Yunmeng Group has been living a good life recently. The billions spent on employee welfare housing shocked the entire Internet circle and made countless people jealous.
In comparison, the life of Sea Lion Group is not so wonderful.
Since Huang Chao was taken away from the company by the police, the "Endless Epic" project was completely suspended. Everyone in the entire group was panicked, and the company's stock price was also at a low.
However, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.
Even in the face of anti-monopoly investigations by the State Administration for Market Regulation and overwhelming public pressure, Hiace Group still holds the top spot among domestic Internet companies.
Even if World of Warcraft attacks the appearance, Sea Lion is still a behemoth that is difficult to defeat compared to Yunmeng Group, and this is difficult to change in a short time.
As usual, Hao Yun took advantage of his leisure time when he was not very busy at work recently and took the time to sit in the library for a while and catch up on the courses he had missed recently.
But just when he finished reading the downloaded PPT and was about to get up and go to the cafeteria to have dinner, an unexpected face appeared opposite his seat.
"Director Zhang?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Tao, who was sitting opposite, coughed dryly and said.
"Don't call me that, I'm no longer the instructor."
Hao Yun said with a smile and a joke.
"That's right. Now it's time to call Zhang the richest man."
Zhang Tao made a helpless expression and said.
"Okay, please stop teasing me. Compared with your little possessions, I'm afraid it's not even a fraction."
In the shared bicycle project some time ago, Hao Yun transferred his shares to Hiace Group. In exchange for the exit of Yunmeng Group, Hiace Group invested in Modern Bicycle and achieved profits by injecting financial business.
On the surface, it seems that Sea Lion Group was indeed cheated by Yunmeng Group and took over the shared bicycle project at a high position. However, after all, they have deep pockets and have revived this half-dead project through a series of capital operation methods. It is said that it will be launched soon. Listed after IPO.
And once the listing is successful, the lost money can always be recovered from the receiver.
Putting aside the love-hate relationship between Yunmeng Group and Sea Lion Group, Zhang Tao, the founder caught in the middle, has indeed made a profit. Although the project has not been as popular since the country tightened the supervision of bicycle sharing deposits, the only ones that have been eliminated are those unqualified companies, which is actually a good thing for leading companies like Modern Bicycle. Son.
Not to mention the more than 100 million that has been cashed out, the shares Zhang Tao currently holds are now valued at at least one billion. If the listing is successful, it might be easy to break through 100.
Looking curiously at Zhang Tao who appeared in the library, Hao Yun asked.
"Why did you suddenly go back to school? Didn't you have a happy life as a child?"
"I'm really not very happy," Zhang Tao sighed and said, "You don't know, when you withdrew from the modern bicycle project, the first thing the Sea Lion Group did after taking over the modern bicycle project was to completely remove the power of our old team. , and then transferred a group of airborne executives from Hiace Financial to come over and said they would carry out some operational reforms and listing assistance for us."
Hao Yun said with a smile.
"Isn't this a good thing? At least you not only succeeded in making profits, but you can also go public to make money. It's too late to make others happy."
Until Yunmeng Group withdrew from the shared bicycle project, Modern Bicycle had not successfully achieved profitability, but had been expanding in a snowballing manner. Later, Hao Yun asked Lin Jun, but the answer he got was that he had never considered that kind of question at all.
Otherwise, that piece of shit wouldn’t have said, “Profitability will come after the C round. We are only responsible for making the market bigger now.”, “How to achieve profitability, people who join the game later will naturally think of ways for us.” and so on. .
"That's what I say, but this is not my original intention of founding Modern Bicycle at all," Zhang Tao shook his head and said, "What I thought at the time was that it was too wasteful for the university to discard so many unclaimed bicycles every year, so why not just If you get a shared bicycle, you don’t have to worry about theft or repairs.”
Hao Yun coughed dryly.
"...Don't you think it's very Versailles to say that?"
Zhang Tao smiled helplessly, sighed and said.
"Maybe, Yu Jie also complained about me like this."
Hearing this familiar name, Hao Yun asked casually.
"Speaking of which, he is still working at Modern Cycling?"
"Except for me, the old team has basically all left," Zhang Tao shook his head and said, "I don't like the corporate culture of Sea Lion Group very much. Although I admit that they do have a good way of capital operation, it may be due to differences in philosophy. Well, I don’t agree with their approach.”
Having said this, Zhang Tao paused for a moment and continued.
"I plan to sell all the remaining shares."
Sell them all
"Can I reduce my holdings immediately after it's listed?" Hao Yun asked after being stunned.
"The sale I am talking about is not to reduce the holdings in the secondary market, but to sell to interested institutions." Zhang Tao smiled and continued, "The buyer is an investment bank in Shanghai, and the price they offered is 8 100 million. I have communicated with the Hiace Group and they think there is no problem."
Valuation and value are two different things. It is quite good to be able to find a takeover and cash out 800 million for an equity valuation of more than one billion.
But Hao Yun still doesn’t quite understand. Modern Bicycle has already survived even the most difficult moments and is about to go on the market. Why would it choose to leave now
In a hurry for money
Or... an agreement with the Sea Lion Group
As if seeing through the confusion on Hao Yun's face, Zhang Tao turned his attention to the students who were busy writing in the self-study area of the library, looking a little lost.
After a long silence, he continued.
"I have been thinking about what the meaning of making money is and what I should do after I become financially free so that I can live a meaningful life. However, I have been thinking about it for a long time with no results."
"Until that day, I saw the report in the People's United Information Industry News."
Hao Yun was stunned for a moment.
"Could it be..."
Looking at him again, Zhang Tao nodded seriously.
"Yes, that's the interview about you!"
Before Hao Yun could explain, he continued speaking seriously.
"After reading that interview, I felt... like a light was on in my world, and all the questions I couldn't figure out were figured out in an instant."
"If you make money as your only pursuit, you can only become a first-class company at most, but you cannot achieve greatness. Only by doing things that others dare not think of and achieving things that no one thinks is possible can you be worthy of success. The word great!”
Listening to these difficult words, Hao Yun had a completely confused expression on his face, not understanding what he wanted to express.
It's not like he hasn't read the interview, but he doesn't understand at all how to do this reading comprehension in order to read such rich psychological activities.
"...So, I plan to continue to start my own business!"
How did this "so" come out
Looking at this guy with a blank expression, Hao Yun took a while before hesitatingly said.
"Then... have you decided what to do?"
Shared battery car
Or a car or something
He didn't care how Zhang Tao wasted money, since he couldn't waste it along with him. He is building a supercomputer, employee welfare housing, and a hotel that has not yet been completed. There are many places where he needs money.
However, contrary to Hao Yun's expectation, he did not hear the word "sharing" from Zhang Tao's mouth, but heard a completely unexpected but must be familiar word.
"Short video!"
Looking at Hao Yun with bright eyes, Zhang Tao continued confidently.
"I can guarantee you that if we do this, it will definitely be popular!"