Chapter 182 Valuation! Reversing Destiny!

Lin Xiao certainly didn't want to fight alone, and he was really short of money right now.

Because of Facebook's huge expansion, the cost of servers and bandwidth has once again skyrocketed.

In order to make "Zhu Xian" a success, he completely overturned the results of the previous six months and started over again. The target studio recruited a large number of people, who were either capable people from other game companies or top students who graduated from the computer science department of top universities.

So now the company’s monthly salary expenses are huge numbers.

Even the 40 million yuan that the secretary helped me to borrow was almost spent.

As for Haidie Music, knowing that Lin Xiao’s capital chain was tight, they even transferred 20 million in dividends to the company’s account in advance.

But even so, the company still lacks money.

The biggest source of income is the upcoming ringtones. Many popular online songs have been registered by Lin Xiao, and with the first batch of albums launched into the market and the massive downloads from Qian Qian Jingting, these songs have become popular even earlier than in history.

Therefore, this batch of Internet hits are destined to make a lot of money.

But... the time has not come yet.

A few months ago, the ringback tone service just started to be trial-run in four provinces and cities, and will be promoted nationwide next month.

It wasn't until after the Spring Festival in 2004 that it became truly popular.

Therefore, the company's next large income will come from the advertising revenue of "If You Are the One".

Of course, in the eyes of many people, the ratings of this program are still an unknown, and the advertising revenue is also an unknown.

So, according to the current situation, Lin Xiao seems to be in urgent need of Miyazaki's money.

However, what he can give may be far from what Miyazaki expects.

"We are certainly not enemies." Lin Xiao said, "I am very willing to take your investment, $27.5 million is fine. But 23% of the shares is impossible."

Miyazaki said: "Then how many shares are you willing to give?"

Lin Xiao: “Five percent!”

Suddenly...

Miyazaki was stunned.

He even spent a long time figuring out whether Lin Xiao was teasing him or humiliating him.

Of course he quickly figured out that Lin Xiao was very serious.

For a moment, he was speechless.

$27.5 million for 5% of Facebook.

In other words, Lin Xiao himself valued Facebook at US$550 million.

It is not the entire Lightning Group, but just a Facebook page, which does not include Lightning Games, Lightning Entertainment, etc.

Miyazaki would love to give many examples.

The example of Sina and the example of Sohu.

But... I'm still speechless.

After a long while, he finally said, "You know, Sohu is only valued at around $1 billion. Although the third quarter financial report has not yet come out, it is highly likely that the revenue will exceed $22 million, and the net profit will reach around $9 million."

"And Sohu's number of users and page views are many times greater than Facebook's."

Of course Lin Xiao knew all this, but what could he say? Sohu has no future, only Facebook has a future? But now Sohu is in its heyday.

In Lin Xiao's opinion, selling 5% of the shares for US$27.5 million is like cutting one's own flesh and blood.

But in Miyazaki's view, this is not just asking for too much, it's simply being crazy about money.

Both of them fell silent.

Miyazaki took a sip of wine and said, "I didn't expect that you, Lin Xiao, would be so optimistic about your Facebook."

"But you also know that this is totally impossible to close. I can't even report it to my superiors. Once I give this offer to the headquarters, I will most likely lose my current power. The competition within our family is also very fierce."

Lin Xiao said: "Mr. Gong said something very well. Fighting alone will not work. We need to fight together. So there is still an investment opportunity. Even if it means I can make friends with your company."

Miyazaki: “Please go ahead.”

Lin Xiao: "Jiayuan.com, do you know?"

Miyazaki: "Yes, it's the next smallest subsidiary of your group."

Lin Xiao: "Five million US dollars, 15% of the shares."

In Lin Xiao's opinion, this is really making a friend.

This is equivalent to him only valuing Jiayuan.com at more than 30 million US dollars. In the future, Miyazaki will probably be able to make a profit of about ten times from this investment.

But, in Miyazaki's view.

Jiayuan.com is really too small. Although he doesn’t know how many members it has now, it should be around 100,000?

