Originally, an investment worth tens of millions of dollars might require at least half a year of preliminary preparation.
However, this time because of the emergency, IDG reached a consensus within one day.
The driving force of capital is one of the most powerful driving forces in the world besides the rotation of the earth, especially for the profit-seeking bosses on Wall Street.
Lu Yunhao, who was lying in a five-star hotel in Shanghai, suddenly became the "chosen son" of Wall Street capitalists and took the burden of sniping Li Mu on his shoulders.
When Lu Yunho learned that IDG Capital had decided to invest 20 million US dollars in him the next day, he was so excited that he almost had a heart attack.
It feels like it all happened like a dream.
After being excited for a long time and finally accepting this reality, Lu Yunho began to feel extremely conceited deep in his heart.
He told himself, Lu Yunhao, you are so awesome! He so accurately judged the hatred of Wall Street bosses towards Li Mu, and exchanged an investment of 20 million US dollars with just one email!
Twenty million dollars! Convert it into RMB and then round it up, which is 200 million!
Yesterday, he was an Internet celebrity training teacher behind a three-foot podium. Today, he has become the helmsman of an Internet company with an investment of 20 million US dollars. Lu Yunho feels that he is simply lucky and is so happy that no one can match him.
Although he only held 20% of the shares of the company worth 20 million US dollars from the beginning, this is not important.
The important thing is that he has become the spokesperson of the entire Wall Street, he has given up so many shares, and he is also their spokesperson and bridgehead. As long as he works hard, they will definitely support him behind his back.
The next day, Lu Yunhao resigned directly from the principal of Southern English over the phone.
The other party was particularly angry at his behavior and cursed an unprecedented number of people on the phone.
Of course, Lu Yunhao didn't show any weakness. In the end, he held the phone and shouted angrily: "Are you talking to me about professional ethics? Are you mentally ill?"
After speaking, Lu Yunhao hung up the phone.
Go to hell.
Now I have to do something big!
Later, he went to IDG's headquarters in China and signed an investment framework agreement with Fang Ping.
Due to the tight timing, IDG came up with a series of time-saving methods for Lu Yunho.
For example, they were not going to let Lu Yunhao register a company. That would require him to open an account at the industrial and commercial office, then open a bank account, and sort out various documents and qualifications. It would take at least ten days to get it all done.
Therefore, the best way is to buy a company shell first and use this shell company to start business first. As for the change procedures, you can slowly add them later.
The most important thing now is to get the business running first.
Lu Yunhao did not expect the Americans to be so anxious, but he immediately stated that he would not leave the Shanghai stock market for the time being. No matter what, he must start his business first.
For him, nothing is more important than his business at this stage.
In addition to acquiring a company shell, IDG also requires that IDG assign a financial director to be responsible for all financial work of the company in the early stage of the investment. After Lu Yunho builds a financial team, he will hand over the financial work.
However, after handing over the financial work, Lu Yunhao's finance must submit financial statements to IDG on a quarterly basis, including the purpose of every penny, which must be clearly reflected in the statements.
Lu Yunhao also accepted it. If he takes other people's investment, he has to provide financial statements, but IDG requires more diligence. Who wants someone to be a major shareholder? It is a reasonable request and acceptable.
Subsequently, IDG made another requirement: to undergo a financial audit every six months, and the person responsible for the audit will be an internationally renowned audit firm assigned by IDG.
IDG has so many financial requirements, which also shows that they do not have enough trust in Lu Yunhao. First, they are afraid that he will spend money randomly, and secondly, they are afraid that he will mess with money.
In fact, the reason why many venture capital investment projects fail is because the people being invested are unreliable, and it is common for black money to be used in the investments received.
For example, a person deceives an investment of 10 million yuan, and then rents an office building worth 600,000 yuan a year. As a result, he engages in secret operations with others. The company pays 600,000 yuan a year, and maybe 200,000 yuan comes to him in a roundabout way. pocket;
In addition, the company needs to spend hundreds of thousands to renovate its business premises. He may directly assign the renovation project to relatives and friends, further enriching his own pockets.
As for the larger business outsourcing and promotion operation expenses, there are even more pitfalls. It is possible that 10 million was invested in him to do things, but the matter did not turn out well, and 5 million went into his personal pocket first.
Therefore, IDG decided to take strict financial measures against Lu Yunhao and let him know that the money was invested in this project, not in him.
Lu Yunhao didn't care about this. He was really passionate about doing big things, so he decided to work hard first no matter what. If it succeeded, everyone would be happy. If it didn't, he would find a way to make some compensation for himself.
After all, with an investment of nearly 200 million, it is so easy to make some money out of it, and it is impossible to guard against it.
Therefore, Lu Yunho accepted all these financial requirements.
