Duffy rarely admired a young man, and rarely looked forward to one thing as much as he looked forward to the composition of these two lyrics.
When she thought that one of these two songs was probably written for her beloved sister Du Wei, she felt so happy that she couldn't hide her excitement.
After reading the two lyrics, she immediately called Chen Ze back and blurted out: "Are these two songs a choice? I chose "The Year in a Hurry" for Xiao Wei."
Chen Ze was stunned for a moment before realizing that he had not made it clear to her that Li Mu was going to write two songs for Du Wei this time.
So he smiled and said: "Both of these songs were written for Xiaowei. Li Mu meant to choose one as a movie episode and record the remaining one at the same time. After the movie is broadcast, he will Put it on Yiting.com and promote it.”
Du Fei asked him in surprise: "Really? Why is Li Mu so generous? Give both songs to Xiao Wei?"
Chen Ze coughed twice and said, "Li Mu and I have a very good relationship. After I told him about this last time, he became particularly interested in it, so he directly wrote two songs that he had already composed most of and planned to keep for himself. The songs were given to Xiaowei, otherwise, how could we have produced two high-quality songs in such a short period of time."
Logically speaking, this kind of deliberate claiming of credit should not be something that a person of Chen Ze’s level would do, but no matter how smart a man or woman is, in the face of true love, their IQ and EQ may drop to zero, just like As he is now, his overall behavior is more like that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy.
But Du Fei accepted his love. After all, he helped her solve her request in a perfect way that exceeded her expectations many times. She really wanted to ask for a good song for her sister, but she didn't expect that two songs would come. Judging from the lyrics, one of the two songs is a good song that meets expectations, and a classic song that far exceeds expectations.
So, Du Fei said gratefully: "Chen Ze, you are so interesting. If I didn't say anything before, I will definitely thank you after returning to China!"
Chen Ze was so busy that he could only say this. He suddenly felt extremely satisfied and said with a smile: "As long as you are satisfied, you don't need to be so polite to me. Last time you said you would come back in early February? When will you be specific?" Is it settled?"
"Not yet." Duffy said, "The office has a lot of things going on lately, and it's probably not until the end of the month that we can determine when we can leave."
Chen Ze then said: "I think you should resign and go back to China. What's the point of getting around in the United States? It's so far away from home, and there may not be real development."
Du Fei smiled and said: "I will eventually go back to China for development, but modern architectural design in China is still far behind that in the West. If I go back to China to develop, there will be very little room for improvement in personal vision and ability. I want to learn more Go back with some experience.”
Chen Ze asked her: "How long will it take?"
Duffy said: "Three to five years, I'm still young anyway."
Chen Ze comforted him in a different way: "But you are always wandering outside like this. Your uncles and aunts must also miss you very much. They must want you to be by their side."
Du Fei said: "If I was the only one in my family, I might not be able to stay abroad for even a month, but isn't there Xiaowei at home? She goes to school at the door of the house and never goes far. Her parents are with her. , I feel more relieved. Besides, my parents have no plans to retire yet. They are still busy with business every day. They don’t really need my company. I will seize the time to improve myself in the past few years while they are still in their prime. , when they get older, go back and stay with them.”
Du Fei's words were reasonable. After listening for a long time, Chen Ze couldn't find any point to refute, so he sighed and said, "Let's talk about these things when you come back. Let me know in advance when you are sure to come back, and I will pick you up at the airport then. Besides, my mother always nagged about missing you and said that when you return to China, you must have dinner at home."
Du Fei smiled and said, "Tell me, Auntie Xie, that I will definitely visit her at home when I get back. I also want to eat the sweet and sour pork she made. It is simply the most delicious sweet and sour pork in the world."
Chen Ze was overjoyed: "Then it's settled. I'll convey this to her later. She will be very happy."
Du Fei responded: "Okay, by the way, one more thing. Have you ever asked Li Mu when you can help Xiaowei record these two songs?"
Chen Ze said: "Li Mu means to finish composing the music before the weekend. Call Xiao Wei over at the weekend and let her get familiar with the songs. If there are no problems, we will enter the recording studio next week."
Du Fei said excitedly: "Go buy a digital recorder. I can't wait for the version recorded in the studio. When Xiaowei auditions on the weekend, you can record it for me and then send me the recorded MP3 file." .”
