After hanging up the phone, Li Ze couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"If I can successfully acquire the 18% shares of Penguin Corporation from Xiangjiang Yingke Digital, then I will have a total of 41% shares of Penguin Corporation!”
" As long as Penguin Corporation can really become a company with a market cap of several trillion yuan like Xiao Dong said in his heart…"
" Then, with the shares in my hands, even if I lie down and do nothing, even if a portion of my shares will be diluted, I will be worth at least hundreds of billions or even trillions in the future!”
Li Ze felt a little happy.
Then, Li Ze asked someone to call Qin Siqi, who was currently in charge of the League of Legends Internet Cafe, over.
When Lin Yue was still in charge of the internet cafe company, Qin Siqi was her assistant.
After Lin Yue was transferred to the general manager of Zerun Technology, the Internet cafe company was handed over to her.
However, Li Ze didn't have much contact with Qin Siqi.
It was mainly because during this period of time, or more accurately, for the past six months, Li Ze had been focusing on Legend of Mir 2 and Zerun Technology. He rarely asked about the Internet cafe company's situation.
Plus, Qin Siqi hadn't been in charge of the internet cafe company for long.
When Lin Yue was still working at the internet cafe, Li Ze had met her a few times.
Therefore, when Qin Siqi suddenly found out that Li Ze wanted to see her, she was still a little nervous and uneasy. She was afraid that after she took over the Internet cafe company, her work would not satisfy Li Ze.
"President Li, may I know what instructions you have for me?”
Qin Siqi gathered her courage and asked cautiously.
Li Ze glanced at her and naturally saw the nervousness and awkwardness in her expression, so he smiled and said,"Don't be so nervous."
"I didn't call you here for anything special. I just wanted to ask you how much money is available in the company's account?”
Hearing Li Ze's words, Qin Siqi heaved a sigh of relief.
"President Li, the company currently has about 4.8 million yuan available in its accounts."”
"It's mainly because the company opened two new internet cafes in Guangzhou a few days ago. Also, we spent some money to upgrade some of the computers that are already a little old.”
Li Ze nodded.
4.8 million, not bad!
As for Qin Siqi's idea of upgrading some old computers, it was normal.
After all, the computers in the first two Internet cafes in Jiangzhou were all mainstream in 1998. Now that nearly three years had passed, they were somewhat outdated. If they didn't update the configuration, they wouldn't be able to play some of the current mainstream games.
"I might need to use the company's funds in the near future, so the expansion of the internet café will be halted for now. The follow-up…we'll talk about it later."
Li Ze said.
"Alright, President Li!"
Qin Siqi quickly replied.
Then, Li Ze let her leave.
In fact, after the Legend of Mir 2 officially started charging for its business, Li Ze had started to look down on the profit from the internet café.
If internet cafes were still the same as in 1998 and 1999, where the internet fee could reach five yuan per hour, then the profits of the 30-plus internet cafes would still be considerable.
But now, the price of the internet had been reduced to two to two and a half yuan, and the profit margin could no longer be compared to before.
Of course, even so, the net profit from the thirty or so internet cafes was still in the millions.
For ordinary people, it was a huge sum of money.
But for Li Ze now, it was just that.
When it was almost time to get off work, Li Ze finally received a call from Ma. Ma said that he had already asked Xiangjiang Yingke Digital, and the other party said that they could send someone to talk to Li Ze at any time.
He asked Li Ze to set a time and a specific meeting place, and then let them know.
Li Ze thought for a moment and decided that it was better to do this sooner rather than later, so he immediately said to Brony,"Boss Ma, let's set it for the day after tomorrow. I'll rush to Peng City tomorrow and go directly to Penguin Corporation to discuss it.”
"Didn't you say that the company has moved to a new office? I can take this opportunity to take a look. The other party was also very close to Pengcheng from Xiangjiang.”
A few days ago, Brony had chatted with Li Ze on QQ and mentioned that Penguin Corporation had moved its office.
The main reason was that the number of registered users of QQ had grown too fast in the past few months. It was already difficult for the five founders to manage it alone.
Therefore, he recruited some people.
Their original office was too small. After recruiting people, it could not accommodate them at all. He could only find a more spacious office.
"Alright, then I'll wait for you in Pengcheng. I'll call Zhidong and the others to welcome you!”Brony said with a smile.
The next morning, Li Ze went straight to the airport and took a direct flight to Peng City.
