Faced with Boss Ma's question, Cai Chongxin did not have a definite answer.
He said to Boss Ma with a stern look on his face: "There are many reasons why investment banks gave up investment. We cannot deduce this."
Boss Ma asked: "Didn't Lin Xiaru tell you?"
"No." Cai Chongxin shook his head and said, "She didn't disclose the reason on the phone, and it was impossible for her to tell me. Investment institutions have a very strong sense of confidentiality."
After that, Cai Chongxin said: "There is no need for us to speculate on the intentions of Lin Xiaru and Goldman Sachs now. It is meaningless. The top priority now is what to do about the next funding issue. Without money, we can only stand still..."
Although Boss Ma was very depressed, he also knew that the top priority now was to solve the money problem, so he immediately said: "We can't sit still and wait for death. We must contact other investment institutions immediately and ask them what their current attitude is. Stop being so ambiguous." They must give a clear explanation as soon as possible."
Cai Chongxin nodded and said, "Okay, I will contact you today."
Boss Ma hummed, but felt very unsure in his heart.
At this time, Cai Chongxin said to him: "Mr. Ma, I think in addition to the capital on Wall Street, we also need to get in touch with domestic capital."
Boss Ma asked him back: "Why do you say that? Haven't our offshore structures already been set up?"
Cai Chongxin said: "I always feel that this matter is not very optimistic. Goldman Sachs is now investing so heavily, the investment threshold is so low, and I still have a personal relationship with Lin Xiaru, but even so, the investment matter turned yellow in the end. Others I think the chance of U.S. dollar capital is even smaller.”
Boss Ma sighed and said: "Goldman Sachs suddenly stopped investing. This did have a big impact on us. All the rhythm and steps were disrupted by him."
As he spoke, he changed the subject and added: "But even with domestic capital, there is nothing easy to do. There are very few domestic investors, and most of the people who invest in the Internet in China rely on Western investment. For example, Sina and Sohu, go to them to attract investment. Even if they are optimistic about this project, they will definitely exploit us, let alone a valuation of 10 million US dollars, even a valuation of 10 million yuan. , they may not be able to give it to us.”
Cai Chongxin asked: "What is the lowest RMB valuation we can accept?"
Boss Ma thought for a while and said: "At the minimum, it can't be less than 30 million yuan. With a valuation of 30 million yuan, if you sell 50%, you can only raise 15 million yuan back, which is barely two million US dollars." , a decrease of more than 60 percentage points than we expected.”
After saying that, Boss Ma added: "Let's have a good talk with those big capitals first. If that doesn't work, we can lower the valuation little by little, from US$10 million to US$5 million, as long as the other party can invest immediately. We can accept that too."
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Although Xu Yiyang blocked Boss Ma's QQ, he still had his email address and recorded his QQ number in advance so he could add him back at any time.
However, he did not get in touch with Boss Ma immediately.
He knows very well that investment is definitely not something that can be done in three or twenty or thirty days.
First of all, make sure that if you want to invest, you need to meet and chat for at least one or two rounds. After you are interested, you need to review and unify the opinions internally;
Even if the opinions are unified, strict background checks are still needed. Especially for companies like Boss Ma that have started early and have been working for a period of time, detailed financial audits are also required.
Only after everything has been processed and the investment agreement has been signed can the other party make a payment.
So I might as well keep him cool for a while longer and contact him again at the end of the month.
On Tuesday, the computers and network equipment in the Internet cafe were finally installed.
In the first phase of the Internet cafe, only the first floor was opened. The 90 computers were allocated in such a way that 70 computers were placed in the lobby on the first floor, and two small rooms inside, each with two rows of ten computers placed back to back.
After ninety computers were placed, the space was quite spacious.
Because this was a big order for Xu Yiyang, the boss of Hongchuang Digital came over personally to supervise the work.
The boss's surname is Zhang Zhifei. He is about forty years old. In Xu Yiyang's opinion, he can be regarded as a relatively reliable businessman.
Zhang Zhifei said to Xu Yiyang: "I can handle everything here before six o'clock. You can open the business tonight. First, put up a sign saying that you can't access the Internet for the time being, but you can connect to LAN games. Don't worry, there will be a lot of people coming over." , now most people go to Internet cafes to play games online, and not many people go online."
Xu Yiyang said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to open the business now. The certificate for my Internet cafe hasn't come out yet. I'll just pack it up and open it when everything is ready."
Zhang Zhifei said: "Who cares about this now? Most Internet cafes don't have a license. They can just open with just an Internet cable. It's all money."
Xu Yiyang smiled and said: "It's okay, not for a day or two."
The computers were installed, the LAN connection was successful, and the bar, shelves and glass cabinets were set up.
Zhang Junnan followed Xu Yiyang's instructions and contacted a large wholesale department to supply the supermarket. The other party came over to inspect it. Seeing that it was a large-scale Internet cafe, they immediately supplied a batch of goods. At the same time, they also provided two machines with the same logo for free. Of course, the transparent refrigerators and freezers are only free to use and not given away. They also applied for them from the manufacturer, which is considered a kind of floor advertising.
