Chapter 753： Series C financing (1)

After drinking with Liu Dong to a slightly drunken state, Liu Dong took the initiative to say goodbye with a satisfactory result. Yang Cheng didn’t hold back after a few acquaintances. After all, the relationship between the two was not enough to stay overnight To the point.

As for Susu, he can naturally stay with Yang Cheng to fight for a night without scruples.

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Two days later, it was the beginning of the week. On Monday, New York seemed extremely busy. The wide Fifth Avenue was filled with heavy traffic. Anxious drivers kept honking their horns. In fact, they knew it was. Useless work, after all, my car does not have wings.

The New Era Building is very lively today. All employees have been instructed by the upper management to dress up for work. Those programmers who are sloppy on weekdays have also changed their styles today. The suits and shoes, their hair is meticulously taken care of, even when they work. The messy scenes were swept away, clean and tidy, and the air was filled with the smell of prosperity.

God is also very face-saving, the sun is shining brightly, and the gentle breeze with the fragrance of flowers and grass blows, warm and pleasant.

In such weather, from early in the morning, the luxury cars in front of the New Era Building have been in an endless stream. Today is the day of New Era Media’s C round of financing. It is also the first official directorship meeting since its establishment. meeting.

The eight major shareholder directors who have entered New Era Media since the B round of financing gathered together. At the same time, more representatives of Wall Street or top companies were present to witness this financing case that may shock the world.

As the founder and largest shareholder of New Era Media, Yang Cheng personally greeted the arrival of distinguished guests in front of the large conference room. Needless to say, those investment bank leaders who usually live on Wall Street, they arrived very early, and every face All of them are filled with happy smiles. Although they are here to spend money today, everyone knows in their hearts that the more money spent today, the more rewards in the future.

Georgina, who did not catch up with the second round of financing due to various reasons, rushed back to New York from the Australian racecourse today and appeared in front of Yang Cheng as a brand-new superwoman. When the two looked at each other, they were full of warmth, from After the inner hug, Georgina left a meaningful look, stepped on high heels into the meeting room, found her nameplate and sat down;

Yang Cheng smashed his mouth and greeted the next distinguished guest, Jack Ma, who flew from country Z a long distance to attend the shareholders meeting. Jack Ma gave Yang Cheng a lot of face, but after a polite hug, he mentioned it. Another thing, "Jason, you proposed Alipay to sponsor Liverpool's chest advertisement. After research and investigation, I agreed. When do you think you send someone to discuss specific matters?"

Before he escaped from the fantasy space left by Georgina, Yang Cheng was there for a while, until Jack Ma patted his arm, and said apologetically, "I just remembered something suddenly, sorry, but I heard what you said. I personally would like to see Alipay as the main sponsor of Liverpool. Don’t worry, I’ll call Liverpool to connect with you.”

Jack Ma is dressed in a tunic suit today. He is particularly conspicuous among a group of suits, but his aura is not weakened at all. All acquaintances present are all acquaintances. No one will hold a super-rich from the world's largest market. After entering the meeting room, the atmosphere suddenly rose, and it was lively and peaceful.

Next, David Ellison and Amanda Hurst joined together, which surprised Yang Cheng. Because of the disharmony with the hapless cousin of Amanda, David Ellison also took the initiative to ask for a shot for Yang Cheng. Lesson learned, thinking about taking over the shares in Hearst Group.

Later, Yang Cheng didn’t pay attention to the result. He only knew that Amanda’s cousin had been rectified, but he really didn’t know whether the shares were handed over, but it should have been. If there is a large share transaction, he would How could the chairman not know.

"Hey, man, you're so handsome today~" David Ellison is really getting off the line. He doesn't mention a white suit with a slapstick bag. Where is the eyebrow? Shaved?

Yang Cheng couldn't bear to complain, so she turned her gaze to Amanda, who was also dressed in suits and trousers. This sky blue neutral suit was really heroic.

Before he could speak, Amanda preemptively said, "You can't make me suffer today~"

Yang Cheng squeezed her nose and did not answer the conversation. She just can't get too entangled with the woman, because she owes a lot of debts, and sooner or later she can't afford it.

At this point, all major shareholders have been present. As Yang Cheng's four-dimensional space and senior leaders of New Era Media entered the venue, the large wooden doors of the large conference room were heavily closed.

The first place on the oval-shaped conference table is naturally Yang Cheng's position. His left hand is the major shareholders. Behind each shareholder is his entourage. On the right hand are the high-ranking members of 4D Space and New Times Media. In charge, not only Eddie and Ryze, but also leaders of various departments, including the chief financial officer and vice president of New Times Media, attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. This meeting has gone far beyond the ordinary board level.

