Collection of Gods

Chapter 711 Valuation

Two o'clock in the afternoon, Aman Yanjing Hotel.

Located at the east gate of the Summer Palace, adjacent to the royal garden, the hotel retains the traditional layout of a Chinese courtyard.

The sun is shining today, the breeze is not dry, and mottled light and shadows are sprinkled in the courtyard, filled with a peaceful and distant atmosphere. At this moment, in the center of the Aman Yanjing Hotel, there are many long tables and drinks, and many staff members are moving around, placing champagne and pastries.

Just like the day before, Tang Yuan and Xiao Yayue stood together at the reception desk, ready to greet the bigwigs who were about to arrive.

"Mr. Tang, can you tell me what your valuation of Wahuang Technology is?"

Xiao Yayue was wearing a beige new Chinese cheongsam today. Her long, smooth black hair was piled up high, and she wore a crystal clear jade hairpin on it. Her earrings were round and shiny pearl earrings. She looked elegant and graceful, and she didn't seem out of place in a Chinese courtyard.

As for Tang Yuan beside him, he was wearing a new Chinese-style black Tang suit with palm-colored Chinese buttons. A green jade ring worth tens of millions was on his right thumb, and in his left hand he was holding a Zhang Daqian fan with a Luofu Mountain scenery printed on it. He stood at the door with his hands behind his back, exuding a noble temperament that made the passing hotel staff couldn't help but look at him sideways.

Facing Xiao Yayue's question, Tang Yuan held a Tibetan fan worth nearly 10 million yuan, fanning himself with wind while answering thoughtfully: "My valuation of Wahuang Technology is about 50 billion. If the price offered by these CEOs later is lower than this number, I will definitely not even consider it."

"Fifty billion?"

“RMB or USD?”

Xiao Yayue was slightly stunned when she heard this.

"Of course it's in US dollars."

Tang Yuan answered as a matter of course.

"Fifty billion dollars?"

Xiao Yayue took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Tang, isn't your valuation a bit too high? Wahuang Technology has not yet been launched, and its profitability has not been tested by the market. You set its valuation at 50 billion US dollars at the beginning. These CEOs may not buy it."

"Zhou Yu fights Huang Gai, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten."

"What does it have to do with me whether they buy it or not?"

“What if they all don’t buy it?”

Tang Yuan looked calm and said to himself, "I don't have to sell the 45% stake in Wahuang Technology. Anyway, I've given them the opportunity. If they don't seize the opportunity now, when Wahuang is officially launched and global capital flocks in, if they want to invest in Wahuang Technology again, then the price will be different."

Xiao Yayue opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

The company was valued at 50 billion US dollars before the product was even launched on the market. Looking around the world, Xiao Yayue had never heard of such a thing.

With such a high valuation, will the CEOs buy it?
Xiao Yayue felt a little unsure, but looking at Tang Yuan's calm expression, she finally said nothing.

……

Time passed by every second while we were chatting.

As time approaches, many CEOs begin to arrive.

The first CEO to arrive surprised Tang Yuan a little. He was none other than ByteDance's CEO Zhang Yiming. He arrived almost twenty minutes early with four people.

"Mr. Zhang, welcome!"

When Tang Yuan saw Zhang Yiming, he smiled a little and walked slowly towards him. "Mr. Tang, to be honest, I have been exhausted these past two days."

Facing Tang Yuan's greeting, Zhang Yiming stretched out his hands, his face looking extremely sincere: "Various meetings have been going on from morning to night. Please believe that we, ByteDance, came here today with the utmost sincerity. I hope that you can seriously consider us."

"Mr. Zhang, ByteDance's potential is unquestionable. Personally, I am very much looking forward to working with your company."

Tang Yuan was not arrogant. He also stretched out his hands and greeted the other party politely, but his answer was a little ambiguous and he did not give any definite answer.

Zhang Yiming heard this, smiling unchanged, and turned to Tang Yuan to introduce the entourage behind him: "Mr. Tang, let me introduce you, this is Huang Liefeng, the chief scientist and head of our group's Al laboratory, and a co-appointed professor at the School of Computer Science at USTC. He has been engaged in Al research for decades. After hearing about the many functions of your company's [Wa Huang], he was very interested and deliberately ended his exchange study at Stanford University in the United States ahead of schedule and flew back from afar."

"Mr. Tang, hello."

"I'm Huang Liefeng, I've heard of your name for a long time."

After Zhang Yiming finished his introduction, the middle-aged man standing behind him took the initiative to extend his right hand towards Tang Yuan, without any of the arrogance of a high-level intellectual.

"Professor Huang, nice to meet you."

"Our company has set up a product display area in the center of the site. Our chief engineer Wan Xinming is there. If you are interested in our products later, you can go to the product display area to observe and experience them. If you have any questions, as long as they do not involve our core secrets, we will definitely answer them without hesitation."

Tang Yuan shook hands with the other party, showing great friendliness.

"Okay, okay, thank you, Mr. Tang."

When Huang Liefeng heard this, he immediately showed great happiness.

"Boss Tang, you go ahead and do your work. We'll go in first."

Zhang Yiming exchanged a few words with Tang Yuan. When he saw more guests coming from the back, he tactfully suggested leaving to make room for other guests.

"Ok."

Tang Yuan responded with a smile, then looked at Xiao Yayue beside him: "Boss Xiao, welcome Boss Zhang, Professor Huang and others in."

Today, the two's strategies were basically the same as the day before. Before the appointed time, Tang Yuan was in charge of external affairs, while Xiao Yayue was in charge of internal affairs. After the appointed time, Tang Yuan was in charge of internal affairs, while Xiao Yayue was in charge of external affairs.

"Mr. Zhang, this way please..."

Xiao Yayue smiled at Zhang Yiming and others, then stretched out her right hand to welcome Zhang Yiming and others.

Zhang Yiming knew that Xiao Yayue was Tang Yuan's right-hand man, so he didn't feel like he was being disrespectful. After nodding slightly at Tang Yuan, he led Huang Liefeng and the other three into the courtyard.

After Zhang Yiming entered the courtyard, Penguin's Ma, Alibaba's Ma, Huawei's Ren, Baidu's Li, JD's Qiang and others followed closely behind. Moreover, no one came alone. Most of them brought the technical backbones of their own group, with as few as three or four people and as many as seven or eight people.

As for the identities of these technical backbones, each one is more dazzling than the other. They are either directors of national key laboratories or professors at top international universities.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least half of the most authoritative experts in the field of Al in the country are here today. Leaving aside the CEOs, just any one of these technical personnel has an annual salary of more than 10 million yuan, and they are definitely big names in the industry.

In this way, Tang Yuan stood at the gate of the courtyard to welcome many bosses, while Xiao Yayue shuttled between the cocktail party and the gate of the courtyard, entertaining many bosses who arrived early.

At 2:30 p.m., the courtyard gate closed on time. Tang Yuan turned around and walked into the courtyard. The equity bidding meeting of Wahuang Technology officially began...

(End of this chapter)