Internet 2010

National Day.

Ye Qingchen no longer expects Lu Zhou to take a rest at ease. After all, this person likes to go to the company for two laps even on weekends.

But in fact, most companies in Dream Valley do not actually have a mandatory overtime system.

However, the first-hand holiday salary is tripled, the assessment is additional, and the option is granted additional. In the end, there will always be people who are willing to come to work.

In terms of atmosphere, the entire Dream Valley has no plans to stop from beginning to end.

Other big companies take a break? That was precisely when Dream Valley was catching up.

As for the future, Dream Valley has also become the root of this tradition. Do big companies want to keep their position? Honestly pay high wages, and there is no way to stop during holidays. Small companies want to catch up? Honestly learn from Menggu to take life for the liver.

"Festival Butcher", "The Root of All Evil", "996 Father", people's "compliments" to Menggu will be heard in the future.

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At this time, Bao Bufan came to Guangnan from the capital, and he settled in the hotel for a while before arriving at the location of the Science and Technology Park Dream Valley.

why?

Simple.

There is news about several hardware-related companies that Menggu Cloud wants to collect.

The merger of the peach game and the light-chasing game will be handled by him.

WeChat tm wants to eat whatsapp.

Mengguang will start preparing for listing next year.

Carrying out any one item alone is enough to make Bao Bufan go crazy, not to mention this is a business gift package that was packaged and sent!

Of course, the most uncertain thing is between WeChat and whasapp. Matters such as Mengguyun and Peach Games are all done, and Mengguang can only be considered a plan, and the time is still too far.

The only thing left is the WeChat issue that has not yet been decided and can still be fought for. However, for now, Bao Bufan only thinks Lu Zhou is whimsical.

He pushed open the door of Lu Zhou's office and saw that Lu Zhou was already working at a desk inside.

Lu Zhou heard the sound, and it didn't take long for Meng Xiaoqin to bring Bao Bufan in.

He got up and stretched out his hand, "Mr. Bao. Long time no see."

Bao Bufan shook hands with Luzhou, "Mr. Lu is very polite, hehe. You really can't keep up with the business you left me."

Lu Zhou smiled without saying a word. How can things such as peach oranges and mango get financing quickly? Of course, the role of the broker Bao Bufan is indispensable.

Although he did not explicitly instruct the subsidiaries to do so, Lin Xinhe was already familiar with Bao Bufan, and if he wanted to come to Chuangmeng to invest, Lin Xinhe would also find Bao Bufan to solve it.

Familiarity in the end also has the benefits of familiarity.

Lu Zhou said, "Sit down, Mr. Bao. We need to talk about this today."

After Bao Bufan agreed, he sat on the sofa beside him.

Bao Bufan said, "Does Mr. Lu know if Penguin and whatsapp have been in contact?"

Lu Zhou smiled when he heard it, remembering the time he ran into Ma Huateng at the Beijing airport a few months ago. He shook his head, he really didn't expect Ma Huateng to really try his luck.

"I don't know about this."

Bao Bufan said, "It just happened, it's not too long. Of course, the result is unsatisfactory. Otherwise, I won't come and talk to you about it again."

Bao Bufan raised Erlang's legs, and then said, "To be honest, I didn't know much about whatsapp before. This time, because of your request, Huaxing conducted a lot of investigations. I have to say, this is a very interesting home. company of."

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Oh? Where did this come from?"

Bao Bufan handed Lu Zhou a piece of paper, "You may have seen this. But let me tell you about the situation."

"At present, whatsapp has only publicly funded once. The incident happened at the beginning of this year. Sequoia invested 8 million US dollars, and the overall valuation was 80 million US dollars. Comparing the valuations of Huaxia's Mochat and WeChat in the same period, Mocha Chat is $30 million, while WeChat is $200 million.

The interesting thing is that the other party has no plans for commercialization. The product has no advertisements, games, or content, and only relies on the product itself to impress users. "

Lu Zhou smiled in his heart. According to this statement, WeChat is estimated at 2.3 billion at this time, so whatsapp has to be estimated at 1 billion.

