Tencent had seen the crisis in the capital market.
Not to mention Ma Huateng, anyone with a little bit of knowledge knew the danger of capital.
Tencent had been in a hurry these few days. On the one hand, it was to deal with the attack Far away. On the other hand, it was to win the trust of the capital market.
Good news came one after another. Whether it was useful or not, Tencent had not stopped taking action during the three days of market closure.
Tencent was actually trying to save the trust crisis.
However, no one could guarantee the effect.
Ma Huateng did not go to Hong Kong, but some of Tencent's executives led a team to Hong Kong to talk to the capital institutions and shareholders. They made all kinds of promises.
Hong Kong stocks opened on the 4th, and it became the focus of all parties.
On April 30th, when the Hong Kong stock market closed, Tencent's share price plummeted to HK $62.
Before that, Tencent's share price rose from HK $50 at the beginning of the year to HK $82.
In 2008, due to the financial crisis, Tencent's share price did not rise much. It even fell below HK $40 at the lowest point. However, it was the global financial crisis at that time, and everyone's share price fell.
Now, it was May of 2009, and the global economy had begun to recover.
At this time, once Tencent's share price fell below the lowest point of 2008, it meant that investors' expectations of Tencent had fallen to the lowest point.
If the share price fell to HK $40, it meant that Tencent's market value had fallen to US $10 billion.
Tencent had been growing since it went public in 2004. In September 2007, Tencent's share price reached HK $45. It was also the first Hua Xia Internet company to be listed in China with a market value of more than US $10 billion.
If two years later, the market value not only did not increase, but also fell, and it was not affected by the overall environment, Tencent would be in big trouble.
Hong Kong stocks did not have any price limit. In fact, many people were waiting to see what would happen.
Whether Tencent could use these three days to restore the market's confidence in Tencent was extremely important!
Once the market opened on the 4th and Tencent continued to fall, it meant that they were in big trouble!
…
On the night of the 3rd, Ma Huateng couldn't sleep.
Ma Huateng was not the only one who was suffering from insomnia. Tencent of the executives were also suffering from insomnia.
Tencent's fate will be decided when the Hong Kong stock market opens on the 4th.
Once the share price falls too much, Tencent will be able to buy back a small amount of shares that they had promised to buy back. But if they sell off their shares in bulk, and they do not have the funds to buy back their shares, everyone will lose confidence in Tencent.
Previously, the Tencent had said that money was not a problem. Putting aside the fact that they had the support of capital institutions, the Tencent himself was not short of money.
Ma Huateng and the others were gambling!
He was betting that Tencent's share prices would not fall too much, and he was betting that the actions taken in the next 3 days would be able to restore the public's confidence and give Tencent some breathing space.
So far away, there were no major movements. This was something to be thankful for.
Although So far away was constantly hyped up on the internet, So far away did not make any substantial moves, and this was extremely important.
Of course, to Ma Huateng and the rest, So far away had reached their limit.
Before May, they had almost done everything they needed to do. So far away was burning more money than Tencent.
As for PP financing, almost no one had thought about it.
It was not that they had really forgotten, but some of the things that had happened in the past few years had subconsciously made them forget about this idea.
So far away had many IT industries. But until now, other than Weibo, were there any other industries that had received financing?
Even So Far Away Mall had not received financing, but had cooperated with Tencent.
Also, when it came to financing, it would usually be explained in advance. There was no sudden financing. It was not that they could not raise funds suddenly, but everyone needed time to think and weigh the pros and cons.
Investment banks would not quote a high price from the start, and there would always be some preparatory work.
So far away had not done anything like this, and Tencent was very clear about this.
Moreover, Li Dong had deliberately diverted attention. He did not even mention this in the company, and Yuan Chengdao and the rest did not have such thoughts, let alone Tencent.
In fact, even if Ma Huateng knew about it, there was nothing he could do.
Could he stop Li Dong from raising funds?
Impossible!
The conditions for PP financing were already ripe, and even without financing, PP would not lack money for development.
So far away was prepared to be spun off and listed. At that time, in order to get listed, it would be necessary to bring in some capital institutions.
At this moment, PP financing was not necessary.
Of course, if it was to defeat Tencent, everything would be worth it.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was dawn.
Shenzhen.
Ma Huateng arrived at the company early in the morning.
Other than him, many senior executives had also arrived early.
Everyone gathered in the meeting room, and Tencent's share price chart had already appeared on the big screen.
On the screen, Tencent's share price was at 62 HKD.
Ma Huateng entered the room and found a place to sit down. He lit a cigarette and started smoking.
