Chapter 415 Scandal
Chapter 415 Scandal
Speaking of Youtube, investing in it was just an accident.
At that time, Fan Wumian was conceiving a video website project and accidentally discovered that the three co-founders of Youtube were raising funds from outside. Then he casually invested 50 US dollars in the angel round of financing.
Later, in the A round of financing, Fan Wumian's shareholding ratio was diluted to a certain extent, and he only used his priority financing rights to retain 25% of the shares.
During the B round of financing, it also invested approximately US$1620 million to ensure that its shareholding ratio was not diluted.
The three co-founders of Youtube had no money for follow-up investment and were forced to reduce their own shareholding ratios. They probably regretted giving too much equity to Fan Wumian during the angel round.
As for “priority financing”, there is nothing much to say.
After all, no matter who raises funds, it is still financing. Fan Wumian has always been very generous in transferring money. At the same time, he also helped attract the attention of tens of millions of Asian users, saving Youtube a lot of customer acquisition costs.
It's just business.
It is obvious that it is not the case that Fan Wumian has any deep feelings for YouTube.
So when he found out some time ago that he had the opportunity to increase his stake in Penguin Group by 28.5% of its total share capital in one go, he immediately decided to use these 25% of YouTube shares as a bargaining chip to attract South Africa to agree to the deal.
After so many days of discussion, the deal was finally successfully reached. All that was left was to draft the contract and sit down to sign it.
Even Fan Wumian was so excited that he could hardly suppress his emotions when he thought about holding about 38.6% of the shares of Penguin Group, and he had the urge to punch a turtle.
After all, as long as nothing unexpected happens and he holds on to this equity well, he will definitely have a chance to sit on the throne of "the world's richest man" in the future.
When the Penguin stock price goes up, these stocks can be used as collateral for loans to plan other businesses.
With so many Penguin stocks in hand, I believe it won’t take too long before you no longer have to worry about money. There will be no problem in describing it as “absolute financial freedom”.
But that's a matter for the future. There are still many troubles to be dealt with right now.
After a brief excitement, Fan Wumian sat at his desk and began to list the things he needed to do in the near future.
The first is to find ways to raise enough funds.
Many non-core assets should be sold if they can be sold, such as selling mobile phone ringtone copyrights for one-time cash, mortgaging jade raw materials cut from the Great Jade King, withdrawing funds from the accounts of various companies, etc. All of these need to be done in a hurry.
As for the copyrights of TV series and movies such as "Lost on Journey", "Wulin Waijiao: The Treasure of Hengshan", "The Golden Eyes", "My Love from the Star" etc., Fan Wumian is reluctant to sell them at a low price, but he can consider continuing to use their copyrights as collateral and borrow more money from banks in Hong Kong.
In addition, there are two plots of land on Poole Road, The Peak, which we developed in cooperation with Stephen Chow. They were originally purchased with bank loans and have now appreciated by about 25%. If they are sold to pay off the loans, we can get to million Hong Kong dollars in cash.
The view from Fan Wumian’s mansion at No. 89 Repulse Bay Road is not as good as that from Poole Road, and one cannot see the brightly lit night view of the Hong Kong city.
He was also very reluctant to sell it after making such a small amount of money.
Therefore, it is better to avoid selling the two pieces of land if possible. If it is really not possible, ask Zuo Ziyan and let her parents take over the two pieces of land. This can be regarded as a backup plan to keep the benefits within the family.
on the other hand.
Next, he needs to pay out $7.5 million in cash. In addition to Youtube shares, Fan Wumian also plans to raise about $1.5 million on his own. He has not yet decided which bank to borrow the remaining $6 million from.
For such a large order, things like loan interest rate and other benefits can all be negotiated.
If you look at the wealthy businessman who is selling hybrid sailing yachts, you will find that ordinary people will worry about owing money to the bank, but when the money owed to the bank reaches a certain scale, it is the bank that will worry.
Thinking about the opportunity to establish good relations with major banks in the mainland through this huge loan, he made preparations in advance for the development of the land near Shencheng Bay.
Fan Wumian plans to hand over most of the orders to a bank in the mainland, so that he can get some free rides on private jets as a benefit.
Even though you're rich now, there's no need to change your good habit of taking advantage of others. As long as you rent a plane for free enough times, you can save enough money to buy a private jet.
Second, after the acquisition is completed, Fan Wumian needs to find his correct position within the Penguin Group.
