Chapter 520 42 million
"That's not right. I came here to discuss Lemon CC's financing. How did it become whether or not to start a food delivery platform?"
His divergent thoughts quickly gathered together and Luo Yang woke up suddenly.
He smiled bitterly and looked at Shen Nanpeng and said, "Boss Shen, some things seem simple, but are very difficult to implement in practice. For example, the acquisition of alone is a huge challenge for a newcomer in the business circle like me."
I don’t even know which way the door of Are You Hungry opens.
Besides, they finally survived last winter and are doing well now. Why should they sell it to you?
Not to mention that Luo Yang has already set his sights on the new energy vehicle manufacturing industry, so he doesn't have the extra energy and funds to develop a food delivery platform.
"If that's the reason, I can help you connect with them."
Shen Nanpeng was also impulsive just now.
After listening to Luo Yang's words, I realized that I was looking at this acquisition business from the perspective of a big boss.
It may not be difficult for him, but after the target is changed to Luo Yang, the room for maneuver becomes very narrow.
"It would be great if you could help me make the connection. Thank you, Mr. Shen, in advance."
How could Luo Yang not hear the hidden meaning in Shen Nanpeng's words? However, strategic cooperation can be achieved without an acquisition, and it is certainly a good thing that someone is willing to help make the connection.
Since everyone knew the situation, no one mentioned the acquisition anymore.
"Mr. Shen, with the increase in smartphone users, the online shopping market based on the mobile Internet platform will grow due to its convenience. Therefore, Lemon CC can be the first to enjoy the dividends of multi-channel operations. For the company's business, the gain is quite large."
Luo Yang smiled again and continued to persuade Shen Nanpeng: "Mr. Shen, with this business strategy, how much do you think the company's valuation can increase?"
After going around in circles, the topic finally returned to financing valuation.
"Mr. Luo, even if there is such a new plan, its effectiveness is difficult to determine at the moment. The valuation fluctuates too much, which means that the risk is greatly increased for the investment company. Therefore, the value that can be added to Lemon CC in this regard is not great."
It would not be so easy for Shen Nanpeng to be persuaded by Luo Yang. An investment tycoon like him would not easily make concessions unless he really liked the project.
So he insisted that it would not exceed 40 billion.
Seeing that Sequoia Capital was so determined, He Maosong almost asked Luo Yang to take a step back.
Including Dong Xuan, some people also think that Shen Nanpeng's recognition of the valuation of Lemon CC at 40 billion yuan is already quite good and he can relax.
"If Mr. Luo can't come up with something more attractive to me, Sequoia Capital can only give me 40 billion, unless..."
"Unless what?"
This question was asked by An Ying.
At this time, Luo Yang cannot be allowed to show weakness in momentum, so it is only appropriate for An Ying to ask the questions.
"Unless we sign a bet agreement."
Shen Nanpeng seemed to be answering An Ying, but his eyes were fixed on Luo Yang: "A bet agreement on the time limit of Lemon CC's listing. The reason for this is that capital has a time cost. The shorter the time that Sequoia Capital's capital is used, the greater the rate of return."
Dong Xuan really wanted to ask: If Luo Yang is willing to sign a bet agreement with you, how many billions can the valuation be?
But she is not a member of Luo Shengtang's management after all, and she has no say in this gambling agreement involving the company's vital interests.
An Ying also turned her gaze to Luo Yang.
According to her thoughts, even if she doesn't agree, it's good to listen to the conditions.
No one could have imagined that the "South Beauty" incident suddenly popped up in Luo Yang's mind at this moment.
On September 2008, 9, South Beauty and CDH Ventures signed a capital increase agreement, with CDH Ventures investing approximately RMB 30 million and holding 2% of South Beauty’s equity.
In addition to the capital increase agreement, the two parties also signed a bet agreement, which states that if South Beauty is unable to go public by the end of 2012 due to reasons not at CDH, CDH has the right to exit South Beauty by repurchasing it.
However, South Beauty failed to go public by the end of 2012, triggering the repurchase clause in the bet agreement.
As Zhang Lan was unable to fulfill her repurchase obligation, CDH Investments sought a third-party buyer to acquire shares in South Beauty.
There is no such thing as the capital of kindness. In the business world, there are countless traps waiting for you to step into, and then they will be swung with a sickle to harvest you.
Of course, this is not only due to the circle set up by CDH Ventures, but also due to South Beauty itself.
