My Age of Investment

  Chapter 1034 Hello, me, hello, everyone

   Seeing Yang Zhiyuan’s silence, Xia Jingxing continued to add weight to the other party’s heart: “Replace your 3.9% equity in Yahoo! with equity in Yahoo Mail, then inject it into Facebook, and replace all of it with equity in Facebook.

  As Google’s search market and online advertising market share continue to increase, Yahoo’s market value may continue to decline.

  And Facebook is a great ride on the social circuit. Every year, the company’s users will grow by several hundred million, and its valuation will double.

  Let go of Yahoo, and have an explanation to past partners and shareholders. Even if there are problems in the future, no one will pick you up. This is the common choice of everyone. You are only the person who signed it.

  Take Yahoo Mail to invest in Facebook, and start a business and grow together with Facebook.

  For you, this is a second venture, and an opportunity to prove you Jerry Young again.

  You are not only an investor or shareholder, but our partner and co-founder. "

Yang Zhiyuan nodded. Now he really feels Xia Jingxing’s sincerity. The other party wants to help him, perhaps with a certain selfishness, but it is by no means like some outsiders who saw Yahoo’s **** wound and wanted to rush to take a bite. .

  "Are you sure Microsoft can agree to such a plan?"

  Yang Zhiyuan smiled and said, “Although they most value Yahoo’s search and portal services, they have Hotmail mailboxes under their umbrella.

  In the global market, Hotmail and Yahoo Mail basically go hand in hand, with more than 200 million users.

  But in the most valuable US market, Yahoo Mail ranks first with nearly 100 million users, twice as many as Hotmail, which is ranked second, and four times that of Google Gmail, which ranks third. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "So, this requires you to communicate and coordinate.

  If Microsoft really disagrees, we still have options. "

  "What alternative?" Yang Zhiyuan leaned forward.

  Xia Jingxing said, "Ari's equity."

  Yang Zhiyuan's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized.

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After pacifying Ma Yun and Yang Zhiyuan one after another, Xia Jingxing called Gates.

   Soon, Ballmer flew to Silicon Valley from the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle.

  Entering the Silicon Valley office of Envision Capital, Ballmer shook hands enthusiastically with Xia Jingxing.

  "Daren, Bill told me everything, thank you for coming forward to mediate for Microsoft."

  Xia Jingxing looked at this smiling old man. He remembered that the other party came to buy Android aggressively last year. After being rejected by him, he shot himself on the table. He was a very powerful person.

  Further forward a few years, Microsoft wants to invest in Facebook, Ballmer is also acting as a **** of Gates, all kinds of intimidation and temptation to himself, demanding to lower the valuation of Facebook, sign a search engine cooperation agreement...

  To be honest, all the past makes it difficult for him to have a good impression of Ballmer’s life.

  But business is business after all, so it’s better not to have too much personal emotions.

  "Mr. Ballmer, please inside!" Xia Jingxing greeted Ballmer and his party very politely, temporarily leaving his personal likes and dislikes aside.

Entering the conference room, Xia Jingxing sat on one side of the long table with Ricky, the person in charge of the Silicon Valley office of Envision Capital, and several Silicon Valley office executives. Ballmer took the person from Microsoft and sat on the other side of the long table. Looked at each other.

   "Mr. Ballmer, since Mr. Gates has told you everything, let's be more direct today, right?"

  Ballmer smiled mildly, "No problem, Darren, just say your plan directly."

  "Split Yahoo, Jerry Yang’s 3.9% of Yahoo’s shares were all converted to Yahoo Mail’s holdings.

   Yahoo Mail goes to Facebook, Alina’s 26% equity goes to Envision Capital and Al’s management, and the rest of the assets belong to you, including portals, search businesses, and so on. "

   Ballmer nodded slightly, did not rush to express his opinion, smiled and asked, "Presumably Darren, you are Jerry who persuaded you by this plan, right?"

  Xia Jingxing smiled lightly, "The word persuasion is not accurate, Jerry just said to consider! Maybe he wanted to introduce us to ask Microsoft to increase the offer? What do you think, Mr. Ballmer?"

  Ballmer laughed loudly, "Daren, you are so humorous! Vision Capital, Facebook, and Ari should not be able to save Yahoo who is in the quagmire. On this planet, except for Microsoft, only Google should have this qualification."

  Xia Jingxing looked at Ballmer with a smug smile. He didn't get angry with this old guy. The other party talked like this all the time, and he was strong and almost without any affection.

  "After removing the equity assets of Ari and Yahoo Mail, Microsoft can pay a lot less and integrate more easily. After all, what Microsoft lacks most now is time."

  Xia Jingxing smiled, “I heard that Google X Labs has recently been recruiting talents in browsers and operating systems.

  Even if it is an opponent, I have to admire the brothers Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Every time Google enters a new field, it can always strangle opponents quickly. Search engines and online advertisements are no exception. "

Ballmer smiled faintly, "But they fell a big somersault in front of Darren, and staged a Dunkirk retreat on the social battlefield. Now they have all retreated to India, and they ran for more than half of the earth. It's really far enough."

  Xia Jingxing has a faint smile on her face. When negotiating opponents praise you, be careful.

Sure enough, Ballmer's conversation changed, "MSN integrates Yahoo's portal resources, LiveSearch integrates Yahoo's search resources, Hotmail integrates Yahoo Mail, Microsoft's various Internet product lines will be strengthened, and Google will stage a Normandy landing. "

  Xia Jingxing was silent, Ballmer continued: “In addition, we will rely on the strong technical resources of Microsoft Research Asia to strengthen cooperation with Ari to help this e-commerce platform out of China and on the world stage.”

  Cooperate with me to live in vain? Microsoft got the benefits?

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "The plan is very grand, but you have to take the first step."

   Ballmer knows that the other party is reminding himself that if Envision Capital, Facebook, and Ari are not benefiting, they will not contribute to this transaction.

  Without the contributions of these three companies, Jerry Young would not advance the deal with Microsoft.

  In other words, Microsoft can't give Jerry what Jerry wants, but the three of them can.

  "Dalun, as far as I know, Jerry Young is only a 3.9% Yahoo individual shareholder, and the CEO has only served for more than half a year.

  Shareholders recommend him to that position, hoping that he will create benefits for all shareholders.

  If you only sacrifice the interests of shareholders for personal gain, would you say that it will cause any trouble? "

   Ballmer smiled and spread his hands, “Of course, this is just a hypothesis for me, and it may not be true, but it’s better to be taken seriously.”

Xia Jingxing leaned forward, "Mr. Ballmer, Google’s share of the search market has risen by one to two points every month. After a year or a half, Microsoft and Yahoo have only 20% and 30% of the total. The market share is gone.

  Google is a company with great ambitions. It has swallowed the Internet market. After its strength has grown, it is almost certain to focus on software and operating systems. "

   Ballmer stopped talking, time is one of their weakness, because Google will not wait for them to slowly talk about a result.

  Actually, Gates gave him the instructions to win quickly. If you win Yahoo one day earlier, you have one more chance of winning.

  As for some leftovers, whether they are sold off, it can also save some acquisition costs.

  This is a hello my hello everyone good deal.

  It’s just that Ballmer is a little stupid, always trying to suppress Xia Jingxing in the negotiation and get some benefits.

  (End of this chapter)