Chapter 1219 Erica
Erica has been internship at Facebook for one year and started a business for two years, and has long been novices.
After a brief thought, I understood the feasibility of Xu Liang's plan.
At the same time, it also understands its importance to the development of the 'Erika Beauty Website'.
"Dear, thank you!"
Erica looked grateful.
Xu Liang smiled, "Don't be busy thanking me for now. The beauty industry has certain limitations, so Erica should change it from a professional beauty website to a 'one-stop women's shopping platform'.
Beauty, women's clothing, women's bags, jewelry, women's shoes, etc. are all included. ”
"Of course this is great, but it requires a lot of money."
"I'll solve the problem of funds.
Hongyan will give you $30 million in development funds. If this money is spent, it will continue to invest in you based on the current development status of "Erika".
Forget it, I'll give you a quantitative standard.
If you can make the registered users of "Erika" exceed 15 million by the end of the year and the transaction volume exceed 5 billion US dollars by the end of the year, I will give you a $100 million investment.
At the same time, it will take out another $100 million to establish a family trust for the children in your belly.
At that time, Hongyan's equity in the "Erika" website will be gradually transferred to this trust.
Before your child becomes an adult, you as a mother will become the head of this trust. ”
"Like Sister Helen?"
"That's right."
"Dear, I must work hard!" Erica said excitedly.
She also wants to be a respected female entrepreneur, not a pure vase.
"If you encounter difficulties, you can discuss with Helen or call me."
"Yeah."
Erica nodded vigorously.
She wants to do her best to develop this website named after her own name!
Xu Liang's eyes turned and looked at his sister next to him with envious face.
"Camilla, if you don't like doing business, then enjoy your life. When two children are born, ten million dollars will be transferred to your own account.
If you have lived your current life, you can also choose to leave.
But the child must stay.
Don’t think that I am unkind and without the burden of children, you can also form a new and happy family..."
"Dear, I don't want to leave. I want to follow you all my life." Camilla said hurriedly.
She is not stupid. If she stays, she can enjoy a long-term wealthy life. If she leaves, she has to face an unknown fate.
No need to think too much.
Xu Liang nodded with a smile and did not continue the topic.
After chatting with the two girls for a while, they left.
When he arrived at the study on the second floor, Helen was indeed here.
Seeing him come in, he put down the information in his hand.
"Have you finished talking to them?"
"Yeah."
I briefly talked about the content I talked to Erica.
"Dear, your business talent is simply jealous!"
Helen's pretty face was full of admiration.
"It's not as exaggerated as you said, and sharing photos is not a great creative idea. There are many such companies in the United States."
"But you are the only one who thinks about combining beauty and photo sharing."
"Haha, that's true."
He held Helen and sat down on the sofa next to her, embraced her slender waist, smelled the fragrance of her hair, and calmed down.
"Do you know that Microsoft is going to acquire Yahoo?"
"How could I not know about such a sensation?" Xu Liang said with a smile.
I noticed the woman's emotions, "What, do you want to have an idea for Yahoo?"
"No?"
"Do you think you can lead Yahoo through the predicament that appears?"
"Of course not. The decline of the portal business is a general trend, and the Internet search Google has become a general trend."
"Then why do you think about acquiring?"
"Mainly Yahoo's social websites, such as photo sharing website Flickr, social calendar website Upcoming, and social bookmark website Delicious.
These applications are very consistent with Facebook's social attributes and can greatly enrich our product line and user stickiness. ”
"Don't want Yahootong and Yahoo AddressBook?" Xu Liang asked with a smile.
"Facebook already has its own instant messaging service, Facebook Messneger, and does not need Yahoo. As for address book business, Facebook also has it.
The key is Flickr, photo sharing is a business with great development potential. ”
Xu Liang nodded, "Your sense of business is becoming more and more keen."
"Do you agree with my analysis?"
"Of course."
Helen put his arm around his face and smiled cutely, "If I acquired Flickr, Erica's photo sharing business would be difficult to start."