Just talked to Brother Ma.
Although we do not want to interfere too much in the internal affairs of Penguin Group, it is related to future profits, and many corporate development strategies need to be slightly adjusted. For example, the overseas business has been developing a little slowly, and we should promote Penguin Weibo to markets such as Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia as soon as possible, and set up a separate subsidiary in Hong Kong.
As long as we accumulate enough overseas users, we will have the opportunity to build an Internet ecosystem in other markets around QQ, Penguin Weibo and WeChat in the future, and drive the development of the overseas version of Tudou.com.
Users in Japan and South Korea are relatively wealthy, and with the 500 million to 600 million population in Southeast Asia, the market size is quite considerable. Pony Ma and his team copied the mainland's system to other parts of Asia, and are in a state of long-term losses, showing signs of not adapting to the local environment.
I sat at the desk, thinking hard for more than an hour.
Pu Jiajing knocked on the door and walked in, reporting:
"Auntie has prepared the meal. I'm asking when you want to eat. Also, there's a scandal on the Idol Producer program. It's about to spread all over the Internet. It's probably going to be hard to suppress. Sister Ji Qiao suggests that you cut off your tail as soon as possible and sacrifice your pawns to save your king."
"???"
Fan Wumian knew nothing about this and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What scandal? How come I don't know about it?"
"I just heard about it too, but I don't know how to tell you in detail. Just look at Penguin Weibo and you'll see. It's already on the trending search list."
Pu Jiajing smacked her lips after she finished speaking, and her expression was somewhat intriguing.
Seeing her expression, Fan Wumian guessed that the trouble might be big, so he decisively used Baidu to search Penguin Weibo and looked through today's hot search list.
The 19th item on the list reads – “Allure Girl trainee caught in scandal”.
At first glance, nothing much.
In the show "Alluring Girls Idol Producer", the conflicts among the girls in their quest to get to the top are actually a major highlight that attracts attention.
Other variety shows are always full of singing and dancing and respect for each other, but watching the girls secretly tearing each other apart in order to avoid being eliminated can make the audience of this era very excited.
In the last episode, there was a famous scene of two trainees fighting and pulling each other's hair and clothes, which made the ratings soar to 9%. Some scenes could not pass the review and were still broadcast after being mosaiced, which made countless young guys imagine a lot because the short-sleeved shirts were torn.
Fan Wumian clicked the mouse.
I saw someone posting that in addition to Yui Aragaki, another Japanese girl was revealed to have found a "sugar daddy" in her 50s while studying in the United States.
After returning to Tokyo, she performed briefly in a club in Ginza, successfully gained support from a noble person, and then began to try to develop in the entertainment industry.
Mainland audiences don't know enough about this trainee from the island country, but there are still quite a lot of audiences who like her looks. This time, a Japanese media outlet first dug up the negative information, and then it spread to the mainland.
After reading the gossip with great interest, Fan Wumian said:
"Tsk, I'm quite optimistic about this Chiyoko. She's got an outstanding look, a hot body, and she's mixed-race. I hesitated for a few seconds between her and Aragaki Yui. If Aragaki Yui wasn't a bit cute and had accumulated some popularity through the filming of 'Dragon Sakura', I might have chosen Chiyoko to advance."
Pu Jiajing was not surprised at all and joked:
"You have never been able to resist girls with good figures, thin waists, long legs and pretty faces. The most typical example is Feng Ying'er. You used all your resources to push Ying'er to fame. From some perspectives, are you considered her sugar daddy?"
"Shut up, I'm not that old. It's just pure opposites attract. You think too darkly of people."
After Fan Wumian's quibbling, he continued:
"There's no other way. Let this Chiyoko get off the bus temporarily."
"Delete the scenes related to her in the next episode. Don't suppress the heat this time. It will be over in a few days anyway. Release an apology statement and try to handle it calmly."
"In the final analysis, it's all because the tuition fees in the United States are too expensive. Look at what has happened to a beautiful girl. I heard there are special websites for them to choose the right sugar daddy."
Pu Jiajing grasped the key point and asked:
"How do you know? Have you been there too, wanting to 'help' a few homeless pretty girls?"
They spend every day together and are very familiar with Pu Jiajing.
Being teased in person by her, Fan Wumian knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't speak so forcefully, and replied, "I don't like that, and there's no need to."
(End of this chapter)