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Chapter 2241 Relying on Google to raise money
Zhou Buqi met with Zuckerberg in New York, and further communicated about the listing of Facebook, mainly around the stocks in his hands.

Ziweixing International holds about 1.4 million shares, and Zhou Buqi personally has about 4200 million shares.

The price of the IPO has also been determined, which is $38.

Regardless of whether it is a company or an individual, these stocks held are original stocks, and there is a lock-up period that cannot be sold.To cash out through IPO, it is necessary to apply for sufficient quota.

In other words, during the process of Facebook's IPO, the board of directors will have a discussion with the investment bank to come up with a plan to confirm how many shares will be issued during the IPO process.

Too little, not enough to sell, and too little funds raised; too much, unable to sell, will cause the stock price to plummet, and the IPO will fail.

So there must be a definite number.

Investors of those original shares cannot privately sell their shares in the secondary market to affect the progress of the IPO.

The total plan for this Facebook IPO is to issue 4.2 million shares.

Among the quota of 4.2 million shares, 2.4 million shares are from Facebook's additional stock issuance... That is to say, these 2.4 million shares, priced at $38 per share, will total $91.2 billion to Facebook.

The remaining quota of 1.6 million shares mainly went to major capital institutions.

There is a difference.

If it is a rotten company, the management institutions can't wait to ask for more quotas, and take advantage of the opportunity of the IPO to cash out quickly.The listing of many companies is the pinnacle. After a few years, the ban on the original stock can be lifted, and the stock price has fallen to nowhere.

Such quotas will be scrambled by employers.

There is also an excellent company with a bright future and a good future development trend. Most investors want to hold it for a long time, and they are unwilling to get the quota and are forced to sell the stock at the IPO stage... This requires negotiation. Yes, if the negotiation fails, it will be forcibly diluted proportionally.

For Facebook, Ziweixing International is the capital.

Too many holdings.

The two parties are also competitors, and they should not hold so many stocks due to emotion and reason.

Zhou Buqi did not embarrass the other party. Of course, he knew that Facebook's stock would rise sharply in the future, but at this time, it would be unreasonable not to cooperate with Zuckerberg to reduce his own stock count.

If it was enforced by someone, the scene would be too ugly.

More importantly, he needs money very much now!

Ziweixing International wants to acquire Yahoo.

In addition, Ali repurchased 20% of the stock from Yahoo... The total cost will exceed 75 billion U.S. dollars. Ali can't afford so much money, and Boss Ma can only find "foreign aid" to help.

After the "foreign aid" gets Ali's shares, they have to sign an agreement to transfer all the voting rights of these shares to Lao Ma.

Zhou Buqi is Boss Ma's biggest "foreign aid".

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Facebook's listing this time, get the quota and raise funds.

For the quota, Zhou Buqi and Zuckerberg have communicated many times in emails, and the plan has been revised many times.

The final plan has now been reached.

Of the 1.6 million quota, 9200 million shares are exclusive.

Among them, Ziweixing International's allotment is 7000 million shares, and Zhou Buqi's personal allotment is 2200 million shares.

Zhou Buqi took care of Carl Icahn and Zuckerberg in New York, returned to Silicon Valley, called the executives of Ziweixing International, and held a financial meeting.

If you want to complete the acquisition of Yahoo, you must have enough financial space.

Previously, the company had $8.5 million in cash on its books.

During this period, some Google stocks were sold one after another, and $12.5 billion was cashed out, leaving Google stocks worth $82 billion.Most of these stocks were sold in exchange for Twitter, and a large part of them have not yet passed the lock-up period and have not yet lifted the ban.

Selling Facebook stock, 7000 million shares is about 26.5 billion US dollars.

A total of $47.5 billion is on the books.

The cash in Yahoo's account is less than US$2 million, but Yahoo is about to sell 20% of its shares to Ali, and it can cash in at least US$75 billion.

The sum of the two is enough to complete the $100 billion in cash needed to delist Yahoo.

However, this will hollow out both Yahoo and Ziweixing International.

Fortunately, Boss Zhou has a solution.

Next he was going to see Masayoshi Son.

The reason why Ziweixing International has not been listed for a long time is because the big boss has a particularly strong ability to make money, which can support the company's large investments in many projects.

Back home in the evening, Aunt Xue, Baoshan, Shi Jinglin, Zhen Yu, and the children all came from China, and it immediately became lively.

I held a financial meeting in the company, and I have to talk about it with Senior Sister Zhenyu when I go home.

Zhen Yu has been pregnant for 7 months, and she looks a little fat, she has gained more than 20 catties, her eyes flashed brightly, "I don't have enough money!"

Zhou Buqi asked, "How many?"

Zhen Yu said softly: "I sold the European debt and made a profit of 4.5 million US dollars. Now the family account has about 29 billion US dollars. However, the principal and interest of 5.5 million US dollars to be paid this year will be deducted, and another 2-3 million US dollars will be set aside of household spending, with only $20 billion available.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Boss Ma has already agreed that Ali will repurchase 20% of the shares from Yahoo, and we can bear 10%, which is 37 billion to 38 billion US dollars."

Zhen Yu's mind is like a ledger, and she said softly, "Yes, the gap is quite big. I calculated, if I sell the Microsoft and Apple stocks I bought with scattered money in the past three years, I can cash out about 3.5 million yuan. Dollar."

"Where's Google?"

"That's a lot. The stock price has risen very fast. Now the stock is worth more than 15 billion US dollars."

"Either apply for a loan again, or sell Google's stock, it doesn't matter."

Zhou Buqi made a decisive decision.

A few years ago, he invested in YouTube, AdMob and Twitter, all of which were later acquired by Google, and his personal holdings became Google shares.

Great value.

Money issues shouldn't be an issue.

Facebook went public, and the funds from personal cash out were going to repay the loan last year for the acquisition of the San Francisco Giants.After all the calculations, if you want to raise enough funds to operate Ali's stock, you can only continue to build up debt or sell Google's stock.

However, the process of applying for a loan is a bit complicated.

It's still easier to sell stocks.

Zhou Buqi glanced at Senior Sister Zhen Yu with a big belly, and couldn't bear her running around, so he said, "Then cash out Google's stock! Unexpectedly, Google has become a key player."

Zhenyu blinked, "Why don't you cash out Jieyu Media's stock? Baoshan and I both hold so many shares, so it's inappropriate. The company is run by Baihui..."

Zhou Buqi said: "Don't worry, we'll talk about it in two years!"

What Senior Sister Zhen Yu said is actually correct.

Always consider Xu Baihui's emotions, and give her the status of the largest individual shareholder, so that she can be more justified.

But in no hurry.

After two years of the big bull market, it will not be too late to operate Jieyu Media's stock.

(End of this chapter)