Tengda was not short of money, but it could not fork out that much money in a hurry.
After all, it was a billion US dollars.
Of course, payment in installments could also be done. Many acquisitions were done in installments.
Pei Qian happened to have tens of millions of yuan that he could not spend now. He would transfer all of it to Dayak Corporation as a deposit so that he could perfectly realize a loss for this cycle.
What's more, this huge sum of money could greatly reduce the pressure of losses in future cycles.
It was perfect to complete the acquisition negotiations at this juncture!
Pei Qian felt that he should thank himself in the next cycle.
Look, I'm not only causing trouble for you, but I've also learned to spend in advance!
Tengda's various industries would continue to make money in the future, but it did not matter. With this huge opening, it should be much easier to spend money in the future before settlement.
Although Pei Qian did not ask in detail, the acquisition team quickly sent a detailed report to report on the specific situation of the negotiations to acquire Finger Games.
The price of a billion US dollars was indeed not cheap.
When Dayak Corporation invested to acquire Finger Games in its infancy, they only spent 200 million US dollars to buy 80% of Finger Games' shares.
At that time, Pei Qian felt that 200 million US dollars was a lot. Dayak Corporation was rich and overbearing. However, looking at it now, what was 200 million US dollars?
Of course, they were provoked by Boss Pei to use a private offer to buy all of Finger Games' shares. They spent another 72 million US dollars which could be said to be a huge loss.
However, it was not considered a loss for Dayak Corporation to sell Finger Games for a billion US dollars now.
That was normal. Dayak Corporation was not stupid. How could they make a loss? Since they were going to sell Finger Games, they had to make a profit.
However, this deal was not a loss for Tengda Corporation.
That was because this billion US dollars was not just buying a simple game. It was also buying the copyrights of all the heroes in IOI, all the employees in Finger Games, including the designers. Most importantly, it was also buying the ready-made system that IOI had built in so many regions and markets around the world, as well as all IOI players.
Dayak Corporation had also invested a lot of money to promote IOI. Of course, IOI was also continuing to make money.
It was quite good for Tengda Corporation to be able to take over all of these results.
In fact, one billion US dollars was considered cheap compared to the acquisition of a game company.
Of course, the reasons for this were more complicated. There were a few main reasons.
First of all, Finger Games was different from other game companies. They only had one game, IOI. What's more, IOI's data had not risen rapidly recently. Instead, it was shrinking.
Many big game companies had several classic IPs under their banner, and they were all making a lot of money. There were no competing games on the market, and they could still make a lot of money in the foreseeable future, so it would definitely be very expensive to acquire them.
However, IOI was now being chased around the world by GOG. Even Dayak Corporation was not confident in it. Naturally, the outside world was not optimistic about it.
If none of them were optimistic, then the price would definitely be too low.
Secondly, the CEO of Finger Games, Charles, had been causing trouble recently. He was courting death crazily and there was negative news one after another.
Charles wanted to lower the share price of Finger Games as much as possible so that he could buy it at a low price and earn a lot of money. Thus, not only did he release negative news, but he also tried to trick Dayak Corporation: sell me quickly. If you don't, you might not even be able to get this price in the future.
Dayak Corporation had also contacted some interested investors. In the end, these investors were either hesitant or were tricked away by Charles using small tricks. None of them were interested in the acquisition.
These situations caused Dayak Corporation to lower their expectations of the acquisition price.
Finally, Tengda's acquisition team played a role. They adopted a smarter strategy and were not treated as a sucker.
Tengda's team had quickly contacted Dayak Corporation, but they did not show a strong desire to acquire IOI.
That was normal. Tengda had GOG and was beating IOI around the world. Why would Pei Qian buy IOI?
I would only buy it because I wanted to find a guarantee for GOG and completely swallow up the MOBA game market. I would not suffer any losses if I did not buy it. In any case, no matter who Finger Games sold it to, it would not be a fatal threat to GOG.
Tengda would not lower the price to an unacceptable level if we bought IOI. However, don't think of treating us like suckers. It would be impossible for you to rip us off.
Thus, after much discussion, they reached a price of about one billion US dollars.
Of course, this one billion US dollars could not buy the entire Finger Games. That was because Dayak Corporation had previously given them some shares in order to better motivate the senior executives of Finger Games. For example, Charles had about 10% of the shares.
Including the other senior executives and the scattered shares in the hands of individual investors, it was less than 20%.
In other words, Tengda had only bought over 80% of Finger Games' shares from Dayak Corporation. They had absolute control, but not complete control.
Dayak Corporation could only sell their own shares, but they could not make the decision for Charles and the other senior executives to sell their shares as well.
It was their freedom to keep the shares or find the right time to cash them out.