At that time, Yangwang and Yangyang Live Broadcast Room already had millions of users, but in the end they were only sold for 10 million US dollars.

Jiayuan.com, a small dating and friendship website, is now valued at over 30 million.

Lin Xiao, although you are a genius, but... you think too highly of yourself.

"Thank you, I'll consider it." Miyazaki said politely.

Then, the two chatted for a while and then dispersed.

………………

Miyazaki is right about one thing.

When the Alexa investigation statement came out, many Internet giants really paid attention to Facebook for the first time and really studied Facebook for the first time.

The one that responded the fastest was Sohu.

Because recently it has been at its peak and enjoying great popularity.

In the latest quarter, advertising revenue reached about 6 to 7 million US dollars, and non-advertising revenue was 15 to 16 million US dollars. The company made a lot of money by relying on mobile SP.

Not only did they start to make a profit, they made a lot of money.

After spending 30 million US dollars to buy Chinaren a few years ago, cash flow was a bit tight and we dared not make any large-scale acquisition investments.

Now seeing the sudden rise of Facebook, I immediately became interested in it.

Because he thinks he is the leader in the university Internet market, the chinaren alumni directory still has the largest number of users, and he thinks he is still the boss in the web social networking sector.

But Facebook suddenly emerged and threatened its position as the leader.

So Sohu’s first reaction was to acquire Facebook, or at least take a controlling stake.

Even Zhang Chaoyang has organized several meetings with senior executives and is planning to make an offer for Facebook.

After several days and nights of negotiation, Sohu made an offer that they felt was very sincere.

50 million US dollars to acquire 80% of Facebook's shares.

Lin Xiao is listed as the vice president of Sohu and continues to be in charge of Facebook.

In Sohu's view, this is already extremely generous.

After all, chianren had more than 10 million registered users at the time, and we only spent 30 million US dollars to acquire it.

You now have only over five million registered users, but we have increased your valuation to over 60 million US dollars.

Moreover, this is the limit of what Sohu can offer.

Strangely enough, when Lingxi Island was at its peak, Sohu never thought of acquiring or holding a controlling stake in it, because it knew that the other party had plenty of money and was aiming for a listing.

After Facebook became popular, they directly proposed to acquire it, probably because they thought Lin Xiao didn’t have much money and his capital chain was tight. And you sold Yangwang and Yangyang Live before, so it’s not surprising that you sold Facebook now.

When Lin Xiao and Xia Xi received this offer, they looked at each other helplessly and gave their own offers.

$27.5 million for 5% of the shares.

Then, the other person saw the ghost's expression again.

After staying there for several seconds, the other party politely left.

Next, Lin Xiao’s offer spread directly within the circle.

Almost all technology giants and Internet experts called it crazy.

Are you crazy about money?

You actually valued Facebook at $550 million? It's still a small company, and you valued yourself as high as the giants?

In this case, Xia Xi simply announced to the public that relevant venture capital funds are welcome to invest in our subsidiary Century Jia.

Moreover, internal sources revealed that Jiayuan.com raised US$5 million in its Series A financing and was willing to sell around 12% of its shares.

You may not understand it now, but you will soon.

And Lin Xiao’s target is not Miyazaki, but the group of people who are richer.

For example, SoftBank or other international giants.

………………

The criticism of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" has not yet passed.

Now, a new wave of public opinion is coming again.

Leader Ergou was once again pushed to the forefront.

Mr. Wang from Huayi, who had not been named before, could no longer hold back this time.

"I really don't understand why when Master Ergou values ​​others, he values ​​them as low as possible, but when he values ​​himself, he values ​​himself as high as possible."

"You think so little of others and so highly of yourself?"

“This isn’t just arrogance!”

"By suppressing others, can you elevate yourself?"

Next, a group of people from the Beijing circle rushed forward.

Public opinion was once again in turmoil.

However, they don't do it just for fun or purely for movie hype.

Leader Ergou is so popular now, so we can use him to further increase the popularity of the movie.

Although the premiere was held on the 23rd, the film will probably have to wait until October before it is fully released to the public.

