mijobooks Chapter 449 Is Chen Jincheng up to something again?
Chapter 449 Is Chen Jincheng up to something again?
Chapter 449 Is Chen Jincheng up to something again?
"Boss, I will definitely cooperate fully when the time comes," Wang Yuan immediately assured him.
He also knew that only if this round of financing succeeded could he cash out his stock options and reach the pinnacle of his life.
The three managers understood, and their faces immediately lit up with enthusiasm.
Chen Jincheng also witnessed this scene and couldn't help but sigh, "Stock options are indeed the best way to motivate employees."
After that, he also took charge of the soda liquor company, allowing Liu Jie to bring the legal team into the work.
Although the chairman's office of the soda liquor company was not as luxurious as that of the Second Star Palace, and the space was not as large, it had everything it needed.
After sitting down, Chen Jincheng also checked on the situation of the soda wine company.
Cai Xiaoyi, the young woman from Malaya, sat quietly to the side, obediently not disturbing him.
After checking that everything was in order, Chen Jincheng took out his phone and dialed Lei Xiaojun's number, intending to discuss the financing and planning team with him.
This is different from when he sought financing from Lei Xiaojun before.
No one but Lei Xiaojun would agree to his financing plan, and this time the amount of financing is very large, so everything needs to be formalized.
Rice Group.
Lei Xiaojun, however, was entertaining several senior executives in his office, clearly discussing something.
Lei Xiaojun said, somewhat speechless, "These problems of those who run daily necessities businesses have nothing to do with us. What are they competing with us for in terms of physical stores and display counters?"
A manager standing nearby waved his hand and said, "I don't understand. There are always some company leaders whose thinking is hard for us to fathom."
Lei Xiaojun was speechless and said directly, "Since that's the case, let's just have the branch companies make rice brands for these things as well. They're all so unruly, we won't tolerate them."
Another senior executive frowned: "But we haven't done any of these things."
Honestly, he felt that CEO Lei was also a very unpredictable person.
It's just a small, localized conflict, maybe even something that was stirred up by the lower-level agents behind the scenes. Why should they sell someone else's product and try to wipe them out?
Lei Xiaojun was also speechless and said, "Is an air purifier that hard? Isn't it just an electric fan with a filter? Is a rice cooker hard? Isn't it just a rice pot with a heating element? Is it really that hard to make?"
"Besides, making a car is just like making a larger cell phone with four wheels, right? Is it that difficult? Why do you all feel like it's an insurmountable mountain, making you all feel intimidated?"
When the senior executives heard what he said, they initially thought it made a lot of sense. After all, air fresheners and rice cookers are just like that, aren't they?
But when they heard the last sentence, they realized that Mr. Lei still wanted to get into cars.
The key point is that when they heard the other party say that the car was just a large mobile phone plus tires, they really couldn't help but burst out laughing. Is this some kind of comedy show?
Are cars and rice cookers the same thing? They're actually trying to apply formulas to them.
Seriously, Xiaomi phones are thriving now, and the business is already so good, so why can't Lei Jun focus on phones?
At my age, it's better to play it safe.
Look at Huawei, they specialize in mobile phone technology, how much money have they invested in research and development?
However, they also knew very well that since President Lei was so insistent, he probably had to invest some rice in the end, otherwise he wouldn't give up.
Just then, Lei Xiaojun heard his phone ring. Seeing the number, he answered immediately: "Hello, President Chen!"
These words attracted the attention of several high-ranking officials, probably the young man.
These two people are in the news again. We've all seen it. It seems like they've embarrassed the two film and television platforms again.
After Chen Jincheng answered the phone, he immediately said, "Mr. Lei, I'm asking you for help."
Upon hearing this, Lei Xiaojun immediately said, "President Chen, just tell me, and I will do my best to help if I can."
Chen Jincheng explained, "The Rice Group should have a professional financing planning team. I'd like to borrow some people from Mr. Lei's Rice Group."
Lei Xiaojun asked in surprise, "President Chen, are you looking to raise funds? Ershixingchen?"
These words also caught the attention of several senior executives at DaMi, who knew that many people wanted to raise funds for Mr. Chen's Second Generation Star.
After "The Thunder" once again proved the other party's judgment, the valuation rebounded.
Chen Jincheng didn't hide anything: "Yes, President Lei, the soda wine company also needs financing. I will contribute my shares in Second Starry Sky separately, which can be considered a sale. If you have any suitable people to recommend for financing, President Lei, you can also recommend them."
In the circle that Ershixingchen is in, even when it comes to financing, you can't just look at money. If you have connections and background, that's the best. You have to build a good network of relationships.
Especially after the python swallowed the dragon, the benefits were too enormous; without a sufficient network of connections, it would be impossible to contain them.
On this point, he believes that Mr. Lei can offer advice.
"I'll recommend some investors and investigate them for Mr. Chen later." Lei Xiaojun agreed, but what he was really concerned about was that Mr. Chen was asking two companies to raise funds at once, which clearly meant something big was going on.
Needless to say, once the news gets out, many people will be willing to raise funds for the company with a valuation of 500 billion. Of course, the premise is that this CEO Chen must guarantee to stay in the company, not leave, and not resign.
Even if nothing changes now, the valuation of Second Star will plummet as soon as President Chen leaves.
