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Chapter 1275: Chapter 1131: You Only Have One Chance (Please Subscribe!)
He had been standing for nearly an hour.
Tang Qing’s ears twitched slightly.
"Here they come."
The villa’s gate slowly opened, and an Audi passenger car drove in, stopping in front of Tang Qing. Today was Children’s Day, but Tang Qing hadn’t rested; after a week off, it was time to get some work done.
"Boss Tang, sorry to disturb you."
The car door opened.
A thin man stepped out.
--Ma Yun.
"Boss Ma, welcome." Tang Qing approached him for a warm handshake.
Regarding this man,
Tang Qing had always held him in high regard.
It seemed that a great intelligence was hidden inside his ET-like head.
In his previous life,
Ma Yun had always been a distinguished guest in various countries, a treatment that other domestic tycoons simply did not receive. The reason, of course, was the significance of his work, which genuinely aided the economies of various countries.
Therefore,
he had been received by leaders of various countries.
He had even held a position at the United Nations.
Others,
from the country’s perspective, those involved in games, social interaction, internet businesses, and real estate, even if they had a lot of money, hadn’t truly changed the country’s fundamental production and economic relations at the most basic level.
No matter how wealthy you are, it’s none of their business.
"Please."
Tang Qing led Ma Yun into the living room.
Fighter brewed tea for the two of them.
"Boss Tang, you really know how to enjoy life. What kind of tea is this?" It was Ma Yun’s first time tasting Tang Qing’s tea, and he was shocked by its quality. Being a tea lover, he found it exceptionally rare.
"Just some simple Mao Feng, not available outside. I’ll give you some later," Tang Qing said with a smile.
"Then, I thank you in advance."
After thanking him, Ma Yun seemingly said casually, "Boss Tang, what do you think about our Alibaba?"
"A very meaningful company."
Tang Qing thought about it and gave such an appraisal.
"Thank you, Boss Tang." Ma Yun was very happy with the appraisal; he liked it. Making money? No, Alibaba’s significance is hard for outsiders to understand. Everyone likes a spectacle, but Tang Qing is truly deserving of being the richest man.
"I came today to ask if Boss Tang might be willing to part with something," Ma Yun said.
"Oh? You have your eye on one of my companies?" Tang Qing looked at him with interest.
"Sky Eye, to be precise, Xiao Xiao," Ma Yun admitted openly. Enterprise services are the core business of Tianyan Group, and in fact, also Alibaba’s core business, though the focus of the two differs.
Tianyan mainly handles operations, management, finance, and other daily routines.
Alibaba mainly focuses on platform services.
Xiao Xiao,
the creator of domestic enterprise management software.
And currently the undisputed leader, holding over ninety percent of the domestic market share. Not only domestically but according to Alibaba’s research, it’s flourishing internationally as well.
Being free
made it unbeatable.
Now,
the total global user count, as reported by Xiao Xiao a couple of months ago, was no less than twenty-eight million and still growing. This was a constant headache for Alibaba, wanting to engage, but fearing direct confrontation with Tang Qing.
Confronting Tang Qing,
Alibaba truly lacked confidence.
Tang Qing was too cunning.
First, he wasn’t short on money.
Second, you never knew what he had up his sleeve. Moreover, Alibaba’s testing of Xiao Xiao hadn’t revealed any bugs, and its service quality was superior, consistently innovating.
A company without significant competitors, continuously innovating itself,
was formidable.
Especially,
once Xiao Xiao and future smartphones integrate, the pace of growth would be even more astonishing. What Alibaba found most promising was its social attributes. Currently, even Penguin was having a headache over Xiao Xiao, this social software that extended from enterprise services.
Chatting,
Grouping,
Groups,
Personal homepage,
...
Xiao Xiao hadn’t touched on entertainment attributes like Penguin’s, but its social attributes were no less impressive, already becoming the second-largest social software domestically. It was currently Old Ma’s biggest concern.
But the company was too large.
Backed by Tang Qing, who wasn’t short on money,
it was impossible to take down.
Ma Yun naturally did not dare imagine that Tang Qing couldn’t see Xiao Xiao’s future. However, Alibaba did genuinely like this company, this software, his visit was indeed approved by the board of directors.
"This software, I think Boss Ma, you also see its value, so, Boss Ma, what are you prepared to offer to persuade me? Please don’t talk about money, that’s trivial, I lack none of it." Tang Qing did not immediately refuse.
As long as the conditions were right.
In business,
there was nothing that couldn’t be discussed.
"..." Ma Yun gave a bitter smile internally.
Talking about money with the current Tang Qing?
Unless his brain was a joke.
His Comet Group, although most of its subsidiaries weren’t making money, could keep the whole group extremely well-sustained just by Comet Entertainment, with two movies generating profits of tens to hundreds of billions of RMB a year.
Utterly impossible to match.
Tang Qing’s other companies were developing wildly, only Tianyan was currently the least profitable among the group of companies under him. Now that "Epoch" had launched, Tang Qing’s name would soon appear on the global rich list.
"Alibaba’s stocks."
Ma Yun threw out his biggest bargaining chip.
"You don’t have many shares," Tang Qing observed.
"I have the support of the board of directors," Ma Yun explained, meaning the shares weren’t just from him.
Concerning this,
Tang Qing became intrigued.
Alibaba’s shares were indeed a decent bargaining chip. Previously, Tang Qing was somewhat hesitant about whether to get deeply involved with Alibaba. Now, it seemed to provide an opportunity.
"How much?"
"Five percent of Alibaba’s stocks in exchange for fifty-one percent of Xiao Xiao’s stocks," Ma Yun stated seriously. Xiao Xiao’s valuation was around five hundred million US dollars, making it a fair exchange.
Tang Qing laughed.
Alibaba now wasn’t the same as in the future.
Currently, it was just a decent internet company domestically, with a market value of a few billion US dollars. Even if it went public at the end of this year and reached over twenty billion US dollars, it would fall again the following year.
At this time,
Alibaba’s two trump cards, Alibaba Cloud and Ant Financial, hadn’t yet emerged.
The value wasn’t very high.
Unfortunately,
the opposing party underestimated Xiao Xiao.
And underestimated Tang Qing.
"That offer, to control my Xiao Xiao, is really quite insufficient. It can be said to be tasteless," Tang Qing shook his head and refused. Jokingly, if developed deeply, Xiao Xiao had the potential to overturn Alibaba.
Unfortunately,
previously, Tang Qing hadn’t been so ruthless, already having the qualification to become one of the world’s chess players. For domestic companies that he found acceptable, he often adopted an attitude not to fight to the death.
However,
selling his own assets cheaply was not something Tang Qing would do.
Just as Ma Yun was about to raise his offer,
Tang Qing spoke up.
"Boss Ma, if we’re talking about an increase of just one percent, I don’t like it. Regarding Alibaba, I do find it very meaningful, but the significance isn’t yet so great that I would casually sacrifice my ’child.’"
"Absolute controlling rights of Xiao Xiao will always be mine. Boss Ma, I like your philosophy and I like Alibaba as a company. So please, give me a truly compelling offer. You have only one chance."
