Chapter 401 Little Ma

Chapter 401 Little Ma

Chapter 401 Little Ma

When the company was just starting out in the early years, Pony Ma even pretended to be a girl and chatted with users over the Internet in an attempt to retain them.

Once I have achieved a little success, my dream is just to sell QQ and make tens or hundreds of millions of RMB. I feel that with such a large sum of money, I won't have to worry about the rest of my life.

Later, no one wanted the company, but by chance it got a large sum of financing. Then the product became a hit, and in just a few years it accumulated hundreds of millions of users. It was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and raised funds. Everything seemed like a dream.

Xiao Ma Ge originally thought that he was very capable and was a lucky man blessed by God. Until he met Fan Wumian.

It doesn't seem like Fan Wumian is working very hard.

It seems that while playing in the entertainment industry, personal wealth increases dramatically in a short period of time, and unexpected fortunes are often encountered.

This made Xiao Ma Ge sigh with emotion. He felt that he couldn't compete with him. He sat under the awning, holding the menu in his hand, and said:
"I remember the first time I knew you was because you wanted to sell the song 'Gray Avatar' to our company, and then there was this 'poor family noble son' incident, which made you famous overnight."

"When I was your age, I seemed to be still studying in college, and I knew very little."

"Mr. Fan, you are different. You are lucky, have a good vision, and are smart. The timing of your investment in Penguin stocks last year was so accurate that it amazed everyone."

Fan Wumian ordered a cup of iced milk tea, which was priced at 128 yuan.

The current positioning of Shahe Golf Course is very high-end, the internal environment is impeccable, and in terms of geographical location, it is even better than the land he acquired.

In this place where every inch of land is valuable in the future, there is actually a golf course covering an area of ​​1.95 square kilometers.

All we can say is that even the most daring experts did not expect in the early years that Shenzhen's development speed would be so fast, and they inadvertently included the deserted suburbs into the scope of the new city that was being developed as a priority.

Fan Wumian was distracted, wondering how much compensation he would get if the place was demolished in twenty or thirty years.

After listening to this, he smiled and replied to Xiao Ma Ge:

"It was such a coincidence. I had just sold the overseas distribution rights for A Quiet Place and made a lot of money. The stock price also happened to fall to near the issue price, so I got a bargain."

"If I hadn't sold Gray Head to you, you might not have paid attention to Penguin stock."

"Many news reports say that I have great vision and am good at investing, but that's all just bullshit. They praise me so highly, aren't they afraid of putting me on the spot?"

Fan Wumian has always liked to attribute his success to "luck".

This is mainly because I don’t want to become someone like the stock god Buffett. If people pay too much attention to my every move, I will easily lose many opportunities.

For example, investing in Sanyao Heavy Industry.

The impact of Fan Wumian's position building is limited, but if the person making the move is Mr. Buffett himself, the shareholders of Sanyao Heavy Industry will probably think several levels further.

Buffett will target companies because they speculate whether their company has some undiscovered potential value, thereby underestimating its actual value.

In addition, if you appear too smart, it will be easy for others to be on guard when interacting with you, which will only cause trouble for yourself.

Xiao Ma Ge smiled brightly and continued:

"You are a big star, so the media will inevitably flock to you. You can even cut jadeite worth more than a billion. This kind of luck is really enviable."

"Today, we asked you out, Mr. Fan, because other senior executives jointly proposed it. They want to know if there will be any changes in the company if you become the largest shareholder of Penguin."

"You should also know that every time a company changes its boss, there are often a series of major earthquakes. Some things are best communicated clearly in advance, which is beneficial to everyone."

Fan Wumian understood what Pony Ma meant. He was trying to find out. If he bought out the largest shareholder's shares, his shareholding in Penguin Group would suddenly increase to about 38.5%. Pony Ma and the other founders combined would not have as much shareholding as he did alone.

The strength of South Africa's Naspers Group is not as good as many European and American multinational giants, but it does make Pony Ma very satisfied because it rarely interferes with the company's decision-making.

