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Chapter 370 Hammer Capital and First Birthday Celebration

Modu, the meeting room of Sina Corporation.

Today Hammer Capital came to Sina to discuss financing cooperation. Zhou Guyuan and Lin Chao were in charge of the negotiation.

Hammer Capital is an ordinary capital company in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in China. It mainly provides financing for start-up companies, technology companies, and Internet companies. At present, its relatively successful investments include 935 online game companies and so on.

The person in charge of this negotiation is Zhang Chong, a bald young man in his 30s.

"Mr. Zhou, we have already understood the general situation of your company. Based on the current registered users of Weibo and the overall situation, we give your company a valuation of 2 million yuan."

Zhang Chong said while flipping through the documents in his hand.

Although he is a bit bald, but with gold-rimmed glasses and a stiff suit, he looks very energetic.

At the same time, although the appearance is ordinary, but the head is indeed very interesting.

At the beginning, Zhang Chong was expressionless, and acted a little indifferent.

This negotiating method is not bad, but unfortunately his opponent is Zhou Guyuan.

The latter is a person who is going to become a movie star, and he has read countless books on psychology.

Therefore, Zhang Chong's poor acting skills have nothing to hide from Zhou Guyuan.

Zhou Guyuan raised his hand, interrupted the other party, and said bluntly:
"Mr. Zhang, we are all very busy, so don't waste each other's time."

As soon as he said these words, everyone in the conference room changed their expressions. Zhang Chong was even slightly angry, but he quickly returned to normal.

Then, everyone heard Zhou Guyuan cough and continued:

"It took us one month and two days to complete 1000 million registered users on Weibo, and all of them registered under the real-name system.

Therefore, the gold content of our Weibo is higher than that of any social software on the market.

And Mr. Zhang, the valuation you gave is [-] million. To be honest, it is really a waste of our mutual time.

I suggest you think about it. Our company requires a billion-dollar valuation. If Hammer Capital cannot meet this requirement, we can only say sorry. "

Zhou Guyuan's words were undoubtedly thunderous, which stunned everyone in the office.

Even Lin Chao gasped, and soon understood.

Negotiation is bargaining.

With such a high asking price and such a tough stance, it is completely reckless.

Previously, the valuation discussed by the three giants of Sina was 5 million yuan, and the asking price was [-] million yuan, which was somewhat different.

But, it's okay.

Zhang Chong's expression has returned to normal, but his heart is full of anger.

A qualified negotiator is a qualified negotiator who can't express his emotions or anger, especially in this kind of table negotiation.

"President Zhou, you can't say that. We don't want to waste each other's time, and to be precise, the valuation of [-] million is not low.

As far as we know, your company has only invested less than 6000 million yuan since its establishment.

The valuation of [-] million has doubled several times
How about this, Mr. Zhou, I will call the shots and increase the valuation of your company to 5000 million yuan."

When Zhou Guyuan heard Zhang Chong's words, he didn't want to complain immediately.

Before the meeting started, he had a premonition that the negotiation would not go well.

I didn't expect Hammer Capital to be so ruthless and give such a low valuation at the beginning.

Therefore, even if Sina started the price on the ground and offered a price of one billion, it would be cut down by the other party soon.

Of course, this is talking about ordinary startups without much capital.

As for Sina, it can still survive for half a month.

If there is no fresh blood injection within half a month, there will be no way to continue.

But Xiao Fei and Lin Chao are not worried, they have no money, but Zhou Guyuan must be rich.

The confident Big Three are naturally much stronger at the negotiating table.

The reason for introducing capital is naturally not as simple as financing. Resources are also very important.

For example, the negotiation with Hammer Capital this time was because Zhou Guyuan took a fancy to the other party's 935 online game company.

Cooperating with a platform like an online game company is also a win-win situation.

After wrangling for nearly two hours, Zhou Guyuan was exhausted, so he simply ended the initial negotiation.

The two sides made an appointment to restart the negotiations again three days later.

After Zhang Chong and his team left, Lin Chao came back, sat down on the chair, and said with lingering fear:

"Old Zhou, your appearance just now scared me to death, and I broke into a cold sweat for you. Fortunately, the other party has self-restraint and didn't directly lift the table
However, Lao Zhou, your performance in the back is really awesome.

I really didn't expect that the other party would insist on the price, and after a long time it was still [-] million."

Speaking of the latter, Lin Chao also had a toothache.

However, it is precisely because of this that Lin Chao understands the difficulty of starting a company.

Although, now he and Xiao Fei's shareholding in the company has been reduced a lot, and the combined amount of the two is less than 30.00%, which is far from the [-]% mentioned last year.

However, in the past month or so, since the launch of Weibo, Zhou Guyuan has invested so much money one after another, so it is normal for such a high shareholding.

What's more, the general direction and strategy of the Weibo company were formulated by Zhou Guyuan, and Xiao Fei and Lin Chao were just the executors.