The rest did not say anything until Xu Chenye entered the room, and the atmosphere became a little more lively.
Xu Chenye saw Ma Huateng was smoking, and she smiled. "Tony had gone to Hong Kong, and it should not be a problem.
We have received a lot of good news these few days, and we had also held talks with many investors. Most of the institutions are still supporting us.
They had been supporting us since 2004.
And we have also brought them a lot of benefits.
When we first got listed, the share price was only 3.7 HKD, and those institutions that held shares in the company had been able to recover their costs from dividends.
Now, all the money was earned.
The higher Tencent's share price is, the more they will earn. If they sell their shares now, they will be losing their own profits.
These institutions are not stupid. Most of the institutions that sold their shares a few days ago were new to the market. Now, the ones that are remaining are our old friends … "
Xu Chenye said a lot, but Ma Huateng did not listen to her. He suddenly interrupted. "Far away has been too quiet these few days!"
Xu Chenye paused for a while and smiled. "They are just at their wit's end. Tell me, what else can they do?
The only thing they can do now is to make a fuss about mobile devices and the stock market.
Based on Li Dong's character, he will not manipulate Tencent's share price.
At this point, he will not participate in these things to avoid leaving a stain on his reputation. Huang Guangyu had just entered the company, and some people suspected that he was manipulating Gome's share price due to Gome's issue.
But at that time, Gome had been delisted, and many investment institutions had reached an agreement with Li Dong. The shareholders did not suffer any losses, and Li Dong managed to get away with it.
We are different!
Li Dong wants to manipulate Tencent's share price like how he manipulates Gome. We don't need to do anything, and there will be people looking for trouble with him.
What's more, he does not have the capital to do this now. Far away has no money either.
Let's not talk about whether Yu 'e Bao has much money now. Even if he does, we can't wait for him to use it immediately. Don't you think so? "
Ma Huateng frowned slightly. After a while, he nodded and said, "That's true. I haven't heard of a large amount of money coming into Far away's account recently."
Far away, if they really wanted to suppress Tencent's share price or do something else, they must first prepare funds.
For a large group like Far away, it was difficult to hide large inflows and outflows of funds from the industry.
Far away did not have such preparations now. Obviously, they were not prepared to deal a heavy blow to Tencent through the secondary market or have the intention to acquire Tencent.
In fact, Ma Huateng was not too afraid of this. Far away, if they really wanted to acquire Tencent, it was not cost-effective at the moment.
The overlap of resources between the two parties was too large. With the last experience, everyone now knew Li Dong's character. If he really had the intention and trend of acquiring Tencent, others would probably take advantage of him.
Tencent's previous market value was 20 billion USD. Far away, it was impossible to complete the acquisition without spending more than 20 billion USD.
Of course, Far away could choose to be the controlling shareholder. However, Tencent's shares were highly concentrated. Ma Huateng and his team held a high proportion of shares. The other was MIH. As long as the two of them worked together, no other company would be able to control Tencent.
Under such circumstances, Far away wanted to drive away Ma Huateng like they did with Old Huang. It would not be enough without spending one or two hundred billion RMB.
One or two hundred billion RMB, Li Dong was out of his mind.
If Li Dong deliberately used other means to suppress Tencent's stock price, with Old Huang's example, Ma Huateng did not mind using some administrative means to make Li Dong suffer.
Thinking of this, Ma Huateng was slightly relieved.
Ma Huateng looked at the time and said, "It's only 7: 30 now. It's still early before the market opens. Don't stare here. Although we have made a lot of moves in the past few days, they are only temporary measures. We can't reverse the situation. Everyone should understand this. The key is to make breakthroughs to offset the pressure that Far away brought to us. What's the progress of the latest version of Weibo? "
"Everyone has been working overtime these past few days. It's almost at the final stage. But with debugging, it will take at least a week …"
"A week …"
Ma Huateng frowned slightly. This speed was not slow. It was really not slow!
Distance had only updated its version on the 28th of last month. Tencent would have to wait another week, which would be around the 11th. It had been less than half a month. From research and development to release, anyone who said that this speed was slow would be deliberately finding fault.
But things were different now. Although Ma Huateng understood everyone's difficulties, he still said in a deep voice, "Arrange for the release as soon as possible!
Once the OL03 was released, WeChat's market share increased again.
If this continues, we really won't stand a chance.
The development of 3G smartphones is getting faster and faster. It's so fast that we don't know what to do.
On the 30th of last month, Hua Xia's 3G users just broke 40 million. How many days has it been?
