Ordinary Road 2010

"I know that as the company's president, executive director and important shareholder, if I leave, it will cause some troubles for Wanli Travel."

"I've thought about it on the way out. Investors have been urging us to go overseas, hoping that we can expand our international business so that we can continue to tell the story of growth."

"I know that you are not optimistic about the internationalization of the taxi-hailing business. You have been prevaricating with the reason of making profits in 2017."

"But I think, even if it's just to give an explanation to investors and show the determination of Wanli Travel, we have to express it sooner or later."

"So, if I am the head of the newly established overseas business department, it should be enough to show that we attach importance to it."

"My trip with Han Xue was not purely for fun. I inspected several places and felt that this overseas headquarters is more suitable to be located in Singapore..."

The sister is still very considerate.

When she spoke, she already had a complete plan, showing that she was by no means a whim, and also proving her determination.

To be honest, Lin Yi didn't listen carefully.

He was still immersed in the surprise and disappointment brought about by his senior sister's decision. After all, he had had unrealistic expectations a few minutes ago.

"Sister."

Lin Yi interrupted her rarely, "I...don't want to discuss the whereabouts with you yet. Regarding your decision, I wonder if there is room for change?"

"I know this matter must bother you, and I'm sorry for that, but I don't think you should go away as a solution anyway."

"If that's the case, then I'm afraid I'll feel very guilty."

Li Moyan did not avoid looking at Lin Yi, and the latter found a firm and unshakable will in her eyes, just like the support he had found there countless times in the past.

"Lin Yi, I don't intend to blame you."

"I've seen your restraint, so I can't blame you like Han Xue with peace of mind. I think both of us have tried to hide this throbbing."

"While the facts proved futile in the end, at least I can be confident that none of this happened out of malice."

"Lin Yi, I don't need your apology, and I don't intend to pursue right or wrong."

"But we really can't continue to get along like before. This is against my principles of life and my conscience."

"Keeping an appropriate distance between us is a respect for everyone."

"The reason I have been so blunt and honest with you is because I know that the trust and support we have had over the past few years has not been fake."

"So I personally tell you this decision today because I believe that you will give me the same respect as I treat you."

Lin Yi was a little ashamed.

When the senior sister talked about it, he seemed to have no other choice but to follow suit, and if he kept pestering him, he would inevitably become a villain.

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

As for the relationship between the two of them, it seemed that it was the same as in the previous life, the senior sister was always the one who made the decision, and he couldn't refuse.

However, as the senior sister said, her decisions are not based on strength, but out of respect.

This is really a major problem, Lin Yi closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead, the battle between heaven and man fell into a long-term entanglement in his mind.

Still nothing.

The senior sister didn't rush to urge, but waited quietly, as they were used to in the past, not knowing whether they were guarding or accompanying.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yi finally opened his eyes and broke the silence.

"Sister, I respect your decision."

This sentence was very short, and he didn't deliberately emphasize his tone, but there was always a feeling that he was exhausted after he finished speaking.

After all, Lin Yi had experienced battles before, so he continued with his usual expression:

"I thought about a lot of words to stay, but I couldn't say them all, because no matter what I said, I couldn't stand my ground, and it would only shame you."

"So I'll respect that."

"However, I have some other requests before that."

"If this parting is inevitable, it shouldn't be premised on any sense of self-sacrifice on your part, as I said earlier."

"I know that the internationalization of the taxi business has no future. This is a pitfall. I can't accept it lightly because of my reasons that put you in a desperate situation."

"Senior Sister probably doesn't want it either. I will feel guilty and regretful for this for a long time in the future, right?"

Lin Yi still doesn't know whether his decision is right or wrong.

However, after choosing to respect the senior sister, recalling the arrangement of leaving that she had imagined just now, Lin Yi's thoughts suddenly became much smoother.

The senior sister just smiled in relief, as if she knew the result a long time ago, but she didn't care much about the arrangement Lin Yi said.

"What do you mean?"

Lin Yi barely pulled himself together and took out his few stocks.