Of course, as far as he could tell, the company didn't even raise any more funding for the next two years, propped up entirely by the $1 annual fee. It's just that at that time, there was no free killing family like WeChat to wrestle with it. At this time, the growth of WeChat in Eastern Europe, North Africa and Latin America also proves the fact that WeChat is squeezing the development space of WhatsApp!

As for later, at the end of 2012, there was an acquisition battle between Facebook and Google for whatsapp, but the offer was only 300 million US dollars. It was not until Sequoia injected capital again in 2013 that the situation was broken, and it reached tens of billions in just half a year. It's just the price, it's completely vain.

But then again, WeChat can make money, and it also raises money. Whatsapp should not be worth the 1 billion price. At least for now.

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "So they have to charge an annual fee to maintain daily operations."

Lu Zhou stretched out his finger, "It's a fact. Although the commercialization of WeChat Huaxia is not ideal, it is enough to support WeChat's overseas expansion. And Menggu Cloud has also built the infrastructure for WeChat in advance.

WeChat is free, whatsapp charges.

This alone, WeChat is enough to overwhelm WhatsApp in a large number of blank areas. "

Lu Zhou then stretched out another finger, "If WeChat acquires whatsapp, the leading role of Mengguyun will also be beneficial to whatsapp."

Lu Zhou said, "Either call, WeChat has the confidence to overpower Whatsapp in blank areas. Or cooperate, Menggu will figure out the infrastructure problem and help it grow rapidly."

Bao Bufan was slightly taken aback when he heard it, he was really good at coercion and inducement.

Bao Bufan pondered for a moment, "So, the cost of mergers and acquisitions you can afford is the market that whatsapp has already occupied and has a solid foundation?"

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "The premium is appropriate. After all, Sequoia needs to have the power to grind in the middle. The price of whatsapp is low, and the number of shares after the replacement will not be able to impress Sequoia."

Bao Bufan rubbed his cheeks after hearing this, it was really quite difficult to do.

This is equivalent to convincing whatsapp that WeChat can still press it, and letting the founders see the benefits of the merger, and at the same time letting the institution Sequoia get enough equity to satisfy its appetite.

Lu Zhou looked at Bao Bufan and said nothing.

No one in the world knows that whatsapp can be estimated at 10 billion after two years. Since WeChat can press whatsapp to play in some overseas areas, then this is not the confidence of its own acquisition. The overseas growth of WeChat, the commercialization of WeChat Huaxia, the infrastructure of Menggu Cloud, the equity of WeChat... All these things can always bring up a negotiating table~www.readwn .com~ If it is successful, it should be picked up, right? That doesn't mean any loss to Lu Zhou.

Bao Bufan thought for a while, "Okay. President Lu. I have a general understanding of your thoughts."

"We will follow three steps next. Wechat has recently participated in this round of financing, and Sequoia has participated. First, I, Huaxing, contact Sequoia.

After confirming Sequoia's attitude, we will then get in touch with the whatsapp team.

In the end, regardless of the attitude of the other team, we strive for the three parties to start another negotiation to discuss the details in the middle. "

After hearing this, Lu Zhou nodded again and again, "Okay. Contact us anytime if you need it."

When Bao Bufan saw this, he got up and didn't plan to stay for a long time, "Well. During the National Day, the team I brought with me still gave priority to Mengguyun and Peach Games. We took the lead in WeChat and Whatsapp, but the efficiency was not good. way to guarantee.”

Lu Zhou shook hands with him again, "Understand."

After all, Bao Bufan took his things and left Lu Zhou's office.

It didn't take long for someone to come to Lu Zhou's office.

Lu Zhou saw that it was an employee of Mengguyun. Before coming to the company this morning, I ordered Song Wenhui to report the situation personally.

As for where? That is naturally the matter of the South Africa and Brazil nodes of Dream Valley Cloud after the financing.

The so-called acquisition is one thing, but to expand, Lu Zhou has no plans to stop and wait for his opponent.