Chapter ninety-eight: cowhide comes true.
Yesterday, I joked about the financial tycoons who were too young, and now I just want to scold: Little Fox.
There are too few 15% shares. Capital has no eternal allies in its eyes, only eternal interests. If anyone still believes in tacit understanding or verbal agreement at this time, it would be too stupid and would not be able to sit in the current position.
With just one move, the tacit understanding of financial institutions was broken privately, and at the same time, it also invisibly raised the valuation of the tutoring website. The financial tycoon present looked at Guo Hao with a hint of fear.
Only Xu Qing looked at Fang Li deeply. Others might think that this idea was made by Guo Hao. After all, Guo Hao has always been a person in front of the tutoring website, but she knows very well that the tutoring website is always the one who really takes charge of it. And judging from the method of formulating this rule, there is clearly a shadow of Fang Li. Xu Qing seemed to have a faint smile in front of him.
"Mr. Xu, should we follow the original plan?" the subordinate asked carefully.
Xu Qing then came to his senses and found that there were no one around him. Everyone sat far away to keep the secret. Fortunately, the venue was large enough and there were enough seats.
Xu Qing did not answer, but wrote a few words on a note and then filled in the name of Today Capital. However, his subordinates widened their eyes and almost spoke out in shock.
Xu Qing glared at him, then got up and stuffed the note into the ballot box.
Almost half an hour passed, everyone stopped moving, and Guo Hao once again confirmed that everyone had completed the bid.
To be fair, Guo Hao directly opened the ballot box on site, and then unfolded the notes to record the amount and financial institutions on it one by one.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the atmosphere at the scene was so depressing that it made people feel pain in their chests. Fortunately, these financial workers all had big hearts, otherwise the ambulance might have been back and forth several times.
However, it can be seen that they are still quite nervous. Tutoring Network is currently the only Internet company in the field of tutoring. Even if you hold a telescope, you won’t see your opponent. The future operation will be at least a few hundred percent profit. Not to mention anything, there will be a second and third round of financing. For financial institutions, even if they don’t make money, even if the boss doesn’t say anything, it will be a lifelong stain on the workplace.
After twenty minutes of statistics, Guo Hao handed the notebook to Fang Li. Fang Li nodded after reading it, without any objection.
"Sorry, it has been delayed for you some time. Next, I will start announcing the first round shortlist."
“idg Capital, valuation-1.9 billion!”
"Hillhouse Capital, valuation - 1.95 billion."
There was a burst of breath at the scene, some of them lamented that the financial tycoons were rich, while others were secretly regretting that if they added a little more, they would be shortlisted?
The leaders of Wuhan City were overjoyed when they heard this. Originally, he thought that the 2 billion Guo Hao said was completely bragging, but he didn't expect that the few announced just came so close.
"Today's capital, valuation - 2.1 billion!"
The scene suddenly became noisy, and everyone looked at Xu Qing in surprise, some envious and some disdainful, but soon they turned their eyes to a new face.
Because Guo Hao on the stage read another shocking number: "Creative Workshop, valuation - 2.25 billion!"
"Creative Workshop? What's the origin? I haven't heard of it."
"It seems that this company has not been officially established yet. I heard that the founder is Kai-Fu Lee."
With the announcement of the last shortlisted financial institution, some financial institutions that were not shortlisted left the market in disgrace, and some who were shortlisted were overjoyed, and some who wanted to see the final settlement did not leave in the venue.
"Thank you for your strong support, but there are ten financial institutions shortlisted for the second round. I believe everyone is not interested in splitting 15% of the shares. We will eventually select 4 financial institutions to become shareholders of the tutoring website. The rules are very simple. Just write down the shares you want and the quote on the note and give it to me." Guo Hao announced the rules again.
After Guo Hao finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel excited. Everything Fang Li said at the time was about to become a reality. He would never have thought that so many financial tycoons would act according to the rules they set. This feeling is so exciting!
However, as soon as Guo Hao finished speaking, there was a commotion at the scene. If the rules in the first round were to break the tacit understanding between financial institutions, the rules in the second round were to force them to regain this tacit understanding.
Everyone wants to get more shares with less money, but now there are 10 financial institutions, which is obviously impossible. Wolves all want to eat meat.
Several large financial institutions will definitely not cooperate because they have too much appetite and everyone wants to lead the investment, and no one is convinced.
So the best structure is to win over several small and medium-sized institutions with good relationships and bid together.
In fact, the reason why Fang Li formulated this rule was mainly to avoid conflicts of interest among shareholders and thus affect the future development of the tutoring network. Infighting is always the fastest way to destroy a company, no doubt about it.
First of all, the heads of these large financial institutions, Idg, Sequoia Capital, and Northern Light Venture Capital, began to use their connections to connect.
Zhu Xiaohu of Jinshajiang Venture Capital looked at Xu Qing: "Sister Xu, why don't we join forces?"
Xu Qing shook his head and smiled, "Forget it, we are of the same scale, and the shares are not easy to divide."
"That's a pity." Zhu Xiaohu shrugged.
As soon as Zhu Xiaohu left, Ni Zewang of Shenzhen Venture Capital came over again: "Mr. Xu, why don't we cooperate?"
Xu Qing nodded: "Mr. Ni is unwilling to invite him, but how do you divide the shares?"
Ni Zewang said seriously: "Mr. Xu, this time you let us lead the investment. You get 3% of the shares. In other places, we can compensate you some."
Xu Qing pondered for a moment: "Okay, Mr. Ni, then it's a matter of determination."
Ni Zewang didn't expect Xu Qing to agree so easily, and was overjoyed. Both sides brought Jiang Hua from the Creative Workshop and Zhang Ying from Wistron. The latter's funds and scale were not as large as them, so they were naturally happy to cooperate.
Of course, no one has any illusions about the bid amount. After all, the price of the first round was more than 2 billion yuan. If it was lower than this price, the tutoring website would definitely not consider it.
As the last note was delivered, Guo Hao continued to count votes.
After a brief discussion, Guo Hao finally announced: "Congratulations to Shenzhen Venture Capital, Today Capital, Creative Workshop, and Wistron Capital for winning 15% of the first round of financing for Jiashuang.com for 350 million yuan!"
Chapter completed!