Under the strong intervention of the two giants in Pingchuan City, the anti-Japanese struggle in Xinpi County slowed down, but the actions in the previous three months still achieved great results, and the official atmosphere changed.
With a good official atmosphere, various construction projects are becoming more and more smooth, and the entire Xinpi County is moving forward step by step according to the trajectory envisioned by Li Xiaoning.
During this period, Li Xiaoning's own company, Mengtang Technology, has also achieved rapid development, and the company has become one of the first-class domestic mobile game companies. In order to take the company's development scale to a higher level, both Tang Wei and Dai Yimin believe that the company should be listed.
The most convenient way to go public is to borrow a shell. With his keen vision, Dai Yimin chose an American company, Light and Shadow Art, and planned to use the shell of Light and Shadow Art to list on the NASDAQ in the United States.
As the big boss of the company, Li Xiaoning could not stay away from such an important matter. He flew to Yanjing again to understand the specific situation.
Light and Shadow Art is an old American game company and a world-famous interactive entertainment software company. It mainly engages in the development, publishing and sales of various electronic games. However, in the past few years, it has fallen into the lowest ebb in history. The company's major companies
Shareholders are quite dissatisfied with the performance. It should be said that it is the best time to make an acquisition at this time.
Li Xiaoning briefly looked at the report and voted in favor. The only issue he was worried about was funds, because Li Xiaoning was a very controlling person. He did not like and did not allow control to fall into the hands of other people, so he was unwilling to find someone else.
Financing from a large consortium. Especially after Nea used a mere $30 million to acquire 20% of the shares, he became even more reluctant to raise funds. Since he did not raise funds, he had to rely on himself to finance the acquisition.
When Li Xiaoning expressed his worries, the two women present and Sheldon, who was already the company's technical director and chief designer, all laughed.
Li Xiaoning was confused and asked: "Why are you laughing?"
"Mr. Li hasn't come to the company for a long time. Doesn't he even check the annual dividends to see how much he has paid?" Dai Yimin pursed his lips and smiled.
"I've never seen this before." Li Xiaoning said with a slightly embarrassed smile. His main energy in the past two years has been on the development of Xinpi County, and he really didn't care much about Mengtang Technology.
He only knew that the company was developing very well and very quickly. As for the specific amount of money he made, he really didn't know very well.
"Director Dai, please report to Mr. Li!" Tang Wei said, holding back a smile.
Dai Yimin smiled slightly, opened his notebook, pulled up the financial statements and said: "Let's talk about our main business, mobile games. In the past two years, we have developed four games one after another, because each game is based on what Mr. Li has decided before.
It is developed according to the following standards, so the market response is very good. So far, the sales of our seven games have reached 2.8 billion yuan, and the profit is 1.6 billion yuan."
"Six billion?" Li Xiaoning's eyes widened unconsciously, "There are actually so many? Have you been robbing money in the past two years?"
Dai Yimin smiled shyly, and then said: "Mr. Li, don't get excited. This is just the money earned from the mobile game market. We at Mengtang Technology now have many other businesses."
After a brief period of excitement, Li Xiaoning quickly calmed down. It seemed that Mengtang Technology had made so much money in just three years, which was incredible. In fact, this was completely in line with the laws of the market. Every new thing appeared and
Popularity is always accompanied by huge profits, and subsequent profits will gradually decrease. As an emerging industry, mobile games have caught up with Mengtang Technology and have core competitiveness. Speaking of which, it is reasonable to earn so much.
However, Dai Yimin's next report surprised Li Xiaoning again, and at the same time he felt lucky again that he had recruited Dai Yimin. It turned out that in the past two years, Dai Yimin had used most of the company's profits to invest in the capital market.
Dai Yimin is simply a female stock goddess. In the past two years, she has frequently made moves in the capital market, and her predictions are accurate and her moves are quick. So far, she has earned a full 3.5 billion yuan for Mengtang Technology in the capital market.
In other words, Mengtang Technology currently has 5 billion yuan in available funds. Now that the U.S. dollar exchange rate has been falling, it is as high as 1 billion dollars when converted into U.S. dollars. The original market value of Light and Shadow Art was estimated at 2 billion U.S. dollars. In the past two years, the company has experienced major events one after another.
Due to mistakes in decision-making, valuations have continued to fall, and the market value has shrunk by one-third. The current valuation is around US$13.4 billion. With a little manipulation, a complete acquisition can be achieved.
Since Dai Yimin is so good, Li Xiaoning simply continues to be the boss. Dai Yimin has lived up to his expectations. After more than three months of negotiations, most of the shareholders of Light and Shadow Art were persuaded. Mengtang Technology successfully raised $400 million
At the price, we acquired 46% of the controlling stake in Light and Shadow Art.
