As soon as Qin Yuhan left, Li Dong briefly arranged the follow-up matters.
On the 13th, Li Dong and Sun Tao boarded a flight to Pingchuan.
This time back to Pingchuan, Li Dong chartered the flight.
Sun Tao brought more people, and it was troublesome to book the tickets. It was better to charter the flight.
Other people had to line up for the charter flight and prepare all kinds of documents. Li Dong and the others were much simpler.
Sichuan Airlines wouldn't set up any obstacles. The Sichuan government was eager for them to leave as soon as possible, so the charter flight was naturally very smooth.
Shen Qian didn't follow them back. Other than her, Huang Shanshan didn't return to Jiangbei either.
Before leaving, Li Dong met Huang Shanshan and talked with her for a while to persuade her to return to Jiangbei.
However, Huang Shanshan said she didn't want to go back now, so Li Dong couldn't force her to go.
In the end, Li Dong told Shen Qian to remember to bring Huang Shanshan with her when she left. It was easier for women to communicate.
…
On the afternoon of the 13th, Li Dong arrived in Pingchuan.
Yuan Chengdao brought people to the airport to pick him up. A large number of media were also waiting at the airport.
Faraway Group communicated with the airport and left in advance through a special passage. They didn't meet the media reporters.
…
Far away Building.
As soon as Li Dong arrived, there was a cheer from the building Far away.
The enthusiasm of the employees made Li Dong a little overwhelmed. This time, Li Dong had an accident in Sichuan, and Faraway Group was almost in chaos.
Fortunately, shortly after the incident, Li Dong held a press conference. The employees saw Li Dong on Weibo and were relieved.
Now that the boss returned safely, the previous anxiety suddenly disappeared.
Li Dong smiled and greeted the employees for a while, then followed Yuan Chengdao and the others upstairs.
…
In the conference room.
As soon as Li Dong sat down, Yuan Chengdao clapped first, followed by the others.
Li Dong found it funny and said, "What's going on? We haven't seen each other for a few days, but all of you don't recognize me?"
Yuan Chengdao smiled bitterly and said, "It's not that we don't know each other, it's just that everyone is relieved. General Manager Li, you really scared us this time. We are being a little more enthusiastic because we hope that you can consider our feelings in the future. Our ability to withstand pressure is weak, so we can't compare to you. After a few times, I suspect that we will all become mentally weak. I really don't want to experience that kind of unprecedented pressure a second time. "
The others nodded in agreement. This time, it had indeed scared a lot of people.
In fact, he had encountered this kind of thing once before. At that time, Li Dong had broken his head and the outside world had been talking about him.
Far away wasn't that big back then, so no one saw how badly Li Dong was injured.
This time, it was different. The photos on the Internet were very clear.
His head was a bloody mess, and he was far away in Sichuan, so everyone was naturally more worried.
If not, they wouldn't have urgently asked Sun Tao and the rest to go to Sichuan to pick him up.
Li Dong said helplessly, "I didn't want this to happen, but there won't be a next time. Before I came back, I was nagged by CEO Shen and CEO Sun for a while. Don't nag me anymore. Let's talk business first. Did anything happen at the company while I was away? "
Yuan Chengdao quickly said, "It's nothing serious. Why don't we report to you another day? You haven't recovered yet, so you shouldn't overwork yourself."
Li Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "I'm not a paper effigy. You saw it yourself. The gauze on my head has been removed, and it's already scabbed. I'll be fine soon. Let's not talk about this. I won't ask about anything else. Let's talk about the financing. I asked CEO Sun, but he still played dumb with me. Now that I'm back, I'll tell you in detail about the financing. "
The others looked at Sun Tao and Yuan Chengdao, obviously asking if they should report to their boss at this time.
Yuan Chengdao didn't say anything but looked at Sun Tao.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Sun Tao said helplessly, "Don't look at me. It's not like I'm hiding it from General Manager Li. I really didn't have the mood to report this before. Since you're fine, I'll give you a brief report on the financing plan. "
Although he said that, Sun Tao glanced at Yuan Chengdao.
This guy is still playing this game with me. Why are you looking at me? Should I report or not? Is there a need to hesitate at this time?
All of you are staring at me as if I'm the ruler of the world.
In fact, Far away, Li Dong is the absolute ruler. No one is stupid enough to go against Li Dong.
