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Chapter 313 Chen Yansen: Mr. Ma, he's playing you! The Second Drinking Party!

Inside the magnificent rooftop banquet hall of the Marco Polo Hotel in Yanjing.

A dozen or so well-dressed men and women clinked glasses and drank until their faces were flushed.

After finalizing the cooperation, Pony Ma's smile widened even more. In just one year, Pinduoduo's valuation increased elevenfold.

In other words, his initial investment of 300 million has now become 3.3 billion US dollars.

Chen Yansen put down his wine glass and leaned close to Pony Ma's ear to inquire, "How far have things progressed in the financing cooperation between Tencent and JD.com?"

Which step?
Ma Wenteng's expression froze, he sighed slightly, and said in an unfriendly tone, "Liu Qiangdong just raised 4 million US dollars, and immediately started playing delaying tactics, neither accepting nor refusing."

You're forcing Handsome Dong to pick up trash, of course he's not going to do it!

A month ago, if he hadn't been desperate, Liu Qiangdong probably wouldn't have agreed to Liu Zhiping's request.

After all, QQ Group Buying, Paipai.com, and YiXun.com were all scams. JD.com bought them despite the risks, and the losses are at least 10 billion US dollars.

Ma Wenteng wanted to take the opportunity to clean up Tencent's negative asset projects, while Liu Qiangdong set his sights on the primary traffic entrances of QQ and WeChat. Initially, the two hit it off immediately, but after Liu Qiangdong secured funding, his mindset changed.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yansen chuckled, raised his glass and clinked it against Ma Wenteng's, saying, "Liu Qiangdong believes that Jingdong's valuation is severely underestimated. He probably won't start the negotiation process for at least a year or two. Mr. Ma, he's playing you!"

"Undervalued? Hong Kong and US brokerages offered him $60 billion, I offered $65 billion, and he's still not satisfied?"

Ma Wenteng's face flushed red, slightly tipsy, and he lit a cigarette, puffing out smoke.

"The price is fine, but Mr. Ma wants to use the equity of QQ Group Buying, Paipai.com and Yixun.com to pay, and is only willing to give 10% in cash. Liu Qiangdong is already short of money, and when OTPP came out, Liu Qiangdong had another option, so naturally he didn't want to deal with Tencent anymore," Chen Yansen said with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, what you said last time, that Pinbei is also willing to take over QQ Group Buying, Paipai.com and Yixun.com, does that still stand?"

Ma Wenteng turned his head and stared intently at Chen Yansen as he asked.

"Last time? I was just kidding, Mr. Ma, don't take it seriously." Chen Yansen took a sip of his drink and said casually.

Ma Wenteng wanted to play a balancing act, treating Pinduoduo and JD.com like crickets fighting, how could Chen Yansen not be furious?

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Ma's embarrassed expression out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

Ma Wenteng opened his mouth, wanting to curse, but forcibly held back. Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "When we sign the contract tomorrow, let's change the cooperation period for the QQ and WeChat entry points to five years."

The original agreement was for three years.

But Ma Wenteng was afraid that if Pinduoduo grew stronger, it would kick Tencent off the train, so he took the initiative to make the suggestion.

"Sure," Chen Yansen readily agreed.

Whether it's three years or five years, you don't have to spend a single penny on Pinbei anyway.

Logically, occupying advertising space on QQ and WeChat should require paying an advertising fee.

But Chen Yansen is usually unreasonable!

Tencent provided Pinbei with primary traffic entry points on QQ and WeChat for free in order to gain access to Pinbei's Series B funding. This requirement was clearly stated in the contract as early as the Series A funding round.

After a few rounds of drinks, it was already ten o'clock.

Cai Yongjin glanced at his watch, stood up and said goodbye. He was the spokesperson for the financial sub-forum of this Internet Conference, and he had to get to the International Conference Center early the next day. In addition, he was getting old and naturally couldn't match the energy of the younger generation.

Yu Heng and Gao Huiyi followed closely behind and left.

Just three minutes later, only the people from Senlian Capital and Tencent remained in the room.

"Mr. Ma, shall we call it a day?" Chen Yansen said.

"Okay, let's talk again tomorrow." Ma Wenteng had drunk three or four glasses of baijiu that night, and even though he had a good tolerance for alcohol, he was feeling dizzy and lightheaded.

"Boss, the car is ready." At this moment, Gao Weilin came over to remind him.

"Is there another round?" Ma Wenteng pressed.

“Zhang Chaoyang invited me to a bar,” Chen Yansen explained simply.

“Let’s go together. I’d also like to meet Charles.” Ma Wenteng took the coat Liu Zhiping handed him, draped it over his arm, and said.

In terms of personal wealth, Zhang Chaoyang is far inferior to him.