After 08, the domestic catering industry was once booming, and South Beauty was also a catering brand that grew rapidly in such a market background. As the saying goes, success or failure is due to the market. After receiving investment, South Beauty, which expanded rapidly, encountered a decline in the catering market.
During that period, even the hype about Wang Xiaofei and Big S's love affair and the frantic increase in South Beauty's exposure could not save Zhang Lan.
Not only did the listing plan fall through, but the capital chain also ran into trouble.
Now Shen Nanpeng suddenly proposed a bet agreement in front of Luo Yang, which suddenly brought back fragments of his memory.
"Boss Shen, tell me the truth."
Luo Yang avoided the topic of the gambling agreement and said directly: "I have no intention of listing Lemon CC, so the gambling on the listing time is not attractive to me."
Shen Nanpeng frowned suddenly.
"Don't worry, Mr. Shen. Lemon CC will just not be listed under my control."
Luo Yang explained promptly: "When I grow Lemon CC to a scale of 10 billion, I will find a strong buyer to take over this milk tea brand and leave the cake of later operation and listing to them. You, Sequoia Capital, can fully enjoy the dividends after listing with the buyer."
"Mr. Luo has been short of money in recent years?"
Shen Nanpeng immediately grasped the key message in Luo Yang's words.
Unless you are short of money and are short of a lot of money, you would not do such a thing as not making money.
"Yes, I want to raise at least 50 billion in cash in the next few years."
"50 billion!"
"Oh My God"
He Maosong and Dong Xuan exclaimed in surprise at the number Luo Yang said.
You have to know that many companies with a market value of tens of billions can only come up with a cash flow of a few hundred million most of the time. But now Luo Yang tells them that they have to raise 50 billion in cash flow in the next few years. What does this mean?
They believed that it was not only necessary to raise the money, but also to do so without affecting the normal operation of other companies under Luo Yang's name.
This is a little scary.
"Why does Luo Yang need so much cash?"
Shen Nanpeng also became curious.
In his opinion, Lemon CC is a very healthy cash cow. Not to mention that it can be run as a BEST business, but with good management and operation, it can still maintain profitability for about ten years.
Now Luo Yang wants to sell this cash cow when it has grown fat.
Unless there are greater interests attracting him.
This is the only reason Shen Nanpeng can think of.
"Yes, I plan to enter the new energy vehicle industry within three years, and I need a large amount of capital."
Luo Yang's words were half true and half false.
Among the people present, only An Ying knew a little bit of the truth, because Luo Yang had discussed future business plans with her, and at least one-third of the money from selling Lemon CC would be given to her to start a new food and beverage company.
“So that’s how it is”
There was something inexplicable in Shen Nanpeng's eyes.
Large investment companies like Sequoia Capital have a set of internal evaluation mechanisms, especially for predicting future industry trends.
How could they not know that new energy vehicles are the trend of the future?
I thought Luo Yang was a growing tiger cub, but I didn't know he was actually a lurking dragon.
It seems that we need to re-evaluate Luo Yang.
Shen Nanpeng thought to himself: "In addition to Kunpeng Technology, he is also thinking about entering the new energy industry. And judging from his attitude towards Lemon CC, he is planning to go the path of high-tech industry physical manufacturing."
No wonder even though he has some good ideas about the mobile Internet industry, he still doesn't want to get involved in this industry.
When he got to this point, the shared bike project suddenly flashed in his mind. "Is this guy planning to sell shared bikes after they become popular?"
As soon as this thought came to his mind, the way he looked at Luo Yang became strange.
"Mr. Luo, new energy vehicles are a good development trend for the future industry, but to enter this industry, 50 billion yuan is not enough."
Shen Nanpeng suppressed his other thoughts and discussed with Luo Yang: "It is much more difficult to build a new energy vehicle from scratch than to start a food delivery company out of thin air!"
He still didn't give up and felt that Luo Yang could make a career in the mobile Internet industry.
“There is still some basis.”
Luo Yang replied to Shen Nanpeng with a smile, but did not explain further.
Some things would be more interesting if Shen Nanpeng could dig them out himself.
Seeing that Luo Yang had no intention of elaborating, Shen Nanpeng did not ask any more questions.
"Mr. Shen, let's get back to talking about Lemon CC."
Luo Yang took the initiative to bring the topic back: "I have said so much, but I just want to express one thing. Lemon CC has a good future prospect, and I am willing to share the benefits with others at the appropriate time. I believe that so many favorable factors combined are enough to cause a qualitative change."
"Two billion."
