Volume 2: Storm Rising 2015 Chapter 376 Strategic Investor
"But... I believe that President Yang will not let me suffer any loss." Zhou Dongsheng said with a smile, revealing his fox tail.
Yang Luyu's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. As expected, there is no free lunch in this world. Angel investors are nothing but evil capitalists. Ugh!
At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly groan in his heart. Since he didn't want any money, he naturally wanted more. As for what he wanted... Yang Luyu naturally knew it well.
Although Yang Luyu wanted to refuse with dignity, he had no choice... Zhou Dongsheng offered too much and it was too tempting. This cooperation opportunity really did not leave him any room to refuse!
After all, if you want to stand out in the domestic market and grab the market share from leaders such as Kuaishou and Miaopai, in addition to the "right time" that Zhou Dongsheng mentioned earlier...
To have the right location and the right people, you still have to put in more effort. Otherwise, even if the time is right, you will not get any benefits.
You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child. At least so far, Zhou Dongsheng's performance as an investor is remarkable. He not only gave money, but also gave Yang Luyu a lot of inspiration in entrepreneurship...
The relationship between investors and start-up companies, like the relationship between employees and their bosses, is itself a process of two-way selection.
Workers can fire their bosses and find employment elsewhere. After all, the world is so big that there is no place where you can't work.
The same is true for startups. As long as the project is attractive enough, everyone is eager for profit, so why worry about no one investing?
If the cooperation is pleasant, it means that both parties will choose to continue to invest in order to maintain the relationship. The workers invest their time and effort to contribute to the company, and the boss will give them promotions and salary increases in return...
Similarly, when it comes to investment, the same thing is true. Investors want entrepreneurial projects to bring them more returns, and entrepreneurs also hope that investors can provide more resource support...
Thinking of this, Yang Luyu made up his mind and prepared to turn passive into active!
Yang Luyu showed a sincere smile on his face and said seriously: "I have always remembered Mr. Zhou's guidance and help to me, so I decided to invite Mr. Zhou to become a strategic investor of our company. At the same time, I am willing to transfer another 5% of the company's shares to repay Mr. Zhou for his support..."
Well, the same meaning, when expressed in a different way, can have completely different effects.
Since they also had no money, they could only exchange 5% of their shares for this strategic cooperation, which they accepted passively and reluctantly, and the effect was obviously average.
And licking like Mr. Yang... ahem, making up a pretext like this might actually have a miraculous effect.
Moreover, once the title of strategic investor is announced, Zhou Dongsheng is completely tied to this ship. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone can ride the wind and waves together?
After all, Yang Luyu still remembers Zhou Dongsheng's recommendation of Zhuchang and the support of Zhuchang Cloud Music, even though the speaker was unintentional.
As expected, after these words were spoken, the smile on Zhou Dongsheng's face became even brighter. Hello, strategic investor.
Compared with ordinary financial investment, which focuses on short-term gains and returns, strategic investment generally refers to the long-term and continuous investment of funds and resources, working with entrepreneurs to make the company bigger and stronger, focusing on value investment, and seeking long-term returns.
Of course, this is only a nominal difference. Since strategic investment takes a long time and involves huge risks, when encountering operating risks, there are many strategic investments that choose to withdraw investment and stop losses in time.
Compared to a slight loss in reputation, real money is obviously more important.
However, this problem was not a problem at all for Zhou Dongsheng. The title of strategic investor was exactly what he wanted.
In this way, he can give comments more legitimately and work hard to make the music short video software Muse into the form he is familiar with.
For example, by then I can more naturally propose to change the name of Muse, which is out of date and does not meet the needs of the domestic market, to... Tik Tok!
Walk in other people's paths and leave them with no way to go!
"Since Mr. Yang has said so much, I will not refuse. I hope that we can work together in the future to make Muse the number one music short video platform in China. Oh, no, the number one in the world!"
Anyway, let's just blow the name out first, whether it can be done is another matter. Isn't it like this when starting a business? Compared with a certain entrepreneur who wanted to acquire Apple, Zhou Dongsheng felt that saying "number one in the country" was a bit subtle, so he changed it to "number one in the world."
After all, the title of the world's number one music short video platform is much easier to achieve than the world's number one social platform, and it is more reliable than acquiring Apple, right? (Funny)
"Okay! It's a deal!" Yang Luyu slammed the table and stood up. The two grown men shook hands and smiled at each other. This was considered a verbal agreement.
As for the rest, Lu Sifang would naturally have to fly to the Magic City again. After all, professional matters should be left to professionals to avoid some strange things in the contract.
"Currently, young people are the majority of people watching live broadcasts, including the fans of these anchors, which is also mainly young people. This is highly consistent with the user group targeted by our music short video platform!"
"Therefore, with this strategic cooperation, we can further expand the market of Muse short videos in China and accumulate young users. I can't wait to see the results."
After sitting down again, Yang Luyu couldn't hide the surging emotions in his heart and spoke excitedly.
According to the previous financing valuation, the value of 5% of the shares is approximately US$2.5 million, equivalent to more than RMB 12 million.
However, Yang Luyu was obviously reluctant to exchange shares for this strategic cooperation unless it was absolutely necessary.
After all, it is easy to exchange , but it will not be easy to exchange money for shares later.
Fortunately, this 5% will not affect Yang Luyu's control over Wenxue Network.
What's more, this 5% stake is exchanged for time and development. If Muse can quickly open up the domestic market and accumulate users in a short period of time.
By then, Wenxue Network, which has markets at home and abroad, will naturally be able to attack or defend, and when the next round of financing begins, the valuation will be directly in billions, of course, in US dollars.
The business world is like a battlefield, and the principle of speed is of the essence also applies to entrepreneurship. Only by running faster than others can you survive to the end and become a winner who will go down in history.
"Of course , I have always firmly believed that Mr. Yang is the one who can create social miracles. My thoughts have never wavered..."
Zhou Dongsheng smiled and said "Chicken soup is here" to Mr. Yang. However... why does this sound familiar? I seem to have said...
But this is not important, as long as it is effective. Look, how happily Yang Luyu is smiling!
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After receiving the call, Lu Sifang immediately led the legal department and relevant personnel of Dongsheng Investment to the Magic City and signed a strategic cooperation contract with Wenxue Network.
Including the 5% shares transferred by Yang Luyu personally, Zhou Dongsheng's stake in Wenxue Network has increased to 35%, making him the second largest shareholder after Yang Luyu's founding team.
In addition, about 15% of the shares are held by third-party capital such as Kingsoft Cheetah.
The rest is held by Yang Luyu's founding team.
At the same time, Xiaorenwu Media and Yinian Media simultaneously announced that they had reached a strategic partnership with Muse Short Video, a short video subsidiary of Wenxue Network.
This piece of news did not cause much waves in the industry, but the subsequent wave of publicity broke the calm.
