"210 million gold and 30% of the shares.”Li Yang muttered to himself as he watched Markberg's expression change.
After looking at it for a while, Li Yang knew that it was impossible for Markberg to give up 30% of the shares. This really had nothing to do with money. This was related to the issue of Facebook's voice and decision-making power.
After thinking for a moment, Li Yang lowered his request and said,""30% of the shares is indeed a little too much. How about this, 20% of the shares, 150 million gold!”
" 20%…" Markberg was speechless. He did not understand why Li Yang was so obsessed with the proportion of shares.
For example, other venture capital firms that were optimistic about Facebook would only hold 10% or even 5% of the shares. After all, the future was full of uncertainty.
However, Li Yang seemed to be very optimistic about Facebook and was obsessed with the proportion of shares.
Since a genius investor like Li Yang was so optimistic about Facebook, Markberg was even more confident in himself. He couldn't give up too many shares, or he would regret it in the future.
After figuring out these key points, Markberg said his bottom line,""Facebook is indeed about to start a C round of funding, but Facebook's valuation is at least 1 billion gold, and Facebook can only give up 5% of its shares in the C round of funding.”
"5% of the shares and a valuation of 1 billion gold. Mark, you're too stingy. Your valuation of Facebook is too high!”Li Yang laughed and shook his head. He couldn't accept this plan.
Facebook's future market value was 500 billion dollars, and 5% of its shares were equivalent to 50 billion dollars. According to the conversion rate, this was a 500-fold increase in assets. From a future perspective, even if one billion dollars were to buy this 5% of shares, it would still be a huge profit.
However, Li Yang would not do that. He was not a fool. How could he agree to such a plan?
Moreover, 5% of the shares was indeed too little. It was far from his appetite. If it was 15%, he might be tempted.
Getting the shares of Facebook didn't mean that he could rest easy. He still had to continue investing in the future. It wasn't like he could just sit back and wait for the company to appreciate.
For example, if Facebook ran out of money, but if Facebook wanted to develop, the shareholders had to continue to invest according to the proportion of shares they held. Once Facebook started to dilute its shares, if the shareholders didn't want their shares to be diluted, they would have to continue investing.
Unless Facebook had money and its profits could meet the company's expansion, shareholders would not have to continue investing in it.
There was no such thing as buying shares and waiting for them to appreciate in value.
"5% of the shares will be transferred at a valuation of 1 billion meters of gold.”Markberg repeated and continued,""If you think this price is unreasonable, then there's no need for us to continue talking. I believe that in a few months, all venture capital firms will agree with this valuation.”
" Mark, although I studied finance, my understanding of the Internet is not inferior to yours. I am very optimistic about the social network. If you reject my investment, it will be the worst decision in your life..." Li Yang's words were faint as he picked up his coffee cup and took a sip slowly.
"The worst decision of my life? Who do you think you are? The stock god, Baffet?"
Markberg sneered to himself and said calmly,""Mr. Li, I don't understand what you mean.”
" What I mean is very simple. I'm very optimistic about social networking. Even if you reject my investment, I won't give up this territory. At that time, Facebook will have a competitor..." Li Yang said calmly.
What he meant was simple. If he rejected his investment, Facebook would have a competitor with the same business scope, and this competitor was created by Li Yang.
"There will only be progress with competition. I really hope that Facebook can have a competitor so that I won't slack off and Facebook can develop more perfectly.”Markberg didn't care. He didn't think that Li Yang, who studied finance, could make a name for himself on the Internet. These were two different industries, and there was no overlap.
" Little pockmarked, I wanted to share wealth with you, but you are too stingy and don't know how to share. You are asking for trouble…" Li Yang glanced at Markberg and made a decision in his heart.
It seemed that he had no choice but to enter personally to add another layer of the Internet tycoon's halo to himself.
Looking at the silent Li Yang, Markberg stood up and said politely,""Mr. Li, it's a pleasure to meet you. I still have something to do, so I'll be leaving first!”
"Please!" Li Yang replied with a smile.
With a click, Markberg pulled out his seat and turned to leave.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!
The sound of footsteps could be heard. Smith, who was sitting at another table, quickly walked over and asked,""Boss, how did your discussion with Markberg go? Did he agree to our investment?”
" Markberg set the valuation of Facebook at 1 billion gold and only transferred 5% of the shares. I can't accept such a plan..." Li Yang put down the coffee cup in his hand and roughly explained the situation.
"God, a valuation of one billion meters of gold, is Markberg crazy? Since its establishment, Facebook had never been able to make a profit. How could such a company be worth 1 billion!”Smith exclaimed, belittling Markberg.
" It doesn't matter if we can't reach an agreement. In the future, when Markberg thinks about this day, he will regret it…" Li Yang stood up and left his chair."Let's go back to New York. Silicon Valley is so boring…"
…………………
In the afternoon, a plane slowly took off from San José International Airport, soared into the sky, and flew to New York.
In the first-class cabin, Li Yang crossed his legs and held a newspaper in his hand. Beside him, a blonde, blue-eyed, gorgeous, and voluptuous air stewardess was massaging his shoulders.
"Mr. Li, are you thirsty? Do you need anything to drink?" The blonde air stewardess 'eyes were as clear as water as she leaned against Li Yang.
Feeling the beautiful air stewardess wriggling her body, Li Yang closed the newspaper and smiled.""Thank you for your massage. Please pour me a glass of lemonade!”
" Mr. Li, please wait a moment..." The blonde air stewardess blinked and reluctantly turned around to pour some lemonade.
" American women are so bold. They even came to seduce me in broad daylight…" Li Yang opened his palm. On it was a small note with a string of phone numbers written on it.
There was no doubt that after getting off the plane, as long as Li Yang dialed this number, the beautiful air stewardess would definitely be on call.
" Boring…" Li Yang smiled and threw the note into the trash can.
Li Yang admitted that he was not a good person. He did like beautiful women, but he was not interested in the flight attendant.
The world was very big, and there were many beautiful women. Those who could interest Li Yang definitely had a unique charm or a unique halo, such as Irina and Scarlet!
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