In my last life, there was a rumor on the Internet that Po Ni Ma almost sold Penguin for 100,000 yuan in the early days of starting a business. I don’t know if it is a rumor or true.
But now it is true that Yahu wants to acquire Facebook, because after the other party contacted the founder Zack, he also started to contact Chen Xin.
To be precise, he contacted the person in charge of the overseas angel venture capital fund controlled by Chen Xin, because Yang Dongxu took a fancy to Facebook in its early days and spent money to buy most of the original shares.
Yahu contacted Zack first, because Zack is the founder of Facebook and is in charge of Facebook's current technology and company operations. Yahu obviously did not want to acquire YouTube like Google.
After acquiring the oil pipeline, we will operate it ourselves and form our own technical team to continue in-depth development of the oil pipeline. Yahu wants to acquire Facebook in a package and operate Facebook as an independent department or wholly-owned subsidiary of itself.
So what they want is a controlling stake. As for development and specific operations, they want to leave it to Zack, so that everyone can save trouble.
Therefore, Yahu's team first contacted Zack, and then followed Zack to find the angel fund that later invested in Facebook.
There is no surprise that Yahu attaches great importance to Facebook's Yang Dongxu. After all, Google has been making continuous moves since last year, even though Yahu terminated its search engine cooperation.
However, whether it is spending huge sums of money to acquire oil pipelines, or later going public, or even developing Google Maps this year, Google has continued to expand rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
On the other hand, Yahu, which is still a giant, first suffered continuous losses in various investments and at the same time continued various mysterious operations. Therefore, the company's financial report last year was not very good.
There is no way for anyone to spend billions or billions of dollars to acquire various companies. At the beginning, they are confident to acquire them, and after they are ready to acquire them, they will innovate and turn them into their own flagship products.
In the end, the acquisition was successful, but during the final innovation, various things kept happening, and in the end, we simply gave up without innovating. After doing this over and over again, even if Yahu is a giant worth hundreds of billions of dollars, this kind of operation will hurt him a little.
So in the face of Google's increasing pressure, Yahu felt that this younger brother was disobedient and kicked him away from the beginning. Gradually, he felt that this younger brother was putting a lot of pressure on him, and he had to strengthen his body and let himself go. Google it and see if your uncle is still your uncle.
Facebook, which has such a promising future, was naturally chosen by Yahu.
To be honest, the vision of Yahu's investment department is still very sharp, despite all kinds of stupid operations before. But what I have to say is that there is nothing wrong with the acquisition targets.
Because of the acquired companies, except for a few that are really confused, the others will be top products as long as they succeed in innovation.
It's a pity that he was originally very good at attaching new weapons to his body. In the end, he just bought the weapon back, then put it aside and just looked at it without loading ammunition. In the end, he just threw it into the trash can and discarded it.
"Do you want the people from the angel fund to talk to Zack and express their attitude that Facebook is not for sale?" Chen Xin looked at the thoughtful Yang Dongxu and asked.
"This..." Yang Dongxu rubbed his chin.
If it had been before, he would have definitely asked Chen Xin to contact the angel investors directly. There is no way for Yahu to acquire Facebook.
But now he couldn't help but hesitate. In the last life, Facebook became one of the giants of the Internet due to its popularity. He knew this.
But Facebook in this life is a bit uncertain, because the external environment has changed dramatically compared to the previous life.
For example, now that CC and MM have entered the US market, under the control of big capital, they will crush MSN, which refuses to update and innovate.
Another example is that the cooperation between YY and Google has reached the final signing stage. As long as the contract is signed overseas, YY will go online, and then the bundled YY space will also go online. This is actually squeezing Facebook's market.
In addition, Yang Dongxu received news that although Weibo was slapped by 361 in China, his login in South Korea was extremely smooth.
Because the partner in South Korea is Samsung, it has attracted the attention of the Wall Street bosses behind Samsung. They feel that this is a good product and they intend to get it and promote it to Europe and the United States.
In this way, even under Zack's management, Facebook's products are still as good as in the previous life, but now that it has not become popular, his living space has been squeezed into thin cracks.
Whether he can successfully break through again will be as glorious as the previous life, let alone Zack. Even Yang Dongxu had a question mark in his head.
I guess this is also the reason why Zach and Yahu came into contact. You must know that Zach is actually very independent. Even in the difficult early stage of starting a business, when he accepted investment from angel funds, he was very tough and tough in selling the original shares. Stingy.
Therefore, it is difficult for such a person to work for others. Even if he is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, he is not willing. What he wants to do is to be the king himself.
Of course, when there is no hope for the throne, it is not impossible to commit oneself to life.
For example, now, as a developer of Facebook, Zack feels more clearly than Yang Dongxu that Facebook's living space is being squeezed infinitely.
He was extremely confident when he received angel investment funds in the early stages of starting his business, but now he can't help but feel shaken. His hopes for the future are being shattered little by little in his eyes.
