Chapter 136 Ma Teng held a meeting and tried to persuade the company's shareholders(1/3)
"Mr. Tang, who are the two men who came to see you just now? One of them looks familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen him before." Ning Xiao saw them coming back and hurriedly greeted them and asked
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"Penguin's General Manager Ma Teng and Chief Technology Officer Zhang Qing." Tang Feng replied.
"No wonder he looks familiar! It turns out he's the boss of Penguin! I've seen him on TV before!" Ning Xiao exclaimed!
"Mr. Tang, if I guess correctly, they are here to discuss cooperation with you, right?" Yu Li asked.
"Yes." Tang Feng nodded and said, "The purpose of their trip is to acquire the chat software I developed."
"Did you agree to him?" Ning Xiao suddenly became nervous. After all, this is the first company they have participated in. Although they have not yet become official employees, they still feel a sense of accomplishment.
"No." Tang Feng shook his head and said: "No matter what conditions the other party offers, I will not agree to it. I said that I want Lifeng Networks to become the greatest Internet company in the world! No.
one!"
"But in this case, wouldn't there be fierce competition between us and Penguin Company?" Guan Qian asked.
"It's hard to say now. Ma Teng is going to go back and hold a shareholders' meeting. If he can convince those shareholders, then Penguin Company will be acquired by our company, and Ma Teng and the others will also become partners of the company." Tang Feng replied.
"Did I hear you correctly? You are talking about our company's acquisition of Penguin Company?" Ning Xiao thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"No. Although our company has just started, I believe that it will definitely develop very well in the near future. Ma Teng must have used our chat software before he made such a decision." Tang Feng said with a slight smile.
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"Is it because they can't do the functions you added?" Yu Li guessed.
"That's for sure. If it can be copied successfully, they won't have to come from Pengcheng to see me." Tang Feng nodded.
"No wonder they rushed here in a hurry. It's obvious that they saw the threat to them from the uu chat software." Ning Xiao said.
"Ignore them for the time being. We will continue to increase our promotion of uu! As long as we have more users, it means the greater the bargaining chip we have with the other party." Tang Feng said.
Ning Xiao and others nodded.
"By the way, didn't I just go to see Professor Li Ping? She suggested that you consider wireless value-added services." Su Xiaoli changed the topic.
"What is wireless value-added service?" Ning Xiao and others were very curious.
"Wireless value-added services are related to mobile phones. Nowadays, many mobile phones can customize ring tones and a lot of content, such as news, weather, etc. These all require fees. If I remember correctly, a ring tones should cost two yuan.
." Tang Feng explained to everyone.
"Isn't it? Is a ringtone so expensive?" Yu Li was very surprised. Although she also had a mobile phone, she had not customized any ringtone.
"Two yuan is still acceptable to many mobile phone users. After all, people who can afford a mobile phone don't care about spending a few more yuan to buy a ringtone." Tang Feng said with a slight smile.
"In that case, can uu chat software also enable this function? I think we should be able to make a lot of money." Su Xiaoli asked.
"No." Tang Feng shook his head and said: "The number of uu users is still too small, so there is no need to be so anxious to monetize it. I still want to provide users with a better experience."
"But I think users should also need such services. Otherwise, they will go to other websites to buy these ringtones." Su Xiaoli said.
"Yes! I think what Xiaoli said makes sense! Since users need it, then we should provide it! Only in this way will users like our chat software more." Ning Xiao echoed.
"We'll talk about this later. Penguin Company should have made considerable achievements in this regard," Tang Feng said.
"If Penguin is really acquired by our company, what will happen to the office location? Is it possible that all of them will be moved to Pengcheng?" Su Xiaoli asked.
"The company's headquarters must be in Beijing. The R&D center must also be in Beijing. It would be best if Ma Teng and the others come to Beijing to work! If you don't want to come, I won't force you. We can set up a branch in Pengcheng by then.
Company, let them work there." Tang Feng replied.
"If they come to Beijing, the current office location will definitely not work. We need to find a new office location." Su Xiaoli suggested.
"We can temporarily rent an office building. Then buy a piece of land and build an office building ourselves." Tang Feng made the arrangement.
"Did I hear you correctly? You are talking about building a building by yourself? How can we have so much money?" Su Xiaoli looked very surprised.
"We don't have it, Penguin does. Although Penguin has not yet gone public, its valuation is still very high. And Penguin has always been profitable. Spending money to build an office building is nothing." Tang Feng
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"Mr. Tang, I don't quite understand. Penguin Company is so rich, but it's not at the same level as our Lifeng Network Company. Why is Ma Teng still willing to sell Penguin Company? No matter how you look at it, this is a loss-making deal." Ning Xiao
I feel very incomprehensible.
