Lanzhou Kai invited Yang Yi out to drink tea in a private club that he had a stake in. He complained as soon as they met, "Little Yang Yi, you are too unkind! You whetted my appetite that day, and then left it unsettled. If I didn't ask someone to do a business investigation and happened to see your name, I wouldn't have known that you have such a big business! "
Yang Yi froze for a moment. He knew that Lanzhou Kai was doing an investment investigation of Internet companies, but he didn't expect his company to be on the list he got.
Yang Yi didn't want Lanzhou Kai to know before because he was worried that he would doubt his motives. But he didn't expect the consulting company to recommend him to Lanzhou Kai.
It's really fate, it's wonderful!
"Sahara Online Mall?" Yang Yi asked.
Lanzhou Kai showed a surprised expression, "Sahara is also yours? Isn't that the business of a boss named Fu something? "
The consulting company first asked him to invest in Sahara Online Mall, and Lanzhou Kai also entrusted the investment bank to negotiate with Fu Jun, but Fu Jun's price was a bit high. Lanzhou Kai thought that Fu Jun was playing him for a fool, so he didn't follow up.
"I'm just a small shareholder in it, but if you're not referring to the Sahara Online Mall, then what are you referring to?" Yang Yi smiled awkwardly.
"Microbroadcasting!" Lanzhou Kai said with his eyes wide open.
Yang Yi really didn't expect that Microbroadcasting, a product that was still in its embryonic form, would be taken by a consulting company. It seemed that he couldn't underestimate the vision of the world's elites!
Microbroadcasting did have a certain influence now. There were tens of millions of registered users, and the actual users were about a million. Because of the increase in investment, Yang Yi now began to let Mao Peifu start to set up a company, integrating Microbroadcasting and Facebook into one company. The company name was registered, and it was called "Backwave Technology Company."
The people in this world might not understand the meaning of the new generation, but Yang Yi knew that the new generation would replace the old. This company would be the last generation on the beach …
On the road to formalization, Yang Yi naturally wanted to hire a professional manager to helm the "new generation." After the company was set up, Mao Peifu would retire to the second line and work as a human resources manager while learning.
It had to be said that Mao Peifu was indeed a very good management talent, but she still lacked some experience in the operation of a big company. Yang Yi let her take a step back in order to advance, because he wanted to focus on training her. If in the future Mao Peifu showed the level that Yang Yi wanted to see, Yang Yi might let her go further.
Moreover, Yang Yi did not go back on his promise. He signed a new contract with Mao Peifu, who had done a lot of work in the early stages, for a period of four years. If Mao Peifu still held an important position in Backwave after four years, Yang Yi would give her three percent of the original shares as a reward.
That was a lot!
Now that Lanzhou Kai wanted to invest in Yang Yi's Microbroadcasting — he didn't know about the establishment of the "new generation."
"My investment advisor suggested to me to acquire Microbroadcasting because social networks have great development potential. But since it's your company, Little Yang, I won't do that. If there's money, let's earn it together! " Lanzhou Kai laughed heartily and said, "I'll give you the funds, and you can speed up your development. What do you think?"
Lanzhou Kai used a negotiating tone. Clearly, he didn't want to let this matter affect their relationship with Yang Yi.
However, Yang Yi frowned and said, "Big Brother Lan, I'll tell you the truth! Microbroadcasting is actually not a profitable business. Whether it's in the early stages or the later stages, it requires a continuous investment of funds. And in terms of income, I haven't thought of a particularly good profit model … "
Of course, regarding the profit model, Yang Yi still had some ideas, but he wasn't wrong. Microbroadcasting was indeed not profitable. Even for Slag Wave in his previous life, it took more than five years to turn its losses into profits, and the secret to turning its losses into profits was that it had seized the economic opportunity of short videos and live streaming as the carrier of Internet celebrities.
Although Yang Yi's Microbroadcasting could be sold at a good price in the future, the main purpose was really not to make money!