"There are many different ways to play photo sharing. As long as you design some different functions, Erica's photo sharing business can develop smoothly, and there will be no excessive competition with Flickr."
"Oh? What's the function?" Helen became interested.
"When you read it, burn it. When you share private photos, short videos, and comments with your friends, as long as your friends read it, all of these contents will be deleted to avoid being used by parents or others."
After Helen thought for a moment, her eyes lit up instantly.
She is very clear about the importance Americans attach to personal privacy and personal space. If there is this post-view burning business, she will definitely stand out from the numerous photo sharing websites.
Seeing her excited look, Xu Liang smiled and said, "Do you want Facebook to simply create a photo sharing website like this?"
Helen thought for a moment and shook her head slowly.
"Websites developed with one or several functions may be successful, but websites with rich features will always be the mainstream."
Xu Liang looked at the woman in front of him with admiration.
"From now on, I can leave all Facebook to you with confidence."
Helen was about to speak when Xu Liang's cell phone suddenly rang.
He looked at Old Gates' avatar on the caller ID, signaled Helen to stop the sound and pressed the answer button.
"Bill?"
"Xu, didn't you disturb your rest?"
"I want to say something to bother me, how do you plan to compensate me?" Xu Liang said with a smile.
"I still have two boxes of Romani Conte from 90 years old. I will deliver them to your house in person after a while."
"Haha, then I'm waiting."
After a simple greeting, Gates directly got to the point: "Xu, do you know that Microsoft plans to acquire Yahoo, right?"
"How could I not know such a sensational news?"
"That's good, I hope you can help me persuade Jerry, who seems to be very resistant to the deal.
You should be clear that Microsoft and Yahoo are not Google's competitors in search business together.
If Yahoo and we continue to fight each other, they will sooner or later fall at Google's feet.
Only by uniting can there be a glimmer of hope and it is in the interests of all shareholders of the two companies. Jerry seemed to be embarrassed, and might feel that selling Yahoo has affected his personal reputation.
This is ridiculous and childish!
I heard that you are friends with him and are both Chinese. Maybe he can listen to your words. ”
Xu Liang listened quietly to Gates venting his emotions. It seemed that the old man was very angry from Jerry Yang. It should be that the first round of negotiations collapsed.
After he finishes his talk.
"Bill, don't be excited.
If Microsoft and Yahoo can merge, it will be a good thing for Hongmeng. So I will definitely help you with this. ”
"Haha, Xu, I knew you would definitely agree.
Don't worry, after Microsoft merges Yahoo, we will strive to compete with Google for the English-speaking market.
In the future, Microsoft will occupy the English search market, and you, Hongmeng Bing, dominate the international market, and we will make a lot of money together. ”
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Xu Liang echoed and smiled.
He just heard this.
If Microsoft really defeats Google in the future, Gates will definitely direct Microsoft to compete with him for the global search market as soon as possible.
"Bill, don't be too happy too early. I'm not sure if I can convince Jerry, he is a very stubborn person."
Gates also said beautifully: "No matter whether things can succeed or not, I will remember your help today."
"I'll try it. By the way, tell me some of your bottom lines and ideas, so I can go and persuade him."
Gates introduced Microsoft's acquisition plan to Xu Liang in detail, and promised to retain Yahoo's brand, but the search business must be merged into Microsoft's search business system.
However, Gates kept silent about Microsoft's reserve price.
This old fox!
"I understand. Wait for my news."
Xu Liang hung up the phone and threw his phone on the table.
"Bill Gates?" Helen asked.
"Yeah. It seems that I have hit a nail in Yang Zhiyuan. I hope I can help him in the middle."
"Are you going to help?"
"You want to take down Yahoo's social assets. Alibaba doesn't want Microsoft to join the market. Jerry Yang is hesitant to ask me to help him make an idea. Old Gates asked me to be his lobbyist.
So, I am destined to be involved in this matter. ”
Helen frowned, "Is it already so complicated?"
"This is only exposed now, and Yahoo shareholders will also involve them. Things are more complicated than we think."
Helen: "How do you plan to solve this problem?"
