Rich life from scratch

Chapter 232

Lin Qishan held meetings for several days to discuss and try out popular foreign products.

Going out for so many days is not just spent on entertainment. It is also his job to integrate into life to experience what young people like and what is popular.

In fact, before the short video market was unified, the development in Europe and the United States was much faster. Just like the sharing economy before it was ruled by the giants, there are already outstanding representatives such as snapchat and vine for short video.

Back then, on domestic video sites, there were many interesting videos about foreign countries, all of which were reproduced on Vine. Lin Qishan still remembers that when he was bored, he liked to watch Vine collections when he was on Youtube, especially the top ones.

At that time, a certain music hadn't been born, and Kuaishou hadn't moved yet, and then fast forwarded to 18/19, but it had been quietly replaced by tik tok, and the market began to form a unity under the leadership of giants.

During meetings, Lin Qishan often just thinks back, how should the predecessors go?
He told Tang Kewen that he wanted to go international and acquire musically from outside, but in fact they were still in a situation where food and grass had not been moved.

Tang Kewen also mentioned one day that Toutiao is not reconciled to losing in the video field. The watermelon video they made has developed very well, but they have not tried short videos for the time being.

Therefore, in the previous life, Penguin was enthusiastic about besieging and beating short videos, but here it has become an existence that continues to stare at the "headline" business, which is more threatening to them.The offensive of short videos is not to say that there is no such thing, but it is much weaker.

This is what Lin Qishan called "the right time and place", and he should fight for the remaining people.

"If you want to buy, you must buy it, and you must buy it! The musically team is Chinese. Whether we are talking about money, market mergers, or drawing big pies to talk about the future, we must get them!"

"We also need to be careful of other giants, such as Penguin. Penguin must be following us to discuss cooperation and want to raise funds, and on the other hand wants to make short videos on its own. We have to guard against it!"

Tang Kewen also agrees with Lin Qishan's statement.

This is the continuation of the inability to have both fish and bear's paws at the beginning. After Qupai cooperated with Weibo to change the market, Penguin will naturally feel that they have become competitors, and they definitely want to keep a hand!
So the current potential competitors of Qupai include Penguin.

After considering the overall situation, Tang Kewen said: "I recently read the resumes of excellent business people from North America. I think we can absorb a group of people who share the same thinking and culture as there, and help us develop an acquisition strategy."

"It should be done." Lin Qishan agreed.

"Then we split into two groups. On the one hand, we continued to use endorsements and publicity to promote the Fun Paina market, and on the other hand, we started to enter the overseas market. Musically is our predecessor. We can use global ideas to attract them to participate in this business. buy inside."

Lin Qishan also agreed: "They are also a young team, talk more about their ideals, and then put real money and silver, and try their best to win them, beware of being caught first!"

"Understood!"

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After these few meetings, the views of the chairman and the CEO have been completely consistent.

Then it's time to start a new round of action.

In China, Qupai’s money-burning advertising is still going on, with the overwhelming publicity of various stars and Internet celebrities, and its own very good ability to create Internet celebrities, the results are still rising steadily.

Overseas, the team has also built a house quickly. They started the first contact in July. The news that came back is quite optimistic. The musically team is willing to talk.

Because they have also seen the great success of Qupai in China, and the user base of a country with a population of more than one billion is destined to have a bright future as long as it wins the market.

The smooth news of the acquisition and cooperation negotiations came as a pleasant surprise, and it also made Lin Qishan feel that it made sense. After all, he had done it in his previous life, and there will be no big mistakes now.

But the follow-up of the matter did not continue the smooth start!Just when they were having a good talk, news suddenly came from outside, and the penguins also got involved!
Penguin also seems to be interested in musically. They also want to acquire musically, and their determination is not small. The leader is a partner of Penguin Investment, with a high status.

Penguin made this decision, and it also had a prelude: After the last round of financing for FunPai failed to enter the market, they turned to spend 3.5 million US dollars to lead the investment in Kuaishou!
Then the negotiating leader in North America sent back the news that the first person to contact Lu Yu, the founder of musically, happened to be the CEO of Kuaishou!

