Chapter 97: Huge Acquisition, Go All In

Lin Xiao took an overnight train back to Linshan. When he returned to the company, he found three luxury cars parked at the door.

A Mercedes-Benz S600, a Bentley Continental, and a Ferrari 550.

Damn, these three cars together cost 10 million.

Who is it? Why is it that someone so rich and powerful came to our small company? As soon as I entered the company, several girls immediately came up to me and said, "Boss Lin, you are finally back."

Lin Xiao asked: "Whose car is this?"

Su Tao said: "I came to see Mr. Xia and we are talking on the rooftop upstairs."

Lin Xiao hurried upstairs, but was stopped by two burly men in suits at the entrance to the rooftop.

Who is this guy? Why is he so arrogant? "Let him come up." A middle-aged man's voice came from above.

Lin Xiao walked up to the rooftop and found that the man was very tall, about 1.85 meters tall. He was wearing a neat suit, his hair was combed meticulously, and he was wearing a branded coat.

It was literally just draped over his shoulders, with his hands not even sticking out of his sleeves.

Moreover, he was smoking an expensive Cohiba cigar.

"Who is it?" Lin Xiao asked in a low voice.

"My creditor." Xia Xi said.

The middle-aged man stretched out his hand towards Lin Xiao and said, "Gao Changhe."

"Lin Xiao." As he introduced himself, he felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Gao Changhe, who had a strong domineering temperament, took a puff of his cigar, exhaled slowly, and nodded perfunctorily at Lin Xiao.

"Xiao Xi, do you think I'm very nice to you?"

"When you started your business and asked me for investment, I invested without hesitation."

"Later, the project lost money and there was no hope, so I didn't continue to invest. But when you asked me to borrow money, I lent it all to you."

"You owed me five million. I asked someone to go to your former company to get a batch of computers to pay off the debt. But you held a knife and said that this was your capital for a comeback, so I let you take the computers away."

"As a result, you blocked my phone number. Please figure it out. You owe me money."

"Am I, a creditor, so humble?"

In excitement, Gao Changhe waved his hands and accidentally let the brand-name coat he was wearing slip off.

“Fuck…”

He quickly picked it up and put it back on.

"Now that there is such a great opportunity in front of you, what else are you considering?" Gao Changhe said: "He is a super rich second generation. He has great connections and has set his sights on the mobile Internet value-added service market. He plans to build a super SP."

"You're such a small company, and they're offering a full 10 million."

"If you miss this village, you won't have this store anymore."

Gao Changhe then continued, "I can also get 1.5 million for introducing this business to him. I don't want this 1.5 million. Just deduct 1.5 million from the debt you owe me."

"Then your small company is worth a full 11.5 million."

"Honestly, I don't know what kind of sucker would spend 11.5 million to buy a small company like yours."

"If you hesitate for more than a second, you're a complete fool."

Xia Xi said: "Gao Changhe, let me discuss this with my partners."

"Okay, let's discuss it, let's discuss it." Gao Changhe waved his hand, and this time he was very careful, holding down his coat with his other hand.

After the boss left, Lin Xiao stepped forward and said, "He is your creditor."

Xia Xi said: "Yes."

Lin Xiao said: "No wonder you keep owing money and not paying it back. Last time you even wanted to borrow from him."

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Next, Lin Xiao and Xia Xi came to the office and met the super rich second generation and his terrifyingly beautiful girlfriend.

It was very cold, but she was still wearing a short skirt, and her legs were longer than her life.

"Tongtong, this is Sister Xia Xi."

"Sister Xia Xi, this is Tongtong."

This super rich second generation seemed to know Xia Xi.

Xia Xi introduced: "Gong Qi."

Lin Xiao scanned his mind. Is there a super-rich man named Gong in the country? I don't think I've ever heard of him.

"Gong Qi, this is my partner, Lin Xiao."

Gong Qi stood up and stretched out his hand towards Lin Xiao across the desk. He was about 183cm tall.

Very handsome.

Probably it is not an ordinary second generation, but the third generation, because the genes were selected to be excellent.

"Hello,"

"Hello."

Gong Qi said: "Lingxi seems to be coming to Aurora University to study. Does Sister Xia Xi know about this?"

Xia Xi nodded, but didn't really want to chat.

Gong Qi said: "I also know about you and Brother Liao. I stand on your side. A woman should not delay her future for the sake of marriage."

Xia Xi didn't want to talk anymore.

Gong Qi should be very smart, but he still continued the conversation on this topic.

"Your side is not going to work. I heard that your family is trying to match Lingxi and Liao Si."

This was probably the key message that Gong Qi wanted to convey, and he stopped talking after that.

"Sister Xia Xi, I've learned about your company. I asked Li Sanfu. Your monthly revenue is about 800,000, which is about 500,000 after deducting costs." Gong Qi said, "But there is almost no growth potential. Its track is too narrow."