And this period of time is the golden time for hype.

Reports about the movie are everywhere on television, in newspapers and magazines.

There have also been overwhelming positive reviews from many film critics.

The slogans were shouted loudly.

Not only will its domestic box office surpass that of "Hero", its overseas box office will also be on par with that of "Hero".

Although Huayi invested only about 10 million yuan in this film, the publicity and marketing costs were huge. His income was the domestic box office and other copyrights.

Because of the participation of Master Ergou, the popularity of this film is much higher than in history.

This also made many viewers have extremely high expectations for the movie.

Although "Hero" is a bit hollow, the action is awesome and the big scenes are shocking, making it completely worth the price of admission.

Now "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" is a joint production of China, Japan and the United States. It is said to be even more awesome than "Hero". So we really have to go and see how awesome it is.

At this time, Lin Xiao was too lazy to care about Facebook's valuation dispute and had just ignored the hype of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

Anyway, after the film was released to the public, the underwear was completely torn off.

In the previous life, because it was not hyped so much, people’s expectations were not so high, so the criticism was not so harsh.

In this life, because of his existence, Huayi has invested more resources in publicity and hype, the popularity of the movie has greatly increased, and the audience's expectations have also been raised a lot.

If this were to be released to the public, the audience would find it so boring and dull.

I guarantee that I will scold you to death.

Moreover, the publicity costs invested by Huayi this time are much higher than in the past, and the losses will probably be even greater.

Anyway, the outcome will be clear in a few days.

By then, everyone will know how authoritative and fair the comments of Master Ergou are.

During this period, Lin Xiao devoted all his energy to "If You Are the One".

This program is not just about Li Shuang's future and destiny.

Moreover, it is also the next big source of income for the company.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Historically, the highest annual advertising revenue for this program alone reached 1.8 billion.

Yes, this one show.

Of course, since it is many years early now, it is difficult to reach this number.

but……

There are more users watching TV in recent years than in 2011, so the ratings miracle may be able to be raised a little bit higher.

The company is short of money now, but we will probably make big money from ringtones next year.

If "If You Are the One" becomes popular, she will see money soon, and it will also allow Sister Shuang to gain both fame and fortune.

not to mention……

This is the fourth work of Master Ergou.

And this source of income will last for a very long time.

The official recording will be on the 25th and 26th.

At that time, although Lin Xiao was still caught up in the data falsification scandal, he dropped all his affairs and rushed to Nanjing on the 24th.

That night, Li Shuang suffered from insomnia again.

Although he had memorized the relevant scripts and procedures by heart.

Moreover, when I was at Kecheng TV, I also had the experience of hosting the Zhijiang TV New Year Gala.

But...she still couldn't sleep.

Because it is so important to both her and the company.

She tossed and turned for two hours but couldn't fall asleep, so she called Lin Xiao who was next to her in the guest room.

When Lin Xiao came over, he found that she was pouring red wine, preparing to get drunk and fall asleep.

He snatched her wine glass and handed her half a tablet of Snooz.

This sleeping pill works quickly and is specifically designed for those who have trouble falling asleep.

However, people who take it for the first time may easily lose their memory and talk nonsense.

After pouring a cup of warm water, Li Shuang took half a tablet of Sinros.

"I'm going back first."

Li Shuang: "Wait until my sister falls asleep before leaving."

Lin Xiao looked at her. She was only wearing a silk nightgown on her charming body, with nothing underneath.

It's really shaky and a little bit clear.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you seen it before?" Seeing Lin Xiao's eyes on the bulge, Li Shuang glanced at Lin Xiao lightly.

The medicine took effect very quickly and Li Shuang soon became sleepy.

For some people, taking this medicine for the first time can really cause blackouts.

"Xiaoxiao, let me tell you a secret. Sister is not wearing any underwear now..."

Then she had to lift up the thin quilt.

"Okay, I got it, I got it..." Lin Xiao helped her lie down.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep..."

"Xiaoxiao, I want to be famous, I want to be famous, I want to make money to support you..."

"I want all men to covet me, but not be able to have me. I want all women to envy me..."