"Okay, I'll buy it later."
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On Friday afternoon, Xu Jiaming and Chen Ze came to Muye Technology with their respective lawyers, preparing to sign the Series B financing agreement of Muye Technology with Li Mu.
Series B financing is an extremely critical level for Li Mu. Although Makino Technology has made Tieba and Happy Farm popular all over the country, the amount of funds on its books is only in the millions, and there is no huge amount of funds coming in. There is no way to go all out in the future. After this B round of financing, Xu Jiaming’s 80 million went directly to Makino Technology’s account. For Li Mu, this 80 million was enough to last until YY went online.
After all, YY is the core pillar product of Makino Technology in the next five to eight years. As long as YY kills QQ, it will immediately build a comprehensive ecological closed loop according to the trajectory of QQ. When the mobile Internet comes in 2010, WeChat will Once completed, two aircraft carrier-level products can ensure their invincibility in the next twenty years.
As for e-commerce, Li Mu’s own arrangement is to start it after YY is launched. E-commerce is too troublesome and needs to find a suitable partner. Alibaba’s Mr. Ma is now worth hundreds of millions. It is unrealistic to find him. Besides, this person His skills are also first-class. If you cooperate with him in the field he is best at, you may not be able to reap good results in the end. However, Brother Liu Edong is not a big shot now. If you can fool him, you can start Taobao first. .
As for his future business owners, they are still far behind Taobao in terms of scale. If they can cooperate, he should first guide them to do Taobao.
In the conference room, Li Mu took Lin Qingya and a cooperating legal counsel on his side to finalize the contract template with Xu Jiaming, Chen Ze and their lawyers. The specific financing details were: Xu Jiaming invested five dollars in the name of Mingcheng Capital. Ten million, accounting for 5% of the shares, and then invested another 30 million in his own name, accounting for 3% of the shares. Chen Ze used a shell company owned by his mother to invest 20 million, accounting for 5% of the shares. Neither investor has any privileges. , when the company raises a new round of financing in the future, they will be diluted in the same proportion as other shareholders.
None of the three parties had any objections to the contract. After signing the contract on the spot, the two made financial arrangements to transfer the money.
According to the normal financing process, the capital side is generally relatively strong and will not give money immediately after signing the contract. Some will even wait until the industrial and commercial department changes the equity structure before paying the money into the account in batches. However, Xu Jiaming and Chen Ze, Li Mu's trust went far beyond ordinary capital relationships, so they asked the finance department to transfer the money to the account that afternoon.
80 million will go to the company's account, and 20 million will go to Li Mu's personal account after tax returns.
After the contract was signed, Xu Jiaming and Chen Ze were about to say goodbye and leave. Before leaving, Chen Ze pulled Li Mu aside and whispered: "Don't forget to let Xiaowei audition for the weekend."
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have an idea and will contact you tomorrow."
After seeing off the two of them, Li Mu summoned the core staff of Makino Technology to the conference room. Everyone was sitting excitedly in the conference room, staring at the two contracts in Li Mu's hands. Everyone knew very well that the signing of the contract today was The company has signed an agreement for Series B financing, but everyone is still waiting for Li Mu to personally announce the good news.
Li Mu held two thick financing agreements, shook them in his hands, and said enthusiastically: "Our B-round financing has been completed. The 80 million cash will be received before get off work today. From today on, the company will enter To the second stage of development!”
There was thunderous applause in the conference room.
The biggest pursuit of entrepreneurs is the valuation of the company in the capital market. It took Makino Technology half a year to achieve a valuation of 800 million, which is almost a myth in the Internet field. Although this valuation was given by Xu Jiaming at a premium, as long as the capital The fact that someone is willing to pay proves the value of this valuation!
The applause gradually stopped, Li Mu also put down the contract, and said seriously to everyone present: "2002 is our most critical year. Our battle to win the title against QQ has begun to brew, and YY is also in full swing now. What makes me most happy about the development of Happy Farm is that within such a short period of time since our Happy Farm was launched, we have already achieved the accumulation and migration of user connections. This will be the basis for our decisive victory. Therefore, all persons in charge must be clear about our 2002 The focus of the year is to focus on rapid development. For future team building, operation and promotion, we should no longer worry about money, but first consider efficiency! With these 80 million in financing, we must achieve reasonable and efficient progress within 2002. We will launch Series C financing before the burn is over. By then, we will have become the leader in the field of instant messaging!"