"I said before that taxi-hailing is actually not a good business. The frantic pursuit of capital in the past few years was actually somewhat blind."

"Its profitability has not been reflected, at least for the foreseeable future, as expected."

"This is not a good business. The reason why we chose this track at the beginning was just to regard it as one of the stops on the road, and we did not intend to regard it as the end point."

"I know a better business."

"It's just that human energy is limited. I have tried my best to plan a new way out for traveling thousands of miles before, and I will continue to walk on this road unremittingly in the next few years."

"Originally this should be our common cause, so I didn't think about it."

"But since you have made this decision now, instead of asking you to be the person in charge of some nominal overseas business department, it is better to share this secret with you. It just so happens that now is an excellent time."

"Actually, I have always thought that my senior sister's talent is still higher than mine. This is the truth. Even without my existence, I can spread my wings and fly high."

The senior sister didn't ask what Lin Yi's arrangement was.

They have worked together in two careers and experienced countless things together. She has long known that there are many magical things about Lin Yi.

The senior sister is not a very curious person, but when she was traveling, she secretly imagined whether Lin Yi's vague sense of mystery, which is both strange and familiar, was also one of the sources of her heart.

Those words just now reminded her of some interesting past events, and it was the same when Lin Yi invited her to start a business for the second time.

You don't need to know those details, you just need to know that Lin Yi will definitely not aim at nothing, will not hold anything back, and will only move forward bravely in the direction they have confirmed together.

This is a tacit understanding that only belongs to the two of them.

The senior sister smiled brightly when she thought of this: "Is this a parting gift from you, a big gift?"

Chapter 606 Buy It Buy It Buy It

After talking with the senior sister, Lin found his CFO.

"Jane, we need to sell a batch of stocks, most of which are in the hands of senior sisters, and there is also a part of me. The total value is about 10 billion US dollars."

Liu Jianni's heart skipped a beat, and the first thing she asked was not about stocks: "Have you two decided to part ways?"

Lin Yi explained patiently: "Don't be nervous, I didn't break up with my senior sister, and there wasn't even any conflict or unhappiness."

"For reasons you already know, Senior Sister can't continue working with me in Wanli Travel, so I decided to find another position for her."

"I have taken a fancy to a very good target, and I am looking for a sale recently. US$10 billion is the capital I have prepared for this acquisition."

"I know that at this moment, as the co-founders, my senior sister and I, it is a bad signal for the two of us to reduce our company's stock holdings at the same time."

"The reason why I want to reduce part of my holdings and participate in the merger and acquisition prepared for her is to show the outside world that there is no crack in our relationship."

"Nevertheless, there must be a lot of work to be done on the investor side, so I can only trouble you to explain to them."

Liu Jianni probably understood what he was thinking.

The post-investment valuation of Wanli Travel’s latest round of financing is 550 billion U.S. dollars, and Lin Yi’s own shares are worth more than 70 billion U.S. dollars.

Correspondingly, Li Moyan has a net worth of 14 billion US dollars and is also eligible to be listed on Forbes.

If the two of them cash out 10 billion US dollars together, and Li Moyan is the main one, her shareholding in Wanli Travel will drop by about half, but she can still retain her position as the second largest individual shareholder.

The changes on Lin Yi's side were relatively small, and had no major impact on his control over the company.

In this way, Li Moyan's departure can be interpreted as the pursuit of other personal careers, rather than an irreconcilable conflict with Lin Yi's travel in Wanli.

"This... makes sense. Although investors will inevitably have various speculations, the company's operation is stable at present, so it has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Liu Jianni had reminded Lin Yi before, but the relationship between them was a private matter after all, and she had no way to interfere.

As the CFO of Wanli Travel, since Lin Yi and Li Moyan have already made plans for the company, she can only cooperate as much as possible to make the impact of this change on the company as small as possible.

"If there are any important shareholders who have doubts about this, such as Factory A or whoever, you can ask them to come to me directly."

After Lin Yi made such an explanation, he asked: "It shouldn't be difficult to get 10 billion US dollars in stocks, right? I know that there are private transactions among investors."

