My Age of Investment

After the conversation with Gates was over, Xia Jingxing had dinner at his home again under the old man's enthusiasm, but declined the old man's stay. He drove to Seattle and settled in a high-end hotel.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, there were lightning and thunder outside the window, and heavy rain was pouring.

Holding the red wine, Xia Jingxing walked to the window and dialed the number of Yang Niu.

"How's the situation over there?"

"Investors don't understand our decision to temporarily split the oil pipeline. Their attitude is somewhat ambiguous, and the negotiations have reached a deadlock. Moreover, such a large transaction may not be negotiated in a short time."

The voice of the foreign girl on the other end of the phone was a little tired. Today, she has been dealing with investors all day, working hard.

Xia Jingxing smiled wryly. He originally wanted to make a time difference and quickly finalize the financing, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

But according to Yang Niu's feedback, the idea may be in vain.

"Daron, do you think it's Murdoch who made some rumors? He is in the media and he is a tycoon. It's easy to pass a message to these investment institutions."

Xia Jingxing was silent for more than ten seconds, and let out a long breath, "Okay, don't speculate on this, if you can't melt it, you can't melt it."

"But...but we don't have much funds in our account, and YouTube is a big burner. If we can't finalize financing as soon as possible, we will fall into lawsuits and public opinion vortex again. The situation may be even more unfavorable."

Xia Jingxing put down his wine glass and rubbed his temples. The foreign girl was telling the truth, and this was something they had considered and worried about before.

It is true that they can play litigation games with the six Hollywood giants, but in the capital market, they are about to be manipulated.

At first, he was a little complacent, and after being reborn, he felt that he was omnipotent and invincible, but when he encountered difficult things, he would also have a headache.

Youtube hangs up, Facebook hangs up, it won’t cause 10,000 points of damage to his life, but it is a blow to self-confidence, and it is also a major Waterloo in business competition.

He is under a lot of pressure. On the one hand, he has always been arrogant, and on the other hand, he does not believe in the justice of American laws.

It would be naive to think that everything is settled in court.

In addition to lawsuits, there are media groups behind the six giants. Manipulating public opinion is estimated to cause huge waves, and the lobbying groups will join forces with senior officials to charge Luo Zhi with unwarranted charges.

It would be light to detain him in Canada.

If there is really no bottom line in commercial competition, this is in the United States, at their home court, with a network of relationships woven by generations of people for decades, which makes him feel deeply pressured.

Of course, this is not fear or cowardice, but a rational analysis of the situation.

Xia Jingxing calmed down his brain quickly, and talked with the foreign girl about the communication with Gates today.

"What? You're crazy, it's really hard to talk, you're going to sell YouTube to Microsoft?"

The foreign girl had a loud voice, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

"There is no way around this. When the most difficult situation really arises, we can only choose Gu Yitou and let Facebook go into battle lightly. With the burden of YouTube off, Facebook can also make profits as soon as possible, go public as soon as possible, and completely consolidate its position.

Only when Facebook grows in size can a truly solid network of relationships be established, instead of being flattened and rounded like it is now. "

This incident triggered a lot for Xia Jingxing, there are too many invisible hands, Xiao Mazi is a Jew, and many media tycoons in the United States are also Jews. I don't know if the two sides have colluded with each other or formed a small group.

And he is Chinese, and he is eye-catching in Silicon Valley, and he was caught in the pigtails. How could the vultures not make a big fuss.

If you want to hold this asset, you have to bear these pressures. It is useless for you to escape. People will come to touch porcelain, just like TikTok in the previous life.

This incident has also strengthened the determination to move assets. The United States cannot stay here and must increase domestic investment.

"But, as you said, the existence of YouTube is an important cornerstone for Facebook to expand its advertising business."

Xia Jingxing sighed in his heart. He said this. After the development of social networking, the incremental market is gone, so it is not grabbing users, but grabbing time to make a fuss in the stock market.

For what impact YouTube can have on Facebook, refer to the impact of Douyin on Penguin.

If Facebook's family bucket occupies more usage time of a user, it will be much easier to do in the advertising business, and the strong will always be strong.

However, it is useless to say these things now, when it is time for a strong man to cut off his wrist, he must not hesitate.

