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Chapter 114 Our goal is win-win
Chen Peng arrived in San Francisco the next day. He was in such a hurry that he didn't even take time to rest. He told Qin Shaoyan, "Go directly to the hospital."

"Okay." Qin Shaoyan immediately asked the driver to take them to the hospital.

Chen Peng pinched his nose tiredly, "Xiao Qin, please tell me what happened in detail."

Qin Shaoyan recounted how he went to San Francisco to do business, went on a trip during the holidays, and gave instructions on safety precautions.

"Brother Chen, I didn't do anything wrong, right?"

"No." Chen Peng nodded. There was nothing wrong with what Qin Shaoyan said.

When traveling to San Francisco, the air tickets are provided by V agency. This is considered a normal business entertainment. Other than that, there is nothing super standard.

Qin Shaoyan once again told the story of receiving the notice from the consulate, going to the hospital, managing reporters, and blocking the news.

Chen Peng smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, you have done enough and you didn't make any big news in the newspapers."

"Thanks to the help of the consulate, otherwise I wouldn't have so much energy."

Chen Peng had a strange expression on his face when he heard the word consulate.

I really need to thank the consulate for reporting the whole story back to the department. Otherwise, how would anyone know that something happened to Mr. Zong in the United States?

After arriving at the hospital, Chen Peng cordially expressed condolences to the injured director, and brought instructions from the ministry, telling him to take good care of his injuries and not to worry about work, as someone would take over.

Obviously, condolences from a distant hometown can't make anyone happy.

Chen Peng thanked the staff of the consulate again and asked them to help put pressure on the police station to solve the case as soon as possible.

The consulate was very efficient and I talked to the local police.

Then an anonymous private detective took the initiative to provide clues. When he was following a pair of cheating lovers, the camera "accidentally" captured the two people getting into the robber's taxi.

The police quickly found the taxi based on the photos and caught the robber.

The robber was also very happy and confessed directly.

According to the robber's confession, the two of them proposed to go to the red light district, so he sent them nearby and then carried out the robbery.

The last embarrassing thing happened. The police asked the victim to identify the robber and check whether the confession was consistent, but the police officer refused.

Faced with this situation, the consulate also had a headache and finally kicked the ball back to the country.

According to Chen Peng, the country was very angry and asked the president to return to China as soon as possible.

Finally the dust settled, the farce ended and things got back on track.

Faced with the mess left by his predecessor, Chen Peng decisively asked professionals.

"Xiao Qin." Chen Peng asked humbly, "How should we talk to V Club next?"

"We've finished discussing the legal and review issues, and what's left is the issue of division." Qin Shaoyan smiled, "I'll write you a condition, and you'll negotiate according to this."

"Game platforms with sales of less than 200,000 copies do not charge, and platforms with sales of 200,000 to 500,000 copies charge a 10% handling fee."

“For sales between 500,000 and 1 million, the platform charges a 20% handling fee.”

"For sales exceeding one million, the platform will charge a unified handling fee of 30%."

Chen Peng was stunned when he saw this condition. He looked at Qin Shaoyan with suspicion.

"Xiao Qin, do you have any handle on V Club?"

"Brother Chen, look at what you said." Qin Shaoyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "We are serious business negotiations, there are no threats or anything like that." "Then how could V Agency agree to such outrageous conditions?" Chen Peng felt unbelievable.

"Brother Chen, times have changed." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "The emergence of online platforms has broken the offline monopoly of publishers. Without publishers taking high commissions, offline channel providers share, the cake is bigger, and Only the online platform and the production team can tell the difference."

"So the platform can use greater discounts to attract more game makers, which is profitable for both parties."

"V Company has initially agreed to use this high commission to attract game producers' preferential policies. We will sign a contract for three years to see the effect, and then we will discuss it based on the market situation."

Chen Peng frowned and thought for a while, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, then I'll negotiate on these terms."

"Come on." Qin Shaoyan encouraged.

……

After handling the V agency matter, Qin Shaoyan and George waited in San Francisco for another shareholder of Facebook, Fred Weisler.

Except for G Fat, all Facebook shareholders were present, and the three of them rushed to Sequoia's Silicon Valley headquarters to finalize the final financing procedures.

Zheng Nan, who had already played golf with Taylor for several days, was quite dissatisfied with Qin Shaoyan's late arrival.

It was obvious that Taylor had put aside her resentment about the campus network not being able to merge with Facebook, and had a great time chatting with Zheng Nan.

In Taylor's words, "Those were just some minor business differences and did not affect our personal friendship."

“And we can find more ways to work together besides merging.”

Qin Shaoyan also felt very happy about the reconciliation between the two people, "Harmony makes money."

"Yes, yes." Taylor quite agreed and repeated it in awkward Chinese, "Harmony brings wealth!"

When sitting in the conference room to talk, Qin Shaoyan felt that Taylor's understanding was too fast.

Because there were not only investment managers from Sequoia, but also investment vice presidents from Microsoft and Goldman Sachs in the conference room.

"Microsoft and Goldman Sachs are also optimistic about the development of Facebook, so they also want to participate." Taylor explained, "Sequoia pledged to invest US$100 million, and the remaining two companies will split it equally."

Microsoft and Goldman Sachs also want to get on board?
This is a good thing!
The more people on the bus, the safer it will be, especially investors with particularly strong backgrounds.

Qin Shaoyan looked at the two institutional investors with some surprise and shook hands with each other enthusiastically.

He thought it would take until the next round to attract Microsoft and Goldman Sachs.

"Welcome everyone to invest. This is definitely the most successful investment you have ever made." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "This investment will be a win-win situation for Facebook, Sequoia, Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs."

"Win-win?!" Microsoft Vice President of Investment tasted the word and nodded, "I like this word."

"Although Facebook is developing rapidly, it has not yet captured the US market. It has recently launched several similar Internet products. What are Facebook's plans?"

Qin Shaoyan's expression did not change, and he still showed a confident smile, "In my opinion, those competitors are not threatening. Blind imitation will not make them successful, especially when the imitators are still in an absolute leading position."

"The user growth brought by Popularity Star alone cannot be surpassed by imitators. In the next step, we will carry out all-round publicity to turn Popularity Star into the most attractive event in the United States and expand our advantages."

"The first thing we do after we get the financing is to expand with all our strength. Facebook has no intention of starting a business model experiment until we win the U.S. market."

"What we have to do is expand, expand, expand with all our strength, squeeze the living space of competitors, and form a monopoly is our goal!"

　There are also nights. Thank you to the leader for loving the warrior Wilde. I owe you more updates first. Other reward lists will be sorted out later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)