This means that Wanli Travel has not yet been listed. After the IPO, there is no need to reduce the holdings at all, and you can get the money directly by pledging.

Liu Jianni replied realistically: "It's not difficult, but if you have enough time, of course, you should make preparations for communication in advance, and it will be safer to release them in batches."

"Are you in a hurry?"

Lin Yidao: "It's not a matter of being anxious, but the sooner the better, after all, the subject I'm going to talk about is also a tiger's mouth."

Liu Jianni didn't intend to ask, but hearing what he said aroused a little curiosity.

As a former professional venture capitalist, she should be very sensitive to the rumors of transactions in the venture capital market, but after all, she has been a CFO for several years, and she must not pay much attention to non-travel related matters.

From Lin Yi's point of view, it is obviously a project with a long span.

"What are you going to buy?"

……

Lin Yi didn't plan to sell it, but the app he wanted to buy was really not well-known, and even if he said it, no one might know it.

At least domestically.

Its icon is a pink vibrating note in a circle with a white background. Its official name is Musically. It is currently popular among teenagers in the United States, with 500 million daily active users.

This is a short music video app, but it was not invented by Americans.

Lin Yi went to Shanghai to find the two founders of this company. Not only was there no one outside the industry who knew about it, but they were not well-known in the industry.

The appearance of the key is also grotesque.

One of the two founders is Yang Luyu, with very small eyes, small curly hair and earrings; the other is Zhu Jun, with long hair and beard, dressed like a Taoist priest.

If Lin Yi hadn't known that he had found the right person, and met such two punk youths on the street, he would not have believed that this was the founder of an important short video app.

After some introductions from the two sides, Lin Yi's reputation is now far better than the other's.

"Let me tell you straight, I'm here today because I heard that Musically, which you founded, is looking for a sale, and you intend to participate in this acquisition."

The two people on the opposite side actually felt weird.

Lin Yitangtang's "Head of the New Big Three" is of course not so ignorant that they don't know each other, but the key is that the business of Wanli Travel has nothing to do with their Musically?

"Since Boss Lin speaks quickly, let's be blunt. The sale you mentioned is true, but I didn't expect you to be interested in it."

As soon as Lin understood what they meant, he had to let them know that he wasn't playing games on a whim, but he couldn't act too urgently so that the other party could handle it.

"To tell you the truth, I am actually not representing Wanli Travel this time. As the two of you think, there is very little room for business cooperation between the two parties."

"Actually, I represent my partner. As you may know, Ms. Li Moyan, the president of Wanli Travel, is very optimistic about the short video industry and is ready to devote herself to a new business."

When he said this, Yang Luyu and Zhu Jun believed it a little bit. As for why Lin Yi came forward instead of Li Moyan himself, they didn't ask about such small details.

However, what they are more concerned about is that if Lin Yi and the other two are purchasing on behalf of individuals, it is even less likely to be of any help to the development of Musically.

"Boss Lin, to be honest, it's not that our two brothers are boasting. Musically, we have talked about many potential M&A targets. I don't see any advantage you can have."

Lin Yi did not deal with them too much, but took out his usual trump card:

"I outbid them."

Yang Luyu and Zhu Jun looked at each other, and he didn't look excited to make a fuss, but replied confidently:

"Just now we said that we talked about many objects, which may not be specific enough, including the American social giant Facebook."

"Boss Lin, I don't intend to offend you. We know that you are the fastest-rising newcomer in the industry in the past two years, but we don't think you will have much advantage in terms of bidding."

"Actually, we don't just value the bid price. Musically is not looking for a sale because of poor management. We hope to find a good home for it and look forward to a longer-term development."

In order to prove that he had done work before coming here, Lin Yi also took out some dry goods.

"I am very aware of your situation. Musically can't get rid of the label of a youth toy, and its growth in the United States has encountered a bottleneck, and it has been sideways for a year."

"On the other hand, when you want to go back to China to expand, you find that you have been cut off by other competitors, and one of them has reproduced you almost at the pixel level."