Chapter 171 High-end gameplay
At the end of March, at the time of the ep9 London press conference.
Because a certain fish anchor conducted a live broadcast to create a human being, the related video went viral across the Internet, attracting the attention of the Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Affairs Office.
The sudden Internet cleanup operation swept across the entire Internet in an instant, investigating and shutting down more than 2,500 illegal websites.
Douyu has received a lot of attention, and the heads of several other leading live broadcast platforms have also been interviewed by relevant departments.
"My beloved brother Liang, help me~~"
That afternoon, Wang Xiaocong hurried to the company to seek financial assistance from Lu Liang.
He has always spent money lavishly, and so has his business. He has little left of the US$30 million in financing.
Originally, we planned to launch Series B financing in May, but the sudden network cleanup operation directly disrupted the overall plan.
The state struck hard, and just the three leading Douhumao platforms were ordered to close more than 3,500 live broadcast rooms.
Venture capital has also lowered its expectations for the live broadcast industry. Panda, which was originally valued at US$400 million, was directly valued at US$250 million.
Under the current situation, it is estimated that the tentative Series B financing plan in mid-May will also have to be cancelled, and funds are very tight.
Lu Liang replied without salting: "The first phase of Tianxing has passed the closed period, and you can apply for redemption now."
Xiao Wang still has eight copies, each of 200 Ten thousand US dollars, you can easily cash out 100 million.
Xiao Wang's face darkened, he licked his pussy and smiled: "How about you lend me some more money to make a living?"
"Okay." Lu Liang smiled, and Xiao Wang was delighted. Before he could be happy, Lu Liang said again: "I can lend you a billion, but I can't borrow a panda."
Network cleanup operation swept across It’s not like he hasn’t seen it across the entire network, various institutions have cut their valuations by 40-60%.
Even if he is optimistic about the live broadcast industry, he still has to consider the market situation, not to mention that he is not optimistic about Xiao Wang's entrepreneurship.
Xiao Wang is a typical person who doesn’t know how expensive firewood and rice are before he becomes a rich man. When he just has some money, he wants to get involved in any field.
Although it is indeed impressive, the ability to withstand unknown risks is almost zero, just like now.
Wang Xiaocong smacked his lips and sighed: "Then I'd better think of a solution myself."
A company is a company, and an individual is an individual. He has already been saddled with a $30 million bet because of Panda.
There is something wrong with your brain if you put money into it.
Lu Liang suddenly said: "How about I show you a clear path?"
Xiao Wang was stunned. Although he guessed what Lu Liang was going to say, if it had been before, he would have thought the same. If you don't want to, just refuse.
But now, he hesitated: "Listen and see."
"Find a suitable opportunity to cash out."
"Let's talk about it then."
"Walk slowly ."
Lu Liang laughed, and he found that Xiao Wang's attitude changed.
Some people will never look back until they hit the south wall. They will break through the south wall when they encounter it. Xiao Wang belongs to the first half of this sentence.
Since returning to China, he has always had smooth sailing, but he encountered his first difficulty: the net-cleaning operation, which directly disrupted all his original plans and made him want to quit.
To put it simply, the Taoist heart is broken.
“Since my father is so rich, wouldn’t it be nice to just be a second-generation super rich man?”
Lu Liang couldn’t understand it. Countless cases have proven that the best is the best. Being better than the master is a very rare situation. The most common situation is to try to be better than the master, which leads to cheating.
"Douyin seems to have suffered a lot." Lu Liang suddenly felt that Byte seemed to have some destiny.
Xigua Video will be online tomorrow. Cleaning up the Internet at this time is not to help him clear the obstacles.
Because NetNet is not only for the live broadcast industry, all entertainment and social platforms on the Internet are required to self-examine or be interviewed.
In the field of live streaming, Douyu is given special attention, and in the short video field, Kuaishou is given special attention, especially as Kuaishou is involved in cracking down on gangsters.
