His mood was somewhat depressed because of Zhao Ziqiu. Li Mu had lived two lifetimes and tried his best to counterattack in other aspects, but he became indecisive when it came to relationships. Thinking back to his previous life when he was in college, he was very poor, but he still had a few friends. Girl, how come you are reborn and have a successful career at a young age, but you don’t dare to fall in love casually
Thinking about it carefully, Li Mu felt that it was because the two girls around him were so good, Su Yingxue and Zhao Ziqiu. It was almost impossible for girls like Su Yingxue and Zhao Ziqiu to have anything to do with each other when he was in college in his previous life. After having a relatively close relationship with such an outstanding girl, Li Mu himself was confused and confused.
Somehow, Chen Wan's figure suddenly flashed in his mind.
Compared with Su Yingxue and Zhao Ziqiu, Chen Wan is also a beautiful woman who doesn't give in much, and she is more mature than them. Strictly speaking, Chen Wan is more in line with her requirements for the opposite sex, but Li Mu always warns herself not to treat Chen Wan He has unreasonable thoughts, but deep in his heart, he can't help but occasionally have some unbelievable evil thoughts. The most terrible thing is that when those strange thoughts come out, the deepest self becomes very... Enjoy that extraordinary feeling.
The next day, other brothers in the dormitory got up early to prepare for class. Li Mu slept until half past eight before getting up and washing up. Then he loaded up his laptop and took a taxi to Baidu alone. For him, today was a day worthy of being recorded in history. , because he is going to meet one of the three giants of the future Internet. Although he is not very famous yet, although the company he runs has had various problems and has played various side games, he also He is indeed the top celebrity of the Internet in the future. Being able to meet with the top celebrity and discuss things on an equal footing is indeed an exciting thing for Li Mu, who has been working in the Internet for many years.
When he arrived at Baidu, Tan Yaocheng had been waiting for a long time. Not only Tan Yaocheng, but also another VP and several directors were waiting in the conference room. When the front desk brought Li Mu to the conference room, several people stood up and followed him Let’s exchange polite greetings. I came to Baidu to talk about Makino Technology’s Series A financing. The people at Baidu didn’t take Li Mu seriously that day. They just regarded him as a new youngster in the Internet industry. But Li Mu that day He used his absolute strength to secure the most favorable financing contract for Makino Technology’s Series A financing. In just a few months, the valuation of Makino Technology had increased several times. When Li Mu appeared here again, there was no one else on the scene. People dare to despise him.
Especially when they heard Tan Yaocheng say that Li Mu had a major plan to announce today, which might even put Makino Technology at the top of the industry, everyone had a little more admiration for this young man.
Even if Makino Technology does not produce new products, if it operates Tieba and Yiting.com well, it can be valued at at least 400 million by raising Series B early next year. If it then expands its business horizontally after receiving the funds in Series B, the valuation will exceed 100 million in one year. One billion is not a problem. Nowadays, only a handful of domestic Internet companies can be valued over one billion.
What's more, this time Li Mu also brought a new development plan. For this talented young man, maybe he can make the market value of Makino Technology reach 2 billion or more in 2002.
After Li Mu greeted everyone, Tan Yaocheng said to Li Mu: "You sit down for a while, and I'll call Mr. Li over."
Li Mu nodded. Mr. Li, a man of the hour in the future Internet, has built a huge Internet group with a valuation of tens of billions of dollars. However, Li Mu himself does not know what Baidu's valuation is now.
He has not studied the history of Baidu's fortune and does not know the history of Baidu's financing. At this moment, Baidu does not know how many times it has raised funds, but their current valuation should not be high. The beta version of Baidu search engine has not yet been released. One year, the traffic is not very large.
However, Internet valuations generally focus on concepts and prospects. During the same period, no other companies in China competed with Baidu. Baidu will have one year next year to develop its MP3 search and search engine bidding ranking system. In 2003, it will have 200 million Such rapid development is inseparable from the optimism and support of investment banks. So from this point of view, Baidu's current actual valuation should be about double that of Makino Technology, but it cannot be more than twice.
Thinking about it this way, Li Mu is not very excited. The valuation of future giants is only one or two times higher than his own, and Li Yanhong's share of Baidu cannot be more than his share of Makino Technology. Therefore, if one really counts his personal worth, it seems that Mr. Li, who will be famous in the future, may not be able to win over him.
As a result, Li Mu's self-confidence suddenly skyrocketed. Thinking about his plan to "recruit" Baidu from Makino Technology and his plan to seize the top spot against Tencent, he thought that it would not be long before his worth and the valuation of Makino Technology would exceed Baidu's. , maybe he can become a shareholder of Baidu by then. After all, Li Mu is not prepared to sacrifice too many shares in the plan to "invite" Baidu to Yiting.com, and let Baidu hold 51% of the shares at most, and wait until next year for MP3 As the market develops, I can use the remaining 49% to talk to Baidu about replacement, and I can exchange for some Baidu shares.