Penguin Group is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which does not have a "same shares, different voting rights" rule. That is to say, once Fan Wumian starts to make trouble, the management team headed by Pony Ma will be particularly passive.

As for other impacts, it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, apart from money, South Africa's Naspers Group does not have the ability to provide Penguin Group with too good resources. Compared with trying to take advantage of the situation by competing with Wall Street oligarchs like Citigroup, Pony Ma is obviously more optimistic about Fan Wumian.

At the very least, the suggestions he provided, whether it is games such as "World of Warcraft", "KartRider", "Audition", and "Dungeon & Fighter", or the "farm growing" function in the personal space, or Penguin Weibo, which is currently becoming a popular product, all have good prospects.

These cannot be explained by luck, which is enough to prove that Fan Wumian has an extremely sharp vision.

Therefore, Xiao Ma Ge was not deceived by the illusion he created.

It's inevitable that people are worried that Fan Wumian's usual calmness is just a disguise. After completing the acquisition of South Africa's Naspers Group, he will show his true colors towards the current management, placing various personnel in place and changing various regulations.

This kind of worry clearly overestimates Fan Wumian.

If there is an opportunity, he would even like to not think about these financial projects at all, and just have the dividends deposited into his account regularly every quarter.

Fan Wumian nodded and said:

"I know the rules, and I understand your concerns. Penguin Group is doing so well, and it's the best choice to maintain the status quo and wait for other opportunities. Is there any news from Naspers Group? I can promise that I will only give you some development suggestions that I think are good in the future. It's up to you whether to listen to them or not. Compared with the entertainment industry, doing business is too boring. I usually don't care about the company's affairs."

Considering that Fan Wumian is still so young and is a top star, Xiao Ma Ge really feels that being in the entertainment industry is much more comfortable than staying in an office to handle business and deal with all kinds of human relationships.

He realized that he was worried about being usurped, but Fan Wumian acted rather disdainful, which made Xiao Ma Ge speechless for a while, and he spoke again:

"Yes, if I were your age, I would have liked to deal with celebrities all day long. It's not like us managing a company, where we have to deal with trivial matters every day. The chairman of Naspers Group called us this morning and asked about some procedures and tax issues. I guess he was ready to agree."

In fact, Fan Wumian really hopes that Pony Ma will cooperate with him and release some negative news in the short term to lower the share price of Penguin Stock, thereby forcing Naspers Group to give in.

However, this is clearly an illegal operation, and if any information leaks out, it will cause an uproar.

So Fan Wumian didn't say a word, the thought just went through his mind, he looked at Xiao Ma Ge and said:
"It would be great if you could sell it to me. I feel that Penguin Group has much more room for growth than it currently has. Anyway, I can promise you that if this acquisition is completed, it will remain the same as before. You can just treat this share as my personal financial management fund. After all, I will owe the bank a large sum of money by then, and if anything goes wrong, I will be the one to suffer."

Brother Xiao Ma said seriously:

"Okay, that's great. With Penguin Group's market share in the mainland, as long as there are no problems within the company, it will be difficult for other competitors to find loopholes to exploit."

There is no conflict of interest between them.

The most core issue of "decision-making power" was settled in a few words, and the rest were trivial matters.

From how to seize overseas market share, to where to live comfortably in Hong Kong, to who is the most beautiful veteran actress in Hong Kong.

Xiao Ma Ge said he liked Guan Zhilin, while Fan Wumian mentioned Zixia Fairy Zhu Yin.

There are many female stars who appear serious on the surface but are actually hard to describe in private. However, it is very rare to find a girl like Zhu Yin who appears to be charming on the surface but has few scandals in her life in the entertainment industry. I like her temperament and personality.

After the iced milk tea for 128 yuan a cup was delivered, Fan Wumian tasted it and found that it was just milk tea with ice cubes, as if it was made with instant powder.

Before he finished his milk tea, the general manager of the golf course came and offered to help Fan Wumian get a membership card for free, hoping that he would come often when he had nothing to do.
(End of this chapter)