Vol 6 Chapter 499: Exactly the same

? Mike and the others were also surprised to hear that it was a call from SoftBank.

Mike glanced at Sandberg, SoftBank, Sun Zhengyi, and now there is still the mind and energy, especially the funds, to mix with Twitter?

Sun Zhengyi really has no conditions and energy to blend in with Twitter recently. The competition for Yahoo is much more difficult than he thought.

Although he does have some inherent advantages as one of Yahoo's major shareholders, he is facing the combination of Microsoft and NEXTDOOR.

And now, only these two parties have entered into real substantive acquisition negotiations with Yahoo.

After the initial trial, the focus of the acquisition is no longer the purchase price.

Sun Zhengyi knew that raising the purchase price and not frightening Microsoft and Feng Yiping would only increase his own purchase costs.

For the current price of 44 billion U.S. dollars quoted by Microsoft, an additional $1 billion is not very large and meaningful. However, no matter which party wants to acquire, the $1 billion is listed alone. Neither is an inconspicuous number.

After all, it is 1 billion dollars!

Therefore, the current negotiations with Yahoo are mainly focused on the arrangements for Yahoo after the acquisition, especially the personnel arrangements, and the operational arrangements.

In terms of personnel arrangements, although the two parties are somewhat different, the general direction is the same: of course they will lay off staff.

But with regard to the business plan, the difference between the two parties has been highlighted.

Microsoft, which was originally the leader of high-tech companies in the United States, not only knows American users better, it also takes longer to prepare, so they can come up with better solutions.

In the past, Sun Zhengyi was only a critic of Yahoo in the United States. Those Yahoo Japan executives he urgently summoned from Japan found in the negotiations that although he knew that the habits of users in the two countries were quite different, he did not expect the So big.

For example, the Internet products most used by American users, in addition to tools-such as Google, are social networking and shopping.

In Japan, besides tool products, their favorite is games.

This difference is reflected in the market. Many Internet companies in the United States, including companies like Yahoo, which are still unable to figure out their positioning, are a very important source of income. Online advertising still only has a very small market share in Japan. .

Television and paper advertisements still dominate the Japanese advertising market.

Users in the U.S. and other countries in the world are increasingly fond of e-commerce. The development in Japan is also very general. Offline entities, including convenience stores and vending machines that extend into every community, are still the mainstream.

However, in Japan, the game market is extremely profitable, and it can even be said that it is rich. In this regard, Japanese Internet users are very willing to pay.

But this market is also strange, its iteration rate is very slow, and most of the most popular game products are still products released 3 years ago...

Therefore, although Sun Zhengyi has joined members who are familiar with the characteristics of the American Internet in the team, some of the solutions they have given are far from the solutions given by Feng Yiping of Microsoft, and they may even make Yahoo people tolerate. Can't help shaking his head face to face.

After confirming that the purchase price will only be higher than originally expected, Yahoo’s shareholders naturally also want to show a sense of responsibility for the company-it is naturally best if they can ask for money and face.

So in the negotiation, those guys who were most concerned about the purchase price before, showed great importance to the future business plan, as if they were very concerned about Yahoo and the future of Yahoo.

Being behind at the negotiating table originally made Sun Zhengyi angry. Another thing that made him anxious, of course, was fundraising, because of the environment, huh, and because Microsoft and Feng Yiping must be working secretly. The fundraising process is very unsuccessful, and so far, it is at least half way short.

For this reason, when I heard that the three people from Twitter came to Facebook again, he made this call without even thinking about it.

His funds are very tight, but as the saying goes, if there are too many lice, no need to worry about debts. Compared with the nearly 20 billion US dollars difference he faces, the acquisition of Twitter may require hundreds of millions of dollars. , What's the matter?

To put it bluntly, he also wanted to add to Feng Yiping.

Sandberg knows about these situations, so although she was a little surprised, she immediately smiled and said, "I think we will talk later," when she saw Mike's eyes.

Seeing her standing up with a smile, Zuckerberg immediately followed.

He was a little skeptical at this time. The so-called call from SoftBank might be a play directed and performed by Dorsey and the others. The purpose is nothing more than to increase prices.

Especially when Stone called out, he felt that the traces of the performance were too heavy-his feeling was right. The voice that Stone called out of Softbank was indeed somewhat deliberate and the purpose was the same as he thought. , I just want to take this to gain more initiative.

But for Zuckerberg, he said those words on behalf of Feng Yiping. Twitter is still playing this set. It can be said that he lacks any sincerity. He doesn't want to waste time on such a person.

Mike also stood up, "Doshi, this conference room is very safe. You can answer the phone here, or I think we'd better make an appointment again,"

Whether it was Mike or Sandberg, they all smiled when they spoke, but whether it was Dorsey or Stone or Williams, they all felt the chill under that smile.

They also know clearly that if they leave here, the so-called "re-arrangement" must be no longer an appointment.

Dorsey is a little hard to decide at this time. Hang up the call. Then, they can say that they may lose the greatest support and answer immediately. No matter in the eyes of the three Facebook people, whether this call is theirs or not. Arranged in advance, it is estimated that they will no longer want to deal with Twitter.

After all, this time, they showed such a great deal of sincerity-fools know that Mike and Sandberg can't come by "coincidentally".

Feng Yiping was in China, and the three most core senior officials of Facebook came forward to receive them together, and they all said that if they were still hesitating, then they would have only SoftBank as the next choice, because Facebook will definitely not Have the patience to tentatively contact them like this.

However, can SoftBank definitely give good terms?

Seeing the buzzing phone on the table, Dorsey couldn't decide for a while.

Mike smiled and stopped shaking their hands. "Then, goodbye!"

Everyone can hear it, this is what it means to never see again.

At this moment, a person on the other side stood up. It was Williams. He strode to Dorsey, took the phone that was still making noise on the table, and looked at Dorsey and Stone’s suppressed eyes. Shut down the machine neatly, and then shouted, "Wait,"

Dorsey and Stone, surprised at the same time, felt that this scene, why are they so familiar?

Oh, they immediately remembered that in China, when facing Feng Yiping, Williams did not discuss with them, and on behalf of Twitter, he reported a high price of US$800 million.

Isn't this scene in front of me the same as that scene?

Dorsey feels somewhat regretful, but Stone quickly feels relaxed, and it's okay to shut down!

Mike stopped when he heard the words. At this time, he didn't mind giving them a few more minutes. He felt that things would become clearer.

Sure enough, Williams said, "You don't have to wait any longer, we are very happy to have the opportunity to cooperate with Facebook,"

"Oh," Mike held his outstretched hand, but his eyes turned to Dorsey and Stone who were still sitting there.

Stone walked over quickly, "I am honored to be a few colleagues in the future,"

Now it depends on the attitude of the last person.

Dorsey sighed and walked to the door, "I am glad to have the opportunity to work hard with everyone."

"So, did we reach our intention?" Mike asked clearly.

"Yes, we have reached our intention," Dorsey still had difficulty saying "Twitter is willing to be acquired by Facebook" directly.

"But I have another question. After reaching an agreement with us, does Feng still intend to acquire Jaiku and Tumblr?"

He hasn't forgotten ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ the frequent contact between Cummins and Twitter's competitors a few days ago.

"Of course," Mike said.

Just when Dorsey's face changed, Mike smiled and said, "Isn't Twitter interested in integrating these light blogging companies?"

"Huh?" Dorsey was taken aback, "that is, for, for...we?"

"Of course," Mike said.

But he added something in his heart, but that is now under the circumstances that you are willing to be acquired by us.

"Thank you, thank you!" Dorsey and the others immediately became excited.

The meeting room was full of joy at this time.

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