The rebirth of the Hong Kong Island chaebol, starting with a short-selling Eagle Sauce

This was the first time Zhou Zhuolin saw her friend look so panicked.

"Sanshi, this matter is actually not unsolvable."

"How to say?"

Zhou Zhuolin analyzed:

"The email projects, forums, and free personal homepage services launched by NetArt... are all profitable projects. Our advertising revenue today is estimated to exceed 400 million.

Compared with other Internet companies, this kind of money is really rare. Are you saying that it would be easier for us to go to Wang Lei for financing than Qianlang? "

Ding Sanshi was right. Capital investments tend to be in the same track. They are more profitable and have more investment potential than Qianlang.

He said excitedly:

"Qianlang can ask for 2000 million U.S. dollars in financing. We and Wang Lei want 2500 million U.S. dollars. It's not too much."

"Of course not too much."

“After completing this financing, we also started to build virtual communities.”

Thinking of this, he asked his friend to get Wang Lei's personal phone number.

Until he made the call, Ding Sanshi was in a very nervous mood and had rehearsed many words in his mind many times in advance.

But not long after receiving the call, Ding Sanshi's face darkened.

"How to say?"

"MD, it was not Wang Lei who answered the call. His assistant said that Wang Lei has no intention of investing in NetArt at this time."

"Why?"

Zhou Zhuolin is also full of question marks. It is clear that NetArt was established earlier than Qianlang, has the highest advertising revenue, and has the most investment potential, but why was it rejected?

It took a long time for Ding Sanshi to recover from his disappointment, but he was not discouraged by this small blow.

"Wang Lei doesn't invest in online arts because he has no vision. We will continue to launch our virtual community services and website rankings as planned. I, Ding Sanshi, have taken the position of the big brother of the Internet!"

Zhou Zhuolin was happy for Ding Sanshi's cheering up. This was the Ding Sanshi he knew.

On the other side, Wang Lei's assistant was also puzzled.

There are only a few Internet companies in Longguo worth investing in. Why did Wang Lei, who has always been willing to donate generously to Internet companies, only reject NetEase.

He bravely asked his boss:

"Boss, should we say hello to the relevant departments and ask them to shut down NetArt?"

Wang Lei's eyes widened, and he couldn't help shouting in his heart, good guy, shut down the online art, this kid can't think of it.

The assistant suddenly felt the pressure and asked hurriedly:

"Did I misunderstand something?"

"No, no, Internet Arts is very good, Ding Sanshi is also very good. I also said the reason why I don't invest. I really feel that the time has not come yet."

Speaking of which, NetEase was also unlucky. In their rush to go public, they found a CEO who was not very reliable. Every time they raised funds, they were a step slower than the previous wave.

The luck was a little worse than the previous wave. When it was listed in June 2000, it happened to hit the US stock Internet bubble.

As soon as it went public, the stock price began to fall, from the initial stock price of $15.5 to $0.48 per share!

A stock price below one dollar is a very dangerous number. If it is below one dollar for a long time, it will be delisted from Nasdaq.

At the same time, NetEase's market value also dropped from US$5 million to less than US$2000 million.

Judging from the market value of US$2000 million, Wang Lei would not make much money by investing in the company at this time, and would also cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

As much as Ding Sanshi hates me now, he will be so grateful to me when I take action.

Just when Wang Lei and Zhao Ling were enjoying their time together.

Robert from the beautiful country brought some not-so-good news to Wang Lei:

"Boss, Lindgren and Bobby are having some trouble with their acquisition in Beautiful Country."

"trouble?"

At the size of Cayman Capital, the word trouble should not appear in Robert's dictionary at all.

Mergers and acquisitions are a very important part of their listing plan.

Wang Lei couldn't help but ask a few more questions:

"What exactly is going on?"

Robert carefully organized his words before saying:

"Lunar Oil Company feels that our offer is a bit lower than their psychological expectations."

Negotiations between Lindgren and the shareholders of Lunar Petroleum Company have been going on for two months. Lindgren, who originally planned to have a quick resolution, has lost patience.

"U.S.$200 billion can't satisfy their appetite?"

"Yes, they feel that low oil prices are only temporary, and they would rather borrow money to get through the crisis than sell off oil companies at a low price."

"Lindgren changed his strategy and contacted other backup targets, but the results were..."

The refineries and sellers couldn't stand it at first. Low oil prices caused serious market involution. Some companies in the lower reaches of the industrial chain declared bankruptcy. Life was not easy for large companies. Bobby took the opportunity to acquire a large number of refineries and refueling stations. stand.

"That means there's nothing to talk about."

Robert fell into silence. Perhaps the previous acquisitions were too smooth. When they really encountered a tough nut to crack, everyone from Wang Lei to Lindgren jumped a bit.

Wang Lei knew that after entering the 21st century, oil prices would skyrocket again with Dongzhou's economic recovery.

These oil companies must not be allowed to persist beyond the year 2000.

He thought for a while and said:

"I will have a chat with Mr. Li tomorrow. As long as we work with General Motors to release good news about new energy vehicles, you will take the lead in lowering oil prices..."

Robert felt that the boss's strategy was good. With Wang Lei's reputation in Silicon Valley and Wall Street, once word got out that he would vigorously develop new energy vehicles, it would undoubtedly be a fatal blow to these stubborn oil shareholders.