When the plane landed at Peng City Airport, it was already past one in the afternoon.
Li Ze called Brony and asked him for Penguin's new address. He rushed over and checked into a nearby hotel.
In the afternoon, Li Ze went to Penguin Corporation's new office to take a look.
Although it wasn't very tall, it was at least much more spacious than the small 30-square-meter office.
Moreover, Penguin Corporation had expanded to more than 20 employees.
Brony and the others all had their own independent offices.
In short, it could be considered a change of weapons.
Naturally, Brony and the others were very welcoming of Li Ze's arrival. After all, Li Ze was a major shareholder of the company.
The new employees of Penguin Corporation did not know Li Ze.
However, when they learned from Chen Yidan and the others that this person was the company's major shareholder and the boss of Legend of Mir 2, they all looked at Li Ze curiously.
"President Li, is our company's new office okay?”
Brony invited Li Ze to his office and said with a smile.
Li Ze nodded." It's good. It looks like a big company now!"”
Brony smiled and said," That's not all. If we want to become a real big company, Penguin still has a long way to go."”
"It's not too far away. Anyway, I'm very optimistic about Penguin's future development.”
"Hehe, I believe that. Otherwise, President Li, you wouldn't have invested in our company and even bought 13% of the shares in the hands of the US International Data Corporation. Now, you want to talk to Pacific Century Digital about buying their shares.”
Li Ze pursed his lips and asked,"By the way, President Ma, did Pacific Century Digital reveal to you their estimated purchase price?”
Brony shook his head." Why would he reveal this to me?" he asked.”
"However, President Li, it was less than a month ago that you acquired the shares of the US International Data Corporation. No matter what, the valuation won't change much.”
"I estimate that the other party's expectation should be 50 million US dollars, or at most a little higher by 3 to 5 million US dollars.”
Li Ze nodded." If it's about this valuation, it's still acceptable. If it's too high, hehe…"
"Anyway, the people from Pacific Century Digital will arrive tomorrow.”
Brony said.
Xiangjiang was too close to Pengcheng, so the people from Pacific Century Digital would come over tomorrow morning.
He chatted with Brony for a while.
Li Ze also asked about the growth of QQ users in the past month.
Although it had only been a month, the number of users on QQ was still quite gratifying.
The next afternoon.
The people from Pacific Century Digital finally arrived at Penguin.
The other party had only sent a higher-up, and the 'little superman' did not come personally.
After all, with that " little superman " and his family's assets, the money from the transfer of Penguin Corporation's shares was nothing.
Naturally, he would not come to Peng City to talk to Li Ze about this.
However, that " little superman " would never dream that the Penguin Corporation shares he was about to sell would be worth hundreds of billions in the future!
Pacific Century Digital was obviously eager to cash out Penguin Corporation's shares. Li Ze's negotiation with the other party's higher-ups went quite smoothly.
The other party did not haggle over the valuation, probably because Li Ze had just acquired Penguin's shares from the US International Data Corporation a month ago.
There was a direct reference for valuation.
In just a month, Penguin Corporation did not have any particularly significant benefits, so its valuation could not increase much.
The other party was very clear about this, so after some tug-of-war, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on Penguin's current valuation.
Li Ze would acquire all 18% of Penguin's shares in the hands of Pacific Century Digital at a valuation of 54 million US dollars, which was 9.72 million US dollars.
However, the other party requested that the money be transferred to his account within ten days.
This put Li Ze in a difficult position.
He did not have that much cash on hand at the moment.
Li Ze chatted with the other party again, hoping to extend it to a month, but the other party's attitude was firm.
After asking, the other party revealed that the 'little superman' was preparing to acquire Xiangjiang Communication Company and was in urgent need of funds.
This was also the main reason why the other party wanted to sell Penguin Corporation's shares.
After understanding the situation, Li Ze also knew that it was unrealistic to ask the other party to postpone the payment of the shares, so he could only promise to pay the other party within ten days.
Although Li Ze currently had at most 40 million Chinese dollars, which was equivalent to 5 million US dollars.
That was still more than four million dollars short.
However, with Legend of Mir 2's current operating conditions and Zerun Technology, it was not difficult for him to get a loan from the bank.
After the conditions were settled, both parties immediately asked their lawyers to draft the contract and sign it.
When Li Ze signed his name on the contract, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
In any case, the 18% of Penguin Corporation's shares were in his hands. All he needed to do was borrow a loan from the bank, gather the money, and pay the other party.
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