Pei Qian had not thought about what to do with the remaining shares.
Should he make a second attempt?
Should he make a privatization offer like what Dayak Corporation did back then and delist Finger Games? Should he pursue 100% of the shares?
That was not necessary.
That was because the shares looked small, but they were expensive to buy.
Pei Qian did not care about money, but he would not give it to these senior executives.
What's more, there was no need to pursue 100% of the shares. Pei Qian did not have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The exact amount of shares would not affect his next grand plan.
The report also reminded him that some of the senior executives of Finger Games, including Charles, could cause trouble. He had to be careful.
However, Pei Qian did not care at all because he did not care whether these people caused trouble or not.
As long as he did not care about money, there were ways to arrange for them!
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February 26th, noon on Tuesday …
At a restaurant in Shanghai …
Brother Wei, Old Zhou, and a few old employees of Shengyun Corporation's Public Affairs Department were having a meal together.
They chose noon because Shengyun Corporation had been facing a public opinion crisis recently. The Public Affairs Department had to work overtime even at night.
Since they had to work overtime, it would be the same whenever they had a meal together …
If they included the lunch break, it would not be so conspicuous if a few people slipped away.
They did not pick a place and found a restaurant near Shengyun Corporation. They promised to find a better restaurant to have a good meal in the future when they had time.
"Brother Wei, how did the exam feel? Were the questions difficult?"
"Old Zhou, didn't you take the exam as well? Are you confident? Give us some suggestions! "
"I hope both of you can pass the exam successfully. That way, we can take care of each other when we take the exam in the future."
"I watched the live-stream. I have to say that Boss Lu is really handsome! He had directly made Old Nie speechless and utterly disgraced. Too awesome! The employees of Upwind Logistics are very lucky to be able to work for such a boss. "
"I'm really envious. I would have taken the exam too if I did not meet Tengda's special recruitment requirements!"
"Negative public opinion has been erupting these few days. I've been scolded badly, but why do I feel so relieved? Although we can't avoid working overtime … "
"I might be pretending to be a jerk at work like Boss Nie and the others, but I'm still happy! What's wrong with working overtime? It's worth it to watch such fun while we're working overtime! "
Brother Wei might have resigned, but everyone was still friends. Of course, they had to have a good meal in private.
The old employees chatted as they ate, expressing their concern about Tengda's recruitment exam.
That was because everyone wanted to go!
Apart from that, everyone naturally talked about the conflict between Old Wei and the Vice President, as well as the live-stream of the debate between Lu Mingliang and Boss Nie.
This matter had already caused an uproar. It had been on the hot searches for a few days. It looked like it would not die down.
Old Zhou said apologetically, "Brother Wei, you argued with the Vice President because you asked for leave on my behalf. I didn't even stand up to speak for you. I'm sorry …"
Brother Wei waved his hand. "Sigh, don't say that. Actually, I've been very unhappy with my job for a long time. I just couldn't take it anymore. That's why I lost my temper. It has nothing to do with you.
"What's more, what's the point of speaking up for me? Why don't we pack up and leave together? There's no point. My financial situation is better than yours. I can take it even if I don't have a job. "
Someone asked, "Brother Wei, you haven't told us yet. How is the exam? Is it difficult?"
Brother Wei said helplessly, "There are many people taking the exam, very many! I thought that since the requirements were so strict, there would be fewer people taking the exam. I didn't expect the competition to be so fierce.
"I can only say that Tengda is very popular. It's a paradise for workers.
"I can't guarantee that I'll pass. We're still marking the papers. The results will probably be out next week. Coupled with the interviews and other messy segments, it might drag on for at least half a month."
Someone asked, "Old Zhou, what about you?"
Old Zhou scratched his head. "It's hard for me to say! The questions are quite difficult. Some of the questions are very professional, while others test one's predictions and opinions about the industry's development. What's more, there's the Tengda Spirit test. I don't even know if I answered correctly. I can only guess. "
Everyone nodded and did not ask any more questions.
After all, Tengda's recruitment exam was famous for being difficult. They had to consider the possibility of 'not passing'.
Not only did such a possibility exist, but it was also very likely.
However, they could not say such unlucky words in such an occasion. They had to have some emotional intelligence. They had to wish both of them well.
As they ate, Brother Wei's phone rang.
He did not think much about it. He picked up the phone and asked, "Hello?"
Then, he fell silent. He listened to the person on the phone for nearly half a minute before replying, "Er … alright! No problem! "
"Alright, I'll find some time to go to Jingzhou in two days!"
After hanging up, everyone realized that the situation was not as simple as it seemed.
"Brother Wei, what's wrong?"
Brother Wei looked at everyone, looking lost. "I … I was specially recruited by Tengda!"
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