Chapter 57 Venture Capital and Raising

Author: Banlou Yaofeng

Chapter 57 Venture Capital and Raising

Beijin Yonghang is short of money. Although Jumei has just raised funds, it does not have much money. What should we do? Of course, we can borrow money from rich people, or directly let them invest in Yonghang Technology.

"You want me to invest money in a game company?" Wu Hongning received a call from Qu Li. This guy controls 10 billion soft sister coins. Even if most of them are invested in the securities market, a small part can also participate in PE and venture capital. And before

I have communicated with Shen Nanpeng, but it may still be difficult to become a limited partner of Sequoia Zhongguo.

"The problem is that this company is not profitable and has no prospect of going public. How can I invest?"

"If you don't want to, just lend me the money and the interest will be 10%. How about that?"

"Borrow money?" Wu Hongning couldn't borrow money just because of his brother's loyalty. By the way, how much money does Qu Li have now?

"I currently have 5 million in stock assets in my personal account. The 3 million you have has doubled, and there is still 4.66 million in royalties that have not been received..." Qu Li was considerate.

"That's right, it's not impossible." Wu Hongning didn't expect that Qu Li's cash assets would exceed 15 million so quickly.

"Then how do we negotiate the price and how do we value venture capital?" Wu Hongning decided to help him, and he could also take the opportunity to learn about the venture capital industry.

"The investment in angel round and A round depends on the feeling, and after the A round, it depends on the income. There is a special investment model, but it is one of the core competitiveness of foreign venture capital. Don't think about it."

"How does it feel?" Wu Hongning felt incredible.

"Then what else do you want?"

"The venture capital business is not something ordinary people can do."

"So venture capital generally chooses big guys with industry backgrounds. They have worked in companies before and have rich experience. With a little study, they can be like a fish in water in their own industry. For those of you who are financial majors, it is best to do PE and make less money.

But the safety factor is high. If you have the opportunity to invest in Alibaba Group, it is almost impossible to lose money."

"Didn't you say Alibaba might go public?"

"The listed business is B2B business, not Taobao, so it has no value."

"Then you still want to invest in Yonghang. Is this company a good one?"

"Who knows, this founder is good and he is very serious about making games. Even if he cannot go public in the future, at least he can make back his capital." A popular game is not as simple as making back its capital.

"I didn't invest in Yonghang to make money, but to cooperate with Jumei's publicity."

"Jumei still needs publicity. I've seen your name on the Internet again these days." Wu Hongning felt that Qu Li was in Versailles.

"..." Qu Li was speechless. After "Comet" was screened in North America, it received rave reviews on the Internet. Now it has been shown in 1,500 cinemas. Yesterday, Brian from Lionsgate informed him that starting tomorrow, there will be 2,000~2,500 theaters in North America.

Showing in theaters at the same time.

This kind of news really goes beyond Qu Li’s best imagination. We must know that China has restrictions on American films, but does the United States have no restrictions on Chinese-language films? This is illogical. No one should believe that the American market is a pure market.

Regarding the economy, the U.S. government will not interfere with business operations...

"Comet" was able to break through the situation because it most likely chose the right partner. It is not one of the top six in Hollywood, but it is very powerful. It expanded its influence through Qu Li's popularity and screenings, spread it wildly on the Internet, and did viral marketing...

No one cared about it at first, but when they really noticed "Comet", it had already built momentum. Qu Li gave up 5% of the dividend to Lions Gate over the phone, preferring that he only had 30%, and asked them to resist all the pressure and increase the investment.

The intensity of publicity also stipulates that after this year, his box office share must be paid before January 15 next year.

The box office in the first week reached US$30 million. Seeing the money, Lionsgate decisively placed advertisements in mainstream media and expanded the number of cinemas to 2,500.

This news spread to China, and it once again became a hot search topic for Baidu. You must know that the total investment of "Comet" is less than 500,000, and it is still a soft girl. Why is it not shocking to have such a high box office now?

Of course, Qu Li and Lionsgate won't talk about the publicity costs. If they do, it won't be legendary. If the box office of this movie exceeds 100 million US dollars, it will definitely leave its mark in film history.

Of course, things in the United States have little impact on him now, but Yao Yong, who is also an artistic man, likes to communicate with him. "Comet" is mainly about imagination, and Yao Yong is a science man. Anyway, there is no obvious effect in the movie.

Theoretical error.

The Huayi Wang brothers knew about the box office success and contacted him.

"Congratulations, you made so much money from one movie." Wang Zhongjun said with envy.

"Thank you. I am just trying to fake the power of a tiger. I am taking advantage of China Film Group's momentum. Lionsgate is a small company."

"Not too small, at least bigger than Huayi."

"It can't be compared like this. Huayi is the largest in China."

"You are very interested in movies. Will you make movies in the future?"

"It probably won't happen in the short term. One is that I don't have the energy, and I have to be responsible for Jumei. The other is that I still need to learn a lot of knowledge if I want to make a movie. After all, movies like "Comet" are hard to come by.

Even if there is another movie, it is impossible to earn so much." Qu Li has always been very honest.

"Then it's still possible to make a movie. How about continuing to cooperate with Huayi?"

"Of course it's good. These two cooperations are a good start." Qu Li

"Then do you have any ideas about deepening our cooperation?" Wang Zhongjun pointed out.

"Deeper? It's not necessary. How many employees does Bad Monkey have now?" Qu Li wondered

"It's not Bad Monkey, it's Huayi. We want new strategic investors to join us. I wonder if you are interested." Wang Zhongjun said directly.

"Huayi lacks investment?"

"Ma Yun has already agreed, but we can't let him acquire a large number of shares by himself. As you said, money alone is not enough. Your creativity and ideas are precious resources." Wang Zhongjun said nothing nice.

vague

"It's great to be able to invest in Huayi, but content creation is king in movies after all. Excellent directors are hard to come by, Ning Hao?"

"Don't worry, you are a strategic investor. Director Feng and Ning Hao are both important directors of Huayi. They will definitely not suffer losses." Wang Zhongjun had already thought about this matter and promised to give Director Feng shares last year.

Naturally, I don’t mind sharing a little more with other important people.

"That's good. I'm more optimistic about the development of Huayi. I'll take whatever you give me. Money is not an issue." Qu Li promised generously.

"Well, I wish us happy cooperation in advance. We will contact other interested strategic investors to discuss it next year," Wang Zhongjun explained.

"It just so happens that I don't have much money now, so I will have time to raise money next year!"

The Matthew effect is so obvious. Those who are rich will be richer, and those who are poor can only continue to be unlucky. Qu Li lamented the life of the rich, declined Wang Zhongjun’s invitation to have a happy time, and talked about life and life with Yao Yong.

Talking about games, life is hard to waste!
Chapter completed!