"Microsoft can't handle the Internet, and selling them is less threatening than selling them to Google and Amazon.

If Microsoft's business is difficult, maybe we can buy it back in the future. "

Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing smiled and comforted the foreign girl: "Isn't it the last moment? Don't worry, the YouTube channel is our painstaking effort, and I will definitely do my best to keep it."

After chatting with the foreign girl for a few more words, Xia Jingxing hung up the phone.

Lying on the bed, he thought for a long time, and didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

the next day.

Xia Jingxing boarded Gates' private jet, flew to Los Angeles together with the latter, and arrived in Beverly Hills by car, preparing to visit another media tycoon who lived here——Summer Redstone.

Redstone's house is small, only 1,400 square meters. The old man bought it from Stallone for 14.5 million US dollars a few years ago. The neighbors next door include Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, etc. Hollywood movie star.

When the two arrived, the old man was sitting in the yard reading a newspaper. He had a golden-haired hairstyle similar to Trump's. He was in his eighties and still had good eyesight. He greeted Bill Gates from a long distance away.

The two are actually old friends. The Gates Foundation has donated money to Redstone's charitable foundation before.

Gates walked Xia Jingxing close to the old man, and briefly introduced Xia Jingxing to the old man.

"Oh, Darren, the amazing young Chinese, I know."

Lei Shidong stood up, pushed his wife away, and was supported by a middle-aged Caucasian woman in her forties, and shook hands with Xia Jingxing.

The old man beckoned Gates and Xia Jingxing to sit down, and asked his wife to bring some cups of freshly ground coffee. The three of them drank coffee and chatted.

"Darren, Bill has told me everything about your coming. In principle, I agree to settle with YouTube and Facebook, but you must remove Viacom's CBS TV network, Paramount Pictures, and MTV. , Nick International Children’s Channel and other subsidiaries, and compensate us for all economic losses, totaling US$1 billion.”

Xia Jingxing has never been clear about how much the six Hollywood giants plan to claim. He was not too surprised when he heard the figure of one billion US dollars. He was not exaggerating in his dreams. The amount that Google was compensated back then was only so much, but Facebook did not have as much money as Google. He must have seen his Chinese identity and planned to blackmail him severely.

Xia Jingxing smiled and said: "Mr. Lei Shidong, Youtube and Facebook have maintained good communication with Viacom since last year, and promptly removed the video content you gave feedback.

As for the compensation of one billion US dollars, this is an astronomical figure. If the compensation is based on this amount, the oil pipe will be gone immediately. "

Lei Shidong's face was indifferent, and although his eyes were cloudy, his voice was resounding, "This is our bottom line for reconciliation, and we will not back down."

Seeing that the talk collapsed as soon as he came up, Gates hurried out to smooth things over.

"Everyone calm down, today we are here to solve problems, not to create problems."

After all, Gates looked at the old man, smiled and said: "Summer, your compensation amount of one billion dollars is indeed too high. If each company pays one billion dollars, the value of the oil pipeline will be cleared directly, so it is better to directly announce Bankruptcy and bankruptcy."

"The value that the oil pipeline can create in the future is far more than the six billion."

Lei Shidong looked at Xia Jingxing, and said word by word: "The premise is to solve the copyright issue."

Xia Jingxing shook his head and laughed, "We simply can't afford to pay such a large sum of money. Even if we win the lawsuit, Mr. Lei Shidong, you won't get much benefit."

"At least one platform with more than 200 million users that infringes our company's copyright is missing, and it can warn other companies to stop their infringement."

Xia Jingxing shook his head again, "Mr. Lei Shidong, you are wrong. The oil pipe fell down. Who really benefited? The other five companies were all used by him."

"Daren, you don't have to try to break up our alliance." Redstone laughed softly. "Murdoch has already called me. He said that you are full of tricks. Be careful that you break us one by one."

Xia Jingxing kept greeting Murdoch's family in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt normal. Murdoch was an old man, and he would not leave any flaws in his actions.

"This is not to tear you apart, but from the actual situation, I think a living YouTube is far more beneficial to Viacom than a dead YouTube."

Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing stopped and stopped talking.

Lei Shidong frowned, and raised his hand to signal Xia Jingxing to continue.

Gates looked at Xia Jingxing with a look of surprise, feeling not very good in his heart.