My Return to Life

"My Return to Life ()"

The sun rises and sets.

Twilight enveloped the land of the East again.

On the streets and outside high-rise buildings, bright light strips are lit up everywhere, which looks more flashy and blurred than Shencheng.

Fang Nian took a rare glass of red wine and stood in front of the window to drink for himself.

The floor is not high, but you can still see the Victoria Harbor outside the window.

In the twilight, Victoria Harbor is not as graceful as the legend says.

Peaceful yet busy.

Just like Fang Nian now.

I only stayed in Fuzhou for two days and one night. In the afternoon, I flew to Hong Kong with Liu Dejian and others on a civil airliner.

Without any fuss, I checked into the prestigious Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong smoothly.

It was completely certain that Fang Nian, an outstanding student, had to skip class.

Tomorrow is Monday, obviously it is impossible to rush back to Shencheng.

It was not Fang Nian's intention to come to Hong Kong, but the proposal of Liu Dejian and President Hu of 91. Li Luobin very much agreed with it, and he thought it would be better to continue the negotiation in Hong Kong.

Ma Jieke agrees, Fang Nian has nothing to do with the result.

The two consecutive days of negotiations were not without progress.

At least on the first point, Ma Jack showed a stronger interest.

In addition to Taobao and Alipay, Ali also needs more tentacles to lay out the mobile Internet and grasp more user traffic entrances.

The second point is that the negotiations have officially entered the practical stage.

Even if Fang Nian has been paddling soy sauce, it does not affect the negotiation in the direction he expected.

after all……

If it wasn't for the development that Fang Nian expected, he wouldn't be so soy sauced.

A lot of things happened during the two days of discussions.

At the beginning, Liu Dejian put on a face that I was willing to talk at the table because of Boss Fang's face.

I am NetDragon, and my 91 Wireless has ample cash flow on the books, which is several billion, and I am not the owner of the shortfall at all.

Sell?

Too bad!

NetDragon wants to promote 91 Wireless to go public in Hong Kong to boost our confidence in the market.

I... so what.

Anyway, this master's operation is really good.

On the other hand, Liu Lu also expressed some opinions at the beginning.

After that, I silently acted as a background board, and didn't express any more opinions.

He didn't get involved in this matter any more, and he backed out directly.

As for Mr. Hu of 91 Wireless, from the very beginning, he skillfully expressed his somewhat different thoughts on 91 Wireless.

Has been quietly raising the value of 91 wireless.

In addition, he did not forget to show his long-term vision for the future of 91 Wireless.

The word “building an ecology” has been mentioned many times.

Ma Jack, who was pulled over, seemed to be sitting on the Diaoyutai, and he was not in a hurry.

Even if he showed a stronger interest, it was just a keen intuition as a businessman.

Throughout the process, the price was implicitly lowered several times.

But in fact, no matter what his behavior is, he already has the meaning of raising his hand.

As for Lee Robin...

He may have really forgotten that he may have such an inevitable impulse for 91 Wireless because of external factors.

Maybe it's because Android and Apple's iOS are gradually showing a market share of more than 90% in China?

Or maybe it was because of Xiongchang's embarrassing situation.

In short, at the beginning, after Liu Dejian expressed that he had no desire to sell, Fang Nian expressed his desire to have a frank and honest discussion, and he would do whatever he wanted;

Li Robin was really a little impatient.

Although the words are not so obvious.

But everyone is human, you can see it to some extent.

then……

Under such circumstances, Mr. Hu of 91 Wireless began to perform.

Always push the negotiation towards the sale.

Different ideas are expounded from different angles.

Big hand Liu Dejian has actually been weighing the pros and cons in his heart, and as time went by, he began to move.

The attitude has eased a lot.

finally……

Liu Dejian was subtly relieved.

I ate three big meals back and forth.

Finally, after eating almost at noon today, there was a breakthrough.

Liu Dejian proposed to go to Hong Kong.

Either strike a deal and sell it as a package.

Or really start listing.

Anyway...

The course of these two days can be called a big negotiation drama.

After you sing, I will appear on stage.

Apart from……

Fang Nian is not paddling.

Thinking about the past two days, Fang Nian murmured in his heart.

"After two days, I really guessed right. Xiongchang really needs the software products of 91 Wireless to improve the layout of the mobile Internet! It doesn't hesitate to trade money for time!"

"Even I almost forgot Robin Lee's interest in 91 Wireless, I was the one who started it."

