not Li Dong, but the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.
Because Li Dong was only famous in China at that time, and Mark Zuckerberg was already famous overseas, the 23-year-old Li Dong did not receive much attention. On the contrary, the 24-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, with a net worth of 2 billion US dollars, received more attention than Li Dong.
Of course, that was before.
Later, after Li Dong acquired all of Carrefour Hua Xia's businesses, Weibo's first round of financing, the launch of Weibo's international version, and the second round of financing this time, his fame surpassed Mark Zuckerberg.
If an entrepreneur in Hua Xia wanted to become internationally famous, it was better to be an Internet giant.
Otherwise, no matter how rich he was, foreigners would not care too much about it.
At that moment, Li Dong's most famous thing was not his supermarket, not Wan Tong, or anything else, but Weibo, the social media site.
Zuckerberg and Li Dong were often compared to each other. They were both involved in social networking.
The two of them were very similar. They were both young people, one was 23, and the other was 24.
Both of them were self-made billionaires!
Both of them were internationally famous through social media sites!
Of course, there was another point. These two ridiculously young tycoons were both single.
Although there were rumors that both of them had girlfriends, having a girlfriend and getting married were two different concepts. The two unmarried young tycoons instantly became the world's two biggest eligible bachelors.
Relatively speaking, Li Dong was more famous at this time. After all, his personal wealth was eight times more than Mark Zuckerberg's.
In terms of influence, after the launch of Weibo's international version, Li Dong's fame was no less than anyone else's.
Also, Li Dong had a large number of businesses in Hua Xia. Without a doubt, the current Li Dong was the richest, most famous, and most successful young man in the world.
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The Forbes World's Richest List was released, and Weibo's successful financing.
It made Li Dong famous again, both internationally and internationally.
Wealth played a role in this, as well as the push from the major investment banks.
This time, many international investment banks were involved. They needed Li Dong to become famous. It was useless to limit himself to Hua Xia. They wanted him to become famous globally.
Zuckerberg was being reported time and time again. Was it really because his achievements were so great that no one could surpass him?
That was not the case. It was also inseparable from the operation of the capital institutions.
After all, the capital institutions naturally wanted the company to be recognized by the whole world. How could they maximize the benefits if they were recognized by only one place?
It was easier to operate only when the whole world knew about you.
Celebrities needed publicity, entrepreneurs needed it, and so did companies.
Packaging and promoting Li Dong was the consensus of all the capital institutions. Li Dong himself also tacitly agreed.
The more famous he was, especially on a global scale, it would be of great help to his future operations.
Most of the time, fame could be used to make a living.
In the past, when Li Dong went to Europe and America, how many people knew him?
How many people in the local government would care about him?
But now, when Li Dong went, it would be a completely different concept. The world's most outstanding young entrepreneur. Just this title alone could fool a large group of people.
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In November, almost all the media in Hua Xia were reporting on Li Dong.
Some foreign media also frequently appeared on Li Dong's name.
Of course, Li Dong was speaking Chinese. The foreigners' translation skills were also making people anxious. Titan Lee was the name that Li Dong appeared on foreign media reports.
When Li Dong saw some foreign media reports, he could not react for a long time. Was this really him?
It was Bai Su who smiled and explained, "Titan is the English name for Titan. Of course, it can also be translated as Giant. Wasn't there a nickname circulating on the internet? The foreigners probably saw this and translated it. After all, this is more intimate. Giant Li is probably what they think. "
Li Dong's face darkened. He said unhappily, "Titan his grandpa!"
When he thought of this word, he couldn't help but think of gorillas. Anyway, in his mind, there was not much difference between Titan and gorillas.
He might even pat his chest and shout a few words. The more he thought about it, the more goosebumps it gave him.
Li Dong was now convinced. It was said that Hua Xia was good at giving nicknames. It turned out that the foreigners were also good at giving nicknames.
You didn't translate Li Dong's name, but you insisted on making Titan Lee. You are deliberately disgusting people.
Bai Su held back her laughter and quickly comforted, "General Manager Li, giants represent the world's recognition of you. Titans are a mythical race …"
"Enough. Don't deliberately make things difficult for me. Don't talk about these useless things."
Li Dong interrupted her and turned off the computer. He didn't want to cause more trouble for himself.
Li Dong got up and stretched his body. "Weibo will be in a period of rapid development. I don't have to worry about Weibo anymore, and they don't have to ask me for money anymore. What's the progress on the airport site? What's the progress on China Resources and the supermarket? "
Bai Su hurriedly said, "The location of the airport is almost ready. CEO Lan and CEO Qin have discussed it and have roughly decided on three locations.
First, a piece of land in the suburbs of Jiangcheng, E Province, is more suitable for building an airport.
Second, Bianliang, Henan Province is also more suitable. It is close to the Yellow River and the Grand Canal. Water transportation is more developed there.
Third, there is an abandoned military airport near Minghu, Jiangbei. It is also more suitable for Far away airlines.
Minghu has developed land transportation, and water transportation has been a trading port since ancient times. The Yangtze River shipping is more developed than the other water systems.
We are mainly building a cargo airport. Plus, our headquarters is in Pingchuan, and the Far away Logistics Park is also here. It will be more convenient to use the Yangtze River for transportation. "
Li Dong glanced at her and frowned. "Don't be biased. I will consider these things. What about China Resources? "
Bai Su's words were obviously biased towards Minghu. Li Dong didn't know if it was her own idea or someone else's.
But as a secretary, Bai Su's responsibility was to report the work without emotion. Unless Li Dong asked her to analyze it, otherwise, Bai Su shouldn't say such guiding words.
Bai Su's heart tightened. She quickly reported the cooperation between China Resources and Far away.
But she smiled bitterly in her heart. She knew that Li Dong wouldn't be so easy to talk to. Why did she have to say so much?
Although Li Dong usually took good care of his classmates and was quite polite, if they really did something that he was not satisfied with, he would definitely kick them far away.
If she knew this would happen, she wouldn't have agreed.
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