"Smartphones are developing rapidly, and it is expected that there will be a breakthrough within one or two years at most."
"The rise of the mobile terminal is a good entry point. Single-player games are very inconvenient in many cases."
"We have advantages in technology, art, etc. We can start with mobile games. After establishing a fan base, we can establish virtual idols and then expand around IP such as interactive media, online literature, digital music, etc."
"The sinking of equipment and the convenience of communication will actually deepen people's feelings of loneliness and isolation. Our goal is to provide a place for these lonely souls to inhabit."
The three of them went into battle one after another, and the more they boasted, the more mysterious they became.
This is reasonable, after all, they had to compete for entrepreneurial funds the year before last with agricultural companies that sold green-shell eggs and medical companies that developed intravenous indwelling catheter seals.
If they don't brag well, they won't even be able to get the initial 100,000 yuan in start-up capital.
"Lao Meng, don't worry, they make games with details and emotions. I believe they can definitely achieve results." Tang Juan was so involved in the drama that he had already started to wear a pair of pants with the three founders and came to 'persuade' Meng Fanqi was confused.
This made Cai Haoyu and the other three people feel like a dream, and at the same time, they also felt a little strange.
But looking at Meng Fanqi's hesitant look, he felt it was excusable.
Cai Haoyu and the other three looked around at their small workshop, which was now a little bigger. They couldn't think of anything the other party could do to trick them.
"Let me think about it for ten minutes." Meng Fanqi slowed down his attitude again and walked out alone.
Based on the feelings of Cai Haoyu and the others, today's investment does not seem to come from a capital as they expected.
Instead, it came from two young men with good family backgrounds, and it seemed that it was the Tang Juan in front of him who forced Meng Fanqi to come.
"Meng Fanqi, why have you heard of this name somewhere?" Liu Wei watched part of Baidu's press conference, but didn't pay too much attention.
From the beginning, I had a vague feeling that something was wrong. Why did I seem to have seen this person somewhere?
"It's the one who provides Baidu with the core detection technology." Tang Juan seized the opportunity and boasted decisively, "We are actually colleagues and programmers. It's just that the two of us write AI algorithms, and you write Game."
"He independently provided Baidu with a world-class breakthrough. Now that he has received the dividends, there is too much money and no place to spend it. He asked me what to invest in, and I attracted him."
Upon hearing that they were both programmers, Cai Haoyu and Liu Wei suddenly felt that they had become much closer to each other.
After chatting with Tang Juan about the content of the previous games of 2D and Mihuyou, Tang Juan answered fluently, and Cai Haoyu and others were completely dissuaded.
"The money I have is second to none. If you can really win Meng Fanqi's shareholding, it will be of great benefit to your future overseas development plans." Tang Juan said, taking out his phone and showing the three of them a few pictures. photo.
Several of them were photos taken when Meng Fanqi and Jeff were communicating.
At the same time, there are also some photos of Microsoft and IBM executives communicating with Meng Fanqi at the International Computer Vision Conference.
Hinton's influence is more vertical and he is a godfather figure in the field of AI, while Jeff's influence is broader.
For example, Cai Haoyu and other game development programmers had never heard of Hinton, but they recognized Jeff at a glance, a man who stood at the top of the programmer hierarchy.
"Jeff Dean? The legendary Google engineer who wrote large-scale data processing systems and distributed storage systems?"
"What the hell? What's his relationship with Jeff?"
"I heard that if you have a meal with Jeff, your coding speed will increase by at least three times."
"He has already signed a contract with Google Brain. He signed it with Jeff just a few days ago." Don Juan didn't need to add anything here. "Jeff went to Australia to negotiate the contract with him in person. The signing fee was 30 million US dollars." sign."
"The signing fee alone is 30 million US dollars? You don't want to sign yet?" Cai Haoyu and the other two people were numb after hearing this. After all, they are also from Shanghai Jiaotong University.
They have been regarded as the pride of the computer field since childhood. In 2009, the three of them participated in the Technology Innovation Competition of the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and won hundreds of thousands of scholarships.
Calculating his age at that time, he was almost the same as Meng Fanqi now.
As a result, at this age, he went directly to negotiate a contract with Jeff from Google, but he refused to accept the 200 million yuan that he got after signing the contract.
"Then how was it signed in the end?" Liu Wei was very curious about this matter.
"Technology sharing is based on the influence of the technology and the revenue it brings." Tang Juan did not forget to get closer to the three of them at this time. "Actually, it is similar to your experience. I have made money from the legendary web game and the Three Kingdoms game. opportunity, but I didn’t take it. I firmly believe that my technology and ideas have greater value.”
Cai Haoyu and the other three were very moved after hearing this, and thought to themselves, let's go, are we so powerful? Why didn't you feel that before?
I was a little touched by what he said.
"The main reason why I decided to invest was that you had your own persistence and did not make a web game that can make money quickly." Meng Fanqi stopped writing after he came back. He felt that hesitating for two rounds was enough, and it would be artificial to continue.
"The same is true in my field. Everyone is working on technologies that can be monetized immediately. It can be said that there are only a few people who are really willing to make breakthroughs." Meng Fanqi stared into Cai Haoyu's eyes and said, he knew who was the absolute core of the company. .
"I want to believe people who insist on their own technical ideas, let's talk about share."
"So far, we only have one angel investor, accounting for 15%, and the remaining equity is in the hands of the three of us." Cai Haoyu first explained his bottom line.
"In general, the three of us need to retain at least 51% of the effective equity of the company. At the same time, if financing is to be carried out, we need investors to sign an agreement. When their equity is transferred, the three of us have absolute priority. Repurchase Rights.”
The core of these two things is that Cai Haoyu hopes that the founding trio can always maintain control over the company's development route. Meng Fanqi has no objection to these two points.
"No problem. How about this? You keep 51% of the company's original shares, and the angel investor dilutes it to 9% in the same proportion. The two of us each hold 20% of Mi Huyou, but I Only the right to dividends is needed, and the specific decision-making power is left to Mr. Cai. For such a ratio, you can set a price."
It seems that he only needs dividends, but in fact Meng Fanqi has full control of Tang Juan's share of the stock.
In this way, Mihuyou can be induced to agree to give up more shares.
Meng Fanqi's knife skills were very precise, and he cut Cai Haoyu's most critical position with one stroke.
Although the dividend ratio has been reduced from 85 to 51 due to financing, the decision-making power has only been reduced from 85 to 71. Not even as much as the last funding reduction.
Originally, the founders shared 85% of the decision-making power in a ratio of 41+22+22, but now it is 25(+20)+13+13.
Cai Haoyu's proportion of decision-making power increased instead of decreasing. At the same time, as before, he only needs to unite with any shareholder to increase his proportion of decision-making power to more than 50%.