Unknowingly, Lu Liang's image in Yang Zhenyuan's mind became a little taller.
Douyin was just warned not to interfere with current political and social hot topics in the future, otherwise it would be hit hard.
That night, Lu Liang received a giant package. Half an hour ago, Weilai ep9 held a new car launch conference in London, and was nicknamed "McKay Wei".
The remaining five supercars, which should be considered out-of-print, were also delivered to each founding investor’s company downstairs.
The blue body and falcon-wing doors, just from the appearance, are indeed three points more handsome than the Pagani Zonda.
Lu Liang had no intention of driving it. He just took a photo and uploaded it to Twitter, then threw it in the parking lot to collect dust.
After all, there is no anti-collision detection, and Li Bing also said in the group that he does not recommend them to drive it, just as a souvenir.
It’s not like Lu Liang dislikes his long life, so why would he seek death?
Nio’s ep9 launch conference in London has just ended, and the company’s market valuation has soared 20 times, reaching US$2 billion in an instant.
Lu Liang also gradually understood that this method of playing was far more high-end than simple financing and development, and the benefits were also greater.
Saying NIO has a valuation of US$2 billion is not because it really has a valuation of US$2 billion, but they want it to have a valuation of US$2 billion.
Because the institutions that raised the valuation are Sequoia, Penguin, Tokyo and Hillhouse, all of which are founding investors of NIO.
Only if they invest money, other institutions, and investors in the market will believe that NIO has this valuation.
What they should do as founding investors is to keep blowing and investing money until they are recognized by the market.
Until NIO’s valuation is recognized by the market and even goes public, it becomes a real market value.
Lu Liang holds 10% of Weilai's shares, and the next round of financing will be US$200 million, if no outsiders follow up.
It is necessary for these venture capital institutions to collect US$200 million based on their shareholdings to realize NIO’s valuation.
Until Weilai is recognized by the market,
they can retire and wait for listing.
Not only Weilai is playing this way, but Ideal is also playing this way. Maybe even Xiaopeng, who is far away in Yangcheng, is also playing this way.
It's just that on the ideal side, some people couldn't afford it and wanted to quit midway, so Li Xiang found Lu Liang to take over.
In the next round of financing, Lu Liang participated and only needed to pay 1% of the capital to get 10% of the equity.
Because those who cannot afford to play need to pay the price. The gameplay of this mode is not to come and leave whenever you want.
Unless it is recognized by the market and someone takes over, if you give up funds to follow up midway, you will lose everything.
The next day, Xigua Video was launched as scheduled.
Byte's Neihan Duanzi, Toutiao, and Feishu have all promoted Xigua Video's one-billion-dollar support plan.
The amount of funds invested is a hundred times that of Douyin. In just half an hour after it went online, the number of user registrations exceeded 100,000.
As noon approaches, the number of registrations has exceeded one million, and the platform is filled with various types of short and medium videos.
Lu Liang also used the company’s mobile phone to become a registered user and browsed his favorite peripheral content.
“A clean net for all evil.”
Lu Liang sighed. Since the Internet was released, the young lady's dress has tended to be conservative, and she no longer has the grand scale she used to have before.
Now I have to bend down and cover my chest to avoid being exposed. If before, I wanted to take it out and show it to the audience.
Ten minutes later, Lu Liang also experienced the horror of the byte algorithm and the propulsion system.
He just clicked a few likes,
and stayed a little longer.
I kept pushing bloggers of the same type to him.
It makes people want to watch it all the time.
He also realized how big the gap was between Douyin and Xigua.
Because Yang Zhenyuan said that it takes at least two hours to simulate the algorithm to cultivate a user's viewing habits, but Xigua only takes ten minutes.
“There is at least a 12-fold difference.”
Lu Liang was astonished and said it was so terrifying. He had already issued a critical illness notice to Douyin.
Now his only hope is that Douyin can last longer so that he can sell it at a good price.
(End of this chapter)