"So, instead of investing in Microbroadcasting, why don't you invest in Sahara? This online mall is currently the largest online shopping platform in the country, but this market is far from being fully developed. Think about it, there are more than a billion people in the country. If one-tenth, which is about 100 million people, shop on Sahara, how terrifying would the cash flow be? "Yang Yi pointed out the core of Sahara's online mall's profit model with a single sentence.
That's right, Sahara's single product gross profit would not earn as much as the current online shopping platforms, but it could use the product's low price advantage to attract more customers and harvest more orders. The higher the sales volume, the lower the cost of purchasing goods and the longer the checkout period.
The accumulated cash flow would allow them to do more things, such as making investments that could earn them money quickly.
However, Yang Yi temporarily limited Fu Jun's approach. Instead, he allowed him to use the funds to expand Sahara's scale, such as building a logistics team, improving the quality of service, advertising more, and expanding more marketing channels. Combined with the lower product prices, it formed a strong competitive barrier against competitors who had just entered the industry.
It was almost impossible for them to pry into Sahara's customer base with the advantages that Sahara had originally built up.
Of course, Sahara had not yet reached such a large scale. After all, online shopping was still a new thing, and many users were still observing …
Therefore, Lanzhou Kai had some doubts about Yang Yi's statement. "Can there be 100 million people participating in it? Is the country so rich now that everyone can afford to go online? "
"Of course not now, but we're looking at the future. Right now, we need to firmly grasp the existing market in our hands. In the future, with the development of the times, the cost of going online will become lower. In addition to the popularity of the mobile internet I told you about, online shopping will become as common as eating and drinking. At that time, Sahara will truly become a behemoth in the internet industry!"
"Just like buying a house? As long as there is an endless flow of rural people into the city, then this market will continue to expand. "Lanzhou Kai continued this logic from another perspective.
"That's right!" Yang Yi nodded. "Therefore, compared to my Microbroadcasting, this Sahara is more worthy of Big Brother Lan's investment."
Now, Yang Yi had thought it through. Since Lanzhou Kai had mentioned it, and he and Fu Jun also wanted financing, then why not pull Lanzhou Kai in? If there was money to be earned, it would be better to keep the goodies within the family!
However, Lanzhou Kai was still a little hesitant. "But Boss Fu is asking for a lot of money now. My consulting company gave me the data, this company's market value is at most 200 million, but he wants 100 million from me for just 6% of the shares. Isn't this a little too much?"
"Big Brother Lan, do you know how much this company was worth half a year ago?" Yang Yi asked Lanzhou Kai.
"How much?" Lanzhou Kai really did not know.
"Less than 10 million!" Yang Yi smiled slightly. "And this includes many investments in real estate."
In the early days of Sahara Online Bookstore, Fu Jun had indeed been ambitious to make a name for himself. Therefore, whether it was the company's office building or the warehouse for goods transfer, he had invested a lot in both.
Don't underestimate these investments. Even if he pulled out of this project, selling off these real estate assets that were still appreciating would still allow him to recoup his capital.
Even so, in half a year's time, or rather less than half a year's time, 10 million had turned into a company worth 200 million. This development speed was shocking enough!
"Big Brother Lan, this is Fu Jun's private number. You can go back and discuss it with your investment consultant again to see if this investment is worth it!" Seeing that Lanzhou Kai was a little moved, Yang Yi did not try to persuade him anymore. He smiled and said to Lanzhou Kai, "What Sahara needs now is to seize the opportunity. If you can complete the financing earlier, I believe that with its development speed, you will be able to recoup your capital very soon!"
Lanzhou Kai naturally would not make a decision based on Yang Yi's one-sided words. Lanzhou Kai needed to handle a business deal worth hundreds of millions carefully. Even if they were blood brothers, he still needed to settle accounts clearly. It was not impossible for him to hire a consulting company to do a more detailed investigation later on.
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