Lin Xiao was speechless. You are taking this opportunity to go crazy, right?

This is a sleeping pill, not a truth serum.

Gradually, Li Shuang fell asleep. The thin quilt covered his heaving body, revealing his charming and sexy curves.

It's really mature and charming to the extreme.

Especially the curve of the butt, which is like a big round plate. No wonder it was called the jade pillow in ancient times. It is true.

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The next day, on the stage that had been set up, the recording of If You Are the One officially began! For this show, Lightning Entertainment and Jiangnan TV put in more effort than ever before.

Especially in the selection of male and female guests, topic guidance, and related scripts.

It really is a painstaking effort.

Moreover, the preparation period was probably longer than in history. It took more than seven months from the beginning of preparation to the official recording.

The preparations were thorough to the extreme.

Moreover, in terms of topics and guidance, we have avoided many detours.

But Lin Xiao still had a worry.

That is, if the host is replaced, will the original chemical reaction be lost?

The host in history was Bald Meng Fei.

Now, with the extremely beautiful Li Shuang, will the original balance be disrupted? Will it even suppress the charm of the female guest?

But after the recording actually started, Lin Xiao was completely relieved.

Because Li Shuang's beauty is powerful and profound.

And her style is mostly gentle, but occasionally one or two sentences are very sharp.

Her sexiness, her charm.

It's really very eye-catching.

It even seemed as if he had reached a certain balance with the 24 female guests sitting opposite him.

Moreover, some male guests will be caught off guard and struck by Li Shuang's beauty and sexiness. They will lose their focus, become nervous, and make mistakes.

It makes the whole show more real and exciting.

The beautiful and sexy Li Shuang seemed to have become another test for these male guests.

Moreover, this is also the first time that Li Shuang can fully display her wisdom, sexiness and charm on a TV show.

More importantly, she stood on the side of the male guest almost from beginning to end.

There is some kind of opposition between him and the 24 female guests.

It’s been less than an hour since the recording started! The whole show is so exciting and full of sparks.

The chemical reaction is extremely strong.

Lin Xiao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Got it!

This show has it!

Li Shuang, who entered a wartime state, was more outstanding than ever before.

At that time, all her life experiences, surprises, wisdom, grievances, and cognition were transformed into exquisite language.

Be cultured, but don't pretend to be so.

Don't deliberately show off your words.

But occasionally a sentence or two can add the finishing touch and make people extremely surprised.

This reminded Lin Xiao that she was a master's student from Shanghai International Studies University and he had been through so much in the past few years.

Mental state, collapse again and again, reborn again and again.

This is not Meng Fei's style.

On the contrary, he is a bit similar to Dong Yuhui, with that sense of wisdom and golden sentences.

However, it is much more restrained.

A woman who is so sexy and stunning, behaves so wisely.

It's a huge contrast.

Lin Xiao clearly felt that this was indeed better and more beautiful than the original historical version.

Moreover, Li Shuang is very good at guiding emotions.

Not only is he good at guiding the emotions of male and female guests, he is also good at guiding the verbal output of the mentors present.

Especially Le Jia, who was just like a peacock, trying his best to show all his abilities.

The chemistry throughout the show became stronger and stronger.

Even at this moment, Lin Xiao already felt that Li Shuang was radiant.

It seems that all the previous misfortunes, all the losses and pains were for today's nirvana.

At this moment, she tried her best to change her fate.

Jiangnan TV's production directors Zhang Yan and Lin Xiao were both watching the event on site.

Frequent eye contact.

They exchanged excited and thrilled glances.

I was really amazed by Li Shuang. How could she come up with such great quotes, and use them so restrainedly and so appropriately?

It’s good, really good! “Master, our If You Are the One is going to be a big hit!”

"Master, I, Zhang Yan, made the right bet."

"Li Shuang is going to be popular too. She's in such a good state!"

"She is so smart and so charming, how did she only become successful today?"

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Note: The second update is here, still 10,000 words! Gentlemen, if you have monthly tickets, can you give me some cakes?

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