Li Mu was thinking wildly when Tan Yaocheng opened the door of the conference room but did not come in. A man with a familiar face walked in from beside him. Li Mu recognized him at a glance. Mr. Li now is much different from what he looked like when he really became famous. Much younger.
Mr. Li also recognized Li Mu at a glance. He had paid close attention to this famous college student recently. From the perspective of a senior Internet practitioner, he did not appreciate Li Mu 3321's model because it itself was not profitable. There is no profit model. Such things are not really attractive to a businessman. However, he particularly appreciates Li Mu's Tieba and Yiting.com. Otherwise, Tieba and Yiting.com have advanced product concepts and their profit models It can be seen.
Mr. Li shook hands with Li Mu warmly and proactively and said hello, and the salutation he made made Li Mu laugh: "Mr. Li, I have admired you for a long time."
Both of them had the surname Li. Li Muxin said, "Why did you take away all the lines I had planned as soon as you came up?" What should I say? Could it be said: "Mr. Li, it's a pleasure to meet you?"
I feel embarrassed just thinking about it.
So Li Mu could only say: "You are serious."
Mr. Li smiled slightly. He was indeed the future rich and handsome man of the Internet. He was much better than Erma in appearance. However, Li Mu didn't have a good impression of him in his heart. He shook hands and the two of them sat down respectively. Tan Yaocheng sat on Li Mu's side. Opposite him, he said with a smile: "It should be the first time that the two Mr. Li meet today, right?"
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "President Tan, please stop making fun of me. How dare I call myself president in front of you seniors? Just call me Li Mu or Xiao Li."
Tan Yaocheng said: "We, Mr. Li, were originally going to go on a business trip today. I heard that you have a very important development plan that you want to communicate and discuss with us. He temporarily changed his ticket and stayed specifically to attend today's meeting."
Li Mu looked at Mr. Li with a smile and said, "Thank you Mr. Li for attaching so much importance to Makino Technology."
Mr. Li nodded slightly: "Given our relationship at the capital level, we should pay attention to it."
It is obvious from Mr. Li's words that Baidu is an investor in Makino Technology, so it should naturally attach great importance to the development of Makino Technology. There is no ambiguity in this sentence. However, Li Mu wants to let Baidu leave Makino today. In order to confuse the other party, he must He had to forcefully pretend to achieve his goal, so he deliberately laughed and said with a somewhat arrogant attitude: "First of all, I have to correct some mistakes in Mr. Tan's words just now."
As soon as these words came out, Tan Yaocheng was a little surprised. What was wrong with what he said just now? What I was talking about was that Mr. Li changed the flight for him. What did he say wrong
When he was puzzled, Li Mu stretched out a finger and said solemnly: "I brought a plan today, but it is not to communicate and discuss with you, but to convey that all the contents of this plan have been decided. And it is ready to be implemented. I am here today to convey the plan to you. Then there are some obligations that need to be fulfilled by investors and require your cooperation. "
Tan Yaocheng didn't expect that after having been in contact with Li Mu for so long, why would he suddenly act like he did when they first met? We all know each other so well, is it necessary to be so forceful
Surprised, Tan Yaocheng hurriedly turned to look at Mr. Li. Sure enough, Mr. Li's brows frowned slightly, and he was obviously a little unhappy.
Tan Yaocheng had no choice but to skip this step quickly and said, "Let's take a look at your plan first."
Mr. Li didn't speak. Li Mu took out his notebook and connected it to the old-fashioned projector in the conference room.
The projector was turned on, and the picture gradually became clearer. Li Mu opened the file, and the huge title instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"About the Split of Yiting.com and Tieba and the Post-Split Development Strategic Plan"
Everyone's expressions froze, good guys, Series B financing hasn't even started yet, are we going to split it up? Isn't it a little too hasty
It is very common for businesses to be split, and it is also very common for sectors to be split to form new shell companies. On the one hand, the advantages of this kind of split are that it does not put all the eggs in one basket. It has independent finances and debts, a more flexible structure, and less risk. In the future, They can even be listed separately. On the other hand, for the development of the business sector, they are split into two independent companies. The teams are also independent and each performs their duties more efficiently.
However, this has obvious negative effects. The first one is the increase in costs. Two sets of teams, two sets of leadership teams, and even two sets of office configurations are required. Both financial and human costs increase. Moreover, there is a huge gap in the equity structure of Makino Technology. , except for the A round that gave 10% to Baidu and 5% to Song Liang, all the shares of other employees, including Zhao Kang, were also held by Li Mu on behalf of Li Mu. Therefore, as the absolute majority shareholder holding 85% of the shares, Li Mu must be responsible for the operations of both companies at the same time. , this is very different from being responsible for two businesses at the same time.
When Mr. Li saw this title, he held his chin and smacked his lips: "It seems a little early to split now, right?"
(End of chapter)