The Shanghai Stock Exchange is Pudong, and Pudong is the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
When the plane arrived at the airport, Lu Fei did not find [Three Barrels] Lu Huateng and [Seven Barrels] Xu Chenye to meet up, and went to the Trisolaris Fund Branch. He could not handle such a trivial matter as acquiring Singularity in person.
Sending two generals from the Five Tigers fully gave Han Yu face.
Xuhui, the base camp of Penguin Shanghai Stock Exchange.
"Mr. Lu is in Shanghai, we need to finalize it as soon as possible."
Xu Chenye stood in the conference room and looked up at his watch.
"Don't worry, if they are smart people, they will definitely agree."
Lu Huateng adjusted his glasses and looked harmless.
"I'm afraid that I'm too smart and won't agree to go it alone."
Xu Chenye glanced out the window, seeing a clear blue sky and bright sunshine, but suddenly a dark cloud came.
"I'll make them an offer they can't refuse."
Lu Huateng stared at the black clouds like ink and grinned.
When the dark clouds became more and more like a surging tide and the sky darkened little by little, Singularity's negotiation team arrived at the appointment on time.
Wu Wenhui walked into the conference room with Bao Jianfeng and Han Yu. After a brief greeting, he got straight to the point.
"You have thought carefully for a week and you must have an answer. How about it? Are you willing to join the penguin family?"
Lu Huateng crossed his arms with confident eyes.
"Our senior management has already discussed that Penguin can acquire Singularity, but we have several conditions."
It was hard for Wu Wenhui not to agree. Penguin gave him too much.
It also guarantees access to QQ’s traffic pipeline for Singularity, ensures the opening of electronic payment channels, ensures increased budget investment, and ensures technical support...
15 million RMB, the price is reasonable.
"You go on."
Lu Huateng resisted the urge to smoke and took a sip of water.
"Before you say anything, please sign the agreement."
Han Yu took out the confidentiality contract from his briefcase to prevent the business secrets he learned from being leaked.
Lu Huateng and Xu Chenye looked at each other. They had a hunch that the negotiation might not be as simple as imagined, so they braced themselves.
The two of them signed their names and handed back the agreement.
After Wu Wenhui confirmed that it was correct, he said confidently: "First, after the wholly-owned acquisition, I hope that the existing management will remain unchanged and stay in office."
As he spoke, Han Yu watched his words and saw Lu Huateng smiling, his eyes narrowed to a slit:
"Say it all, and after that we'll talk one by one."
"Second, we also need to retain a certain degree of autonomy."
Wu Wenhui is worried about laymen commanding experts.
"continue."
Half of Lu Huateng's face was bathed in the sunlight, the light and shadow intertwined, and his smile looked both friendly and indifferent.
Wu Wenhui couldn't see through it and couldn't figure it out, so he simply shook it out: the equity incentive mechanism, the appointment and dismissal of editorial team personnel, the drainage of QQ channels...
There are many, and 7 major ones are listed.
Lu Huateng never interrupted and listened patiently. It was not until he heard Article 8 that the sale and agency allocation of the full copyright of online articles had reached a singular point that his expression changed slightly.
At this moment, dark clouds are pressing over the city, and darkness is eating away at the light.
"That's all we can think of, eight in total."
Wu Wenhui leaned forward and made a bargaining gesture, keeping in mind which core interests cannot be compromised, which are secondary interests that can be compromised, and which are marginal interests that can be discarded.
Unexpectedly, Lu Huateng's first sentence went straight to the core interest, which was the ownership of the copyright of the Internet article.
Penguin's pan-entertainment layout is driven by IP content, ranging from online articles to games, movies, derivatives, etc. The most important thing is copyright. How can it be given to a wholly-owned subsidiary?
All copyrights must belong to the headquarters, centralize power!
Wu Wenhui and the three of them quit immediately. Singularity is equivalent to a feudal town. Now paid reading has just started. How much money can you have?
The operation of the local area relies on copyright, which is equivalent to the financial power of the feudal town, and writers are the military of the feudal town. The excellent operation of the copyright agency will naturally win the support of the "Qiu Ba" writers.
"We can discuss the first seven items, but there is no room for negotiation on this one."
Mr. Lu had already made it clear before Lu Huateng came.
In the short term, if the copyright is handed over to Qingdian, Hongxiu, and Xiaoxiang, with military and financial power in hand, and central funding, the local vassals and towns will definitely grow by leaps and bounds, but over time, they will only grow in size.
The vassal town is powerful and separatist to the local area, but the Penguin is in decline. If you want to take back the full copyright, you will definitely have to cut down the vassal and withdraw from the town.
These vassal towns, large and small, are not rebelling!
"I'm sorry, but Article 8 is what we value most."