Just as he valued President Chen, those investors weren't stupid; they knew that only Chen Jincheng's Second Generation Star was worth that much.
Of course, he also knew that besides Second Star, President Chen also owned a soda liquor company. This soda liquor was currently the only product on the market, with very high sales volume, and if it were to raise funds, its valuation would certainly not be low.
He was eager to know how much money President Chen was planning to raise this time; it must be a considerable sum, otherwise there would be no need for both companies to seek funding.
However, he couldn't ask this question directly, since even a fool could see that President Chen was up to something, and it wasn't appropriate to inquire further.
So he immediately added, "In addition, I will have the best financing planning team from DaMi join Second Star."
Dami currently has more than one team planning its financing, as it has invested in many other companies, and these teams are responsible for handling all of them.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Lei." Chen Jincheng immediately expressed his gratitude.
With the funding planning team for rice, he could now focus on preparing for the fundraising.
After hanging up the phone, Lei Xiaojun said to a senior executive, "President Zhao, could you send a financing planning team to support Second Star? If they need financing, the group can also provide some funding if they are interested."
Mr. Zhao nodded, agreeing that it was indeed the case; Second Star was a very good financing project.
However, he suddenly turned to Lei Xiaojun with a sly look and said, "Mr. Lei, if Mr. Chen gets the funding, he should have money now."
These words elicited a wry smile from the other executives.
Lei Xiaojun understood what he meant and nodded. President Chen had secured funding; now that his car project was approved next year…
He couldn't help but smile.
After hanging up with Lei Xiaojun, Chen Jincheng called Sister Hong again.
"Boss, what can I do for you?" Sister Hong asked immediately.
Chen Jincheng instructed, "Sister Hong, a financing planning team from Da Mi will be coming over later. You'll be in charge of receiving them. I plan to raise funds for the Soda Wine Company first. Also, the Soda Wine Company is going to hold a celebration banquet. Wang Yuan will contact you then. Arrange for some internet celebrities to help out. Also, help contact some celebrities, like Xue Qian and Zhang Xinzhe. They're all old acquaintances. Invite them."
"And then there's Miss Cai. We'll arrange for her to do a live stream, which will be a good opportunity to test the power of Douyin's 10% resource traffic."
"I understand," Sister Hong replied immediately.
She was naturally aware of her boss's plan.
After all, the soda company will raise funds, and then Second Star will also raise funds.
However, this will only happen after the soda company successfully raises funds. Moreover, it's not the best time for Second Star to raise funds now. They need to wait until one or two of their invested movies and TV series are released and become hits.
Another thing is to wait until Douyin's shopping cart function becomes popular. At that time, most of the live-streaming influencers will be exposed, but Ershixingchen will become a breath of fresh air. Then, we will use 10% of Douyin's resources and traffic to promote two video live-streaming hosts. During the shopping festival, we will let everyone see how terrifying the video live-streaming sales data of all the artists of Ershixingchen is.
The power of Natural Sound's 10% resource flow is something to behold.
That would be the best time for Second Star to raise funds, maximizing its profits.
Chen Jincheng then instructed Sister Hong to help promote the celebration banquet of the soda liquor company.
The following day, Wang Yuan took him to inspect the soda wine factories. In the evening, he had dinner with Wang Yuan and the senior executives of the soda wine companies.
Later, when he got into the mood, Wang Yuan even booked the largest private room at the Ultimate Bar.
He came from the Ultimate Bar, and now whenever Soda Wine has any business entertainment, it's usually arranged at the Ultimate Bar.
Naturally, Cai Xiaoyi happily accompanied Chen Jincheng. She knew that Mr. Chen belonged to her that night, so her eyes became more and more watery as the night went on.
"Xiao Yi, can you please stop looking at me like you're going to eat me alive?" Chen Jincheng said speechlessly as he left the bar.
"But I just want to eat Mr. Chen." Cai Xiaoyi made no attempt to hide her thoughts.
“Let’s go, to your place, and I’ll show you who eats whom,” Chen Jincheng said jokingly.
"Let's go!" Cai Xiaoyi eagerly pulled Chen Jincheng along.
Chen Jincheng followed her and was taken to a large, luxurious apartment. She had taken out a loan to buy the apartment and had just moved in recently.
So tonight, she took advantage of this rare opportunity to leave traces of herself and Mr. Chen throughout the house.
The next day, "The Thunder" was still trending online, along with iQiyi and Tencent Video.
The ratings for "The Thunder" have once again reached new highs, so iQiyi and Tencent Penguin Pictures are being criticized again.
The key point is that Tencent Penguin Pictures issued a statement: they had not contacted "The Thunder" (破冰行动), but rather rejected it directly because of "Joy of Life" (庆余年). They believe "Joy of Life" will be the top drama of the year, and the only company that truly rejected and pressured for a lower price was iQiyi (爱其艺).
Many people who see this news can probably imagine Aiqiyi's bewildered expression; they're probably just cursing.
What does this mean?
Are they the only ones who are stupid?
Naturally, the hottest news today is related to Chan Kam-ching, and this news has attracted a lot of attention in a short period of time. Upon seeing this news, everyone has only one thought: Chan Kam-ching is going to cause trouble again.
(End of this chapter)