The only thing that needs to be settled is Baldwin, the founder of Light and Shadow Art. But this Baldwin has a very stubborn temper and refuses to sell it no matter what. Dai Yimin understands that the hard work of his own creation is being sold like this. Who has replaced him?
They were all unhappy. However, understanding was understanding, and the business still had to be discussed. However, when Li Xiaoning asked about the matter again, the deal still could not be settled.
After Li Xiaoning asked about the situation through the overseas video call, he started walking back and forth. After a while, he suddenly smiled strangely and said: "Since Baldwin doesn't want to sell, then we will force him to sell! Yimin, you wait, I will
Fly over immediately and negotiate with Baldwin in person."
Everything in Xinpi County is now on the right track, and with Zhang Han in charge, Li Xiaoning has nothing to worry about. Moreover, he just visited the United States with the provincial inspection team a while ago, and his visa is still valid.
.It is very convenient to go to the United States.
Three days later, Li Xiaoning flew to Nevada, the United States. In fact, the headquarters of Light and Shadow Art is in California. The reason why Li Xiaoning went to Nevada was because the founder of Light and Shadow Art was vacationing on a farm in Nevada.
It was not easy to make an appointment with Baldwin. The richest people in the United States all have strong aristocratic ideas and are unwilling to deal with people outside their circle. However, Baldwin was obviously very interested in the mysterious guest from the far East. So Li Xiaoning did not spend any time.
It didn't take long to meet the founder of the old game company.
Baldwin is younger than Li Xiaoning believed, that is, he has just reached his fifties. This man is a typical new American aristocrat. His mother is a senator. He has a high IQ, and his business is so big. He has always been
The eyes are higher than the top.
In the reception room of Baldwin's farm, the two of them looked at each other and judged.
Although in recent years, Huaxia entrepreneurs have continuously acquired iconic companies and real estate in the United States, the reputation of Huaxia people in the United States is not good. Americans think that Huaxia people are all nouveau riche and cannot get on the stage.
.
Baldwin looked Li Xiaoning up and down, with a hint of contempt on his lips, and said, "Mr. Li, I really can't compliment you on your outfit."
Li Xiaoning didn't expect that the first thing Baldwin said when he opened his mouth was to criticize his own clothes. He couldn't help but look at Dai Yimin sitting next to him. In fact, the outfit he was wearing was temporarily worn by Dai Yimin to buy for him. Originally, he was
He planned to wear a T-shirt and jeans to meet Baldwin. It was Dai Yiminfei who said that these upper-class people in the United States attach great importance to appearance, so they dragged him to a luxury store to buy something like this.
He is currently wearing an Armani suit, Berluti leather shoes, and a Cartier watch, which cost tens of thousands of dollars. Such extravagant expenses made Li Xiaoning feel distressed for a long time.
Baldwin ignored Li Xiaoning's feelings and said to himself: "A person's clothing, especially a man's clothing, reflects a person's taste and status. The clothes you are wearing are mass-produced, and the shoes cost a few thousand dollars at most.
, watches are ordinary items only worn by nouveau riche..."
"Mr. Li, I know you are rich, but you have no taste. I guess you can't taste the difference between Bordeaux in 1982 and Burgundy in 1990!" Baldwin said while lighting a cigar.
Li Xiaoning was a little angry at first, but then he calmed down. Now he is the winner, and Baldwin is just a cornered beast. The winner does not bother to be angry with the loser. He
He smiled slightly and said: "Bao
Mr. DeWine, I’m here to talk business with you today, not to discuss how the 2003 Bordeaux you served me tastes worse than the 1982 Bordeaux, nor to discuss the Trinidad cigars you smoke now.
It’s a matter of truth and falsehood.”
Li Xiaoning's ordinary words immediately changed Baldwin's expression, because in his seemingly casual words, Li Xiaoning accurately stated the year and origin of his red wine, and even vaguely named the Trini he was currently smoking.
Da cigars are fake, and he never said this beforehand, which shows that Li Xiaoning really understands this. In the United States, knowing this knowledge is useless
With one exception, almost all of them are people from the upper class. Is this Li Xiaoning really a noble? Come here to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger with him? How did he know that Li Xiaoning is just more interested in knowledge about red wine and cigars?
, and generally he will try his best to become an expert on matters that interest him, just like his research on antiques.
Looking at Baldwin's pale face, a sneer appeared on the corner of Li Xiaoning's mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Baldwin, I like to be direct, and I won't say polite words. I am here this time just to buy the light and shadow in your hands.
Fifty-one percent of Art’s shares.”
"I told you, I won't sell it!" Baldwin refused neatly.
"Listen to what I have to say and then answer me!" Li Xiaoning added coldly.