Force me to be reborn, right?

Chapter 568: Reasons for Arrogance

Cheng Zhu’s freshman summer vacation came to an end.

After a busy day, he took the elevator to the company's underground parking lot. As soon as he walked out of the elevator, he heard Lin Lu's voice.

"Cheng Zhu! Hello hello!"

"Here here!"

The deer sat in the car, opened the window, stuck his head out and shouted at him.

The two of them made an appointment to have dinner together today. Lin Lu knew that Cheng Zhu had been very busy and hard-working recently, so she asked to pick him up herself.

As soon as he got into the car, the voice actress said in her ever-changing voice: "Hello, sir. Today, your full-time driver, Lin Lu, will serve you. Please fasten your seat belt."

"Okay." Cheng Zhu smiled and fastened his seat belt.

"Sir, what is our destination today?" the voice actor girl asked again.

Cheng Zhu reported the name of the restaurant.

"Okay, let's go now." The voice actor girl started driving.

Sitting on the passenger seat, Cheng Zhu looked at his girlfriend and felt somewhat comfortable.

He adjusted the seat back, then leaned back again, half lying on the chair.

"Lulu, let me take a nap." Cheng Zhu said.

"Okay, I'll call you when we get there." Lin Lu drove seriously.

There are many restaurants in Hangzhou that are located in office buildings, and the one we visited today is one of them.

After parking the car in the underground parking lot of the office building, Lin Lu looked at Cheng Zhu who had his eyes closed and didn't have the heart to wake him up immediately.

His exhaustion was visible to the naked eye.

Cheng Zhu, such an energetic person, now looks exhausted.

After [Youqu] went online, many small problems occurred and a lot of wind direction guidance was needed.

There are endless meetings of all sizes every day, and matters of all sizes need to be dealt with.

Moreover, APP is different from opening a milk tea shop.

The milk tea shop has to close at night.

But there are still people who stay up late to practice Taoism on the APP in the middle of the night, and they keep refreshing it. Problems may suddenly arise in the dead of night.

Of course, this also indirectly reflects the necessity of a sedimentation period.

Lin Lu looked at Cheng Zhu and couldn't help but move forward slightly, getting closer and looking at his face.

Unexpectedly, the dog man suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.

He immediately asked with a smile: "Why? You want to kiss me secretly, right?"

"Kiss you secretly!" Lin Lu scolded.

But after saying that, she still kissed him at the speed of light, and then said, "Then kiss him!"

Cheng Zhu's smile widened, he raised the reclining chair and said, "Let's go, let's eat, it's my treat!"

While having a meal, he also asked Lin Lu how the preparations for her and Jiang Wanzhou's blind box store were going.

Her mother Meng Yue gave her 500 million yuan and asked her to work with Jiang Wanzhou on blind boxes.

Women who run decoration design companies tend to be more fashionable.

Meng Yue is well aware that many trendy toys and ornaments are very popular nowadays, especially abroad.

Moreover, trendy toys really make huge profits.

Once something becomes popular, coupled with the celebrity effect, a random ornament can be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands.

These things are part of the soft furnishings, so both Meng Yue and the designers in the company are familiar with them.

Meng Yue thought about it carefully and felt that it was a good project and would definitely have good development in the future.

But when it comes to doing business, the key is whether you can do it well. If the market prospects are good, you also need strong ability.

Lin Lu mentioned it and said it was Cheng Zhu who suggested it.

When Meng Yue heard this, she immediately nodded and agreed.

This made the little deer a little annoyed!

"Hey! My daughter wants to vote, and you're still hesitating!"

"As soon as Cheng Zhu said he could invest, he agreed immediately and even raised the amount from 300 million to 500 million!"

“Angry, angry, angry!”

"It seems that Cheng Zhu is still more important to you! More important than your own daughter!" Lin Lu pouted and became jealous.

Unexpectedly, Meng Yue crossed her arms around her chest, holding up her heavy chest with her two arms, with a satisfied smile on her face, and said: "My biological daughter? If Cheng Zhu is really my child, then I will definitely be very happy."

Parents always hope their sons will become successful and their daughters will become outstanding.

Cheng Zhu, who has achieved success in his career, will naturally become the child of other people's family in the eyes of countless people.

What surprised Meng Yue a little was that her daughter suddenly shut up.

Because a common saying suddenly popped up in Xiaolu's mind: "A son-in-law is half a son."

As for the Jiang family, they have always been very supportive of their son's desire to start a business, not to mention that Cheng Zhu is backing him up.

The Jiang family's cash flow is much healthier than the Shen family's and is not as tight.

So the first move is 1000 million.

Giving a college student 1000 million in cash to mess around with is a lot.

In fact, it doesn’t cost that much money to open a blind box store.

It was purely because Cheng Zhu and they repeatedly emphasized that while the copyright fees for IPs are low now, they should sign as many contracts as possible, and the terms must be long, at least five years, and they must be exclusive.

Anyway, even if you sign a five-year contract, the money doesn't need to be paid all at once. These are all negotiable.

When Cheng Zhu started his business in Wucheng, he met many bosses who were in the IP business, so he was familiar with this. Since the price of IP copyrights will continue to rise sharply in the future, and will not stabilize until the global economic situation is not so good, the necessity of signing an exclusive contract becomes prominent.

After all, even if they can't raise the price for you, they can still sell the copyright to more merchants.

