The next day, Li Ze finally met the representative of the US International Data Corporation, a person named Lin Dong.
"Hello, this is CEO Li from Legend of Mir 2, right?”
When the other party saw Li Ze, he greeted him with a smile and extended his hand.
Obviously, the other party had also carefully investigated Li Ze's situation.
Brony and Zhang Zhidong were also present.
Li Ze smiled and shook his hand.""Hello, I'm Li Ze from Legend of Mir 2.”
Lin Dong nodded." Boss Li's Legend has been very popular recently. I heard that the number of online users has already exceeded a million?"”
"Hehe, it's alright."
Li Ze humbled himself and then went straight to the point." Representative Lin, I'm sure you're aware of the reason why I've specially invited Chairman Ma to meet with you.”
"Why don't we talk about the details?”
"That's good too, President Li is indeed a straightforward person." Lin Dong smiled. Then I won't beat around the bush. Our US International Data Corporation does intend to sell the Penguin Corporation shares we hold.”
"However, we currently only plan to sell about 10% to 13% of the shares.”
"I wonder what kind of valuation CEO Li plans to use to take over this portion of shares?”
Li Ze was already prepared for this. He said unhurriedly,""Representative Lin, you should know that when I invested in Penguin two months ago, my valuation of Penguin was 40 million USD.”
"I think the current valuation of Penguin is slightly higher than this, which is still acceptable. What does Representative Lin think?"
Li Ze threw the words back.
"The one you mentioned is a little higher. How much is it exactly?" Lin Dong smiled.”
After a pause, Lin Dong continued,"" I think with Penguin's growth in the past two months, especially the increase in registered users, if the valuation is only slightly higher than 40 million USD, isn't it underestimating Penguin's current value and future potential?”
Li Ze shook his head and said," What Representative Lin said is true. Penguin Corporation may have good development and potential in the future, but how long is this future?"”
"Or, can we find a way to realize this so-called potential? I think both Representative Lin and your company have a question mark in their hearts, right?”
"Otherwise, why would your company want to sell your Penguin Corporation shares?”
"Also…"
"Just now, as representative Lin mentioned, Penguin Corporation has seen a significant increase in registered users in the past two months. All of this is based on my previous investment.”
" If there is no new capital injection, then Penguin Corporation has yet to find its own ability to produce blood. The next development... Hehe, I don't think I need to say more.”
" Finally, before Penguin Corporation can really find a way to cash in and achieve break-even, how much money will need to be invested in this period of time is even more unknown.”
"The risks involved are not small.”
Hearing Li Ze's words, Lin Dong looked at him for a while before smiling.""That's right. I agree with what President Li said.”
"This is also the reason why our company wants to cash out a portion of the shares in our hands.”
"For our venture capital firm, it is a normal operation to cash out at the right time and earn a return on investment. Since President Li has said so much, I won't hide it anymore.”
"Our company's internal valuation of Penguin Corporation is about 55 million US dollars. If President Li can accept this valuation, then we can talk about the number of shares to be transferred.”
Although the valuation of 55 million US dollars was acceptable to Li Ze.
However, he obviously wouldn't give in so easily.
After all, the price was sky-high, and he had to pay it back when he landed!
"Representative Lin, a valuation of 55 million…is your company serious?" Li Ze replied.”
Lin Dong naturally understood what Li Ze meant, but at this moment, he pretended not to know and said,"President Li, what do you mean?"
Li Ze smiled." It's nothing. It's just that I personally feel that with Penguin Corporation's current business situation, I'm afraid that this valuation…hehe, the premium is a little too high.”
After a pause, Li Ze continued without waiting for Lin Dong to speak,""How about this, I won't say anything about a valuation of 40 million USD. Let's be straightforward.”
"50 million!"
"With a valuation of 50 million USD, I will buy all the shares of Penguin Corporation in your company!”
Lin Dong didn't answer immediately. Instead, he pondered.
In fact, the valuation of 50 million USD had slightly exceeded the psychological expectations of their company and was completely acceptable.
However, Lin Dong didn't want Li Ze to feel that everything was too easy, so he pretended to be reserved and muttered to himself for a while.
Li Ze wasn't in a hurry. He just waited quietly for Lin Dong's reply.
As for Brony and Zhang Zhidong, they didn't say a word. In fact, this had nothing to do with them. It did not involve the shares in their hands or the operation of the company.
The two of them came today mainly to introduce him and to witness the negotiation between the two sides.
After a few minutes, Lin Dong finally raised his head and let out a long sigh as if he had made a difficult decision."Phew, CEO Li, I have to say that you're indeed a straightforward person.”
"In principle, we can still accept a valuation of 50 million USD. However, as I said just now, our company has no plans to sell all of Penguin Corporation's shares for the time being.”
"You can only transfer 13% to Boss Li at most!”
Seeing that the other party had finally relented, Li Ze secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
However, he still looked calm on the surface and said,"Alright, 13% is 13%. If it's valued at 50 million USD, it's 6.5 million USD.”
"That's right!"
Lin Dong nodded.
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!"
Li Ze stood up with a smile and shook hands with him again.
"Happy cooperation!"
Lin Dong smiled back.
When the US International Data Group invested in Penguin Corporation, it only cost a total of 1.1 million US dollars. Now, in just over a year, this investment had increased by nearly ten times.
Even if they had only cashed out 13% of the shares, it had made their initial investment of 1.1 million USD nearly five times more profitable.
He also held 5% of Penguin Corporation's shares.
No matter what, this investment had made the US International Data Corporation a huge profit!
As for the future development of Penguin Corporation…they were not very optimistic about it. Therefore, it was a good choice to cash out a portion of the shares first.
Brony and Zhang Zhidong, who were at the side, saw that the matter of the transfer of shares between the two parties had been settled, and they also relaxed a little.
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