"Valuation issue. Although our company has only developed the uu chat tool now, Ma Teng and Zhang Qing both know my technical strength. As long as I am willing, I can develop more software. In other words, my
The valuation of technology is higher than that of Penguin. Can you understand if I explain it this way?" Tang Feng asked with a smile.
Ning Xiao nodded and said, "I seem to understand a little bit."
"Money is a good thing. But money is not everything. If Penguin competes with our company, although our company will be at a disadvantage in the short term, in the long run, we will definitely surpass Penguin. By that time, Penguin will be ten
There is an 80-9 chance that it will go bankrupt." Tang Feng looked confident.
"Are you exaggerating what you said? Can't we coexist?" Yu Li's face was full of doubts.
"It's impossible to coexist." Tang Feng shook his head and said, "If you were a user, would you be willing to log in to two chat software every time you go online?"
"It seems unwilling. Unless there are very obvious differences between the two chat software. Otherwise, it will be too troublesome." Yu Li responded.
"So the final outcome is that only one chat software survives. If Ma Teng can convince those shareholders to sell Penguin to us, it would be the wisest choice." Tang Feng said with a smile.
"But what are the benefits of our company acquiring Penguin Company?" Guan Qian asked.
"The biggest benefit is to directly have 200 million users. In addition, it also avoids competition with Penguin. Otherwise, even if we win in the end, we will have to pay a high price." Tang Feng replied.
"In this case, I still hope Ma Teng can convince those shareholders." Ning Xiao said.
"No matter what, we will proceed as planned. We will wait until Ma Teng contacts me," Tang Feng said.
Everyone nodded.
Tang Feng looked at the time and saw that it was already lunch time.
He directly asked Su Xiaoli to call the restaurant and ask the other party to deliver the dishes.
Soon, the dishes were delivered.
Tang Feng had a meal with everyone.
At this time, Ma Teng and Zhang Qing had already boarded the flight back to Pengcheng.
"Mr. Ma, are you really prepared to convince those shareholders to accept the proposal to sell Penguin Company?" Zhang Qing asked.
"Yes." Ma Teng nodded and said: "Tang Feng is not very strong in developing software. The uu chat software is just the first one he launched, and there will definitely be others later. If we can now
If you become his partner, you will definitely get a lot of glory." Ma Teng looked at the other person and replied with a smile on his face.
"But those shareholders may not agree. After all, Penguin's current profitability is very good. If they don't agree, what are you going to do?" Zhang Qing then asked.
"I believe they will definitely agree. If they don't agree, I will sell all the shares I hold! Then I will take the money and go to Tang Feng to buy shares." Ma Teng made a decision quickly.
"Take me with you when the time comes." Zhang Qing took the initiative.
"Don't worry! You will definitely be indispensable! When the entire founding team leaves, Penguin's valuation will definitely shrink significantly." Ma Teng agreed.
"I really didn't expect that Tang Feng's computer skills have already reached the peak level at such a young age. Compared with his, my level is simply not worth mentioning!" Zhang Qing couldn't help but sigh after saying this.
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"He is really a genius! And he is an all-around genius! No matter what, I must work with him. I believe that under his leadership, Lifeng Networks will definitely become the top Internet company in the world." Ma.
When Teng said these words, his eyes were full of admiration.
"That's not right! Mr. Ma, why do I feel that he has become your idol!" Zhang Qing looked quite surprised.
"Because he is really awesome! If you stay with him, I believe your technical level will improve rapidly." Ma Teng said with a smile.
"That's for sure. If my technical level could reach half of his, I would be satisfied." Zhang Qing responded.
"During the exchange just now, I saw that he answered the technical questions you raised very easily. I originally suspected that the uu chat software was not developed by him, he was just pretending to be one. Now it seems that I was wrong.
." Ma Teng sighed.
"There is absolutely no problem with his technology. Moreover, the way he explains is very profound and simple, even people who are not technical can understand it. If we can really become his partner, then I will definitely tell him well."
Study." Zhang Qing said.
"When you go back, you can work with me to convince those shareholders," Ma Teng said.
"Yeah." Zhang Qing nodded.
Soon, they returned to Pengcheng.
Before Ma Teng got on the plane, he had asked his assistant to call the company's shareholders.
So, when he came to the conference room, the shareholders were already waiting here.
Penguin doesn't have many shareholders.
There are only five.
Basically they are domestic and foreign venture capital funds.
"Everyone, I'm sorry for having to summon everyone here for a meeting in such a hurry." Ma Teng said with an apologetic look.
"Mr. Ma, you called us all here. Is there anything important that needs to be discussed?" Shen Peng, senior partner of Blue Mountain Fund, asked.
"I think everyone has heard of the uu chat software, right?" Ma Teng looked around at everyone.
To be continued...