Yuan Chengdao and Sun Tao both understood this, but the CEO, Yuan Chengdao, insisted on looking at him and waiting for his reply. This made Sun Tao very depressed.
However, he could also understand that Yuan Chengdao probably felt a sense of crisis.
Financing was such a big matter, but he, the CEO, was not in charge of it. Everyone had to think more.
Sun Tao didn't say anything more. He coughed lightly and said, "Since the news of our financing spread, many financial institutions are interested.
Almost all the institutions that made the bid last year are here. Among them, Sequoia, IDG, De Fengjie, and a few others are leading the investment. Behind them are a group of small and medium-sized financial institutions. After all, the amount of financing we need this time is not small.
In addition to their acquaintances, there were also some new organizations that had joined in.
Among them, the stronger ones include Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, TDF, and a few others. These few companies had invested in Ali and received great returns.
But later on, they withdrew one after another, and their profits are not as good as Softbank and the others.
This time, they probably saw the opportunity and came.
Other than these few institutions, there is another one with a more complicated composition … "
Li Dong saw that he specifically mentioned this one and asked, "Who? Could it be Softbank? "
"That's not it. Softbank and Ali have a close relationship, and they will not come to us at this time. It's China Development Bank, CITIC Capital, and a few other state-owned financial institutions that have joined in. "
Li Dong was interested when he heard that. "These few institutions are also participating? Do they have money? "
It's not that Li Dong is looking down on these state-owned financial institutions. In fact, these few institutions are very powerful.
The problem is, they are state-owned!
The state-owned financial institutions are not very open to the Internet industry, and they are often cautious.
This time, the amount of financing that Li Dong needs is not low. They can afford the money, but do they dare to raise a large amount of financing Far Away?
Sun Tao replied, "I think they are quite open this time. The price is not low, and it even exceeds the price of some foreign institutions. Of course, it's just a price, and the specific financing conditions have not been discussed. As for what they plan to do in the future, because I went to Sichuan these few days, we did not continue the discussion. "
Li Dong nodded slightly and did not ask further. Instead, he said, "Let's not talk about this first. Tell me about the price of these few institutions. The overall price is too low, and there's no need to continue the discussion. There's no need to waste our time. "
Sun Tao heard that and continued, "This time, we are mainly focusing on Far Away Mall, PP, and Weibo. The price is also reported separately. During the financing last year, IDG's price was the highest. This year, although IDG's price is not the highest, it is also in the forefront. Let me talk about IDG first. Their price is 1.2 billion USD for Mall, 600 million for PP, and 1 billion for Weibo. "
"3 billion?"
Li Dong frowned slightly and said, "In that case, other than Weibo, which is highly valued, Mall and PP are not favored?"
Last year, IDG's first round of quotations was 800 million USD for Mall, 500 million for PP, and 100 million for Weibo.
This year's quotations, Mall and PP did not increase much. In fact, they did not increase at all.
That was because Mall was constantly expanding. After the snow disaster, Mall's market share had increased by a large margin.
An additional 400 million USD was actually reasonable.
As for PP, it was needless to say, with an additional 100 million USD, there was even a decrease.
Only Weibo suddenly exploded. IDG's price was actually ten times higher than last year's. Of course, this had something to do with the low price last year.
Seeing Li Dong frown, Sun Tao immediately said, "This price is actually within the reasonable range. After all, this year is different from last year. We did not take into account many things, especially for PP. We even split a part of the business, which caused the valuation of PP to drop a lot. As a result, PP's valuation has dropped significantly. If other industries are included, the valuation will not be too low. "
Li Dong slightly pondered for a moment and asked, "What about the side of the National Development Bank?"
"The quotations given by the National Development Bank and a few others are not low either. However, they gave a total valuation of the three businesses at 22 billion RMB."
"It's not low." Li Dong nodded. Indeed, this price could not be compared to IDG. However, relatively speaking, the National Development Bank and a few others could be considered to have made a move this time.
They actually dared to give a sky-high price of more than 20 billion RMB. One had to admit that they had some guts.
Next, Sun Tao repeated the quotations of the other few companies. In general, there was not much difference.
The higher quotations were about 3.2 billion USD, and the lower quotations were about 2 billion USD.
As for these few companies, Li Dong directly ignored them.
Actually, Li Dong was quite satisfied with this result.
After all, only three businesses were financed separately this year, not including logistics and the Wan Tao card.