Nowadays, the review of tobacco monopoly licenses is not strict, and scalpers have a way to apply for it, so Xu Yiyang is also waiting for the tobacco company to issue the license. After the license is issued, Internet cafes can sell cigarettes openly, which is another stable income.
Xu Yiyang and several of his roommates took turns skipping class in the afternoon to come over and supervise the work. By about five o'clock in the afternoon, all the machines and network equipment were installed and debugged.
We can't access the Internet yet, but there is no problem playing LAN games. So, after Zhang Zhifei took the people away, Xu Yiyang greeted everyone: "Brothers, this is our own Internet cafe. Do you want to celebrate with a few games of CS?"
Everyone saw the ninety machines in uniform. When they thought that everyone worked hard to make money and invest, everyone felt a sense of accomplishment. When they heard this, they immediately cheered and turned on the machine.
Xu Yiyang said: "We will sit in the middle row, divided into two groups and sit facing each other, so that no one can peek at the screen."
So everyone immediately divided into teams.
Xu Yiyang, Zhao Xin and Li Yiming team one;
Team Chen Meng, Gu Peng and Zhang Junnan.
Shen Lele said: "I want to play too! But I don't know how. Can you teach me?"
Chen Meng immediately said: "Sister-in-law, you join my team, I will take you!"
Zhao Xin snorted: "My younger siblings still want you to take care of them? I don't know how to take care of them myself!"
Xu Yiyang smiled helplessly and said to Shen Lele: "You can sit next to me!"
So, everyone divided the 4V3 camps, turned on the computer, entered the desktop, and clicked on CS.
Chen Meng built a room and chose the warehouse map, which is a novice's favorite.
Chen Meng and his group were small, so they chose bandits. Xu Yiyang's group had many people, so they chose police.
Shen Lele didn't know how to play, so Xu Yiyang taught her step by step how to enter the game, then choose the police team, and then taught her how to buy a gun and how to aim.
As a result, everyone was immersed in the game and had a great time.
After playing for nearly an hour, a few young men who looked like college students came in. Seeing so many new machines in the Internet cafe, their eyes lit up and asked: "Boss, can I get on the machine?"
They didn't know who the boss was, but they were just passing by and wanted to find an Internet cafe to hang out. They saw that although there was no signboard yet, it seemed to be full of computers, so they came over and asked.
Xu Yiyang took off his headphones and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, we haven't started business yet, and the Internet is not connected yet. Come back in two days."
The man said hurriedly: "We don't go online either, we just want to play CS for a while."
Xu Yiyang saw that there were also six of them, all looking like college students, so he asked: "Which school are you from?"
The man said, "We are fellow believers."
Xu Yiyang nodded and said with a smile: "Then just come in and turn on the phone and play together. It doesn't cost any money. Just help us promote it in the school later!"
The six people's faces were full of joy: "Really?"
Xu Yiyang smiled and said: "Why are you lying to me? Come on, seven of us will fight six of you, and we will bring a girl with you. Is that okay?"
The other party immediately smiled and said: "No problem!"
Xu Yiyang hasn't played CS for many years. Although he has some basic skills, he really doesn't have much advantage.
As for Shen Lele and Li Yiming, they are novices who can't understand the map and have little fighting ability.
Therefore, the overall strength of their team is very weak.
And these six people on the other side are really quite powerful.
Xu Yiyang discovered that when they played CS, they were not like ordinary passers-by just playing around. They had tactics and coordination.
Under normal circumstances, a team of three of them would have a unique style of shooting, whether it was shooting or defusing bombs, and their marksmanship was very accurate. They could crush the seven of them against Xu Yiyang and the others.
After playing for a long time, Xu Yiyang and the others didn't win a single round, so Xu Yiyang couldn't help but ask the opponent: "Brother, are you a team?"
The other party scratched his head and smiled: "It doesn't matter. We just play together a lot, but we do have the idea of forming a team, but we haven't decided yet."
After saying that, the other party added: "Actually, to be honest, forming a team doesn't make much sense. After all, there are no relevant competitions now, and I haven't heard of any other teams. We usually form LANs with others randomly in the Internet cafe. Play for a while.”
Xu Yiyang nodded. If there are no games, the team is really meaningless. You can't form a team just to go to the Internet cafe every day to play in the passerby game.
Xu Yiyang suddenly had an idea. The CS team can be said to be one of the earliest and most popular e-sports.
After 2000, when CS became popular in the streets and alleys of cities across the country, teams competed in almost every city.
However, those competitions are generally not very large-scale. They are simply sponsored by local Internet cafes, and the winning team is given a bonus of several thousand yuan.
However, CS team competition is a very passionate e-sports, and even small activities in Internet cafes will attract the attention of many people.
Back then, college students of Xu Yiyang's generation regarded the SK team as gods, and their popularity was no less than that of the later League of Legends teams.
Xu Yiyang suddenly thought, after the Internet cafe officially opens, why not organize a CS team competition for the city's college students? If Internet cafes become famous among college students, why worry about poor business in the future
(End of chapter)