"Mr. Hu of 91 Wireless may have in-depth hookups with Ali and Xiongchang in private."

"It is rumored that Jack Ma has always liked to store a large amount of cash flow. Could it be that he is just here to raise his hand?"

"Liu Dejian is also really interesting. He actually wants to attract all the shareholders and decide in Hong Kong whether to package and sell 91 Wireless."

"What's more interesting is that both Li Robin and Jack Ma agreed, and they gave me a sense that the delivery would be in Hong Kong?"

"It seems... none of this has anything to do with me..."

"..."

As the second largest shareholder of 91 Wireless, Fang Nian, the actual person in charge of Frontier Angel, who is only 3% less than NetDragon, is inexplicably completely out of it.

We must know that according to the current development trend, once this transaction is concluded, the funds involved may exceed 7 billion yuan.

If this is the case, it can definitely be called the largest merger and acquisition case in the history of China's Internet.

And this kind of staying out of the matter is not because Fang Nian has done some ingenious manipulation;

But it's not at all like Boss Zhou, who has been very popular in Hong Kong recently, who cleverly used the Red Goose War to achieve the commercial purpose of the Red Clothes Factory - just this morning, the approval of the Red Clothes Factory to go public in the United States was officially passed; guarantee, Underwriting and so on are in place.

It just happens naturally.

Anyway, everyone agrees that Fang Nianfang can always enjoy the final result as a matter of course.

"These two days should be able to reach a deal, the key point now is..."

Fang Nian whispered.

"How much will I sell it for?"

"..."

This night, people flew to Hong Kong one after another.

Ali, Xiongchang, etc. set up a business cooperation M\u0026A team as quickly as possible and flew to Hong Kong.

On the Frontier Angel side, Fang Nian also called on Guan Qiuhe and a small team she led.

It is said that it is a small team, but in fact it is only one person who is important:

Liu Xi.

She is an absolute genius, especially in the financial field.

This time there will obviously be a lot of financial data analysis involved.

to this end……

Liu Xi also asked for leave for the first time after entering Fudan.

…………

After eight o'clock in the evening.

Fang Nian cleans up Guan Qiuhe and Liu Xi, who came from afar, at a restaurant near Victoria Harbour.

Guan Qiuhe joked after he had just had a good meal.

"Mr. Fang, have you already prepared for it? You need a permit to travel to and from Hong Kong. You can just have it yourself. Even Liu Xi has already applied for a business visa?"

"Isn't this normal?" Fang Nian said calmly, "A person like me who always puts his hands on his lips, can he not act?"

"Liu Xi is a part-time employee of Qianfeng Company. He not only goes to Hong Kong for business visas, but also goes to Japan, the United States, Britain, Germany, France and other countries for business visas."

Liu Xi ate her own food in silence, not interrupting, still so peaceful and honest.

Guan Qiuhe pursed her lips: "Tsk tsk... Boss Fang is still awesome."

"..."

After chatting a few words, Guan Qiuhe said seriously: "Let's talk about the specific situation."

"There's nothing to say. The goal was set at the beginning. I've been making soy sauce for the past two days and haven't done anything." Fang Nian said casually.

Guan Qiuhe: "..."

"Right."

"It's just why you always hold Li Robin or Xiongchang to death."

Fang Nian thought for a while before answering this question. After all, he couldn't say that he was so firm when he saw Xiongchang on the Internet in his previous life.

"Xiongchang's mobile Internet layout can be divided into three aspects, one is mobile search, the other is the application ecological entrance, and the third is artificial intelligence."

"Needless to say, it is Xiongchang's absolute strength, especially after Google announced its withdrawal this year;

Artificial intelligence... In my opinion, Xiongchang is somewhat dead-headed, or riding a tiger is hard to get off. As early as two years ago, relying on strong technology to launch the "full artificial intelligence" plan, the huge investment is already useless;

During this time, Ali aimed at cloud computing, and was committed to solving the problem of idle server resources during the off-season;

The goose factory also has its own layout, which is still mainly social;

Ali and Goose Factory have their respective layouts in their strengths. Although they are also very eager for application distribution, they are not so eager;

Only Xiongchang, in the direction of the application ecological entrance, they have definitely set a goal that is as high as the sky! "

"As far as I know, Xiongchang also has other contacts in private, but those companies are completely incompetent, and they are not worthy of Xiongchang's investment, let alone money for time;

This is also the reason why I was so active in investing in NetDragon's 91 business at the time, including asking you to give advice to the 91 business;

In fact, they are all tailor-made for Xiongchang. "

Hearing Fang Nian's narration, Guan Qiuhe fell into deep thought.

