Chapter 760： Series C financing (6)

Mark Zuckerberg, who became a super-rich at a young age, is a success idol of many people. At least before the outbreak of the mega scandal, his entrepreneurial experience has become the word-of-mouth business of countless young people who dream of success.

Ran and no one wants to know that this super-rich is really not a good thing.

All over the world, Facebook has exploited loopholes in local tax laws. Of course, this is not surprising. After all, every big company is doing the same thing. It is estimated that in less than two years from 2013 to now, Facebook and Google caused the EU to lose up to 5.4 billion euros in taxes.

Similarly, facing the pressure of Duiwan’s tax recovery, Facebook, which has a strong style, shifts the duty of tax payment/tax reimbursement to local businesses and users who advertise on Facebook. In this case, it has been shown that Facebook has an effect on entities. The economic contribution is limited, not to mention that it only employs a total of about 20,000 employees worldwide, and the actual job opportunities created are quite limited, far inferior to traditional industries like Wal-Mart.

Of course, I don’t need to be held accountable too much for this question. The law doesn’t blame the public. There is another reason I have to mention. Even Yang Cheng can’t understand it.

Although Facebook was voted as the "Best Employer in America" ​​by the US financial media, it claims to have an elegant working environment, high salaries and generous benefits.

However, some insiders broke the news that Facebook’s dispatched workers at the San Francisco Bay Area headquarters are almost equivalent to “second-class citizens”. Not only are they paid so low that they cannot afford houses, food, and daily necessities, they are also discriminated against and cannot enjoy the company’s welfare policies. In the unbearable situation, more than 500 Facebook employees have been sent to organize a union to fight for their rights.

Harsh employees are by no means something a great entrepreneur would do. Even if hypocritical is like Yang Cheng, he is also taking tax avoidance measures around the world, but he has a clear conscience in dealing with employees. Now in New York, if he wants to do a job for fresh graduates The survey asked them which company they most wanted to go to. I believe that at least half of the people choose New Era Media. If industry trends are not considered, this proportion can reach more than 75%.

Plenty of free space, flexible attendance mechanisms, and most importantly, salaries that far exceed the industry average level, are all newcomers yearning for, so from this question to analyze the two of Yang Cheng and Zuckerberg The difference is a real villain, a hypocrite.

There is no doubt that Yang Cheng is a real villain. He puts everything on the surface, tax avoidance is tax avoidance, and he never hides his preference for luxury, luxury cars? buy! aircraft? buy! Private island? buy! He never advertised diligence and frugality, let alone build himself an environmental guardian character. Although he admired such a person, he would never do it himself.

Like Xiaozha running in the capital for a show under the smoggy day, it is really disagreeable. If you really like fitness, you can do it in the gym of the hotel where you are staying. Why take a dozen bodyguards in country Z Show off the people-friendly side on the street?

Of course, it is not incomprehensible that he has the power to control the personal data of 2 billion Facebook users around the world at a young age. It’s not incomprehensible that he is young and frivolous. Who didn’t do anything idiot when he was young?

It’s just that this guy’s ambitions are getting out of control, and he even showed a trace of ambition for ZZ at certain moments, which makes it difficult to approach. After all, Facebook is an out-and-out "king maker", especially in the coming days. On that huge stage, when Facebook has shown its ability to send that man to the White House and has the ability to influence the outcome of the Brexit referendum, who can rule out the possibility that Xiaozha himself will come out to compete for the top position?

Far away, in short, Yang Cheng’s views on Xiao Zha are contradictory and thorough. They both appreciate Xiao Zha’s outstanding achievements in the business field and the same characteristics that they occasionally reveal, but they are not willing to go deep with this person. After all, Xiaozha had a ill enough to make Yang Orange suffer.

Looking back into the large conference room, dozens of people in the huge space breathed at the same time, but in a short time, a strange silence was formed. The silence came from Yang Cheng. His complimenting silence caused these elites to notice a slight strangeness. , Perhaps this same young and famous genius and rich man is unwilling to cooperate with people of equal fame.

"Cheryl, there are some things I might as well say. Facebook invests in New Era Media. I welcome it. However, there are too many levels of cooperation design and it cannot be negotiated in a few words. If Facebook is sincere to cooperate, then I hope that after the meeting, you and my CEO Eddie will have friendly exchanges." Yang Cheng said that was tactful and clear enough, that is, investment is OK and cooperation is free.

Nowadays, Facebook has become a big trend. No matter how reluctant Yang Cheng is, he can’t directly reject Facebook’s investment in front of so many people. It’s not a good phenomenon to attract Facebook’s hostility, at least today’s Toutiao app. Have the ability to challenge Facebook alone.

She did not give Cheryl a chance to continue Yang Cheng looked at other people, "Does anyone have any questions about financing?"

Investors looked at each other, not that they had no doubts, but that they were full of vigilance about Yang Cheng's successive "rejection" of the two giants, Berkshire Hathaway and Facebook. They were also the first time to get close to Yang Cheng. I didn't know that he was so strong.

To be honest, no investor likes overly strong management, which means that their right to speak is greatly reduced. If they just want to make money, it’s nothing more than the status of media in the new era. Everyone wants to make money. At the same time, you can still have the right to speak, right?

The shareholders don’t have much thoughts, because they have already placed a heavy bet on New Era Media, and they can only keep calling before they reap the fruits. Withdrawing now means failure. It just so happens. Shareholders are not lacking in gambling. No matter how bad they are, they must keep their current shareholding ratio or be less compressed. If they can take the opportunity to get more, it would be great.

Yang Cheng’s arrangement for this financing is to have four-dimensional space to invest 500 million yuan, and control his own holding ratio at about 43%. He also confirmed with Georgina before that she will maintain the current holdings, and her The equity in Yang Cheng's hands, coupled with Yuanshan's holdings, even after the C round, his holdings no longer have a controlling advantage, it does not prevent him from firmly controlling the power of the new era media.

However, it is undeniable that the shareholding dropped to 43%, which is already on the verge of danger. If you include the new investors, there are more than a dozen major shareholders. If they unite to raise Yang Cheng, although the success rate is extremely low, But it is not impossible. If Yang Cheng still wants to play the set of left-handed and right-handed funds, it is basically difficult to achieve.