After Lin Lu picked up a piece of chopped pepper fish head for himself, he looked at Cheng Zhu and said, "We have basically signed all the IPs you mentioned before."

“But some big IPs simply don’t want to cooperate with us.”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu thought this was normal.

After Pop Mart became successful, it could still easily cooperate with major international IPs such as Marvel and Harry Potter.

But in the early stages, this is undoubtedly impossible.

What people look at is not how much money you give, but also your qualifications, channels, etc.

After all, IP cooperation is not just about collecting copyright fees. Many big IPs will also set a passing sales figure and hope to further increase IP visibility by building channels.

"There's no rush for big IPs. It will be fine as long as we sign the ones I mentioned earlier. Then we can operate and market them well when the time comes." Cheng Zhu said.

Cheng Zhu still has some understanding of what made Pop Mart popular in the beginning.

Later, when he started a live streaming e-commerce company, he also had a small collaboration with Pop Mart.

Speaking of which, Wang Ning, the founder of Pop Mart, is also a legendary figure.

In the past, investors’ evaluation of Wang Ning was: the founder has mediocre education, has never worked a proper job, cannot speak and speaks little, has a calm expression when speaking and has no appeal, and there are no elites on the team.

After Pop Mart went public, investors mentioned Wang Ning: Wang Ning has a calm personality, doesn’t talk much, doesn’t show his emotions, and possesses many excellent qualities of a [consumer entrepreneur].

At this moment, Lin Lu was not a major shareholder anyway, and she had unconditional trust in her boyfriend, so she would take whatever Cheng Zhu said as the truth and would not delve into it.

She was also very happy to have more things to do.

"Ningning is getting busier and busier now, and you are also so busy, so there is no one to accompany me every day." Lin Lu said this many times before.

But now that she has a career that she enjoys, she won't feel bored anymore.

The weather in Hangzhou is still very hot in early September.

The fierce group buying battle and takeaway war are now approaching the end of the first round.

The market shares of [Dianping] and [Are you hungry?] increased by 4.6% and 6.1% respectively!

These two numbers may seem insignificant, but they are actually very scary, especially the latter!
Now, it seems like time has gone back to a few months ago.

The advantages that Wang Xin had gained by spending money crazily before were now gone.

What’s even more fatal is that a large part of the market share increased by [Are you hungry?] and [Dianping] was taken from the sinking market!

Lao Wang felt so painful!

During this period of time, Wang Xin has been flying back and forth between various cities.

He and Bao Fan also met Xiao Ma Ge together.

However, this meeting was destined to disappoint him.

Previously, Xiao Ma Ge was interested in the merger.

He was also happy to accept Wang Xin's surrender.

For the Penguin, this would not only cut off one of Ali's arms, but also make Ali very disgusted.

From a business perspective, it is almost entirely beneficial with no disadvantages.

By then, our big penguin will dominate the group buying and takeaway fields!
However, the current situation is very strange.

I can't say that [Dianping] and [Are You Hungry] under my command are making great strides, and then I jump out and say to them "Stop fighting! Stop fighting!", right?

We, your Majesty, are ready to fight to the death. Why is Your Majesty negotiating peace?
Moreover, Penguin has invested in Mituan, so there may be variables here, right?
Your rice ball is getting bigger and bigger. If I buy in and then merge it, I can make more money!
What's more, Wang Xin insisted at the beginning that he could reduce the proportion himself, but the dominant power of the new company must be in his hands.

From Penguin's perspective, Wang Xin is a traitor and Zhang Tao is a favorite general. If Taozi can stand up and become the leader of the new company after the merger, that would be great!
Generally speaking, the companies invested by Penguin have relatively high autonomy.

Taozi and Haozi have their own persistence, and Xiao Ma Ge can only watch from the side with his eyes narrowed.

As for Red Mountain Capital, which is regarded as the last straw by Lao Wang, it also said that it is in a difficult situation as it is caught between Penguin and Alibaba.

Nowadays, Zhang Xuhao is not short of money, but Taozi and Lao Wang have almost burned through all the money in their accounts at the same time.

Wang Xin was helpless for the time being.

Zhang Tao happily started a new round of financing!

During this opportunity, Cheng Zhu invested a total of 3500 million US dollars in Dianping.

The two times he participated in financing were both in a short period of time, and this is the limit of what he can currently afford.

If the eldest cousin had not suddenly appeared, he and Zhang Tao had a silent understanding that the amount of money invested this time would also be 2000 million, which is the same amount invested in "Are You Hungry" last time.

So much so that he had to go to the Magic City again.

But this time when going to the Magic City, Cheng Zhu is not going to tell the chubby fox.

He has been very tired recently and has a lot of things to do. He may receive a call to deal with emergencies at any time.

I guess Taozi and Haozi will drag me over for a long talk at night.

The big fat butt should be enjoyed when you have leisure time, instead of rushing to the fox's lair to peek in for half an hour.

What was even more embarrassing was that the day he went to Shanghai happened to be the first day of school at the Polytechnic University.

In other words, the college student asked for leave on the first day of the new semester.

Under normal circumstances, the school would definitely think that this student has problems with his learning attitude.

But look at the reason this college student gave for asking for leave.

“Go and invest in [Dianping] together with Penguin, Wanda, etc.”

(ps: Please give me a monthly ticket.

Also, collect a name for Lin Lu's blind box store, choose one and copy it~)

(End of this chapter)