After a while, he said, "How do you know that there is a big target inside Xiongchang?"

"It's obvious that Xiongchang's layout in the mobile Internet is too big." Fang Nian said casually.

"In these three directions, you can understand if you think about it carefully."

Hearing this, Guan Qiuhe fell silent.

After a while, his eyes lit up: "I see, that's how it is."

"Xiong Factory is afraid that it wants to monopolize the mobile Internet, search portals and application distribution portals... Finally, users and even manufacturers can't get around its products."

Speaking of this, Guan Qiuhe looked at Fang Nian: "Since you have seen it all, why do you want to tailor a perfect 91 Wireless for Xiongchang, you really like making wedding dresses for others so much?"

Fang Nian said directly speechless: "Mr. Guan, you must be tired from flying, and there is something wrong with your brain."

Seeing this, Liu Xi's lips moved, but she still didn't interrupt.

Guan Qiuhe also reacted quickly.

Blinked twice: "I'm sorry, I have a problem with my brain."

Outsiders don't know, how can she, an insider, not know Frontier's investment in Nuwa system?

Can you still not know the Nuwa App Store?

Now all application distribution platforms are based on operating systems such as Android and Apple.

Whenever the Nuwa system stands up one day, these platforms will be worse.

certainly……

What Guan Qiuhe obviously didn't know was that without the Nuwa system, this kind of platform would be worse.

Although domestic Android castrated Google's GMS, making this type of platform popular at the beginning, but with the emergence of various in-depth customized UIs, each of them has built its own app store, and there is nothing wrong with these platforms.

It's just that now Fang Nian has recruited all those who are interested in making domestic smartphones into the Nuwa Alliance.

However, this does not mean that Xiongchang's acquisition of 91 Wireless must be a complete mistake no matter what.

Some businesses only need to complete the necessary historical mission.

…………

…………

On Monday, October 25, Hong Kong was sunny.

At nine o'clock in the morning, representatives of several companies sat at a conference table, and there were about twenty people.

The conference room is spacious and not crowded at all.

After a brief greeting, we entered the topic.

"... NetDragon actually hopes that 91 Wireless can be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange."

Liu Dejian's meaning was very clear, not dragging his feet at all.

A big hand is a big hand, and the operation is very strong.

The shareholder representatives in Hong Kong didn't hesitate too much, and said frankly, "It's not easy now."

"..."

After getting this answer, Liu Dejian didn't change his expression. He looked at Fang Nian and said, "President Fang, what do you think?"

This time Fang Nian didn't touch fish again.

Clearing his throat, he said calmly and seriously: "From the known information so far, at the level of a frontier angel, I actually prefer 91 Wireless to go public independently, even if this time will be relatively late;

I believe that the network of frontier angels in the past, and even now, can organize a new round of financing on the spot. "

Having said that, Fang Nian paused for a moment, then changed the topic: "But..."

"As far as I am concerned, I have no specific preference. Whether it is packaged and sold to Mr. Li or Mr. Ma, I am happy to see the result."

"Oh?" Liu Dejian pushed his glasses, showing a curious look.

Li Luobin, Ma Jieke and others also looked at Fang Nian——

This is a young man dressed formally today.

It was the first time for the shareholder representatives in Hong Kong to meet Fang Nian, but they had heard many rumors a long time ago, and they were also very curious about Fang Nian's words and deeds.

Facing everyone's gaze, Fang Nian talked and laughed freely.

"In my personal opinion, the merger of 91 Wireless' business into Xiongchang or Ali can produce a good collision response."

"It has better influence on the entire industry than going public in Hong Kong alone."

Fang Nian just said a few simple sentences.

Robin Li quickly took up the conversation: "Mr. Fang is right, and Xiongchang is also looking forward to the chemical reaction that will be produced after the 91 wireless business is merged."

"From Xiongchang's point of view, with the support of 91 wireless business, it can better cut into the mobile Internet and provide a better mobile Internet experience for hundreds of millions of mobile phone users in China."

"..."

Ma Jie also expressed a certain degree of agreement: "It is actually a pinnacle to achieve the level of 91 Wireless for individual application distribution."

"It's more suitable as an entry medium."

"..."

President Hu of 91 Wireless wanted to speak, but in the end he just moved his lips slightly and didn't dare to beep more.