So he wanted to take advantage of the fact that Yahu felt that Google was putting great pressure on him and had to quickly find new competitive products to transfer his Facebook shares at a high price.
And whether he is allowed to continue to be the operating officer of Facebook after Yahu acquires Yahu, or he can accept it as the general manager of Facebook, a subsidiary of Yahu signed by Yahu.
Sometimes being domineering and tough is an attitude that can only be shown after you have the strength. Now Zack does not have such strength, so he can only put away his edges.
"Let's wait for the quotation from Yahu." Yang Dongxu said after pondering for a moment.
The three major instant messaging software YY, CC, and MM are about to launch in foreign markets, and this time CC and MM also have large capital behind them. Obviously CC and MM will not give in easily.
Coupled with the experience of being "surprised" by YY in China and having to go overseas, this time the two companies are stronger and more careful.
Once these three companies start fighting, it will definitely be a fierce battle, and with Weibo being a disruptor beyond his expectation, to be honest, there is really no room for Facebook to survive.
"Aren't you very optimistic about Facebook?" Chen Xin looked at him in surprise.
Facebook's investment was something he specifically asked Chen Xin to pay attention to, and everything Yang Dongxu had explained over the years was a project that must be won with all his strength.
And countless successful facts have proved that Yang Dongxu's vision is extremely accurate. These projects that he has won with all his strength have ended up with huge profits and more rewards than robbing a bank.
So this was the first time that Chen Xin met Yang Dongxu who wanted to sell his promising project.
“At this moment, if it develops according to normal conditions, Facebook may indeed become popular, and even if it is not as good as Google, it has the potential to become a giant.
But isn’t this the situation that is constantly changing? The current situation is very different from when I originally invested in Facebook. Especially Wall Street in the United States, as well as other consortiums, are gradually focusing on the Internet industry.
And there are already some giants who can't help but test the waters first. If the big guys fight, it will bring disaster to the pond, and Facebook may not have time to grow up. "
"Increase investment and accelerate ripening like oil pipelines?" Chen Xin couldn't help but ask.
"It's too difficult. Let's not talk about how much money we have to spend. How to avoid the US Department of Commerce when spending money is a very troublesome thing.
Because of Google's listing. Although the Angel Investment Company has the Kennedy family and little Jack helping to cover it, we probably keep it in their notebooks now.
If someone is caught operating Facebook, the old and new accounts will be settled together. So it's not worth taking the risk. "Yang Dongxu shook his head.
"Leave it to Google?" Chen Xin thought of another way.
Aren’t you afraid that Facebook will be affected when big bosses fight and have no time to grow?
Then join a big boss to find a safe haven. Google, which is owned by the Kennedy family, Jack Jr. and Yang Dongxu, is definitely a big boss. It is no problem to protect a Facebook and give it time to grow.
"This is a good idea." Yang Dongxu couldn't help but nodded, but his frown did not loosen.
Weibo was favored by Wall Street bosses, which was a bit beyond Yang Dongxu's expectation.
Because in addition to Facebook, he also invested in Twitter. Now Facebook has been squeezed by the general environment and has no time to grow. It can be imagined that Twitter was just established in March this year.
You must know that the founder of Twitter is a company founded by blog technology pioneer Evan William Moss, so it is also an innovative product based on blogs.
In other words, if Weibo goes global, Twitter will definitely compete with Weibo, but even though Twitter was established early, it also received angel investment from Yang Dongxu. But compared with Weibo, it is not even a little bit worse now.
There is no way, Yang Dongxu's identity is too sensitive, and there is no way to splash out money to mature Facebook or Twitter, otherwise he will definitely be noticed by the plutocrats in the United States, and then use the U.S. Department of Commerce to encircle and suppress him.
Therefore, the investment method he adopts is to diversify his investment and invest in promising companies even if he does not hold a controlling stake. Then give these companies a little help, let them develop naturally and hide themselves deeper, so Twitter's development is step by step.
Weibo is obviously different. From the beginning, it was supported by the big chaebols of Sina, Ninetowns and Samsung. Although it was very popular in China, 361 poured cold water on it.
But after logging in to South Korea, it still skyrocketed, and now it is favored by Wall Street bosses. As long as Xinlang and Ninetowns are willing to transfer their Weibo-related shares.
Weibo is supported by these Wall Street bosses, and it will definitely skyrocket after logging into the United States. This will undoubtedly have an immeasurable impact on Twitter.
"If Facebook is acquired by Google, and Twitter wants to grow, it will also need to find a backer. If it is handed over to Google, the eggs that were originally placed in several baskets will be concentrated in one basket. If it is found that it is directly connected It’s a nest.”
Yang Dongxu scratched his head in distress. The changes in the world's business landscape were unexpected for him, and he had to adjust many of his plans accordingly.