Subsequently, the discussion entered into specific business areas.
Lu Yunhao will immediately build a development team. The technical core of the team will be found by IDG. At that time, Lu Yunhao will immediately lead the team to develop his own takeout platform, build payment channels and form a delivery team.
In order to compete with Li Mu, Wall Street found six technical backbones from the high-tech companies it invested in, including two Chinese Americans. They made a special trip from the United States to the Shanghai stock market just to solve technical problems for Lu Yunhao.
At the same time, IDG Capital has also begun to open up bank relationships and is preparing to help Lu Yunhao open an online banking payment channel.
The rest is up to Lu Yunho himself to integrate and be responsible for.
Two days later, Lu Yunhao signed an acquisition agreement with a company called Shanghai Zhonghui Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Lu Yunhao purchased all the shares of this company for 200,000 yuan. The company has a history of five years. Although there is little money in the account, the fixed assets have been almost liquidated, and the registered address is also rented. However, the company has not had any money in the past five years. Any violation records and financial flow are also very clear and transparent. It is a very clean shell company. In addition, it still has some small qualifications, so the money spent is considered worthwhile.
After signing the agreement, Lu Yunho immediately started to build the company structure.
He first entrusted a third-party company to help him go through the change process. He wanted to change the Shanghai-listed company from the other party's hands to his own name, and he would become the company's legal person. At the same time, he would adjust the equity structure and hold 20% of the shares. IDG holds 80% of the shares in a holding shell company in China. Once the change is completed, the equivalent of 10 million U.S. dollars in RMB will be immediately remitted to the company's account;
At the same time, IDG began to help him register an offshore company in the Cayman Islands. Once the company registration is completed, Zhonghui Technology will be wholly owned by the Cayman offshore company. At the same time, another US$10 million from IDG will also be remitted offshore. Company account as backup.
On the third day, Lu Yunhao had already started looking for office space in Shanghai.
He found an office space of 500 square meters on the riverside a little further away from the Bund. Compared with IDG's headquarters, it was certainly not big, but if it was used, it could accommodate at least a hundred people, which would at least satisfy the needs of the people. One year of company use.
In fact, Lu Yunhao's idea is to rent an area of 800 to 900 square meters, close to the city center, preferably a place like the IDG headquarters, close to the Bund, and then get himself a larger and more stylish office.
Anyway, with an investment of nearly 200 million, renting a place of 2,000 square meters, no matter how luxurious it is, is nothing.
Lu Yunhao felt that the blood in his body was burning when he thought that he could sit in such a magnificent office and give advice to his subordinates.
However, Fang Ping from IDG put an end to his idea. Fang Ping told him that although he had nearly 200 million in hand at this stage, he must make good capital arrangements.
The food delivery platform is a relatively heavy business model. Just future marketing and promotion will cost a lot of money. This thing is simply a bottomless pit, not to mention the need to build a delivery team of thousands of people. The cost behind this is even higher. Scary.
Therefore, even if he has one or two billion, Lu Yunho still has to tighten his belt to live.
This disappointed Lu Yunho.
Countless times, he thought about himself sitting in the same office as Fang Ping, looking majestic and impressive. Just thinking about it, he knew that he must be very handsome.
However, Fang Ping blocked his first dream.
In desperation, he chose this slightly remote and generally ordinary office space, but even so, he still planned a riverside office of about 40 square meters for himself.
Although it is a bit crude, it is still better than nothing.
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Li Mu got the news on the fourth day.
Makino Technology's business public relations team has already established a relatively strong information network in the country and pays very close attention to every move in the industry.
Li Mu also asked them to keep a close eye on several major capital companies, asking them to find out about every project they have invested in, are currently investing in, and will invest in.
In fact, when a company grows to the scale of Makino Technology, it is necessary to monitor the behavior of the entire industry.
In his previous life, Ah Li Tengxun had always maintained extremely high sensitivity, which is why the two sides could always fight in areas where neither of them was good at.
If you build Didi, then I will quickly build KuaiDi. If you are close to Meituan, then I will quickly close you. Are you hungry? If you do Ah Liyun, then I will quickly build Tengxun Cloud. You have Taobao. Tmall, then I will quickly invest in JD.com and Pinduoduo.
If a top company wants to maintain its position, it must not only rely on strength, but also on diligence and a ubiquitous sense of crisis.
When Li Mu listened to the report from his subordinates, he was suddenly surprised when he heard Lu Yunhao's name.
Good guy, isn’t this the famous Lao Lu in later generations? I have the impression that this guy didn’t start his own business so early!
Moreover, how did he get together with IDG? And are you still planning to build a food delivery platform and compete head-on with yourself
Is IDG's brain blocked by the door? If you invest money in this guy, do you think it's too much money
(End of chapter)