"So far, it has mainly relied on four books to attract members and traffic."

"But the speed of piracy is getting faster and faster. Before, we could give you three hours, but now we can only give you about 23 minutes."

"Your website is really well made, but there are already imitations on the market that are almost identical to yours. There are about five of them."

Gong Qi handed over a report showing the approximate traffic of these five imitation websites and related situations.

"So according to our professional calculations, you can probably maintain this high income for about three months, and then it will enter a period of decline."

"Because websites that imitate yours will raise the bar even higher and be more explicit than yours, and this trend has already emerged."

"Sister Xia Xi, your business model won't last long."

Xia Xi asked: "If that's the case, why did you buy it?"

Gong Qi said: "I am not buying your company, but investigating many companies, planning to invest and build a super SP."

"Of course, this is not my favorite Internet story. I have studied it carefully and found that the most story-telling, promising and future-oriented one is the social form of QQ."

"The chinaren that Sohu acquired already has some of that flavor, but its shortcomings are too obvious. It is too much like a public domain and shows too little about the private domain of individuals."

"So, even if I succeed in building this super SP, I will pursue more advanced business formats in the long run."

"Sister Xia Xi, we have made a lot of money this time, come and work with us."

"Mr. Lin Xiao, come and work with us."

"Yanwang's business is too narrow, its flexibility is too weak, and there are certain policy risks."

"We'll buy your company for 10 million. If Sister Xia Xi and Mr. Lin Xiao are willing to come, we're willing to give them shares."

"Also, I have completely bought out the debt that Sister Xia Xi owed Gao Changhe, and it will be written off immediately."

"I know you may be reluctant to part with these employees in the company, but you are still willing to take them all away, and give them a 20% salary increase."

Damn! This condition is really generous.

This Gong Qi really has a lot of money, so he is really arrogant.

Xia Xi said: "How about we think about it for a while?"

Gong Qi said: "How about ten days? Regardless of whether you agree or not, give me a reply in ten days."

Xia Xi said: "Okay."

Then Gong Qi stood up and left with Gao Changhe and others.

Halfway through the journey, he turned back, shook hands with Lin Xiao and said, "Your book is so well written. I like it very much."

Gao Changhe returned to his Mercedes-Benz S600, opened the trunk, and asked his men to move a box of XO and put it on the front desk of Lin Xiao's company.

"Fuck, not only did I not get the money, I also lost a box of wine."

"Auntie, please remove my phone number from the blacklist."

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Lin Xiao asked: "Who is this Gong Qi?"

Xia Xi said, "He's a pretty good third-generation guy. He just came back from Massachusetts. Part of his family's power is in Hong Kong, and part is in China. His parents are in charge of a large venture capital fund."

I have never heard of this person in the Internet world in my previous life. Is there a butterfly effect in this life?

Lin Xiao said: "The ability is not bad either."

Xia Xi said: "Lin Xiao, we really need to think about this seriously this time."

Lin Xiao said: "I know."

Xia Xi said: "If our Oxygen Live Streaming Room can be established and successful, it means that we have directly developed a new business model, which will bring about a qualitative change in the entire company. Otherwise, as Gong Qi said, our company will always be a very narrow small and medium-sized SP, without any story to tell, and its growth will soon peak."

Xia Xi said: "The most important thing is, you said before that we will transform into a high-end, social, and giant company in the future."

Lin Xiao nodded.

Xia Xi said: "If we sell the company now and get the 10 million, we can directly transform into a high-end social network and become a giant. It will save a lot of time."

"If he wants to sell the company, I can convince him to leave the BBS to us, and he will agree."

"And I am also worried that they will also focus on the social track."

“So we get the money, get in first and seize the opportunity.”

The temptation before Lin Xiao is indeed huge.

There seemed to be many reasons to convince him to sell the company.

For example, can the Yangyang live broadcast room really be successful?

Although there are many computer users nowadays, very few of them have broadband at home.

For example, the chat app, a head video chat room can only accommodate up to two hundred people online.

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What about Lin Xiao?

No matter how well the software is written, it will probably be difficult to exceed this number.

There are nine young ladies, even if Miranda is included, that’s ten live broadcast rooms.

Well, Master Ergou will come in person and talk about the high-level content.

There are only eleven live broadcast rooms in total, with about two thousand people online at the same time.

Can it support this business model?

Getting 10 million directly by selling the company is really very tempting.

If you miss this opportunity, you will never find it again.

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The next day, three hundred thousand arrived.

Lin Xiao waved his pen and directly distributed the year-end bonus.

The whole company cheered again.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, and everyone is discussing going home for the New Year.

Xia Xi just shrugged her shoulders. She would definitely stay in the company to celebrate the New Year.

Because the house on Zhichun Road in Beijing has been sold.

She almost has no home, this company is her home.

Qu Feifei definitely won’t go home because she ran away from home three years ago, or at least she has never been seen in contact with her family.