"Let's talk about it. If Jerry Yang doesn't want to sell the company, then let's not mention everything. If he plans to sell it, he can sell it to Microsoft's search engine business and portal business.
The remaining community assets include equity in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan, which we bought.
However, I think it would be better to make one by yourself instead of spending huge amounts of money to buy Yahoo’s social assets. ”
"Why?"
"It's very simple. Yahoo's assets, including community assets, are based on PC. Now the global Internet has gradually entered the mobile era, and mobile APPs will be the mainstream in the future.
Therefore, Facebook can directly develop a mobile photo sharing website, starting from scratch and lightly.
With the foundation that Facebook has laid, it is easy to build a successful photo sharing website.
The capital spent in the middle is two or three times less than the acquisition.
And there is no need to consider the problem of integration.
Countless energy left. ”
Xu Liang leaned back and crossed his legs.
"To be honest, in my eyes, Yahoo is already a piece of idiot of being tasteless and discarded. The only valuable thing is the brand accumulated over the years, as well as the equity of Yahoo Japan and Alibaba. The rest, whether it is a portal or search engine, is worthless."
“Many people think that Yahoo accounts for more than 20% of the search engine market is valuable.”
Xu Liang shook his head, "In the field of winner-takes all Internet search engines, there is no value except first and second."
"Luckily Facebook is a social networking site."
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A black Mercedes-Benz slowly drove over Highway 5, surrounded by green trees and beautiful streets, Carlos Brito sighed long.
"BOSS, we're here."
The secretary's words rang in his ears.
Carlos looked at the quiet office building in the parking lot outside, wrapped in lush sycamore and sequoia.
"This is the famous Hanhua Silicon Valley office. In the hearts of countless Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, can they be as famous as Sequoia and Kleineng Huaying?"
Except for the larger ones, the environment is good and there is no special place to see.
After the car stopped, Carlos Brito, CEO of InBev, the world's second largest beer group, walked out of it.
At the same time, a young man in a suit also rushed forward.
"Hello, Mr. Brito."
"Hello."
After the two shook hands, the other party took him into the office.
The furnishings in the hall were a bit chaotic and many places were remodeled.
Noting Brito's eyes, the young man explained: "Hanhua has just completed the rectification, and many departments are moving here, and it's still a bit messy."
Hanhua Financial Holdings Group has been officially established.
Naturally, we must keep up with the management.
The most obvious thing is the office area planning.
No. 2104 Shadune Road, this 7,500-square-meter office area is no longer just an office area of Hanhua Capital, but also one of the office areas of Hanhua Asset Management and Hanhua Securities in the United States.
The same place also has New York.
Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington are all offices, only responsible for contact and no specific business.
Come to the second floor office.
Brito met the famous Jin Kaiser, the world's top financial investment master!
"Mr. Xu, it's a privilege to meet you."
Brito's posture was swaying very low.
"You're welcome, please sit down."
After arriving at the 'thank you', the two of them sat down on the sofa next to them.
The secretary brought the tea, and Xu Liang greeted him and took a sip.
"Why didn't Lehman, Marcel and Beto come?"
"The company has a lot of things. They can't get rid of it for the time being. They will definitely come to visit Mr. Xu in person next time."
Xu Liang nodded with a smile.
That being said, he could also guess what these three people were thinking.
First, Brito, the pawn, explore his bottom, and the three of them will also formulate negotiation plans according to his requirements.
Advance can attack and retreat and defend, and you can easily do it.
Xu Liang should have had similar negotiation methods, but he came in person if he was interested in Brito in front of him.
"You have made an appointment with me. Now that I have seen you, just say anything." Xu Liang said directly.
In Budweiser's acquisition war, Kang Hua played the role of a messenger.
Regardless of the final success or failure, the result is acceptable.
But InBev is different. Acquisition of Budweiser is the most critical step for it to dominate the global beer market. It is the overlord of the beer industry and is truly the first.
If you can't get through, you can only surrender to Budweiser and Miller, South Africa.
(This chapter ends)