On the big screen facing Yang Cheng, a promotional video made by New Times Media was scrolling. As the screen came to an abrupt end, the venue slowly calmed down. Everyone knows that the meeting is about to begin.

Yang Cheng coughed slightly, leaning forward slightly, and did not deliberately face the microphone, with a domineering gaze over the entire venue. After he finally retracted his gaze from Georgina, he smiled calmly and said, "Welcome everyone. The shareholders took time out of their busy schedule to attend today's meeting. I believe that after today is over, you can have an unforgettable day.

Of course, today’s meeting will be long and compact. You must be mentally prepared. Any need can be raised to the administrative staff who are not far away waiting for help at any time. Let us give them applause first. You have worked hard today. . "

took the lead and applauded after speaking. Everyone was happy to cooperate. There was no one to stand up. At this time, the atmosphere was the most important.

The applause fell, and Yang Cheng said again, "Speaking of which, this is also the most complete gathering of us after the Series B financing reception. When we are on the lunch break, we can gossip, for example, whose family has a new baby."

His ridicule caused a chuckle, and the meeting started slowly in such a relaxed atmosphere.

As the CEO of New Era Media, Eddie came to the big screen in full vigor at the invitation of Yang Cheng, projecting to illuminate his old face, but it did not affect his vigorous state.

"Good morning, gentlemen and ladies. On behalf of the nearly 3,000 employees of New Times Media, I welcome everyone to participate in the board financing meeting of New Times Media Group. I am the CEO of New Times Media Group Eddie Harveystein. Please allow me below I would like to introduce the current situation of the company to shareholders."

Following his voice, the big screen behind Eddie was switched to a chart, which clearly showed the funding status of New Era Media.

"As you can see, since the B round of financing, New Times Media has made considerable progress, especially in the core business headline app. It has not only pushed the number of global users to the level of 100 million, but also in monthly active users. This important data is also far ahead of major news apps, reaching a scale of 80 million, and we are confident that this number will be pushed to 100 million in the next six months.

Not only that, the Toutiao accounts that have been incubated by relying on the Toutiao app exceed one million, of which nearly 900,000 are self-media users, and the rest are from major brand companies, who operate independently to promote their own brands.

What surprised us the most was the MS short video that was launched later. It even surpassed the Toutiao app in user coverage at a nearly crazy speed of catching up. The total number of users attracted by these two apps alone exceeded 200 million. This is also the greatest wealth of our new era media.

Thanks to these two huge user groups, New Era Media has been favored by advertisers. As of the second quarter of 2015, New Era Media Group, which includes multiple businesses such as New Era Pictures, had Revenue is nearly 6 billion U.S. dollars, and our goal is to strive for a year-on-year growth of 80% in the same period next year, and the full year goal is to exceed 20 billion U.S. dollars. "

Although Eddie has not yet released the most intuitive net profit, the shareholders will check the financial report sent by New Times Media every quarter so even if Eddie has not summarized it, they also know the general idea. But he still took a cold breath at the numbers Eddie spit out.

It’s horrible. The revenue of $6 billion in half a year is not that amazing. There are countless companies around the world that can reach this scale. However, they are all companies that sell products under brands, such as Apple and Volkswagen, not mobile phones. Just sell cars, the unit price is set, and the revenue will naturally go up.

What does New Times Media do? To put it bluntly, that is to sell a concept, just this can sell 6 billion US dollars?

Of course, there are some things that can’t be seen that way. Without mentioning the two softwares of the opening article and the MS short video, the new era film industry "Fifty Shades of Gray" has created 700 million US dollars in revenue, plus the new era The media sits on the two major newspapers, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times, as well as Time Magazine. This is a total of $6 billion, which is not much.

The above are the thoughts of shareholders who can see the financial report of New Era Media, but those investors who were invited to attend the audience were surprised and difficult to attach. It was simply shocking. You must know that until today, the official announcement of the headline has not been full. In a year, if you make a horizontal comparison, Facebook predicts that this year’s total revenue will reach 18 billion U.S. dollars, and New Era Media’s revenue in the second half of the year will be comparable to Facebook’s two-thirds level, even if it stops growing. And what is the market value of Facebook today? Nearly 230 billion US dollars!

Does this mean that if New Age Media goes public immediately, its market value will also swell to 200 billion US dollars?

The people here are not so superficial. It is the most naive way to use market value to measure the strength of a company.