In the current global financial crisis, to be able to give such a price at this time, especially when Ali's shares were plummeting, these financial institutions were really going all out.
3.2 billion USD, that was about 25 billion RMB.
This was only the technology sector Far Away. If other industries were included, it would be at least 30 billion RMB.
If logistics were included, it would be 40 billion RMB.
For a technology company that was still in the financing stage to give such a price, everyone had sincerity.
Of course, compared to an unlisted company like Facebook, which was valued at 120 billion RMB, Far Away Technology was a little weaker.
It could not be helped. It had to be said that the whole world felt that the US was more powerful at this time.
In fact, this was also a fact. Even Li Dong had to admit that the domestic Internet industry could not be compared to the US.
However, he still felt sour in his heart. Facebook was similar to Weibo. I even have a shopping mall and PP, and you guys only gave a price of about 25 billion RMB. You guys are bullying us.
After thinking for a while, Li Dong said, "This price is still a little low. They have to consider our gains after defeating Taobao and QQ …"
Everyone was a little embarrassed. Boss, we are too embarrassed to say this.
There was still hope for Taobao.
After all, Taobao was not invincible at this time. However, it was not that they did not have confidence in QQ, but it was really difficult for them.
Far away, PP had close to 100 million registered users, but QQ had more than 400 million registered users for its 10th anniversary this year.
The ratio of active users was also very high, at least five times higher than PP.
As for Taobao, the difference in registered users was not that big. Far away was only slightly lower in terms of sales.
If they really wanted to compete, it was hard to say who would win with another big promotion.
Therefore, everyone was confident that they could surpass Taobao, but QQ was not confident.
Seeing their expressions, Li Dong said helplessly, "Why are you all looking at me? It's not illegal to talk about it. I am confident that I can defeat Taobao!
As for Tencent, even if we can't defeat them, the gap between us is gradually narrowing.
Last year, the gap was 10 times, and this year, it has shrunk to 5 times.
Maybe in another two years, it will shrink to 3 times or even 2 times.
Moreover, I still have a trump card. Sooner or later, I will defeat them. Ever since Apple released the iPhone, didn't you notice that the mobile phone market has been changing?
I think, sooner or later, we will get rid of computers and enter the era of mobile phones.
I have talked to Liu Hong and the rest about this, and we will work hard in the next few years.
We can't beat Tencent in the PC market, but in the mobile market, they might not be as strong. "
Everyone was surprised when they heard that, and they looked at Liu Hong.
Liu Hong was a little helpless. Li Dong had said this before, but the smartphones that appeared in the market now were not enough to change anything.
However, Liu Hong had been in charge of Far away technology for some time, and his foresight had improved a lot. He thought for a while and said, "I think this is possible, so the future that General Manager Li mentioned is not completely hopeless …"
He simply said a few words, but he was not too sure.
Li Dong did not mind and continued the previous topic. "Therefore, it is very possible for us to surpass Taobao and QQ. Under such circumstances, we naturally cannot sell our assets at a low price. How about this, Director Sun, you communicate with these institutions again. Four billion USD is the minimum price, and we will not discuss any lower. "
"Cough, cough, cough …"
Sun Tao smiled bitterly. Four billion USD, more than 30 billion RMB, the boss really dared to say.
However, this was not impossible, and the previous round of bidding was only the first round of bidding.
In fact, financing was not much different from buying vegetables in the market, and bargaining was normal.
Now that the first round of bidding had reached 3.2 billion USD, it was normal for the price to rise a little in the following negotiations.
However, the others also understood that the difficulty was actually quite high.
The price quoted by ordinary financing institutions would fluctuate within the range of 10% at most.
A sudden increase of 25% would probably scare away a large number of financial institutions.
Although it was difficult, Sun Tao did not say much. He nodded and said, "Okay, then I will talk to them again. However, General Manager Li, I think it is best to add the Wan Tong projects as well. This way, the price will be much higher. Now that they are separated, the valuation will be limited … "
Li Dong waved his hand and said, "I have my own arrangements for this. We will talk about it later. Anyway, your current task is to strive for the minimum price of four billion USD. At this price, the rest can continue to be discussed, or else it will be a waste of time to talk. "
"Okay, I understand."
Sun Tao responded and glanced at Yuan Chengdao. He thought to himself, "If you have the ability, you can take the task now. I really don't want to do this."
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