Li Mu's words made everyone excited. When Li Mu first founded Yiting.com, none of the senior employees thought that Makino Technology could one day achieve such an amazing scale. Li Mu often had very radical ideas, but what he said They are being realized one after another, and everyone is extremely convinced that after YY is launched, it will definitely replace QQ and become the number one instant messaging software in the country. By then, Makino Technology will really enter a stage of explosive development.
Li Mu said to Lin Qingya: "Qingya should continue to reserve talents for the company and find several regular headhunting companies to search for suitable talent information in the entire Internet industry. In addition, Lingyu should do a good job in team planning. The technical team is ours." The basis for future survival, I would rather have redundant staffing in the technical team at all times, and I definitely don’t want to see technical staff being stretched, do you understand?”
Lin Qingya and Kong Lingyu agreed very simply.
Li Mu added: "The Spring Festival is one month away. If I remember correctly, the Spring Festival should be February 12th. Our financial department must be prepared to pay wages in advance. The wages will be paid around February 5th." Go ahead and all employees will receive a three-salary year-end bonus at the end of this year!"
The three-salary year-end bonus stunned all the middle and senior leaders present. This method of issuing year-end bonuses is unimaginable for any industry in the country. Even national enterprises and institutions with excellent remuneration cannot do it. At the end of the year, the annual bonus alone will be three salaries, which is even more impossible in the Internet industry now. If word spreads, it will probably make industry practitioners jealous to death.
From the employee's point of view, a double salary at the end of the year would be very satisfying. However, with the rapid development of Makino Technology, the last thing Li Mu should care about is employee motivation. The year-end bonus given to one of his product teams by Chen Tianqiao's younger brother Chen Dazhao was Each person has a Tesla, which greatly touched Li Mu. It was not that he was jealous that others could have such good luck, but that it was a rare thing for a boss to be willing to distribute profits to his employees. Compared with Below, the most stingy bosses in Internet companies, leaving aside the big bosses, especially in Internet start-up companies, there are nine out of ten bosses who are stingy and eight pitfalls. Such a company, no matter how awesome it is in the early stage, but because of If you can't keep people's hearts, it's basically impossible to escape the curse of death in round C.
Just before everyone digested the great news of the three-salary year-end bonus, Li Mu added: "After the Lunar New Year, the company will develop an outstanding contribution award. The company will provide ten houses and ten cars, which will have a significant impact on 2002." Employees who contribute will be rewarded. In addition, I personally will also give out a certain proportion of shares as employee options, so everyone must work hard. If you work hard in 2002, 50% of the people in the company will become millionaire."
After finishing speaking, Li Mu said to Lin Qingya: "Qingya, remember, you don't need to buy a car yet, but you can buy ten houses first. In Zhongguancun, houses of about 100 square meters with a unit price of about 600,000 are looking for a suitable new one. Real estate, buy ten units in the name of the company.”
There was a burst of cheers in the conference room. As a boss, Li Mu is indeed generous enough. In addition, he is indeed capable of leading everyone to grow rapidly, so employees can easily develop a sense of belonging to such a boss.
Ten houses cost only 6 million, which is nothing to the current Makino Technology. But once these ten houses are bought, the incentives for employees will be unimaginable. In the future, many Beipiao will lament that the housing prices in Yanjing are too high. I didn’t seize the opportunity when housing prices were low, which was actually just self-consolation. As one of the leading first-tier cities in China, Yanjing’s housing prices have been difficult for ordinary working-class people to afford since it entered the 2000s. Now, Although housing prices in Yanjing are cheaper than ten years later, incomes are also lower than ten years later. It can be said that housing is the biggest gap whenever you want to take root in Yanjing.
There are only a few dozen people in Makino Technology, and there are ten houses there. Everyone has a great chance of getting one. Li Mu wants to send a signal: As long as the employees of Makino Technology work hard, they will have a chance to win one in 2002. So he took root in Yanjing.
(End of chapter)