Later, Su Tao didn't go home either.

Because her parents had been here, and although they had restored their reputation, but... at least now she was unwilling to go back and face her fellow villagers.

And she felt that she was not really developed yet.

Finally, the four programmers decided not to go home.

Go home! Is the development of the Oxygen Live Room finished?

What a waste of time traveling back and forth home?

What's the point of going home when we haven't gotten rich yet? So except for Lin Xiao, everyone in the company stayed at the company to celebrate the New Year instead of going home.

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There are still four days until the Chinese New Year, and the whole company is still bustling with activity.

Four programmers are working day and night to develop the Oxygen Live Broadcast Room.

The entire interface of the live broadcast room was also designed by Lin Xiao. It is completely free of the roughness and simplicity of this era. It is very smart and beautiful, and even has a dreamy feel.

It is completely different from the current mainstream chatting.

The nine young ladies are working out and rehearsing every day.

For the entire company, mobile SP has entered a stable period.

From then on, everyone's energy was focused on the Oxygen Live Broadcast Room, which is the core of the entire company and the lifeblood of the company.

“Meeting, meeting!”

Lin Xiao rang the bell in the conference room.

Everyone put down their work and came to the conference room for the meeting.

“The company now faces a major decision.”

"I believe you have heard about it, and you are also communicating in secret."

"Someone is willing to pay 10 million, 11.5 million to be exact, to buy our company."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone exclaimed in surprise, it was actually true.

“This is a very high price, a price that won’t even be available again. If you miss it, it’s gone.”

"If the company is really sold, the nine girls and four programmers will each get nearly 100,000 yuan."

Ou Feifei raised her hand and said, "If we sell the company, what about us? Do we just disband?"

Lin Xiao said: "Those who are willing to join the new company will get a 20% salary increase. Those who are not willing to join the new company can still follow me and start the next phase of entrepreneurship."

Su Tao asked: "Boss Lin, have you decided yet?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and said, "No, President Xia and I haven't decided yet."

Cheng Hai said: "Boss Lin, if you sell the company, it means that the Itchy Live Studio will no longer be running, right?"

Of course that's the case. It's impossible to sell an unopened business to Gong Qi.

Feng Xian said: "We have been working on this software for the past few months and have almost completed it."

Li Chengzhu: "Boss Lin, isn't the core of our company the Itchy Live Studio?"

"Whether it's the Asian Dating Center or the Mobile SP, they are just a means for us to maintain the survival of the company. The Itchy Live Broadcast Room is our goal."

“Isn’t the goal of our business to start a new business?”

“Telling a brand new Internet story?”

"If there is no new business model of Yanyang Live Room, our company will always be a third-rate small company, a personal website that cannot be put on the stage."

"Although we made a lot of money from SP, Sohu and TOM looked down on us."

"Once the Oxygen Live Streaming Room is successful, we will stand out and become a small unicorn."

"This is an unprecedented track. We are the first pioneers and we are heroes."

“If we sell the company, we’ll be giving up halfway.”

"Of course, if the two bosses decide to sell the company to cash out, we will fully comply and understand."

Lin Xiao said slowly: "The Oxygen Live Broadcast Room is the story I tell. But whether it can succeed is really an unknown."

"There are too few users who have installed broadband. Each live video broadcast room can only support 200 viewers at most, and there are other restrictions."

Cheng Hai said: "Boss Lin, just tell me what will happen if we succeed?"

Lin Xiao said: "Then we are heroes, heroes who create new business models."

"Next, we will conduct a secret ballot."

“Just write down whether you agree or disagree.”

Next, Lin Yao took a box and collected tickets from everyone.

Bai Xiaoping was stunned and asked, "Can I vote, too? If the company is sold, can I get a share of the money?"

Lin Xiao said: "You can probably get 20,000, and so can Li Zhongtian."

Li Zhongtian exclaimed in his heart, 20,000?! Except for Lin Xiao, Li Zhongtian had never seen 20,000 yuan in his life.

He just helped here for a short period of time, and he can get 20,000 yuan?

Bai Xiaoping's eyes lit up. She cooked for more than a dozen people and worked so hard for only 1,800 yuan a month.

Xia Xi said slowly: "Everyone, please vote carefully and don't act on impulse. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss this store."

A few minutes later, everyone finished voting.

Including Lin Xiao and Xia Xi, they have all voted.

Then, the vote counting began.

Oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose...

Final result! 17:0.

Everyone chose to oppose the sale of the company, especially Xia Xi, who wanted to fight to the end from the bottom of her heart.

Between a good sum of money and a high salary, they chose the future.

Between money and dreams, I chose dreams.

Damn, they are all a bunch of idiots.

Go all in and put all your chips on the Oxygen Live Broadcast Room.

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Note: The second update is here. Today's update is 11,000! Do you have any monthly tickets for me? Let's stimulate the exhausted pastry.

(End of this chapter)