In the morning, there was a news report saying that 3G users reached 50 million! "
Speaking of this, Ma Huateng's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom. He said in a muffled voice, "Three days. Even if we include that day, it's only four days! Increasing the users by 10 million in four days. How scary is that! The development of the mobile Internet has exceeded everyone's expectations. Far away is the key! "
If not for Far away, OPPO would not have developed so quickly. The distribution channels would not have been so simple. The online shopping market would not have been so prosperous. The traffic fees would not have been reduced. There were no products that people were interested in. If the price of smartphones did not drop, users would not buy them …
It was because of this series of actions Far away that the public quickly accepted smartphones.
OPPO was sponsoring and advertising all sorts of East Star's programs, including some TV programs.
There was also Li Dong's live broadcast. Many people just found out that such phones were used now.
Usually, people would not pay attention to this. After all, it had only been four months since the OL01 model was released.
But in four months, from nothing to 50 million users, this speed of development was beyond everyone's imagination.
It was not easy to increase the user base by more than 10 million in a month, especially in the early stages.
It was still fine in the later stages. When everyone was using it, it was understandable for the scale to increase again. But from nothing to 50 million users, the speed was really fast.
Ma Huateng paused for a moment and continued, "If this continues, based on this growth speed, the number of users might reach 100 million by June!"
100 million. In his previous life, Hua Xia also issued the 3G license on New Year's Day 2009. And Hua Xia's 3G users exceeded 100 million in September 2011.
It took a total of 33 months.
This time, the 3G license was issued at the same time. But it might take less than six months for the number of users to reach 100 million.
Although Li Dong did not seem to be doing much, in fact, he had a lot to do with the sudden increase in the number of users.
Once the number of users exceeded 100 million, WeChat would still occupy more than 80% of the market share. Even if WeChat was updated, it would be extremely difficult for it to rise again.
Hearing Ma Huateng say this, the others were also helpless.
The number of users was growing too fast. Their WeChat version had not been released yet, so they could not do anything about it.
At this moment, someone suddenly said, "Pony, WeChat has been developed and released not long ago. It's more difficult to add a new version.
Even if we continue to work overtime, it can't be completely the same as WeChat. If it's completely the same, Far away will not let it go.
Moreover, we're completely following the trend now. It's also indirectly proving to the public that we lack our own innovative research and development capabilities. So we'd rather delay it by a few days than give the outside world something to use against us for a day or two.
It's extremely difficult to reduce this time!
These few days, we actually did not just focus on WeChat. In terms of mobile QQ, we've also made quite a bit of progress.
The key is the voice function. WeChat still needs some time, but mobile QQ is already complete.
Why don't we release the mobile QQ voice version first? We can even update it today … "
Ma Huateng frowned and said, "We just reached a cooperation agreement with Telecom and Unicom. Especially mobile QQ, we've implemented a traffic-free policy. Far away does not dare to go head-on with the major operators. Instead, we've adopted a roundabout policy, using the increase in traffic charges to dispel their thoughts of targeting us.
We can't do it on our side!
Once we do it, the major operators will be wary of Far Away, but they won't be wary of us.
WeChat is different. There's WeChat first, and WeChat isn't a traffic-free software. The telecommunications operators can understand if we follow the trend and go online.
Moreover, there aren't many WeChat users. Before targeting us, the other party would consider WeChat more.
But mobile QQ is different … "
Everyone was speechless and somewhat helpless.
There were some things that Far Away could do, but they couldn't.
There were actually quite a number of mobile QQ users. Even if the voice version couldn't save the situation, it could reduce the loss of many users.
But Tencent was wary of them. In addition, they had just cooperated with each other, so it was not good to fall out now. They could only wait for WeChat.
Although they were all voice versions, the situation was still very different.
However, WeChat would take nearly a week or so before it could go online. In the past, people didn't care about this bit of time. Now, a week was enough for too many unforeseen events to happen.
Seeing that they didn't speak, Ma Huateng rubbed his temples and continued, "Let's not talk about other things first. You guys continue with your work. Finally, continue to promote Financial Management. Oh right, it's time to increase the promotion of Yu 'e Bao. In the past three days, Yu 'e Bao had at least 2 billion in funds. The financial institutions should be aware of it by now. Help Far Away promote it again and increase the sense of crisis of the financial institutions. "
Everyone hurriedly nodded and dispersed in all directions.
The Hong Kong stock market would only open at 9: 30 pm. There were still nearly two hours left. Just waiting here wasn't the right thing.
Whether the stock price would fall or not, they had no better way than to sit and wait.
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