Liu Dejian was silent for a moment, and finally said slowly: "I think NetDragon's positioning of 91 Wireless is not that accurate."

"If that's the case, there's no need to worry about it."

Plans belong to plans, and business belongs to business.

Although it has been less than 48 hours since I sat down at the table and talked openly and honestly.

But the master Liu Dejian has already completed the trade-off.

When buying and selling this thing, the most practical thing to implement is the price.

What happened next, Fang Nian stood by again.

"Haggling is not what I'm good at," he said honestly.

"..."

This time it is the turn of Mr. Hu, Jack Ma and Robin Li of 91 TVB to perform.

Mr. Hu of 91 Wireless is responsible for listing the high-quality data of 91 Wireless.

Li Robin and Ma Jieke discussed with their team and put forward corresponding conditions according to their discretion.

Shareholders in Hong Kong watched the show just like Fang Nian.

Their shareholding ratio is not high, that is, 10%, and an additional few percent is owned by NetDragon and 91 Wireless executives.

Guan Qiuhe was also watching the play at Fangnian's side.

The busy one was Liu Xi, who was sitting in a row of quiet students behind the conference table.

She needs to make quick calculations based on the various reported data on the conference table.

Fortunately, it didn't bother her at all.

Later, Liu Xi quietly reported to Fang Nian the best accounting data based on the information reported by everyone:

"790 to 860 million US dollars."

There was no change in Fang Nian's expression.

This is a digital calculation result price, which is the result of combining all the advantages.

That is...

Ideally the highest price.

Li Luobin and Ma Jieke were given basically the same conditions in all aspects.

Quote this piece separately.

The two are basically evenly maintained at the figure of 850 million US dollars.

so……

Liu Xi will always be a god!

There was a stalemate for a while, so Li Robin said something, which made Ma Jack decide to quit.

"I hope Liu Dong can join the board of directors of Xiongchang."

"..."

Hearing this, Ma Jieke sighed, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "Mr. Li, you win, and Ali quits."

Ali only launched the partner plan in July.

Ostensibly to preserve its mission, vision, and values.

But in fact, it was Ma Jack who wanted to play a good hand and completely control Ali with a negligible share in his hand.

One more shareholder...

This is something that Ali cannot consider at this stage.

Ma Jack led the team out of the conference room.

It was almost noon at this time, but the discussion was still going on.

As early as a few months ago, some news media have been reporting that 91 Wireless is worth US$1 billion and so on.

Although Li Luobin's current conditions are very sincere, they are still not at Liu Dejian's psychological price.

"The price is something that is willing to fight, but I also hope it is within a relatively reasonable range." Liu Dejian said.

Li Robin fell silent.

Seeing this, Fang Nian opened his mouth slowly.

"After the business of 91 Wireless is merged into Xiongchang, it can be better combined with artificial intelligence. If users encounter problems with mobile phones, they can use 91 to use Xiongchang's artificial intelligence system to solve most of them..."

"I think . . . that should be the added value."

"..."

Then the master Liu Dejian took up the conversation.

Liu Dejian, Fang Nian, and Li Luobin launched a more intense bargaining.

Fang Nian was not very excited, he always took his time.

But every time he provided Liu Dejian with the best assists.

Let Liu Dejian feel deeply about the price, it's just a matter of wishing and suffering.

In the end, Liu Dejian and Li Luobin agreed on the transaction price.

It seems that it is all thanks to the big hand Liu Dejian.

But in fact, Fang Nian recognized this ideal price.

Guan Qiuhe, who was believed by Fang Nian to have proven himself in countless business negotiations, did not contribute a single word in this transaction, which was definitely the highest M\u0026A transaction in the history of China's Internet so far.

I just watched Fang Nian's calm performance.

I was deeply shocked by it.

91 Wireless, with NetDragon and Frontier Angel as the first and second largest shareholders, finally decided to package and sell it to Xiongchang.

Include the whole team.

For example, Mr. Hu, he joined Xiongchang as he wished.

After the deal was concluded, Li Luobin, Liu Dejian, Fang Nian and the others exchanged pleasantries with smiles on their faces.

"Pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant cooperation."

Li Luobin even said kindly: "Mr. Fang, I am very much looking forward to more cooperation opportunities in the future."

"Definitely." Fang Nian nodded with a smile.

After nearly two months of stumbling and three days of continuous negotiation, a deal was finally reached at Fang Nian's ideal price.

Going round and round from Shencheng to Fuzhou and then to Hong Kong, I finally came to a satisfactory end...