After the situation suddenly became clear, Lin Qishan instantly understood that Penguin had already made arrangements!
Tang Kewen communicated with Lin Qishan overnight, and Lin Qishan said very clearly: "Run against them, don't be cowardly!"

This sentence also determines that the soaring department behind Qupai will fight against the behemoth penguin.

Ascendas is a relatively young Internet group. Its two main products are Funwan and Funpai. It has also made some peripheral investments, but the intensity is not large.

If penguins were elephants, they would definitely be solitary ants. If they were really so brave, I am afraid not many people would be optimistic about them!

But Lin Qishan really can't be cowardly, because the more information he reads, the more he feels that the acquisition of Musically can save a lot of trouble in going overseas.

Moreover, musically is more compatible with Qupai. It is hard to imagine what kind of magical painting style is it that the foreign spiritual guy is also in the old iron 666 after musically is combined with a certain hand.

So Lin Qishan is not afraid, just do it!

We can’t be afraid of Penguin just because it’s grown up, and even the plan to talk about the next round of financing in a friendly way has been temporarily stopped.Others have sharpened their knives, how can they catch them without a fight?
Lin Qishan originally wanted to cooperate with Penguin, but right now he doesn't have the conditions.

The big deal is to beat the penguin to the ground in the short video field, and then talk to it about cooperation!
Sometimes cooperation is not necessarily a prerequisite for peace of mind. It can be that after a big battle, the winner talks with the loser, and maybe there are more conditions to talk about!

Having cheats in this life made him very courageous, at worst he would lose, but cowardice is impossible.Lin Qishan asked the team to continue to offer better conditions and openly competed with Penguin.

Then he didn't do it alone, and started calling his investors. Yang Shihao is the leader of the fund, and he can still provide a lot of ideas at critical moments.

Taking a few steps back, if the battle situation is really tight, it is also a conservative strategy to use a meager connection to chat about money with Ali, who is also cannibalistic.

It's just that Lin Qishan doesn't want to get too close to Ali, he just needs to play together through Weibo. To be honest, Ali doesn't have a rich social user base like Penguin, so he doesn't quite match!

So he focuses on talking to investors, and the second step is to talk to banks.

Since you want to acquire, what you can’t get around is money. Companies want money not just for financing—the debt ratio of the company is determined, and the money from the bank is also very good.

It just so happened that Lin Qishan was also a person who knew how to deal with banks, and these days he started to hang out with the universe, and flirted with other banks.

So behind the actions of the Tengfei Department looking for money everywhere, the signal reflected to the outside world is: they really plan to be tough with the penguins!

When it was first rumored that Penguin was involved in the acquisition of musically, and Xiao Ma had appointed his subordinates to take over, many people thought that Qupai should be dead.

After all, the strengths of the two are too disparate. One is a giant with endless money, and the other is a rookie who is still in the financing stage and has not yet generated much profit. There is no comparison.

But what is unexpected is that the founder of Qupai, the young calf, is not afraid of tigers, and is really not cowardly at all. He is trying to win over his accomplices everywhere, and he is going to have sex with penguins aggressively!

It may be that Lin Qishan was so successful at a young age and brought too much attention.

The important decision that led to him now, even if it was made in a low-key manner, has attracted the attention of countless people in the industry.

For his approach, some people think he is naive, while others think he is arrogant.

Some people think that he doesn't know where the courage comes from, and the bigger the sesame is, the more whimsical it is.

Most of the unfavorable voices, there may be jealous geniuses in it, because he was so successful at such a young age, and if he continues to succeed, many people will have nowhere to put their face!

It may also be purely from a commercial point of view, thinking that Lin Qishan is still young and reckless after all, and he doesn't know how to figure it out slowly, thinking that he will eat like a snake and become fat.

Of course, there are also a few voices who are optimistic about him.

For example, Yang Shihao, he may have a sixth sense. Because he is a friend and gets along more often, he feels that Lin Qishan is a strong person. If he is so persistent about one thing, he must have his own plan!
So while the outside world is not optimistic, Yang Shihao gave Lin Qishan support: "Whenever you need funds, just tell me."

The key point, buddy, is that it works, one sentence made Lin Qishan half-steady on this matter!
He also met the other half by chance!

ps: There are still people who don't know the group number, 929570943
(End of this chapter)