However, in terms of industry standing within the internet sector, Zhang Chaoyang is in no way inferior to him, after all, the latter still holds the title of the first-generation internet godfather. Zhang Chaoyang can be considered Ma Wenteng's mentor. Although times have changed and the former elder brother has become the younger brother, the two still have a good relationship in private.

Chen Yansen nodded and sent a text message to Lao Zhang, giving him a heads-up.

"OK," Zhang Chaoyang replied quickly.

Afterwards, the group went down to the first floor, got into four luxury cars, and sped off toward the location of VICS CLUB.

at the same time.

In a private room on the second floor of VICS CLUB, Zhang Chaoyang, Lei Yijun, Ding Lei, and He Xiaopeng had just sat down.

"Take a few bottles of my good wine that I've stored away. The labels on the bottles have the three characters 'Chen Yansen' on them."

Zhang Chaoyang said to the bar manager.

Chen Yansen sent him several cases of whiskey and red wine. Zhang Chaoyang couldn't finish them all by himself, so he simply stored them at the bar and used them to entertain friends.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, please wait a moment." The bar manager replied respectfully with a smile.

Although Zhang Chaoyang wasn't among the absolute elite in Beijing's wealthy circles, he still had a net worth of at least several billion yuan, so the bar manager was naturally exceptionally attentive to him.

"Is Ma Wenteng coming too?" Lei Yijun asked.

"Yeah, and Liu Zhiping too," Zhang Chaoyang replied casually, not taking it seriously.

"When these three get together, they're most likely discussing financing partnerships with Kuaidi Dache or Kuaidi Dache. The recent ride-hailing dispute between Baidu and Senlian Capital is giving me the creeps!"

Ding Lei leaned back on the sofa, pushed up his glasses, and chuckled as he remarked.

"There's no way around it. Both Baidu and Senlian Capital want to combine their travel, group buying, food delivery, and electronic navigation map businesses. The market is big, but Chen Yansen and Li Yanhong both want to be the leader, so it's going to be difficult."

He Xiaopeng picked up a cup of herbal tea, took a sip, and said.

He had dinner with Zhang Chaoyang, Lei Yijun, and Ding Lei, and chatted for more than an hour at the hotel before coming to the bar. Judging from his flushed cheeks, they had drunk quite a bit over the past few nights.

"I don't understand Chen Yansen's actions. The gaming industry is clearly more profitable, yet he chose the group-buying and ride-hailing markets," Ding Lei shook his head, looking puzzled.

"If Chen Yansen really makes games, Ding Lei will be unhappy again," Lei Yijun joked.

"Haha, that's true. Chen Yansen's project management skills are definitely among the best of the young people. If Senlian Capital enters the game industry, it will be a formidable opponent for NetEase, Tencent and Perfect World."

Ding Lei smiled and readily admitted it.

"How many units of NetEase's Ruiying G1 have been sold?" Lei Yijun suddenly asked.

"210 million units," Ding Lei answered truthfully, a hint of pride flashing in his eyes.

In less than fifty days since its launch, it has sold an average of more than 4 units per day, a remarkable sales performance that has even surpassed most new models launched by domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

“The Aurora OS system is indeed more powerful than the MIUI system. The Xiaomi 1S has two versions with similar configurations and prices, but the Xiaomi 1S equipped with the Aurora OS system sells more than 3000 more units per day.”

Lei Yijun shrugged and said with a helpless expression.

"It's said that Orange phones have seen explosive sales in the African market, with total sales exceeding 500 million units," He Xiaopeng interjected.

"So high?" Ding Lei was surprised and suddenly felt that NetEase's sales of 200 million mobile phones were no longer appealing.

"Chen Yansen started planning for the African market last year. Although Nigeria and Abyssinia are poor, they have a real population of 200 to 300 million. Even in the poorest places, there are rich people. 5 million units is nothing. If we can fully develop the market potential, selling 30 million units a year is not difficult."

Zhang Chaoyang said it casually.

Upon hearing this, Lei Yijun was immediately intrigued. If Xiaomi could successfully expand into overseas markets, it would provide an opportunity for revenue and valuation growth.

But the entry barriers to the European and American mobile phone markets are high, and the African market is being eyed by Orange Technology. So where should Xiaomi go?
With its large market potential and large population, there aren't many regions like this.

Lei Yijun pondered this in secret and soon set his sights on India, with its population of over a billion and astonishing potential.

With this in mind, he decided to send a group of market researchers to India to comprehensively collect local market information and development data.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that Orange phones are going to be launched in Eastern Europe?" Ding Lei asked, following up on Zhang Chaoyang's topic.

Just as Zhang Chaoyang was about to answer, he saw the frosted glass door being pushed open from the outside.

(End of this chapter)