If the company is really valued at 50 million, then the 4000 invested by the two of them a few months ago will immediately soar to [-] million.

In just a few months, it has increased by [-] times, and the profit has doubled.

Zhou Guyuan smiled slightly, chatted with the other party for a few words, and then left from the conference room.

At the front desk, Zhou Simeng, who was staying with the young lady, was playing with toys boredly at the moment.

When seeing her father, both eyes lit up, and she stretched out her chubby little hands to hug her.

"Good girl, are you obedient?"

Zhou Guyuan hugged Zhou Simeng, scratched her cute little nose, and smiled happily.

The latter hugged Zhou Guyuan's neck with both hands, and his little head was squeezed against her father's neck.

"I am obedient~"

The lady at the front desk also smiled and said a few good things, very flattering.

"Come on, say goodbye to my sister!" Zhou Guyuan thanked the front desk, and then said to Zhou Simeng.

"Sister, bye!"

"Goodbye, Xiao Simeng!"

The young lady at the front desk smiled and waved goodbye.

For her, taking care of her children during working hours is also a huge challenge.

However, now that she has gotten to know Zhou Simeng well, she likes this job even more.

Not to mention the high salary, but also very easy.

The main reason is that there are not many company affairs now, so I am idle, and it is very good to take care of the children.

Of course, I heard that the company will conduct A-round financing soon, and it will definitely recruit troops at that time, so it will definitely not be as leisurely as it is now.

Zhou Guyuan left the company with his daughter and went to a nearby supermarket to hang out.

Starting from April [-]th, during this period of time, he spent much less time with Zhou Simeng.

Because he often runs back to the company and directly directs the company's overall operations.

A few days ago, the number of registered Weibo users exceeded 1000 million, so he just wanted to relax.

Unexpectedly, Hammer Capital came to the door, so he could only bring his daughter to participate in the negotiation.

Going to the supermarket can be regarded as compensation.

The little guy was sitting on the stroller, so excited that he wanted to point at everything he saw.

Then, Zhou Guyuan would basically ask her if she wanted it.

In fact, the child is so young, how can he understand this?

It's just a way to please my daughter.

Like chocolate, if you buy a box and take it home, can the child eat it?It is estimated that he only eats a little bit, and he has to solve the rest by himself.

The supermarket where the father and daughter visited was quite big, with two floors, and they bought a lot of snacks and dolls.

In short, as long as it is a cute thing, it cannot escape the eyes of the little guy.

After returning home with a full load, what the father and daughter reaped is not only the two bags of prizes in the trunk of the car, but also happiness.

In the next few days, apart from negotiating with Hammer Capital, Zhou Guyuan also received financing intentions from several other companies.

Of course, the following capitals have great investment intentions, but their valuations are not as good as Hammer Capital.

Therefore, several parties have been arguing with Zhou Guyuan.

After talking for nearly ten days, the day before Zhou Simeng's anniversary birthday, Hammer Capital was not finalized.

So, Zhou Guyuan got angry and stopped talking directly.

The A round of financing will be restarted after half a year, and he will support it for half a year.

As a representative of Hammer Capital, Zhang Chong smiled wryly when he heard the news.

The hard work during this period is really in vain. If the A round of financing is held in half a year, the valuation at that time will definitely be far higher than it is now.

However, after half a year, whether Sina still exists or not is also a question.

After all, there are no fools in capital.

Recently, nearly 30 Internet companies have announced their entry into Weibo social networking.

Mainly Internet technology companies such as Xinyue and Niuke, especially Xinyue invested [-] million to establish Xinyue Weibo, and Niuke established Daniu Weibo with a capital of [-] million.

The two of them are fierce and want to compete with Sina on Weibo.

Therefore, capital companies such as Hammer Capital decisively stepped aside after Zhou Guyuan determined that he would no longer raise money cheaply.

Under such an emergency, Zhou Guyuan could only regrettably hold his daughter's first birthday in a low-key manner.

However, despite keeping a low profile, Zhou Guyuan still took a day off on the [-]th.

On May [-]th, he took the little guy to the surrounding playground to play for a day.

Zhou Simeng was overjoyed, he was smiling all day long.

Back home in the evening, Zhou Guyuan invited Jiuhu, Qingyue, and his former neighbor Shen Hong to his house to celebrate the little guy's birthday.

Needless to say, Shen Hong and others, they all brought their own children to play with Zhou Simeng.

The first birthday seems to be nothing, but for children, it may be a happier day.

However, for Zhou Guyuan, it was necessary to record all of this and compile it into a book.Not only made Shen Hong and other parents envious, but also imitated.

But Jiuhu and Qingyue, two single dogs, are envious.

Because Zhou Guyuan's father's love for his daughter can be said to be full of love, which made them envious.

(End of this chapter)