Wu Wenhui's attitude was firm: "As a copyright operation agent, our management is absolutely professional. We will carefully select each copy, how to sell it, how to operate it, how to maximize profits, and how to protect the interests of writers..."
Penguin and Singularity are like the emperor and the vassal, locked in a dispute over copyright, and neither side is willing to compromise.
After a while, dark clouds gathered, and the whole sky was dark, as if it was about to collapse.
Lu Huateng said with a sullen face, "Mr. Wu, to tell you the truth, the reason why Penguin acquired the web site was because of the huge IP potential hidden in the web site. If Singularity insists on asking for the copyright, the subsequent negotiations will be very difficult. Difficult to handle.”
"Difficult to do?"
Wu Wenhui looked at Han Yu on the left and Bao Jianfeng on the right. They nodded in agreement, and then he boldly said:
"Then don't do it! Although Penguin's conditions are excellent in all aspects, and the Singularity will definitely save five or ten years of development, I'm sorry, we will not compromise on copyright!"
"Is it really impossible to give in?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Oh, why bother? We have already acquired Hongxiu and Xiaoxiang, and they are willing to hand over the copyright to Penguin for operation."
Lu Huateng adjusted his glasses and advised in a sincere tone.
"Maybe this is said rudely, but I want to say that Hongxiu and Xiaoxiang are far behind Singularity. In the ranking of Chinese website visits calculated by Alexa, they are outside the 60th place. Singularity is already 35th, and the number of views per day exceeds 30 million."
Han Yu seemed to be bragging, but it was indeed the truth.
The most active original online writers on the market today are Singularity Writers, who are tantamount to possessing the strongest warlord power in the online literature world. To be honest, there will be no shortage of investment in the future.
"But! But your writer did not sign a long-term contract with Singularity."
Lu Huateng had no choice but to "take out his gun and load the bullet" and pointed the gun at Wu Wenhui and the others.
Penguin can easily use its monetization capabilities to offer writers high station fees, signing fees, or higher subscription shares and treatment rewards, poaching all the writers that Singularity is proud of, and regularly Kaishen’s fighting tactics——
7-point silver bullet, 3-molecule bullet, treat and bribe, disintegrate and disintegrate, behead those who are dissatisfied, and treat the rest as dogs!
"You! You, you..."
Wu Wenhui swallowed and was dumbfounded.
"Although you have more than 10,000 writers, there are only thirty or forty who are truly competent."
Xu Chenye interrupted rudely and threatened further: "Do you think they would rather follow Penguin or you?"
"Shameless! You can't do this!"
Bao Jianfeng was so angry that he slapped his gum and stood up.
Along with the roar echoing in the conference room, there was only a boom, and lightning and thunder filled the sky.
The strong wind followed closely, sweeping in, blowing against the glass with a loud bang.
"Sauri~"
Lu Huateng's silly smile contained a hint of majesty that could not be rejected, "Penguin actually doesn't bother to do this kind of last resort, so I hope you won't force us to be villains."
For a moment, there was dead silence in the conference room, with only lightning and thunder, and only the howling wind.
Han Yu gritted his teeth: "Is this Lu Fei's idea?"
"Young people these days are so rude!"
Xu Chenye snorted, dissatisfied that this young man dared to call Lu Fei by his full name, but still replied that it was not Mr. Lu's idea.
"I, I request to have a face-to-face interview with Lu Fei!" Han Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Huateng and Xu Chenye looked at each other. If they want to meet Mr. Lu, they must have power and background. Which path are you in?
"I am Lu Fei's childhood friend!" Han Yu hesitated for a while and said frankly.
Damn it! ?
Bao Jianfeng and Wu Wenhui looked at each other with big eyes. Han Yu, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, how can you hide it so deeply?
………………
That night, torrential rain raged in the magical city, and the rain began to patter underground.
"What, Han Yu wants to see me?"
Lu Fei sat in the car, looked at the city in the rain, and said to his mobile phone: "Okay, just tomorrow morning, it will be the same place."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu."
Lu Huateng apologized. Such a simple thing as acquiring Singularity was not done smoothly.
"It was just an accident. I believe you can win it."
Lu Fei's hearing was sharp, and he could vaguely hear the sound of Lu Huateng's keyboard typing. It was most likely "Audition" again, and he couldn't understand that Bonny Lu would be addicted to music games and find it difficult to extricate himself.
There is a problem, there is definitely a problem!
While he was thinking, in his hazy vision, a petite and exquisite figure appeared not far away, his face looked very familiar——
It seems to be Liu Yifei?
Wang Ben glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Want to go over and take a look?"
"No, go back to the hotel."
Lu Fei touched his chin, thoughtfully, and turned the phone in his hand. The number stayed on Gao Yuanyuan, but he still didn't dial it.