Shen Nanpeng was silent for a moment and then said, "The extra 2 million yuan in valuation is just like making friends with Mr. Luo."
"Happy cooperation!"
Luo Yang raised his glass.
"Happy cooperation!"
After all, the conversation between the two parties took place after the cocktail party, so after reaching a consensus, they did not stay any longer.
"Congratulations, Mr. Luo!"
Dong Xuan, who witnessed the entire negotiation process, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Compared to Lemon CC, Naixue is not much worse. If you calculate it this way, Lingshi Palace is a billion-dollar group!"
In fact, He Maosong became even more excited after hearing Dong Xuan's words.
He holds 15% of the shares in Luo Sheng Tang. According to this calculation, the total value of these shares has exceeded 10 billion yuan.
It turns out that my entire net worth was not this much!
"Where are you going?"
Luo Yang smiled and said, "It's still early. But you have to hurry up with the other thing, there are only two months left."
Dong Xuan glanced at Luo Yang coquettishly: "Please rest assured, Mr. Luo, I will do my best to help you achieve great success!"
After replying to Dong Xuan, Luo Yang turned sideways and looked at He Maosong: "Brother, has Brother Liu come back these days? We agreed to get together last week. Can he make it?"
"In time, in time!"
He Songsong said with a smile on his face: "Old Liu will be back to Ningbo on Monday, how about the party tomorrow night?"
"Anyway, Lao Cai said he would treat us. I'll wait for your call."
After seeing He Maosong off, Luo Yang also left the hotel with Dong Xuan and An Ying.
"I guess you'll be going back to the Magic City today as well."
Jiang Wen took out slippers from the shoe cabinet and said softly, "I'll get you some hot water. Can you take a bath first?"
"No, just take a shower later."
Luo Yang asked as he changed his shoes: "You've already started working, why haven't you rested yet?"
"My workplace is not far from home, and it only takes half an hour to drive there at most."
Jiang Wen smiled and said, "Besides, the beauty salon's working hours are quite late, it doesn't open until 10 o'clock."
That’s right, who would go to a beauty salon for a beauty treatment so early in the morning?
"How was your first job like?"
Luo Yang walked into the living room, sat on the sofa, and asked with a smile: "You are used to being a boss, but now you are an employee who is under the control of others. Are you used to it?"
"What's so strange about this?"
After Jiang Wen helped Luo Yang hang up his coat, she went to make tea: "Have you forgotten that I started working part-time outside of school in my freshman year?"
Well.
Luo Yang almost forgot about it.
After he and Jiang Wen got together, the girl stopped working part-time outside. Starting from her junior year, she became the owner of a milk tea shop.
"Whether I was a etiquette model or a car model before, sometimes I would stand for hours at a time. I could handle such exhaustion. What does this level of work mean to me now?"
After Jiang Wen put the teacup away, she sat on the sofa and leaned against Luo Yang and said, "Besides, this is to accumulate money for opening a shop in the future. No matter how hard it is, we must persevere."
"tsk"
Luo Yang joked: "I have a canary, but why do I feel like I'm thinking about flying away when my wings are strong enough?"
"Master, you didn't drink much."
Jiang Wen spat at Luo Yang, then counterattacked: "How can I fly away after you plucked out all my hair?"
After the heart-to-heart talk last week, the girl became much more lively.
"is it?"
Luo Yang went straight to the point: "Then I have to check it carefully, what if it grows again?"
After playing around for a while, the two got entangled with each other.
"Hey, is Xiaoxue asleep?"
It was only then that Luo Yang remembered that he had not seen Jiang Xue since he returned home, so he asked about it.
"She's staying in the dormitory tonight."
Jiang Wen responded: "They said there was an event at school that wouldn't end until about nine o'clock, so they simply didn't come."
Having said that, she suddenly stepped on the brakes of the fully automatic car.
"Don't think about Xiaoxue at this time!"
Jiang Wen pouted: "Now all of them are mine!"
Isn't it a bit late to feel jealous now?
"Well, it's all yours."
Luo Yang replied with a smile: "As long as you are not afraid of overeating, it's fine."
"Hehe, I'm not afraid."
Jiang Wen leaned close to Luo Yang's ear and whispered, "I've recently collected a number of new Midnight Phantom models. Sir, would you like to take a look?"
Hmm, it seems like it’s been a while since I played this kind of game with the tea master.
Jiang Wen's words instantly brought back fond memories.
Luo Yang picked her up and walked towards the bedroom.
(End of this chapter)
